About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Noah Lamson, New Media Director at ABC Radio in Minneapolis and I grab lunch at Diamonds Coffee Shoppe. He’s publishing feeds for 92KQRS, Drive105, and 93X and we discuss the interesting relationship between broadcast radio and podcasting. If you stop by Diamonds, try the grilled cheese with bacon & tomato. Very tasty. Listen to Broadcast …
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On a beautiful Minneapolis summer day, Cayenne Chris Conroy from Teknikal Diffikulties and I sit down for a backyard-cast to discuss his sketch comedy podcast, creating and keeping track of characters, sound effects, radio theater, the right length for a podcast. Other things we touch on: Little Gray Book Lectures Sam and Jim go to …
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Sam Buchanan and I roast up a couple of batches in my garage and talk about home roasting and coffee tasting techniques. Oh, and I celebrate Uchenna and Joyce, the winners of CBS’s Amazing Race 7. Listen to Home Roasting with Sam Buchanan [9 min]
Scott McGerik and I discuss the best and worst of Twin Cities dining. Including: The 3 places in the Twin Cities with Juicy Lucys How to get the best sushi A bad idea at Applebee’s Listen to Restaurant Reviews with Scott McGerik [25 min]
We’re tasting honey wine, or mead, with homebrewer-extraordinaire Christopher Hadden. We taste the Dry Mead from White Winter Winery and discuss mead’s history, brewing process, where you can pick some up. For more about mead checkout: About Mead The Complete Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine “this *the* modern reference on the art and …
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Two years after their first demo, Dave and Huna got a real, over-the-air, AM call-in talk radio show on March 6, 2005. They tell you what it was like and how to do it. More Stuff: AM 1500 “The Next Big Thing” Dave’s posts on the experience at doodledee.com “yes, i’ll be imagining all of …
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Kurt Fischer, Program Manager for HourCar – Minnesota’s non-profit car sharing venture, and I sat down at Nina’s Coffee on Dale and Western in St. Paul. HourCar is planning to introduce car sharing to Minnesota in early May 2005. We talk about car sharing, who is a good candidate for car sharing, and how car …
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Mindy Kelly from Mrs. Kelly’s Tea and I talk selection, brewing, and finding the right tea. Listen to the Tea Episode with Mindy Kelly [16 min] Got questions about coffee or comments about the show? Call: 206-20-BEAN-1 Like the show? Support the First Crack Podcast
Tim Elliott, from winecast.net, and I met at Bev’s Wine Bar and talked wine, coffee, and technology. Links mentioned: WordPress Plugins; WP-iCal & WP-CaTT winecast.net Bev’s Wine Bar (CityPage Review) Haskells, The Wine People Surdyks, Liquor and Gourmet Cheese Shop Coffee Geek Reviews of the Philips Senseo Designing Disney’s Theme Parks : The Architecture of …
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On the drive back from a Urban Hillbilly Quartet show, I interview Milo – the band’s washboard player, and his fiance (& my sister) Kari. You hear the history of his washboard playing, a washboard solo, what Kari does doing a show, and how to review a book in 5 words or less. Urban Hillbilly …
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