Arlill tells the story of how they discovered podcasts (through an earlier interest in gaming) and how they came to produce Random Chatterings (https://randomchatterings.weebly.com): a show that covers ‘all aspects of pop culture including video games, movies, television shows, and the internet at large’.
Content warning: suicidal ideation, depression, transphobia, violence and some coarse language
Podcast case study: Naked Tech Podcast (https://nakedtechpodcast.com) (listener)
Find Arlill on Twitter @HHowardson (https://twitter.com/HHowardson�).
Read a transcript of the episode as a styled PDF (https://martinfeld.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/7fd4f-2022-11-really-specific-stories-transcript-e28094-arlill-rodriguez.pdf) or in plain text (https://assets.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images/podcasts/transcripts/c/c67dadf4-8798-4528-8e7d-e45b83c1d218/episodes/6/688aefbc-ab26-4533-b298-297a60236362/transcript.txt).
Links and Show Notes
Gaming and Group Dynamics 00:00:00
GamesRadar (https://www.gamesradar.com/news/)
TalkRadar (https://www.gamesradar.com/talkradar-compendinarium/)
‘Epic Honor’ is episode 123.
The Ricky Gervais Show (https://www.therickygervaisshow.com/podcasts)
Medal of Honor (video game series) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_(video_game_series))
Kirby’s Epic Yarn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn)
Queer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer)
MP3 player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_media_player)
iPhone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone)
iPod (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod)
Sega Genesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis)
Existentialism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism)
Random Chatterings (https://randomchatterings.weebly.com)
Maintenance Phase (https://www.maintenancephase.com)
Aubrey Gordon (https://twitter.com/yrfatfriend)
Michael Hobbes (https://twitter.com/rottenindenmark)
Editing Process 00:11:25
iTunes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes)
Apple Podcasts (https://www.apple.com/apple-podcasts/)
VTuber (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTuber)
Professionalism 00:18:46
Bookish with Sonya Walger (https://bookishwithsonyawalger.com)
Instagram (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram)
TikTok (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok)
The Daily (https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily)
Amazon (company) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company))
AIM (software) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_(software))
Motivation and Identity 00:23:44
Leftism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics)
Progressivism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism)
Roe v. Wade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade)
Arlill’s top three Random Chatterings episodes
Episode 41.5 - Undertale (https://randomchatterings.weebly.com/latest-episodes/episode-415-undertale)
Episode 60.5 - Let’s Talk About... Virginity (https://randomchatterings.weebly.com/latest-episodes/episode-605-lets-talk-aboutvirginity)
Episode 65.5 - Let’s Talk About... Procrastination (https://randomchatterings.weebly.com/latest-episodes/episode-655-lets-talk-about-procrastination)
Undertale (2015 video game) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertale)
Indie game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_game)
T-bone steak (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-bone_steak)
Talking Simpsons (https://talkingsimpsons.libsyn.com)
Bob Mackey (https://twitter.com/bobservo)
Henry Gilbert (https://twitter.com/hEnereyG)
Patreon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patreon)
The Simpsons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons)
Gender Reveal (podcast) (https://www.genderpodcast.com)
Tuck Woodstock (https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock)
Latine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx) (also ‘latin’, ‘latinx’, ‘latino’, ‘latina’ or ‘Latin American’, with various meanings and uses)
See Usage and pronunciation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx#Usage_and_pronunciation) for an explanation of the differences.
‘Trans’ is a sociological term that may refer to either transgender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender) or transsexual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual).
Please note this important distinction between the terms, as explained on the second webpage linked above (under Relationship to transgender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual#Relationship_to_transgender)): ’The term transgender was coined by John Oliven in 1965. By the 1990s, transsexual had come to be considered a subset of the umbrella term transgender. The term transgender is now more common, and many transgender people prefer the designation transgender and reject transsexual.’
Coming out (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_out)
‘Cis’ refers to cisgender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender).
Donald Trump (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump)
Patton Oswalt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_Oswalt)
Michell McNamara (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_McNamara) (deceased spouse of Patton Oswalt)
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Gone_in_the_Dark) (2018 book by Michelle McNamara)
YouTube (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube)
Twitter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter)
Animal Crossing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crossing)
Episode 86.5 - Animal Crossing and Gender Expression (https://randomchatterings.weebly.com/latest-episodes/episode-865-animal-crossing-new-horizons-and-gender-expression) on Random Chatterings
COVID-19 pandemic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic)
Pinterest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest)
Nintendo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo)
Gender binary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_binary)
Final Thoughts 00:43:19
Naked Tech Podcast (https://nakedtechpodcast.com)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission)
Credits
Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack (https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/) and Ferrite Recording Studio (https://www.wooji-juice.com/products/ferrite/)
Martin’s edit in Ferrite https://martinfeld.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/901c6-2022-11-really-specific-stories-arlill-rodriguez-ferrite-timeline-screenshot.jpeg
Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion (https://www.alexcanion.com)
Contact
Website: rsspod.net (https://www.rsspod.net)
Email: martin@loungeruminator.net (mailto:martin@loungeruminator.net)
Mastodon: social.lol@martinfeld (https://social.lol/@martinfeld)
Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld (https://micro.blog/martinfeld)
