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The Goldman State

Ed Goldman is a longtime newspaper and magazine columnist, the author of five books and creator of The Goldman State, a three-times-a-week online column with subscribers in 40 states, Canada and Europe. A professional playwright, composer and painter, Ed has also taught journalism at five California Universities and community colleges. His bucket list includes becoming the victim of a corporate takeover. This podcast is an extension of his unique take on the world around us and his interpretation,

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Episode 102: Failing the Grades

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2025/06/27

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Choosing the proper schooling for one's future success is quite a feat. Somehow, I managed multiple colleges and some very "sobering" testing performances. Blame and embarrassment... well, you'll just have to listen. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 101: Modify Me

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2025/06/20

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Adjectives. Hidden tyrants of our language. I believe you'll find this to be one of the most amazing, wonderfully written, cleverly worded ... ugh, enough already. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 100: Some Shrinkage May Occur

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2025/06/13

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. 100. My centennial episode! Yes, of course it's a good one. Our cities are shrinking, sinking and settling. Let me share my thoughts on the possibility why. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 99: Punishing the Envelope

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2025/06/06

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Where are my discount coupons for those things that are the inevitabilities? Like cremation, or fire insurance or adult diapers? Why aren't those envelopes showing up in the mailbox? I have some thoughts... Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 98: The Irrational Inquirer

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2025/05/30

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Yes, the BBC. Why are you surprised? The pictures... courtesy of the paparazzi. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 97: Behind Closed Doors

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2025/05/23

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Have you been to the grocery or drug store lately and find your item under heavy security? For no good reason? I now know the answer. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 96: The R Word

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2025/05/16

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Seriously? What did you think I meant? I don't ever see myself doing that... ever. You do what's best for you. I'll take care of myself, thank you very much. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 95: New Agencies and Language to Memorize

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2025/05/09

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Rebranding our parks, monuments and beloved entities more correctly, per Trump at least, and the reshaping of our Constitution for a "grave new world" are both examined in this episode. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 94: It's Genius!

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2025/05/02

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Einstein, yes. Wrinkle cream, uhhhhhh, not so much. I really do have something to say about it that I think you're going to find, well, brilliant. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 93: Of Mice and Scientist

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2025/04/25

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Rodent revelry in neuropathway discovery. What we can learn from mice and men. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 92: Metrics, Schmetrics: It's Time for...

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2025/04/18

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Does anybody really know who my podcast listeners are? Or how many or them I reach and oh, what's their socioeconomic makeup? How about why should anyone care? Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 91: Mid-East Travel Tips For The Tone-Deaf

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2025/04/11

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. While travel to the middle-east might not be the current popular destination of choice, it is important if you are considering a trip there that you're prepared. For example, how would you address a sheik... with a shake? That's just one little tip for you in this virtual travelogue of an episode. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 90: My Honey Can't Do List.

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2025/04/04

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Who decides what makes a day productive? You do. I do. So if I only get one thing of my choice done for the day, who's to say it wasn't productive? Even if it was from yesterday. At least it got crossed of...the list. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 89: A Hospital is Not a Home

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2025/03/28

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Ensuite facilities, food service, 24 hour service at your beck and call. What more could one ask for? Plenty, I might suggest. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 88: Megan Markle, The Love Cook

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2025/03/21

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Deliciously deceptive dishes from some of the most unlikely and, in some cases, unliked leaders of the world. With a little of my own spice added. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 87: When You Wish Upon a Czar

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2025/03/14

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Pardon czar, affordability czar, expense czar, what's next? Oh, surely I have some observations worth noting that you may be surprised to hear - or not. Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 86: Just Park It, Man!

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2025/03/07

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. A recent report from a respectable organization sites 7 parking spaces exist for each vehicle in the country. Now how can that be and what can we do to ensure we maximizing this incongruency state to state? Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 85: DIY-Not?!

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2025/02/28

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Tech quandries abound yet we're still doing far too much ourselves in my opinion. Why is it some technologies advance in the blink of an automated eye, yet others that should be advancing, languishing and causing us, to do-it-ourselves. You go D-I-Y. I've got the solutions for the rest of us in this episode. Summary Markers 00:00 Introduction to the Goldman State Podcast 00:16 The Stagnation of Certain Technologi...

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Episode 84: A Man for No Seasons.

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2025/02/21

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. As a self-proclaimed 'man for no seasons,' and I mean seasons of all types, from weather to astrological, how is it one is able to survive? And given my astrological sign of Scorpio... Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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Episode 83: They Went Which-a-Way?

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2025/02/14

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Ever gotten lost in a maze of buildings on a campus of sorts? C'mon now, I know you have. What if we had our own personal sherpas to guide us? This episode I share my concept in full detail for those of us more prone to "lost" than "found." Be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE. Thanks for listening.

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