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The Audio BrowserWhat the Evidence Shows - The Problem We All Live With Podcast: Phonograph (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: What the Evidence Shows - The Problem We All Live WithPub date: 2025-01-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRob and Britta discuss a ten year old story from This American Life called "The Problem We All Live With" produced by Chana Joffe-Walt and reported by Nikole Hannah-Jones. It's an example of the kind of documentary journalism we need more than ever, in a world where such journalism is increasingly under threat. Show Note...2025-05-301h 06
PhonographWhere People Put the Radio Tower - Signal HillRob and Britta discuss the new podcast Signal Hill, which takes its inspiration from the world of print magazines. Rob talks to Liza Yeager and Jackson Roach about the project, and then we dive into a handful of the stories from Signal Hill’s first “issue.” Show Notes: Signal Hill Fishing the Sky by Jackson Roach Desperado by Neena Pathak A Porous Place by Hannah Sassoon On the Family Group Chat by Hannah Kingsley-Ma Music by Blue Dot Sessions2025-05-2947 minPhonographI Don't Know If It's God - Alix Spiegel's "Pray"Rob and Britta discuss the classic Alix Spiegel story “Pray” from This American Life, including Spiegel’s origin story as a producer and what happened to her when members of the megachurch she was reporting on urged her to become a Christian. This is the second of three episodes Rob and Britta recorded in 2019 and never released until now. The first of those was our episode about TAL’s “Notes on Camp.” Show Notes: Pray - This American Life Tape: A radio show about people who make radio, hosted and edited by Mooj Zadi...2025-04-2943 minPhonographThe Story Becomes the Medicine - The Retrievals (with guest Sophie Nikitas)Rob is joined by the audio producer Sophie Nikitas to discuss Susan Burton's Peabody award winning podcast from 2023: The Retrievals. Show Notes: Sophie's online dating podcast miniseries The Zoo Sophie's horror anthology podcast Out Cold Susan Burton's story "In The Event Of An Emergency, Put Your Sister In An Upright Position" Susan Burton's story "Tornado Prom" Music from Blue Dot Sessions2025-04-0350 minPhonographI Wanted to Be a Stranger - Cement City (with guest Samantha Hodder)Rob is joined by the podcast critic Samantha Hodder, who writes the newsletter Bingeworthy, to discuss the podcast Cement City: a sound-rich, character-rich, immersive exploration of the struggling rust belt town Donora, Pennsylvania. Show Notes: Cement City Samantha Hodder’s website Samantha Hodder’s newsletter Bingeworthy Music - Blue Dot Sessions2025-03-0651 minPhonographWhat the Evidence Shows - The Problem We All Live WithRob and Britta discuss a ten year old story from This American Life called "The Problem We All Live With" produced by Chana Joffe-Walt and reported by Nikole Hannah-Jones. It's an example of the kind of documentary journalism we need more than ever, in a world where such journalism is increasingly under threat. Show Notes: TAL Episode 562: The Problem We all Live With Longform Podast interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones Third Coast Audio Festival Session: Make Them Care Saint Louis Public Radio's coverage of the Francis Howell town meeting 2025-01-161h 06
The SporkfulMichael Ian Black Is A Man Who Eats Salads (Reheat)Why does eating alligator seem more manly than eating chicken? Is coffee more “masculine” than tea? This week, comedian Michael Ian Black talks with Dan about manliness, and how it relates to food — a conversation they have as Michael decides to order salad at a pizzeria. "Are we really still going through this dumb, ritualistic flexing of our masculinity over the fact that I just want some greens?" Michael asks. "It’s so representative of something so destructive." Michael also shares some controversial pretzel opinions, and Michael and Dan bond over dad life in the suburbs.This episode...2025-01-0335 minPhonographWhat's Fun About Being in the Dark - Love and RadioRob and Britta dig into two classic episodes of the podcast Love and Radio, "The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt" and "Choir Boy," sparking a discussion about the appeal of abrasive art. Show Notes: The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt - Love and Radio Choir Boy - Love and Radio Love and Radio on How Sound Salvatore Scibona reads Denis Johnson - New Yorker Fiction Podcast Music: Silence Kid - Pavement You’re Killing Me - Pavement Prefect Depth - Pavement...2024-12-051h 00PhonographDo We Ever Go Back to That? - TAL: Notes on CampRob and Britta share a discussion they had in 2019 (but never released) about the classic This American Life episode "Notes on Camp." Topics include their own camp experiences, the power of scary stories, Rob's favorite thing ever recorded by any radio show ever, and the wild back story of the beloved camp counselor David