# Podcast vs. column for October 1, 2010

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-vs-column-for-october-1-2010/555739>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 1, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-vs-column-for-october-1-2010/555739 "2010-10-01T16:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-vs-column-for-october-1-2010/555739/1 "2010-10-01T16:33:18Z")

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I’m not sure whether this should be in this forum or ATMB, but: Why was the [web column this week](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2961/has-auto-ac-been-improved-so-much-it-s-no-longer-an-energy-sink), on the subject of auto AC, different from the podcast version (an audio version of the classic [Schrödinger’s cat ode](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/113/the-story-of-schroedingers-cat-an-epic-poem))? No skin off my nose, I’m just curious.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-vs-column-for-october-1-2010/555739/2 "2010-10-01T19:49:45Z")

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Three reasons:

1. Stan, our podcast guy, was going to be out of town and needed to pre-record a column, and the mileage column wasn’t ready yet.

2. We could have accelerated the editing, but thought trying to convey the significance of the numbers orally was hopeless.

3. We figured if any archive column was worthy of Stan’s talents, Schroedinger’s Cat was it.