Month: September 2024

ASFO 2024–09–07

The triumphant (?) return to Earth of the Boeing CST–100 “Starliner” ; a long discussion of British energy policy and the implications of the “Contract for Difference” mechanism ; and benefits afforded to my Patreon supporters, in the form of postcards from unusual and even unique post offices. All while I eat an ice–cream cone!

Supplementary Show

2024–09–10 After occupying the first quarter of the hour with something else, we hear from the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, and a recently published report on “Technology Monitoring of Nuclear Energy”. This is officially part of the “Energy Strategy 2050”, which calls for Switzerland to decarbonize its whole energy supply while withdrawing from nuclear power, which currently supplies more than a third of Swiss electricity. Recent decisions by the Federal Council will hopefully lead to a reconsideration of this “Strategy”.

Objects In Mirrors Episode 27: “😀” (2024-09-06)

  • Tyler Childers – Long Violent History
  • My Morning Jacket – Gideon
  • Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City
  • Childish Gambino – Flight of the Navigator
  • Beck – Morning
  • Willie Nelson – Can I Sleep In Your Arms
  • Isaac Hayes – Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
  • Death Cab for Cutie – Cath
  • Gnarls Barkley – Smiley Faces
  • LCD Soundsystem – I Can Change
  • Band Of Horses – The Funeral
  • John Prine/Iris Dement – In Spite of Ourselves