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2025-03-2536 minShakeytown RadioYou Got Babyfaced!A king-sized episode with a fine pewter sheen! Disrespect for Babyface via the Associated Press at the Grammys, more shenanigans happening in women's basketball, a rant in favor of wokeness and a discussion of how horror is a political genre, with some slasher history deep diving included as inspired by Sarah Sherman wielding a Texas chainsaw. Also, shout outs to Cinesylum, Horror Monger Collectibles, and Danelle Plaza, L.A. fire recovery efforts and keeping the zine libraries and fests alive, watching "Severance" and "Silo" (without spoilers!), and more pop culture talk. There aren't good people on both sides, but...
2025-02-051h 15Shakeytown RadioFire Walk With UsShakeytown is recovering from the ongoing fires and the passing of David Lynch. We discuss that, the TikTok ban, and the generally bleak season finale of American society. You know, a laugh riot of an episode!
2025-01-2037 minShakeytown RadioShakeymania: Caitlin Clark, Luigi, + morethe Shakeytown subscriber drive produces results... Caitlin Clark is TIME's Athlete of the Year... the Golden State Valkyries strategize their expansion draft... Luigi Mangione has people talking, including prisoners... and updates on former guests and comedian friends Ryan McKee and Jen Kirkman.... whether it's Clarkmania, Luigimania, or Shakeymania, come catch it
2024-12-1634 min2024-11-0637 minShakeytown RadioHalloween, Fore! - The Return of Gene and BrodieThe traditional Shakeytown Halloween is back after more than a decade, though this year, we are more concerned with the horror that is the presidential election. On this episode, we prefer Puerto Rico over Tony Hinchcliffe, we trash everyone else at that rally, we show off pumpkins and sort out Trick or Treat plans, and examine many of the 149 weird things that have happened this week.
2024-10-3137 minShakeytown Radio(not the) Anniversary ExtravaganzaWhy did Brodie think today was the 14th anniversary of the podcast? Who knows, who cares. But Gene saw BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, both our hosts saw the Harris-Trump debate, and there is some trash to talk about the usual suspects, including Steven Miller, Steve Bannon, and JD Vance. Also some website news and miscellaneous chat. theme: "Shakeytown," I Heart Hiroshima
2024-09-1234 minShakeytown RadioTrap, ApparentlyWhile this episode does not star Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills, we do discuss a proposed buddy cop show with her and Lindsay Lohan (Gene and Brodie are the ones proposing it). This one is actually kind of all over the place, with an SNL draft submitted by Matthew Teardrop (Manhattan Murder Mystery), Olympics talk, a little horror discussion, talking Burbank as an industry town, a plug for Chris from the "Is It Any Good?" taste test YouTube series and trying to answer his question about an elusive Christ the Redeemer statue, lots of dead celebrity mentions, and more...
2024-08-1630 minShakeytown Radiounprecedented.assassination attempt on Trump, Biden dropping out of the race, Kamala Harris securing the candidacy, JD Vance being a Diet Mountain Dew dork, the WNBA All Star weekend, and BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE… these times are certainly not precedented theme: “Shakeytown,” I Heart Hiroshima
2024-07-2437 minShakeytown RadioIt Will Only Get WorseYour favorite guns for hire, Gene George and Brodie Hubbard, talk about how they both now share a job status (as in… NONE). They also discuss John Corbett’s restaurant etiquette, whether or not comedians can “say anything anymore,” the surprising discourse on social media around MIAMI VICE, the butchering of the BRAZIL television edit, wartime in FULL METAL JACKET, knitting Micro into a man on THE PUNISHER, the box office performance of FURIOSA, more David Zaslav shenanigans, and climate change. March straight to the bottom with Shakeytown Radio.
2024-07-1033 minShakeytown RadioHer Web Connects Us AllGene George and Brodie Hubbard are back in the Shakeytown studios 10 years later making new episodes, and this one covers a lot of pop culture and politics, plus good ol' complaining and smack talking. A glimpse at MADAME WEB, SUSPIRIA (2018), POSSESSION, and LORDS OF SALEM, asking are gory movie fans bad people (and other reductive film criticism), issues in reality TV and ADR, having fun with bad and absurd movies, and then a detour into surprisingly enjoying sports, and then a 700 Club reference leads to a State of the Union. Also, when bad bosses die or get fired, and...
2024-06-0758 min
Shakeytown RadioRiverside DIY Print Fest 2014This is the way the podcast ends. This is the way the podcast ends. Not with a bang, but a gesundheit.
For what is probably the final episode of SHAKEYTOWN RADIO, we make our third annual visit to Riverside for the DIY Print Fest.
