The Mosen Explosion, Travel, and Baseball, and Bananas, oh my!

The Mosen Explosion is just hours away as I write this. Authorities are on alert, and appropriate warnings have been issued. It's the last Explosion for a while in front of all the lovely faders and buttons, as we're busy making a list, checking it twice, and preparing to visit people naughty and nice.

We're off to the States of America on Wednesday., It doesn't seem right to call them united at the moment. They're being divided by a gripping contest that has everyone being all acrimonious and generally grumpy with each other. Social media is hard to read at the moment because of all the ranker, and everyone will be glad when the whole thing's finally over. Of course, I'm referring to the World Series, which begins just as we head out of New Zealand to Los Angeles, where thanks to the craziness of time zones, we'll arrive before we left. So we'll be talking a bit about this World Series comprising two American teams, and I hope to be educated about this hex that was allegedly placed on the Cubs.

Following up on last week's show, I have a preliminary review for you of the TrakDot, a small matchbox-sized device that you chuck in your luggage and that lets you know exactly where your luggage is.

It's Weird Al's birthday today, so if you have any Weird Al favourites, I could be persuaded to play them.

There's even a Banana Report this week, as we hear from David and Nicola, both of whom are preparing for high school exams.

We had to go shopping for a new suitcase, and came across a frustrating accessibility issue, yes, accessibility of suitcases. I'll explain more during the show.

Bonnie is back with her bulletin, we go back in time and look at some of the events that made today significant in history, and most important, there's plenty of room for your interaction via Twitter, email and our listener line.

It's four hours of unpredictable chat and fun, with some music in there too, and I hope you'll join me at 2 PM Eastern, 7 PM UK, on Mushroom FM, available in all the groovy radio apps and devices.