OR, NOT ONE BUT TWO GUESTS-- yes, this episode features a visit from two guests: Kimmie Joan, who has joined with us in the past, and KrOB, who, finally having been persuaded to don headphones and address a microphone, extend the show for an extra hour, as in days of yore (yore being the time of old RV Studios across from Bruno's bar, and later the technology-plagued Impact Arts Hub at Mission and 15th). Conversation, as generally understood, is principally interactive communication between two or more people. It is significant-- the development of conversational skills and etiquette is an important part of socialization-- but also may provide a vivacious form of entertainment, robustly enjoyable, the age-old pleasure of being engaged by following a back-and-forth palaver overheard. We know that the development of conversational skills in a new language is the traditional focus of language teaching and learning. Although "Converal," or Conversation Analysis, is an extant branch of Sociology which studies the structure and organization of human interaction, with a more specific focus on conversational interpenetration, our business is one of entertaining the listening audience... Conversation, as we see it, is the kind of speech that happens informally, symmetrically, and for the purposes of establishing and maintaining social ties. This powerful phenomenon adds immeasurably to the entertainment value of our traditional radio shows and podcasts. And so the attentive listener will find, as in our last, extra hour we chat informally in a natural way.