Himmel, aka Mr. Popluar. Show Notes: Notes on Camp - This American LIfe “Ira Glass Is a Douche” - Literate Apecast Longform Interview with Julie Snyder Music: Calisson - Blue Do...2024-10-2245 minPhonographSuitcase Full of Cash - Startup Part 2On the second of a two-part series about the podast Startup, Rob and Britta talk about how the mini-seasons of the podcast Startup about the growth of Gimlet revealed all kinds of details about the troubles at the company, the ill-fated sale to Spotify, and what all this means for the state of narrative audio. Show Notes: Skye Pillsbury's newsletter The Squeeze Galen Beebe's website Music: A Simple Plan Soundrack Nine Count by Blue Dot Sessions Within the Garden Walls by Blu...2024-09-251h 06PhonographAlarmingly Long Pause - Startup Part 1On the first episode of the new season Rob and Britta talk about what made them want to restart a show about narrative audio. And they discuss the complicated legacy of a podcast that's having its tenth anniversary this year. Show Notes: Music: Coffaro’s Theme by Bill Frisell "Arabic Tallow" and "At Our Best Alone" from Blue Dot Sessions Gentle Chase - Podington Bear Audio Excerpts: This American Life - Double Lives Constellation Prize 2024-09-0656 min
KFAI's MinneCultureSaving Minnesotan Old Time MusicMike Sawyer fell in love with old folk music in his 20s, picking up the banjo and playing at festivals and jams around the state. But after a while, he began to wonder why nearly all the songs he and his fellow musicians were playing came from Appalachia and the South. What happened to early musical traditions from Minnesota? Now, Mike’s on a mission to uncover the roots of Upper Midwest folk music and keep it alive for future generations.This documentary was produced by Britta Greene and Ja...2024-03-0732 min
The ZooIntroducing: Out ColdIt's been a while! I'm back with a new project: Out Cold, a spooky anthology series. Here's an episode for you to get a taste of the series. You can listen to the rest of the series here:Apple PodcastsSpotifyMore about this episode of "Out Cold":Zoe enters the downtown Minneapolis skyway and discovers a bizarre lunch hour culture.Out Cold is a spooky anthology series created and produced by Sophie Nikitas and Julie Censullo."The Lunch Rush" was written, directed, and mixed by Sophie...2024-01-0416 min
Out ColdThe CollectionAn older man embarks on an audio tour at his dead wife’s favorite museum, only to discover the gruesome history of how the museum came to be.Out Cold is a spooky anthology series created and produced by Sophie Nikitas and Julie Censullo."The Collection" was written, directed, and mixed by Sophie Nikitas and Julie Censullo. This episode stars Maurita Anderson, Denzel Belin, Rachel Buhman, Sean Dillon, Angelique Lisboa, Erik Ostrom, Sullivan Ojala Helmbolt, Sara Morse, Jen Scott, and Sophie Nikitas. Editing help from Rob McGinley Myers. Music by Randy Dever, Anna Van Sice, and...2023-11-3021 minOut ColdThe Lunch RushZoe enters the downtown Minneapolis skyway and discovers a bizarre lunch hour culture. Out Cold is a spooky anthology series created and produced by Sophie Nikitas and Julie Censullo."The Lunch Rush" was written, directed, and mixed by Sophie Nikitas. This episode stars Diana Chao, Kristin Dare, Sophie Nikitas, Robert Sager, Anna Van Sice, and Eric Weathers. Editing help from Rob McGinley Myers and Julie Censullo. Music by Randy Dever, Anna Van Sice, and Blue Dot Sessions. Additional audio from freesound.org and Splice.com. Series art by James Napoli. Special thanks to Miguel Vargas, N...2023-11-1015 minThe SporkfulRediscovering Nigeria By Becoming AmericanBack in 2018, we talked with chef and recipe developer Yewande Komolafe about her experience as an undocumented immigrant. She grew up in Nigeria, but after immigrating legally to the U.S. a clerical error led to her losing her immigration status. For years she felt she had to hide parts of herself, for fear of being outed as undocumented. And because of her status, she couldn’t go back to Nigeria. This week we’re replaying that episode, followed by a new conversation with Yewande in which she updates her story, and talks about the release of her first cook...2023-10-2337 minThe SporkfulAlan And Arlene Alda Bonded Over A Fallen Rum Cake"Flirting over food is really the best way to flirt," says actor Alan Alda, and he would know. He met his wife, Arlene, at a dinner party in college. A rum cake fell off the top of a refrigerator, and Arlene and Alan were the only ones to grab a fork and eat it off the floor. More than sixty years later, they’re still married. Their secret? Good communication. Alan and Arlene advise Dan on how to communicate with his own family about food, why a dinner party is about so much more than the meal, and why sh...2023-02-1326 min
