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Some Pulp #12 - Disneyland, Elfego Baca and Mary Poppins: Disney's Impact in the 1950s and 60s
June 29, 2015 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.9 MBDisney played a prominent role in establishing animation as a mainstream medium for children and adults, but lesser examined might be their impact on American culture through television, live action film, and Walt Disney’s obsession with creating a total experience such as Disneyland.
The Pseudo Show #26 - I Want So Much To Believe: An Interview With Adam McCabe
June 25, 2015 09:00 - 48 minutes - 34.1 MBAdam McCabe joins to discuss his work as an actor, writer, comedian and improv teacher. Learn about his humble Bakersfield days on radio and TV and how he joined the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles. Of note, Adam also starred in Pseudobook's mystery comedy film Detective Detective Detective.
Bits & Pieces #21 - No One Can Sell Dance Music
June 24, 2015 09:00 - 39 minutes - 21.3 MBMariana Trench tells us how to write pop songs, Gene Simmons blames music fans for ruining the universe, and we find out which musical genres sell the best.
Flipping Tables #72 - It's Total Baader-Danceoff In Here
June 23, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBConference burnout and fresh installs of OS X can't stop Flipping Tables! Lyons' Pebble Time finally arrives, IKEA charging furniture is on sale now, and in the war of web v. native maybe we all win.
Likely Story #11 - It’s Called An Anthology
June 22, 2015 09:00 - 59 minutes - 42.4 MBPolly’s wedding is coming up fast and Shelby survives a spider attack. They are compelled to discuss the iZombie season finale and the latest shenanigans on the Bachelorette. Later, Shelby takes back her disappointment in SYTYCD. Also: latest tv show addictions and the amazingness that is Jurassic World.
Bits & Pieces #20 - Hell Yes Clarinet
June 17, 2015 09:00 - 47 minutes - 24.2 MBNPR explained their signature sound, Spotify dabbles in premium-only songs, and Apple Music is poised to shake up the music industry. Which suggests the question: Is the whole music industry now just a feature of technology platforms?
Flipping Tables #71 - A Lawnmower Floating Near You
June 16, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBE3 is officially here and it's fan service all the way down. Backwards compatibility on the Xbox One, The Last Guardian is finally being released, and Final Fantasy VII is getting the remake everyone apparently wants.
Eclectic Readers Book Club #3 - Wool: Bernard Isn’t So Bad... Except He’s Not
June 15, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBWe do a little fangirling for the TV show, Shadowhunters, talk about the greater good and pitched a new TV show, Susan’s Adventures in the Silos.
Some Pulp #11 - From Hootenany to Shindig: Music Television Circa 1964
June 15, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBTV played a surprisingly subversive role in diversifying musical genres and introducing some American pop and folk groups and Motown R&B stars that people otherwise may not have heard. We review shows such as Hootenanny, Shindig and Hullabaloo from the 60s, and examine how they broke the hold of AM radio formats and advertisers on programming.
Eclectic Readers Book Club #2 - The Miniaturist: In Which We Found the Secret Tulip Society
June 14, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBIn this episode, we love on our libraries, vote for our favorite book club reads, and discuss Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist. Susan defines the difference between observation and being a total creeper, Tara licks language from a bowl, and Jeannette shares a cool Kindle tip!
Eclectic Readers Book Club #1 - Gilead: We’ll Try to Make This a Positive Experience
June 13, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBWe introduce ourselves with books. We discuss Book Bingo and all its glorious nerdiness. And we discuss a legacy written in a long letter to his son.
The Pseudo Show #25 - Lee Bozeman and Luxury's New Album: Trophies
June 11, 2015 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBWe talk to Lee Bozeman about Luxury and their first new album in around 10 years: Trophies. Lee tells us some behind the scenes stories of recording the album, the thoughts put behind previous Luxury album covers, and whether or not Luxury will ever tour again! Also: Lee is asked for the third time this week what he thinks of Walker Percy!
Bits & Pieces #19 - If You’re A Japanese Scientist Please Reach Out To Us
June 10, 2015 09:00 - 47 minutes - 25.6 MBMatt reports back on seeing Denver band The Still Tide, reducing our degrees of separation! Smoke & Honey play a cd release show, too. NPR throws their hat in the audiophile snake oil ring, YouTube launches 360 degree videos and we discuss passive and active music videogames.
