End of the line.

The enemy is vanquished.  The Office is packed.  The Ship is riding on the outgoing tide.  The Prodigal returns.

If we may invoke multiple images to announce the last episode of this story.

he final episode of the audio drama “Talking and Shopping”

• Sahara Ale – Yasmin of HWMS
• Margaux Amie – Rachel D’Fino, and Evelyn the Office Manager
• Zoe Anastassiou – Faith, Congressional Aide Habi,  Mina, a Waiter, Becky Vogelson, a News Person, Cop #2, and Lilibet, Wee Sister Number 1
• Debbon Ayer – Abby Alton, CEO of Talking and Shopping
• Ron Bianchi – Bashir the Uber Driver, the Ancient One, Erik, Roger the social media specialist, and The Producer
• Anastasia DeLoret – Karine from the EU office, an unnamed Female Aide,  and Greta, Wee Sister Number Two
• Geoffrey Grier –  Vinny the CEO, Carl,  A customer in a coffee shop, Cop #1, and Morris Fitz from the Department of Commerce
• Josh LaForce – Sulley of HWMS and Brannon, the NIMBI receptionist
• Jakob Minevich –  Chad Dockerly of Technica Publica and Victor Numerov
• Kit Kuksenok – Ed Kowalski, CTO Talking and Shopping
• Noah Masur – Buckley Williams of the Federation for a Digital Future, several Delivery guys, A Barista, Andre the homeless guy, a Customer, an unnamed Male Congressional Aide,  and Ben Capardi manager of the Umatillo Server Farm
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Sarah Corbyn Woolf – Senator Christine Stassen, Jacqui the new hire, Anna the Intern
• Skippy – Himself
• Special Guest Christian Conn – Gar Simon of Silent Partners
• Special Guest David Alan Grier – Famous Rankin of NIMBI

There comes a time.

A time when you have to face the bull.

You can’t have a corporate leader who terrorizes employees, makes policy in public, and cuts unauthorized deals.

And when the time comes.  Only one person can do the job

The episode 28  of the audio drama “Talking and Shopping.”

• Sahara Ale – Yasmin of HWMS
• Debbon Ayer – Abby Alton, CEO of T & S
• Ron Bianchi – Roger Senior Congressional Aide
• Anastasia DeLoret – Karine of HWMS
• Jakob Minevich –  Victor Numerov of T & S
• Kit Kuksenok – Ed Kowalski, CTO Talking and Shopping
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Skippy – Himself

He’s a Tech Guy.

He thinks he has something to tell the world, something the world doesn’t know.

Little surprised that needs people to help him.

Ed Kowalski, the CTO of the Tech Giant Talking and Shopping returns to Washington but discovers that no one really missed him while he was gone.

And no one is really excited to have him back.

The episode 27 of the audio drama “Talking and Shopping.”

• Margaux Amie – Reg Genglerm Fulfillment Workers of the World
• Zoe Anastasiou – Charlotte Wolston, Foundation for a Digital Future
• Anastasia DeLoret – Emma Price, Communications Consultant
• Josh LaForce, Pasha Stevenfield,  Council for Gig Workers
• Kit Kuksenok – Ed Kowalski, CTO Talking and Shopping
• Noah Masur – Buckley Williams, Foundation for a Digital Future
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Skippy – Himself

He’s trying to do a good thing.

A good thing with a drone.

A good thing with a drone in the nation’s capital.

It was supposed to be good.

But now he is sitting in the station house of DC Police District 1 trying to explain what he is doing.

The lost episode of the audio drama “Talking and Shopping”. (episode 26)

• Ron Bianchi – Station Chief Mahoney, DC Metropolitan Police
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Jake Minevich – Victor Numerov, Aide to Abby Alton of T & S
• Sarah Corbyn Woolf – Emma Darling,  DC Metropolitan Police
• Skippy – Himself

Intimate Knowledge.

It doesn’t mean what it used to mean.

And it doesn’t make things any easier.

As Abby Alton, CEO of Talking and Shopping, prepares to meet Congress, two of her aides grappled with the fact that one of them knows a great deal about the other.

A slow dance of information on episode 25 of the series “Talking and Shopping.”

• Sahara Ale – Yasmin of HWMS
• Debbon Ayer – Abby Alton, CEO of Talking & Shopping
• Josh LaForce – Sullivan Bowman of HWMS
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Jake Minevich – Victor Numerov, Aide to Abby Alton
• Skippy – Himself

There are so many moving parts.

You think you have a strategy and then things fall apart.

Successful coworkspace.  Capitol Hill.  A Center for women.

Finally, a sitting Senator graces the facility with her presence but at the same time, a real estate agency makes a call.

Episode 24 of the Audio Drama “Talking and Shopping.”

• Sahara Ale – Yasmin of HWMS
• Margaux Amie – Rachel D’Fino, Aide to Senator to Stassen
• Zoe Anastassiou – Faith, owner of Beva’s Coworkspace
• Debbon Ayer – Tracy Aponta of Aponta and Associates
• Anastasia DeLoret – Karine Tisserand of HWMS
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Sarah Corbyn Woolf – Senator Christine Stassen
• Skippy – Himself

Can’t things just get better?

By themselves.

When there is a market to disrupt.

And money to be made.

Ed Kowalski, the CTO of the hapless Internet firm Talking and Shopping is back in Silicon Valley.  Tired of Washington.  Tired of things he doesn’t understand.  Tired of trying to get along with people.

Episode 22 of the series What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington.

• Margaux Amie – Evelyn Rouse of HWMS
• Christian Conn – Gar Simons, Financier
• Kit Kuksenok – Ed Kowalski of T & S
• Noah Masur – Ben Çapardı, formerly of T & S
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Skippy – Himself

A friend you support financially is a friend indeed.

So you would think.

Abby Alton, the CEO of the Tech Giant Talking and Shopping pays a visit a Trade Association, the National Information Market Brokers Institute.  T & S pays their bills, so you would expect a little love.

And love can be found here.  It is just not the love that you would expect

Episode 23 of the Audio Drama “Talking and Shopping”

• Zoe Anastassiou – Capitol Hill Policy Officer
• Debbon Ayer – Abby Alton of T & S
• Anastasia Deloret – Karine Tisserande of HWMS
• Josh LaForce – Brannon Clough
• Geoffrey Grier – Metropolitan Police Officer
• David Alan Grier* – Famous Rankin, CEO of NIMBI
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Sarah Corbyn Woolf – Jacqui of NIMBI
• Skippy – Himself

*The other David Alan Grier, as compared to David Alan Grier the Producer.

Chad Dockerly of the Dockerly Report

You run a big name podcast.

You deal with important issues.

You can get big name guests.

Maybe.

Chad Dockerly asks his guest, Former Congressional Aide Rebecca Vogelson, to explain the EARN IT bill to his listeners.

Episode 20 of the Audio Drama “Talking and Shopping”.

• Zoe Anastassiou – Rebecca Vogelson
• Jake Minevich – Chad Dockerly
• Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager
• Skippy – Himself