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Let it out now.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are just hearing this news for the first time, here is the shortened version: David is leaving Austin soon and, rather than try to keep MWS going as some sort of cringeworthy Skype\/Dropbox frankenpodcast across a couple of time zones, we figured 300 episodes was as good a time as any to call it a day. It was an easy decision given the circumstances, but by no means was this our favorite decision. We have always enjoyed doing this show, and our recent rebirth as a podcast has been a lot of fun. But these things happen, you know?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That said, we don&#8217;t want to mope around and treat this like a sad occasion. Your radio lions want to go out with a bang. As of this writing, we are eight episodes away from 300. We&#8217;re already planning some super-fun stuff for the home stretch, and we&#8217;re excited for you to hear them. That&#8217;s the thing, though. We want people to hear them. A lot of people. We want to go out on top, which means we would like to go out with more listeners than we&#8217;ve ever had before. Here&#8217;s how you can help with that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/mascot-wedding\/id396843357\">Subscribe to the show on iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leave us a positive review on iTunes. The iTunes algorithm likes that sort of thing, and so do we. If we like your review, we&#8217;ll read it on the air. <\/li>\n<li>Help us spread the word. Tell your friends about the show. Link to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MascotWedding\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mascotwedding\">Twitter<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Listen to the archives, either through iTunes or right here at <a href=\"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mascotwedding.com<\/a>. There&#8217;s enough comedy here to get you through dozens of road trips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most importantly, we want you to enjoy our final episodes. We&#8217;re honored to have been part of your listening habits for the past eight(?!) years. Consider these final episodes our way of saying thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have heard at the end of Episode 292, The Mascot Wedding Show is ending at episode 300. Yes, we know that&#8217;s right around the corner. Yes, we know it&#8217;ll be here before we know it. It&#8217;s okay to cry, my sweet boy or girl. Let it out now. For those who are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/?p=3068\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Beginning of The End<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1FDCv-Nu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3068"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3092,"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068\/revisions\/3092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mascotwedding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}