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In this, the final episode of Season Two, Young-Min Jo meets for the first time in 24 years, his identical twin Kwang-Min.  Seeing up close the world his brother exists in - wealthy, almost extravagant - Young-Min's jealousy boils over.  Wishes he could somehow be a part of it!  

Be careful what you wish for, as they say, for Kwang-Min most certainly does have a role for his twin brother to fulfill within Min-Pharma Enterprises ... assuming he can check his morals and ethics at the door.  A new drug is making its way out of Afghanistan.  Government hasn't approved its use.  Kwang-Min Jo wants to start selling it immediately.  The key to marketing it to a jaded consumer population?  That's where Young-Min Jo comes in.

In this episode, Zero and Young-Min Jo finally meet.  They're attracted to one another; no question there.  Zero can't believe her eyes.  Didn't realize he'd once been a Lieutenant.  Simply has to ask him all about the space mission to Kapteyn B and all that he experienced there.  Gives them plenty to talk about as they walk up the driveway to Min-Pharma's world headquarters then down to the parking garage where there's a private elevator.  The elevator requires scanning the palm of one's hand in order to activate it.  Zero offers to let Young-Min do the honors, not realizing it won't work.  That's because Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints.

Tonight we continue delving into the sordid past regarding our recently-introduced character Xi Jiu Xiu, aka Zero.  We've learned of her dubious origins, now we're about to find out a whole lot more.  

For she's not to be a victim of her own circumstances for long.  Her rise through the organization after escaping from the evil Tuhao will now be described in graphic detail.  

We continue with Young-Min Jo's arrival at Min-Pharma world headquarters in Toronto.  Having avoided confrontation with security guards at the front gate, he is next to encounter his twin brother's head of security Xi Jiu Xiu, aka Zero.  Though forewarned they are identical and that the effects of time dilation will mean Kwang-Min's brother might in all likelihood look much younger and perhaps more appealing than the boss himself, Zero is nevertheless taken by surprise.  Not only that, she's instantly smitten.  For Young-Min it's the same.  

We then flash back to Zero's origins and the events which led to her eventually coming to work for Kwang-Min Jo.  The harsh existence she had to endure as a child, a teenager, and even a young woman, is described in graphic detail.

Tonight we continue with Young-Min Jo's dramatic return to Toronto after 24 years in space.  We left off with a white solar-powered van arriving at the gate of Min-Pharma Corporation's worldwide headquarters, security personnel swarming around it.  A tense scene unfolds as the military escorts sent along with the young officer fear a potential confrontation with the beefy giants.  Perhaps a firefight.  

We then flash back to several hours earlier when Ensign Jo was traveling via airship from Frankfurt, enduring all the depredations of an international flight.  Bored out of his mind and unable to sleep; he passes the time by reading magazine articles about his brother.  A little help from a kindly flight attendant; along with some liquid refreshment, and he eventually drifts off.  Only not before seeing photographs of a beautiful woman accompanying his identical twin whenever in public.  Who could she be?  Can't be the man's wife.  Can't be his girlfriend.  So who is she?  

Tonight we begin Part Eight:  Tycoons and Trailblazers.  We've already learned what happened when Ozzie Guerrero and Shamiso Kachote traveled to their home towns looking for their twin siblings.  They found one to be a retired sports legend.  The other, a world famous pop diva.  But what of Young-Min Jo?  What became of his identical twin?  

A successful businessman is what we know so far.  An extraordinary entrepreneur, he is both founder and current CEO of a corporation called Min-Pharma, which employs thousands the world over.  He's rich beyond belief; that we can assume.  But what's this maverick CEO really like?  What makes him tick?  What's it like on the inside of his notoriously secretive operation?  What kind of people work for him?  

Shamiso comes face to face with her identical twin Rudo Kachote after 24 Earth years.  Not exactly identical due to the effects of time dilation; they nevertheless move and act much the same.  Strikingly so, one might say.  Setting aside nuances such as fashion choices and hairstyles, they're otherwise a matched pair.  Could pose as one another quite easily and fool just about anybody.  Given their dire circumstances, regarding missed concert dates and threats of breach of contract, this might be just what the doctor ordered. 

Shamiso learns of her sister's recent past, as told by the woman's business manager Neville Bevits.  Not the stories told in the media, naturally, but the actual events he'd witnessed firsthand. 

More or less anyway.  After all, the pop star hadn't told him everything she'd done (and with whom).  The truth about Rudo Love's nocturnal adventures were far more salacious; potentially more scandalous than even he could have imagined.  If members of the press only knew, they'd have had a field day - assuming their reports would have made it past network censors.  He knows enough however; and he's about to tell her. 

Continuing with Part Seven:  Divas and Drugs, Shamiso's adventure progresses to the penthouse suite inside the beautiful Langham Hotel in London.  That's where, as everyone in the music world knows, her twin sister lives.  Shamiso's first encounter was with a rather nervous hotel doorman who fully believed she was Rudo.  No telling what she'll find when the door to the penthouse suite is flung open.  Will it be her long lost sibling?  Or yet another weirdo?

 Tonight we begin Part Seven:  Divas and Drugs.  We now get to see what happens when Shamiso Kachote makes her way to England looking for her twin sister Rudo.  

She won't be hard to find.  Everyone following the entertainment world knows that Rudo Love lives in the penthouse suite of a swank London hotel.  Articles and news stories abound - even interviews conducted there with the famous pop star.  

Contacting her however - specifically getting in to see her - might be the biggest challenge. 

