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Higgenbaum's MitzvahHave you ever encountered a challenge so vast and convoluted that you had to take multiple runs at it over the span of many years? If so, you may relate to the cautionary tale contained herein. If not, well, bonnie for you! Perhaps there's some value here for if and when you do encounter your own personal Everest. Today's episode is an audio journal of my attempt to read Thomas Pynchon's 1100-page metahistorical explosion of a novel, "Against the Day." Join me on this intimate journey of struggle, joy and self-discovery. #ThomasPynchon #AgainstTheDay #Pynchon #ShadowTicket...
2025-11-2648 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahThe Dark HighwayWe're doing something a little bit different this episode. I needed a break after completing that 3-part series, so we've arranged a feed swap with one of our all-time favorite shows and a major inspiration for Higgenbaum's Mitzvah – The Dark Highway. If you're unfamiliar with The Dark Highway, it's a late-night nationally syndicated AM radio broadcast that's been running since the late 1980s. It's got a kind of cult following among college students, long haul truckers, shut-ins and speed freaks. It's best experienced on a long, solo, cross-country night drive along a two-lane highway, but any sized highway will do...
2025-10-2056 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahBeing Less Content, Part 3 - The Clear Sky MethodThis episode is the third and final part of a serialized story. If you start here, it won't make much sense. Join me along with my cohort – Lex Looser, Lariat Oxnard, K-Slax, Snozz Shagwong and Louderman – in device addiction recovery at the Mojave Wellness Clinic under the watchful eye of Antonioni Blanderziltch and the caring support of Rutledge Smoothitem. Names have of course been changed to protect people's privacy. Credits: Produced, written, performed and scored by Scott Pinkmountain Join the Higgenbaum's Mitzvah mailing list at www.higgenbaumsmitzvah.com Follow alon...
2025-09-151h 05Higgenbaum's MitzvahBeing Less Content, Part 2 - The Mojave Wellness ClinicWelcome to the Mojave Wellness Clinic where you'll experience our patented Clear Sky method of treatment. You are in a safe environment under the guidance of trained, healthcare professionals. We fully believe in your ability to heal yourself with the resources and support we provide. This is the second part of a serialized story. If you haven't heard part one, please go back and start there. Credits: Produced, written, performed and scored by Scott Pinkmountain Roy Kettler – bass on Compound Tour Barnum and Bailey's Favorite – The Ci...
2025-08-131h 07Higgenbaum's MitzvahBeing Less Content, Part 1 - My ProblemAre you having trouble sleeping lately? How would you rate your irritability? Does your phone's text notification sound trigger intermittent eye spasms? Does silence make you sweat? Hi, my name is ______ and I have a problem. Several, actually. Credits: Produced, written, performed and scored by Scott Pinkmountain Join the Higgenbaum's Mitzvah mailing list at www.higgenbaumsmitzvah.com
2025-07-1646 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahSeason 2 Trailer!Higgenbaum's Mitzvah will be back with Season 2 soon. In the meantime, here's a glimpse of things to come. Or, more accurately, things not coming. Words and music produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain
2025-06-1604 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahGive, Hear, NowI've finally broken down and accepted the fact that the only way forward with this project is to humbly ask you for your direct patronage. Kind of. This episode is sponsored by Nikki Dinki's Pre-Crumpled Tissues, Classic and Danish Modern, sold in a stylish 3-pound sack in your choice of pigeon gray, end-of-days black and harrowing phlegm-yellow. Credits: Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Voices: Tina Karisch – Deutschesprachedinge Lindsay Beamish – just trying to help Music: Ellington, Mingus...
2025-04-0851 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahPeckham & Fleece, Part 2 – Snade DaysPeckham & Fleece, Part 2 – Snade Days I agreed to have lunch with the Vice President of Domestic Tele-visual from Peckham & Fleece after our somewhat asymmetrical exchange. This is the second part of a two-part story. If you haven't heard the previous episode, I suggest starting there. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Original music by Themphthathee's Thweethearts Gene V. Baker – keyboards Scott Pinkmountain – bass, drums, guitar, saxophone Follow us on Bluesky
2025-02-271h 06Higgenbaum's MitzvahPeckham & Fleece Part 1 - The LetterPeckham & Fleece, Part 1 – The Letter I recently received a letter from the Vice President of Domestic Tele-visual at one of the lead US ad firms, the contents of which I thought would make for an interesting episode. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Original music by Themphthathee's Thweethearts Gene V. Baker – keyboards Roy Kettler – bass Scott Pinkmountain – drums, guitar Follow us on Bluesky
2025-01-2139 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahQuintilletechHello, and thank you for calling Quintilletech, the industry leader in advanced product solutions. All of our agents are busy helping other customers, but one of our skilled service professionals will be with you in a moment. Please stay on the line and we'll be with as soon as humanly possible. Press "one," if you'd like to be helped sooner than humanly possible! Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Introduction - Beth Lisick "Music" Various (with thanks to TooPeachy) The Popcorn – MotownMan Sound of Dol...
