Welcome to the Folium Sock Contest. The prizes are $50 digital gift certificates to <a href='https://www.theathleticcommunity.com/'>The Athletic Community</a>, home of the famous PDX carpet sock (as worn by Cherie Hazzard!)To enter:<ul><li>Solve the puzzle and text us your answer and email address</li><li>To text, go to our <a href='https://thefoliumdiary.buzzsprout.com/2086027'>homepage</a>, select any episode and click the link that says &apos;Folium Fan Mail&apos; (link should also work from most podcast apps)</li><li>Entries must be sent by 9PM Pacific, Friday, January 9th</li><li>Seven winners will be randomly selected from the correct entries</li><li>Winners will be contacted by email</li><li>Results will be published on Sunday the 11th</li></ul>Here is the puzzle, by Cherie Hazzard<ul><li>Revisit each page where I&apos;m in my Prime</li><li>At the end of each note, you&apos;ll now find a #letter</li><li>Put them together (it&apos;s not going to rhyme!)</li><li>Then send us the answer, the quicker the better</li></ul>Quel added a bonus puzzle for informatics enthusiasts. If you solve it, add QUEL to your message and you&apos;ll be contacted for the answer. Get it right and you might be offered a job as her new assistant! One more thing... The Folium CEO graciously agreed to answer questions about The Folium. Submit your inquiries via Fan Mail by the 9th, and we will respond to as many as we can on the 11th.Thank you and good luck!<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms">Folium Fan Mail</a>The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Folium Sock Contest. The prizes are $50 digital gift certificates to &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.theathleticcommunity.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Athletic Community&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;, home of the famous PDX carpet sock (as worn by Cherie Hazzard!)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;To enter:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solve the puzzle and text us your answer and email address&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To text, go to our &lt;a href='https://thefoliumdiary.buzzsprout.com/2086027'&gt;homepage&lt;/a&gt;, select any episode and click the link that says &amp;apos;Folium Fan Mail&amp;apos; (link should also work from most podcast apps)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Entries must be sent by 9PM Pacific, Friday, January 9th&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Seven winners will be randomly selected from the correct entries&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Winners will be contacted by email&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Results will be published on Sunday the 11th&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is the puzzle, by Cherie Hazzard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Revisit each page where I&amp;apos;m in my Prime&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;At the end of each note, you&amp;apos;ll now find a #letter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Put them together (it&amp;apos;s not going to rhyme!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then send us the answer, the quicker the better&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quel added a bonus puzzle for informatics enthusiasts. If you solve it, add QUEL to your message and you&amp;apos;ll be contacted for the answer. Get it right and you might be offered a job as her new assistant!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;One more thing...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Folium CEO graciously agreed to answer questions about The Folium. Submit your inquiries via Fan Mail by the 9th, and we will respond to as many as we can on the 11th.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you and good luck!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms"&gt;Folium Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&amp;apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Welcome to the Folium Sock Contest. The prizes are $50 digital gift certificates to The Athletic Community, home of the famous PDX carpet sock (as worn by Cherie Hazzard!) To enter: Solve the puzzle and text us your answer and email addressTo text, go to our homepage, select any episode and click the link that says 'Folium Fan Mail' (link should also work from most podcast apps)Entries must be sent by 9PM Pacific, Friday, January 9thSeven winners will be randomly selected from the correct ent...

Contest Open

The Folium Never Forgets 🐘<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms">Folium Fan Mail</a>The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Folium Never Forgets 🐘&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms"&gt;Folium Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&amp;apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Folium Never Forgets 🐘 Folium Fan Mail The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don't have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important! 