2014-05-2625 minShakeytown RadioClaremont Zinefest 2014Brodie returns to Claremont for the second annual Claremont Zinefest! Interviews with Tori Holder, xGRRRLx Zine, Yumi Sakugawa, Raymond Duran, Rusty Jordan, Jen and Aria from Skinned Knees, Suemi Guerra, and more!
2014-04-2143 min
Shakeytown RadioL.A Zine Fest 2014 - LIVE!This is the live report from L.A. Zine Fest 2014!
41 minutes of zines, zines, and more zines, with all these guests…
Alex Wrekk (Brainscan, Stolen Sharpie Revolution, Portland Button Works)Daryl Gussin (Razorcake)Kim Burly (Hurricane)Marya Errin Jones (ABQ Zine Fest)Robey Clark and Ani Raya-Flores (Pop-Hop Books)
and more
2014-02-2441 minShakeytown RadioL.A. Zine Fest & L.A. Zine Week preview w/ Kenzo Martinez
L.A. Zine Fest & L.A. Zine Week preview w/ Kenzo Martinez (1 hr, 8 mins)
BFH and L.A. Zine Fest organizer Kenzo (J.U.i.C.E., Pentagram) tell you all about what's coming up for L.A. Zine Week and L.A. Zine Fest! Plus, Alyssa from Interrobang Books phones in to talk about her upcoming releases. Featuring music by Wreck of the Zephyr and Wulfen Rag.
2014-02-101h 08Shakeytown RadioAshley Quach
Shakeytown Radio: Ashley Quach (1 hr, 17 mins)
Ashley Quach is a writer and illustrator who publishes at Sassquach.com.
We chat about foot-measuring paraphernalia, goofy existentialist sci-fi, and stunt marriage proposals. Ashley also talks about growing up in North Carolina and attending a school of science and mathematics, how trying to practice Chinese with a pen pal became a great romance, and balancing her interests in screenwriting and filmmaking with comics and zines.
Featuring music by Stompin' Tom Connors.
2014-01-201h 16Shakeytown RadioShakeytown Radio New Year's 2014 w/ Cheryl Klein, Lesley Perdomo, Amber Garza & Daisy Noemi
Shakeytown Radio New Year's 2014 w/ Cheryl Klein, Lesley Perdomo, Amber Garza & Daisy Noemi - 1 hr., 39 mins
Cheryl Klein is an author (The Commuters - City Works Press, Lilac Mines - Manic D Press), new Razorcake columnist, and BFH's new favorite party buddy.
Lesley Perdomo is a tattoo artist, madonnara (a.k.a. street painter, chalk artist), and a dear friend of our own delightful and dreamy Daisy Noemi.
Cheryl sits with BFH and Daisy, who have agreed to get matching friendship tattoos ("ZINE LIFE") courtesy of Lesley, and Shakeytown's favori...
2014-01-061h 39Shakeytown Radio HourShakeytown Radio New Year's 2014 w/ Cheryl Klein, Lesley Perdomo, Amber Garza & Daisy Noemi
Shakeytown Radio New Year's 2014 w/ Cheryl Klein, Lesley Perdomo, Amber Garza & Daisy Noemi - 1 hr., 39 mins
Cheryl Klein is an author (The Commuters - City Works Press, Lilac Mines - Manic D Press), new Razorcake columnist, and BFH's new favorite party buddy.
Lesley Perdomo is a tattoo artist, madonnara (a.k.a. street painter, chalk artist), and a dear friend of our own delightful and dreamy Daisy Noemi.
Cheryl sits with BFH and Daisy, who have agreed to get matching friendship tattoos ("ZINE LIFE") courtesy of Lesley, and Shakeytown's favorite hard femme...
2014-01-061h 39Shakeytown RadioShakeytown at Eastside Zine Market!Daisy Noemi and BFH visit the Hazard Park Armory for Eastside Zine Market, which we previewed with Adam Bernales and Yumi Sakugawa in our previous episode. The adventure that ensues is not unlike that old Choose Your Own Adventurebook where our heroes find themselves in Ultima. With Yumi at their side and with the help of trusted Bianca Barragan, they talk with old friends and new - Red Velvet ("Catherinette" zine), Marie ("Things and Such"), MariNaomi (previously), Carrie McNinch ("You Don’t Get There From Here"), Jen Venegas (“She’s Not A Morning Person,” SkinnedKnees.net), Brittany and Taylor from Cardio Arts, S...
