Memory Chips
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTravelogues that Crunch. Greasy thoughts on crispy topics between me (the circus performer/artist who traveled around the world collecting potato chip bags) and a co-host or two who happened to be there--wondering why I save my potato chip bags.
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Pat Arnao, ITALIAN
September 05, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBPatricia Arnao is a multimedia visual artist who was one of the first artists -in-residence at our art space in Turkey. Then I started a new one and I invited her to be first because she's Number 1!!! Pat showed up in West Virginia fresh off her most recent trip to Sicily, where she was taking care of legal business as part of her Italian citizenship application. Over our Happy Hour Aperol Spritzes, we dove into why Americans are obsessed with Italy, Italian and American culture, and, of...
Sibel Horada: Like Water
June 28, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBSibel Horada is an artist from Turkey. She is also my friend. A friend who calls me from the supermarket in Ankara (Turkey) to show me what kinds of chips they have! Sibel has been making sculptures from found styrofoam that has washed ashore on Turkey's beaches. In a nod to the Chips, she bought some Puffed Rice cakes because they are like styrofoam! And then we talked about the elements, her work, Turkey, and bad graphic design. Like the design on this episode's bags from my collecti...
The Cardinal Wyszynski
April 04, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBIn the absence of live Polish friends available for "Chip Talk"--I instead reveal my ignorance about my relative, the esteemed and honorable Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. The only thing I knew about the Cardinal before researching for this episode is that he is the spitting image of my Grandfather, Floyd Weshinskey, and my nephew (who is named after Floyd!) Niech Żyje Polska! with traditional Flavors: *Lay's Golonka (Ham Hock) and Spicy Horseradish *WieskjieZiemniaczki (County Potatoes) bran...
Lagom on Fire: Arni Gudmundsson on our 11th Anniversary
January 01, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn 1989 my husband, Árni Gu∂mundsson , accidentally burnt down the sculpture department of the Swedish Royal Academy of Art .** He recounts the trauma of that experience on the occasion of our anniversary. Our last anniversary episode involved trigger warnings, and so does this one: there is mention of police violence, sexual assault, and, or course, fire. Lagom is the Swedish idea/lifestyle of "just so". All Bags from Sweden: OLW Jalepeno Yoghurt OLW Wafflecut Cheddar and Chipotle ...
Trainspotting with Charlotte Hagström
November 29, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBWhy did I think it was a good idea to collect potato chip bags? I asked ethnologist, Charlotte Hagström about that, and she told me that it is a normal impulse . . . if I were a child . . . or an artist :) As a Senior Professor at Lund University in Sweden, Charlotte has done research on Swedish Fredagsmys (Friday Coziness), bicycles and their riders, female railway conductors, and collectors and collecting! She is currently a research coordinator at the Swedish National Railroad Museum...
Quilling Chaos with Josie Jenkins
November 15, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBQuilling is the ancient art of paper rolling. Quilling Mistress and painter, Josie Jenkins,, tells me I have it ALL WRONG when trying to 'quill' two bags from my Chinese collection: Kimchi and Lay's Kyushu Seaweed Josie's Quilling site: https://josiejenkinsquilling.wordpress.com/about-josie/ Josie's Painting and Project site: http://www.josiejenkins.co.uk We met as resident artists at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, Fujian Province, PRC. Josie was with me when I collected ...
Circus Communications with Holly Treddenick
October 18, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBThe last time I saw Holly Treddenick I was dressed in a nude leotard. Things like this can happen when you take part in circus incubators, and other creative events that are concerned with communication between artists and audiences. Also, the last time I saw Holly Treddenick in Toronto, I bought some bags of chips: 2 different version of Ruffles All-Dressed! Creative incubators, face licking, and how the rest of the world can learn what circus people already know: Communication is key. ...
Circus Communications with Holly Treddenick
October 18, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBThe last time I saw Holly Treddenick I was dressed in a nude leotard. Things like this can happen when you take part in circus incubators, and other creative events that are concerned with communication between artists and audiences. Also, the last time I saw Holly Treddenick in Toronto, I bought some bags of chips: 2 different version of Ruffles All-Dressed! Creative incubators, face licking, and how the rest of the world can learn what circus people already know: Communication is key. ...
Ludvig Ödman: Mission Accomplished
October 04, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBIt takes more than one onion to make a collection of onions. Ludvig Ödman is a collector from Sweden whose favorite chip flavor is "Triple Onion" (because one isn't enough!) Ludvig collects belly button lint, and various bodily sheddings--but his most recent and important collecting work involves selling prints of his drawings to collect money for Ukraine aid. Then he takes that money and uses it to collect vehicles and supplies which he then transports from Sweden to Ukraine. Flavors (f...
Ludvig Ödman: Mission Accomplished
October 04, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBIt takes more than one onion to make a collection of onions. Ludvig Ödman is a collector from Sweden whose favorite chip flavor is "Triple Onion" (because one isn't enough!) Ludvig collects belly button lint, and various bodily sheddings--but his most recent and important collecting work involves selling prints of his drawings to collect money for Ukraine aid. Then he takes that money and uses it to collect vehicles and supplies which he then transports from Sweden to Ukraine. Flavors (f...
