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[Music clip: Haydn's Derbyshire March No. 2, organ version]
01 — Intro. And Radio Derb is on the air! Greetings, listeners, from your perseveringly genial host John Derbyshire, this last weekend of 2023. I have been somewhat incapacitated for most of this month, and particularly this past couple of weeks. In particular, I haven't been able to give Radio Derb the concentrated attention it requires. In lieu thereof, this week's podcast has an unusual structure. In place of farm-fresh material, I am going to dig into the archives and give you segments from past end-of-year Radio Derbs. These are all short segments, most from the closing miscellany. That will keep this podcast's length down to something manageable. It will also keep it a bit lighter than usual, as it's in the closing miscellany that I put less-serious items. So: Some year-end Radio Derbs, 2004 to 2022. Off we go. |
02 — 2004: Frosty the candidate. 2004 was of course an election year and at year end the result was in. I gloated. |
03 — 2005: Fences, neighbors. December 2005 there was a proposal in the air to build a proper wall along our southern border. I passed comment. |
04 — 2006: Illegal labor. In 2006 ICE was still raiding employers who used illegal-alien labor. I wondered if perhaps we could enlist trial lawyers to help. |
05 — 2007: Eternal vigilance. Congressional treason on the border fence. |
08 — 2010: Obama's biggest disappointment. He couldn't reward scofflaws as much as he wanted to. |
11 — 2013: Dumb kids, smart kids. Things we've known for ever. |
15 — 2018: Are there any transgender opera singers?. If not, why not? |
16 — 2019: Sixteen years for bad thoughts. A hate-crime atrocity. |
18 — 2021: Around the world in 80 woke clichés. They're messing with Jules Verne! |
19 — 2022: Sinking of the Derbyshire. An unfathomable mystery fathomed. |
20 — Signoff. As always, ladies and gents, thank you for listening, for your emails and your kind donations. In regards to the last two items there, I am far behind in responding so please bear with me. Here is Peter Dawson to sing us out. Happy New Year! |
[Music clip: Peter Dawson, "Auld Lang Syne."]