2:21:24 All right, everybody. Here's what's coming up as a final clip of the program We have an interview with sir Matthew of Melbourne brought to you by our buddy there Maynard In Australia get my nation down under target of a future hot pockets tour for sure After we do the west coast which Mickey desperately wants to do this summer so it looks good for her Yeah, I don't think we can do an RV though. I think I don't think I can get up the the Rockies there. Oh Do consider us in your thoughts, your prayers and your donations through PayPal, bank or otherwise at Dvorak.org slash NA and the NOA Agenda producer update coming up next on the stream. Coming to you from Camp MoFo here in Austin, Texas, the capital of the Lone Star State. And good morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where we're on Herman Cain Watch. I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll talk to you again on Thursday right here on NOAgender.
2:22:22 Sir Matthew? It is Sir Matthew in the morning to you Maynard. In the morning to you. You are speaking to Sir Matthew in Melbourne and when Eric De Schil sent out the word that Knights should contact me for interviews, I've been swamped Sir Matthew. Oh fantastic. And the big problem is everyone's in great time zones like the Netherlands, Gitmo Nation East or Stinky Cheese. We're a long way away aren't we Matthew? Down Gitmo Nation, down under yes. Colleagues in other countries it's always hard to find the right time to call them. What am I do with the other nights? I might get a series of questions, send them the questions and they can record their own audio. Oh, that sounds like an idea. So I can stick it together and everyone can have the same answers and we can even like make a mini documentary out of it. But right now, Sir Matthew, how did you get introduced to no agenda.
2:23:21 with the podfather started listing that was probably about close to two and a half years ago now and haven't looked back since. What hooked you? Probably because it's an exhibition of rational thought in the media which is something sadly lacking. where it's not sort of, oh it's got to be this black issue or this white issue, it's let's have a discussion that what's good about it, what's bad about it and I gotta say I get a bit of kick out of some of the more crackpot bits. I always sing along to the jingles and I particularly like it when they play the Gitmo national anthem. In the morning, and happy and distracted slaves. That's correct. Because sometimes that's the only way to get through the day isn't it Sir Matthew? It is, it definitely, I'm one of those that's definitely a car drive
2:24:00 commute in the morning and back home in the evening, listener. Is there one issue that you go, ah, this is great, win, lose or drone that segment? I always love it when John gets onto the great soy milk conspiracy. The soy milk conspiracy, I think we're a bit luckier that some of our soy is not quite as GMed here in Australia. Whenever Adam's going off on one of his pageants about the Dargate or the earthquake machine, the earthquake machine is always good. Looking for those whale strandings that let us know when there's an earthquake coming along. And you don't have to agree with it to enjoy it and to think about it. Absolutely not. And that's the whole thing. I think most of the mainstream media or the lamestream media is around trying to get all the people that have exactly the same thoughts and self-actualising their own ideas rather than having a discussion. It doesn't matter whether you agree or not, it's a discussion. You listened, you got hooked. What made you decide to become a knight of the no agenda armoury? I did my first donation. I thought, oh, I wanted to do a douchebag call out to my friend that had got me hooked, Mr Simon Alicia, who's still not
2:25:01 He's still not a knight, but he has become, he has deduced himself. So I thought, oh, if we're going to do that, I might as well go for an executive producership. Did the threes. 333 333 and then after that I thought I'll do it again and then once I'd done twice I thought well it's only just one more for a knighthood I should go for that. What do you do with the ring you got? Generally have it with me if it's not on my finger I've got it on a necklace. Have you punched anything with it just to see that it's the reverse when it comes out? I have I've actually used the original wax that I got and I've sealed a couple of letters with the wax. To the Australian Tax Department? It was, not on an official document to the ATO, but that's a good point, I should do that. Usually I lodge electronically, so it's a bit hard to do that. So it does look cool in reverse when you punch stuff? It does. It actually comes out very, very nicely. I was a bit dubious as to whether or not it'd look as good once you actually wax sealed something as it does on the ring, but it was very, very good. I definitely agree with the buzzkills idea that if you're not paying for the product, you are the product. If you're getting something for free,
2:26:04 like a big TV or a podcast or something and they're advertising to you, they're selling you to someone else. I really do think that what Adam and John are sort of doing is potentially the germ of an idea that could come into what is going to be our media in the future. You are directly paying for the media so that it's been tailored for the sort of stuff that you like rather than what the advertisers might want out of you. It's got the makings of something big and I'm very keen to be a part of that. Well, Sir Matthew, as someone who feels ownership of the program, is there something you'd like to see more of or something you'd like in the show or more of? Yeah, any comments? I actually find myself just completely satisfied with the show as it is. I wouldn't want it to be longer and I'm glad they dropped the idea of the third show because I don't know how I'd fit it into my week. If I had more than five hours of no agenda of a week, it's got its own variety within it. It's like there's
2:26:52 there's pretty much no topic that they don't discuss. It would be nice to see them do a Hot Pockets tour down under. Oh, wouldn't that be great? That would be good. All the different kinds of beer they could get stuck into. It could be. We can teach them that Australia isn't about fosters. And Dvorak could just get some of these Australian wines that he can't get at Costco? I'm across in Perth quite a bit for work and I've got to say that the boys keep saying they want to go there and they really should and the Margaret River's not very far from Perth. One last question, why do you think there aren't many female knights around the round table? Probably because of the technology link that gets most of the people into the show. I'd say, you know, JCD being a technology columnist and the Podfather himself being all things to RSS and podcasting. Most of us geeks and nerds out there, there tends to be a bit of a male bias to it.
2:27:41 Sir Matthew from Melbourne, thank you very much for chatting to us, thank you for your time and I hope I've inspired a few more people to think a bit more about being a Knight of the Round Table. I mean, what do you do with all your hookers and blow? I try and keep them away from my wife.