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The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Steven Sirski

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34:04

SSAB - November 12, 2025

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2025/11/12

Lost, then found! Good thing I ran around! Displaced my university food card and so had to go looking for it. Found it as someone had put it on the curb.Workouts in! No morning run, but did end up doing 8km after the gym this afternoon. took 54.52. Chest and glutes again today. How is the Maca motivation going?How is your Chinese going?Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on Notion:

35:19

SSAB - November 11, 2025

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2025/11/11

Lest we forget! Remembrance Day in the West, shopping day in China! Anything good to buy? Doesn’t look like it.Workout in! And trying some different APPs. Did back and shoulders today. Currently trying out the APP Hevy. Looks interesting, but too bad I can’t copy + paste my workout. Maybe AI has made me lazy?-Hevy-Strong-Strava-runo APP-Tempo-PUSH-JeFit-iMuscle2-RunkeeperAnd should I go study Chinese in the mountains?Donate to the show! PayPal link

33:06

SSAB - November 10, 2025

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2025/11/10

Back is killing me after sitting in this chair all weekend!Marking begins! Starting early and looking to get it done quick.Workouts in! 3.5km run in 20.57, then hitting legs today, then back out for another 4.5km run in 27.42.SLV Episode 63 up and out! Stats looking good.And a bit of sad news: a death in the family, how do bereavement flights work?Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on Notion:

39:44

SSAB - November 7, 2025

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2025/11/07

Adding to yesterday’s one year analysis, what’s the issue? The issue isn’t so much that I haven’t built the next thing, it’s that all of the things I have done in the last year could have been done while at my old job. Basically, I created a bunch of work for myself that really only led to me making less money and still just getting the same number of things done.Tried to sit down and re-write yesterday’s transcript into a blog and it just took forever. Not a speedy thing. They’re different

39:45

SSAB - November 6, 2025

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2025/11/06

Steve, do you miss your old job one year on? No, maybe the size of the paycheques, but not the monotony.KFC on campus! Same with Luckin! Is this CAPITALization of the university education a good thing or bad thing? And did I try anything?Moderations done, so marking begins. Learning a lot about the structure of sentences, ie, what would be considered strictly compound and complex sentences.Found the smoking hole in the apartment, it’s right by the air conditioner… and where the birds try to come

39:04

SSAB - November 5, 2025

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2025/11/05

Easy going day, but this won’t last.Looking into voice and SMS services, Twilio, Eleven Labs, Retell AI, and a few others. Doesn’t have to be perfect, but does need to be effective.Back to YouTube Shorts as they garner a higher view rate than my long form videos. Also looking to build out the Chinese course again this year. Workouts in! 7.51km in 50.07 (didn’t want to go!), Back upper body workout in the gym this afternoon, then back out for another 4.57km run in 30.18. Thinking, wouldn’t it be cool

39:29

SSAB - November 4, 2025

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2025/11/04

From Shanghai to Song Shan, this podcast is with you!Getting cold, or getting a head cold? Gotta bundle up!No workout in today cause had to do my moderation, did the kids listen to what was needed?New AI tools to try out, and getting ready for a revised Chinese course! Gamma AI, Retell AI, and how else can I use the podcast to promote these things? Duped by Mac Whisper! I thought it was an official program! Turns out not! Transcriptionist seems better, though simpler.Bought some sales courses, will

41:56

SSAB - November 3, 2025

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2025/11/03

Up from a nap!Welcome to the new month! November here we are!New AI tools to try out, and getting ready for a revised Chinese course! Gamma AI, Retell AI, and how else can I use the podcast to promote these things?Workouts in! De-load week? 3.58km run in 22.04, then to the weight room for legs and chest, then back outside for another 4.51km run in 28.12. Getting cold! And I don’t want to get my new jacket sweaty! hahahaAnd, I can tell you’re not from Beijing… you thought I was cool. Meeting a group

51:54

SSAB - October 31, 2025

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2025/10/31

Guess I have some editing to do!聊斋志异 by request! But… some different stories. Workout in! Only a 4.52km run AFTER my workout. Did get 110 pull ups done, 220 push ups, 330 squats, but all were unweighted. Took about 30 minutes to do. Just wasn’t feeling it but mainly because I hadn’t slept well. Was working on yesterday’s episode in the morning, the freelance course, then had to finish editing my Tiananmen video (finally published).Mid-term writing exam done, next week is listening and reading. End

59:12

SSAB - October 30, 2025

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2025/10/30

Twas the night before Hallow’s Eve, and all was a-twitter, frothing hither and tither, especially the critters…The US testing nukes, but… against whom? Given yesterday’s talk about Project Serpo and all the alien stuff, do you think those nukes are for us? Or just a proof of technology AND, more importantly, a big step in the RESEARCH and DEPLOYMENT of the knowledge?No workout in, even though had plenty of time. Feeling fine, could I have gotten one in time?SLV Episode 62 recorded, all about the