2013-12-1146 minShakeytown RadioYumi Sakugawa! Adam Bernales (Seite Books)!Yumi Sakugawa is a comic book artist and illustrator, launching her book "I Think I Am In Friend Love With You" at Skylight Books in Los Feliz on Thursday, December 6th. Adam Bernales is a photographer, owner of Seite Books (a bookstore in East L.A.), and organizer of the Eastside Zine Market, which takes place at Hazard Park Armory on Sunday, December 8th. Yumi and Adam join BFH to discuss zines, childhood reading adventures, the bookstore industry, cooperative subcultures, deep platonic love, and nerding out over printing supplies.
2013-11-251h 03Shakeytown RadioEleanor Whitney
Shakeytown Radio: Eleanor Whitney (1 hr, 13 min)
Eleanor Whitney is the zinester behind Indulgence, a co-founder and former organizer of Portland Zine Symposium, the blogger behind killerfemme.com, and the author of Grow: How to Take Your Do It Yourself Project and Passion to the Next Level and Quit Your Job.
BFH chats with Eleanor about her childhood in Portland, Maine, her introduction into the counterculture of the Pacific Northwest and her zine activities in Portland, Oregon, her journey into academia and the professional world in New York City, her adventures as a musician and tourin...
2013-11-1101 minShakeytown RadioShakeytown Radio at IE Zine Quest!BFH, Daisy Noemi & Rhea (whisperkid, L.A. Zine Fest) report live from Augie's Coffee in the Redlands for IE Zine Quest! Interviews with Sarah Bitely ("Pimpkillah"), the Rocket Punch Pirates, Daniel and Vanessa from "Influentza," Sarah and Lowell from "Freeways Collide," Ariel Zitny, Tori Holder, Yumi Sakugawa, and the organizer of IE Zine Quest, Raymond Duran.
2013-11-0641 minShakeytown RadioSan Diego Zine Fest (w/ special guest hosts Eryca Sender & Daisy Noemi)Eryca Sender (L.A. Zine Fest founder, writer of "My Little Friend" & "Dear High School Boy") & artist/photographer Daisy Noemi join BFH for a live scene report from the first-ever San Diego Zine Fest. Listen to interviews with the folks behind Reflekt Magazine, Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go, Crusty Comics, and an organizer of SDZF. We also say hello to our friends Jen Venegas ("She's Not A Morning Person," SkinnedKnees.net), Sara & Lowell from Freeways Collide, & Sarah Bitely ("Pimpkillah").
Eryca comforts BFH during an anxiety attack by explaining sticker culture. BFH has an emotional experience talking to high school students making z...
2013-10-0957 minShakeytown RadioRaymond DuranRaymond Duran is on the podcast this week to chat about his roles with IE Zine Quest, a zine fest celebrating the Inland Empire that also includes visitors from L.A. (like FAIR DIG and Daisy Noemi!), and the comic book store A Shop Called Quest. Ray and BFH discuss how Anthropologie and their sweet, sweet candles brought them together, being old men at underground shows, the potential of the DC Comics movie franchises, the joys of being a collector, and all the vendors you can expect to see on Saturday, November 2 at Augie's Coffeehouse in Redlands CA for IE...
2013-09-301h 13Shakeytown RadioMariNaomiMariNaomi is an author and illustrator, combining her talents as a writer and an artist to tell stories of "love, sex, failure [and] hope." She published the zine "Estrus Comics" for ten years, as well as produced work in others mediums, such as painting and collage. Her first book, "Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22" came out in 2011 as she began a tour with the feminist literary collective Sister Spit, and she is working on her second book, "Turning Japanese."
Mari joins BFH on the podcast to discuss the pivotal role Ron Paul played in her life (well, at l...
2013-09-231h 07Shakeytown RadioKaty Goodman (La Sera, Vivian Girls)
Katy Goodman is a singer and bassist for her own project, La Sera, as well as collaborating for the last several years with Vivian Girls, in addition to appearances with other bands. She joins Brodie and Libby in the new Shakeytown Studio, on a hill looking over Los Angeles' eastside, to discuss the deceptive difficulty of Misfits songs, college diplomas that may or may not exist, computer coding and other scientific pursuits, the influence of hardcore music and Riot Grrl on her work, and the evil genius of Kim Dotcom. The songs on this episode are from Katy's aforementioned ban...
2013-09-091h 16Shakeytown RadioLibby Ward & Bob Schriner interview Will Kistler!Will Kistler is a character animator who has had his share of his own podcasts, both Japan!c TV and Secondhand Storytime, and collaborated with our own Libby on the short "A Slow Day In Comedy."