Anxious MachineThe NewsI’ve always had a problematic relationship to the news, and I’ve struggled to navigate that even more since this pandemic began. I talk to my father about the night I yelled at him over his insufficient fear of the virus, and I look back on a 1954 essay by E.B. White about the disparity between his experience of a hurricane and the coverage he hears of that hurricane on the radio. Subscribe (or write a review) in iTunes Music: Blue Dot Sessions Links: The Eye of Edna by E...2020-05-1917 minAnxious MachineContagionLike most people, I imagine, I've been having a lot of anxious thoughts these days. And I’ve been wishing I could get those thoughts out of my head. Then I remembered that I used to have a podcast called Anxious Machine. So here’s my first episode in three years, part of a planned, ongoing audio journal. This episode starts with some thoughts about how this virus first entered my consciousness, how it felt to watch the movie Contagion with my daughter, and trying to stay awake to what's happening. Music: The Hous...2020-04-2810 minPhonographS1 E5: One Long Poetic HIPAA Violation - The Job That Takes Over Your LifeRob and Britta discuss This American Life Episode 37 - The Job that Takes Over Your Life, as well as Britta’s former job fixing scandals for big companies, and Rob’s former job working for Garrison Keillor. Other topics include the great radio reporter Scott Carrier and his masterpiece of a story The Test, and Rob interviews Peter Clowney, one of the original producers of This American Life, about what it was like to work on the show in the early days. Links and Show Notes: The Job that Takes Over Your Life In P...2019-01-2455 minPhonographS1 E4: The Cruelty of Children - Tarantula in a BowlRob and Britta discuss whether this episode is TAL’s first real masterpiece, the role of David Sedaris in the show’s early years, why “The Man in the Well” is the rare example of great audio fiction, the bone-chilling music of the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir, and why an effort to keep children from excluding each other makes Rob weirdly emotional. And we talk to the amazing Marlo Mack, from the podcast How to Be a Girl, about her own unique perspective on the cruelty of children. Links and Show Notes: The Crue...2019-01-1051 minPhonographS1 E3: Accidental Documentaries - Non-humanoid Member of the FamilyRob and Britta discuss This American Life Episode 14: Accidental Documentaries, including their own experience creating accidental documentaries. The main focus of the discussion is the centerpiece of this episode, a documentary edited out of reel to reel tapes that a family sent back and forth to each other back in 1967. And Rob talks to Joe Silovsky, the man who originally found those tapes and gave them to Ira Glass, and whose work as a performance artist echos the experience he had with those tapes back when he was an art student. And since this is the final episode of...2018-12-0551 minPhonographS1 E2: Double Lives - The Birth of This American LifeA discussion of This American Life Episode 10: Double Lives. Topics include Rob and Britta's own experiences leading double lives, Rob's childhood habit of breaking into schools at night, why this episode feels like the birth of This American Life, why parents so often hide secrets from their children, what Britta’s parents have been hiding from her, and how it feels to hear Ira Glass talk about sex. This episode also includes an interview with Peter Bresnan, a podcast producer for Gimlet, about what it's like to listen to this old episode of TAL on the topic of...2018-11-2157 minAnxious MachineNew Show AnnouncementI'm announcing a whole new podcast, and giving you a listen to the first episode. The podcast is called Before It Had a Theme, and on it, Britta Greene an I discuss and deconstruct old episodes of This American Life. On this episode, we discuss the very first episode of that show, as well as why the show is worth discussing, how we and others became fans of the show, and why we love Ira Glass’s mother. Clips from following were used in this episode: Coffaro’s Theme by Bill Frisell Episode of T...2018-11-0849 minPhonographS1 E1: New Beginnings - F*** You, Django Reinhardt!Rob and Britta discuss the very first episode of This American Life, as well as why the show is worth discussing, how they and others became fans of the show, and why they love Ira Glass’s mother. Clips from following were used in this episode: Coffaro’s Theme by Bill Frisell Episode of Tape with Jonathan Menjivar Episode of Tape with Ben Calhoun Ira’s talk at the Third Coast Audio Festival Longform Podcast, Episode 159: Ira Glass This American Life, Episode 1: New Beginnings Ira’...2018-11-0847 min
Flash ForwardFarm To TabletOn today’s episode we tackle a future that was once a staple of science fiction: food pills. Instead of shopping and cooking and sitting down to eat meals together, we all simply pop our nutritional pills and move along with our lives. How feasible is this, really? Where did the idea come from? And what does the rise and fall in the popularity of the idea say about our changing relationships to food, culture and politics?
