COMCASTRO Podcast
79 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsBroadcast from the Ministry of Mindwaves in the Kingdom of Pod… this is Comcastro. Hosted by Maximus Groves and co-hosted by Matthew Queen and Evan Fowler, the Comcastro podcast gets the full picture from our culture's thought leaders while cutting through the barriers that shape and prevent communication. Artists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, startup founders, chefs, politicians, technologists, top podcasts, and more. Executive Producer: Demi Pietchell Newell.
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29: Key Influencer James Andrews
July 31, 2015 12:30 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBGood evening internet! Please welcome James Andrews, Key Influencer. James is the host of the Key Influencer Podcast, a public relations expert who has ridden the wave of change with the advent of social media. In 2013, James sold his boutique agency Social People where we had created the 1st Social Media Guinness World Record #BeatCancer which raised $70,000 for cancer in 24 hours using social media and had built social media & data analytics initiatives for clients like Nike, Equinox, The ...
28: Nerd-News Blogger Daniel Smith
July 30, 2015 17:12 - 1 hour - 106 MBBirdman v Catwoman with Comcastro Blogger Daniel Smith Comcastro blogger Daniel Smith leads a conversation reflecting on all of the super heroes in present times. He leans heavily on today's comic book explosion and transitions into the treatment of veterans, the most fan-engaging celebrities of Dragoncon, the personality cult of Coach Paul Johnson, and the arrival of the Atlanta Hawks. The conversation goes everywhere: from controversy in sports to the cost of being at the top, to politics,...
27: Cracked Writer Jacopo della Quercia
July 29, 2015 16:30 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBHow Trump Wins the Election and Other Speculative Fiction with Jacopo della Quercia Comcastrodors, please welcome Jacopo della Quercia. An educator and history writer featured on CNN Money, BBC America, The Huffington Post, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Jacopo has authored over 100 articles for the website Cracked.com, specializing in the weirder and more amazing parts of world history. He's also a history professor and writer of speculative, comedic, historical fiction. This conversation be...
26: Entrepreneur Elissa Shevinsky
July 28, 2015 11:45 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBJeKuDo Privacy Company CEO Elissa Shevinsky discusses how government invasiveness will destroy American prosperity, national security, and the economy.
25: UFOlogist Stanton Friedman
July 27, 2015 13:07 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBIs the Government Hiding UFOs with Nuclear Physicist Stanton Friedman This is our conversation with renowned ufologist Stanton Friedman. Stanton is a nuclear physicist and veteran investigator of flying saucers. He was the first civilian to document the site of the Roswell UFO incident and maintains that it was a genuine crash of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. In this conversation, Stanton shares with us his experience in gathering first-hand accounts of UFO sightings and his exhaustive res...
24: Matthias Young of Metal Band The Fury
July 26, 2015 20:48 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBWho Put the Douche in Duchamp with Matthias Young We're very excited to introduce our good friend Matthias Young, guitarist of The Fury and guitar instructor of Atlanta Guitar Clinic, and his new power metal band The Fury to the podcast. Here we get to know his story and have an exhaustive discussion on heavy metal, subgenres, esoteric influences, and the weirdness of the scene. Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven meet Tolkien, Satan, and Gygax. We cover the Metal scene in the Southeast, the present...
23: FrightShow Fighter of Mobile Game Developer 3 Fright LLC
July 25, 2015 19:12 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBHow to Kickstart Mobile Games with FrightShow Fighter Here Gus Fink, Jeff Brown, & Doug Kavendek of 3 Fright LLC join us on the podcast to chat about the mobile game they're producing: FrightShow Fighter. It is a bizarre, fun fighting game which, at recording time, was on the the last day of its Kickstarter campaign. We get the whole story of how they've been bringing this game together over 3 years and how they're finally ready to enter their final phase of development. We are thrilled to r...
22: Alternate Reality Game Developer ARchimeral
July 24, 2015 13:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBAlternate Reality Game Design with Startup ARchimeral Comcastrodors, please welcome April Arrglington and Jose Delgado from ARchimeral, a gaming startup in Atlanta. April and JD shared with us details about their upcoming project "The Age of Turing," an alternate reality game that asks how the present would be different had computer science visionary Alan Turing thrived after WWII rather than facing the tragic end he experienced. Here we reflect on Turing's life and accomplishments, ponder t...
21: Comedian Kevin Gillese
July 23, 2015 13:26 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBHow to Find Your Comedic Voice with Kevin Gillese On the podcast, Maximüs Groves and guest host Matthew Queen spoke with Kevin Gillese, artistic director of Dad's Garage in Atlanta, who came to promote the annual Baconfest Atlanta. Through the conversation, Kevin shares some zany stories of Baconfests past, reflects on the process of finding your comedic voice, and teases upcoming shows that have actually already aired, sorry. Also, Max is irreverent about 9/11, Kevin teases even bigger show...
20: Psychedelic Healing with Dr. Neal Goldsmith
July 22, 2015 13:07 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBJourney into Psychedelic Healing with Dr. Neal Goldsmith Dr. Neal Goldsmith is a psychotherapist and author specializing in psychospiritual development. Neal Goldsmith is a popular speaker on drug policy reform and spiritual maturation, and has founded and hosted innovative workshops, salons, and conferences on psychedelic therapy, integral philosophy, governance, media, postmodern science, healing, innovation and change, and the post-modern future of society. He has curated dozens of succes...
