Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, this is Joseyffi Rice. I wanted to give
Speaker 1: you some good news and ask you once more for
Speaker 1: your help if you would not mind. Okay, So first
Speaker 1: the good news. I am so excited to tell you
Speaker 1: that Unreformed has won a few very exciting awards lately.
Speaker 1: We won an AMBI Award for Best History Podcast of
Speaker 1: the Year, we won an International Women's Podcast Award, and
Speaker 1: we also won two Signal Listeners Choice Awards. Thanks to
Speaker 1: you all who came through for us with those votes.
Speaker 1: We are so unbelievably grateful for the recognition and the
Speaker 1: opportunity to tell this story and bring more light to
Speaker 1: this very dark chapter in our American history. The people
Speaker 1: we featured in this story, Lonnie and Jenny and Mary
Speaker 1: and both Johnny's and Denny, they've all been living with
Speaker 1: this for half a century. You know. Most of them
Speaker 1: were at Mount Meg's when they were kids nine or
Speaker 1: ten or eleven, and now they're in their seventies and
Speaker 1: they're talking about this for the very first time. It
Speaker 1: took an enormous amount of vulnerability and risk on their part.
Speaker 1: We really just wanted to make the hidden more visible
Speaker 1: and tell these stories so they weren't lost to history.
Speaker 1: But when we were creating this series, we wondered if
Speaker 1: people would even be able to bear this. We wanted
Speaker 1: to be honest about what happened to these kids and
Speaker 1: also be hopeful about their stories moving forward. And the
Speaker 1: response has been truly more than we could have ever imagined. Okay,
Speaker 1: so Unreformed has been nominated for a Webby Award. This
Speaker 1: is very exciting for all of us. It is up
Speaker 1: for best Writing and we really really, really really really
Speaker 1: hope that you will be willing to vote for us
Speaker 1: in the webb People's Voice Award. You can cast your
Speaker 1: vote before April eighteenth at vote dot Webby Awards dot com.
Speaker 1: So please vote for us and support us by going
Speaker 1: to vote dot Webby Awards dot com. Click on podcasts
Speaker 1: in the categories find us and Best Writing. There is
Speaker 1: a link in the show notes. The deadline is April eighteenth,
Speaker 1: so please get your votes in that's vote dot web
Speaker 1: Awards dot com. It has truly been the honor of
Speaker 1: a lifetime to be part of this project. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much for listening, and thank you for voting.