Today we celebrate surpassing 5000 downloads!!! Since I don't buy likes or otherwise puff up my numbers, those are all real "viewers like you". Thanks for continuing to spread the word.

First I explain what I've been up to and how I'm transforming my career into public speaking.

Then we do a few interesting articles:

• Excelsior Pass, which was a power grab gone wrong (as everything does in NY).
• Alternative phone brands - SAMSUNG AND APPLE ARE NOT THE ONLY BRANDS OUT THERE!!! For instance, check out the Purism Librem, a phone made entirely in the USA. Unfortunately not a lot of people will buy it unless it ends up on display at your local carrier.
• Live Cyber Threat Map - what it does and when to watch it

Walk out of your corporate job right now and "join the Marc Side" - find out more at becomeanexorcist.com. Talk to you next week!

Today we welcome the amazing Jenny Tiffany. She makes brand new 80s music and album covers, and sells them on... brand new cassette tapes (and MP3s).

In a world of cloud-controlled products with forced obsolescence, she's my favorite contrarian. Tonight we discuss:

• The divergence between digital creativity and factory control
• WHY people are still attracted to records, tapes, and broadcast television
• What things are out there to satisfy our cravings for new 80s-style content, such as Retro Bowl, Metropolis 1998, Cocteau Twins, and St. Lucia
• The subreddits to join if you crave such goodness
• People focus on little plastic straws and bags, yet 99% of all landfills are HP printers that are now IMPO designed to die within a year
• What YOU can do to stop the massive amount of pollution that comes from making these new throwaway products
• How an update attack trapped a lady in a hot car

Thanks for telling your friends about the show. 80s forever. Analog forever.

Buy her music at:

https://postmodernmagic.bandcamp.com/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ORBIT92TAPES

Are you stuck in your life? Do you know anyone who is?

You'll want to hear today's episode with John D. Hanson. WOW do we have some mind-blowing concepts from this brilliant man.

John is one of the few people lucky enough to have escaped Rochester, and once he did, immediately found acceptance and success in greener pastures. He enlightens us with revelations I wish I'd learned sooner:

• Each region of the world has an indescribable feeling
• If you're stuck on something, take a step back and rethink it! You could work SMARTER and solve it SOONER.
• Throwing pearls before swine vs focusing your energies on those who value you
• BUSYNESS vs PRODUCTIVITY. How many people out there are spinnin' their wheels but gettin' nowhere?
• Holding something close to your chest vs. creating a basic Minimum Viable Product to see how it is received
• Your town or state is one GOOD leader away from success
• Selling things to each other vs. bringing in money from elsewhere

Finally, he explains this really wild concept found in physics: If you have 1 horse pulling, you can lift a certain amount. If you have two horses, it's not double. Somehow they can pull triple. So 1+1 is sometimes actually 3. If you apply it to your life, huge things will happen!

Learn more at johndhanson.com and buy my book at thecomputerexorcist.com