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Trumix.com listings available of Mostly ITP Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Talkie - Listener comments, more thoughts on Swingtown, miscellany This talkie covers: Voicemails from Jen and Tony, covering topics such as: Gwinnett County mooching off Atlanta Drunk/not drunk Lawyers Voicemail from Ellie, responding to our first review of Swingtown; followed immediately by our updated thoughts on Swingtown, now that the series has (sadly, but not surprisingly) been taken off the air Response to a listener who emailed with a question about Trapeze, and a brief tangent about the idea of a condom-mandatory sex club Upcoming screeni ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Peter Hughes, PhD, Augusta resident who documents the life and times of Henry Shultz Our introduction bumper that we put in front of all of our podcasts says we're "focused on all things Atlanta and sometimes elsewhere." This is another of our "sometimes elsewhere" episodes, and I think it's one of our better interviews. The subject is Peter Hughes, PhD, who is from Augusta, Ga. One of his great passions is to document the life and times of Henry Shultz. Shultz is an interesting historic figure for a variety of reasons, including: Building the first successful bridge acr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meet Your Affiliates - Bobby Blackwolf, host of The Bobby Blackwolf Show (Part 2 of 2) This is the second part of my two-part interview with Bobby Blackwolf, host of The Bobby Blackwolf Show. You can listen to the first part here. We discuss the Atlanta gaming industry, the politics of the gaming industry, and other topics. This is part of our Meet Your Affiliates series. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meet Your Affiliates - Bobby Blackwolf, host of The Bobby Blackwolf Show (Part 1 of 2) In this episode I speak with Bobby Blackwolf, host of The Bobby Blackwolf Show. It's the first in what we hope will be a series of several more Meet Your Affiliates interviews over the next few months with Georgia Podcast Network affiliates. The interview is broken into two parts, of which this is the first. Here we discuss the history behind Bobby's show, the Nintendo Wii, our shared esteem for Super Mario Bros. 2, and a few other topics. In the second part, which is posted here, we mostl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Atlanta filmmaker Bailey Barash This interview was recorded at Charis Books and More, before a screening of Bailey Barash's new documentary, The AIDS Chronicles - Here to Represent. Bailey is an Atlanta native who spent 19 years at CNN before starting her own production company. The AIDS Chronicles is the result of almost five years of work documenting the impact of HIV/AIDS on the urban black community in Atlanta. Bailey and I discussed media representation of AIDS, its impact on Atlanta in contrast to other areas of the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIVE Talkie - Listener voicemails, thoughts on Swingtown, Sturgeon's Law applied to adult industry ads This is our second live show (here's the first), and it was very exciting because we actually had several chat room participants, and a caller! Jen, use your $20 Inserection gift card wisely. Things discussed: Voicemails from Nobilis, Jen, and Tony. Thanks y'all, and keep 'em coming. Drunk-dialing is accepted and encouraged. My favorite was Tony's voicemail about Northside Drive, so maybe he should get the other Inserection gift card, and you two can buy something extra-special. Our thou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Grace Buford, a.k.a. Cylindrian, musician in metro Atlanta and Second Life Grace Buford is a metro Atlanta musician and music teacher who plays folk music in venues around the city, as well as in Second Life under her alter ego Cylindrian. I interviewed her last Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Java Monkey in Decatur. This interview is broken into in two parts, with a musical interlude featuring a pair of Grace's songs. In the first half of the interview, which lasts about 14 minutes, we discuss her music career and the differences between playing in real venues vs. virt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Grace Buford, a.k.a. Cylindrian, musician in metro Atlanta and Second Life Grace Buford is a metro Atlanta musician and music teacher who plays folk music in venues around the city, as well as in Second Life under her alter ego Cylindrian. I interviewed her last Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Java Monkey in Decatur. This interview is broken into in two parts, with a musical interlude featuring a pair of Grace's songs. In the first half of the interview, which lasts about 14 minutes, we discuss her music career and the differences between playing in real venues vs. virt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Things we look for on road trips - another video episode! In our second video episode, we bring the camera along with us on one of our road trips and point out some things you can look for while traveling through Southern towns. This trip took us through Middle Georgia, including Columbus, Thomaston, Warm Springs and Greenville along with a few others that didn't make it into the video due to space considerations. We love voicemail! If you know of anything else people should look for when traveling to Southern towns (there are a few we know of we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Things we look for on road trips - another video episode! In our second video episode, we bring the camera along with us on one of our road trips and point out some things you can look for while traveling through Southern towns. This trip took us through Middle Georgia, including Columbus, Thomaston, Warm Springs and Greenville along with a few others that didn't make it into the video due to space considerations. We love voicemail! If you know of anything else people should look for when traveling to Southern towns (there are a few we know of we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Listener comments, Balticon wrap-up, Magical Clothes, what to do in Columbus We've just returned from Balticon; in this talkie, we discuss our experience there (and a few other topics). Some more detailed notes: Another voicemail from