60:14

SSAB - October 29, 2025

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2025/10/29

Workouts in! 7.52km in the morning in 47.02, weight room in the midday for mostly upper body but some legs too, then out for another 4.52km in 29.27.Natty gains: Mike Israetel with Jeremy Ethierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vawuA8-CLWw-sleep is important - stress can affect it, so can alcohol-how much can you actually gain? Will your gains change over time?Another video edited and should be up soon. No SLV podcast recorded just yet.GOLD a tanking, stonks accelerating - Trump and Xi to meet, it’s

39:00

SSAB - October 28, 2025

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2025/10/28

Still working out, Steve? Yes. Yesterday’s runs in! First run done was 3.51km in 21.49, then off to the gym for legs and chest, then out for another 4.52km run in 28.10. Another workout in today, but focused on the back. Followed some of Jeff Nippard’s odd workouts to help hit the back. Thinking… what if I just did single muscle groups? Could I make it work?What of the gamification of education? Had the manager from Australia visit yesterday, she suggested I ask the students to move up to the front

37:54

SSAB - October 27, 2025

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2025/10/27

Sounding good, so I think.Coming up to the end of the month, what should I read for this year’s Halloween? The Rope? The Call of Cthulu? Another Edgar Allen Poe story?How was the bus ride? PUKE!Would you wait 30 minutes for a tanghulu? We did. It was WORTH IT!New SLV podcast up, Episode 61 - all about why I came to China. Thinking… how many episodes can I do a month and how big does the file have to be?Calculations for SLV podcast: what if I lowered the bitrate? You don’t need 48,000KHz do

36:42

SSAB - October 24, 2025

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2025/10/24

Maca motivation and two projects a day - is it even possible? (spent much of the evening reading about running metronome APPs - bought iMuscle for iPad when I meant to get it for iPhone)Workouts in! How were the clothes? 3.51km in 23.35, then off to the gym for 105 pull ups (35 with body weight, 35 with 5 kg, 30 with 10 kg), 210 push ups, 315 squats. Then out for another 4.55km run in 29.42.-Still felt sluggish, might be the cold, but possible also eating so early.-Students were requesting time off

38:41

SSAB - October 23, 2025

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2025/10/23

The end of the bootcamp! Time to deploy! But where to do it and how much to pay? Railway, hostinger, n8n, Digital Ocean?What’s up next? Freelance webinar, sales training, anything else?!GOLD drops! How far can it go? 10%? 20%? MORE?! Cup with handle formation (formed from 1980s and 2012 peaks)?? Don’t try to predict! (But how do you pick an entry price?)Maca motivation and the two project conundrum - time is of the essence!Donate to the show! PayPal link

42:07

SSAB - October 22, 2025

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2025/10/22

Sounds better me thinks, but didn’t use Logic Pro Mastering chain yesterday. It’s something I need to remember to do but, overall, I think yesterday’s episode sounded better than last week’s.Should I take sponsorship money for this podcast?How’s your toothpaste experiment going?Workouts in (new clothes in, too!) 7.53km in 48.05 this morning (0C but not bad), weights for rows and shoulders, then another 4.56km in 27.54 afterwards.And how was 731?-I think they changed the movie, it wasn’t as gruesome

37:16

SSAB - October 21, 2025

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2025/10/21

Instagram to create a TV-like APP? Challenging YouTube. Now about that monetization and security policy they have.Bilibili and XHS for the podcasts? WOW. Shtee… you should’ve known.Got an idea for an English learning-only podcast… just looking at some of these sales guys who have multiple podcasts.SLV Episode 61 recorded.TikTok streaming for a month? Every day?Workout in! Only 25 minutes of light weights.Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show

33:25

SSAB - October 20, 2025

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2025/10/20

New week and we’re getting close to the midpoint!My apologies for the audio quality as of late! Will have to look into it.Maca… it’s for motivation, so that means you’re more geared up to go. Not strength.SLV Episode 60 up! Will try to get another episode done this week. Thinking, might split the podcast from the vlog.Workouts in! Uni to hotel 3.53km n 25.36, then chest and legs, then back out for another 4.64km in 28.13. Sunday: glutes and Jacob’s Ladder!Shot a new video from Sanyuanqiao to GuoMao

39:22

SSAB - October 17, 2025

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2025/10/17

GOLD keeps going! How far can it go? Bubble mania or just par for the course? Barry Ritholtz website: https://ritholtz.com/2025/10/realtime-bubble-checklist/Workouts in… and not sure if that Maca gave me any more strength. 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats, some weighted, some not. Then rows and shoulders plus tried to do some deadlifts but couldn’t get the bar positioned correctly and then the students showed up. 3.5 km run done in 24.21 before the weights, then 4.51km in 28.22 after.Have yet

37:37

SSAB - October 16, 2025

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2025/10/16

Getting cold!Gangster rap or hotel TV music?SLV Episode 60 done and edited, should be up tomorrow. Shot and edited all today. Debatable whether I prefer this method or the multi-day method.Building up landing pages and email campaigns… how will this all work together?Did not stream today, but is content really king? Thinking, is it a good idea to split off the English teaching from the language vlog?Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes

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