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I enjoy talk radio & if I’m not listening to my current podcast I’m tuned to WTNN/FM 

Thursday morning's first guest was an economist & he had a problem. His task was to explain CryptoCurrency. Problema/Sp He didn’t understand it himself he tried to explain BitCoin. 

He should have started with this statement CryptoCurrency is a misnomer Nothing about Bitcoin has anything to do with currency at all. 

To be “money” or currency it must be generally accepted. You would have a tough time buying a Big Mac at your local Mikey D’s. Since one Bitcoin is currently worth more than $16,000 making change would be a problem. 

Elon Musk made that discovery when he found he couldn’t buy Twitter with BitCoin, he had to use US dollars.

A blockchain was created by a person (or group of people) using the name (or pseudonym) Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008[6] to serve as the public distributed ledger for bitcoin cryptocurrency

Thank You, Wikipedia

We don’t even know who invented BitCoin. It was the birth of BlockChain technology.

Theoretically speaking no one is in control, although there is something called BitCoin mining, which involves the creation of new “coins.”

Opening courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church,

The election is over and the pundits are scurrying for cover to explain the red wave which wasn’t!

It’s been a mystery to me just what motivates Senatorial concerns. I can’t picture Fedderman as a Senator he looks more like a thug.  On the other hand, Chuck Schumer (NY) may look like a Senator but he’s a dunce.

In my precinct, early voting was a big success. The concept was created to increase turnout, by the third day my box had counted more than 3000 votes. It seems like the majority of ballots were cast by those “under 40 crowd.” 

It’s pretty much the same all over younger voters are going to the polls, and they are making a difference in many states. Take GA for instance, in two successive elections a statistical tie for the senate seat. In 2020 a tie in two Senate races. Senatorial terms are six years designed so no state elects both senators in the same cycle. It happened in GA because a senator died in office, GA law requires an election to fill “the stub term”. 

 Closing courtesy of Steinway & Sons Spiro plays The Entertainer recorded by iPhone Green Hills Mall 2014 used with permission

Music courtesy of Banjo HangOut Civil War medley

Another member of my circle has come down with Covid, and we are in year three of a pandemic with the most virulent virus known to us, it must be virulent because we are entering “the flu season” of year four.

I guess our initial reaction was too effective in postponing the so-called herd immunity — like the famous game of “kick the can,” which I am sure most people alive today have never played.

In terms of dealing with Omicron if masks have been effective it’s like playing Kick The Can

I doubt there are many of my listeners who have played Kick The Can. I know my wife didn’t she was raised in the suburbs “No sidewalks Herr Mozart” 

I was raised in a more urban setting although to my cousins in Brooklyn I was strictly a country mouse. 

Kick the can is best played on a not-very-busy street. Usually on the way to or from school. It plays best with one can and two players taking turns. The object is to kick that empty tin can as far as you are able. Hopefully in a straight line. 

Of course, someone traveling in the opposite direction is free to kick it back toward you. The object is to keep the can low and it’s bad form for the can to get above your waist. It’s strictly a boys' game. In my grade school, the girls thought it silly & undignified. 

As I said its entertainment value is limited, but it serves a good analogy for our current circumstance: two things are possible — we were so effective in delaying the onset that it’s lingering longer.

The second is that Omicron is more virulent than previous versions. Either way, it’s no longer a fun thing!

Music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church,

Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularised the term "Orwellian" as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including "Big Brother", "doublethink", "Thought Police", "thoughtcrime", "Newspeak", and "2 + 2 = 5”.  Thank you, Wikipedia

The delta variant occurred after only 18 months, not four years as if it were on an arithmetic scale as claimed.  We should have gone thru Alpha Beta Gamma but we went direct to Delta then Omicron We skipped Beta/Gamma just as we skipped eta, theta, iota, kappa & epsilon! The alphabetical him-a-cane her-a-cane naming sequence has nothing to do with storm severity FYI/The last time WHO announced a  pandemic (1921) They declared that pandemic two years after it was over.

Opening music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Jazzy Jerrico -- Closing music courtesy of Blair String Quartet - each recorded live via iPhone.KK is on a streak of appearing in the print edition of USA Today for two consecutive weeks. This week she talks about managing your online subscriptions. I have a better idea, I’m over creating accounts. I oppose the idea that; “it's smart to pay to shop…”.In this podcast, I’m going to read a chapter of Spade & Archer©(2016) a prequel. Spade & Archer A Prequel©(2020) for $6.95 (e-book) or as a printed PDF for $12.95 plus $5.95 S&H and Priority Mailing $8.00. Billing by PayPal Invoice — you don’t need the PayPal account I have the PayPal account. If you would like to send me a check for $19.95 the priority mailing is on me.I will make the novella available on a Thumb drive for three subscribers for $15.00 each subscriber — it’s eight episodes plus Priority mailing for $8.00.You may text a request to 615/584-2717 or email meS I D E S H O J at AOL dot com — for check orders send to my home 757 Myhr Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37-221

Every PodCast Is Three ”C’s”Concept -- Your idea / elevator speech

It’s your podcast!Create -- A podcast is a VOIP - MP3Connect -- MP-3 files can go anywhereIn the blogosphere

There’s confusion about MP-4 / Video & MP-3/audio -- Videos are difficult to edit & may lack “music”

Your Media Is Not Your Message

Telling Your Story Well Is Your Message

Banjo music courtesy of Banjo HangOut The Entertainer.

This is a continuation of my series The Five Podcast essentials 

Interview shows are popular with audiences & may seem easy to produce which leads to podcast essential number four:

Any interview may create more content than you may need!

The best podcast interviews are edited to capture that premium content  

In the companion video, I will highlight ten simple hacks to make your next interview great! 

The manuscript for The China Clipper Mystery is now complete — you may order a printed PDF proof copy for $12.95, not including priority mailing of $8.95 plus $5. Shipping & handling, these proof copies contain a further special offer.

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Opening music courtesy of Stevens Valley Brass Quintet, Closing music courtesy of Blair String quartet. Here are some rules of a circus, which any business can apply: Each element of the show is either in use or put back in storage, (circus performers put away their toys)"There is no 'royalty' in a Circus everyone's a performer and a worker” there are only troupers! Every motion counts, The famous circus parade, moves the menagerie from the freight yards to the circus grounds,The most important man in the tent, has his back to the performance, The band leader. 

Piano music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Down by The Riverside! If you have tuned in expecting Geek Of The Week The Magazine, it will return next week.This podcast will be BridgeMaven returns from the original series Know Your Member, my interview with Mark Leventhal when he discusses Two Over One bidding. 

A brief mention in the saving electricity department, during this period of high usage — look at your electric dishwasher controls and toggle off “extended heat dry” if you see that on the control panel. Especially if you have followed my advice and run your dishwasher off-peak hours.

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The manuscript is now complete and you may order a printed PDF proof copy for $12.95, not including priority mailing of $8.95 plus $5. Shipping & handling, these proof copies contain a further special offer.

Or

You may order A copy of the e-book for $7.95 — these copies may include illustrations.