Nobilis. He is podcast voicemail Jesus. Answers to questions sent via Twitter. Thoughts on the "Don't Be That Guy" session at Balticon - the good, the bad, the ugly, the poorly planned, the psychosomatic reaction inducing. Here are a few links about Nice Guys™: Nice Guys We Can Do Without How to be a Real Nice Guy The Nice ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Listener comments, Balticon wrap-up, Magical Clothes, what to do in Columbus We've just returned from Balticon; in this talkie, we discuss our experience there (and a few other topics). Some more detailed notes: Another voicemail from Nobilis. He is podcast voicemail Jesus. Answers to questions sent via Twitter. Thoughts on the "Don't Be That Guy" session at Balticon - the good, the bad, the ugly, the poorly planned, the psychosomatic reaction inducing. Here are a few links about Nice Guys™: Nice Guys We Can Do Without How to be a Real Nice Guy The Nice ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - GAPN Web Two-point-awesome, Sex 2.0 wrap-up, Balticon, my impending dirty thirty Another talkie episode, wherein we discuss several things: Most obviously, we have a snazzy redesigned web site. We talk briefly (ha!) about the awesomeness and how we'd love to hear from you about it. Or, how I would at least. Sex 2.0 was a rousing (and... you thought I was going to make an "arousing" joke, but I'm not going to) success. We offer a postmortem. We're heading to Balticon in a couple of weeks! Amber will be a panelist, which is very exciting. Finally, my dirty thirty is comi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - GAPN Web Two-point-awesome, Sex 2.0 wrap-up, Balticon, my impending dirty thirty Another talkie episode, wherein we discuss several things: Read more » Most obviously, we have a snazzy redesigned web site. We talk briefly (ha!) about the awesomeness and how we'd love to hear from you about it. Or, how I would at least. Sex 2.0 was a rousing (and... you thought I was going to make an "arousing" joke, but I'm not going to) success. We offer a postmortem. We're heading to Balticon in a couple of weeks! Amber will be a panelist, which is very exciting. Fina ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Stacia Farabee, the Kinky Agent In this episode we talk with Stacia Farabee, Realtor to Atlanta's kink community. Check out her web site, MyKinkyAgent.com. I know I probably got a little repetitive in the interview, but I just love this idea. It really shouldn't be a revolutionary thing to market one's services within one's own community, so why aren't we seeing more self-proclaimed kink-friendly professionals? I'm envisioning a possible social network around this concept; like FetLife except for business! Music by Jonath ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Stacia Farabee, the Kinky Agent In this episode we talk with Stacia Farabee, Realtor to Atlanta's kink community. Check out her web site, MyKinkyAgent.com. I know I probably got a little repetitive in the interview, but I just love this idea. It really shouldn't be a revolutionary thing to market one's services within one's own community, so why aren't we seeing more self-proclaimed kink-friendly professionals? I'm envisioning a possible social network around this concept; like FetLife except for business! Music by Jonath ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIVE Talkie - listener voicemails, Sex 2.0, rants about the media Our first-ever live talkie on Talkshoe wasn't too much of a catastrophe, other than Comcast cutting us off about 12 minutes in. We only lost about three minutes out of 30. Here's what we talked about: Voicemails from Griftdrift and Nobilis in response to our last talkie where we got weird and existential Discussion about Sex 2.0 Responses to the Atlanta Press Club ethics panel session Thanks to everyone who tuned in! Please leave your thoughts in the comments here, by emailing us at info@ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LIVE Talkie - listener voicemails, Sex 2.0, rants about the media Our first-everlive talkie on Talkshoewasn't too much of a catastrophe, other than Comcast cutting us off about 12 minutes in. We only lost about three minutes out of 30. Here's what we talked about:Voicemails fromGriftdriftandNobilisin response to our last talkie where we got weird and existentialDiscussion aboutSex 2.0Responses to theAtlanta Press Club ethics panel sessionThanks to everyone who tuned in! Please leave your thoughts in the comments here, by emailing us atinfo@gapodcastnetwor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Tom Query, Atlanta photographer and sex therapist In this episode, Rusty and I talk with Atlanta photographer Tom Query. Check out his work at WellspringArts and on Flickr. We discuss how the advent of digital photography has affected the idea of professional versus amateur photography, and what types of challenges commercial photographers face these days. Tom is also a sex therapist and he's coming to Sex 2.0, so we talk a bit about that as well. Length: 18:27 minutes File size: 12.7 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Tom Query, Atlanta photographer and sex therapist In this episode, Rusty and I talk with Atlanta photographed Tom Query. Check out his work at WellspringArts and on Flickr. We discuss how the advent of digital photography has affected the idea of professional versus amateur photography, and what types of challenges commercial photographers face these days. Tom is also a sex therapist and he's coming to Sex 2.0, so we talk a bit about that as well. Length: 18:27 minutes File size: 12.7 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Questions and comments from Twitter, road trip thoughts, ruminating on permanence, iPod Touch vs. iPhone We recorded this talkie on the road while staying at the Brady Inn in Madison, Georgia. Topics discussed include, but are not limited to: Places we stopped on the first day of our road trip: Social Circle, Greensboro, Eatonton, Madison Question from Nobilis via Twitter: will pole dancing become an accepted art form by the year 2040? Ruminating on the permanence of our records: will there be any trace of us in a couple of hundred years? Should I buy an iPod Touch or an iPhone? We received s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Questions and comments from Twitter, road trip thoughts, ruminating