Guests:
Annalee Newitz, science journalist and science fiction author, co-host of Our Opinions Are Correct
Charlie Jane Anders, science fiction author, co-host of Ou...2018-10-2349 min
Flash ForwardFarm To TabletOn today’s episode we tackle a future that was once a staple of science fiction: food pills. Instead of shopping and cooking and sitting down to eat meals together, we all simply pop our nutritional pills and move along with our lives. How feasible is this, really? Where did the idea come from? And what does the rise and fall in the popularity of the idea say about our changing relationships to food, culture and politics?Guests:Annalee Newitz, science journalist and science fiction author, co-host of Our Opinions Are CorrectCharlie Ja...2018-10-2347 min
Welcome to Macintosh4️⃣ Pandora's Box 🎁 Emoji put a once obscure group of nerds, known as the Unicode Consortium, into the spotlight. How have these cute little pictures challenged and changed this stodgy organization? You can learn more about making your own emoji with Jenny's project, Emojination. And you can adopt an emoji of your very own through Unicode's Adopt-a-Character program. Brought to you by: Outlier: makers of clothing for the 21st Century. Try some of their comfortable, stylish, innovative clothing (my favorites are their Slim Dungarees). Tab for a Cause: Raise money for charity every ti...2017-10-0225 minWelcome to Macintosh3️⃣: Emoji Incarnate 🖌 Illustration by Rachel Maves. This is part 3️⃣ in a mini-series on emoji. If you haven't already heard parts 1️⃣ and 2️⃣, go listen to that first. How emoji are designed and the decisions behind them. And, what happens when they reach the real world? Brought to you by: Away: First Class luggage at Coach prices. Use promo code 'MACINTOSH' to save $20 on a suitcase. Tab for a Cause: Raise money for charity every time you open a new tab. Members can hear exclusive deleted scenes from this episode about another person smitten by the i...2017-09-1628 minWelcome to Macintosh1️⃣ Will You Be My Emoji? 💍 Since they arrived on our keyboards five years ago, emoji have changed how we communicate. Our texts are all dotted with 😊 and 😂 and ❤️, maybe even some 🍆. But, where do they come from? How are new emoji created? In this mini-series on emoji, I answer that question. I go on a quest to create an emoji of my own, and chronicle every step of the way. In part 1️⃣: the proposal. You can read my full proposal for "Person Meditating" on the Unicode website. Brought to you by: Fracture: Photos prin...2017-08-1829 min
The ZooFirst ContactTalking to strangers is tough. It's even tougher when you have a stutter. Listen to Chase's story in the final episode of the miniseries.
Produced by Sophie Nikitas. Edited by Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene.
Music by SRVTR, Monplaisir, johnny_ripper, and Maya Weisinger.
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Jennene.2017-04-2700 min
The ZooThe Mystery TripAfter three months of dating, a couple embarks on a trip...where only one of them knows the destination.
Produced by Sophie Nikitas.
Edited by Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene. Additional support from Nancy Rosenbaum and Natalie Jablonski.
