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Do you know how much the dollar has lost in it's value against other currencies in the last 90 days? Remember inflation in Zimbabwe? Argentina? the Weimar republic (Post WW1 Pre-Hitler Germany)? put another way, who cares if your investments go up ten percent if you'll lose 40% of your purchasing power. Gold is the only monetary asset that's no one else's responsibility. Gold still buys the same amount of stuff it always did (hookers, blow, dildos etc.). Gold does not require trust in a third party. Just like a turd you can possess it in your hand. You can take it with you (Its legal to fondle while your driving). Gold is real money. Gold is honest money.
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stellaFEEN said:
(Queue inspirational patriotic music)
Do you know how much the dollar has lost in it's value against other currencies in the last 90 days? Remember inflation in Zimbabwe? Argentina? the Weimar republic (Post WW1 Pre-Hitler Germany)? put another way, who cares if your investments go up ten percent if you'll lose 40% of your purchasing power. Gold is the only monetary asset that's no one else's responsibility. Gold still buys the same amount of stuff it always did (hookers, blow, dildos etc.). Gold does not require trust in a third party. Just like a turd you can possess it in your hand. You can take it with you (Its legal to fondle while your driving). Gold is real money. Gold is honest money.
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I hope you're in advertising. That was hilarious.
 
Oh yea, the gold adds..

Off course, the truth is, gold ain't worth shit. Try chewing on it!

I'll take a stash of beans (non-Monsanto Frankenstein variety), and a patch of dirt, non-polluted, thank you. A bean-patch is much better than any gold-bar. Just ask Thoreau! :)

That Ted Anderson guy from the adds, with that nasal, overdone sourdough accent, and the emperial music and all, that one is tough.

(The above is edited because of my foul mouth)

The old one with 'Mr. UFO' where you can hear a printing press in the background, it has a vintage flavor that makes me smile.
 
What's that squattie-pottie one that's shown up of late? I literally can't stop laughing everytime they say it.

Personally, I love the adverts in the show because they're so obviously aimed at right-wing survivalist types and it just gives me a laugh. I remember one about the best places to hide your guns because burglars are after them, but ACT QUICKLY because the information is so important that the SITE giving it will soon have to be hidden, too!

You can always skip the adverts, they serve the program well in that it actually EXISTS and it's easy enough to get a giggle out of them so I don't see the point in complaining, really.
 
Gene Steinberg said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but as with any commercial radio show, we have hard breaks to observe. Also since we are often talking to a guest on a phone, there's no way to feed them a time signal or musical note. We have to do the best we can under the situation. Some shows do a much harder break routine than we do.
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I have though about this and listen to many podcasts. I agree with the previous message about how it comes off rude and it's hard to follow through the breaks (I also understand you gotta do what you gotta do). Is there anyways to record the entire segment and then re-edit the commercial breaks back in (Ala Adam Carolla Podcast format) and maybe work in a live read or two to appease the money people? Just a thought.....I know it works much simpler in my brain than what actually is happening as this would probably cost you many more hours per podcast to cut and paste in commercial breaks. Anyways, love the content of your show!
 
It's the reverse of what we do. We follow a segment schedule that's identical to other networks, including Clear Channel. But I submit the show files without ads. They are inserted by the network. The timing for the breaks is precise, within a tenth of a second. We cannot, for example, delay the end of a segment if someone runs over. As to other podcasts: We are in a different business. The Paracast is a commercial radio show that is available in an online form. But we still have to provide the exact show recorded for us by the network, ads and all. Only the hourly news breaks are omitted.
 
Gene Steinberg said:
It's the reverse of what we do. We follow a segment schedule that's identical to other networks, including Clear Channel. But I submit the show files without ads. They are inserted by the network. The timing for the breaks is precise, within a tenth of a second. We cannot, for example, delay the end of a segment if someone runs over. As to other podcasts: We are in a different business. The Paracast is a commercial radio show that is available in an online form. But we still have to provide the exact show recorded for us by the network, ads and all. Only the hourly news breaks are omitted.
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I hear ya! I love the show non-the less and just skip the commercials! I have 3-4 paranomal podcasts that I listen to and you guys by far have the best cast to cast content. Most are very hit and miss.
 
Gene Steinberg said:
It's the reverse of what we do. We follow a segment schedule that's identical to other networks, including Clear Channel. But I submit the show files without ads. They are inserted by the network. The timing for the breaks is precise, within a tenth of a second. We cannot, for example, delay the end of a segment if someone runs over. As to other podcasts: We are in a different business. The Paracast is a commercial radio show that is available in an online form. But we still have to provide the exact show recorded for us by the network, ads and all. Only the hourly news breaks are omitted.
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gene, instead of going over this time and time again maybe you should put your "explaination" in a sticky thread with a title that explains the logisitics of the show. it seems to come up quite frequently in the forum and will probably always do so because of new members. then if the point comes up again just point them to the thread
 
I admit there do seem to be aot of breaks but I always remind myself the cast is free so what is there really to complain about. Other than sometimes it seems as though the commercials are louder than the cast.
 
The number of the breaks is the same as other network shows. As to volume levels, loud commercials have been the bane of the existence of radio shows forever it seems. We have no control over the level settings of anything but our own stuff. Quite often some ads seem louder, because they are recorded at consistently high levels, rather than modulated as is the case with actual show content.
 
The reason adds sound louder, even if they technically aren't, is the same reason much modern pop and rock music sounds tiring to the ear: The loudness war.

In audio production, and especially in broadcasting, all dynamics are squashed out of the recording (using limiters and compressors), so everything sounds equally loud. This has the benefit that even quiet parts of music or conversation can be heard even in a car radio, for instance. But it has the effect of killing dynamics (the difference between soft and loud parts) in music, and it creates listening fatigue.

The loudness war is a HUGE topic on production forums, because it really can kill music when mastering engineers (and broadcasters) push levels way over the limit.


Traditionally, everyone went for a dynamic range of about -18db, these days -8db is not unusual, especially in adds. It sounds like shit though, and I personally don't take part in that war when I produce music, as I do a lot.
 
My favorite UFO shows are videos hosted by scantilly-dressed hot chicks. I feel that that type of presentation gives me the most accurate content about the field. So, my main critique of Gene and Chris is that they are old guys with only sound files. I first noticed that Gene was not a scantilly-dressed hot chick a few months ago. Then recently I noticed that Chris was not one either. That is suspicious.
 
Gene Steinberg said:
Sorry, guys and gals, there will be no pictures of Mrs. Steinberg. :)
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But Gene, I already have a picture of you...........

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