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Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology HourRichard Loranger, Jeffrey Bryant, and Terry TierneyOn the 7/2/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:Richard Loranger describes the creative panic that they have felt over the past couple years, taking on projects in many media, including podcasting and product naming. Along with these outlets, Loranger discusses writing in multiple genres and leading multiple workshops. Loranger shares three poems from an unpublished chapbook centered around the writing process, “The Truth,” “Your Body,” and “Bowery Poetry Club.” The next guest on the show is Jeffrey Bryant, the forthcoming author from Cherry Pie Press, which emerged from publisher Natasha Dennerstein in wake of the United Sta...
2025-07-0353 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 0-52: What I LearnedIn which the podcaster stops by a diner, tells you what you don’t want to know, tells you what you do want to know, and bids you adieu.LINKS & INFOMore links comingAlso sprach Zarathustra, tone poem by Richard Strauss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab...
2025-06-0148 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 49-50: I'll Show You the Life of the MindEpisode 32 – Weeks 49-50: I’ll Show You the Life of the MindIn which the podcaster gives a bad review, takes you on a walk to nowhere, and advocates ecstasy as a form of resistance. LINKS & INFOAlso sprach Zarathustra, tone poem by Richard Strauss Barton Fink, 1991 film by the Coen BrothersCoen Brothers Equus, a play by Peter ShaefferSurrealism Exquisite corpse Influx Blinklists (chapbook) Blinklists as text artMammal (Roof Books, 2023) San Francisco In...
2025-05-1751 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 47-48: The H-WordEpisode 31 – Weeks 47-48: The H-WordIn which the podcaster explains the tragedy of humankind and you can’t stop laughing. LINKS & INFOThe B-52s “Rock Lobster” on YouTube https://www.howitworksdaily.com/how-do-we-laugh/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughter O Brother, Where Art Thou? Doctor Strangelove Waiting for Guffman Galaxy Quest Marx Brothers What’s Up Doc? Mack Sennett Rick & Morty
2025-05-0435 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 45-46: Aye, I, EyeEpisode 30 – Weeks 45-46: Aye, I, Eye In which the podcaster introduces himself, dissolves all boundaries, and stirs up some weather. LINKS & INFOMoustafa Bayoumi graysexuality Henri Tajfel Mammal, Roof Books, 2023 Neurodiversity Vitreous Detachment Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode...
2025-04-1949 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 44: Resistance MixtapeIn which the podcaster reanimates dialog, disobeys much, and proffers ingredients for an albatross stew. LINKS & INFONetwork, dir. Sidney Lumet (1976). Speech 1Peter Finch as Howard Beale Speech 2Ned Beatty as Arthur JensenJoy Harjo, “The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window” from She Had Some Horses. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1983 Victor Hernandez Cruz, “tu no eres” recorded by Christopher Funkhouser at Naropa Institute, 1991. Rough translation in the episode transcript. Barbie, dir. Greta Gerwig (2023)America Ferrera as Gloria (main speech) Voices in response:
2025-04-051h 18
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 42-43: Pop QuizIn which the podcaster gives you an unexpected assignment. LINKSThe cut-up lines on the episode logo are from the poem “Final Exam” by Nancy Lambert, taken from the anthology Practising Angels, ed. Michael Mayo, Seismograph Publications (1986). You can find a digital copy of this terrific collection here on the Internet Archive. Alien (1979) on Wikipedia (this entry is just for the first film of – currently – seven, along with crossovers and books) Gloria Gaynor, “I Will Survive” on YouTube (3:15 version – with lyrics and roller boogie!) Check out INeedANewPledge.com for New Pledges...
2025-03-2924 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 40-41: That Man Behind the CurtainIn which the podcaster puts on a classic, takes off some masks, and explains the politics of the moment. LINKSThe Wizard of Oz on Wikipedia (includes a link to the page about the books) Muriel Rukeyser on Wikipedia Adrienne Rich on Wikipedia No More Masks! anthology – page on poets.org (has a couple of links to purchase that are not Amazon)To find Meta Support for Instagram or Facebook, you need to pay for Meta Verified at $11.99 per month. (Don’t sign up till you n...
