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Friday 15 September Mixtape 370 “Hyper Depths” Experimental Electronic Cosmic Space Instrumental Drone Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Support the artists and labels. Don't forget to tip so future shows can bloom.

Yellow Belly-Primero Yo (David Vasquez Remix) 00:31

Popnoname-Nightliner 03:50

Mick Chillage-Hyper Sleep 08:48

Ex Confusion-Embrace 14:08

Maxime Denuc-Agoraphobia 16:27

Rhucle-Tobi Ishi 19:44

Leyland Kirby-Polaroid 21:41

New World Science-Movement 1 29:04

Lisa Bella Donna-Mourning Light Pt. IV 35:32

Justin Amphlett-Collapse 7 43:00

Ian Boddy, Erik Wøllo-Ascension 45:59

Graintable-610 49:26

Moscow Youth Cult-Katacombs 55:15

Wings Of An Angel-The Depths Of My Formidable Exhaustion 57:04

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I don't know what to do with the existence of Titivillus the Typo Demon, but this 20-minute podcast about him was fantastic.

(I'm not going to tag this with #good omens fanfiction because it isn't Good Omens fanfiction, but it also isn't not potentially related to Good Omens fanfiction...)

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"It's humid out, I mean, I know humidity I've been in a washing machine. Bugs, a lot of bugs and alligators, they're all laying there. I'm probably bobbing there..."

-Everything Is Alive 'Alligator, Alligator' by Ian Chillag

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• A connection does not happen from the fact of knowing someone, it happens in the process of someone helping you know them. —Ian Chillag

NPR Invisibilia - Season 5, Episode 12 (video) NPR Invisibilia  (at Bullhorn) NPR Invisibilia (at archive.today)

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Tune in and listen up. This week's list of recommended shows and podcasts

Flynn even includes his own comedy Have You Been to the New Harris Teeter?. Everything is Alive Created by Ian Chillag Listen here. Everything Is ... from Google Alert - harris-teeter https://ift.tt/38VizyF via IFTTT

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“Everything Is Alive” and the Joy of Interviewing Inanimate Objects

Sarah Larson reviews the podcast “Everything Is Alive,” by Ian Chillag. from Humor, Satire, and Cartoons https://ift.tt/2wEfReK from Blogger https://ift.tt/2PC2EKx

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NPR News: In The 'Everything Is Alive' Podcast, It's The Guests That Set It Apart

In The 'Everything Is Alive' Podcast, It's The Guests That Set It Apart Everything Is Alive is straightforward interview podcast with one tiny twist: the guests are inanimate objects. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the program's host, Ian Chillag. Read more on NPR

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Everything is Alive, Loveville High, Mixed Mental Arts

Get ready for recommendations and reviews coming at you! Zane brings inanimate objects to live with Everything Is Alive, Liz takes you back to school, musical-style with Loveville High and Patrick gets back to his comedy roots with Mixed Mental Arts. Then the trio reviews their selections from last week.

Liz Recommends - Loveville High

https://www.lovevillehigh.com/

Imagine that your fave 90s teen movies ramped up the camp factor and added a musical score. That's pretty much Loveville High. "LOVEVILLE HIGH is a 9-part musical podcast series! Each ten-minute episode is a self-contained love story in the fictional town of Loveville, Ohio on prom night. New love, old love, romantic love, friend love, gay and straight, cis and genderqueer."

This musical podcast has a book and lyrics by David Zellnick (Yank!) and music by Eric Svejcar (Peter Pan Jr)

For both: This is a serial podcast so start at the start and listen to as many as you wish.

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loveville-high/id1444830216

Pat Recommends - Mixed Mental Arts

https://www.mixedmentalarts.online/

Is hosted by comedian, actor, and writer Bryan Callen and Hunter Maats (the other guy). No I kid. Hunter is largely the reason I listened to this podcast. He's a plethora of interesting takes and titbits. This show is on hiatus, and with something new brewing behind the scenes so who knows what format it'll take next. The format it largely stuck to for 300 something episodes was conversations with a range of guests such as authors, comedians, actors, doctors, entrepreneurs, Mixed Martial Arts fighters, journalists, nutritionists, musicians, porn stars and video game developers.

For Zane & Liz: Pick your poison

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mixed-mental-arts/id1286827713

Zane Recommends - Everything is Alive

https://www.everythingisalive.com/

Zane is finally showing his true colours and bring another improvised comedy podcast to the table! Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show in which all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story - and everything it says is true. Produced by NPR veteran Ian Chillag, Everything Is alive has a very serious tone, with very silly subject matter.

For Pat: Pick one that amuses you!