Music from Randy Dever, Doge Lounge, Fragile Tom, High Plains Thunder, and Tri-Tachyon.2016-11-0200 min
The ZooGod Loves LesbiansTwo people grow up in conservative Christian households on opposite sides of the country. They both use online dating to find gay relationships. While one of them knows what he wants, the other one isn't so sure.
Produced by Sophie Nikitas.
Editing by Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene.
Music courtesy of Free Music Archive.
"Puzzles" by Fragile Tom
"Jetaimemonamourlavieestbelle" by Bengale
"back to the start," "vhs," "cloudgazer," and "a void" by johnny_ripper
"tea tea tea...2016-10-1900 min
The ZooAverage Joe White GuyBlack men are far less likely to get matches and responses on dating apps.
So a college student in Indiana tries a different tactic on Tinder.
Produced by Sophie Nikitas.
Editing help from Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene.
Music by Project 5am, johnny_ripper, Bengale, Infecticide, Randy Dever, and Dlina Volny.
To learn more, visit http://freemusicarchive.org/.2016-10-0500 min
The ZooShoot the S**tThere are two sides to every online dating story. In the first episode of “The Zoo,” Sophie and Jesse share their different perspectives on the same date.
Editing help from Rob McGinley Myers, Britta Greene, and the Twin Cities Radio Club.
Music:
“A Dreary Loop” by Randy Dever
“Recognize” by Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands
“Electric Birds” by Scott Holmes
“Kill Your Darlings” by Steve Combs
“back to the start” by johnny_ripper
“Happy Valentine’s Day” by Doge Lounge2016-09-2100 min
The ZooThe Zoo: Sneak PeekIntroducing the new podcast, "The Zoo."
Dive into intimate accounts of what it means to date online.
Each episode features stories from some of the people behind the profiles.
Created and produced by Sophie Nikitas.
Editing help from Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene.
Music: "Puzzles" by Fragile Tom. Visit http://freemusicarchive.org/ to learn more.2016-09-1400 minAnxious MachineIf You Could Do Anything?Sometimes in your life, you reach a crossroads, go on a men’s weekend, spend too much time alone in the forest, have a mid-life crisis, and start thinking you can change the world with your podcast. This episode is about that happening to me. Part one of a three-part series. Support Anxious Machine on Patreon Subscribe (or write a review) in iTunes Links: Startup Music: Opening Credits by johnny_ripper Divider by Chris Zabriskie Audrey by johnny_ripper Mario Bava Sl...2016-05-1136 min
NeighborsThe Baker's SonSam Tucker is a gifted baker, but the one thing that is his greatest passion just might put his family in danger. With the premiere of Season 3, I am thrilled to announce Neighbors' partnership with Nashville Public Radio. Some music by: Podington Bear Editing help from: Rob McGinley Myers, Emily Siner, and Mack Linebaugh Production Assistance: Bailey Robbins Artwork: Christopher Stewart Sponsors: Yazoo Brewing Company, Magnolia Record Club Neighbors is a part of The Heard If you like the story consider leave a review in iTunes. It goes a long way to helping others discover the show.
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NeighborsThe Baker's SonSam Tucker is a gifted baker, but the one thing that is his greatest passion just might put his family in danger. With the premiere of season 3, I am thrilled to announce Neighbors' partnership with Nashville Public Radio.
Some music by: Podington BearEditing help from: Rob McGinley Myers, Emily Siner, and Mack LinebaughProduction Assistance: Bailey RobbinsArtwork: Christopher StewartSponsors: Yazoo Brewing Company, Magnolia Record Club
Neighbors is a part of The Heard
If you like the story consider leave a review in iTunes. It goes a long way to helping others discover the show.
2016-03-0127 min
ARRVLSGringa SisA 17 year old Chilean girl decides to travel to the US as an exchange student. Her host family lives in Minnesota. When she arrives, she quickly becomes fast friends with a girl her age in the house.
But not long after she arrives, the exchange student finds out that she's pregnant. She gives birth to her daughter in the US, and returns to Chile.
She has another child, named Guido. And growing up, Guido develops a fascination for American culture. He becomes an exceptional English speaker by meticulously studying movies, tv, and reading english language websites.
In 2010, an 8.8 earthquake hit chi...2015-12-1030 min
The Podcast DigestTPD 60 - Another 4 Great Shows! With Rob McGinley MyersI'm back with another recommendations episode, this time joined by an excellent co-host, Rob McGinley Myers (Twitter) from Anxious Machine (Website) and The Heard (Website).