2024-11-2845 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahFeldman & Squatch48% experimental bedtime story, 39% wise, insightful mommy blog, 23% atonal manifesto, 16% accidental mouth sounds, 21% stalling while I try to think of synonyms for "Prussian," 100% subconscious advertisement for serotonin-flavored suppositories. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Dr. Baby Gravlax Pepsico Music by Cedric Poncé Quartet Feldman & Squatch Scott Pinkmountain Music by Scott Rosenberg "rerur" Percussion: David Brandt, Garth Powell, Gino Robair, Moe Stiano Trumpets: Liz Albee, David Bithell, Tom Dambly Trombone: Toyoji Tomita, Ron Heglin, Tom...
2024-10-2126 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahThis Is Your Captain SpeakingLadies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Northeastern Airlines flight 671 from sunny Burbank to Boston's Logan airport – go Whalers. My name is Maxmillian Fist, and I'll be your voice in the sky for the duration of this journey. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Minna Abdel-Gawad - additional voice Music The Chill Zone, by Jeffrey Smith Lament, by Movement in the City Camel Walk, by Movement in the City Black Teardrops, by Movement in the City Cooley's/The Cup Of...
2024-09-2544 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahFrontiervilleSamuel "Uncle Sam" Turner's infamous Broken Rock Massacre was hardly the beginning of Frontierville's history, but it marked the start of its modern era and cast a crooked shadow over the future generations of outlaws, renegades, dropouts, freakers, seekers, and cranks who would be drawn to its once hallowed ground. This episode is dedicated to Hector Alvarez, Johnny Ray Martin and David Morgan Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain Intro Concert Band 1, CD 23 by Dan Plonsey Crane Zelhart Written and performed by Ka...
2024-08-2150 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahGuided MeditationWe scuttled our scheduled episode and decided to share a guided meditation as a balm for these difficult times. Nothing cleanses the spirit like a deep dive into the interior, or as Whitman so elegantly put it, "A naked whistling stroll past the barnyard brothel of the cloaked boatman himself." Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain. Music: soft crusade – vexed method Scott Pinkmountain – Guided Meditation 1 John Shiurba – live (for Matthew) Martyn Cawthorne of Gong Spa – Full Length Gong Bath with Paiste Gongs Juna Serita – electric b...
2024-07-1737 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahThe Dark RoomWhat's the longest you've gone without food? How about alone in a room with no food, no water and no light? And you consider yourself an enlightened being? Step into The Dark Room and discover what's to be seen. This episode is sponsored by the letter B. Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain. The music for "The Eleven Senses" is Trtre from the album Tee (For Big Band) by Scott Rosenberg. F(ear) was composed by Matt Ingalls.
2024-06-1735 minHiggenbaum's MitzvahBeing Content"I wake each morning to a different, algorithmically selected deep cut chosen based on my observed patterns collected from over 7000 hours of engaged listening." Join me as I navigate a single day of my life wandering the narrow gray corridors of end-game techno-capitalism. Maybe you walk these same halls? This episode is sponsored by Prussian Pumpernut Fudge Doubt Produced, written and performed by Scott Pinkmountain with: Lindsday Beamish - Words Jesse Gilbert - Words Anthony Lukens - Organ Justin Pinkerton - Drums
2024-05-1323 min
The History ChannelerCounterpoint/Counterpoint - Sane Gun Regulation*Trigger warning: This issue speaks honestly and frankly about reality, which is very, very upsetting. Host Scott Pinkmountain returns from years in the wild to deliver the long-awaited solution to the seemingly intractable debate around the 2nd Amendment. Spoiler alert - it's not intractable. He solved it, quite elegantly and fairly, actually.
2022-05-3117 min
Zum Podcast with George ChenGeorge and Scott Pinkmountain talk sustainable creativityThis was originally going to be part of a new podcast interview series with Scott Pinkmountain (https://www.scottpinkmountain.com/) but he ended up going a different direction. I still thought it was an interesting conversation where I talk about my background in music and comedy.Also taking a moment to let you know, if you are in the Bay Area, we are doing a Zum showcase at Noise Pop!Tuesday Feb 22 (2/22/22) at Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, 8 pm, we are co-presenting with Talent Moat (Anthony Bedard, who we've interviewed before) https://www.talentmoat...