Flipping Tables #70 - Some Of My Best Friends Are Microsoft
June 09, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBApple's WWDC event happened and that means Lyons and Mike are here to pick it apart! We also pour one out for the Apple TV that wasn't. Also: somehow we found a way to bash Microsoft and we feel appropriately contrite about it.
Likely Story #10 - Punters Are People Too
June 08, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBPolly and Shelby hit double digits in released episodes! They share theories on the plot of a Gilmore Girls reunion and discuss the crazy shenanigans happening on the Bachelorette (Tony, Clint & JJ - we’re looking at you). The ladies of Likely Story are joined by special guest, Carolyn, to discuss her connection to American Ninja Warrior. Also: Stephen Colbert is awesome and CBS hits a new low.
Bits & Pieces #18 - An Online Petition Is Better Than Death Threats
June 03, 2015 09:00 - 47 minutes - 25.9 MBSmoke & Honey prepares their debut and Mike has a Montropo gig report. Also: Inappropriate band names, doing things just for exposure, and why the Mario theme song is so catchy!
Flipping Tables #69 - My Hand Can Only Open So Much Further
June 02, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBMike learns sneezes can be forced. Lyons has a magical Uber experience. And oh yeah, Google I/O 2015 happened! Lots of amazing tech, and more steps to return to the true developer conference Google I/O is supposed to be.
Some Pulp #10 - Sputnik: the Space Race and Disney’s Tomorrowland (Nostalgia for a Future That Never Happened)
June 01, 2015 09:00 - 52 minutes - 36.9 MBSputnik was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. A surprise launch. As was its success. Learn how the launch of Sputnik affected American culture, arts and politics.
The Pseudo Show #24 - Chasing The Sun with Smoke & Honey's Sarah Brown
May 28, 2015 09:00 - 23 minutes - 13.4 MBDenver musician Sarah Brown joins the show to discuss writing songs, recording at Mighty Fine Productions and planning a midwest tour for the debut album 'Chase The Sun' of her new indie-folk project Smoke & Honey.
Bits & Pieces #17 - It Turns Out We’re Easy To Trick
May 27, 2015 09:00 - 46 minutes - 23.8 MBA leaked Spotify contract with Sony Music provides juicy details on how artists are being screwed by labels. Forgotify helps you find lonely, unplayed songs that need some love. Weav.io promises to change music production forever and a tech site's Tidal review spouts the same audiophile snake oil we're getting really tired of.
Flipping Tables #68 - There's Always A Brick Somewhere
May 26, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBLyons is living the fingerprint unlock life. Smartstraps try to make Smartwatches smarter. Podcasts are coming to Spotify, but only if you're a special snowflake. The Void is VR 'laser tag on steroids' and Nintendo is making theme park rides for Universal Studios!
Likely Story #9 - He Felt the Vibrations of Their Boxes
May 25, 2015 09:00 - 59 minutes - 41.9 MBShelby moved to the suburbs and got cable again. The new season of The Bachelorette just started and it’s as crazy as you would expect. Polly explains the new toll lanes along US 36 in Colorado. Also: an update on iZombie and rumors of a Gilmore Girls reunion.
The Pseudo Show #23 - Talking Music Business with Storm Gloor
May 22, 2015 09:00 - 48 minutes - 34.2 MBDoes Silicon Valley own the future of music? How should musicians navigate the rapidly changing market with streaming services, social media, and a constantly increasing competition for attention? Music industry veteran and university professor Storm Gloor joins to discuss these questions and much more!
Bits & Pieces #16 - What Is Ian’s Magic Box Doing?
May 20, 2015 09:00 - 42 minutes - 20.9 MBA band pulls a PR stunt and gets called out by the internet mob. Typedrummer is a really cool drum machine web app, American Idol calls it a day and nobody cares. Also: Learn why you should never leave Facebook even if you hate it.
Flipping Tables #67 - Download A Spoon From The Internet
May 19, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBFollowup inception creates its own followup. Microsoft proves old habits die hard while Apple creates a web crawling bot. 3D printing is even more amazing than we thought. And what is up with this Spiderman toy?
Some Pulp #9 - Comics in the 1950s and 60s -- Green Lantern is Too Yellow to Defeat Yellow
May 18, 2015 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.6 MBWhat was it like discovering comic books in the 1950s and 60s? Learn why Bruce favored DC Comics over pre-rebirth Marvel, his fascination with superhero origin stories, and what the first superhero tv shows were like. Finally, learn the fate of Bruce's sizeable collection of Golden and Silver Age comics.
