Almost 15 years, delivering groceries, moving out, Portland, traveling when non-white, subtle signs of racism.
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EMW 385 – It’s Gonna Be All Right
Tom is old. Skepticism, cynicism, and nihilism. Overcoming hardships. Dealing with world events. Sociability.
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Let’s Learn from this – EMW 384
Podcasting is an essential service, will we have CES, or any large gatherings, predicting what happens next, seeing the cracks in society.
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Life in the Time of Pandemic – EMW 383
Production in the time of social distancing, how people behave outside, checking your PO box, taxes in the time of pandemic, living through history.
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Social Abnormality – EMW 382
Tom finished Crash Landing on You, interruptions while watching TV, outside voice, social norms.
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Storytelling – EMW 381
Roger and Tom are in person! Using a navigation app. Home Depot hot dogs. Taco stands. Is sliced up fruit a risk? Fish for food. Fowl-smelling things. Food inspections.
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Storytelling – EMW 380
Are we stuck with the Hero’s Journey? Maybe, maybe, not. Where reality shows fit with documentaries and “based on a true story” fiction.
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Like What You Want – EMW 379
Grocery shopping, how tastes change, there’s not monolithic good taste, what makes us like things.
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Quality of Living- EMW 378
We look back at some East Meets West history, how to boil water, gas company issues, insurance issues, cost of living, quality if life.
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Travel Special – EMW 377
The effect of heat, zoos, snow parks in the summer, crowds grew because of the internet, effects of travel.
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