on permanence, iPod Touch vs. iPhone We recorded this talkie on the road while staying at the Brady Inn in Madison, Georgia. Topics discussed include, but are not limited to: Places we stopped on the first day of our road trip: Social Circle, Greensboro, Eatonton, Madison Question from Nobilis via Twitter: will pole dancing become an accepted art form by the year 2040? Ruminating on the permanence of our records: will there be any trace of us in a couple of hundred years? Should I buy an iPod Touch or an iPhone? We received s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Listener comments, Strippers Ball, Presidential delegates, social media conferences, Sex 2.0 updates Halfway into February, it's time for our first talkie of 2008. This screenshot should give you an idea of what to expect: Here's a little more detail: We play two voicemail messages from Nobilis. In the second one, he asks a question, and we answer. Why the heck haven't you people called in your creepy bug/snake stories? We went to Trapeze last night and I was in the poorly-conceived (or at least poorly-executed) "Strippers Ball," for a minute at least. Talk of the Strippers Ball lead ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Listener comments, Strippers Ball, Presidential delegates, social media conferences, Sex 2.0 updates Halfway into February, it's time for our first talkie of 2008. This screenshot should give you an idea of what to expect: Here's a little more detail: We play two voicemail messages from Nobilis. In the second one, he asks a question, and we answer. Why the heck haven't you people called in your creepy bug/snake stories? We went to Trapeze last night and I was in the poorly-conceived (or at least poorly-executed) "Strippers Ball," for a minute at least. Talk of the Strippers Ball lead ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcamp Nashville - first-ever video episode of Mostly ITP! It's our first time, so be gentle. This is a video journal of our trip to Nashville to attend Podcamp Nashville. Length: 4:40 minutes File size: 26.3 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcamp Nashville - first-ever video episode of Mostly ITP! It's our first time, so be gentle. This is a video journal of our trip to Nashville to attend Podcamp Nashville. Length: 4:40 minutes File size: 26.3 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Year-in-review 2007 This is where we magically condense an entire year into thirty riveting minutes! Don't miss this, or you'll lose the use of at least one of your ears. Contained within: Listener voicemails from Shelby, Thomas and Griftdrift Discussion of our favorite podcasts and happenings of the year, with clips from our interviews with Boyd Lewis and Dave Kaufman. A montage of clips from our sex club review podcasts set to the theme music from Mega Man 2 What is this 2008 you speak of, and what can it d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Year-in-review 2007 This is where we magically condense an entire year into thirty riveting minutes! Don't miss this, or you'll lose the use of at least one of your ears. Contained within: Listener voicemails from Shelby, Thomas and Griftdrift Discussion of our favorite podcasts and happenings of the year, with clips from our interviews with Boyd Lewis and Dave Kaufman. A montage of clips from our sex club review podcasts set to the theme music from Mega Man 2 What is this 2008 you speak of, and what can it d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Movie reviews - Song of the South and Gimme Shelter In our first movie review podcast in 13 months (can you believe that?), Rusty and I review the 1946 Disney film and subject of much lore Song of the South, and the 1970 Rolling Stones tour documentary Gimme Shelter. There will be more movie reviews in 2008! Length: 24:04 minutes File size: 16.5 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Movie reviews - Song of the South and Gimme Shelter In our first movie review podcast in 13 months (can you believe that?), Rusty and I review the 1946 Disney film and subject of much lore Song of the South, and the 1970 Rolling Stones tour documentary Gimme Shelter. There will be more movie reviews in 2008! Length: 24:04 minutes File size: 16.5 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Listener comments, hotel porn reviews We start off by reading several listener comments we received on recent podcasts about sex clubs, which have been attracting many new listeners. One couple listening propositioned us, which was very flattering. Then we move on to the next order of business. We took a road trip about a week ago, stopping through Augusta, Ga., Columbia, S.C., and several small towns. Amber had never seen any hotel porn, so when we were in Columbia we decided to pay for a couple of movies: Screw My Wife Pleas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - listener comments, hotel porn reviews We start off by reading several listener comments we received on recent podcasts about sex clubs, which have been attracting many new listeners. One couple listening propositioned us, which was very flattering. Then we move on to the next order of business. We took a road trip about a week ago, stopping through Augusta, Ga., Columbia, S.C., and several small towns. Amber had never seen any hotel porn, so when we were in Columbia we decided to pay for a couple of movies: Screw My Wife Pleas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - David Kaufman, author of Peachtree Creek Have you ever heard of Peachtree Creek? If you live in Atlanta - especially if you didn't grow up here - your knowledge of Peachtree Creek might be limited to seeing a sign where it crosses under certain Atlanta roads. David Kaufman wanted to find out more about the creek, so he explored the whole thing via canoe and wrote a book about it. In this interview, we talk about the book, what his "field research" was like, the buried Atlanta history he found along the way, and also the current is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Rachael Spiewak, Executive Director of Sopo Bicycle Cooperative I've never thought of Atlanta as a great place to ride a bike because it's so spread out. People drive like maniacs, so it seems dangerous too. Rachael Spiewak, executive director of the Sopo Bicycle Cooperative, makes a good case in this interview for the city as