BEWARE - This is a vintage episode of a podcast evolved a lot over two decades years and close to a thousand episodes to eventually beome somewhat listenable. If you are new to the show, please try some current episodes first.

Topics Include: over here not over there, Two conscious selves, Area codes for humans in a George Orwell world, Mobile people, An obligatory introductory paragraph, An unrecorded interval, Caviar or popcorn, Being awake in an anaglogue cinematorium, The letter O versus the number zero, Racism in astronomy, Fake multi tasking, Exaggerating a Prime Ministerial CV, Vested interests in the black hole industry. Also: Some sort of song or something, and real evidence of my unused phone number.