2025-03-1639 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 38-39: On Losing ThingsIn which the podcaster takes on a tragicomic perspective while shattering glass, misplacing teeth, and taking a joyride through Hollywood. LINKSDianoga – Wookieepedia page Golden State Film Festival – 2025 Program · Not sure this link will hold up, but you can open a pdf of the program. It has a bad interface, but if you click on the three bars on the upper left, you can scroll down it page by page. You’ll find the poster for our film “Force Drift” (which I designed) on page 5.Ken Paul Rosenthal’s website...
2025-03-0230 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 36-37: Corrode to JoyIn which the podcaster exposes himself, offers his hand, chases ghosts from a bridge, rips off a few facades, and extols the joys of oranges. LINKSRu Paul MasterClass excerptRu Paul’s Wikipedia siteHeather Cox Richardson commentsHeather Cox Richardson’s YouTube channelDean Spade commentsDean Spade’s websiteIn Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil Halley Low IG Reels: You must love yourself Learn to love yourself The art of non-offens...
2025-02-1549 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 34-35: The New FleshIn which the podcaster recalls talking, derides cyborgs, and examines a chest of survival methods. Check out Bayo Akomolafe at https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/. THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15. Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new...
2025-02-0142 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 33: How Artists Survive in America - Part 3 with Paul Corman-Roberts and Norm MattoxIn which the podcaster presents the third and final special episode for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative work while carving out time for it in contemporary American culture. WITH GUESTS Paul Corman-RobertsPaul Corman-Roberts has been learning how to be an on-the-fly organizer, publisher and all around hustler pretty much since he was able to learn. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books Bone Moon Palace and The Sincere. As well as being a co-founder and...
2025-01-201h 42
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 32: How Artists Survive in America - Part 2 with Jennifer Blowdryer and Tammy Melody GomezIn which the podcaster presents the second of three special episodes for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative work while carving out time for it in contemporary American culture. WITH GUESTS Jennifer BlowdryerJennifer Blowdryer is a singer and writer whose songs observe in a somewhat detached manner the underworld of punk rock and regular people. She started as front person for an SF Punk Band, The Blowdryers, in 1978. When JB moved to NYC she wrote for sex maga...
2025-01-131h 35
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 30-31: How Artists Survive in America - Part 1 with Taneesh Kaur and Ken Paul RosenthalIn which the podcaster presents the first of three special episodes for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative work while carving out time for it in contemporary American culture. WITH GUESTSTaneesh KaurTaneesh Kaur ("Core") is a US-born Punjabi teaching artist whose primary media are writing (poetry, memoir, fiction, essays) and painting. She's been doing both off and on her whole life. For a long time she was working full-time or freelance in corporate jobs (editing, linguistics, c...
2025-01-051h 29
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 28-29: Solstice SongIn which the podcaster sings to you a composition of his own design, humbly made and humbly offered.NOTE: This episode comes across much better with headphones or earbuds. A medium volume may serve it well in any case.I accompany my vocals with djembe for the drum track and balafon for supporting melody.As a bonus for reading the episode notes, here’s a Solstice poem that I wrote when I was much, much younger. It bears no resemblance or relationship to the song. DECEMBER 21
2024-12-2107 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 26-27: "Clean"Episode 19 – Weeks 26-27: “Clean”In which the podcaster jumps up and down, makes an argument for impurity, and reveals his true desire. FEATURED LINKSThe White Trash Debutantes on BandcampMDC on BandcampMDC on Spotify The Scriveners on YouTube (diff kind of improv but good stuff)(there are five of these – click here to find more) Global Spider Community on BandcampGlobal Spider Community on Spotify Polly Genius on FacebookPolly Genius on Instagram Hyperkids...
2024-12-0838 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 23-25: My First DisillusionmentIn which the podcaster finally reveals where and when his beef with the televised world began, and uses that to try to light a way forward through darker times. Video link: Little Billy Magee on "Happy The Clown" - June 1955 THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7. Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that...