We open the show with the "Discussion" segment focusing on the future of public radio considering the success of podcasting. Central to this discussion was a debate from John Sutton and Adam Davidson (Current.Org Article). It's a really thought provoking read and I'd recommend anyone into podcasting to take a look at their points (and read through some of the comments, too!)
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Dinner Party Download (Web...2015-10-0457 minAnxious MachinePay Attention All the TimeParents of young children have an especially fraught relationship with their smartphones. On the one hand, these devices are indispensable tools for getting things done and staying connected to the adult world while in the midst of childcare. On the other hand, the culture is constantly telling parents, and particularly mothers, that they’re too distracted by these devices, that smartphones are stealing precious attention away from our kids. But the idea that parents should be focusing so much attention on their kids is itself a modern invention. In fact, our current understanding of parenthood and childhood is...2015-09-2824 minAnxious MachineDo You Feel More Like Gods?This past week, my kids went back to school. Summer vacation has come and gone. And that’s gotten me thinking about the very idea of summer vacation because every summer, for the past several years, my wife, her sisters and our families have had this tradition of going to a cabin for a few days to get out of the city. We don’t own a cabin. We have to rent one. And this year, the process of finding it, looking at pictures of all the possible cabins on all the possible lakes, made me wonder about this part...2015-09-1420 minAnxious MachineBringing Wes HomeSince the wide-spread adoption of embalming in the United States, most Americans have turned the process of handling the deceased over to experts in the undertaking business. On this episode, the story of one family who decided that they wanted to be the ones to wash and prepare the body of the son and brother they’d lost. This episode was previously aired on the podcast Neighbors, one of the podcasts in The Heard. Support Anxious Machine on Patreon Subscribe (or write a review) in iTunes Music: Cyl...2015-08-3116 min
Podcast Junkies - Storytelling Interviews & Conversations with Podcasters Podcasting Passionately051 Rob McGinley Myers | What Is It That Truly Makes Us Human
Rob McGinley Myers is the host for Anxious Machine. He is part
of The Heard, which is a podcast collective of several different
and awesome shows. The best way to describe Rob’s podcast is it’s a
show about the impact of technology on our everyday lives. Rob’s
interview style really brings out a lot of gems in people. We talk
about the impact technology has on kids, his podcast style, and his
weightless journey.
Show Highlights
04:45 – Podcasting is a medium and
not a genre.
06:45 – Rob doesn’t listen to
podcasts on an increased speed.
08:0...2015-08-181h 25Anxious MachineA Horrible ExperienceMy older brother Scott lives almost completely outside the network of modern life: he has no internet, no email address, no cable TV or satellite, not even an antenna for his television. Until recently, he didn’t even have a bank account or a telephone. In this episode, I try to get to the bottom of why he hates computers, and especially the internet, even though the internet helped him solve a question he’s had since the day he was born. Support Anxious Machine on Patreon Subscribe (or write a review) in iTunes Mu...2015-08-1728 minAnxious MachineTeleportation DeviceHumans have been reading for thousands of years, but ever since the invention of television, people have been worried that reading is in decline. The latest worry is that, even if the Internet has caused an uptick in the quantity of our reading, we're reading on screens instead of paper, and this seems to degrade the quality of our reading. On this episode, technology writer Clive Thompson talks about the history of reading as a technology, why we’re worried about its future, and what happened when he tried to read War and Peace on his iPhone....2015-08-0330 minThe Podcast DigestTPD 49 - Rob McGinley Myers from Anxious MachineRob McGinley Myers from Anxious Machine is my guest this week. Rob talks about his journey to starting the show, how it's evolving over time, his thoughts on the importance of music, and what it's like to be a part of a brand new podcast collective, The Heard. Rob is doing phenomenal work with Anxious Machine and it absolutely needs to be the next addition to your subscription list!