Bob sits in at Shakeytown Studio C with Libby as she asks Will about his early influences as a kid going to the movies, honing his craft on public access television as a teenager, working in 3D animation as an adult, and the career that is taking him out of the United States.
Libby and Bob also chat with Will about breaking into creationist...
2013-08-051h 10Shakeytown RadioFreeways Collide's Int'l Zine Month event at Space 15 Twenty, w/ special guest co-host Daisy NoemiThe delightful and dreamy Daisy Noemi, an artist, illustrator, and photographer, is BFH's special guest cohost for an episode recorded from Freeways Collide's International Zine Month event at Space 15 Twenty. They chat with Dustin Garcia, Sara from Freeways Collide, and the folks from Sleep Talk Press, MC Sunflower Jones Productions, and Influentza. Bianca closes the show with guest Matt Walsh (Bugliens) and a bunch of dogs running around. There's complaints about heat and parking fees, positive stuff about DIY art and the zine community, celebrity lookalikes, cold beverages, talking trash about people we hated in high school who are now definitely...
2013-07-2945 minShakeytown RadioShakeytown @ SoundpaintBrodie goes to the Airliner for the Soundpaint event presented by Late Night Laggers and Magic Garage, with a postcard exchange and zine library hosted by L.A. Zine Fest. Brodie finally talks to Rhea (LAZF, Family Dinner Radio, Whisper Kid) for the first time on air, and, oh my, has she had a day. Also, interviews with The Drawing Club, Marjorie of Magic Garage, artist and filmmaker Zara Bloom, Jeff of Common Genus zine, Matt of many musical projects, including Bugliens, and artist Roxanne Morataya. Brodie chats and hangs up pictures with our old friend Simon Sotelo, and pledges a...
2013-07-1652 minShakeytown RadioPost-IndependenceIndependence Day is over but the revolution in Shakeytown is just beginning. This week, Brodie Foster Hubbard tries something different from the usual format, though very traditional in the world of radio. It's just BFH, a lot of songs for the July 4th party we didn't get around to having, and some stories about hometowns, bad last calls in Palm Springs, beautiful strangers answering the door, and Mike Ness' idiosyncrasies.
Also, some info about upcoming events with Shakeytown Radio, Fair Dig, L.A. Zine Fest, and Freeways Collide.
2013-07-0854 minShakeytown RadioShakeytown Summer Solstice Supermoon Special w/ Simon Sotelo
Simon Sotelo (hiresimon.com) is an artist and illustrator, one of the hosts of Family Dinner Radio on Poobah.com, and an L.A. Zine Fest organizer. She joins BFH, Gene, Bob, and birthday gal Libby to talk about summertime, print art, the creative process, dating professional hobos, marionettes, songs about dog-related mysteries, and cult aesthetics.
Also featuring the music of The Undertones.
2013-06-241h 14Shakeytown RadioEnd Of Year ThreeBFH, Gene & Libby close out the third year of the podcast - a season finale, if you will. As we approach our upcoming summer specials and the start of Shakeytown Year Four, the team looks back at the last year of interviews, tells stories about what happened off microphone, share their recent personal adventures away from the podcast, and chat on the usual tangents about politics, pop culture, and tortured segues and references. Also, featuring the music of Timbre Timbre and Hickey.
2013-05-051h 09Shakeytown RadioLive From Claremont ZineFest (special guest host: Bianca Barragan)
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Shakeytown Radio, live from Claremont Zinefest outside of Grove House at Pitzer College, with special guest host Bianca Barragan - 51 minutes
BFH is joined by Bianca Barragan (the writer of the “You Can Trust Me” series of zines and an organizer with L.A. Zine Fest), our special guest host.
This episode includes:
-chats with Raymond Duran from A Shop Called Quest, Meredith Wallace from L.A. Zine Fest, Amber Garza from Zineworks, and the faculty and student organizers of CZF
-reviews of student midterm zines
-stories from Bianca about her years at Pitzer
-a live, on-mic BF...
2013-04-2950 minShakeytown RadioDylan Brody
(photo by Cat Gwynn)
Shakeytown Radio Hour: Dylan Brody (1 hr., 36 mins.)
Dylan Brody is a storyteller, humorist, author, columnist, radio personality, recording artist, martial arts master, and all-around good dude. He joins BFH and Bob on the podcast this week to discuss his new album Writ Large, growing up with showbiz in his blood, his prep school adventures and the writing advice that John Irving gave him, coming out to Los Angeles to make it as a comedian and joke writer, and how he evolved on his path as a Purveyor of Fine Words and Phrases. Brody takes the mic...
