{"id":11028,"date":"2017-12-25T20:40:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T00:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=11028"},"modified":"2017-12-25T20:40:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T00:40:03","slug":"2017-year-end-bonus-mini-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2017-year-end-bonus-mini-episode","title":{"rendered":"2017 Year-End Bonus Mini-Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show<br \/>\n2017 Year-End Bonus Mini-Episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9100\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11028-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=11028-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Until a couple of months ago, it meant something different to say, &#8220;I know I&#8217;m not going to be the next Charlie Rose,&#8221; but you know what I mean.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No interview this time, just a guy talking to himself! A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/asterix-is-the-magic-potion-that-made-me-a-linguist-f982jlk5t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">column by Oliver Kamm<\/a> about the importance of <em>Asterix the Gaul<\/em> causes me to recap a little of 2017, lament the decline of Oliver&#8217;s mother, past guest <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-108-from-asterix-to-zweig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthea Bell<\/a>, fill you in on the regrets of some of the guests I missed out on, and talk through why I&#8217;m doing what I&#8217;m doing here. No visitation by Christmas ghosts necessary! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qRKmhVnspMs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/2017_Year-End_Bonus_Mini-Episode.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Bring Me Down<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/davidanddavidmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Baerwald<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. I recorded this episode solo on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. 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No interview this time, just a guy talking to himself! A column by Oliver Kamm about the importance of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2017-year-end-bonus-mini-episode\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2017 Year-End Bonus Mini-Episode&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,27,26,4,1083,12,1183,18,5],"tags":[2038,3331,2054,138,426,992,2495,973,1577,256,1640,3343,3395,1347],"class_list":["post-11028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-big-business","category-comics","category-literature","category-movies","category-pharmaceuticals","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","category-travel","tag-al-jaffee","tag-anthea-bell","tag-arnold-roth","tag-christopher-hitchens","tag-clive-james","tag-david-carr","tag-dg-myers","tag-glenn-obrien","tag-james-salter","tag-jimmy-breslin","tag-matt-wuerker","tag-oliver-kamm","tag-prue-shaw","tag-richard-thompson","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0497.jpg?fit=1931%2C1931","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2RS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8584,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-108-from-asterix-to-zweig","url_meta":{"origin":11028,"position":0},"title":"Episode 108 &#8211; From Asterix to Zweig","author":"Gil","date":"March 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: Anthea Bell - From Asterix to Zweig \"There were a lot of books in the school library, and they weren't in English, and I was mad keen to get at them.\" Renowned literary translator Anthea Bell joins the show to talk about getting her start in foreign\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Comic books &amp; strips&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Comic books &amp; strips","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature\/comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/bell2054.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/bell2054.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/bell2054.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/bell2054.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/bell2054.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12673,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/clive-james-bonus-episode","url_meta":{"origin":11028,"position":1},"title":"Clive James Bonus Episode","author":"Gil","date":"November 27, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: Clive James Bonus Episode \"Culture makes the world tolerable. 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