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Jeff Holden is Becoming King of the Pods

Jeff Holden is Becoming King of the Pods

Jeff Holden is the founder of Hear Me Now Studio, as well as its principal producer. The company creates several dozen of the estimated four million podcasts out there in cyber space—including his own, “Imperfect Heart,” and mine (named for and hyper-linked at the bottom of this column).

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Amy Brown’s Business Stayed in Shape During COVID

Amy Brown’s Business Stayed in Shape During COVID

Amy Brown is telling me about a three-week period during the COVID-19 crisis when she and her then-small staff would arrive at her Instaphysique [hyperlink: instaphysique.com] studio by 5:30 a.m. to roll some of her patented Lagree Fitness machines into the parking lot in time for the arrival of her first client.

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“The Music Man” and Donald Trump: Together Again

“The Music Man” and Donald Trump: Together Again

As September heats up in more ways than one, I need to declare that no matter how loathsome, repugnant and vile many of us find Donald Trump (hashtag: #The Crook Who Would Be King), he is not, repeat, not, the reincarnation of Adolph Hitler, Nero, Vlad the Impaler, Attila the Hun, the Anti-Christ or the inventor of reverse mortgages.

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My Son, the Podcaster!

My Son, the Podcaster!

In keeping with my cautious nature— heretofore never-suspected—I’ve finally decided to do a podcast. I hesitated to start one until roughly four million other people had.

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The Out-Loud Value of Keeping Quiet

The Out-Loud Value of Keeping Quiet

In John Huston’s memorable version of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon,” Peter Lorre (as criminal Joel Cairo) says to Humphrey Bogart (as private detective Sam Spade), “You always have a very smooth explanation.”

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