Quentin said on Rogan that Sirius XM were paying them well. But it sounds like they maybe dropped them, as they expected higher numbers. So it wasn't just ads first season, Sirius paid a pretty penny on top it sounds like

I believe they are using Patreon now to try to approach what they made with the Sirius Xm partnership, but I do agree they should switch the model to having the extras, behind the paywall. Not chop up the show. Or at least have the ad free version of the episode on Patreon, with full episode with ads outside of the Paywall