a biker's haven and tells us about how her group formed, what it does, and some of the interesting people that come through there. Length: 25:05 minutes File size: 17.2 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Lain Shakespeare, Executive Director of The Wren's Nest In this episode Rusty and I interview Lain Shakespeare, executive director of The Wren's Nest, which is the Joel Chandler Harris museum here in Atlanta. The folks at The Wren's Nest have been blogging for over a year and recently started podcasting. Lain gives a little history of The Wren's Nest and then talks about what the results of their new media endeavors have been thus far. Length: 19:44 minutes File size: 13.6 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Failed Skypecasting, Amber's birthday, social networks, Little Wings of Atlanta sex club, new GA Politics Podcast We planned (a word I'm using very loosely here) for this to be a live Skypecast where we could have callers, but apparently Skypecasts don't work so well for Mac users. They sure as hell didn't work for us: If you have better ideas for good ways to do live broadcasts with callers, please leave them here in the comments, email them to rusty@gapodcastnetwork.com or leave them on our voicemail at 678.389.9441. NowLive, Live365, Talkshoe, BlogTalkRadio, etc. are nice for many uses, but we're n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Julie Elgar, blogger at "That's What She Said," a blog about The Office In this episode, Rusty and I interview Julie Elgar, an Atlanta attorney whose blog That's What She Said covers the seemingly endless potential lawsuits and HR nightmares found on the TV show The Office. Unfortunately, due to wind noise, we had to cut out a few questions. The meat of the interview remains, though. Length: 6:50 minutes File size: 4.7 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Boyd Lewis, photographer whose work is featured in The Atlanta 70's Show In this episode, I interview Boyd Lewis, formerly "the white boy with the black press" who also happens to be a hell of a photographer. His work is featured in That Atlanta 70s Show, an exhibit at Mason Murer Fine Art which is running through Oct. 20. It's described on the show's web page as "history, art, theatre and an homage to Atlanta as Atlantis, the glorious place and time sunk below the explosions and tides of time." We talk about what Atlanta was like in the 70s; slag on Creative Lo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Milledgeville, Platinum Stages pole saga, sex clubs, Drupal Atlanta, upcoming events It's been a while since we've done a talkie! In this episode, Rusty and I cover the following topics: Our trip to Milledgeville, including our visit to the superlatively haunted Central State Hospital. Photos here. Details about our still unresolved customer service nightmare with Platinum Stages. I also blogged about it. (Note: as of today, Platinum Stages has a newly revamped web site. Guess they can put their money into that, but not into making sure they don't sell unsafe products to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Erick Montgomery, executive director of Historic Augusta Podcasting once again from OTP, Rusty and I interview Erick Montgomery, executive director of Historic Augusta, and Julia Jackson, programs and marketing director of the same. This is one of our longer podcasts, and it could've kept on going, because it's all so interesting to me. I grew up in Augusta and have always been fascinated with the bizarre dynamics there surrounding historic preservation, urban development, and the omnipresent elephant in the living room: race. After the intervie ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Atlanta photographer Anderson Scott In this episode, Amber and I talk with Anderson Scott, who has photographed interesting and unusual places throughout Georgia. Recently, his photographs of the former Nuwaubian Nation of Moors site outside Eatonton were on display at Eyedrum, in an exhibit entitled Tama-Re: Land of the Nuwaubians. Much of this podcast centers around that exhibit, but we also manage to go off on a tangent about Central State Hospital in Milledgeville and purportedly haunted places in general. Length: 22:57 m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second City Thanks to some pretty cool synchronicity involving Viviane and Thomas, I was able to snag an awesome interview at the last minute. Karen Abbott, Atlanta-based author of Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul, did a reading Thursday night at the Decatur library, and I was there with recorder in tow. We recorded this interview after the reading and book-signing. Sin in the Second City is chock full of interesting history; and as it turns out, Am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Alec Peters, CEO and co-founder of Screaming Sports Can you name five Web 2.0 companies in Atlanta that have received venture capital funding for a product? I can only name one: FSDashboard, creators of Screaming Sports, whose CEO Alec Peters is the subject for this interview. Screaming Sports is a web site that allows users to control several different fantasy sports leagues from a single interface. Topics discussed include: Overview of and technology behind Screaming Sports Effects of having your company's product featured in TechCrunch D ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview with Andy Ditzler, curator of the Film Love series In this episode, we interview Andy Ditzler, curator of Film Love. Our discussion focuses mostly on Summer of Love: Sex, Drugs, Rock, Art and Protest in the Counterculture circa 1967, a film series which will be shown Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Eyedrum. Other topics discussed include the nuts and bolts of Eyedrum and the importance of finding and documenting the stuff that you'll never find in Google or on DVD. Length: 32:49 minutes File size: 22.6 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Review of Trapeze and Club Venus, Atlanta's two swinger's clubs In this episode, Amber and I review the only two Atlanta swinger's clubs (that we know of), Club Venus and Trapeze. We also give a little background on how sex clubs work. There's a lengthy montage at the beginning that was basically me just having fun with Soundtrack, so skip to about three minutes in if you're