2024-11-2225 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 21-22: TreeIn which the podcaster defends asymmetry, antagonizes Buddhists, and takes you on a journey somewhere very close you’ve never been.Referenced TextsThe Overstory by Richard Powershttps://www.richardpowers.net/the-overstory/ Poetry and Flash Prose (by Richard Loranger)"I Daphne May" was originally printed in the chapbook Poetry is a Form of Light (1986, Clamor Press, SF), and was reprinted in Mammal (2023, Roof Books, NYC)."Earth Punk" can be found in Unit of Agency (2021 & 2024, Collapse Press, Oakland, CA)."Sun Sonnet" can be found in...
2024-11-0235 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 19-20: Get-a-Job & Other MisnomersIn which the podcaster plays Telephone Games with prehistory, breaks down the industry of Western tradition, and leaves you with a pile of bacon. Mhe!He also humbly begs your forgiveness for his zombie-like pronunciation of dead languages.THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2. Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of a...
2024-10-1922 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 17-18: Re-re-re-reIn which the podcaster regresses, confesses, and redresses. THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a monthly newsletter from Wholegrain Digital, a sustainable web company in UK...
2024-10-0526 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 15-16: CycleIn which the podcaster starts a new chapter with blank pages, makes a foul shot, and has an in-body experience. THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5. Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a mon...
2024-09-2125 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 14: Memory & The Green DoorIn which the podcaster lays down some tracks of extended and deleted scenes, explains why you can trust him, then ties up all the episodes to date with a pretty green ribbon, kind of like the writers of 24 accidentally wrapped up the plot of Season 1 halfway through, but unlike them pledges to actually provide new plotlines instead of just repeating the same one twice over.Whereas this isn't a bonus episode per se, it kind of is in that it helps to have listened to some (or all) of the earlier eps. Here's a list of those...
2024-09-0834 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 12-13: Drink the LightIn which the podcaster takes you on a Fantastic Voyage into the wilderness of the brain to discover the roots of the hit song "Dopamine Jones" (c.f. Episode 2).REFERRED TEXTSThe Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman, M.D. and Michael E. LongGoodreads pageHealth Sciences Research CommonsDopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, M.D.Goodreads pageNPR interviewNote: Anna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. I mistakenly refer to her as a therapist without citing further.Cover of "Billie Jean"...
2024-08-3136 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 10-11: The Final Fantasy of Commander Shepherd, Nora WitcherIn which the podcaster takes you down a rabbit hole but doesn't guarantee he'll lead you back out. But don't worry, it's not a real rabbit hole, not really. Or is it?Remember, I'm now posting these on Odd Saturdays, so the next episode will appear on the fifth Saturday of this month, August 31. And hopefully it won't go up as late in the day as this somewhat special episode did (though I still got out in on Saturday!).Enjoy! Drop me a note!Support the show
2024-08-1834 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 9: The Purpose of Rash ActionIn which the podcaster travels back to a snarkier time, performs strange rituals in the underworld, and witnesses a life-changing moment of physics. NOTE: THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 17. THEY ARE NOW DROPPING ON ODD SATURDAYS ONLY.Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)
2024-08-0332 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeeks 7-8: AI-YAI-YAIIn which the podcaster jousts with Theodor Adorno, takes a digestif with Jerry Mander, and loses patience with certain techn(olog)ical difficulties.Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a monthly newsletter from Wholegrain Digital, a sustainable web company in UK, at https...
2024-07-2730 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 6.5: A Musical InterludeIn which the podcaster gives you a break from his relentless wit and presents you with a mixtape based on the first seven episodes. Featuring: “No Place” by Eskimo from the album Jackwhich can be found at https://eskimo.bandcamp.com/ “Sucmel Ground” and “Dan and Bill” by Baldo Rex from their San Francisco recordingswhich can be found at https://baldorex.bandcamp.com/album/baldo-rex-san-francisco Additional Baldo Rex info:“It Ain’t You I’m Lookin’ At” – music video at https://www.youtube.com/wa...
2024-07-2022 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 6: In the Middle of NowhereIn which the podcaster takes you for a ride, makes a movie, and recalls living on the planet.Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a monthly newsletter from Wholegrain Digital, a sustainable web company in UK, at https://www.wholegraindigital.com/curiously-green/issue-56...
2024-07-1331 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 5: Intentionality and the Blackhawk BluesIn which the podcaster sees a ghost of his television, escapes from nuns, and gets unintentionally lost.Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a monthly newsletter from Wholegrain Digital, a sustainable web company in UK, at https://www.wholegraindigital.com/curiously-green/issue-56. Yay!
2024-07-0727 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 4: Sound and SilenceIn which the podcaster falls into a memory hole and establishes palaver with a throng of angry instruments in order to find a way to improve his current situation.The episode logo this week features an actual photo of the podcaster in 1980 stepping into the world via the meadow in what is now known as Olympic Valley, CA.Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab...
2024-06-2928 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 3: Book Report on Four Arguments for the Elimination of TelevisionIn which the podcaster gives an in-depth report on the 1978 text Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander, to see how well the book holds up in the contemporary environ, how well the listener’s patience holds up through a longer episode, and how well the podcaster’s voice holds up through a full day of recording. This episode contains Chapter Markers to take you between the sections of the book.Click here for the Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Goodreads page.Click here for the Four Arguments for the...
2024-06-2346 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 2: Status ReportIn which the podcaster foists a recap, gives you a status report, and plays with dolls. Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a monthly newsletter from Wholegrain Digital, a sustainable web company in UK, at https://www.wholegraindigital.com/curiously-green/issue-56. Yay!
2024-06-1520 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 1: Meet the JonesesIn which the podcaster sketches his first reactions to life without television and worries about falling off the wagon.Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a monthly newsletter from Wholegrain Digital, a sustainable web company in UK, at https://www.wholegraindigital.com/curiously-green...
2024-06-0822 min
My 12-Month Video FastWeek 0: The Time-Out CornerIn which the podcaster explains his motive and purpose for putting his television in the Time Out Corner for a year, and suggests why that might be of concern to you. Drop me a note!Support the showAnd thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos. :)7/25/24 - There's a new review of the podcast by Tom Greenwood in a monthly newsletter from Wholegrain Digital, a...
2024-06-0118 minDr. Andy's Poetry and Technology HourBarbara Brandon-Croft, Tara Nakashima, Michael French, Will Alpers, Richard Loranger, and Toni RizzoOn the 131/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:Dr. Andy begins this jam-packed episode by speaking with Barbara Brandon-Croft, Tara Nakashima and Micahel French about an exhibit they coordinated called, “STILL: Racism in America, a Retrospective in Cartoons.” Brandon-Croft shares the serendipity of her occupation as a cartoonist, and how the exhibit, and talks of a book centered on it, came to be due to Nakashima’s coaxing and guidance. French provides further details about how to view the exhibit. Next Will Alpers introduces his new poetry b...
2024-02-0854 minDr. Andy's Poetry and Technology HourRichard Loranger and Greg CarterOn the 9/20/23 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:Dr. Andy’s first guest is writer and performer Richard Loranger, who discusses being a provocateur, not experiencing a static self, and paying attention to the spoken part of poetry. He reads a poem from his new chapbook Mammal. Poet Greg Carter talks to Dr. Andy about the San Francisco scene, giving a voice to jazz, and losing all of his poems. He shares a Beat-style poem. Dr. Andy tells us about the 6th Davis Storytelling Extravaganza, which will take place on Sunday, September 24th from 2:15 to 5...
2023-09-2157 min
Le Cochaux ShowLe Cochaux Show du 15 avril 2023Au programme: Entrevue avec Lise Demers à propos des 20 ans des Éditions Sémaphore. Les chroniques de Caroline Tellier, Caroline Loranger, Venise Landry, Richard Migneault et Guillaume Cabana. Les nouveautés littéraires chez Lévesque éditeur, Alire.
2023-04-151h 54
Rétro CrimesOù est donc passé Victor Loranger ?Victor Loranger a disparu. Volatilisé un matin de septembre 1951, alors que ses enfants découvraient le corps agonisant de leur mère, très grièvement blessée. Considéré comme le principal témoin, Victor Loranger sera recherché par toutes les polices du pays.
Un mystère qui a traversé les décennies et dont les réponses pourraient bien se trouver sous les yeux même, des habitants de la petite ville d’Acton Vale… à moins, que cet apparence de drame familial, cache quelque-chose de bien plus mystérieux.
Voici l’histoire du meurtre de Régina Morel et...
2020-04-2245 min