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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 8h

My Prime Factors Facebook page decided that what I was *really* interested in seeing was tilted US Confederate history ("Lincoln's aggression against the South") and "England is for the English" propaganda. Seriously? What about my content makes them suspect that I am interested in such things?

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Music store find! Abram snagged a 1967 original US "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever" single for $10, but the fun is that some kid in the 60s LABELED which of the Beatles on the cover was John, Paul, George, and Ringo... and got it wrong. It's priceless. In a way.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was listening to our Ep0 tonight and WOW does Abram sound young. He's so much more "mature" now.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So much "research" was done! The nice thing about having a Beatles podcast is that we can do things like this and pretend it's all educational. It's not. Even at 86, Ringo Starr rocks... even if he needs to take a "tea break" in the middle and his drum parts are less complex than in his youth.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

RESEARCH TRIP. (For Abram’s Beatles podcast.) It’ll be Ringo Starr and we have fantastic seats…

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We have locked in a recording location in Shelburne, MA! The last of the colonial-era "Prime Minister towns". I will miss our town segments, but unless we want to frequently travel to Canada, this may be it for a while. Now, I just need a completed script.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I feel ALMOST dirty producing this, but no so dirty that I don't want to share it. Long form audio doesn't reach a lot of people so little history snippets are a fun way to teach something to someone. (But you lose subtlety in brevity.)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s so nice to settle in with a new book…

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I pushed a small update to "Rockingham Epilogue" to fix two small audio issues that only an editor is likely to notice, but I feel much better having done it. You know who I blame? The woodworkers.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The only modern biography on Shelburne is $50 on Amazon, plus shipping. Well, I never said podcasting was profitable!

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Rockingham3 is recorded! Now, we need to edit it and await our friends that will be helping with the "Picture This".

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Abram's response while re-reading Rockingham: "I told some good jokes" 60-foot men, 500 horses, and murderous woodworkers...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Abram is re-reading the Rockingham transcripts tonight so he can remember what jokes he made for the late-arriving sequel. That's dedication!

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Finishing touches on the "Rockingham Epilogue" script are done! We are hoping to record it tomorrow, but we have some friends that are helping is with our "Picture This" scene and that could take longer..

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

With Abram becoming (hopefully temporarily) interested in the Looney Tunes after watching "Coyote vs. Acme", I finally finished this which I started years ago: youtu.be/al8lbXWabL4 (Yes, his dad is obsessive too.) (Disclaimer: Initial data by me, but Claude helped pull together the final version.)

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Hours on Screen: Looney Tunes, 1930-2026 --- Which character has had the most time on screen?

YouTube video by Joe Pranevich

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seeing a bunch of people re-listening to the whole North/Revolution series! … or maybe they just skipped it until the end was posted… Abram made me pinky swear to have fewer specials and to finish PMs quicker, so that is what we are doing… but covering some local history for once was a lot of fun.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

History is everywhere if you look for it.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

He wasn't wrong... (And he did try to resign over and over again.)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are SO PROUD of this episode. The tea is in the harbor and Lord North finds himself at war. He was a master of the Treasury, but can he hold the government together? We know how the story ends, but we ask the real question: Is it his fault? #history www.primefactorspodcast.com/e/115-freder...

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11.5 - Frederick North, Lord North (Part 3) - "The Prime Minister Who Lost America" | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

The tea is in the harbor and the drums of war are beating. Frederick North takes on his greatest challenge as the American colonists rebel, transforming a politician more at home in the Treasury into ...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Missing Prime Factors? Me too! Our editor is still on vacation and we wish him well.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I gave Abram a Looney Toons primer yesterday, especially Wile E. Coyote cartoons so that we could watch Coyote Vs. Acme with at least some understanding of the characters. He LOVES Animaniacs, but has not seen a any Bugs Bunny cartoons (except for his cameo in Roger Rabbit). Kids today, right?

