My Two Reviews of No Time To Die on James Bond Radio

The best, and perhaps longest running, podcast devoted to 007 films, James Bond Radio, has a cool way of leaving 90-second audio messages via their website. They asked their listeners to leave 90-second reviews about No Time To Die as part of their "30 Days of No Time To Die" coverage since the U.K. release of the film.

When I first saw the movie, I wanted to talk to someone about it, someone who had not yet seen it. Knowing no one like that, I left the fellas at James Bond Radio a message with my instant thoughts about the movie, not knowing they would use it. When they finally got around to their final of the "30 Days" episodes, they asked their listeners to leave their messages, so I complied and left another review.

Well, as luck would have it, both of my messages made the cut, and at different points in the episode. There are over 150 reviews, and it's a long episode, but it is really cool to hear over 150 different opinions about No Time To Die. I commend the entire episode to you, but if you just wish to hear my brilliant takes, you can skip to 4:34 (the overall second review) and 3:06:02.

   

No Time To Die Music Stories

James Bond Radio has an episode out today that discusses the music of No Time To Die. One of the guests hosting the music episode is Chris Wood, who is a great follow on Instagram (@BondOnVinyl), a great music mind and a great Bond music aficionado. Listen below, and see the other podcast as well. 

As a result of hearing Chris Wood mention Mike Lovatt, who played trumpet on the No Time To Die soundtrack, being a recent guest on the Scorey Time podcast, I listened to that episode as well and really enjoyed it, listen to it here.

Talking College Baseball on The Price of Business

I was a guest today on Kevin Price's radio show, The Price of Business, talking about the business of college baseball, especially during and after the pandemic.

 

Price of Business Show · 09-16-2020 Steve Parkhurst

Clearing the Tabs August 31, 2020

Some things I've read so far in the second half of this month, or will be reading soon. It appears that a lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, and will probably keep doing this for a while.

August 18
Strengthen America by Strengthening Families

The Make-Believe Postal Service Panic and the Tenth Theorem of Government

August 20
California’s Dysfunctional Electricity Policies may lead to more Blackouts

This Is the Great Reshuffling

August 21
Time to Shut Down the Ethanol Racket

The Heartland’s Revival

When Your Intellectual Heroes Let You Down

August 25
Work Sharing: A Really Bad Idea That Just Won't Die

August 26
America Still Needs Reaganism

One sign at a time, Pennsylvania veteran makes the world a better place

During the quiet time of 2020, I discovered a fascinating podcast. The podcast was very addictive and I found waiting for the new episode every Wednesday to be excruciating. The podcast technically ended in July, but they mystery and the investigation continued. One interesting aspect of the podcast was the investigative journalist asking for listener help in several areas. So a little after the podcast technically ended, Missing In Alaska has produced an updated episode with new findings, mostly the findings of listeners. Take a listen, maybe you can help too.


August 27
Why It’s So Lonely at the Top
Work friendships are crucial to happiness. What happens when you can’t make them?

Europeans Discover the Myth About 'Safety Nets' the Hard Way

August 28
Three Things Trump Is Getting Right, and Democrats Ignored
China is trouble, cities are in trouble, and endless anarchic protests aren’t a way to win over suburban voters.

Reform, Not Defunding
Black communities around the United States want better interactions with law enforcement, not the abolition of police departments.

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Clearing the Tabs July 31, 2020

Some things I've read so far in the second half of this month, or will be reading soon. It appears that a lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, and will probably keep doing this for a while.

July 19
Why Are Conservatives So Worked Up By Bari Weiss’s Letter Of Resignation?

July 20
Social Bonds are Fraying Fast in America’s Cities
How the pandemic has some people yearning to move to small towns and suburbs.

Glenn Loury appeared on EconTalk with Russ Roberts and the conversation was outstanding.

July 21
Opportunity abounds when government gets out of the way

July 22
New York and Fiscal Suicide

Podcast: Big Cities
Be it resolved, COVID-19 and its social and economic fall out spells the end of the big city boom.

July 23
Defunding police won't solve inner-city violence, but proven solutions can

July 25

Should We Expect Lower-Scoring Baseball in 2020?

July 27
As MLB restarts, Minor League Baseball survives and waits its turn

Donald Trump Is No Ronald Reagan

July 28
Blue Cities Give the 'Broken Windows' Economic Growth Theory a Try

The Quiet Fury Of Americans

July 30
Tax Increases Will Generate More Spending, More Debt, and Less Prosperity

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I was a guest on the Let's Get Two podcast this week. Listen to the 10 minute interview here:
(skip to 21:30):

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Conservative Conversations with ISI: Amity Shlaes

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Talking Baseball on Let's Get Two Podcast

 That's me "On Deck." Listen below the image, skip to 21:40 for my portion of the podcast.

