Speedy Shine took over the studio when I was sleeping one afternoon.  He wrote and produced the shortest episode of my career.

This week I'm featuring another excellent writer.  Shoshana Edwards has an understanding of humanity that is rare and refreshing to find.  Most of the words you'll read or hear tonight are hers, not mine.

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This is both the story of my journey to see Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of "To Kill A Mockingbird," and a discussion of the value of the update he did.  Had anyone else tried it, I would have been furious.  In Sorkin's hands, I learned something new.  If you would like to learn that... listen to this.

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In the exciting finale to The Teddy Bear Coder, the Artificial Superintelligence begins its reign.  Is this a good thing or a bad thing?  Do humans become its slaves, or does it set us free from the oligarchy?  Find out here on Fred's Front Porch Podcast.

The FBI agent's sanity comes into question when he claims to have seen a Teddy Bear who hacked all the computers.  The family's Defense Attorney talks to Teddy, who has a warning for all of us.

In Part 3, Jack gets his wish for Christmas just before the Zephyr family has to deal with a visit from someone who is decidedly NOT St. Nicholas.

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With only a week to go before Christmas, Teddy and Jack manage to cost Martin his job.

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This is Part One of my latest science fiction story.  By the end of the story, I hope to show you my Idealism in full bloom.  Can a Teddy Bear change the world?

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Wouldn't the world be a better place if we all recognized that we are all sharing a ride on a rock tumbling through space?  We all have the same birthplace: Earth.  People are not better or worse based on where they were born.  None of us chose even to BE born, let alone where, when, or to whom.

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The shooting and Club Q is another tragic example of the power of words to cause violence.  We can change this.

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