Cool show, nice to hear the update on the Haejin saga. The fewer leaches the steem ecosystem has the greater the chance of success.
Might be an idea to add an index/content so listeners can find the bits they are interested in.
In regards to HF21. It seems very positive so far, suddenly curating seems worth while again and the free flags look to be doing their job.
Hopefully these iteration will improve new user onboarding and retention.
I promoted steem to others when I first joined, but like you, their experience was so bad, I was embarrassed to suggest it to many others after that. But there seems to be hope again...
Onwards and upwards!