Ed Goldman

The Goldman State

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Ed Goldman is a longtime newspaper and magazine columnist, the author of five books and creator of The Goldman State, a three-times-a-week online column with subscribers in 40 states, Canada and Europe.  A professional playwright, composer and painter, Ed has also taught journalism at five California Universities and community colleges. His bucket list includes becoming the victim of a corporate takeover.  This podcast is an extension of his unique take on the world around us and his interpretation, with all the creativity imaginable, of what that would literally sound like if he were to speak...

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Ed Goldman

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www.goldmanstate.com

Latest episode

Dec 19, 2025

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Episodes

Episode 102: Failing the Grades 27.06.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Choosing the proper schooling for one's future success is quite a feat. Somehow, I managed multiple colleges and some very "sobering" testing performances. Blame and embarrassment... well, you'll just have to listen. Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly col...

Episode 101: Modify Me 20.06.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Adjectives. Hidden tyrants of our language. I believe you'll find this to be one of the most amazing, wonderfully written, cleverly worded ... ugh, enough already.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for...

Episode 100: Some Shrinkage May Occur 13.06.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. 100. My centennial episode! Yes, of course it's a good one. Our cities are shrinking, sinking and settling. Let me share my thoughts on the possibility why.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listeni...

Episode 99: Punishing the Envelope 06.06.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Where are my discount coupons for those things that are the inevitabilities? Like cremation, or fire insurance or adult diapers? Why aren't those envelopes showing up in the mailbox? I have some thoughts... Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, b...

Episode 98: The Irrational Inquirer 30.05.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Yes, the BBC. Why are you surprised?  The pictures... courtesy of the paparazzi.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 97: Behind Closed Doors 23.05.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Have you been to the grocery or drug store lately and find your item under heavy security? For no good reason? I now know the answer. Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 96: The R Word 16.05.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Seriously? What did you think I meant? I don't ever see myself doing that... ever. You do what's best for you. I'll take care of myself, thank you very much.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks...

Episode 95: New Agencies and Language to Memorize 09.05.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Rebranding our parks, monuments and beloved entities more correctly, per Trump at least, and the reshaping of our Constitution for a "grave new world" are both  examined in this episode.   Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting th...

Episode 94: It's Genius! 02.05.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Einstein, yes. Wrinkle cream, uhhhhhh, not so much. I really do have something to say about it that I think you're going to find, well, brilliant.   Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 93: Of Mice and Scientist 25.04.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Rodent revelry in neuropathway discovery. What we can learn from mice and men.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 92: Metrics, Schmetrics: It's Time for Bullshetrics 18.04.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Does anybody really know who my podcast listeners are? Or how many or them I reach and oh, what's their socioeconomic makeup? How about why should anyone care?  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for list...

Episode 91: Mid-East Travel Tips For The Tone-Deaf 11.04.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. While travel to the middle-east might not be the current popular destination of choice, it is important if you are considering a trip there that you're prepared. For example, how would you address a sheik... with a shake? That's just one little tip for you in this virtual travelogue of an episode. Thanks for li...

Episode 90: My Honey Can't Do List. 04.04.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Who decides what makes a day productive? You do. I do. So if I only get one thing of my choice done for the day, who's to say it wasn't productive? Even if it was from yesterday. At least it got crossed of...the list.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The...

Episode 89: A Hospital is Not a Home 28.03.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Ensuite facilities, food service, 24 hour service at your beck and call. What more could one ask for?  Plenty, I might suggest. Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 88: Meghan Markle, The Love Cook 21.03.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Deliciously deceptive dishes from some of the most unlikely and, in some cases, unliked leaders of the world. With a little of my own spice added.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 87: When You Wish Upon a Czar 14.03.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Pardon czar, affordability czar, expense czar, what's next? Oh, surely I have some observations worth noting that you may be surprised to hear - or not.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 86: Just Park It, Man! 07.03.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. A recent report from a respectable organization sites 7 parking spaces exist for each vehicle in the country. Now how can that be and what can we do to ensure we maximizing this incongruency state to state?  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by vi...

Episode 85: DIY-Not?! 28.02.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Tech quandries abound yet we're still doing far too much ourselves in my opinion. Why is it some technologies advance in the blink of an automated eye, yet others that should be advancing, languishing and causing us, to do-it-ourselves. You go D-I-Y. I've got the solutions for the rest of us in this episode. Su...

Episode 84: A Man for No Seasons. 21.02.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. As a self-proclaimed 'man for no seasons,' and I mean seasons of all types, from weather to astrological, how is it one is able to survive? And given my astrological sign of Scorpio...  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the W...

Episode 83: They Went Which-a-Way? 14.02.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Ever gotten lost in a maze of buildings on a campus of sorts? C'mon now, I know you have. What if we had our own personal sherpas to guide us? This episode I share my concept in full detail for those of us more prone to "lost" than "found." Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subs...

Episode 82: Your 2025 Political Glossary 07.02.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Let's review the language of politics through my homonymic dictionary of terms, if you please.  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listening.

Episode 81: Dying to Share This Stuff. 31.01.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. What is it with the dead? Why do obituaries hold such a secret allure for many of us? Growing up in New York, surrounded by the clamor of daily newspapers, my fascination with obituaries was ignited and flame has never flickered and likely, as I've aged, grown into a torch. Aren't you just dying to know why? Th...

Episode 80: Sprout of the Closet at Last! 24.01.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Finally! The incredible transformation of Brussels sprouts from a culinary outcast to a star on the dining scene has occurred. But how, you might ask? Better yet, why? Let me fill you in on their little secret. Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by...

Episode 79: We'll Discuss It Later. 17.01.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Ever been on the receiving end of the ominous "We'll discuss it later"? Or the equally ominous, "Wait until your father gets home"?  Let's refresh those memories, shall we?  Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiti...

Episode 78: TV's Second Season-A Snark Preview. 10.01.2025

Please text me what you think of this episode. I would love to hear from you. Let's take a somewhat nostalgic look at some of televisions most popular programs of the past, reimagined. "A horse is a horse unless of course..." Thanks for listening the the podcast and be sure to subscribe to my thrice weekly column, The Goldman State, by visiting the WEBSITE HERE .  Thanks for listeni...

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