Obituary Obsession in Canada: Part II of Lindsay-palooza
June 28, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBLast episode I spoke with the "Yes Lady" Lindsay Anderson in Taber, Alberta about the strange path that led to her starting a soup business. Today, we get crackin' on writing our own obituaries, or at least talking about some of the obituaries in Lindsay's collection! Kettle Brand Apple Cider Vinegar Chips from Niagara Falls, Canada remind us that 'sour' is just another way of saying "tangy"! https://lindsayanderson63.wixsite.com/my-site Subscribe to Memory Chips podcast on any of your ...
Canadian Extra Nice: Lindsay Anderson Says "Yes" (to everything)
June 14, 2022 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBThe first part in a series of conversations with Lindsay Anderson--the woman who likes to say 'Yes". In this episode, Lindsay tells the unlikely story about how she started her soup business--which sounds like it would be boring--but because it is Lindsay--it isn't! Chips Flavors purchased in Toronto, Canada: Savoursmith's Bubbly and Green Chile Savoursmith's Black Truffle and Rosemary https://lindsayanderson63.wixsite.com/my-site Subscribe to Memory Chips podcast on any of your podcas...
Berea Promise
May 31, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBChatting over chips about the unparalleled Berea College with my recently graduated nephew, Avery Fair, his brother Silas Fair (a sophomore at Berea) and three of their friends: LaMonika Dent, Robert Emmill, and Yer Mama. I mean Luke. Berea College makes promises: Berea is the only one of America’s top colleges that makes a no-tuition promise to every enrolled student. Based on the concept of educational equality--no student pays for tuition. But how does this promise stack up in pra...
Chip Bag Tarot with Orlene Carlos
May 03, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBMy conversation with healer Orlene Carlos sparked an idea to create a real tarot deck out of potato chip bags--but that is for later. For now, Orlene and I discuss our time in China training umbrella foot juggling, circus performers as healers, and Swedish Roasted Garlic and Sea Salt-flavored potato chips. Orlene Carlos the Healer https://www.quantumhealers.com/orlenegentile Piccolo Zoppe Boutique Circus Wondercabinet Wellness ( Anne's health and wellness site) Subscribe to Memory Chips...
Potato Chip Pride: Flag-Waving in Istanbul
March 29, 2022 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.51 MBWhile negotiators meet today in Turkey to discuss a potential end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the world hopes for some progress. And I remember a performance video I made in our neighborhood in Istanbul that played with the ideas of patriotism and nationalism and my discomfort with flag-waving. "Perşembe Pazarı Pride Parade" https://vimeo.com/76127398 Chips: Frito-Lay "A la Turka" Centennial Recipes, regional flavors--Poppyseed and Sun-dried Tomato Cipso (by Estrella) Regiona...
Mushrooms of the Stoics
March 15, 2022 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBThis episode's guest was supposed to have been Anastasia Polubotko from Ukraine--talking about mushroom-hunting in Sweden and Swedish and Polish mushroom-flavored chips bags. But then a war rearranged our priorities, and instead I am talking about Nastia, about mushroom hunting with her, and how the Stoic philosophy can maybe help us deal with the funk and depression we are all feeling these days. Slava Ukraini! http://www.anastasiapolubotko.com This episodes chips: Lantchips "Plain Cha...
Ode to Joy (of Chips): Pole dancing, Turkish gender roles, strange coincidences
March 01, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBThis episode's two flavors: Gourmet Red Pepper and Feta and Lay's Burger King Flame-Broiled Hamburger have nothing in common except that I got them both in Turkey. And also that they reminded me of Sevinç Gürmen Hall and her stage persona, Joy G. Wild. "Sevinç" is Turkish for "Joy"--as in the Joy of Pole--the studio where she creates an inclusive, supportive community of pole dancers, movers, acrobats, and fun people of all genders. We became friends in Turkey where our paths crossed a...
Valentine's Day Sexercises with Anne and Árni
February 14, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBValentine's Day special (WTF?!) Although this is the first time we decided to 'celebrate' Valentine's Day, we get really into it by talking about what surprises us about our relationship now as compared to what we expected at the beginning. The conversation if prompted by three bags of Lay's potato chips that we collected together in Amsterdam, where Árni grew up. All three bags were part of a contest called "Guess the Flavor" (Raad de Smaak in Dutch). We had grand ideas of winning ...
Pernik, USA: A Tale of Two Sister Cities
February 01, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBMy co-host this episode is Nia Pushkarova from Sofia, Bulgaria. Nia and I met at the same artist initiatives meeting in Istanbul, Turkey where I met my husband. Mine and Nia's friendship is no less enduring. In fact, since 2015 the three of us have been trying to link together the cities of Pernik, Bulgaria and Charles Town, West Virginia through the bonds of art and culture, as well as potato chips! Nia initiated and is responsible for the Water Tower Art Fest--first a festival, then a...
