Episode 239: Starving African Child

TOPIC: Block! Block! Body blow! Uppercut!

This week, Dan and Merlin talk less about ad-blocking and more about what kind-of feels like (but might not actually be) a point of change for web advertising, podcasting, and media as a whole, which could affect, like, everything, man.

Links for this episode:

• Internet History Podcast | From Netscape To The iPad
  
• Political Gabfest on the second Republican presidential debate and the possible government shutdown over the Planned Parenthood controversy.
  On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the second round of Republican debates and how each candidate performed, and the potential government shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding and what it means for the 2016 election. They also talk to writer, speaker, and broadcaster Merlin Mann about time, attention, and productivity.
• Circulating Ideas | the librarian interview podcast
  Steve chats with Merlin Mann about his history with libraries, the importance of the library as a community space, why libraries aren’t dead, and checking in with the Library Elf.
• Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
  John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way.
• Quarterly rent report confirms: There are zero affordable neighborhoods for renters in S.F. - On The Block
  The overall median price for a 1-bedroom in SF hit $3,530 earlier this month
• This is what $350,000 buys you in San Francisco’s crazy housing market - On The Block
  The two-bedroom, one-bath “beauty” built in 1906 offers 765 square feet of living space and just went on the market for $350,000. That’s $458 per square foot, which might be considered a “bargain” since the average price per square foot in San Francisco is $957, according to real estate site Trulia.
• Amazon.com: Shure BETA 87A Supercardioid Condenser Microphone for Handheld Vocal Applications: Musical Instruments
  
• BETA 58A Vocal Microphone | Shure Americas
  
• Flavor Enhancer - Food Flavor Enhancers - Accent Flavor
  
• Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness: Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele: 9780393326024: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com: The Aviator: Martin Scorsese, John Logan, Warner Bros., wb: Amazon Digital Services , Inc.
  
• 5by5 | Road Work
  
• The September Issue (2009) - IMDb
  
• GHOSTERY Home Page
  

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