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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 20 2020 - The Thin Ice of Favors
In this episode, I play a song by Sarah Shook and the Disarmers; I discuss my pleasure with Plex and cordcutting in general; I have been watching a lot of Billions; I came to the TV show via Brian Koppelman's podcast; I am getting less interested in celebrity content; I do enjoy the Carson Podcast;...
read articleAttempting Normal on Sale
For those of you who are fans of Marc Maron's podcast, his book Attempting Normal has been out for a few years but the Kindle version has been over $10 for all that time. Right now it is on sale for $1.99 and there is never any way of telling for how long so if you have an interest in the book I'd...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 1 2015 - Risks and Rewards
In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; I discuss my current state of weight loss; I talk about worry and action, risk vs reward; I tell a story about a bad handling of a situation; I talk about WTF and his "big announcement" on a show; I discuss the notion of "finding...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 5 2015 - Dropping and Rebooting
In this episode, I play a song by The Wildhearts; I talk about podcasts I have dropped and that I might drop; I talk about untidiness as physical procrastination; I discuss Wil Wheaton and rebooting his life; how to trick your child into going to bed earlier; more on creating a zine and getting it...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Aug 20 2015 - 11th Anniversary!
In this episode, I play a song by the Gentle Readers and talk a little about my history with the band; I celebrate the 11th anniversary of this show; I talk about Clinton Alvord and his discussion of a new podcasting article; I riff on the podcasts that give me joy and how that metric gets applied;...
read articleJimmy Dore on WTF Podcast
Here's a funny quote from Jimmy Dore on this episode of WTF: "One day my brother out of nowhere starts complaining about the estate tax. 'Hey, we got to get rid of this estate tax." I said, 'Phil, what are you talking about?' He said 'That's when you die and you have millions of dollars,...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 26, 2014 - DDOP 27: Comedy Podcasts
In this episode, I talk about the comedy podcasts that I listen to and note the ones that bring me the most joy; as a bonus I talk about a couple of others that just make me happy. Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 26, 2014 You can subscribe to this...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 24, 2013 - "Sleepless in SC"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, May 24 2013. I discuss getting no sleep, missing my friends at Balticon, being in the middle of fiascos and having my hosting turned off, I talk about how I love comedy podcasts but I hate them using the "pioneer"...
read articleObservations from Recent Podcast Listening
Here is a rundown of some podcasts that I've felt particularly strongly about lately, either positively or negatively. These are only my opinions and have a high likelihood of not matching your opinion. Please don't celebrate too hard or feel too bad if you do one of these shows, or my opinion is...
read articleWhat a Long Podcast Queue Means To Me
Obsessive podcast dork post warning - if you are uninterested in the deep miscellany of how one listener handles his podcasts, this post may not be for you. Some time ago Garrick van Buren asked me about what a long podcast queue means to me. I had posted about the fact that my listening queue was...
read articleAround the Podosphere - October 2010
Here is some of the shows that have recently jumped out at me from my podcast listening. I'm about 6 weeks behind in my listening. I wrote a script to add up the running time of my queue and it currently is hovering around 9 days worth of listening. I'm in no danger of catching up. I recently...
read articleEGC Six Year Podiversary is Tomorrow
Tomorrow I'm going to do something I very rarely do. I'm going to sit down and record an episode of the EGC Podcast before I go to work, crackly morning voice and all. This is because I got a wild hair up my ass on August 20, 2004 and recorded the first episode of what became my podcast. I referred...
read articleMy Balticon Drive Playlist
Here without much comment is my Balticon road trip playlist. I"m noting specific shows if I think that episode is notably worth checking out specifically from that series. Ride up: Writers Almanac Rock and Roll Geek Show (Burton Avere joins for doing a Classic Albums Revisted on Get the...
read articleAround the Podosphere 5/26/2010
Here are some podcasts and particular episodes that I've particularly liked lately. Torn straight from my playlist! I've been iffy on the Long Now Podcast and on the edge of dropping it. It's got the same problem I have with TED talks - basically good-willed wealthy technocrats throwing the rabble a...
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