The Folium Diary

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- Ares

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The Folium Diary will be rerun in August, one week per day:

• 08/01 Hello World!
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

Hello. We hope you are enjoying the contest. We received a correct answer that did not include an email address, so we have no way to contact that person.
Folium Fan Mail is only one-way – we can't text you back. That's probably a good thing, as Quel was ready to disqualify them with a message that can politely be described as, 'lacerating'. Ares managed to placate her by promising her the World's Largest Rubik's cube, a case of her favorite diet soda, and a highly experimental, sub-atomic pencil sharpener. So, if you want to be entered in to the contest, make sure your email address is included with your answer.

Support the show

The Folium Diary will be rerun in August, one week per day:

• 08/01 Hello World!
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

Welcome to the Folium Sock Contest. The prizes are $50 digital gift certificates to The Athletic Community, home of the famous PDX carpet sock (as worn by Cherie Hazzard!)

To enter:

• Solve the puzzle and text us your answer and email address
• To text, go to our homepage, select any episode and click the link that says 'Folium Fan Mail' (link should also work from most podcast apps)
• Entries must be sent by 9PM Pacific, Friday, January 9th
• Seven winners will be randomly selected from the correct entries
• Winners will be contacted by email
• Results will be published on Sunday the 11th

Here is the puzzle, by Cherie Hazzard

• Revisit each page where I'm in my Prime
• At the end of each note, you'll now find a #letter
• Put them together (it's not going to rhyme!)
• Then send us the answer, the quicker the better

Quel added a bonus puzzle for informatics enthusiasts. If you solve it, add QUEL to your message and you'll be contacted for the answer. Get it right and you might be offered a job as her new assistant!

One more thing...
The Folium CEO graciously agreed to answer questions about The Folium. Submit your inquiries via Fan Mail by the 9th, and we will respond to as many as we can on the 11th.

Thank you and good luck!

Support the show

The Folium Diary will be rerun in August, one week per day:

• 08/01 Hello World!
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

The Folium Never Forgets 🐘

Support the show

The Folium Diary will be rerun in August, one week per day:

• 08/01 Hello World!
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

Thank you for listening!

• Thanks Isabella, Samantha, and Stephen 🏆🏆🏆
• Thanks to the Pacific Northwest for inspiration 🍄🍄
• Thanks to Goldwave, Audacity, Buzzsprout, and Wikipedia 🌐
• Thanks to Maz Ghani for the Folium Leaf 🍃 and Daisy's daisies
• Synthetic voices by ElevenLabs 🤖

No AI was used to write this show, but we borrowed liberally from the Books of the Week. Thank you Pat, Cass, Rachel, Rosi, Mary, Eric, Edgar, Rob, Naomi, Octavia, Nick, Ray, and L.A. Meyer 🏴‍☠️

Oh yes, the sock give-away! How could we forget? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Tune-in January 2nd for contest Rules & Regulations 🫡

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The Folium Diary reruns:

• 08/01 Hello World
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 The Original Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

This ends the Folium Diary 🍃

(Sorry for posting so late! Raff kept texting with questions about our trip)
[I wouldn't have so many questions if you told me the plan in the first place]
(I was rather busy launching the app I spent the last ten years working on)
[Yes but I'm the pilot and we can't take off without knowing where we're going]
(True, but it's my plane and you could cut me some slack)
Would you vexatious virago’s please stop?! We are trying to enjoy the last page of the diary.
(Sorry! I've been under a lot of pressure. Raff – see you at Hillsboro in a few hours. Don't forget to turn on the hot tub!)

Tune-in tomorrow for the Epilogue

#Y

The Folium Diary reruns:

• 08/01 Hello World
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 The Original Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

Interview

Protocol has been completely scuttled. This episode was supposed to be Dispatch 7, and the interview with Professor B was supposed be yesterday, and...whatever. As Ferris says, life moves pretty fast – if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. 

I didn't want to miss getting together with Jane and Daisy – we could be sisters!! Raff was on her best behavior and put on a real charm offensive – she took Jane out for a ride on her motorcycle while Daisy and I plotted our next adventure, which you'll hear about shortly. Raff and Jane came back with takeout from Buckshot Betty's, including 'Hot Mama' Betty herself, who followed them in her beat-up pickup truck that looks like it came over on the Oregon Trail. We had a great time, and many stories were swapped – some of them even true. 

I hope you (yes you, with your earbuds on...in?...trying to figure out what the heck mushrooms have to do with anything) will forgive me for misleading you these last few months. The Folium is a journey, not a destination, and the last ten years are only the prologue - tomorrow is the real page one.

Ok, these notes are turning in to an essay/confession, and you're probably wondering when I'm going to just shut up and let you listen to the show. Very soon! After the interview I let Professor B tell one of his jokes, which will be posted later tonight. Let's just say he's an even better teacher than he is comedian.

Oh for heavens sake, one more thing: if you would like to learn more about Bucky's World Game, and the Folium sincerely hopes that you do, please visit the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Thank you Bucky (and Marshall!)

Your huckleberry friend, Cherie 🫐

#T

The Folium Diary reruns:

• 08/01 Hello World
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 The Original Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

Zoom Call

Jane's wearing the Wildfang/Peanuts shirt Daisy gave her. Lucy is yelling at Charlie Brown, "After I got to be President, it would be only one short step to QUEEN!!" Daisy says she's Lucy, and we better stay out of her way 😜 Such a lovely child 🙄

#I

The Folium Diary reruns:

• 08/01 Hello World
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 The Original Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

Dispatch 6

Every time I open this file it's longer than before - now it's 47,269 pages! I just took some interesting 'Foliumisms' and read them (over this music). I may have gone overboard with the vocal effects ... ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

#M

The Folium Diary reruns:

• 08/01 Hello World
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 The Original Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops

Dispatch 5

"trust your gut"

#L

The Folium Diary reruns:

• 08/01 Hello World
• 08/02 The Girl From Spaceship Earth
• 08/03 Valuing Life
• 08/04 The Hard Crowd
• 08/05 Nomadic Theory
• 08/06 The Original Frankenstein
• 08/07 The Operating System
• 08/08 Decolonizing Wealth
• 08/09 Astrology Is Real
• 08/10 Doppelgänger
• 08/11 Digital Communion
• 08/12 Parable of the Talents
• 08/13 Danielle vs Bloody Jack
• 08/14 The Folium Dispatch
• 08/15 Daisy Drops