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Rob McGinley Myers (Twitter)
Anxious Machine (Website) (Twitter) (Patreon)
The Heard (Website) (Twitter)
2015-07-1954 minAnxious MachineThese Things Is MiraclesWhen she was growing up, Adrienne didn’t want to believe she was losing her hearing, and she didn’t want to wear hearing aids. This is the story of how she decided to embrace the technology that restored her hearing, and what happened when she did. Support Anxious Machine on Patreon Subscribe (or write a review) in iTunes Patrons: Mark Bramhill Music: Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie There Are Many Different Kinds of Love by Chris Zabriskie Cylinder Six by Chris Zabriskie 2015-07-1922 minAnxious MachineA Piece of Paper (S2: E4)When I heard the news of the recent Supreme Court ruling on marriage between same sex couples, I wanted to go back to an interview I did in 2009 with two women who decided to get married before it was legal in their state. It’s easy to forget what couples like them had to go through back then — traveling outside of their state to get a document that would have no legal standing at all where they lived. I wanted to know why that piece of paper mattered to them. This is their story.
Support Anxious Machine on Pa...2015-07-0618 minAnxious MachineLooking at the Wall (S2: E3)Amelia’s childhood was largely devoid of technology. But when she got a computer and the internet in her own bedroom, she found the new mode of communication through chatrooms and email utterly addictive. She’s struggled ever since with how much technology she wants in her life, especially now that she’s a mother.
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The Knowledge, London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age...2015-06-2923 min
Welcome to MacintoshRumorsThe Apple rumor mill. Guests Jason Snell @jsnell Six Colors Rick LePage @rlepage John Moltz @moltz Very Nice Website Mark Gurman @markgurman 9to5Mac Rob McGinley Myers @robmcmyers Anxious Machine References Apple introduces MacBook at the March 9th, 2015 Event MacWEEK Magazine Mac the Knife Crazy Apple Rumors Site Quicktime Live Attendees Wish Schiller had Pled the Fifth (Crazy Apple Rumors Site) Crazy Apple Rumors Site shutting down Tim Cook at AllThingsD Conference in 2012 Gurman's scoop on the 12" MacBook Gurman's first big find John Gruber on the podcast Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky Episode 4 of Rob McGinley Myers' exc...2015-06-2425 min
Pratfalls of ParentingRob McGinley Myers | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 132“My blog distracted me so much from getting my novel out, that I didn’t actually get my novel published.” Producer of the Anxious Machine podcast Rob McGinley Myers talks about discovering an early interest in writing and ultimately going to graduate school for fiction. Rob talks about what it was like to work for Garrison […]
2015-06-1600 minAnxious MachineAll My Days Have Been Guns (S2: E2)Bernard did not get along with his father, who expected him to work like a full-time employee in the family gas station starting when Bernard was just eight years old. But then Bernard went off to the army, and when he came home, an incident with a gun changed his relationship to his father, to society, and to himself.
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ARRVLS
Samuel Colt
A Tradition of Arms
The Price of Valor
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...2015-06-1531 minAnxious MachineDidn't Want to Be Conscious (S2: E1)Humans have been getting intoxicated, and finding new ways to get intoxicated, for thousands of years. On this episode, I explore the history of intoxication, and how that history played out in the life of one young woman.
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In researching this topic, I relied on the following sources (in addition to Wikipedia):
The Beer Archaeologist
‘Apparently Useless’: The Accidental Discovery of LSD
The Trip Treatment
The Cocoa Crux
Heroin: A Hundred-Year Habit
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...2015-06-0129 minAnxious MachineThe Question is Ridiculous (Interim Episode 4)I recently decided to ask a big question at a cocktail party. This episode is about asking the question, some of the answers I got, and how that question is shaping the stories I’m trying to tell in the second season of this show.
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I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary by Chris Zabriskie Divider by Chris Zabriskie A Void by johnny_ripper2015-05-2509 minAnxious MachineEvery Other Fight (Interim Episode 3)I’ve always loved telling the story of the first (and only) time I got punched in the face, and not because I won the fight. I lost, by a long shot. But it’s a story about standing up to one of the toughest scariest guys in my high school, and it made me feel like a hero.
But the stories we tell about ourselves are rarely the whole story. This story changed for me when I decided to pick up a microphone and interview the guy I fought that day. The story I’d been sharin...2015-05-1111 minAnxious MachineCompletely Clueless and Completely Paranoid (Interim Episode 2)Sara thought she knew her son, but then a medical diagnosis left her questioning everything. This is the story of how she coped when the medical treatment turned him into a completely different child.
