{"podcast":{"title":"The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski","slug":"the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-4631297","podcast_index_feed_id":4631297,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/60de2500/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.stevensirski.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16151712/16151712-1697601718342-547b59c86f1a2.jpg","author":"Steven Sirski","episode_count":1342,"summary":"The daily musings of an expat in Beijing.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T10:21:17.615745+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-4631297"},"episode":{"title":"SSAB - July 10, 2026","slug":"ssab-july-10-2026","published_at":"2026-07-10T10:58:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-4631297/ssab-july-10-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-4631297","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/episodes/SSAB---July-10--2026-e3ltdej","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/60de2500/podcast/play/122647443/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-10%2Fa00c0f13-aa80-2897-bd94-0e0bef027a9c.mp3","summary":"Spent the morning reading books. Bilahari Kausakan’s Singapore is Still Not an Island. Also reading The Unspeakable Loss by Nisha Zenoff… about losing a child. Why am I reading this? Rained all day, but that didn’t stop the workout! Bought a 4-day pass for 88 RMB, but gotta keep the APP topped up over 50 RMB. Deadlifts today, some weighted hangs, then out for 7km run in 48min 19 sec followed by 50 pull ups outside in the rain… then another 50 inside. All unweighted, but got them in! Slept well, still felt lethargic this morning. How’s life without collagen? Got some Chinese in. And have I moved my flight yet? No! News from Canada: flooding! CNUF cancelled this year! 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 Google Stock Tracker Sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharing Hope you have a great weekend! 00:00 Apple Camera Headache 01:20 Captive Portal Tricks 02:43 Should I Post Video 05:52 YouTube Monetization Math 09:44 Too Many Projects 11:37 Tax Deductions Logic 13:58 Scaling Back Plans 15:40 Stuff and Drum Kits 18:28 Reading and Chinese Practice 20:58 Singapore Geopolitics Book 23:54 Grief and Loss Reading 32:31 Rainy Workout Recap 38:12 Ethiopia Move Chat 40:57 Canada Floods and Travel 44:23 Wrap Up and Links","meta_description":"Spent the morning reading books. Bilahari Kausakan’s Singapore is Still Not an Island. Also reading The Unspeakable Loss by Nisha Zenoff… about losing a c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2728,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-4631297/episodes/ssab-july-10-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-4631297/ssab-july-10-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}