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1016-1020 – Lets Talk About, the path journal from last week, is now online. … The walk today was a change from last week. I did 1.07 miles in 39:53, with no foot dizziness. The first show was EP:65 – Q&A Show on Darryl Cooper & Scott Horton – Provoked.
Darryl was talking about being a Christian. DC: “The central thing that I try to keep in view at all times is the is the the need for humility.” This is one thing I agree with. Many of the louder Christians are ego driven. They BELIEVE, and will yell in your face if you are not impressed. This is an emotional, sensitive issue. … DC: “I love talking about this stuff.” Just be sure that the people around you want to listen. To be fair, my listening to the show was voluntary.
The second show was A Noble Beast on The Truth. “Jason has a werewolf problem, and he needs eight weeks of therapy to get his career back on track.” Jason’s werewolf rehab was a new-agey thing, with a “mantra” that says “I am not a monster, I am a noble beast.” The story was entertaining, and could be thought provoking. Pairing it with Darryl’s comments made for some uncomfortable comparisons with the behavior of “some Christians.”
The Truth is hosted by Jonathan Mitchell. On August 10, 2020, @yourpaljonathan sent out this tweet. “I was angry, frustrated, and frankly embarrassed to read a letter from a Black employee of PRX who was not treated with the respect that she deserved while working there. I don’t work for PRX, but they are the company that owns Radiotopia, which distributes my show.” The number one complaint by the BEOP was that Kerri Hoffman, the CEO of PRX, touched her hair. Chamblee54 wrote about this controversy. 081120 081620 030523 081324
1017-1051 – This was a saturday morning. I did 56:17, with no foot problems. The first show was 100 Objects #20: AA Sobriety Chip on 99% Invisible. This turned into a history of AA, told from a woman’s POV. All the familiar AA sayings were repeated. The show quoted Frederick Douglass as saying that if there was no alcohol, there would be no slavery. DuckDuckGo says “No results found for did frederick douglass say “if there was no alcohol, there would be no slavery” … This was the confluence of two of my nerd hobbies, listening to podcasts and debunking quotes.
The second show was Christiane Amanpour on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso. Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour is fun to listen to. Unfortunately, we all know that a free press is important, and that the Trump regime does not see it that way. CMHA did not say anything new.
1018-1122 – The walk today was uphill and downhill. I did 39:06, with nuisance level dizziness. The show today was the rest of Christiane Amanpour on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.
SF: “On an episode last year, you mentioned or you alluded to the one time you issued an apology on air and you quote, “Deeply regretted it.” And I want to play the time I could find.” CMHA: “Oh, shoot. Okay.” SF: “Why are you saying, “Oh, shoot.” CMHA: “Because I know this is going to be highly political and controversial.” … SF: “Did CNN commit journalistic malpractice?” CMHA: “I think that’s a little bit overboard, but I understood people’s emotions at the time.” … CMHA: “You don’t want to get to a place where China looks like the adult in the room. And that’s where we are right now.”
1019-0841 – The walk today was early. In the space of a few weeks, we have gone from too hot to wearing a hat and gloves. I was only able to do 35:00, with mild dizziness. The entertainment today was The JFK Papers That Weren’t on Deep Cover. John Reznikoff deals in collectibles. For $500, he can sell you a spark plug from Barack Obama’s first automobile. One day, a trusted friend gave him documents about an affair between John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. The documents were “verified” and sold for a large sum of money. Then someone discovered a zip code in the return address, of a letter written in 1961. Zip codes were introduced in 1963. There were other issues with the documents. The trusted friend went to prison for mail fraud.
1020 – Today’s walk was a perfect storm. The weather was nice, my feet had no problems, and I didn’t have to hurry up to go somewhere. I walked for 54:51. The show today was Monty and Libby in Love (The Bisexuals, Part 6) on You Must Remember This. I always enjoy a new episode of YMRT. Unfortunately, today’s episode included long descriptions of movies I have never heard of, much less seen. (At the end of one segment, YMRT said that it was Monty Clift’s last romantic role. The commercial to immediately follow was for California Closets.)
After YMRT ended, I listened to nine minutes of Episode 328: Fat Liberation at Harvard Medical School (with Brad Polumbo) on Blocked and Reported. I used to follow @brad_polumbo on x, until he pissed me off with his many opinions. @brad_polumbo shows @Kalshi Partner in his profile.
1021-1134 – The walk today was physically great, and mentally confusing. I did 57:13, with no foot dizziness. The first show was Dr. Paul Conti, MD on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin. Paul Matthew Conti is a very smart man, who had some clever things to say. “You know, if we’re just going to polish the hood when when there’s a problem in the engine, why do we expect we’re going to get somewhere?” … “If you’re too afraid to look at it, then it doesn’t matter how many mirrors are around because your eyes are closed.” (These points are copied almost verbatim from the transcript, without the ums and you knows of normal conversation. PMC has said these things before.)
It very quickly became a case of a good message delivered by a so-so medium. PMC is the descendant of Italian immigrants. He talks fast, with a subdued yankee accent. He delivers these glib psych-industry platitudes that can sound good to some people. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people today. This is a case of noting the time on my phone, and maybe listening to the rest of it later. … The second try was not much better than the first. I deleted the show quickly.
The second show was Fall Colors on Low Light Mixes. Sometimes words only cause more brain damage. Instrumental music is the way to go.
1022-1022 – That does not happen very often. It is October 22, at 10:22 am. … Today was a great walk. I did 42:09, with no foot problems. I could have done more, but it is grocery day, and I need to be at a stopping point by 1045 ish.
The show was Stewart Copeland on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan. I knew that Stewart Armstrong Copeland talking to William Patrick Corgan was going to be fun. With a youtube transcript available, I knew there would be reams of clips. This is a two edged sword. It is fun to have the talent speaking in their own voice. Unfortunately, transcripts are full of ums and you knows, which need to be edited out. It is usually worth the effort. I wonder how many of these quotes on my notepad are going to make it into this journal, before I say fuckit and do something else.
SAC: “When you’re a film composer you don’t want to be wearing snakeskinned pants when you’re doing basically a job interview with Oliver Stone.” … At some point, there was this private school with some famous parents. They got the musicians together in a band called the Grateful Dads. One of the players was Gene Simmons. As it turns out, Mr. Simmons is “a student of Old Testament theology. So there’s the bass player from Kiss and the drummer from The Police backstage arguing Old Testament theology.” … SAC: “Well, I you know, while I was there, I went to visit the concentration camp because I feel it’s my duty as a German to really have my nose rubbed in our history.” And I went to the opera, but you know, I saw the first act, but I’m just not an opera fan. So, forgive me, but I went home. I wait a minute. You preferred a concentration camp to my opera. Thanks a lot, pal.”
For more information on why I go walking everyday please read The Path Journal. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. John Vachon took the social media picture in November 1940. “One of the Schulstead children reading funny papers. Aberdeen, South Dakota”
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