2013-04-151h 36Shakeytown RadioMike Postalakis
Shakeytown Radio Hour: Mike Postalakis (1 hr., 25 min.)
Mike Postalakis (Dickheads comedy group, Hugs & Disses podcast) joins us to discuss the quality or lack thereof of street performers, catering celebrity parties, debauchery in the Delta, and the upcoming Night of Storytelling where he'll be sharing quite the tale (we know what it is and we're not telling). This episode features the music of (Young) Pioneers.
2013-03-251h 25Shakeytown RadioAllison Krumwiede
Allison Krumwiede is an artist, illustrator, zinester, and 80s/90s pop culture devotee.
This week, she joins BFH, Libby, and Bob to discuss growing up and living in Rancho Cucamonga, buying and selling art on Etsy, being interviewed by ESPN at L.A. Zine Fest (wait, what?!), and we all chat about our favorite donuts and Mormon magnet cities.
We also plug Claremont Zinefest, where Allison, BFH, and our pal Bianca Barragan will be tabling, as well as Bob, BFH, and some previous Shakeytown guests appearing at A Night of Storytelling, and Libby's new favorite Second City show, One City U...
2013-03-111h 40Shakeytown RadioLive From L.A. Zine Fest 2013
Shakeytown Radio - Live from L.A. Zine Fest 2013 (34 min, 43 sec)
Brodie, Gene, Libby, and Bob report live from L.A. Zine Fest. Gene chats with Ben Lazarus, who sells his own buttons and his wife Mashanda's zines from the Shakeytown Radio table. Brodie interviews Beth Dean (Black Forest), Alex Wrekk (Stolen Sharpie Revolution, Portland Button Works, Brainscan, Copy Scams, Nobody Cares About Your Stupid Zine), Adam Scott Paul (L.A. Coffee Club), Claire Palermo (Punk Tree Distro), Sarah Bitely (Pimpkillah), and Elliot Fong (Double Fur Press, Riverside DIY Print Fest). Amber Garza is talked about but never captured on...
2013-02-2034 min
Shakeytown RadioBianca Barragan (L.A. Zine Fest 2013 preview)
Bianca Barragan (@cocothegorilla) is a writer, journalist, and one of the organizers of L.A. Zine Fest and L.A. Zine Week.
Bianca joins BFH, Gene, Libby, and Bob to preview all the events surrounding the fest and L.A. Zine Week. They all discuss what titles hooked them into zine culture and how the DIY ethic is important for Los Angeles. Bianca also talks about her own writing and experiences in organizing last year's and this year's LAZF. Being that this is The Shakeytown Radio Hour, there are also wild tangents, including about Tim Roth, Bronson Pinchot, sentient garbage...
2013-01-211h 31Shakeytown RadioShakeytown New Year 2013 w/ magician Joel Ward & actress Allison Minick
Ring in the New Year with some magic, courtesy of magician Joel Ward and actress Allison Minick.
We discuss the magic circuit and stage scene, BFH's radical sixth grade interpretation of "Macbeth," caring for doves and hoarding tennis balls, Bill Murray as Joan of Arc, and what the International Brotherhood of Magicians really thinks of GOB Bluth and "Arrested Development."
Featuring the music of Hickey, Three Mile Pilot, and The Straight Arrows (pictured above).
2013-01-071h 15Shakeytown RadioThe Shakeytown Radio Holiday SpecialWhat is the meaning of Hanukkah? What is the importance of Christmas? How does someone who doesn't believe in anything handle the holidays? What do a reggae musician, a basketball veteran and restaurant owner, a dead dog, a pixie imp, and one of the greatest comedians of all time have in common? It's part Charles Dickens, part Charlie Brown, and part Cult of Cthulhu, when BFH, Gene George, and Libby Ward celebrate the season on The Shakeytown Radio Holiday Special. With music from Yidcore, The Wailers, Galactic Pegasus, and Frank Black and the Catholics.
2012-12-2440 minShakeytown RadioThe Shakeytown Radio Reunion SpecialWhy have the airwaves of Shakeytown Radio been silent so many months? Exactly what happened after Lizzy Pilcher's appearance? Where has Team Shakeytown been this entire time? What does the mafia, MMA, voter fraud, and the British actor Ade Brookshire have to do with all this? How can you say we go about things the wrong way? The Shakeytown Radio Reunion Special will answer all these questions and more as Libby Ward and Bob Schriner put on their reporter hats, flash their journalistic credentials, and interview Gene George and others in not only the most important episode of the podcast, b...
