DAVID VANBEEK, both are ideal, I find audio easier to enjoy while walking the dog etc.

B N (Mr Best), Yes, there is one of these on the Windows I am using.  I set it to "listening" at the beginning of the podcast. this is what it gave me;  "You can get it but why don't you go to the systems this is considered from one of them in many of the translated looper is getting a close eye on the restless tension I'm not telling you what I do i'm going to assist as a surprisingly imposed and impossible restriction over the agents from the local examiner next to one of the factory factory required and eliminated specific influences yes"  Needless to say, I think I'll just work out ways to get the message verbally :-)  :-)

Dmitry Orlov, Even with the volume control all the way up, the 440 Hz jingle is barely audible. The click (striking sound) is perfectly audible.

Dmitry Orlov, maybe you could plant the fork on the mic stand or something else that has direct connection to the mic. But it is audible and the volume of your voice is sufficient now. Thank you for adjusting it. You could also try to use some (rubber?) toggle (or clapper?) to hit the fork to reduce the difference in volume between the strike and the tone. - Just my two cents as a former violin maker and percussionist.

Vladimir Fabian, I do intend to continue publishing essays, but if you want to say good-bye in a fit of pique, then good-bye.

Álvaro Fernandes, well, you can continue with the texts and skip the podcasts. The podcasts are for people who don't like to read. There's more and more of them every day.

Dmitry Orlov, You do seem to insert more barbs into the bloated carcass of the collective West in conversation than you do in articles. That's why I get such a jolt of optimism from your interviews.

Bernard Jeannin, as others have said, the USA has no allies: only hostages and slaves.

Nicholas I Sudnykovych (At Least I Tried), I will continue publishing articles as well as podcasts. Podcasts do not presuppose text; they are spoken word.

Dmitry Orlov, I would miss your articles, should they be supplanted.

DAVID VANBEEK, Google doesn't index my text either.

Simon, No, it's a relatively new studio mike. Chinese, probably.