Reader mail. Lots more on artificial intelligence. Doppelgangers, some podcast recommendations, more television and movies, and a little something from The Comfort Food Diner.

The new episode of The Agency Podcast is up at last. Sorry we were delayed for a few days this week. Listen here or find it in the usual places.

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A note on the music for this week’s episode. The intro is me playing Wild Hog in Yonders Woods on clawhammer banjo. Just after we said good-bye tonight, Candy asked me if I could hear the ice cream truck go by her apartment. I couldn’t so she recorded a bit of it. I recognized it, an Old Time tune called Red Wing, also known as Woody Guthrie’s Union Maid, which you hear a few seconds of at the end of the podcast.

Here’s another version, this time of Red Wing, performed by the late Cathy Barton. I had the privilege of meeting Cathy and participating in quite a few of her workshops at Midwest Banjo Camp at 3 different camp sessions. Cathy was a fabulous teacher, a great musician – and one of my fave banjo players. She was also super-encouraging to me. Here she is playing Red Wing on Hee Haw: