This episode has nothing to do with Amy Cooper.  In fact, it doesn’t mention any Karens or their victims.  Amy’s dog was named Henry.   He’s not in this podcast.  Last we heard, he was back with the cocker spaniel rescue league.  They are not mentioned in today’s episode, either.

This episode also has nothing to do with coronavirus.  Nor, vaccines, anti-vaxxers or Betsy DeVos.  In fact, although the episode was recorded at socially-acceptable distances on the order of miles (and, in the case of our guest, a continent’s worth of them), you will hear no discussion of health today.  Not a memorable one, at least.  

The Beatles. The Stones. The Who. The Grateful Dead.  R.E.M.  Not today.  

Architecture. Philosophy. Music history. Art history. Cosmology. English literature. Filmology. Engineering, science or math.  You’ll hear nothing of the sort.

Do you want to learn more about Mitch McConnell?  Nancy Pelosi?  Donald Trump?  (Where is he, by the way?). This is not, as Obi-Wan Kenobi would say, the episode you are looking for.  Ditto re RBG’s health, the upcoming elections, or the end of civility as we know it.

Did we mention X Æ A-12 — or Little X, as Grimes more affectionally calls the tike?   We might have, here, but not in the podcast.  Speaking of Elon, the Gigafactory is in Nevada.  Neither come up in today’s episode.  Nor do the Kardashians, Kanye West,  Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner or Blitzen.

What is this episode about? What are they ever about?  Think of it as a tree falling in a forest with nobody there to hear it.

P.S.

For inquiring minds who have stumbled on this episode and can’t find the way out, Tim Forbes is in sports management. He worked his way up through the PGA, became an acclaimed author and now runs his own sports business. Tim has quite a story to tell, and if you listen to today’s episode you might catch a little of it.