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Sound Digressions
by sounddigressions
Trying to process the news and other events
Episodes
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Raccoon Dog Day Afternoon
Yet another episodes about the origins of SARS-CoV-2: new assessment by the CIA, Jeffrey Sachs bombshell. Plus a brief, uninformative, movie review. NY Times story about CIA assessment Nature article (blaming raccoon dogs, without evidence, yet again) Jeffrey Sachs interview with Current Affairs...
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Change of View
Season 2 Episode 2! A short episode about viewing old things with new eyes.
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2023 Year in Review
Picking up exactly where I left off: rambling. Remembering the "Spy Balloon" saga, forest fires, NATO militarism, embarrassing Canadian moments, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the never-ending SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the research that might have brought it upon us. Music: "Titanium" by Alisia...
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Wag the Racoon Dog
100% SARS-CoV-2 episode! A (relatively) sombre return to my favourite topic, talking about the US Department of Energy's assessment regarding the origins of the virus, how Racoon Dogs became a hot topic in early March 2023, and the recently released report "Post-COVID-19 Condition in Canada: What...
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Faster, Zombie! Kill! Kill!
Zombies reign supreme in this episode. I discuss The Last of Us (TV series and videogame), The Walking Dead (the walking lame, if we're honest about things), Dawn of the Dead (the good one and the remake), and cult classic Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. Music: "Zombie (feat. Emilio Rojas)" by...
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Blown Pipe Dreams
All about the new Substack article by award winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh on the blowing up of the NordStream pipelines by the Americans. I cover the basics of the story, some of the more interesting criticisms, various interviews that Hersh has done since, including with Radio War…
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The Red Baloney
All about the Chinese alleged spy balloon incident and all the other balloons caught in the fray. I talk about the movies The Red Balloon (1956) and Red Dawn (1984), read an excerpt from an essay by Walter Kirn, and give a preview of potential future episodes. Music: "Dream Sequence - Part III"…
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Sweet Revenge
After being thrown out of the country and vilified for refusing covid vaccines, Novak Djokovic returns to Melbourne to claim his record tying 22nd Grand Slam title, helping me celebrate the 50th episode of Sound Digressions with a bang. I also talk about various Predator movies, including Prey...
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My Heart Will Goad On
A little talk about Rolling Stone magazine omitting Celine Dion from their 200 Greatest Singers list, various musing about January 6 protests, a brief update on XBB.1.5 and current Covid hospitalizations in Quebec, plus another look at the Twitter Files and what they've revealed. Summery of...
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The Unseen Hammer
I give you an update on my running injuries, talk about the evolving situation in Peru, pandemic developments in China, and a brief mention of the Twitter Files (which you can find more about through this story by Lee Fang at The Intercept). Music: "Reverie of the Watchers" by The Aurora…
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Ye Shall Not Pass
A foray into one of my least favourite topics: celebrity squabbles. Billionarie Musk bans billionaire Ye from Twitter, showing that his alleged commitment to "free speech absolutism" was never as strongly as stated and that the platform will experience, at most, marginal changes under his...
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Near Death Experience
A full (ish) recap of my most recent marathon running experience, a plunge into the (minor) abyss of anxiety the week leading up to it was, and a quick recap of a fantastic marathon race I watched in Portuguese because I couldn't find an English broadcast on the Youtube. Episode art image by:...
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Too Many Loops
This episode begins and ends with me rambling about my upcoming attempt to run 42.2kms. In between, I talk about SARS-CoV-2, of course, lament the lack of attention Cuban vaccines have gotten, and very reluctantly talk for a bit about Elon Musk and Twitter. You can find Katherine Eban's latest...
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Tiger in the Sachs
An episode on why Jeffrey Sachs has been making the news recently. The head of the recently completed report "The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic" has raised eyebrows in the last couple of months by simply voicing his findings, calling out wilful…
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Marathon Mania
Have running on my mind recently. I talk about two marathons that took place on the weekend, Montreal and Berlin. You also get a preview of a potential future episode about the nearly forgotten now p(l)andemic. Cover art photo credit: By Isma250 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,...
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Rest In Pieces
No love lost for the change in monarch, or the death of Gorbachev, or Haruki Murakami. The usual ramble with, in my opinion, some better than average music. Back after a long hiatus. Music: "Intro / SP / DDB / X-Visitations / Gamelan" by The Psychic Paramount
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Nerve to Perv
Another recap of my time in Calgary. I discuss sweat, creaking joints, walks, hikes, hares, and a whole bunch of terrible, sometimes interesting, movies I've been watching
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Easy Ease
I arrive to Calgary without much to say about the place. Tried watching a couple of movies about alternate universes, unintentionally pondering "What if I had stayed here?"
