Summary: Episode 16 - What About Economy Goggles? 10/9/2008. Here's five ways you can break the awkward silence this week in your (potential) conversations! Business, Finance & Marketing: We'll give you some tips to beat the credit crunch and the Top Ten solutions for dealing with a personal credit crisis. Current International Events: Oil prices slip on global woes, what is OPEC's reaction? We'll tell you one more reason we need to gain independence from foreign oil. Are You Kidding Me?!: Amy Winehouse's nose is about to fall off due to drug use, cocaine dealers institute surcharges on their goods (what's next? a checked bag fee?), a bank robber fools cops on Craigslist with a clever decoy plot and finally Canadian Greyhound is in the news again, this time for a tuberculosis outbreak! Streetwise: Has human evolution Ended? One man thinks so and we'll give you his argument (actually, John just shoots him down). Tech & Entertainment: Ford introduces MyKey allowing parental controls that limit speed, volume level of music, and seat belt indicators. Google Goggles checks your soberness before you send an embarrassing email. And finally, the LoJack of laptops just made stealing your laptop a little less appealing to thieves. This week's extras in the podcast: New album release highlights for the weeks of Tuesday, Oct. 1 and Tuesday, Oct. 8 The weekly "Tech Byte Update with Ethan Clark" A new round of "Guess that Accent" A Stump Cha-Cha Polish Round Discover New Music - New music by Needtobreathe Check out the new Geocentric official website, hosted by Magic Moments Entertainment at www.bringthemagic.com/geocentric. Make sure to contact us with your comments by calling 206-337-1504. You can also shoot us an email at geocentric@inbox.com, the blog (geocentricpodcast.blogspot.com), or on the host website (geocentric.podomatic.com). Geocentric is brought to you by your friends, John Newman, the Anthropology guru and Nate Long, the PR guy.
