Okay, I'm posting this one a little early, just a touch before last week's one pays out. I'm tired and I can't wait for another couple of hours! Unless I suddenly get a whale vote, I don't think the payout of the old one is going to change significantly! On the other hand, if you are a whale just looking for somewhere to part that vote, I wouldn't say no!

This week I have a much lighter topic, but I promise to get back to more interesting questions. I'm looking at podcast recommendations, or if you don't listen to podcasts then perhaps a TV series recommendation. In the end, I will shortlist a group depending on the quality of the comments, and then run them through a random generator. I've found there are too many good comments for me to easily pick, so I will leave it up to fate (heh, nice tie in to last week?).

The Background

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I have a much loved podcast that I had been listening to for many years, "Material" podcast, a show about all things Android. Sadly, they lost one of their hosts last year to Google. She works there now, not eaten. So they replaced her with another female host, who I really disliked (she talked about herself most of the time and turned conversations back to her...). Anyway, I still listened because I really enjoyed the topic and the banter still worked. However, a few episodes back, one of the other hosts announced that he was leaving the show, and since then, I've not been able to enjoy the show. So, it is with great sadness that I'm unsubscribing. Which leaves me seeking a replacement, so I'm asking for recommendations for any type of podcast!

My current podcast list includes StarTalk, PhysicsWorld, The Infinite Monkey Cage, Insiders, Unchained and Freakanomics.

OR

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If you don't listen to podcasts, then perhaps a favourite TV series? I loved BattleStar Galactica and Agents of SHIELD, and now I'm on the verge of finishing Westworld and Parks and Recreation. Like everything else, I'm interested in pretty much anything, so if you don't have a podcast recommendation maybe a TV recommendation?

Rules

1. Upvote if you want, it increases the payout and then I can hopefully sponsor more people.
2. Resteem is NOT neccessary, but the more people see this, the more the people will be likely to be sponsored.
3. In the comments, recommend a podcast or a TV show.
4. I will be sponsoring as many people as this post pays out in SBD. Also I will kick in at least the required amount to round up to the full number. Winner is by random generator after a shortlisting of quality comments!

Steem Basic Income

One of the first communities that I came in contact with at the beginning of my time at Steemit was Hive account@steembasicincome. As a beginning author, Steemit can be a daunting place. It feels like you are posting into an abyss with no ability to grow. Steem Basic Income gives you a guaranteed vote on one post a day, thus giving you a small but cumulative over time support to your account.

With this post, I want to help sponsor people who might not even have the spare 1 STEEM that is required for registration. So, when this post pays out, I will sponsor people depending on the payout of this post. Basically, I will round up the SBD payout from this post and then that will be the number of people I will sponsor. (So, if the payout is 2.3 SBD, I will sponsor 3 people).

Last week's winners

Last week's Ethics questions and it's relation to Automated Transport was interesting! It produced the expected spread of opinion, but what I found the most interesting was the number of people who still tried to save everyone! I guess that is what makes us human, always trying to extract ourselves from an impossible situation instead of making a ruthless and efficient (take your pick!) calculation.

Last post payout was 1.46 SBD. So, 2 shares that I will be sponsoring. I will be sending them in the morning, after the post pays out, I'm just short otherwise!

I have run the eligible entries through a random picker and this week I will be sponsoring:

Hive account@giddyupngo

Hive account@freyman