Bits & Pieces #15 - Come On Now Deepak Chopra, Make A Stand
May 13, 2015 09:00 - 42 minutes - 22.9 MBGrooveshark is back! Apple might be out to kill free music streaming, the Z-Tar is a strange midi guitar and much laughter is had about drugs at festivals and a curious lazy music generator.
Flipping Tables #66 - Physics Textbook Lorem Ipsum
May 12, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBLyons finds his place outside the modder community. Konami's Playable Teaser disappears from the PlayStation store. Kickstarter is sometimes great but other times it just funds mojitos. And a gamer beats Mega Man X and X2 at the same time on the same controller.
Likely Story #8 - We Now Have A Cat Host
May 11, 2015 09:00 - 50 minutes - 35.8 MBPolly gives an update on her wedding plans including a transportation solution. Did you know school buses are typically 45 feet long? Meanwhile, Shelby returns from vacation where she probably worked too much. Polly allows Shelby to tell three stories about animals. You won’t want to miss the special guest host this episode - the title is a clue. Also: Tim Tebow jersey insurance is a thing that exists.
Bits & Pieces #14 - Gotta Lean In To That Signature
May 06, 2015 09:00 - 45 minutes - 24.9 MBA new study suggests you will stop discovering new music around age 33, another company wants in on the premium cable snake oil game, we fly flags at half mast for the passing of Grooveshark, and how have orchestras been used to enhance songwriting in the past and today?
Some Pulp #8 - Robot Parade: From Klaatu to the 6 Million Dollar Man
May 04, 2015 09:00 - 57 minutes - 40.4 MBIn cinema, robots have been our friends, our helpers, or our enemies and destroyers. This episode is a deep dive into how robots have been depicted in tv and film, including such classics as The Day The Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, and Kronos, to the Jetsons, Twilight Zone, and eventually George Lucas' Star Wars.
Flipping Tables #65 - We Want You To Gamity Game Game Game
May 04, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBMike and Lyons gush about hardware. Valve apologizes for paid mods on Steam. Tons of awesome (and skepticism) came out of Microsoft Build. Elon Musk and Tesla are trying to save the world. And Mike is delighted by Miyamoto being delighted.
Bits & Pieces #13 - They Didn’t Steal My Credit Card, They Stole Rich Mullins
April 29, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 32.8 MBA sad rite of passage for many bands is having their gear stolen. Mike reports back from seeing Sufjan Stevens live as he nearly loses his voice talking into his brand new mic. What are your guilty pleasures, and is indie really a genre?
Flipping Tables #64 - I Surf The Web Indiscriminately
April 28, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBLyons gets called out on geek naming sins. Google fi is happening and all the rumors were true. Google Contributor is happening and Mike is unsure if it’ll take hold. Are there too many hamburger menus in apps and at Burger King? And Mike’s first days with the Apple Watch.
Likely Story #7 - He’s Back In The NFL Y’all
April 27, 2015 09:00 - 43 minutes - 31.1 MBPolly has mixed feelings about zombies, serial killers, and recording during the Pittsburgh Penguins playoff game. Shelby is obsessed with Game of Thrones. Oh yeah, and Tim Tebow is back in the NFL.
The Pseudo Show #22 - Eat Your Cherry Pie Before You Get To The Airport: The Documentary Filmmaker Experience
April 23, 2015 09:00 - 42 minutes - 30.4 MBJustin speaks with documentary filmmaker/professor Scott Thurman about his experiences making the award-winning documentary “The Revisionaries.” They also discuss tips for documentarians just starting out, and how doc films can be/are more entertaining and satisfying than narrative films – scandalous!
Bits & Pieces #12 - Look At Me: I Am The Metronome Now
April 22, 2015 09:00 - 54 minutes - 30.3 MBA new wearable promises to keep your band in time without destroying your ears, Jukely promises you unlimited live shows and Google takes us inside Abbey Road studios. Also: Mumford & Sons weigh in on Tidal with their banjos and suspenders.
Flipping Tables #63 - Offers In-App Savings
April 21, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBPseudojustin of The Pseudo Show joins us to talk making saving money as easy as the Amazon Dash Button makes spending it. Reddit has their own Button. Lyons admits he's hooked on HBO Now. The BB-8 droid from Star Wars is real(ish). Info about Google's cell service is leaked. And the FCC is unsurprisingly being sued over net neutrality.
