{"podcast":{"title":"The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski","slug":"the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","podcast_index_feed_id":7041700,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6211048/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski--6211048","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f83dcb84278d17f0d93fb0a890241367.jpg","author":"Steven Sirski","episode_count":1000,"summary":"The daily musings of an expat in Beijing.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T00:19:39.960493+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700"},"episode":{"title":"SSAB - April 17, 2026","slug":"ssab-april-17-2026","published_at":"2026-04-17T09:40:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-april-17-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ssab-april-17-2026--71403349","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71403349/99f12ef9_8ad5_1cd9_fb08_fb3f31afbf0c.mp3","summary":"Got humid in here, and only going to get worse! Workout in! Deadlifts, skips and pull ups! A bit different from other Fridays. Short run back to the apartment this morning. I guess I’m known as the workout guy as a lot of people have mentioned they haven’t seen me running around lately. Job posting for September, should I take it? And reading through some of the books I want to get rid of: The Stand and Mr. China. 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 weekend! 00:00 Sweaty Workout Recap00:16 Should I Take The Job00:39 Turning Podcasts Into YouTube04:54 Knife Sharpener Interlude07:31 Beijing Spring Weather Tips09:02 Gym Routine And Stretching10:36 Half Murph And Pullup History13:57 Deadlift Skip Pullup Circuit16:25 Finishing Arms And Compliments18:34 Known As The Workout Guy19:59 Morning Workout Routine20:27 September Job Offer Dilemma21:08 AI Cheating Classroom Fears22:33 Money Math and Rent Gap24:19 Negotiating and Motivation25:34 Rich Person Perks Story27:01 Decluttering Books to Read27:58 Finishing The Stand30:16 Rereading Mr China34:32 Wall Street Meets China Reality38:23 Book Recs and Wrap Up","meta_description":"Got humid in here, and only going to get worse! Workout in! Deadlifts, skips and pull ups! A bit different from other Fridays. Short run back to the apart…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2412,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/episodes/ssab-april-17-2026/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-7041700/ssab-april-17-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}