Here's a slightly updated version of an episode of Blogsmoke that first ran five years ago today.

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BlogsmokeSOUND: MODEM CONNECTING FADES UP TO FULL MIKE—SINGLE SHOT—RICHOCHET

MUSIC: UP AND UNDER—RECORDED—CUT 1

ANNOUNCER: (VOICE OVER MUSIC) Around Twitter Town and in the territory of the net—there's just one way to handle the harassers and the stalkers—and that's with an Internet Sheriff and the smell of "BLOGSMOKE"!

MUSIC: THEME HITS: FULL BROAD SWEEP AND UNDER—RECORDED—CUT 2

ANNOUNCER: "BLOGSMOKE" starring W. J. J. Hoge. The story of the trolling that moved into the young Internet—and the story of a man who moved against it. (MUSIC: OUT)

JOHN: I'm that man, John Hoge, Internet Sheriff—the first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancy job—and it makes a man watchful … and a little lonely.

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