2022-02-151h 04Zum Podcast with George ChenGeorge and Scott Pinkmountain talk sustainable creativityThis was originally going to be part of a new podcast interview series with Scott Pinkmountain (https://www.scottpinkmountain.com/) but he ended up going a different direction. I still thought it was an interesting conversation where I talk about my background in music and comedy.Also taking a moment to let you know, if you are in the Bay Area, we are doing a Zum showcase at Noise Pop!Tuesday Feb 22 (2/22/22) at Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, 8 pm, we are co-presenting with Talent Moat (Anthony Bedard, who we've interviewed before) https://www.talentmoat...
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The History ChannelerNotes From the UndergroundThis episode has been posted to the processing unit from an unidentified registrant and thus cannot be verified by Central Command. It will remain temporarily available while its contents is reviewed and retinal certification can be validated, as this feed has been previously authorized by the Uni-Band broadcast department.
2017-09-1309 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode #40: Kate SchatzIn Episode 40 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with writer and activist Kate Schatz, author of the New York Times bestselling Rad American Women A-to-Z and Rad Women Worldwide, which she did in collaboration with illustrator Miriam Klein Stahl. Schatz is also one of the founders of the nationwide feminist resistance network Solidarity Sundays, which she started with Leslie Dotson Van Every and Jennye Garibaldi, and which has grown from a house party back in early 2016 to over one hundred chapters with more than eighteen thousand Facebook members. Likely, you know her for both of those things.
2017-07-1935 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode #39: Dorian WoodDorian Wood is a musician, vocalist, and experimental performer. Much of Wood's music and performance is an intensely visceral celebration and embrace of the body, often his own, which he fearlessly exposes while rendering gorgeous and virtuosic melodies. The effect is a powerful and intimate expression of his singular beauty that simultaneously reveals the more universal beauty of each of us as individuals. Pinkmountain and Wood discuss the impact of the election on a personal level and Wood's reluctance to directly address political matters through his creative work. Wood points out bluntly that as a self-identified "overweight, que...
2017-05-2217 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode #38: Beth PickensBeth Pickens is an LA-based consultant for artists and arts organizations. Pickens's background is in Counseling Psychology and she applies those skills to her work, specializing in supporting queer and trans artists, women, and artists of color. After the election Pickens wrote the how-to guide—Making Art During Fascism—and started running a free weekly drop-in workshop at the Women's Center for Creative Work in LA. The workshop recently finished up, but Pickens is expanding the pamphlet into a book, which will be published by The Feminist Press as part of the Feminist Survival Series that author Michel...
2017-04-1923 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode #37: Melody ParkerMelody Parker composes intricate chamber songs, and Archipelago is her imaginative debut record. It invites the listener to inhabit an otherworldly place and time, yet it evokes the familiar as much as the fantastical. She has created these songs with mourning and celebration for this watery home we know—and for the paradoxical richness of our experience within it. *** Photograph of Melody Parker © Andria Lo.
2017-01-0445 minThe History ChannelerTHC #52 Free At LastEpisode 52 is the final episode of season one of THC. Thanks for an amazing year. Check back for updates on season 2 soon. If you are just joining us, you definitely don't want to start here. Maybe go back to episode 2 and start there. For the rest of you, y'all rule.
2016-11-0218 minThe History ChannelerTHC #51 The Empire's StateThere's so much going on here at THC centrale that we needed to devote an entire episode just to catching up. Lots of help from our contributing reporters. Zero (volunteer) help from Higgenbaum.
2016-10-2630 min2016-10-1255 minThe History ChannelerTHC #49 Right Wing Political ArtDeep in the obscure taverns of histories past, and other times before this, we discover some things are always what they seem to be. Join us. Metaphorically.
2016-10-0537 minThe History ChannelerTHC #48 The internetFor the first time ever, we un-story the tale of how the internet came to be. There had to be a first time for everything, and seeing as how the internet falls under the greater category of everything, this is a first time for that. So, don't say we never do things we haven't done before.
2016-09-2833 minThe History ChannelerTHC #47 The Jackson-MacDonald ParasiteThings keep getting deeper and deeper into mosaic-like sky puzzle weaving here at THC. You're going to want to hear this podcast, in addition to watching it as well, also. Too.
2016-09-2137 minThe History ChannelerTHC #46 The Grateful DeadThis episode features: Mosaic weaving, business plowing, foregrounding, elision, thought cancelling, malware, forbidden zones, egregious zones and ozones, as well as camel-toting, hoots, and reference to other dimensions. Thank you.
