
Confab moved to Wednesday nights because of various scheduling conflicts. This did not, however, slow us down. We had another packed house, with
Mollie Bradley-Martin and
Sarah Lingafelter joining us for the first time. Mollie, you may know, is a regular contributor on
Podcasting Liberally. Sarah is a lawyer at
Preston|Gates|Ellis, LLP who just happens to have worked with both
Gavin Shearer and me during the dotcom era.
Purportedly, the main thread of this week's show was globalization. We wandered, as usual. Seven participants really pushes the limits of what a podcast can safely manage. At one point Keith Vaitkus has to exclaim that, "This is lively! I've been raising my hand and I can't get a turn!" So many simultaneous voices must make the podcast difficult to follow. We've since agreed to keep future shows down to five participants (maybe six in rare cases).
The best quote award for the April 12, 2006 show goes to Will Kelley-Kamp for the quote, "Hold on a second! That cannot be true: Medicare part D. Why would the Republican Party put seven bullets in a six chamber gun, and pull the trigger twenty-five times!" You'll have to listen to the show to understand the context of that quote and why Brian Gaither will be blogging at www.brokenthumb.co.uk in the near future.
The next Confab show will be recorded on April 26, 2006.