anxious to get to the reviews. And please send us voicemail at (678) 389-9441. We particularly would like to know about people's experiences with Club Venus, as we only went there o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie with Alyssa - Children's publishing, Harry Potter fandom, and predictions for book 7 In this episode, Alyssa and I discuss two somewhat related topics: the children's publishing industry, and our affinity for all things Harry Potter. Here's a bulleted list of topics, for your scannable enjoyment: How to publish a children's book - what to do, what not to do, and behind-the-scenes insights How Harry Potter has affected the children's publishing industry The wide reach of Harry Potter culture - from silly fanfic to scholarly conferences (and everything in between) Our pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie with Alyssa - Children's publishing, Harry Potter fandom, and predictions for book 7 In this episode, Alyssa and I discuss two somewhat related topics: the children's publishing industry, and our affinity for all things Harry Potter. Here's a bulleted list of topics, for your scannable enjoyment: How to publish a children's book - what to do, what not to do, and behind-the-scenes insights How Harry Potter has affected the children's publishing industry The wide reach of Harry Potter culture - from silly fanfic to scholarly conferences (and everything in between) Our pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Intro improvs, pole dancing, Rusty's masonry tips, Chicago trip, buying a new computer, Twitter questions, sex clubs Rusty and I recorded this first-day-of-summer talkie on the roof of our apartment building, overlooking the city. Topics include: We might have to stop doing improvs in the Mostly ITP introductions, because they're getting too hard to think of. Unless, of course, our listeners want to help us think of new ones. Almost a year after taking up pole dancing, I'm getting my own stripper pole! It will be installed in our apartment very soon. Masonry tips from Rusty. He's been quite the handym ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Intro improvs, pole dancing, Rusty's masonry tips, Chicago trip, buying a new computer, Twitter questions, sex clubs Rusty and I recorded this first-day-of-summer talkie on the roof of our apartment building, overlooking the city. Topics include: We might have to stop doing improvs in the Mostly ITP introductions, because they're getting too hard to think of. Unless, of course, our listeners want to help us think of new ones. Almost a year after taking up pole dancing, I'm getting my own stripper pole! It will be installed in our apartment very soon. Masonry tips from Rusty. He's been quite the handym ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Intro improvs, pole dancing, Rusty's masonry tips, Chicago trip, buying a new computer, Twitter questions, sex clubs Rusty and I recorded this first-day-of-summer talkie on the roof of our apartment building, overlooking the city. Topics include: We might have to stop doing improvs in the Mostly ITP introductions, because they're getting too hard to think of. Unless, of course, our listeners want to help us think of new ones. Almost a year after taking up pole dancing, I'm getting my own stripper pole! It will be installed in our apartment very soon. Masonry tips from Rusty. He's been quite the handym ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Event - Atlanta Press Club panel discussion - New Media: The Changing Media Landscape Rusty and I attended a panel discussion tonight called "New Media: The Changing Media Landscape" at the Atlanta Press Club. Our friend Grayson moderated, and the panelists included: Mark Bauer, WSB-TV Lea Donosky, Atlanta Journal-Consitution Lila King, CNN I-Reporting Team John Patton, ThePort Network, Inc. Grayson did a great job facilitating! The discussion was open and lively with lots of audience participation and full of different viewpoints. Length: 80:27 minutes File size: 55.25 MB ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Event - Atlanta Press Club panel discussion - New Media: The Changing Media Landscape Rusty and I attended a panel discussion tonight called "New Media: The Changing Media Landscape" at the Atlanta Press Club. Our friend Grayson moderated, and the panelists included: Mark Bauer, WSB-TV Lea Donosky, Atlanta Journal-Consitution Lila King, CNN I-Reporting Team John Patton, ThePort Network, Inc. Grayson did a great job facilitating! The discussion was open and lively with lots of audience participation and full of different viewpoints. Length: 80:27 minutes File size: 55.25 MB ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Event - Atlanta Press Club panel discussion - New Media: The Changing Media Landscape Rusty and I attended a panel discussion tonight called "New Media: The Changing Media Landscape" at the Atlanta Press Club. Our friend Grayson moderated, and the panelists included: Mark Bauer, WSB-TV Lea Donosky, Atlanta Journal-Consitution Lila King, CNN I-Reporting Team John Patton, ThePort Network, Inc. Grayson did a great job facilitating! The discussion was open and lively with lots of audience participation and full of different viewpoints. Length: 80:27 minutes File size: 55.25 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Goodbye old man! In this episode, several of us sat around a table at Manuel's Tavern and recorded some of our thoughts about Doug Monroe, who is leaving the ATL for an opportunity to teach in Brooklyn, New York. Length: 6:43 minutes File size: 6.2 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Goodbye old man! In this episode, several of us sat around a table at Manuel's Tavern and recorded some of our thoughts about Doug Monroe, who is leaving the ATL for an opportunity to teach in Brooklyn, New York. Length: 6:43 minutes File size: 6.2 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Goodbye old man! In this episode, several of us sat around a table at Manuel's Tavern and recorded some of our thoughts about Doug Monroe, who is leaving the ATL for an opportunity to teach in Brooklyn, New York. Length: 6:43 minutes File size: 6.2 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thoughts on the Social Media Club meeting Amber, SpaceyG and I attended the Social Media Club meeting deep inside WSB headquarters last