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Mario Bava Sleeps in a Little Later Than He Expected by Chris Zabriskie Enough of Our Machines by Son Lux, remixed by jonny_ripper Summa by Tape.2015-04-2710 minAnxious MachineThe Letter (Interim Episode 1)Fewer and fewer people writes letters anymore, especially by hand. It’s a dying technology. But for this episode, I have a story from the 20th century about how a single, handwritten letter changed the course of a life.
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CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie Constellation by Podington Bear2015-04-1306 minAnxious MachineInbox Time Machine (S1: E6)Sarah’s parents got divorced when she was little. She and her siblings stayed with their mom, even though Sarah preferred her father’s company. She only saw her father for dinner once a week and stayed with him every other weekend. When she got to talk to him on the phone, her mother often stood nearby and listened.
So when email entered their lives, Sarah finally had a mode of communication with their father that felt private. This is the story of how email affected their relationship, what kinds of communication it enabled, and what kinds of c...2015-03-3024 minAnxious MachineThe Window Seat (S1: E5)Mohamed fell in love with air travel at a young age. He lived in Kuwait, but he would fly with his family back to Egypt at the end of every school year, so air travel was imbued with the pleasure of summer, vacation, family, and fun.
Then he grew up and moved to the United States, and suddenly air travel was much more expensive, much more difficult. This is the story of how his relationship to flying changed.
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Links: Louis CK on the Conan O’Br...2015-03-1614 minAnxious MachineI Had No Instinct (S1: E4)Kate Hopper had dreamed of a totally natural birth, with no drugs and no medical interventions. But when her baby was born two months early, Kate had to enter the unnatural world of the neonatal intensive care unit, where incubators, tubes, and monitors kept her daughter at a distance, and where Kate had to struggle to find her own identity as a mother.
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Kate Hopper’s book about her experience: Ready for Air
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Imaginary Frie...2015-03-0220 minAnxious MachineI Was Deprived (S1: E3)Tanya grew up in a home with only one approved hour of television a week. She had no music in her bedroom, no cellphone, and no computer access, unless her mother was watching over her shoulder.
In Krystyna’s house, on the other hand, the TV was always on, and she could watch whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. She now worries, as a single mother, that her children have too much access to screens, since she has very little time or energy to monitor their usage.
The two women take turns telling their stories ab...2015-02-1623 minAnxious MachineNot a Phone Person (S1: E2)Andria Williams met her husband Dave when they were in their first year of high school. They’ve been together now for almost two decades, but they’ve also spent a significant portion of that time living apart, conducting their relationship over a long distance.
Over the course of those two decades, the technology of communication has also changed in a number of ways. Andria describes her struggle to adapt to those communication technologies, especially considering that she doesn’t even enjoy talking on the phone.
Andria runs the Military Spouse Book Review, and she has a...2015-01-1924 minAnxious MachineProtect My Family (S1: E1)On this episode, my guest is Stephen Hackett, who publishes the website 512 Pixels and co-hosts the podcast Connected. We talk about what it’s like to put the life of someone you love, someone you would protect with your own life, in the hands of medical experts.
Stephen has written a number of pieces on this topic over the years. These are my favorites:
Two Years
The Fifth Floor
Three
Six
Stephen also runs a fundraiser for St. Jude Research Hospital every year. The hospital not only treat...2015-01-0430 min
Safe Space RadioAngst, Introversion, and AppsWe conclude our series on living with anxiety with three segments on different topics related to the subject. First up is a conversation with philosophy professor Peter Hallward about the connection between anxiety and existentialism. Then author and book reviewer Reeve Lindbergh discusses Susan Cain's take on introversion in the 2013 book Quiet. We close with a comparative review of apps for reducing anxiety by Rob McGinley Myers of the blog anxiousmachine.com.2014-10-1329 min
Safe Space RadioAngst, Introversion, and Apps with Peter Hallward, Reeve Lindbergh, and Rob McGinleyPeter Hallward is a professor of philosophy at Kingston University. He discusses the connection between anxiety and existentialism. Then author and book reviewer Reeve Lindbergh discusses Susan Cain’s take on introversion in the 2013 book Quiet. We close with a comparative review of apps for reducing anxiety by Rob McGinley Myers of the blog anxiousmachine.com.
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