{"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 - July 13, 2026","slug":"ssab-july-13-2026","published_at":"2026-07-13T09:19:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-july-13-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ssab-july-13-2026--72948200","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72948200/33c14c1b_b635_41c4_38ce_8a571fd25854.mp3","summary":"Workout in! But gotta get ready to go. What’re the plans for the summer so far? Spent the weekend reading, was quite nice. The Stand, Singapore is STILL not an Island, and some other books and newspapers. Argentina, England, France and Spain advance! Justin Beiber to perform at the FIRST FIFA World Cup half time show? Is the US showing the world how to do this competition? Got some rain over the weekend while the rest of the country gets flood warnings. (Typhoon Bavi hitting the southern regions.) Did I tell you my breakfast place closed down? At least until September. ChatGPT updates and where did all my projects go? And do I even need them any more? 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 Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharing Hope you have a great start of week! 00:00 Morning Catch Up00:31 Canada Trip And Visa Timing03:13 Apartment Stress And Neighbors05:31 Decluttering And Packing Books06:28 Summer Plans And Travel Costs08:33 Weekend Reading List10:55 Newspapers And Media Contrast14:49 World Cup Semifinals Talk16:36 Trump Rumors And Halftime Show23:00 Beijing Rain And Climate Thoughts26:57 Baozi Shop Closed32:20 Filming Food Spots As An Expat34:53 ChatGPT App Changes And Costs42:52 Wrap Up And Links","meta_description":"Workout in! But gotta get ready to go. What’re the plans for the summer so far? Spent the weekend reading, was quite nice. The Stand, Singapore is STILL n…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2642,"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-july-13-2026/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-july-13-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}