April 10, 2017 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
Embedded below the fold. I like John Batchelor’s title for this podcast: “Capitalism in space means cheaper, faster, better, cheapest.
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Embedded below the fold. I like John Batchelor’s title for this podcast: “Capitalism in space means cheaper, faster, better, cheapest.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
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For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.
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When the recording timer gets to 9:06, listeners may wish to skip to 10:30.
Willi: And why is that? Is there something wrong with the podcast during that 1:24? Or did you not like what was being said?
Am I the only one tired of hearing the ad for the Casper mattress?
Your report turns out to be well timed, given the events and news that have quickly followed it. But it would’ve been well timed at any time these days, because capitalism in space is breaking through more and more all the time. There’s only one way in this trend.
Spaceflight is transforming from creepy caterpillars protected by cocoons, to butterflies able to go anywhere.
https://audioboom.com/channel/johnbatchelor
has a link to the April 11 broadcast that is only the second half. The first half is NOT John and Bob.
Willi–
(totally sick of Casper, the Shave Club, Simply-Safe, anything related to buying Gold/Silver, and all the survival-food stuff.)
If you want to cut down on the inserted adverts, download the .mp3 files directly, skip the streaming, and (semi) take back control of your listening experience.
(There’s only 40 minutes of actual Show per broadcast hour, the other 20 minutes are adverts & news)
http://johnbatchelorshow.com/podcasts/download
(right-click, save-target-as…listen to the file(s) at your leisure.)
They generally insert adverts at the beginning & end of blocks (which are easy to skip), but have increasingly been inserting them in the middle of blocks as well.
I’m afraid the days of acquiring totally clean (advert free) clips, from most everyone, is gone. Downloads & streaming are increasingly making up a substantial portion of the listening audience, and those listeners are especially coveted by advertiser’s.
Wayne, as long as the spectrum display is available making it relatively easy to spot and skip the ads, downloading the ‘.MP3’ files isn’t needed, IMHO.
@Willi,
I bought one of those Casper engineered mattresses and it cured my back pain. Why are you complaining about it? :-)
@Willi again
Maybe Mr. Bachelor is feeling lonely and is trying to sell a piece of his own mattress!? ;-)