Tis the “Season of Less?” Chris is back with his silky baritone voice. AJ & Chris are looking at letting go of various software, media content, and streaming services. Meanwhile, looking at new independent content creators. Heat up some peppermint tea and settle into your sofa. It's time once again... For the Bellingham Podcast.

Housekeeping

Thanks to everyone who have reached out to the show, we have seen your messages.

Shout-out to 40/20
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/40-and-20/id1440949708?mt=2

New look same site: bellinghampodcast.com (http://bellinghampodcast.com/)

Information diet - Chris

* Not much TV show consumption, or movies.
* YouTube - carefully-curated channels subscribed to
* Tasty, Frog Leap Studios, Marques Brownlee, and PostModern Jukebox

* Not much news consumption. Once a day AM check Google News algorithm.
* New Podcasts finds - ZigZag, The Future of Cities, Mozilla IRL

Information Diet - AJ

WildthingPod
The Ground Up Show
Watchfinder & Co
Hodinkee Radio
40and20 Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/40-and-20/id1440949708?mt=2


Home Wireless Changes for Chris

* Requiem for Apple Airport Base Station.
* Enter Google Wifi mesh netwo

Holiday Shopping - A counter-cultural mindset

* NotMinimalism but anti-hoarding.
* “The things you own, own you.” Papa Roach - Between Angels and insects (?!)
* The power of saying “no”. The notion that you gotta have X to 'be in the game'
* Matt Jacobson (https://pca.st/episode/ade50ef2-7b8e-4fa1-8966-8978f6f27ff6)
* Matt D'Avella (https://www.youtube.com/user/blackboxfilmcompany)

Cutting the streaming cord

* AJ - Pandora cancelled, Netflix to be canceled January?
* CP - Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Ebay, Paypal, and Apple Music - all under consideration of getting cancelled
* Take one day a week and say NO to the TV or mindless flipping through instagram
* “According to the university of sussex (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/5070874/Reading-can-help-reduce-stress.html), reading a book for as little as 6 minutes is enough to lower stress levels by more than 68%”
* Listening to music reduced the levels by 61 percent, have a cup of tea of coffee lowered them by 54 per cent and taking a walk by 42 per cent.

Analog Explorer Update

* AJ- The Analog Explorer SE- Sold out! Second printing through Blurb (out by time of recording)