2016-09-1441 minThe History ChannelerTHC Summer of Hate 2016 Recap Cap Cap in Yo AssA little mini-episode to tide you over while Dr. Pinkmountain is "incapacitated" with some heavy lifting. For a direct link to the single from this episode, click here! https://soundcloud.com/the-history-channeler/summer-of-hate-recap-cap-cap-in-yo-ass
2016-09-0712 minThe History ChannelerTHC #45 Iran Contra AffairDear Reader, we wanted to catch you up on a few of our "precious" staff members' goings on here at THC centrale. Remember Lil' Jaffy Bozo, our Twintern? He's currently serving a short sentence for collusion and assault in a private Turkish prison, which explains why our Twintern page is radically defuncted. Higgenbaum is totally fine, but totally useless, which is why he's been so "quiet" of late. And Shanda Kennering Onando decided she couldn't quite hack interning in the shadow of Chakra Kennedy Onassis, and wound up taking a job with the "good" people over at The Historier...
2016-08-3128 minThe History ChannelerTHC #44 Emcee UltraIf you are a hardcore THCer, you may have noticed that our sound quality was, shall we say, "compromised," last week. We apologize for this and have since discovered the cause of the lapse in our perfection. It was, of course, Higgenbaum. He touched a button that ruined our perfection, as usual. We've taken the precaution of wrapping Higgenbaum's hands in scotch tape to prevent him from touching any buttons from here on out.
2016-08-2423 minThe History ChannelerTHC #43 Paul RyanDo you remember when things used to matter? Today we bring you a very special episode featuring the Unauthorized Autobiography of someone who was born long after that time. Dig deep into the pest with us, here, on The History Channeler, a podcast, which if you still don't know what that is, help us find out.
2016-08-1728 minThe History ChannelerTHC #42 Westboro Baptist ChurchAfter a week of infirmy, we're back!! All will be explained in great detail, as our specialty is great details, which sets us apart from other history podcasts which feature great pauses, great intentions, great attempts, perhaps, but details? Eh. Like we always say: The History Channeler. Come for the details. Stay for the Greatness.
2016-08-1028 minThe History ChannelerTHC #41 The Float Tank Pt. 2If you have not heard episode #39 (The Float Tank), we recommend listening to that first, then coming back here, ingesting 71microns of float tank greywater over the course of an unlimited amount of time, and retiring to your antechambre. Relax. It's only float tank juice.
2016-07-2723 minThe History ChannelerTHC #40 Stand-Up Historian Showcase!Since Dr. Pinkmountain is mysteriously nowhere to be found this week, we've hastily arranged a showcase featuring this nation's most cherished stand-up historians with a very special guest emcee. Also, it's our 40th anniversary. As the traditional 40th anniversary gift is food, go ahead and treat us, feed us, and don't ever need us!
2016-07-2030 minThe History ChannelerTHC #39 The Float TankWe know it's redundant to say, because every episode is special, but this is a special episode. "How special?" you ask. It meets and surpasses the ethical standards for specialness established by the Ways and Means and Ways Committee of the Mishegas, CL Kiwanas Club parish #37B as denoted in the 1949 guidelines, signed by President, Clerk and Executioner, Harry Ed, Tub Man. -Mentally Al, Intern, subbing for CKO, who is, apparently, still #1
2016-07-1330 minThe History ChannelerTHC #38 MarriageHere, at the nexus of historgraphical consciousness, we relegate all you thought you knew to the abyss and repopulate your mega-thoughts with dynamic flux data product, sponsored this week with actual advertisers. Prove us wrong.
2016-07-0626 minThe History ChannelerTHC#37 Cleveland Cavaliers 2016 NBA ChampionsWe regard the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers to be the 2016 NBA Champions, basketball. Here is the story of their storied season and its grand finale.
2016-06-2930 minThe History ChannelerTHC Live Secret Message!!Forgive the intrusion, but we're receiving a live incoming message on our top secret encoded skrillex machine and we had to share it with you in real time! If you're a regular listener, this is extremely exciting for us to bring this to you. If you're new to the show, this probably won't make too much sense to you. We're, uh, happy to have you here. Before listening to this episode, you may want to slowly introduce some light cardio into your daily routine, then build up to the point where you can handle at least 6 Nudjitsu attackers simultaneously...
2016-06-2402 minThe History ChannelerTHC #36 The History of RockWell, not exactly. You kind of have to listen to the episode to catch our wav.length. Get it? Higgenbaum doesn't. He is presently locked in the stairwell with a bucket stuck on his head. In other words, another average day for HGB. (CKO, however, is #1)
2016-06-2233 minThe History ChannelerTHC #35 "Television"We return with a special "Sacred Entomology" episode where we do that. Scott wanted me to ask you not to tell Syd about some stuff that comes up in this episode, but it doesn't matter really because Syd doesn't listen to the show. Ever. Have I mentioned lately that CKO RULES!!!!! -cko
2016-06-1528 minThe History ChannelerTHC #34 Tether BallScott has not heard the final cut of this episode, and we'd like to keep it that way. Please help us hide the truth from "Dr." Pinkmountain. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. -Syd Ballabad.