Some Pulp #7 - Our Nightly Noir: TV’s Dark Anti-Heroes in the 1950s and 1960s
April 20, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBTracing its roots in German Expressionism and other sources, we examine the development of Noir as a genre in American cinema, including the careers of Roy Huggins and David Janssen, television shows like The Fugitive and Richard Diamond, Private Detective, and the expansion and lasting impact of noir today, including films such as Blade Runner, Dark City and the work of the Coen Brothers.
Bits & Pieces #11 - You're Normcore, I Guess
April 15, 2015 09:00 - 44 minutes - 24.9 MBHow do artists employ unique visual aesthetics to complement their music? Why doesn't Tidal co-owner Rihanna bolster the new streaming service with an exclusive for her newest single? Also: Modulince, a fascinating new DAW, and a discussion of the good and bad of live albums.
The Pseudo Show #21 - The Making of Boomtown: An Interview with Chimney Choir
April 14, 2015 09:00 - 28 minutes - 16 MBDenver band Chimney Choir discusses their collaboration with Wonderbound on the new ballet 'Boomtown'. Learn how their entire creative process has been transformed, what they've learned about living and creating in Denver, and the latest details of their postponed-yet-still-forthcoming Dream album.
Flipping Tables #62 - So That You Don't Crumple In Certain Ways
April 14, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBThe Grid wants to make web design algorithmic. The Basilisk wants to make managing humanity algorithmic. Adobe refuses to buy TLDs defensively. And Mike tried on an Apple Watch and has some things to say about supposedly 'intuitive' interfaces.
Likely Story #6 - Look At You, Being All Fancy
April 13, 2015 09:00 - 46 minutes - 23.7 MBPolly bought her wedding dress. Shelby complains about being tired. The Slap is finally over and everyone is thrilled. Polly & Shelby have a love-fest about CW show, iZombie. Also: Summer tv premieres are discussed.
The Pseudo Show #20 - Talking Creativity in Music with Robert DeLong
April 09, 2015 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.05 MBElectro-pop musician Robert DeLong sat down before his set at the Lost Lake Lounge to discuss his work creating phenomenal songs with keyboards, drums, and a variety of custom hardware and software, including Nintendo and PC controllers and joysticks.
Bits & Pieces #10 - People Can Believe The Wrong Thing If It Makes Things Cheaper For Me
April 08, 2015 09:00 - 48 minutes - 25.9 MBKid Rock is asked by a court to produce a strange item, Jay Z unveils Tidal, his Spotify competitor, and then we explore a huge variety of experimental and alternative instruments before revealing our latest Picks of the Week.
Flipping Tables #61 - Did You Really Mean 25 Tides?
April 07, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBJohn Oliver and Edward Snowden make the American people care about government surveillance with dick pics. Nintendo continues to hate people who advertise their products for them. Amazon brings 1-click ordering to your house. And someone staples a gameboy camera to a handgun.
Some Pulp #6 - I Don't Care If I Never Get Back: The Golden Age of Baseball Radio Broadcasts
April 06, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 35.1 MBHow did baseball come to be America's national pastime? Also, a deep look at how and why radio dominated professional sports in the mid-century, and why baseball is still the sport of the future.
Bits & Pieces #9 - The Whole World Is A Preset
April 01, 2015 09:00 - 55 minutes - 28.6 MBIs it cool to stick to factory presets when creating music? Special guest Ze'ev Benjamin (aka Benni), bassist in the band Salt the Skies, joins the show to discuss bass player tropes, misleading social media behaviors of some overzealous bands, and a new custom guitar pickup that cleverly adds low end to the first two strings.
Flipping Tables #60 - Weaponized
March 31, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBEven we make mistakes sometimes. Luckily it wasn't anything important. Food robots are surprisingly hilarious. We finally found out how the Daily Show collects all those amazing clips. Neptune may be the future of computing. And live streaming! Spoiler: it's dead. Or isn't. Or is.
Likely Story #5 - How Are We Supposed To Believe In True Love?
March 30, 2015 09:00 - 49 minutes - 35.1 MBPolly finally finishes House of Cards Season 3 and shares her thoughts. The Slap is still happening and it's kind of boring. ALSO: Shelby gets rid of cable but still manages to watch a lot of TV.