2012-11-191h 04Shakeytown Radio HourThe Shakeytown Radio Reunion SpecialWhy have the airwaves of Shakeytown Radio been silent so many months? Exactly what happened after Lizzy Pilcher's appearance? Where has Team Shakeytown been this entire time? What does the mafia, MMA, voter fraud, and the British actor Ade Brookshire have to do with all this? How can you say we go about things the wrong way? The Shakeytown Radio Reunion Special will answer all these questions and more as Libby Ward and Bob Schriner put on their reporter hats, flash their journalistic credentials, and interview Gene George and others in not only the most important episode of the podcast, b...
2012-11-191h 04Shakeytown RadioJazz Standard TimeOh, hey, it's a Shakeytown Radio Minute, which much like jazz, has lots of riffing. Libby shares her love of the musician's lifestyle and plans for a Vegas writing adventure. Gene details the joys and trials of daddyhood. BFH has got something to say, he pulled the string on a talking Mork doll today.
2012-07-1635 minShakeytown RadioFor The Week of July FirstOh, hey, it's been a while. Let's talk about gross possum, alien movies, feet fetishes, Rube Goldberg devices, mandatory ice cream, and The Most Powerful Women In The World. It's a Shakeytown Radio Minute with Libby, Gene, and BFH.
2012-07-0221 minShakeytown RadioRiverside DIY Print FestA Shakeytown Radio Minute: BFH files a report from an independent publishing event at the Blood Orange Infoshop in Riverside, and interviews Angela Chaos, one of the organizers of the event and a zinester in her own right ("Bitch King," "Raptor Fancy," and the zine distro and workshop organizers Zineworks). Also, the music of The Cigs.
2012-05-2813 minShakeytown RadioMokes-o-RamaA Shakeytown Radio Minute: A friend of the show has been simultaneously celebrated and besmirched. BFH said more than his share on Twitter, so Gene weighs in on our beloved Malkah Duprix (Mountain Kids Fantasy, @mocoddle on Twitter) and her recent rise to internet fame (and infamy) as the curator of "Law & Order & Food."
2012-05-2313 minShakeytown RadioThis Leader Tape Is BlueA Shakeytown Radio Minute - the return of Club Ding-a-Ling, Libby has a table read, Brodie is playing music again, Bob tells a story about Laundry Shake, and Gene talks up the book "Yeltaw."
2012-05-1514 minShakeytown RadioMarcoA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Our first episode with your friend and mine, Bob Schriner, as an official member of Team Shakeytown, is named after the late Marco Holt. The first half is very funny as we wonder- outside music festivals: why? The second half is more reflective as we discuss the good folks we've lost the last month or so. Finally, we wrap up with a preview of our upcoming guests, and music from Marco's most recent project before his passing, The Tremulants.
2012-04-2633 minShakeytown RadioMeet Libby Ward
A Shakeytown Radio Minute: We welcome Libby Ward (@sneakyvarmint) into the family.
2012-04-0525 minShakeytown RadioRyan McKee and Ron Babcock Gene George is back from paternity leave! Libby Ward is new to the Shakeytown Radio team! Ron Babcock, who was our third-ever guest, returns for a second appearance! Ryan McKee visits from New York for his first Shakeytown Radio interview!
Before their success on the East and West Coasts, Ryan and Ron founded Modest Proposal, a comedy partnership with a magazine and live show, several years ago in Phoenix, Arizona. On this inebriated episode, Ryan talks about his forest service past and MTV.com present. Ron and Ryan recall their semester at sea, joining comedic forces and becoming zinesters, Brodie's invo...
2012-04-021h 45Shakeytown RadioReporting from Shelf Life 2, our correspondent...On this Shakeytown Radio Minute, Brodie visits the independent publishing event Shelf Life 2 and chats with Julie and Stan from gulahlah comics. Listen to the report here, check out the pictures and links at http://shakeytownradio.com.
2012-03-2614 min2012-02-1403 minShakeytown RadioL.A. Zine Fest preview w/ Alex Chiu, Keenan Keller & Tom NeelyAlex Chiu (http://alexdoodles.com, "Eyeball Burp"), Keenan Keller (http://drippybonebooks.com, "Whore Eyes," "Galactic Breakdown"), and our old pal Tom Neely (http://iwilldestroyyou.com, "The Blot," "The Wolf," "Henry & Glenn Forever") join Gene and Brodie to chat about L.A. Zine Fest (http://lazinefest.com), running through February. Alex discusses his exhibit at Flock Shop on Feb. 11, Keenan & Tom discuss their readings upstairs at The Last Bookstore on Feb. 18, and we also cover independent publishing of comics and zines, outsider art, sex cults, proper use of the word "utilize," & Gene's next adventure in parenting as he takes a hiatus...