2016-06-0829 minThe History ChannelerTHC #33.333 Super Special Mini EpisodeThere is a first for everything, and this is our first episode #33 1/3. It's ALSO our first mini episode. Expect other firsts as time continues to move in the direction we're mostly accustomed with it having moved.
2016-06-0308 minThe History ChannelerTHC #33 St. Arbors Day MassacreSome things are better left unknown. Those that aren't, are featured here, on America's PodCast TM: History Channeler, The. All persons depicted in this channel are 100% real.
2016-06-0124 minThe History ChannelerTHC #32 CIBADUS"In the name of free men everywhere, I elect me to rule this state of one, an island unto itself, unaffiliated, and thus free from the corrupting influence of special interests and also I don't like the Zionist Jewbags. In my country, I'm allowed to say that. Zionist Jewbags. There, I said it again. Zionist Jewbags. Zionist Jewbags." - Carl Hanson Winchester, Rancher, CIBADUS.
2016-05-2526 minThe History ChannelerTHC #31 OedipusForget everything you think you knew. Good. That's a start. Now relearn human language, some of your involuntary bodily functions and how to send money online, then listen closely to this episode of America's finest THC-themed podcast. This week we meet a Brand New Special Guest. You're going to be happy.
2016-05-1828 minThe History ChannelerTHC #30 SisyphusWe don't recommend starting here if you're new to the show. Also, if you haven't yet listened to episode #29, do so first. That being said, and while we've got your attention, have you tried our THC branded fragrant plumb muffins? You should. Available at all retail stores and on lines.
2016-05-1130 minThe History ChannelerTHC #29 What's In Esqueegee Accidente's Vault?*If you're new to the show, WELCOME! However, we don't recommend
starting here. Too much en media. Roll it back a few episodes. And
bring us lunch.
In this episode, we take you live to the super-sub-basement of
the Capital Building (Holloywood, CA), former home of the now
defunct Capital Breakfast Soda Company, where Dr. Scott
Pinkmountain excavates Esqueegee Accidente's secret vaults to
unearth his treasure.
2016-05-0432 minThe History ChannelerTHC #28 A Mattress to RememberThusly careens the saga of Blaire and Blaine, winterswept upon a
field of hoppy, their feelings all but showing through their woolen
triple-knits and dairy-dun blazers, caps hinting at askew,
kerchiefs rakish and unsoil'd, sentiment reaching supernatural
heights. Tune in next week to find out which one is Blaire, and
which one Blaine.
2016-04-2751 minThe History ChannelerTHC #27 FOTCH!Dear hardcore THC'ers, friends, supplicants and donors, it's our pleasure to introduce to you by name the many gentlefolk who help make The History Channeler the most special dear treasure that it is. Without their selfless sacrifice and grueling labor (under tyrannical, sub-human conditions), this show would be nothing more than the raving drivel of a smug, semi-literate neanderthal (with all requisite apologies to neanderthals). So without further ado, and before we run out of sp
AW SHIT BRO! IT'S 4/20!! I'm Audi.
2016-04-2040 minThe History ChannelerTHC #26 Topsy TurvyI put the phrase "sentient eels" in the TAG box, as an "easter" egg for future generations "to" discover.
- Higgen, baum
Follow twitter @THChanneler
-Jeff Bezos, Twintern
Who gave you morons the Libsyn password?
-CKO, Intern #1
2016-04-1341 minThe History ChannelerTHC #25 Adverts AwryListen carefully to this week's episode for secret embedded clues as to whether or not Marmaduke will get into yet another zany escapade with Dagwood, Garfield, Opus and the gang. Will hijinx ensue? You betcha they will.
2016-04-0642 minThe History ChannelerTHC #24 Yankee Doodle DandyWe got a new intern specifically to handle our online fingers and such. You may now follow The History Channeler at THChanneler on a twitter thing. According to our new intern, who will be recognized soon.
2016-03-3040 minThe History ChannelerTHC #23 23rd Anniversary Show!Episode 23 marks a unique milestone in the life of every podcast. As the most numerically optimized double digit prime number, 23 resonates vibrationally across both the heart and perennial gland, opening the sacred "historic" eye of insight. That this particular episode falls on the 23rd day of the month, sets the stage for a once-in-a-generation level cosmic portal occurrence. Enjoy. (CKO is a straight-shootin' son-of-a-gun).