night. Contained in this podcast are our reactions recorded on our roof later in the evening after a few beers at Central City Tavern. In attendance at the meeting to bore us with institutional history and tell us kids how we are "irresponsible," "unprofessional," and lacking "journalistic standards" were the AJC's Marlon Manuel and WSB's Steve Riley. Can't say that this podcast will do much to cha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thoughts on the Social Media Club meeting Amber, SpaceyG and I attended the Social Media Club meeting deep inside WSB headquarters last night. Contained in this podcast are our reactions recorded on our roof later in the evening after a few beers at Central City Tavern. In attendance at the meeting to bore us with institutional history and tell us kids how we are "irresponsible," "unprofessional," and lacking "journalistic standards" were the AJC's Marlon Manuel and WSB's Steve Riley. Can't say that this podcast will do much to cha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thoughts on the Social Media Club meeting Amber, SpaceyG and I attended the Social Media Club meeting deep inside WSB headquarters last night. Contained in this podcast are our reactions recorded on our roof later in the evening after a few beers at Central City Tavern. In attendance at the meeting to bore us with institutional history and tell us kids how we are "irresponsible," "unprofessional," and lacking "journalistic standards" were the AJC's Marlon Manuel and WSB's Steve Riley. Can't say that this podcast will do much to cha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Molly Crabapple, founder of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School and Lori & Will, organizers of Dr. Sketchy's Atlanta This episode is a two-parter. First, Amber does a Skype interview with New York City artist Molly Crabapple, the brains and brilliance behind Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. They talk about how Molly's idea of making life drawing more fun grew virally, and now it's all over the damn world. Next, Amber and I talk to Lori and Will, the organizing team behind the Atlanta version of Dr. Sketchy's. The first event was held May 21; check the Dr. Sketchy's Atlanta MySpace page for upcoming events. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Molly Crabapple, founder of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School and Lori & Will, organizers of Dr. Sketchy's Atlanta This episode is a two-parter. First, Amber does a Skype interview with New York City artist Molly Crabapple, the brains and brilliance behind Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. They talk about how Molly's idea of making life drawing more fun grew virally, and now it's all over the damn world. Next, Amber and I talk to Lori and Will, the organizing team behind the Atlanta version of Dr. Sketchy's. The first event was held May 21; check the Dr. Sketchy's Atlanta MySpace page for upcoming events. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Molly Crabapple, founder of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School and Lori & Will, organizers of Dr. Sketchy's Atlanta This episode is a two-parter. First, Amber does a Skype interview with New York City artist Molly Crabapple, the brains and brilliance behind Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. They talk about how Molly's idea of making life drawing more fun grew virally, and now it's all over the damn world. Next, Amber and I talk to Lori and Will, the organizing team behind the Atlanta version of Dr. Sketchy's. The first event was held May 21; check the Dr. Sketchy's Atlanta MySpace page for upcoming events. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Paris Hatcher, Co-executive Director of Georgians for Choice In this episode, I interview Paris Hatcher, co-executive director of Georgians for Choice. She describes some of the events and outreach programs GfC is involved in (the most well-known being the annual Walk for Women's Lives), explains why the mission of GfC is framed in terms of reproductive justice rather than reproductive rights, and talks briefly about some upcoming technology initiatives. Add Georgians for Choice as a friend on MySpace here. Length: 16:17 minutes File size: 14.9 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Paris Hatcher, Co-executive Director of Georgians for Choice In this episode, I interview Paris Hatcher, co-executive director of Georgians for Choice. She describes some of the events and outreach programs GfC is involved in (the most well-known being the annual Walk for Women's Lives), explains why the mission of GfC is framed in terms of reproductive justice rather than reproductive rights, and talks briefly about some upcoming technology initiatives. Add Georgians for Choice as a friend on MySpace here. Length: 16:17 minutes File size: 14.9 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogiversary Part II - Why we blog For the second podcast recorded the night of my blogiversary party at Manuel's, we passed the recorder around the table so everyone could talk for a few minutes about their blog, the benefits of blogging, and all that jazz. You'll hear from: Sherry Heyl of An Entrepreneur's Journey and Empowering Concepts Thomas Strickland of Grabbingsand Nikki Strickland of Alenda Lux Currer Bell of The Daily Bacon Joseph G of monotonous dot net BJ of Sodomy Creek Tony Simon of Gratuitous Du ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogiversary Part II - Why we blog For the second podcast recorded the night of my blogiversary party at Manuel's, we passed the recorder around the table so everyone could talk for a few minutes about their blog, the benefits of blogging, and all that jazz. You'll here from: Sherry Heyl of An Entrepreneur's Journey and Empowering Concepts Thomas Strickland of Grabbingsand Nikki Strickland of Alenda Lux Currer Bell of The Daily Bacon Joseph G of monotonous dot net BJ of Sodomy Creek Tony Simon of Gratuitous Du ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogiversary Part II - Why we blog For the second podcast recorded the night of my blogiversary party at Manuel's, we passed the recorder around the table so everyone could talk for a few minutes about their blog, the benefits of blogging, and all that jazz. You'll hear from: Sherry Heyl of An Entrepreneur's Journey and