19: Television Show the Dream Writers
July 21, 2015 10:19 - 1 hour - 105 MBHow to Crowdfund Your Dreams with the Dream Writers Comcastrodors, please welcome the Dream Writers to the Comcastro podcast. In this episode, Maximüs Groves and guest host Matthew Queen interview the Dream Writers, a team of four Atlanta film industry locals who learned how to crowdfund their way into producing an original television pilot. Nathan Back, Dalton Lilley, and Shea Castle pitch the story, detail their plan, and explain all of the barriers threatening to keep them out and why the...
18: Tech Startup ATLvr
July 20, 2015 09:39 - 1 hour - 110 MBHow to Build a Virtual Reality Empire with ATLvr In this surprisingly engaging interview we introduce ATLvr and their upcoming Virtual Runway. Peter Stolmeier, Annie Eaton, and Jacob Lance walk Maximüs Groves and guest host Matthew Queen through all the recent developments in virtual reality, talk about their virtual reality fashion show, and answer tough questions on the future of humanity as VR reaches maturity. These guys are true believers and they share with us some of their personal fa...
17: Young Mark
July 19, 2015 14:00 - 32 minutes - 39.5 MBHow to Hustle in the Music Industry with Young Mark Today on the Comcastro podcast, we'd like to introduce you to up and coming hip hop recording artist Young Mark. Hailing from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Young Mark is known in the rap music scene for his versatile, clever word play. We talk with Young Mark extensively about the music industry hustle, and we spend some time deconstructing the party scene, strip clubs, and action heroes. We talk about Twitter and SoundCloud, and guest host ...
16: Sports Reporter ATLSportsGuy (T)
July 18, 2015 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBHow You Can Leverage Your Downtime at Work with SportingATL ATLSportsGuy, editor-in-chief of Atlanta's newest sports site SportingATL.com, stopped by the Comcastro studio for an hour to discuss with Maximüs Groves and guest host Matthew Queen the state of Atlanta pro sports, Georgia Tech fanaticism, and general enthusiasm for athletics. ATLSportsGuy, who goes by only the moniker ’T’ in order to remain both anonymous and gainfully employed, began his blog to make more productive use of his cu...
15: Game Designer Andrew Greenberg
July 17, 2015 17:00 - 2 hours - 120 MBHow Game Design Evolved into an Art Form with Andrew Greenberg Today on the Comcastro podcast, Maximüs Groves and guest host Matthew Queen talk with Andrew Greenberg, President of the Georgia Game Developers Association, member of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, helped to found the Mythic Imagination Institute, and is co-chair of the Mythic Journeys convention. Greenberg, a game designer of tabletop role-playing games and role-playing video games, was one of White Wolf Publishing's original ...
14: Comedian Evan Fowler
July 16, 2015 22:07 - 2 hours - 118 MBHow to Laugh Past the Edge of Darkness with Screenwriter and Stand Up Comedian Evan Fowler Comcastrodors, let’s welcome award-winning comedian Evan Fowler to the podcast. Evan is the writer of a new feature film called Good Grief Suicide Hotline. Evan was voted best comedian in Atlanta before suddenly taking ill with pancreatitis and backing off of comedy for a while to heal. This conversation is intense and mature; some of the most darkly comedic and emotional material we’ve ever published,...
13: Comedian Carlos Rodriguez
July 15, 2015 22:05 - 1 hour - 60 MBHow Vine and Political Correctness Are Killing Stand-Up Comedy with Carlos Rodriguez Comcastrodors, please welcome Sacramento stand-up comedian Carlos Rodriguez to the podcast. Voted 2013 best comic in Sacramento, Carlos is known for his observational humor, spanning from silly nuances of mundane daily life to clever commentary on rather offbeat subject matter. Carlos gives a veteran perspective on the changing scene of stand-up comedy from the influence of new social media platforms to a ri...
12: Trigger Warning: Rachel Haywire
July 14, 2015 22:05 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBTrigger Warning: Immolate the Thought Police with Rachel Haywire Comcastrodors, please welcome Rachel Haywire to the podcast. Rachel, a writer, artist, musician, and model, is the founder of Trigger Warning, an online publication and community for dissident thought. Rachel and co-conspirator Ann Sterzinger are urging writers, thinkers, and creators to rally openly against the mainstream social justice warrior trend, providing a space for contributors to speak freely without being p...
11: Author and Literary Agent Jennie Goloboy
July 13, 2015 22:04 - 59 minutes - 50.4 MBHow to Avoid the Worst Writing Tropes with Author and Literary Agent Jennie Goloboy Comcastrodors, please welcome Jennie Goloboy. Jennie, an author of both fiction and non-fiction, has a PhD in the History of the American Civilization from Harvard and works as a literary agent selecting new manuscripts for publication through Red Sofa Literary. On the podcast, Jennie and Max take a deeper look at some of the worst tropes in writing, speculate on the state of science fiction, and discover the...