Apology

DJ Daisy spins the Folium&apos;s favorite 78&apos;s<ul><li><a href='https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/shirley-temple-black-second-act-diplomat-180980038/'>Shirley Temple</a> • Hey, What Did The Blue Jay Say?</li><li><a href='https://facets.org/the-unbelievable-story-of-ada-falcon/'>Ada Falcon</a> • La Ultima Copa*</li><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spl3_Lc4bgY'>Young Crooners</a> • Akasabali**</li><li><a href='https://syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2019/07/semi-sheheen-accompanied-manyon.html'>Semi Sheheen</a> • Dabka Dance</li><li><a href='https://english.radio.cz/dol-dauber-and-his-inter-war-dance-and-jazz-band-8540480'>Dol Dauber&apos;s Orchestra</a> • Of Youth</li><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/@samanthachurch'>Samantha Church</a> • I Knew You Back In Before Times***</li><li><a href='https://www.hogwood.org/'>Christopher Hogwood</a> • Pastorale</li></ul>*Cher made two New Year&apos;s Resolutions: #1 Stop drinking so much, #2 Start drinking less. You can do it big bird!**Zoe showed me some sick capoeira moves - she did a handstand and almost took out a chandelier!***Mom drops the f-bomb!💣🙉This isn&apos;t my real voice, of course, but I designed it (<a href='https://elevenlabs.io/'>ElevenLabs</a> is rad!) You know better than to believe everything you hear from the Folium, right?By the way......would you like some raspberries?? 😈<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms">Folium Fan Mail</a>The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;DJ Daisy spins the Folium&amp;apos;s favorite 78&amp;apos;s&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/shirley-temple-black-second-act-diplomat-180980038/'&gt;Shirley Temple&lt;/a&gt; • Hey, What Did The Blue Jay Say?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://facets.org/the-unbelievable-story-of-ada-falcon/'&gt;Ada Falcon&lt;/a&gt; • La Ultima Copa*&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spl3_Lc4bgY'&gt;Young Crooners&lt;/a&gt; • Akasabali**&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2019/07/semi-sheheen-accompanied-manyon.html'&gt;Semi Sheheen&lt;/a&gt; • Dabka Dance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://english.radio.cz/dol-dauber-and-his-inter-war-dance-and-jazz-band-8540480'&gt;Dol Dauber&amp;apos;s Orchestra&lt;/a&gt; • Of Youth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/@samanthachurch'&gt;Samantha Church&lt;/a&gt; • I Knew You Back In Before Times***&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.hogwood.org/'&gt;Christopher Hogwood&lt;/a&gt; • Pastorale&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;*Cher made two New Year&amp;apos;s Resolutions: #1 Stop drinking so much, #2 Start drinking less. You can do it big bird!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;**Zoe showed me some sick capoeira moves - she did a handstand and almost took out a chandelier!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***Mom drops the f-bomb!💣🙉&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;apos;t my real voice, of course, but I designed it (&lt;a href='https://elevenlabs.io/'&gt;ElevenLabs&lt;/a&gt; is rad!) You know better than to believe everything you hear from the Folium, right?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By the way...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;...would you &lt;b&gt;like &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;some raspberries?? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;😈&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms"&gt;Folium Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&amp;apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

DJ Daisy spins the Folium's favorite 78's Shirley Temple • Hey, What Did The Blue Jay Say?Ada Falcon • La Ultima Copa*Young Crooners • Akasabali**Semi Sheheen • Dabka DanceDol Dauber's Orchestra • Of YouthSamantha Church • I Knew You Back In Before Times***Christopher Hogwood • Pastorale*Cher made two New Year's Resolutions: #1 Stop drinking so much, #2 Start drinking less. You can do it big bird! **Zoe showed me some sick capoeira moves - she did a handstand and almost took out a chandelier!...

