<p>Your hosts finally discuss The Apparatus.</p>
 <h4>This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by:</h4> <ul>
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<h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4> <p>Things kick off with some Billy Joel talk. Merlin thinks he&#39;s hearing double, but John&#39;s not so sure. Anyway, be sure to hang that graduation on the wall.</p>

<p>In follow-up, John shares a listener&#39;s collection of colorful zipper nudges from around the world. Next, Merlin&#39;s kid continues to unintentionally learn how to do computer things. The legends and lore of YouTube engagement strategies are considered.</p>

<p>This week&#39;s main topic is <strong>The Apparatus</strong>. In which your hosts investigate a fascinating and evolving contraption that appeared in Merlin&#39;s neighborhood. </p>

<p>Things wrap with some anecdotes about places in Merlin&#39;s neighborhood where people have made numbers one and two in gross, anti-social ways.</p>

<p><em>(<em>Recorded on Tuesday, May 13, 2025</em>)</em></p>

<p><img src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/recdiffs/IMG_5351.jpeg" alt="The Apparatus. Aug 5, 2024" title="The Apparatus. Aug 5, 2024"></p>

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<h5>Credits</h5>

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<li><strong>Audio Editor</strong>: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@jmetzendorf">Jim Metzendorf</a></li>
<li><strong>Admin Assistance</strong>: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-provenzano-b1605085/">Kerry Provenzano</a></li>
<li><strong>Music</strong>: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@hotdogsladies">Merlin Mann</a></li>
<li><strong>The Suits</strong>: <a href="https://eworld.social/@ismh86">Stephen Hackett</a>, <a href="http://threads.net/imyke">Myke Hurley</a></li>
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 <h5><a href='https://relay.fm/rd/join'>Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode.</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eAQa4MOGkE" target="_blank">Billy Joel - "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (Glass Houses, 1980)</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://lflank.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/billy-joel-and-allentown/" target="_blank">Billy Joel's Allentown vs. Levittown vs. Bethlehem</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" target="_blank">“He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.”</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://song.link/us/i/286655711" target="_blank">On My Own, as sung by Kaho Shimada</a></h5><p>The best version of On My Own, according to John. It&#39;s from Les Misérables (Highlights from the Complete Symphonic International Cast Recording)</p>
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