10: EQO
July 12, 2015 22:04 - 1 hour - 127 MBThe Art and Artifice of Breaking Music Genre Boundaries with EQO On this episode of the Comcastro podcast, Maximüs Groves and guest host Matthew Queen talk to the new age progressive rock band EQO who have recently released their first album Ananta. Over the course of two hours, band members Daisy Bellis and Kity Faya open up deeply about the album, the state of the music industry, the fallacy of music genre, and the struggle of bringing your dreams to reality. We also have a thorough conver...
9: Atlanta Eats Food Blogger Krista Miller
July 11, 2015 22:03 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBHow Food Establishes Community with Atlanta Eats Food Blogger Krista Miller Comcastrodors, please welcome Atlanta food blogger Krista Miller, a close friend from way back who has risen as a voice of local cuisine and its intrinsic tie to Atlanta culture and politics. Krista is Director of Content Marketing & Strategy at Atlanta Eats, an Atlanta Journal Constitution food blog developed around Steak Shapiro’s weekly 30-minute television program devoted to sharing engaging, entertaining, and in...
8: NFL Super Agent Rob London
July 10, 2015 22:03 - 38 minutes - 30.2 MBNFL Super Agent Rob London: How to Lead Into Greatness Comcastrodors, please welcome Rob London to the podcast. Rob left Wall Street and the finance industry to become a now twelve-year veteran talent agent representing athletes within the NFL and several other professional sports organizations. He was also an official candidate to become the executive director of the NFL Players Association this year. Rob shares with us his perspective on fostering talent, the business side of sports, and g...
7: Chef Chris Hall
July 09, 2015 22:03 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBRaw Talk on Food Art, Food Ethics, and the Hospitality Industry with Atlanta Chef Chris Hall Comcastrodors, please welcome Atlanta chef Chris Hall of Local Three, Muss & Turners, and Common Quarter to the podcast. Chris shares his personal experience developing within the food industry until ultimately opening several elite restaurants of his own. Local Three was founded by three Atlanta locals; a collaboration among Chris, Chef Todd Mussman, and business expert Ryan Turner, the restaurant r...
6: Montgomery Granger
July 08, 2015 22:02 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBHow to Restore American Dignity From Inside Guantanamo Bay and Abu-Ghraib with Retired U.S. Army Reserve Major Montgomery Granger Comcastrodors, please welcome three-time mobilized, retired U.S. Army Reserve Major Montgomery Granger to the podcast. Major Granger was the ranking medical service officer at Guantanamo Bay from February through June 2002 and authored a book called Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior, an account of his experiences and emotions being duty...
5: James Kahn
July 07, 2015 22:05 - 52 minutes - 44.2 MBCreative Career Changes Conquer the White Whale with James Kahn Please welcome to the podcast James Kahn, author of the novelizations for The Goonies, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Poltergeist, and Return of the Jedi, writer/producer for television series Star Trek: Voyager and Melrose Place, as well as his new crowdfunded independent film project, Wrongside Bob. James discusses with us in his words what it takes to conquer the white whale and reinvent yourself with creative career c...
4: Bitcoin Expert Stevie Frederick
July 07, 2015 22:03 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBVirtual Currency and the Bitcoin New World Order with Stevie Frederick Comcastrodors, please welcome filmmaker, entrepreneur, cookie baker, and bitcoin expert Stevie Frederick, contributor to the bitcoin news website qntra.net. Stevie chats with us about the structure and economic impact of bitcoin, from fixed inflation rates to the Wu-Tang Clan name generator. He explains the political challenges of virtual currency, the volatility of bitcoin exchange, and the resiliency of cryptocurrency b...
3: Imran Anwar
July 07, 2015 22:02 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBHow the Cloud Can Save Democracy with Imran Anwar Comcastrodors, please welcome cloud computing thought leader Imran Anwar to the podcast. The founder of Internet email and the .PK ccTLD in Pakistan, Imran is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, published writer, and media personality, frequently found on leading global TV news channels and popular radio talk shows as an outspoken journalist and media expert on global affairs, technology, politics, and social affairs. Imran has created uniqu...
2: Howard Bloom
July 07, 2015 22:01 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBPutting Soul Into the Machine: Why You MUST Change the World with Omnologist Howard Bloom “The idea that we’re running out of resources is foolish, all we’re running out of is imagination.” Comcastrodors, omnologist Howard Bloom has come on the show to put soul into the machine. He is here to remind you that you MUST change the world. You need a yearly soul check, and Howard would like to remind you that it is everyone’s OBLIGATION to make history, to cheat death at every possible turn. In t...
1: Dave Sheridan
July 07, 2015 22:00 - 52 minutes - 44.1 MBGlory in the Grindhouse with Hollywood Hyphenate Dave Sheridan Comcastrodors, please welcome actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician Dave Sheridan to the podcast. Well-known for his roles as Officer Doofy in Scary Movie and Doug in Ghost World, Dave began his career with Saturday Night Live and Second City and is credited with introducing the first reality series to the MTV audience with Buzzkill, a show about three slackers who videotape their pranks. Host Maximüs Groves and guest h...