# SSAB - April 23, 2026

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Podcast: [The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700)
Published: 2026-04-23T10:04:08+00:00
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Interview done and did! Should I stay or should I go? Enjoying this new recording routine cause I spend the night “Chinese-ing”. Chinese only! Watching Chinese at Dawn, Chloe Chinese Class and EasyTalk Chinese. Workout in! And run done from the Canadian embassy. What was I doing out there? Tried the Carolina Reaper Beef Jerky! Tingly! Sweating! But not deathly! And a little bit of a surprising statistic from Substack: “Writers and creators everywhere are building real audiences and livelihoods on Substack. As of today, nearly 100,000 publishers are earning money on Substack globally, including almost 30,000 outside the U.S. In Europe, creators are now collectively earning more than $90 million annually.https://on.substack.com/p/the-global-ideas-exchange Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA ***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Hope you have a great one!! 00:00 Interview Aftermath00:53 Stay or Go Dilemma03:07 Online Income Reality Check05:59 Teaching Again With AI07:33 Deadlines and Money Pressure11:12 Language Learning Over Teaching14:49 New Recording Routine16:17 Chinese Media Immersion22:51 Workout and Watch Trouble24:45 Canadian Embassy Errand25:15 Why Embassies Exist26:24 Embassy Counter Culture Shock29:58 Finding the Canada Embassy31:47 No Photos Tax Dollars36:38 Australia Jerky Souvenirs39:05 Carolina Reaper Taste Test42:01 Spice Talk China Comparison43:33 Substack Money Questions45:22 Wrap Up Links Support

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