Hosted by Merlin Mann and John Siracusa.
John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way.
Subscribe
Navigation
Links
Subscribe
Support this show
Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode.Support this show
Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode.#135: Clutch Foot
July 23rd, 2020 · 77 minutes
For a main topic, your hosts interrogate some additional axes for choosing media—especially the axis of available attention.
This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by:
- Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code DIFFS at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
- ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package.
Stream this episode
Download:
MP3 (70.96 MB)
Links and Show Notes
Things kick off with a huge thank you to everyone who gave Siracusa their money, followed by a survey of listener suggestions for the name of the member feed.
In follow-up, John shares some detailed updates on his chronically troubled toe. Merlin finds this content extremely challenging.
Merlin relates an upsetting Walgreens anecdote, and John shares his etymological research on when you learn the notes to sing. Merlin can't get his tween to one-ee-and-uh with him.
You really super-get this when you have a fresh baby. Legacy notions about the dangers of screen time are explored and debated. We can all agree that this is a tough time for kids and connection.
In the extended members-only episode, John and Merlin discuss the 2001 Satoshi Kon film, Millennium Actress. Go to https://www.relay.fm/rd to become a member today.
(Recorded on Tuesday, July 14, 2020)
Credits
- Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
- Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
- Music: Merlin Mann
- The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley
The origin of the doe-ray-me thing
Depressing Twitter thread about a retired nurse
Shark Tank (TV Series 2009– ) - IMDb
Daring Fireball: Return and Enter Are Two Different Keys
from Endymion by John Keats | Poetry Foundation
Solfège - Wikipedia
Syllables are assigned to the notes of the scale and enable the musician to audiate, or mentally hear, the pitches of a piece of music being seen for the first time and then to sing them aloud. Through the Renaissance (and much later in some shapenote publications) various interlocking 4, 5 and 6-note systems were employed to cover the octave.