2012-02-061h 38Shakeytown RadioShakeytown Winter Holiday Year End Special
Shakeytown Winter Holiday Year End Special (01:36:49)
Two years into the podcast, one year until the end of the world! A look back and a look forward as Gene and Brodie discuss kitchen catastrophes, Muppet movies, jarring job interviews, Bob Calhoun’s Beer, Blood, & Cornmeal, and the holiday hiatus. Music by The Ramones, Roar, and Mishka Shubaly.
2011-12-121h 36Shakeytown RadioMovember RainA Shakeytown Radio Minute: It's November, the month of the moustache, and it's been raining in L.A. That has nothing to do with this episode about the holidays, video stores, and Blink-182.
2011-11-1425 min2011-10-2408 minShakeytown RadioOccupy ShakeytownA Shakeytown Radio Minute: We are the 99%... of the same ol' conversation about Occupy Wall Street. But maybe our take on it is 1% better than the rest.
2011-10-2019 minShakeytown RadioFailed PilotsA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene's new dogs and Brodie's book of failed pilots.
2011-10-1713 minShakeytown RadioAmber Kenny
Shakeytown Radio Hour: Amber Kenny
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Amber Kenny (@amber_kenny) is a comedian, one of the hosts of The Long Shot (it's a podcast), and producer of Warm 'n Fuzzy at The Improv Lab.
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She chats with Gene and Brodie about growing up in a spiritual commune in Corona, CA, dance and theatre, venturing into sketch, improv, and standup. The conversation goes deep into "SNL" casting, finding "the game," UCB vs. IO vs. Groundlings, the difficulty of producing shows, and much more comedy minutiae.
Also, the music of...
2011-10-101h 50Shakeytown RadioCreepsA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Full episodes returning soon! In the meantime, an unaired anecdote.
2011-10-0304 minShakeytown RadioBFH: RecoveringA Shakeytown Radio Minute: It's Brodie Foster Hubbard's turn at a soloisode!
2011-09-2209 minShakeytown RadioGene George: CupcakeA Shakeytown Radio Minute: It’s a Genecast soloisode! Gene has thoughts on cupcakes and “The Ukulady” Thessaly Lerner has a song called “Cupcakes & Art,” available on her album “Banned From Canters.”
2011-09-1912 min2011-09-1214 minShakeytown RadioLabor Day Special! With Bob Schriner!Bob Schriner, standup comedian, "Chunklet" contributor, and pranking legend, makes his return to the show as the first repeat guest and the first guest in the brand new and improved Shakeytown Studios (thanks Megan Marie!) to tell stories and chat with Gene and Brodie about topics including the world's worst song, cruisin' with Weezer, (TRIGGER WARNING!) rape culture in comedy, Scooby-Doo, The Ramones, the guy playing guitar at the house party, Jacki O and "Poolboy Magazine," and Zooey Deschanel and the unbelievable premise of her TV show "The New Girl."
2011-09-051h 05Shakeytown RadioThe Crowd Goes Wild (Back To School Special)A Shakeytown Radio Minute: Brodie is busy. Gene has really good news. We answer questions. Also, a plug for next week's guest, filmmaker Emett Casey, and his Kickstarter.
2011-08-2214 minShakeytown RadioCalico CooperCalico Cooper (@calicozcoop on Twitter) is an actress, choreographer, dancer, and singer who grew up in Phoenix, AZ, toured the world in her father Alice Cooper's stage show, sung on the Piggy D album "The Evacuation Plan" (the song "Chemistry" is featured in this episode), studied at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre, and has appeared in such feature films as "Dakota Skye," "Bunny," and "Suck." She stars in the new cerebral horror movie " Thirty Proof Coil."
Gene and Brodie set up shop in Calico's home with their first-ever live studio audience to discuss Magic: The Gathering, private...
2011-08-151h 59Shakeytown RadioAll Sorts Of GarbageA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene and Brodie's travel tales! Plus, drug talk from squares and existential banana bread.
2011-08-0818 minShakeytown RadioIf You Can Read This...A Shakeytown Radio Minute: Hair products, “Mad Men” parties, allergy diets, farm smell, and the most beautiful woman in sitcom history.
2011-07-1818 minShakeytown RadioGet WhiteyA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene feels exposed. Brodie goes to the Bay Area for a ska show. The podcast should have got that one guest who was in Santa Monica the whole time.
