10/26/2020 UPDATE

I'm currently using all the social media available to me to ask people what livestreaming services work best for them.  I'm not actually that popular on social media (surprise, surprise), so we'll see if anybody responds, but I'm hopeful.  I need the input, too.  I was all set to go with YouTube Live, but I just found out that it requires viewers to have a channel in order to participate in the chat, and I feel like that's going to be too exclusionary for a sizable portion of my audience.  And the chat is vital because it's how people are going to ask me questions during the stream.  So I'm back to the drawing board and feeling a little overwhelmed.  Hopefully my friends and family will have some good ideas for me.  I'll keep you posted!