DJ Daisy

Thank you for listening!<ul><li>Thanks <a href='https://www.backstage.com/u/isabelladoherty/'>Isabella</a>, <a href='https://smutmag.com/'>Samantha</a>, and <a href='https://www.biglazymusic.com/'>Stephen</a> 🏆🏆🏆</li><li>Thanks to the Pacific Northwest for inspiration 🍄🍄</li><li>Thanks to Goldwave, Audacity, Buzzsprout, and Wikipedia 🌐</li><li>Thanks to Maz Ghani for the Folium Leaf 🍃 and Daisy&apos;s daisies</li><li>Synthetic voices by <a href='https://elevenlabs.io/'>ElevenLabs</a> 🤖</li></ul>No AI was used to write this show, but we borrowed liberally from the Books of the Week. Thank you Pat, Cass, Rachel, Rosi, Mary, Eric, Edgar, Rob, Naomi, Octavia, Nick, Ray, and L.A. Meyer 🏴‍☠️Oh yes, the sock give-away! 🤦🏻‍♀️Tune-in January 2nd for Rules &amp; Regulations 🫡🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms">Folium Fan Mail</a>The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thank you for listening!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thanks &lt;a href='https://www.backstage.com/u/isabelladoherty/'&gt;Isabella&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://smutmag.com/'&gt;Samantha&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://www.biglazymusic.com/'&gt;Stephen&lt;/a&gt; 🏆🏆🏆&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thanks to the Pacific Northwest for inspiration 🍄🍄&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thanks to Goldwave, Audacity, Buzzsprout, and Wikipedia 🌐&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thanks to Maz Ghani for the Folium Leaf 🍃 and Daisy&amp;apos;s daisies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Synthetic voices by &lt;a href='https://elevenlabs.io/'&gt;ElevenLabs&lt;/a&gt; 🤖&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;No AI was used to write this show&lt;/b&gt;, but we borrowed liberally from the Books of the Week. Thank you Pat, Cass, Rachel, Rosi, Mary, Eric, Edgar, Rob, Naomi, Octavia, Nick, Ray, and L.A. Meyer 🏴‍☠️&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh yes, the sock give-away! 🤦🏻‍♀️&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tune-in January 2nd for &lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt;ules &amp;amp; &lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt;egulations 🫡&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms"&gt;Folium Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&amp;apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Thank you for listening! Thanks Isabella, Samantha, and Stephen 🏆🏆🏆Thanks to the Pacific Northwest for inspiration 🍄🍄Thanks to Goldwave, Audacity, Buzzsprout, and Wikipedia 🌐Thanks to Maz Ghani for the Folium Leaf 🍃 and Daisy's daisiesSynthetic voices by ElevenLabs 🤖No AI was used to write this show, but we borrowed liberally from the Books of the Week. Thank you Pat, Cass, Rachel, Rosi, Mary, Eric, Edgar, Rob, Naomi, Octavia, Nick, Ray, and L.A. Meyer 🏴‍☠️ Oh yes, the sock give-away! 🤦🏻‍♀️ T...

Epilogue

This ends the Folium Diary 🍃(Sorry for posting so late! Raff kept texting with questions about our trip) [I wouldn&apos;t have so many questions if you told me the plan in the first place] (I was rather busy launching the app I spent the last ten years working on) [Yes but I&apos;m the pilot and we can&apos;t take off without knowing where we&apos;re going] (True, but it&apos;s my plane and you could cut me some slack) Would you vexatious virago’s please stop?! We are trying to enjoy the last page of the diary. (Sorry! I&apos;ve been under a lot of pressure. Raff – see you at Hillsboro in a few hours. Don&apos;t forget to turn on the hot tub!)Tune-in tomorrow for the Epilogue#Y<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms">Folium Fan Mail</a>The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;This ends the Folium Diary 🍃&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Sorry for posting so late! Raff kept texting with questions about our trip)&lt;br/&gt;[&lt;em&gt;I wouldn&amp;apos;t have so many questions if you told me the plan in the first place&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;br/&gt;(I was&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;rather busy launching the app I spent the last ten years working on)&lt;br/&gt;[&lt;em&gt;Yes but I&amp;apos;m the pilot and we can&amp;apos;t take off without knowing where we&amp;apos;re going&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;br/&gt;(True, but it&amp;apos;s my plane and you could cut me some slack)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Would you vexatious virago’s please stop?! We are trying to enjoy the last page of the diary.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(Sorry! I&amp;apos;ve been under a lot of pressure. Raff – see you at Hillsboro in a few hours. Don&amp;apos;t forget to turn on the hot tub!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tune-in tomorrow for the Epilogue&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;#Y&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2086027/open_sms"&gt;Folium Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Folium Sock Contest runs from January 2nd to the 9th. You don&amp;apos;t have to have finished listening to the whole show to enter, but really, what are you waiting for? Those other podcasts/work/sleep can wait - this is important!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This ends the Folium Diary 🍃 (Sorry for posting so late! Raff kept texting with questions about our trip) [I wouldn't have so many questions if you told me the plan in the first place] (I was rather busy launching the app I spent the last ten years working on) [Yes but I'm the pilot and we can't take off without knowing where we're going] (True, but it's my plane and you could cut me some slack) Would you vexatious virago’s please stop?! We are trying to enjoy the last page of the diary. (Sor...

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Welcome!In this diary I will be recording my impressions of a new program called The Folium, which will "synthesize planetary biometry, creating an experience beyond artificial intelligence, and bring the benefits of the Earth's collective wisdom to everyone, everywhere, all the time." If that sounds wildly ambitious and kinda crazy, you're in the right place! Start on Page 1 (like a book!) and you'll ketchup 🍅 in a jiffy.

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