Giant $ donation to Federalist Society for reactionary pols, Big Tech hires economists, video game addiction, vacum cleaner spy, more toxic tech, polio comeback, monkeypox PR issue, space oddities investigation

Funny travel tale, QE2, Good Bad & Ugly, Fake Famous documentary – making web influencers out of nothing, the firing of Brian Stelter at CNN

Fun in Africa part one, along with more gripes about Big Techs alliance with travel corporations to eliminate humans from the process, balanced with raves about touring South Africa, Victoria Falls, and the spectacular wildlife of Botawana, viva travel

Post vacation show: look at August travels combined with news of period – most prediminanty the passing of the towering figure of Mikhail Gorbachev, preliminary Dubai denunciation along with DIY phone-based bookings (works great so long as there are no complications)

Speaking of four chats: reprise of our talk with Mary Roach in this case her book on the alimantary canal titles "Gulp"