{"id":2029,"date":"2017-03-18T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2017-03-14T21:48:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T08:48:58","slug":"episode-eighty-eight-our-listener-international-human-of-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2017\/03\/episode-eighty-eight-our-listener-international-human-of-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Eighty Eight &#8211; Our Listener, International Human of Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_143\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2029-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2029-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/88--OurListener.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What if, rather than using the standard approach to a numbers station, someone recruited a bunch of community radio and music enthusiasts, handed them the keys to a station, and said &#8220;Go Nuts, Kids. Have fun. Oh, and can you play this at 8pm?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The communications medium of the revolution isn&#8217;t letters or phone calls; It&#8217;s a bunch of counter-culture types in an old bus, transmitting their pirate radio messages of rock &amp; roll, societal change, and instructions for the movements and activities of resistance cells.<\/p>\n<p>We develop the business case for a Aggregated Untraceable Intelligence Broadcast Provider.<\/p>\n<p>In which we decide that the Big Red Couch is Intellectual Dr\u0101no.<\/p>\n<p>In the near future, the AI advertising bot\u00a0<em>wants<\/em> you to be happy, but all it has to go on is the reports from your various Internet Of Things appliances, and it can only communicate with you by tweaking the advertising it sends your way.<\/p>\n<p>Podcasts inadvertently become the cultural touchstones of a society.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austin_Powers:_International_Man_of_Mystery\">International Man of Mystery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_the_Vegetarian#Cultural_references\">Apu, the Fifth Beatle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/questionablecontent.net\/view.php?comic=2490\">Questionable Content comic about beetles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Numbers_station\">Numbers Station<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Numbers_station#Identifying_and_locating\">Accidental Radio Cuba broadcast on the\u00a0&#8220;Atenci\u00f3n&#8221; station<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/north-berwick.co.uk\/\">North Berwick<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Boat_That_Rocked\">The Boat That Rocked<\/a> (Movie)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kexp.org\/\">KEXP 90.3 FM<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecurrent.org\/\">The Current<\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Craig <strong>suggested<\/strong> that I put these in, as examples of the sort of radio station which might emerge from the situation he&#8217;s describing. Frankly, I think he&#8217;s just trying to boost the signal of bands he likes, given the number of times he&#8217;s watched\/listened to various Doomtree performances they&#8217;ve shared ~ T. Jones)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirius_XM_Holdings\">Sirius<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satellite_radio\">Satellite Radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Americans_(2013_TV_series)\">The Americans<\/a> (TV)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steganography\">Steganography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pirate_radio\">Pirate Radio<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_Hauraki\">Radio Hauraki<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sleeping_Dogs_(film)\">Sleeping Dogs<\/a> (Movie)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Idiot-Played-Rachmaninov-Michael-Douglas\/dp\/0473207230\">The Idiot Played Rachmaninov<\/a>\u00a0(Book)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaker_Run\">Shaker Run<\/a> (Movie)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1951_New_Zealand_waterfront_dispute\">1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blerta\">BLERTA<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Bruno Lawrence&#8217;s Electric Revelation and Travelling Apparition<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruno_Lawrence\">Bruno Lawrence<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Further_(bus)\">Furthur<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bullypulpitgames.com\/games\/grey-ranks\/\">Grey Ranks<\/a> (RPG)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Muldoon\">Sir Robert David &#8220;Rob&#8221; Muldoon<\/a>, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1975-1984<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cop_Land\">Cop Land<\/a> (Movie)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Blacklist_(TV_series)\">The Blacklist<\/a> (TV)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P._J._O'Rourke\">P. 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O&#8217;Rourke<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apocalypse-world.com\/\">Apocalypse World<\/a> (RPG)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyrillic_script\">Cyrillic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pyongyang\">Pyongyang<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielbayn.com\/wushu\/\">Wushu<\/a>\u00a0(RPG)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hong_Kong_Action_Theatre!\">Hong Kong Action Theatre<\/a>\u00a0(RPG)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/klCQzTsC5Uk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doomtree\">Doomtree<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dessa\">Dessa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_Railroad\">Underground Railroad<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air\">The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/a> (TV)<br \/>\n<em>(The episode The Ethnic Tip was the one Craig was thinking of; It mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0583046\/quotes?item=qt0272547\">directions coded into songs<\/a>. That looks to be <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_Railroad#Folklore\">folklore<\/a>, unfortunately.\u00a0~ T. Jones)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myst\">Myst<\/a> (Game)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pontypool_(film)\">Pontypool<\/a> (Movie)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thinning\">The Thinning<\/a> (Movie)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thinner_(film)\">Thinner<\/a> (Movie)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drano\">Dr\u0101no<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvey_Wallbanger\">Harvey Wallbanger<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex_on_the_Beach\">Sex On The Beach<\/a>\u00a0<em>(&#8220;The&#8221; beach, not &#8220;A&#8221; beach &#8211; At this point, I&#8217;m beginning to doubt Craig&#8217;s commitment to cocktail mixology ~ T. Jones)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/\">Dreamhost<\/a>\u00a0(Domain Name Registry &amp; Website Hosting) (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DreamHost\">Wikipedia Page<\/a>)<br \/>\n(<em>The Big Red Couch uses Dreamhost as our Registrar &amp; Host, and we&#8217;ve been happy with them ~ T. Jones)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thrilling_Adventure_Hour\">Thrilling Adventure Hour<\/a>\u00a0(Podcast)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welcome_to_Night_Vale\">Welcome to Nightvale<\/a>\u00a0(Podcast)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kirill_(web_series)\">Kirill<\/a> (Web Series)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Z_Nation\">Z Nation<\/a> (TV)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/zombiesrungame.com\/\">Zombies, Run!<\/a> (Game)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Passengers_(2016_film)\">Passengers<\/a> (Movie)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pandorum\">Pandorum<\/a> (Movie)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1d4chan.org\/wiki\/Everyone_Is_John\">Everyone Is John<\/a>\u00a0(RPG)\u00a0<em>(It looks like the game&#8217;s official site has gone away &#8211; this was the best I could find ~ T. Jones)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Borg_(Star_Trek)\">The Borg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy_Quest\">Galaxy Quest<\/a> (Movie)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/I-like-being-weird.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2041\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/I-like-being-weird.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/I-like-being-weird.png 487w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/I-like-being-weird-274x300.png 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/podgecast.com\/\">The Podge Cast<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mtmjetpack.com\/\">Monkeys Took My Jetpack<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anim5.com\/IDDFOS\/TGS\/\">The Gutter Skypes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guest spot from the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Russian_Man_signoff_2013-04-23.ogg\">Russian Man<\/a>&#8221; numbers station.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_145\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2029-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2029-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-88-OurListener-InternationalHumanOfMystery.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS What if, rather than using the standard approach to a numbers station, someone recruited a bunch of community radio and music enthusiasts, handed them the keys to a station, and said &#8220;Go Nuts, Kids. 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