Mala: China Folk House Flavor with Dr. John Flower
January 18, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBWhere do I start? How about with this episode's bags, which were collected by me in China in 2014: *Lay's Sichuan Pepper and Chicken Flavor *Lay's Spicy Green Peppercorn Fish *Lay's Numb and Spicy Hot Pot *Lay's Cheese Lobster *Lay's French Chicken *Lay's Kyushu Seaweed *Ridge Barbeque Skewer I met with Dr. John Flower--a friend of mine, who together with his wife , Dr. Pam Leonard, spearheaded the giant project of moving a traditionally-built folk house from Yunnan Province in China to ...
Love and Ketchup: In Honor of Our10th Wedding Anniversary
January 04, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBOn December 30, 2011 my husband Árni Guðmundsson and I were married in Round Hill, Virginia. On the occasion of our 10th anniversary, we recorded ourselves telling the story of the night we met in 2009! This story features three bags of potato chips from Turkey, but you won't find out which ones until the end of the story. For up-to-date relationship status, listen to our Valentine's Day episode: Trigger warning: This episode includes descriptions of graphic physical violence and injury...
Turkish Sucuk (Soojook) Flavor, or, How an Artist Thinks
December 21, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBJulie Upmeyer and I are artistic collaborators who ran an art space together in Istanbul, Turkey (Caravansarai). We also both had jobs collecting data for a market research company called Datamonitor. Sound boring? Well, does a Turkish-Swedish Meatball Eating Competition sound boring? Or a fake charity supplying much (not really) needed black hair dye to Swedish artists? How about a photo display of empty shampoo bottles for the Tehran Biennial? All of these art works, and more, would ...
Vad the Hell är Fredagsmys?
December 07, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBDanish "hygge" (coziness) is sooo pre-pandemic! A new cozy marketing trend making is its way to the U.S. from Sweden and it's called, "Fredagsmys"-- The Friday Cuddle . . . and it involves lots of potato chips. I spent a Fredagsmys with my "plastic sons", Oskar, Adriaan, and Julius -- who grew up and live in Sweden -- and made them explain to me what it is all about . . . Thank you to ethnologist, Charlotte Hagström at Lund University, for providing me her research into Fredagsmys! ...
British Sunday Dinner in a Bag
November 23, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBHappy Thanksgiving! Richard Bartle is a fantastic artist and exquisite host who stuffed us full of heavy British delicacies when we went to visit him in Sheffield, England--where he runs Bloc Studios. During that trip, I acquired the following crisps bags: Mackie's Turkey and Stuffing Walkers Turkey and Stuffing ASDA Turkey and Stuffing Marks and Spencer Turkey, Stuffing, and Cranberry ASDA Pigs in Blankets Tesco's Succulent Pigs in Blankets Walker's Prawn Cocktail REAL Handcooke...
Lightly Salted with Sarah Cohen of Route 11 Potato Chips
November 09, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIf anything good comes from this podcast, it is that it gives me an excuse to meet and chip out with one of my personal talent crushes--Sarah Cohen of Route 11! In this episode, Sarah unleashes the roundabout origin story of my favorite local potato chips, and we go off on how chips companies develop their flavors and how large snack companies are so good at distracting your from the chips you would really rather be eating! www.rt11.com Subscribe to Memory Chips podcast on any of your po...
Italian Meat Flavor
October 26, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB"Xi" (Dr. Jessica Kendall, PhD) and "Nan" (me) together again! The first ever bag of chips in what ended up being a collection of chips bags gathered from shops, grocery stores, gas stations and (in this case) an abandoned gift shop in a train station in the small town of Wuqiao in Hebei Province, PRC. Wuqiao is known as the Birthplace of Chinese Acrobatics and home to Wuqiao Acrobatics World Theme Park. Xi is an acrobatic trainer and director, anthropologist/academic, and single moth...
Invention of the Chip: An Hysterical Reenactment
October 12, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBMy college roommate, Erica Heilman (Rumble Strip Vermont) joins me to reenact the potato chip's supposed "invention" by George Speck (or Crum) at the Moon Lake House in Saratoga Springs, NY. And to discuss other things we know nothing about. Which is almost everything. Special thanks to Route 11 Potato Chips in Mt. Jackson, VA for their support! Subscribe to Memory Chips podcast on any of your podcast platforms! https://pod.link/1588265708
A Crispy Intro
September 30, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 2.18 MBMy name is Anne (or Anika, or Nan) Weshinskey, and this my attempt to make sense of a senseless collection of hundreds of used potato chip bags from around the world. Who would do such a thing? And why? This is not a podcast about hoarding, or about the potato chips themselves. It is a hopefully humorous and sometimes enlightening look into the memories, ideas, places, and people that inspired me to collect chips bags in the first place. Memory Chips is one part of a multi-part art ...