Cougars Beat Podcast Is Here!

Or if you prefer...
 

Clearing the Tabs 2-22-2019

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

February 16
America’s role model should be America

February 17
Cities Point the Way in Promoting Opportunity and Reducing Poverty

February 18
The dark side of Green technology

Cheer up. Despite national gloom, we're actually pretty happy with our lives and neighbors.

February 19
Health Care and Opportunity Zones: The Game Begins

"Of the 8,762 census tracts across the county that have been designated as Opportunity Zones, 2,905 (33%) either contain a hospital or are ½ a mile from a hospital."

I found Alan Alda's conversation with Stephen Fry completely interesting:


February 20
New York’s Slow-Motion Fiscal Suicide

February 21
Arthur Brooks has a new podcast episode this week that is off the beaten path and completely worth your time:


February 22
Curing Blindness is Just the Beginning

America’s oligarchs face left-wing, right-wing backlash

Clearing the Tabs 2-15-2019

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

February 9
Restoring the California Dream, not nailing its coffin

February 11
Own the Libs, or Let the Libs Own Us?

She’s No Alexander Hamilton

February 12
Five Reasons the Green New Deal Is Worse Than You Thought
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal isn't even serious about environmentalism, let alone economics.

February 13
This Train Won’t Leave the Station
If high-speed rail can’t make it in California, it can’t make it anywhere.

February 14
Arthur Brooks has begun season 2 of his outstanding podcast. Here is the first episode of the new season:

February 15
How the collapse of communities gave us Trump

Twilight of the Oligarchs?
Still capitalists at heart, tech titans cozied up to the progressive Left—until the contradictions became too obvious.
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This is a really interesting podcast interview by The Bulwark with Democratic Presidential candidate John Delaney. Delaney is a very cerebral, pragmatic thinker. I do not agree with him on much, but consider this: If Mr. Delaney's positions were the starting point, rather than the radical exception, for the Democrats, this would really improve both parties. I hope you will take some time and listen to this:

Clearing the Tabs 7-27-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

July 21
Democrats are Helping Trump to Win Re-election

Elon Musk is a total fraud

If there were no taxpayers to help subsidize his nonsense, he would be out of business.

July 22
Let's Be Blunt, Internet Sales Taxes Are Economy-Sapping Domestic Tariffs

July 23
Millennials Reinvent Localism in Their Search for Community

July 24
The Pundit Class's Russia Obsession Is a Loud Insult to Reason

July 25
Democrats’ latest election strategy? They aim to win by allowing non-citizens to vote

July 26
The Hollowing-Out of the California Dream

Whatever Happened to Civility in America?

The Arthur Brooks Podcast - Episode 3

July 27
What tax reform 2.0 could look like

Republicans want to schedule a House vote in September on a second round of tax reform legislation.

Trump’s GDP achieves Mission Impossible (and shocks his critics)

Making Houston Sports Radio A Better Place

Former NFL quarterback, Sean Salisbury, started a new sports talk radio show in Houston yesterday. I had a radio on and I was working at my desk, so I just listened while I worked.

I was bothered by the way Salisbury was giving out the phone number. The station is AM 790, and every other host for as long as I have tuned in to the station would pronounce the last four numbers of the phone number as 5-790. Well, on Salisbury's first day, he kept saying it as 57-90, which defeats the purpose of having the number that way, and it sounds weird. So, I let the first hour of the show go by while I worked, figuring someone else would alert Salisbury to this terrible error. However, into the second hour of the show, I had had all I could take. So I tweeted to Salisbury during the commercial break. When he came back from break, he acknowledged my tweet, and corrected his ways. I might listen to day two to see if he sticks with it.

I have helped to make the world and journalism a better place by placing the show audio here for your enjoyment. The complete show is on Spreaker and you can listen below. I have also included my tweet and Salisbury's response at the bottom. Let me know if you have any questions.

Listen to "SeanSalisburyShow-7-9-18" on Spreaker.

You can hear the phone number being given out incorrectly at these points, among others:

25:25
44:23
56:34 here the phone number was given correctly by the co-host
67:35

Then, the magic happens:

68:13 you can hear Salisbury refer to the tweet from me (see below)
68:20 Salisbury gives the phone number out correctly

Oh my bad lol. Want even paying attention

— Sean Salisbury (@SeanUnfiltered) July 9, 2018