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I’m beginning to feel like one of those super heroes, but without the super powers! Mild mannered chief executive during the week, crazy exploding Internet radio host on Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern, 7 PM UK. What a double life!

It’s amazing but it’s true. Due to a shortage of qualified personnel, once again I’m back with you at our shiny new time of Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern, 7 PM in the UK, for The Mosen Explosion.

After last week, I wrote to Mushroom FM management asking if I did well enough to be allowed back on at 2 PM US Eastern time, 7 PM UK on Saturday. That’s bright and early at 6 AM on a Sunday morning in New Zealand.

Mushroom FM management wrote back and said I was marginally, but only marginally, better than dead air and that I may as well have another show. This puts a new take on the old song, “I’m going to sit right down and write myself a letter”.

Hello! Yeah, it’s been a while. … Not much, how about you?

The Mosen Explosion returns invigorated, emboldened with new electronic ears, and now on Saturdays at 2 Pm US Eastern time, 7 PM in the UK. Our new time means we’re on Sunday mornings in New Zealand and Australia, which means that our antipodean listeners can relax and unwind while the show is on.

Starting this weekend, we’re making some changes to the weekend line-up here at Mushroom FM. We’ve been telling you about these changes for around a month now, but just in case you’ve missed them, let’s explain this here so you don’t miss a moment of your favourite shows.

The quickest way to describe what we’re doing is that we’re completely swapping the programming between 2 PM Eastern and 8 PM Eastern on Saturdays and Sundays.

When you were a kid, did you ever demand something of one of your parents, only to be told by the frustrated parental unit to hold on because they couldn’t be in two places at once?

Friends and family from around the country are already arriving here at Mosen Towers as I prepare to celebrate the big 5 o. The big day is actually 24 April, but the party is this weekend.

Over the last 20 years in particular, I’ve had the pleasure to occupy roles that have seen me work with and provide services to people from around the world. So when we were planning these celebrations, we wanted to find a way to include those who’d like to be a part of them but couldn’t attend in person, much like Bonnie and I streamed our wedding online.

At the time I’m usually on the air, I’ll be in the air, heading back from the Blind Citizens Australia convention. That means it’s time to delve into the humungonormous Mosen Explosion archives for a replay of a popular show.

This time, a few listeners have requested to hear again the documentary I put together on the legendary music producer Sir George Martin. It was first aired just after his death in March 2016.

I’m back in New Zealand for a short time before my next overseas trip, long enough to bring you another live edition of the Mosen Explosion on Mushroom FM.

First, while I’m having a wonderful time here in Anaheim, my heart goes out to the families of all victims of the terror attack in New Zealand. I cannot believe I am writing terror attack and New Zealand in the same sentence. Love and thoughts to all back home who are struggling at this difficult time.

After a day and a half at Disneyland with Nicola banana, we're off to Universal Studios at the time the Mosen Explosion airs. But fear not, there will still be a show to be sure to be sure. It's St Patrick's day, so it's time for a Mosen Explosion retrospective.