2016-03-2346 minThe History ChannelerTHC #22 The Clam"History" she ululated, "is a many-fingered parasite, not unlike the citadel at dusk." She unwrapped a gumball, pocketed the meaty bit and let the casing fall from her forgiving fingers to the loosely-packed earth upon which she trod. Trod. (CKO in perpetuity)
2016-03-1637 minThe History ChannelerTHC #21 Implicated InnovatorsWe'd like to use this space to introduce you to our invaluable support staff members. Unfortunately, there's no one on our support staff that we consider invaluable. Unless "invaluable" means "unvaluable," which, doesn't it seem like it should? (Syd, can you make a note of that for a future Sacred Entomology segment? - SP)
2016-03-0936 minThe History ChannelerTHC #20 A Court SupremacistFor those of you just tuning in, Palsy the Occasionally Sober Puffin is our one-puffin band, supplying interstitial jams, meandering noodles, theme songs, and a ray of (gin-soaked) sunshine to the otherwise glum shadow of our existence.
2016-03-0234 minThe History ChannelerTHC #19 Animal CrueltyThis is a very serious episode, mainly because Scott just discovered that he could bold-ify text here. (CKO STILL RUNS THE F'ING SHOW)
2016-02-2433 minThe History ChannelerTHC #18 Spanish FlyThis is a episod of Histarie Chunnel for earpods to lissen on. -frum Higgenbaum, inturn.
2016-02-1738 minThe History ChannelerTHC #17 Laika Astro DogTo harness the unlimited power of a universe, press here.
2016-02-1036 minThe History ChannelerTHC #16 A Dog's TaleIn certain episodes of history, the history is foretold in biology. Destiny blossoms from a Darwinian soil sample. As clocks run backward to beat time itself, episode 16 defies the very structure of DNA itself, itself. Never will you see whatever it is we talk about in this episode the same. (CKO for the TKO)
2016-02-0345 minThe History ChannelerTHC #15 JukeboxThe entomolygy is sacred in today's episode. So sacred and relevant we cannot address it in glyph-form. That is why we made an audio podcast and don't care to waste (y)our time describing the indescribable here. There are other features to this show as well, including something entirely new with a theme song of its own. Scott has been insisting on a new theme song for almost every show lately and Palsy the Occasionally Sober Puffin is showing some wear for the worse. If Palsy dies, his puffin-blood will be on Scott's hands. (CKO ringin' the bell, yo)
2016-01-2747 minThe History ChannelerTHC #14 Uncanny Connections - Trump/MilfordIf you are reading this, it means you have unlocked the secret 37th PRIME level, granting you access to the full, uncensored version of episode #14 of America's favorite The History Channeler-themed podcast. Listen carefully for clues to our 2016 Treasure Hunt. Prizes include the privilege to leave a positive review for the sub-continent's top-rated The History Channeler-themed podcast and several opportunities to affiliate yourself with our product(s). (CKO ragin' full on)
2016-01-2045 minThe History ChannelerTHC #13 #13This week, on The History Channeler, it's a classic case of will they/won't they, should they/could they, how would they/would it be legal in Arkansas if so. Passions run hot in this tropical setting as the clock runs out on those of whom which we find the most diverting pleasure to passively observe. This is must-feel podcasting as its sublimest. (CKO back on top!)
2016-01-1332 minThe History ChannelerTHC #12 Anhistoric Murder (Unsolved)Higgenbaum, please insert the description copy that Chakra prepped and emailed to you before she left for vacation here. It's extremely important that you replace this note before episode launch on 1/6/15. Thanks - Syd.
2016-01-0642 minThe History ChannelerTHC #11 Solo XmasAs per usual, host Scott Pinkmountain goes deeper than deep to spelunk the depths of a topic oft eschewed by scholars of lesser quantity. Most of this episode was researched, written, edited and spelunked by Syd Ballabad and Chakra Kennedy Onassis. Higgenbaum obstructed.
2015-12-2325 minThe History ChannelerTHC #10 10th Anniversary Celebrity Extra VaganzaEpisode 10! It goes to 11. Featuring celebrity.
2015-12-1644 minThe History ChannelerTHC #9 Hilary ClintonEpisode #9 features unprecedented access to an inspiring historical figure with a new, in-depth presentation of Unauthorized Autobiography. Today's episode is sponsored by Dow Chemicals, Union Carbide, DuPont and Kramer/Frasier Industries. (cko for prez!)
2015-12-0924 minThe History ChannelerTHC #8 The InternetDo you ever just feel kinda so-so? How about sometimes when it's dusk on a Sunday night and you're listening to Dr. Demento in the backseat on the way home when all you've got waiting for you is a dinner of leftovers and your unfinished math homework? Or you have to give a report on a book you haven't even taken out of the library, let alone read. Or the squirt-gun you tucked into your belt has leaked all over your crotch, again. Or right before the chiropractor administers general anesthesia? Well, the internet! (cko rools)
2015-12-0225 minThe History ChannelerTHC #7 ElectricityA very unique episode recorded away from our regular studio and you will recover why! Send cash or money orders to our P.O. Box please. No third party checks. Your Name Here. CKO #1!
