To us, promos are different from advertisements purchased by outside companies. They help promote our shows to new audiences that might enjoy them.. One of the benefits of being on Maximum Fun is that your show gets free promotion on all of the other shows on the network. And many listeners have told us that they have found new favorite shows through these promos.
So, we are keeping them in the episode, both for the sake of other shows, and for the listeners who still want to discover new things or learn about what's going on with the network. But, for ad-free feeds, we're moving network promos to the end of the show (after the MaxFun logo), so that you still get an uninterrupted experience listening to your show.