Empowering Concepts Thomas Strickland of Grabbingsand Nikki Strickland of Alenda Lux Currer Bell of The Daily Bacon Joseph G of monotonous dot net BJ of Sodomy Creek Tony Simon of Gratuitous Du ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Paris Hatcher, Co-executive Director of Georgians for Choice In this episode, I interview Paris Hatcher, co-executive director ofGeorgians for Choice. She describes some of the events and outreach programs GfC is involved in (the most well-known being the annualWalk for Women's Lives), explains why the mission of GfC is framed in terms of reproductive justice rather than reproductive rights, and talks briefly about some upcoming technology initiatives.Add Georgians for Choice as a friend on MySpacehere.Length: 16:17 minutesFile size: 14.9 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Inman Park Festival, John Havens follow-up, Rusty's surgery, feedback from voicemail and Twitter, NetSquared, more Many topics were discussed in this talkie, which was recorded at the Starbucks on Moreland Ave. while we took a break from walking around the Inman Park Festival. Among them: The aforementioned Inman Park Festival. Our friends Sas and Pauline from TrueGritz along with the Shelbinator were featured in the parade. Here's the link we promised about Baton Bob. Amber's new phone and her aversion toward new-fangled gadgets Voicemails (edited in after the fact) from a caller who didn't care for J ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogiversary Part I - A short history of Being Amber Rhea, and thoughts on blogging in general This is the first of two podcasts recorded on April 20, during the highly nerdy"Five Years of Being Amber Rhea"party at Manuel's Tavern.Sherrystarted asking me questions about my blog, and I broke out the recorder. We talk about how and why I started my blog, and then move on to talking about blogging in general, and how a lot of pre-conceived notions are being challenged - especially in the business world - thanks to social media.Length: 13.25 minutesFile size: 12.3 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Inman Park Festival, John Havens follow-up, Rusty's surgery, feedback from voicemail and Twitter, NetSquared, more Many topics were discussed in this talkie, which was recorded at the Starbucks on Moreland Ave. while we took a break from walking around the Inman Park Festival. Among them: The aforementioned Inman Park Festival. Our friends Sas and Pauline from TrueGritz along with the Shelbinator were featured in the parade. Here's the link we promised about Baton Bob. Amber's new phone and her aversion toward new-fangled gadgets Voicemails (edited in after the fact) from a caller who didn't care for J ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogiversary Part I - A short history of Being Amber Rhea, and thoughts on blogging in general This is the first of two podcasts recorded on April 20, during the highly nerdy "Five Years of Being Amber Rhea" party at Manuel's Tavern. Sherry started asking me questions about my blog, and I broke out the recorder. We talk about how and why I started my blog, and then move on to talking about blogging in general, and how a lot of pre-conceived notions are being challenged - especially in the business world - thanks to social media. Length: 13.25 minutes File size: 12.3 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Ken Womack, Webmaster of EAV Buzz In this April 19 interview Rusty and I talk withKen Womack, Webmaster ofEAV Buzz, a community site focused on East Atlanta. The site focuses on community mobilization around issues such as planning and development, as well as good old-fashioned socializing.Unfortunately there is quite a bit of wind noise in this podcast. We recorded from the patio atJoe's Coffee, and it was pretty windy that day. We tried SoundSoap and The Levelator to reduce the noise, but to no avail. Sorry about that!Len ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogiversary Part I - A short history of Being Amber Rhea, and thoughts on blogging in general This is the first of two podcasts recorded on April 20, during the highly nerdy "Five Years of Being Amber Rhea" party at Manuel's Tavern. Sherry started asking me questions about my blog, and I broke out the recorder. We talk about how and why I started my blog, and then move on to talking about blogging in general, and how a lot of pre-conceived notions are being challenged - especially in the business world - thanks to social media. Length: 13.25 minutes File size: 12.3 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Ken Womack, Webmaster of EAV Buzz In this April 19 interview Rusty and I talk with Ken Womack, Webmaster of EAV Buzz, a community site focused on East Atlanta. The site focuses on community mobilization around issues such as planning and development, as well as good old-fashioned socializing. Unfortunately there is quite a bit of wind noise in this podcast. We recorded from the patio at Joe's Coffee, and it was pretty windy that day. We tried SoundSoap and The Levelator to reduce the noise, but to no avail. Sorry about that ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Beth, organizer of Frolicon In this March 22 interview, I talked with Beth (who was en route to Atlanta at the time), one of the organizers of Frolicon. What type of event is Frolicon? Well, according to the web site: "You can expect parties, games, educational classes, Rocky Horror, geekery, freakery and so many more things! You just have to experience it for yourself." Unfortunately Rusty and I won't be able to make it to Frolicon this year; but everyone who can go, should! We'll be there next year, hopefully podca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie We've had a lot going on lately, and in this talkie episode (recorded March 4, 2007) we bring you all up to speed. Here's a set list:SoCon07wrap-upPodCamp Atlanta- general stuff, prize drawing infoPlaces we're going this year -PodCamp NYC,BlogHer,New Media ExpoPsychotic Beatles songs: Paul was a freak, as these samples demonstrateWhere didMockingbird Hillin Augusta go?What aboutthe robin that's stalking Amber's mom??Call our voice mail at 678.389.9441 and we'll include it in a future podcas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkie - Inman Park Festival, John Havens follow-up, Rusty's surgery, feedback from voicemail and