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The Way We Go RRR
I give an update on the health of boxer Alejandra “Fenix” Ayala, hate listen to an interview with the lesser JT on CBC's mediocre show The House, and quickly review the superb epic action drama RRR (2022). Mistakenly, I continuously refer to the host of The House as "Chris Howden" when it is in...
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The Good Fight
Samuel talks about watching boxing early in the morning, running plans, and, returning to the podcast's favourite topic, SARS-CoV-2, does a review of Michael Lewis' book The Premonition. Music: "Premonition" by Alessio Bargiacchi, from the album S27-X (II) Music: "Premonition" by CoCoComa, from…
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Sour Patch Dune
A quick review of about half a dozen movies (including They Live (1988) and Vice (2018)) that popped into my head while talking about the latest Dune (2021) and The Batman (2022), followed by a longer review of Wiebo's War (2011), a documentary by David York about the families in "Trickle Creek"...
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Speak Ill of Conspiracies
It took me about a month to finally edit this, I recorded it midway through April while sick. Here I focus on two articles by Katherine Eban, published in Vanity Fair, "The Lab Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins" from June of last year and " "This Shouldn't Happen"…
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The Will To Power
Samuel delves, belatedly, into the greatest moment in television in years: The Slap. A short update on the case of Mehdi Ali and other asylum seekers in Australia (they've been released from confinement) and an update on the alleged plot to kidnap the Governor of Michigan. The episode art is a...
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Thank You For Asking!
Rambling episode about censorship and propaganda. I talk about the new (not official) Lego, Italian airport workers, a new baby rhino, blog post from the Canadian Council for the Arts, cancelled piano performances, and an ovation in the Washington Post to newest Sexiest Man in the World. Music:...
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Parisian Poutine
Samuel makes a list of the recent waves of panic that have dominated the news cycle since mid-November 2021, talks about difficulties finding reliable data about the situation in Ukraine, and digs into why a recent NY Times article about the possible origins of SARS-CoV-2 horribly missed the…
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Regular vs Supreme
Samuel explores a whole bunch of recent stories all revolving around trucks! Rig aficionadxs tune in! Here's the story of Leah Gorham I mention in the show Music: "Freedom" by Slipper, from the album Attack of the Killer Lobsters Music: "Freedom" by Classwar Karaoke, from the album Classwar…
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Novax Djocovid vs The World
Samuel goes on a second rant about the most important news in Australia and tries to decipher what is and what is not a health measure. Brawl in Montreal Tara Moriarty German police with sticks Music: "Tejygo" by Mello C Music: "Algorithms" by Chad Crouch Episode art: By Carine06 (no real name...
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When Flurona Met Deltacron
Samuel talks on Novak Djokovic's Australian vacation (but first he rambles for 45 minutes about emerging non-variants, anti-vaxxers, Joe Rogan, Robert Malone, Yuri Deigin, vaccine passports, and reveals that he is sick with something). Park Hotel story is HERE Music: "Isolation" by Audiobinger,...
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Goodbye 2021
Samuel and Monique do their inaugural YEAR END REVIEW! We talk about memes, frontiers, wizards, try to figure out what NFTs are, talk cats and early childhood experiences, spill drinks, discuss supply chains, and a whole lot more. Here's the story about the gazebo, for those who would like a…
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Omicroming 4 U
Samuel talks about the potential origins of the Omicron variant as presented by William A. Haseltine and manages to depress himself. Enjoy! Music: "Bajará por el lado izquierdo" by Boris & Olivier, from the album Holiday On Music: "Holiday" by Julie Byrne
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Christmas Miracles
We decided about two weeks ago to do a Christmas Special and it's finally here! Surprisingly, we stay on topic the whole time, with only minor deviations, covering all kinds of miracles (Jesus, missing cats reappearing, surviving medical emergencies). Here are a couple of heartwarming stories…
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Bringer of Chaos
Samuel talks about how his early childhood infatuation with the Transformers prepared him mentally for the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, discusses what he has been able to glean so far about Omicron and how it's being covered, and cites two cases (one confirmed, the other suspected) where...