In this next chapter, Ozzie accompanies his twin brother 'Praxido' out to Katy Boys Farm.  There they get to witness a megaball tournament hosted by the orphanage where "Ranger" Guerrero anticipates being the guest celebrity for the day.  

Only that's not exactly what the retired sports legend has planned for the pair.  He actually wants to see firsthand whether his brother Oswaldo can carry off an effective impersonation of the world famous sports legend and convince starry-eyed fans it's really him. 

Oswaldo "Ozzie" Guerrero greets his identical twin brother at the man's spacious home, forty-six kilometers west of Houston Texas, only to find out the truth regarding their dear mother ... now languishing out back in a remote version of a modern era nursing home.  He must finally confront the harsh reality regarding his origins as a human being.   

Yet the encounter has a similar profound effect on his superstar sports legend identical sibling Praxedis "Ranger" Guerrero.  The man can't help noticing how strong and virile Ozzie looks after 24 years in space.

 In this next chapter we learn even more regarding the events leading up to Ozzie's arrival at his brother's house in Katy, Texas ... following Praxido's discovery of a mysterious Email sent by, of all places, SPACE PROGRAMME. 

In this next chapter we learn of Ozzie's arrival at his brother's house in Katy, Texas ... after twenty four years they are to be reunited.  But not until we learn a little about his twin brother Praxido's amazing past, not to mention a little surprise he has in store for his space-pioneer sibling. 

Tonight we begin Part 6 of the Twin Paradox trilogy.  It's called Legends and Impostors.  In this first chapter we learn of Ozzie Guerrero's journey from Darmstadt (via Frankfurt, Germany) to Houston, Texas.  There he hopes to connect with his twin brother Praxido.  Repeatedly mistaken for his famous sibling, he gets to see what it's like being a recognized celebrity.

Also, you'll want to listen in at the end of this evening's podcast for an interview with special guest A.D. Randall, author of the fantasy novel Death's Final Love Note.  She'll be in the studio to give a preview of her latest work. 

 Tonight we continue with Book Two of the Twin Paradox trilogy:  Part Five, Celebrities and Pariahs.  In this next installment, our three intrepid space twins, Ozzie, Shamiso, and Young-Min Jo finally get to learn the full story of what happened with their identical siblings Praxido, Rudo, and Kwang-Min Jo. 

Meanwhile, Steinhart takes the fall for Santa Maria's failure to link up with Nautilus, leading to his discharge from Space Programme. 

 Tonight we continue with Book Two of the Twin Paradox trilogy:  Part Five, Celebrities and Pariahs.  Our focus will once again be on the trial of Captain Steinhart Stehter.  In the aftermath of Luigi Cadorna's fiery testimony, Steinhart realizes the writing is on the wall.  The best he can hope for is that Space Programme will allow him to retire as captain; maintain his rank but vanish from the public eye, fading into obscurity.  But even that is now a forlorn hope.  Complicating matters is that his defense team will be calling upon both Young-Min Jo and Ozzie Guerrero as character witnesses.  Possibly Kelvin!  Captain Stehter fears this will be potentially damaging to their careers.  In Steinhart's view, such bright young men would be better off walking out of that building, never to be associated with their old captain again.  

And then there's the question of B.J.  She too must be considered.  Have they all hitched their wagons to a falling star?  Are loyalty and devotion worth sacrificing a person's future; if so, for what?  What will it prove? 

Tonight we continue with Book Two of the Twin Paradox trilogy:  Part Five, Celebrities and Pariahs.  Our focus will once again be on the trial of Captain Steinhart Stehter.  His failure to execute a linkup with Nautilus during Santa Maria's journey back to Earth has led to yet another official inquiry by Space Programme.  It's not a show trial; even if the media is making it out to be one.  To be sure, many admirals sitting in judgment of Captain Stehter wouldn't bat an eye at occasional 'mischief' going on among the crew of a ship spending multiple years in space - in this case multiple decades.  No one had ever done such a thing.  No one had ever traveled so far, leaving our solar system to go conquer and colonize an alien planet.  

True, there has been scintillating testimony provided by witnesses about the goings-on onboard Santa Maria during its journey to and from Kapteyn B.  Only now, the prosecution is about to bring in the heavy artillery:  the biggest a-hole they can put on the witness stand, and they've saved him for last. 

 Tonight we begin Book Two of the Twin Paradox trilogy, starting with Part Five, Celebrities and Pariahs.  We now get to find out what happens when the three space twins, Ozzie, Shamiso, and Young-Min Jo attempt to reunite with their identical siblings after, what is for them, twenty-four Earth years.  It's not the same for the three space twins of course.  Their bodies are that of twenty-four year olds.  Not so for their counterparts Praxido, Rudo, and Kwang-Min Jo.  All three are in their mid-thirties.  Praxido "Ranger" Guerrero is a retired sports legend.  Rudo Kachote (aka Rudo Love) is a word-famous pop-star.  And finally, Kwang-Min Jo has become a rich business tycoon.  

Our focus tonight however will be on the trial of Captain Steinhart Stehter.  His failure to execute a linkup with Nautilus during Santa Maria's journey back to Earth has led to yet another official inquiry by Space Programme.  

 Tonight we're going to recap Book One of the Twin Paradox trilogy, followed by a preview of SEASON TWO for this podcast series.  The remaining two books:  Twin Paradox Book Two and Twin Paradox Book Three are available for sale right now on Amazon.  You can download them today or just listen to author King Everett Medlin read them to you over the next forty weeks.  Season Two will start in April, 2021!