Twitter, NetSquared, more Many topics were discussed in this talkie, which was recorded at the Starbucks on Moreland Ave. while we took a break from walking around the Inman Park Festival. Among them:The aforementionedInman Park Festival. Our friends Sas and Pauline fromTrueGritzalong withthe Shelbinatorwere featured in the parade. Here's the link we promised aboutBaton Bob.Amber's new phone and her aversion toward new-fangled gadgetsVoicemails (edited in after the fact) from a caller who didn't care for John Haven' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Bruce C. of the Long Island Podcast Network In this episode, recorded atPodCamp NYC, I talk with Bruce, founder of theLong Island Podcast Network. We discuss the similarities and differences of our respective regional networks.Length: 16:58 minutesFile size: 15.55 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Atlanta artist Julie Marateck In this episode, I interview Julie Marateck, an Atlanta photographer whose work will be on display at the Artists Xplosion Art Show this Friday. (One of her favorite photos is included below; this and four others will be available for purchase at the show.) We talk about photography, spirituality, and Julie's amazing road trip trough the American west. Length: 18:30 minutes File size: 16.9 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meet Your Affiliates - Stephen Eley of Escape Pod This interview with Stephen Eley of Escape Pod, one of our awesome Georgia Podcast Network affiliates, is the second we conducted at SoCon07 (listen to the first with Karsh of BlackGayBlogger.com here). Stephen is that rare breed of podcaster who actually has found a way to pay contributors for their work. Listen to find out how he pulled that off. Also included: the inevitable PodCamp Atlanta promo. Length: 10:05 minutes File size: 9.23 MB P.S. - We love voicemail. You can leave us one by ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meet Your Affiliates - Karsh of BlackGayBlogger.com During lunch atSoCon07, Rusty and I interviewed Karsh ofBlackGayBlogger.com, another of our awesome Georgia Podcast Network affiliates. Karsh has been podcasting since September 2005, making him an old hand at it. We talk about how podcasting can let people hear perspectives that might otherwise slip through the cracks.And of course, there's an obligatoryPodCamp Atlantapromo.Length: 11:00 minutesFile size: 10.5 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Kiki Carr, founder of PinkEye In this episode Rusty and I interview Kiki Carr, founder ofPinkEye, an indie queer movie salon which meets once a month atEyedrum. PinkEye brings to Atlanta films that you probably won't see anywhere else, so check them out. And at their Valentine's Day event, they had free cupcakes - somewith whiskey.Length: 17:55 minutesFile size: 16.4 MBP.S. Got something to say? Call us at678-389-9441and leave us a voicemail. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Atlanta artist Thomas Burns In this January 24 interview, I talk with Atlanta artist Thomas Burns. He makes giclee prints of Atlanta landmarks - from Oakland Cemetery to the Clermont Lounge. You can check out his work at Atlanta Vintage Travel and AtlantaPhotos.com (as well as some actual brick-and-mortar shops around town). My slight pre-occupation with the Big Chicken is also revealed in this podcast. Meta note: Something weird was going on with the sound in this one, and I have no idea why. My voice in particular h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meet Your Affiliates - Laura and Sasha of The Coffee and Tea Show & The Rocky Horror Pod Show This installment of Meet Your Affiliates is actually a two-fer. Laura and Sasha are both on The Coffee and Tea Show, and Laura is also on The Rocky Horror Pod Show. We recorded this interview in the wee hours of the morning, whilst feasting on tasty, greasy food. Soulful tunes from the Waffle House jukebox add to the ambiance of your listening experience. Also included in this episode: Obligatory PodCamp Atlanta promo Listener feedback from another Rusty Length: 20:50 minutes File size: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview - Randy Bonner, organizer of the Urban Carnival of the Arts In this episode, I interview Randy Bonner, organizer of the Urban Carnival of the Arts, an art show for urban and underground artwork that will take place Jan. 27 at 6 p.m at Studio 980. We spent most of the time discussing these artists, whose work will be featured in the show: Brooke Novak, a photographer with an extensive set of Atlanta graffiti photos Circus Morpheus, a group of fire performers (here is a link to Isa Shisha, who is one member of the group) Dumpster Dive Records, who wi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guided tour of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Atlanta Civic Center with Cheryl Muré In this episode, Cheryl Muré takes me on a guided tour through Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which is currently on display at the Atlanta Civic Center through May. Cheryl is director of education for the exibit. More information about the exhibit is available at RMSTitanic.net. Thanks to Russ and Jonathan for arranging the tour. Length: 27:35 minutes File size: 25.2 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Year-in-review 2006 In this sprawling year-end episode, we attempt to cover everything that happened in 2006 (and damn well near did, save for listing the Jacuzzicast as one of our favorite moments and neglecting to mention that Tony was also involved in the commercials at the end). Topics covered: General reflections, what we've learned (featuring our biggest mistakes and an apology to Duane) Favorite moments from last year (featuring nice things said about all our network programs and the people who run th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An investigation with the Henry Ghost Hunters A few weeks ago, Rusty and I went on a ghost hunt with the Henry Ghost Hunters (you might recognize them from a previous podcast), at the old Georgia Mental Health Institute. In this podcast, we talk about the experience and play some EVPs for you that our recorders captured that night. Prepare to be creeped out. You can also take a look at my photos of the Georgia Mental Health Institute, from June 2006. Length: 25:53 minutes File size: 23.7 MB