“This is Moldawer in the Morning. We don’t have to come to conclusions. We just sort of blather on about it and then my attention drifts.”
Author and podcaster Jack Mangan, of Jack Mangan’s Deadpan, joins me today to discuss naked jumping jacks, rogue economists, and rogue feng shui lumberjacks.
Show notes:
- Reuters UK: U.S. town to pay for policeman’s topless stunt
- New York Times: A Contrarian View: Save Less, Retire With Enough
- azcentral.com: Man gets 4 months after cutting down trees for feng shui purposes

justaJ0e says:
… please pass the bag of Chi Balls, my shui has ceased to be Feng.
All your Deadpan is belongs to us.
January 29, 2007, 10:29 amDavid Moldawer says:
I got a case of chi balls when I went abroad. Took some penicillin, cleared right up.
January 29, 2007, 10:33 amJack Mangan says:
Thanks so much for having me on, David! It was a lot of fun. Sorry, I really tried to get you a zany(er) picture.
January 29, 2007, 2:12 pmDavid Moldawer says:
It’s zany enough.
January 29, 2007, 2:23 pmJack H says:
Should have gone with the harlie Brown shirt.
January 31, 2007, 1:52 pmRhettro says:
But not as shocking as the harlie quinn shirt.
January 31, 2007, 11:41 pmchris says:
In answer to that deep deep question: Canadians do in fact use the term “Jumping Jacks”.
February 2, 2007, 12:28 pmDavid Moldawer says:
I realized that right after recording. My parents bought their fat son a copy of the Royal Canadian Air Force exercise manual, which included copious amounts of jumping jacks.
February 2, 2007, 12:55 pm