SSAB - March 24, 2026

Failed at Gemini! Can’t analyze, transcribe, or tokenize! Hitting a wall of sorts.
OF owner Leo Radvinsky dead at 43!
Podcasters giving up! What about me? (Could I be one of the longest running podcasts? New tag line! One of Winnipeg’s LONGEST RUNNING PODCASTS! 1250 episodes so far!)https://www.wsj.com/business/media/the-veteran-podcasters-hanging-up-their-headphones-0b1070e1
Why are they giving up? Not making money and the pressure to move into VIDEO has killed it for them.
Market bounces! This is the trick phase.
And why is gas going up when the US (and Canada???) have so much??
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00:00 Take Two Cold Open00:36 New Tagline Quest02:14 Why Podcasters Quit04:24 Daily Streak Pride05:30 Language Vlog Plans06:18 Video Podcast Pressure09:48 Why Create Content12:03 Timestamping Your Life13:42 Monetization Reality Check17:37 Do It for Fun19:44 Should You Podcast20:43 Clip Posting Plans21:10 Automation Workflow Setup21:37 Gemini Versus Whisper23:38 Audio Analysis Explained26:05 Token Limits Roadblocks26:29 Manual Bottlenecks Frustration28:00 Starbucks Productivity Rant28:56 OnlyFans Founder Dies29:24 OnlyFans Money Math32:53 Risks For Men And Privacy35:27 Gas Prices And Politics38:22 Market Bounce Trick Phase38:26 RSI Oversold Basics40:32 Don’t Panic Disclaimer41:06 Wrap Up And Links