{"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 6, 2026","slug":"ssab-july-6-2026","published_at":"2026-07-06T08:42:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-july-6-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ssab-july-6-2026--72837165","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72837165/9d30ecbb_b9c1_1603_648f_06bb1f202e5e.mp3","summary":"Didja make it back, Steve? Didja make it back? Yes, I did. Hello from Beijing, China. Which connections are working now? Happy 250 US America! England wins! Canada loses! How was the flight back? OOF! Final thoughts on Singapore? Hello to Sebastian from Dublin! Came up to me after recording Friday’s episode and then we were seat mates on the plane! And great news over the weekend as Final Cut Pro newest release now includes AUTOMATIC SUBTITLES! 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 Back in Beijing01:24 Singapore recap and visa fallout04:18 YouTube focus and going online09:35 VPNs that work in China12:11 America 250 and media bias14:24 World Cup talk and responsibility rant21:32 Flights home and China job logistics26:11 Meeting Sebastian on the plane31:05 Overnight flight strategy and Singapore thoughts39:05 Final Cut Pro captions breakthrough42:14 Wrap up and links","meta_description":"Didja make it back, Steve? Didja make it back? Yes, I did. Hello from Beijing, China. Which connections are working now? Happy 250 US America! England win…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2608,"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-6-2026/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-6-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}