Here we are! Episode #8 of-The Lost Bistro Cabaret: Dollop of Kant We hope, to this point, you've been entertained and occasionally enlightened as we look through our Paris perspective Ira Glass darkly. Are we nearing the end of Season #1? Good question. Seems this podcast racket is all about the downloads. Can we talk? Good. We were afraid you might be offended if we continually bring up the subject. We've attempted to grow The Lost Bistro organically, through you, and with a little help from many reach outs to those who are in positions of power and influence in the podcast industry. Muffy Drake has reached out to the Usual Suspects: KCRW/WBEZ/WNET/BBC/Crooked Media/Pushkin Industries/Fat Tony "The Influencer"... But, so far...to quote Joe Frank, "those efforts rendered faithfully over a period of months have been in vain." They wouldn't return our phone calls or answer the many emails sent with a loving nudge...hourly. All we asked of them was to take a listen. Hear for themselves if we could have a seat at one of their small card tables in the backroom. "If a podcast fails in a digital forest, did it ever make a sound in the first place?" Desperate times call for disparate measures.  Maybe one of you, knows someone, who knows someone, who has a cousin named Joey who once played pickleball in the rain with Lady Gaga and is still on speaking terms with them and could reach out to Joey and ask him to champion Muffy. I'm just saying, reaching out continually with no answer is enough to break the Heart of this podcast, but not the SPIRIT.  However, YOU have faithfully answered our call every week and Merci Beaucoup! for that. You know who you are. Here is a list of where you live: France-United Kingdom-Ukraine-Ireland-India-Nepal-Mexico-Taiwan-Greece-Kenya-Latvia-Namibia-Algeria-South Africa-Canada-Pakistan-Poland-Uganda-Portugal-Denmark-Spain-Israel-Japan-Vietnam-Norway-Austrailia-Cyprus-Switzerland-Germany-Italy-Belgium-Cuba-New Zealand-Columbia-Finland-Argentina-Singapore-Netherlands-Uzbekistan-Austria-Chile-Cameroon-Hong Kong-Slovenia-Phillipines-Somalia-Thailand-Trinidad and Tobago & Montana Just know, Muffy Drake will always have a seat for you at the table of The Lost Bistro Cabaret. Drop us a line here: muffydrake@gmail.com We won't GHOST You like the above mentioned Power Brokers. And with that...Enjoy the Show! Au revoir Amigos!