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

While the editor is working on North3, we're building a "Rockingham Epilogue" to remind us what happened in his short second premiership, before moving on to Shelbourne. (And then Portland has a BIG decision as to how we want to cover & rate him.)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Lord North, Part 3 is in the can! Editing is beginning but let me just say that the final rating may surprise some people...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

North3 script is drafted... finally... but it's around 30% longer than I want. We'll see if I can edit it down in revision. (It would be our longest episode ever.)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Due to a health issue, North3 recording is delayed. It is a big episode (with props to help Abram track the revolution!) and unclear if we’ll be able to get it recorded in the next two weeks. Fingers crossed.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's 8 minutes long and ADORABLE, please listen to me telling Abram a history bedtime story. (North3 is coming along but it's currently the longest script we've ever done and I need to do a lot of editing to get it into something Abram can sit through...) primefactors.podbean.com/e/the-midnig...

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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere - The Real One (Boston Bedtime #1) | Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers

Listen, my podcast subscribers, and you shall hear… Joe tucks Abram in with a true history bedtime story: the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere — the real one, arrest and all. The first of three little Bos...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Listen to our latest episode for Abram's TEA TASTE TEST but of course we are utterly without taste. In terms of Iced Tea, Abram firmly believes that Dunkin' is the best, but I have a soft spot for the iced tea of my youth... which my wife calls sweetened mud water. #pittsburgh #dunkin bit.ly/3R25xKb

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Boston Tea Party! This is our most ambitious special yet and we're really proud of it. The American dominoes are set to fall and it'll just take a push from London-- and a little tax on tea-- to set everything off. #ukhistory #history www.primefactorspodcast.com/e/114-the-bo...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Tea Party episode is scheduled for tonight 8:00 PM Eastern. (Midnight UTC.) Long time coming and our most ambitious editing production.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Tea Party episode is coming! It is (by far) the most editorially complex episode we've ever done. I think after this we go back to just telling stories about Prime Ministers for a while.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

While I wait for the Tea Party episode to be edited (and writing North3), I have been mapping & connecting 100s of mass transit systems. Did you know that you can get by public transit only (no Greyhound/Amtrak) from Burlington, VT to West Virginia? I should find something to do with this data...

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

In Boston? Come by the Watertown Pop-Up Arts Market to support the wife/mom whose infinite patience makes our podcast possible.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Only a couple hundred more years of studying British history before I understand this... www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9FR... (Kidding. I voted for Kodos.)

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Voting For Binface

YouTube video by Count Binface

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Boston Tea Party episode is in the can! It’s a lot to edit together (including two on-location sections) and we’ll finish and post it as soon as we can.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It is TOO HOT but Abram and I are going to head downtown to record the "Picture This" for the Tea Party episode. We'll see if the audio quality is good enough to use for the actual episode, but we'll have fun.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Boston Tea Party script is done! I had hoped to RELEASE it on July 4 instead of recording it this weekend, but it cannot be helped. (And I especially love all the random people listening to our American History episodes lately!)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Is this a little free library that is confused? Or a seed library that is confused?

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Walking around Harvard tonight and someone came up to me and asked if I was Linus Torvalds. Regretfully not.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A little bit more revolutionary sightseeing! Soon we’re getting on a duck boat.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

You can often find good ideas in books. Sometimes they are more directly targeted. I don’t remember buying it but “Don’t listen to your distractions.” Is the best advice I could have received today.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

As someone that has studied 18th century wars for the past several years, I have observed that usually the loser pays reparations to the winner. Strange how different 21st century warfare seems to be.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

June 4th, 1770. Children. Warships. Penguins! (I’m experimenting with shorts again!)

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

There will come a day when I get a comment on one of our episodes that isn't about how I mispronounced some English proper name. Today isn't that day.

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Prime Factors Podcast @primefactorspod.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I have a Nintendo Switch and a Steam Deck, but no matter what size and shape they may be, they are always just a “Game Boy” to my wife…

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