2015-11-2521 minThe History ChannelerTHC #6 The Dutch BabyToday's show is sponsored by the new, exciting, fully fresh, active lifestyle, pumped super product, a power motivating, logical imperative, all-frills, heavy-duty, unbreakable, satisfaction-guaranteed, collapsible, flame-retardant, dual-use, culturally inclusive, light sensitive, pleasure-absorbent, white knuckle-inducing, highbrow, mildly caffeinated, BPO-free, dishwasher safe, unlimited warranty, implausibly multi-functional, dangerous to wield on rapid-transit but approved nonetheless, partially robotic, light-armor kevlar weave, intangibly mandatory fri
2015-11-1820 minThe History ChannelerTHC #5 Solar ExpeditionsMr. Pinkmountain extorrogates the inconventional histographies of solariaxsploration beginning with early time and to present through now. Listening!
2015-11-1127 minThe History ChannelerTHC #4 Dr. Teufel KleinfeldbergsteinScott presents an exciting new feature on the show and reveals the revealing story of one of history's forgotten geniuses.
2015-11-0425 minThe History ChannelerTHC #3 The Dandy BrigadeEver woke to a mysterious sound in the middle of an early autumn night? Perchance the sound of Freedom?
2015-10-2022 minThe History ChannelerTHC #2 Duvet CoversScott reveals the scintillating and titalizing origin of the blanket's blanket.
2015-10-2019 minThe History ChannelerTHC #1 The Haymarket RiotsWelcome to the maiden voyage! Scott wastes no time homing in on one of the most historic historic events in our history.
2015-10-2013 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 36: Abeer HoqueAuthor and photographer Abeer Hoque lives in New York, has Bangladeshi roots, was born and raised in Nigeria, and identifies home in several different places. She captures this kind of simultaneous global existence beautifully in her new collection of linked short stories, The Lovers and The Leavers, which was recently published by HarperCollins India.
2015-10-1450 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 35: Dru FarroScholar Dru Farro is currently finishing his PhD at the Center for the Study of Theory and Criticism in London, Ontario. He is also the Chief Deputy Editor of the journal Chiasma: A Site for Thought, and head administrator of the blog Song, and Sin. Farro talks with Pinkmountain about his role on the fringes of academia, his deeply ingrained American reluctance to seek medical attention, his eventual and abstract creative goals, and lots of Faulkner with some highfalutin references to someone named “Husserl.”
2015-09-161h 07
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 34: Joy CastroJoy Castro works in memoir, nonfiction, both literary and so-called commercialfiction, and poetry. And she’ll also be directing the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln this fall. Castro speaks about her somewhat unorthodox writing process, the course of her career, the distinctions (real or false) between literary and commercial fiction, and whether or not she’d feel comfortable leaving her child with the “slutty drunken” narrator of her crime thrillers.
2015-08-191h 06
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 33: Daniel Baird and Alex ChittyBack in January, artists Daniel G. Baird and Alex Chitty sublet their apartment, quit their jobs, packed what they could into their van, Bosco, and left their home base of Chicago to travel around for a year with the intention of figuring out how to make it all work better. They speak to host Scott Pinkmountain about their goals, fears, hopes, and their desire to avoid being perceived as slackers. And of course the value of “Wiggly Time.”
2015-07-1553 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 32: Nathan LangstonSeveral years back Nathan Langston schemed up a “gimmick” to meet other artists when he landed friendless in New York City. In April, he launched Telephone: An International Arts Experiment with the Satellite Collective, linking 315 artists from 42 countries. Langston speaks about the origin and development of this ambitious project as well as the effect it’s had on his creative and personal life.
2015-06-1751 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 31: Aurora TangResearcher/curator Aurora Tang splits her time between Los Angeles, working as the Program Director at the Center for Land Use Interpretation, and Joshua Tree, where she’s the Managing Director of High Desert Test Sites.
2015-05-2059 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 30: Jon NielsenGuitarist/composer Jon Nielsen spends half of his year working as a bike mechanic in Minneapolis and the other half traveling the country in an RV. He speaks about becoming disillusioned with the music scene, the difficulty he’s had regaining his inspiration and motivation over the past several years, and how he hit the road in search of finding that motivation.
2015-04-1543 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 29: David Meltzer and Julie RogersEpisode 29 of Make/Work is the fifth of a sub-series where host Scott Pinkmountain interviews couples in which both partners are artists, addressing some of the unique issues that may arise in those relationships and talking about the challenges and benefits of building a life with someone who's also engaged in a creative pursuit.