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Unwind and Rewind
Samuel provides an update on both Russiagate (EP 7 Don't be Russian and I Won't be Stalin) and the Havana Syndrome (EP 11, Soothing Fight Sounds from Havana) plus a whole lotta new thoughts on the ongoing Pandemic. Here's an article about the vaccine card fraud happening in Saskatchewan Here's…
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Virology Industrial Complex II
Canadaland tried to correct their ways by doing a 2ND episode on the Origins of SARS-CoV-2 and here I, Samuel, come again to tell you how they got things not-quite-right... And probably get a few things not-quite-right myself. This is probably the most rambling episode in a while. Very soon after...
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Virology Industrial Complex
Samuel analyses two podcasts, The Trillbilly Worker's Party and Canadaland, both of which released episodes on the investigation into the origins of SARS-CoV-2 over the last 7 days (you won't be able to hear the Trillbillies unless you subscribe to their Patreon). Spoiler Alert: neither of these...
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Grave Gravel
Samuel recounts having met Trudeau 9 years ago, discusses briefly the current elxn before announcing who he is voting for! Followed by another discussion into the origins of Covid, this time focusing on a little bit of research compiled by Gilles Demaneuf. Music thanks to Royalty Free Music from...
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Smells Like Team Spirit
Samuel talks about the Olympic Marathon races and doesn't get sidetracked even once. Music thanks to Royalty Free Music from Bensound
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Tele Confe Rence
An introduction to Nicholas Wade's new article in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists concerning how the conversation around the origins of SARS-CoV-2 was skewed right from the start. You could just read the article, but we hope you'll also listen to Samuel stumble through it. ALSO: we try to…
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From Cow Bay With Love
Samuel and Monique discuss German traditions, Covid Passports, trips to Home Depot, a very strange experience that wasn't Just for Laughs, and jeans tucked into socks
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Laps of Freedom
I talk about the Olympics, boxing in Boston, what vaccines are supposed to do, and my first outdoors crowded adventure in a long time. The twitter thread mentioned, by Dr Eric Diegl-Ding, is here. I misremembered when it was that Kenenisa Bekele set the Olympic Record for the 10 000m (he did it…
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Encouragement and Excess
While waiting for an electrician, Samuel takes another dive into the murky waters of Covid-19, this time focusing on the Royal Society of Canada's June 2021 report: Excess All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Epidemic in Canada. He talks about media coverage and the role media plays in...
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Known Unknowns
A special episode for those who have yet to reach total SARS-CoV-2 fatigue. Samuel meanders through various suspicions, clues, conflicts of interest, bad science, and secretive behaviours that have fuelled a small community of independent researches to attempt to pierce the obscurity around the...
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St Jean Baptiste the Life Champ
Monique and Samuel share memorable Fête Nationale moments, talk about last meals, vegetarianism, basketball, neighbours, SARS-CoV-2, and a whole lot more.
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The Triumphal Arc of the Star
We discuss the latest documentary on Paris Hilton, Alexandra Dean's This is Paris, talk about the Most Matted Dog Ever, recall fond memories of lasagna, and prepare the scene for our soon to follow podcast about Jack Johnson. Samuel also drops some hints about a possible future episode on the...
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The Ultimate Thunder Mixer
Renowned Hulkomaniacs Samuel and Monique watch Wrestlemania VI for the very first time! We do commentary on the first Wrestlemania to venture outside of the USA and into the Skydome, discuss combat sports history, and talk about underwear and foxes. If you feel like watching the show while...
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Crackers, Puppies, and Blenders
Monique and Samuel discuss intensely serious topics, as usual
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Soothing fight sounds from Havana
Samuel tries to tell apart the sounds made by Indies short-tailed crickets and Jamaican field crickets (he can't), recounts some ways in which boxing changed during the pandemic, and examines a sound deprivation chamber. Dr MacPherson's World Wide Hum Map This is the article by Jack Hitt in…
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Reunited and it feels so good
Like Godzilla, you can't keep Monique down for long! She returns ready for an episode of "ça va bien aller" and sunshine only to be thwarted by Samuel's insistence on talking about State Propaganda, Afghanistan, and Covid. Tune in to find out if she survives!
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We're not nuclear scientists, we're optimists
After a short rant about the pandemic, Samuel talks about dumping and drinking contaminated water, building secret underground nuclear waste sites, and the wonderful, forgotten world of the OG Godzilla
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Wave to me from Pyongyang
In this second episode of the Sound of Doom, Samuel ruminates about the 3rd wave of Covid-19 and the 3rd leader of the DPRK, provides some updates on Russiagate, and thanks angry scientists.
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