For Liz: Pick one that amuses you!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-is-alive/id1388419519?mt=2

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Everything is Alive

Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show in which all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story--and everything it says is true.

Episode 1: Louis, Can of Cola                                                                                Louis has been on the shelf a long while, so he’s had some time to think.

New episodes are released every other Tuesday.

Everything is Alive is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

Ian Chillag is a producer and writer living in Brooklyn. He's produced NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me and Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and he co-created and hosted the NPR podcast How To Do Everything. He#s also worked on videos for The New York Times, contributed regularly to the literary magazine A Public Space, and has recorded four episodes of a podcast about a post-apocalyptic public radio pledge drive besieged by pestilence and death that he can’t quite figure out what to do with.

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GUYS.

Guysguysguys.

There is a demon responsible for copying errors, typos, and gossip! Like, historically.

His name is Titivillus.

I cannot stop thinking about if this was one of Crowley's guises, or a minion, or a colleague/competitor ...

He was blamed for the Wicked Bible ("Thou shalt commit adultery") which is real and not made up by Sir Terry! There are little rhymey prayers to ward him off!

Worst yet he collects all your errors as you make them and then they are all waiting for you in Hell!

Fan Art pleeeeeeeez! And maybe Fics too!

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He has recorded four episodes of a podcast about a post-apocalyptic public radio pledge drive besieged by pestilence and death that he can’t quite figure out what to do with.

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This weekend, college basketball rivals will clash in the Final Four. If you want to hear about the actual games, maybe ask Frank Deford. We're more concerned with the eternal battle between the guy shooting the free throw, and the insane fan standing behind the basket trying to distract him. Does it actually work?

Jason Smith of the New York Knicks says yes. Thousands of screaming fans are one thing, he says, but what really gets you is when it's quiet and one voice stands out. In particular, Smith says, he remembers the taunts of Clipper Darrell, who's at every Los Angeles Clippers game, menacing every player taking on his beloved team. We talk to both of them in this episode of How To Do Everything.

At The Free-Throw Line, One Taunt May Be Worth A Thousand Hecklers

Illustration credit: Justin Witte for NPR

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Peter Sagal and Ian Chillag of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," "Sandwich Mondays" and the "How to Do Everything" podcast talk to us on Episode 8 of Chewing the Fat where we discuss the finer points of sandwichology.

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For this week's Sandwich Monday, we celebrate an expert panel's recommendations about salt intake by taking in as much salt as we can, with The Saltwich.

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Job #5 - How to, How to.... Produce a Podcast?

In my pursuit to find my custom fit career, I asked the most appropriate people I could think of, my one burning question: How do you find your dream job?

Blythe Hagga, Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag produce a weekly show called ‘How to do Everything.’(HTDE) Each week they answer a series of random questions that listeners call or email in. As the title suggests, Mike and Ian really do try and tackle a range of questions, no matter how obscure. Questions like: How do you tell the difference between Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton? How to start a fire with Doritos? And How to talk to a celebrity? To answer those questions they solicit help from some unlikely guests. Henry Winkler helped answer the question “How to look cool?” in episode 88.  Amy Sedaris informs listeners “How to quit a book club?” in episode 15.

My question, “How do I find my dream job?” may have been a little too specific and not general enough for the team to answer on the show. However, Mike, Ian and Blythe happened to love their work and, with a few emails and phone call, I was on my way to Chicago to learn how to produce a podcast. Anyone who knows me, knows very well that I am I self-professed podcast junkie. My favorite app Stitcher keeps a running total of every hour and episode I have devoured. I am constantly consuming an endless stream of trivia, news and stories. They are forever flowing into my brain by means of my ear-buds. I indulge this obsession with my friends about the shows I recently listen to and, good or bad, each episode automatically posts to my Facebook page.

I arrived at the WBEZ headquarters on Chicago’s Navy Pier. I was a little worn out from travel and late nights in Boston, but the exhaustion was clearly masked by my giddy schoolgirl excitement. I had to take a few deep breaths before getting buzzed up to the lobby to meet the cool kids of radio. Blythe showed me around the office and I was set up with my own desk during my week. Shortly after I settled in we had a mini production meeting where we addressed what I hope to do and learn as well as a short list of listener questions that we were planning to address in episode 99 and 100.  

Blythe had highlighted recent questions that were of interest for the team to answer. The screening process is pretty simple - they choose to answer the questions they want: topics that interest them and that feature people who have radio-friendly personalities. The podcast is the vehicle they can use to indulge on any topic or interest they desire.

