{"id":836,"date":"2014-01-18T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=836"},"modified":"2014-01-18T10:27:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T21:27:09","slug":"episode-twenty-three-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2014\/01\/episode-twenty-three-state-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Twenty Three &#8211; State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6422\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-836-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.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-23-StateFair.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=836-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-23-StateFair.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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"State Fair\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/23%20-%20State%20Fair.JPG\" width=\"614\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin takes us to the Development Conference for the early Universe, Craig imagines Winter Festivals where the atmosphere falls as rain, and also considers Citizenship in a <strong>vastly<\/strong> less united U.S.A., Tonya proposes a world where <strong>Our State Fair Is The Best State Fair, <em>Or I&#8217;ll Cut You<\/em><\/strong>, and Gulo T. brings us the Trade &amp; Exchange of Emotional States.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Sq9oR9x171w\">People Are Strange &#8211; The Doors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Fair_(1945_film)\">State Fair (1945 Movie)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VSKa29E4T7o\">Our State Fair &#8211; song from the 1962 Movie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Moon_is_Not_Blue\">The Moon Is Not Blue &#8211; M*A*S*H episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Higgs_boson\">Higgs Boson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/girlgenius.wikia.com\/wiki\/The_Unstoppable_Higgs\">Airman Third Class <em>(Bosun)<\/em> Higgs &#8211; <strong>here be Girl Genius spoilers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate\">Bose-Einstein Condensate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/fae\/\">Fate Accelerated Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eos-sama.com\/nobilis\/index.html\">Nobilis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solid_hydrogen\">Solid Hydrogen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metallic_hydrogen\">Metallic Hydrogen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pipeline.corante.com\/archives\/things_i_wont_work_with\/\">Things I Won&#8217;t Work With<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_D._Clark\">John D. Clark<\/a>, author of Ignition!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nedelin_catastrophe\">Nedelin Disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kerbalspaceprogram.com\/\">Kerbal Space Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sapphire_%26_Steel\">Sapphire &amp; Steel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commonplacebooks.com\/welcome-to-night-vale\/\">Welcome to Night Vale<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sigil_(city)\">Sigil<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planescape\">Planescape<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky\">A Deepness In The Sky<\/a> &#8211; Vernor Vinge<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cargo_(2009_film)\">Cargo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thing_(1982_film)\">The Thing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prometheus_(2012_film)\">Prometheus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pandorum\">Pandorum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Abyss\">The Abyss<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hunger_Games_trilogy\">The Hunger Games<\/a> &#8211; Suzanne Collins<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snow_Crash\">Snow Crash<\/a> &#8211; Neal Stephenson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Government\">Jennifer Government<\/a> &#8211; Max Barry<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Only_Forward\">Only Forward<\/a> &#8211; Michael Marshall Smith<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sprawl_trilogy\">The Sprawl Trilogy<\/a> &#8211; William Gibson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shadowrun\">Shadowrun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agricultural_show\">A&#038;P Show<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_(chicken)\">Polish Chicken<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carniv%C3%A0le\">Carniv\u00e0le<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=179\" title=\"Episode Six \u2013 Food Court Wars\">Episode Six &#8211; Food Court Wars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yak\">Yak<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snow_Leopard\">Snow Leopard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indiana_State_Fair\">Indiana State Fair<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auckland_Easter_Show\">Royal Easter Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funnel_cake\">Funnel Cake<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_funnel-web_spider\">Australian Funnel-Web Spider<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Cabin_in_the_Woods\">Cabin In The Woods<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Pain Peddlers&#8221;, it turns out, was written by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Silverberg\">Robert Silverberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Something_Wicked_This_Way_Comes_(novel)\">Something Wicked This Way Comes<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_Bradbury\">Ray Bradbury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fez\">Fez<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/princessbride.wikia.com\/wiki\/Fezzik\">Fezzik<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iqtoys.co.nz\/product\/28799\/moon-hopper\/\">Moonhopper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renaissance_fair\">Ren Fair<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6424\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-836-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.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-23-StateFair.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=836-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-23-StateFair.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-23-StateFair.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-23-StateFair.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Kevin takes us to the Development Conference for the early Universe, Craig imagines Winter Festivals where the atmosphere falls as rain, and also considers Citizenship in a vastly less united U.S.A., Tonya proposes a world where Our State Fair Is The Best State Fair, Or I&#8217;ll Cut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episode"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}