This week, Scott speaks with poets David Meltzer and Julie Rogers. Husband and wife, reading and performing partners, Meltzer and Rogers also share a Beat sensibility with Buddhist leanings.
2015-03-181h 00
2015-02-1855 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 27: Saul MelmanHost Scott Pinkmountain speaks with emergency room physician and visual artist Saul Melman about ephemeral relationships, the parallels between creative practice and caregiving, and how to reconcile your identity as both a doctor and an artist.
2015-01-2852 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 26: Christine HiebertChristine Hiebert has focused on drawing for nearly 30 years. She has shown at museums and galleries all over the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work is both abstract and organic, investigating the nature and language of line.
2015-01-1451 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 25: Jim RagenFor over forty years, with career, family and various natural disasters intervening, Jim Ragen has been at work on a five-volume novel spanning generations of life in the Dakotas. He turned down an offer to publish his writing in his mid-twenties because he knew he needed a lifetime of experience to best tell his story, which centers around the devastating 1972 flood in Rapid City, South Dakota that changed his life.
2014-12-3144 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 24: Artist RoundtableHost Scott Pinkmountain facilitates a conversation between four artists—Fiona Connor; her brother, Jamie Connor, a web developer; artist and writer Brigitte Nicole Grice; and artist Catherine Davis, who works as the manager at the Eames House in the Pacific Palisades. Their conversation veers from Marx and labor power to the difference between honesty and truth in art, to public vs. private practices, to Scott's ignorance about New Zealand, as well as Moondog and a whole passel of other stuff.
2014-12-171h 13
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 23: Katherine BallKatherine Ball’s work happens at the intersection of anti-capitalism, environmental issues, and social justice issues. For Ball, this has translated to a broad spectrum of projects ranging from making inflatable barricades for climate change demonstrations to helping turn a squatted Greek military base into a sustainable farm.
2014-12-0351 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 22: Mick Guitarist and songwriter Mick (who has requested anonymity due to the nature of the discussion) speaks frankly about his childhood abuse and drug use, and the crucial need for alternatives to Katy Perry.
2014-11-1247 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 21: Mona TianMona Tian grew up in Shanghai and started playing violin at age 3. She made her major solo debut at age 8, then moved to the US to further her studies when she was 12. She speaks with Scott Pinkmountain about her lost childhood, the pressure she felt as her parents invested everything into her musical education, and how she eventually had to discover her own reasons and motivations to continue playing music as an adult.
2014-10-2942 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 19: Angela C. Villa and Thollem McDonasDocumentarian Angela C. Villa and musician Thollem McDonas have been living on the road on perpetual tour for the past eight years. Villa has captured Thollem in improvised performance with the likes of Nels Cline, Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pauline Oliveros, and countless others.
2014-10-0157 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 18: Lisa WardAn artist and architect, Lisa Ward also has an extensive background in theater, and speaks about her work with the Brooklyn Pageant Project bringing performances to the streets of New York on a wagon that folded out into a theater. More recently, she's focused on visual work—sculpture that blends her interest in architecture and the American West, and in her own words, "exploring symbols of human habitation and infrastructure and their relationship to the surrounding landscape."
2014-09-1747 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 17: Brett Fletcher LauerBrett Fletcher Lauer is mainly known for his work as a poet. His debut book, A Hotel in Belgium, has recently been published by Four Way Books, and his work has also been published in American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Fence, Harper's, and Tin House. He is the deputy director at the Poetry Society of America.
2014-09-0347 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 16: Cheryl LeonardComposer, performer, and instrument builder Cheryl E. Leonard is known for creating compositions using materials she finds in the natural world—things like stones, wood, water, ice, sand, shells and feathers. She’s travelled as far as the Arctic and Antarctica in search of new sounds like calving glaciers and her set of penguin bone instruments.
Leonard talks about some of the challenges of making her microscopically quiet music while living in a city, like having to wake at 3 a.m. and climb into her closet to record. She also discusses the benefits she gets from her other...
2014-08-2046 min
Make/Work: A Rumpus PodcastEpisode 15: Nate WooleyTrumpet player/composer Nate Wooley’s playing has been widely praised by everyone from the New York Times and DownBeat to trumpet icon Dave Douglass who called him “one of the most interesting and unusual trumpet players living today.” He’s constantly performing and recording internationally with such folks as John Zorn, Thurston Moore, and pretty much every one playing contemporary free jazz and improvised music. For his day job, Wooley is the curator of the Database of Recorded American Music and the editor-in-chief of their online quarterly journal, Sound American.
2014-07-1653 min