In addition to listener questions HTDE also responds to anything that is relevant and newsworthy. In the past they have covered everything from the summer Olympics to the bankruptcy of Hostess, the makers of Twinkies. On my first day Mayor Bloomberg’s New York soda ban was making headlines. In order to honor that story, Mike and Ian set forth to make the sweetest drink imaginable and affectionately titled it the Bloomberg. The concoction included the crème filling of a Cadbury Egg, Coca-a-Cola, Red Bull, neon blue Pillsbury Funfetti cake frosting and pancake syrup, among many other ingredients. We stirred it up, topped it with whipped cream and a yellow peep. Starting with Peter Sagal we all took a sip all while recording the audio for the show. With my sip, ok, two sips, I was initiated into the bizarre world of How to Do Everything.

Nobody on the HTED team imagined a career in radio in their formative years. Mike Danforth studied music in college and meandered his way into public radio by discovering his passion for it, working as a cook. Public radio was the constant that kept him company while he worked in the kitchen. After working on the show of A Prairie Home Companion, Mike finally settled in at WBEZ and has been there the past 12 years. Ian Chilliag, originally from West Virginia, arrived in Chicago and public radio by means of working on the show Fresh Air in Philadelphia. A career in radio also came as a surprise to Ian as he spent his college years studying sociology and taking his first job in photography. Blythe was originally an intern at WBEZ, before producing HTDE.  She landed that job after moving to Chicago from LA, to be a policy consultant. 

By the time I had arrived, show 99 was already partially completed. There were a few recurring segments of the show that needed to be tied up for that week, including their 15 Seconds segment and the Toilet of the Week competition. Each week, 15 seconds of a song is played for a single listener. The song is meant to complement the activity they are doing while listening to the podcast, activities like running, washing dishes or cooking. For Episode 99 a listener, Hillary, called in and mentioned that she listens to the show while shelving books in the government document section of her school library. For Hillary, we played 15 seconds of a song that was written and performed by another fan titled “Mike and Ian know how to do everything”. Maybe a little redundant, but a fun song for the show!

Another segment, which admittedly I am not as much of a fan of, is called Toilet of the Week. Toilet of the Week was developed during the taping of another episode when a call-in guest could not contain excitement of a bathroom that they happened to be standing in. Listeners send in photos and links to nominate an exceptional public toilet that they think is worthy of being mentioned on the podcast. During each episode Mike and Ian announce the winner. For episode 99 the winner was Alison. She sent in a compostable toilet at Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts. This toilet was deemed significant due to its ties to Henry David Thoreau.

Scheduling makes it impossible for episodes to be produced in a linear fashion. According to Blythe it might be the most frustrating part of her position. Often chasing down a caller or guest expert for days and weeks, only to have the whole meeting fall through at the last minute, or to not have a recording studio available when schedules finally sync up. In other instances Mike and Ian travel to record audio on location, which presents it own challenges. When everything does come together the HTDE team takes over a recording studio, and they record the audio for each segment of the show to a flash drive. Blythe takes the raw material and edits each part of the show into a rough cut, using Adobe Audition. She shaves milliseconds from each bit in order to narrow it down to the core parts of the conversation and create a natural flow in the conversation that keeps the listener engaged. Each edit is then shared with Mike and Ian and, when there is enough content to have a complete show, Blythe writes and shares a script to thread all the pieces of the show together. Then they record the tracking. Tracking is the audio glue that makes the script stick.

Mike and Ian read through the script in a recording studio item-by-item to make each episode sound like it has been seamlessly recorded in one sitting. Mike and Ian are constantly joking with each other. Their humor is embedded into the fiber of their working relationship. They collaborate so well together that the script acts more like a loose guideline than a rigid agenda. During recording sessions they adlib and prompt each other when to speak with silent remarks, hand gestures and funny faces, making it a challenging task to be a silent observer. They also take a little creative licensing and stray from scripted text when a funny comment or joke strikes them.

Once all of the tracking and audio segments are recorded, the team imports all audios into a single timeline and pieces it together to make a complete show. When all parties are satisfied with the completed episode’s content it’s time to push it live and make updates to the Facebook and Tumblr page. They use a tool called Content Depot, which distributes the audio file to all RSS feeds, including iTunes, Soundcloud and, of course, my favorite, Stitcher.

It should be said that while HTDE does require a team of three, for Mike and Ian this show is more of a secondary project and not their main bread and butter. It has it’s own following of avid fans and it was even nominated as the most original show in the Stitcher Awards. HTDE is still a new show, and has a lot of potential to grow and develop, but for now at least, it will still take a backseat to their main line of work, being producers for NPR’s Wait, Wait Don’t tell me and, coincidentally, 50 Jobs Project’s Job #6.

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