2011-07-0706 minShakeytown Radio@A Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene and Brodie are happy about being featured by Christine E. Taylor in "Anatomy Of A Podcast." Brodie has an idea for a new NPR show from within the "Star Wars" universe. Gene eulogizes dying social networks.
2011-07-0612 minShakeytown RadioMedia Echo ChamberA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Disappointment. Blackouts. Dog graduation. Something about circumcision. Subcultures in which wardrobe is essential. Gender-free zone. The lighter side of suicide.
2011-07-0515 minShakeytown RadioRemember, Remember, The Fourth of JulymemberA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Podcast fights, means to fly, how's your sex life, doomed trips to Doomie's, and unusual deaths. Is that right? Can we start over?
2011-07-0412 minShakeytown RadioBob Schriner (Chunklet) and Ghoul Skool (Everything Is Terrible)Part one of a conversation with Bob Schriner (Chunklet), legendary prankster and comedian, and Ghoul Skool (Everything Is Terrible), found footage aficionado. We discuss kidnapping Ronald McDonald, the upcoming EIT Fest, stealing U-Hauls, and making action films on videotape. Join them, Gene George, and BFH to usher in a new era for Shakeytown Radio - YEAR TWO! Cameos by Suki-Rose from Cinefamily, and Helen the upstairs neighbor.
2011-06-201h 24Shakeytown RadioGruber StoriesThis Shakeytown Radio Minute is a previously unheard excerpt from when James Urbaniak appeared on the show. Brodie tells an anecdote about David (Gruber) Allen of "Freaks and Geeks" and The Naked Trucker fame.
2011-06-0802 min2011-06-0705 min2011-06-0606 minShakeytown RadioIt's Not You, It's UsA Shakeytown Radio Minute: The music of Roar and some chat about Michael Shannon, comic books, Paul Reiser, and Meghan McCain. Plus, Gene doesn’t get cringe humor, and Brodie doesn’t get young Republicans.
2011-04-1124 minShakeytown RadioNo Cats On The TableA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene and Brodie tackle more Wikipedia and Rebecca Black nonsense, the Port Huron Statement, the sisters Thyre, the accusations against Bowie and Jagger, and the politics of outing. Plus, answering questions from old high school chums, and the music of The Flying Burrito Brothers.
2011-04-0835 minShakeytown RadioSurprise!A Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene and Brodie's first and last word on Rebecca Black before more important things, like Mike Meyers' love life and Twitter rot. Then, a retrospective on all the guests and the biggest surprises for Shakeytown Radio so far. Also, the music of one of Shakeytown's First Ladies, Megan Marie, from her former band Triple Nipple.
2011-04-0727 minShakeytown RadioGhost TrainA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene George hosts today's episode by himself to interview a guest that wasn't too hard to get - the musician Brodie Foster Hubbard. Also, a reprise of yesterday's conversation about female comedians dealing with sexism, plus Wikipedia notability and taunting the ghost of Frank Sinatra.
2011-04-0626 minShakeytown RadioGod Only KnowsA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Dog nipples, big spoilers for the "Big Love" series finale, J.P. Spaulding asks, "What if God was one of us?," and the Grand Marshall of the St. Patrick's Day Parade asks, "Have you seen this boy?" Plugs for The 4 & 20 at Eagle Rock All Star Lanes, The Thrilling Adventure Hour at Largo at the Coronet, and Ben Blacker's TV Writing Seminars for 826LA at Nerdist Industries at Meltdown Comics. And a conversation about sexism, feminism, objectification, and playground homophobia. Also, the music of Roman Grant and the Juniper Creek Choral Society.
2011-04-0521 minShakeytown RadioNOOOOOOOOO!A Shakeytown Radio Minute: Personal updates, problematic performers, the screams of Dale Midkiff, superimposing Tracy Morgan's head on the body of Nancy Marchand, and the greatest sitcom of all time about a court at night. Also, the music of Captain Automatic!
2011-04-0420 minShakeytown RadioDIRTY SEXY PODCAST w/ Meghan McCain & BFHThe Shakeytown Radio Network proudly announces a new show with Meghan McCain and Brodie Foster Hubbard: “Dirty Sexy Podcast”!
These two crazy kids from Phoenix, Arizona moved to L.A. to pursue their different careers. Now they’ve come back together to talk pop culture, politics, and their personal lives.
2011-04-0101 minShakeytown RadioJames Adomian - Live from the Dresden Room!James Adomian, live from the Dresden Room in Hollywood, California! Only here, on The Shakeytown Radio Hour! James talks to Gene and Brodie about his stand-up, sketch, acting, and writing career and his impersonations of Jesse Ventura, Alex Jones, Brody Stevens, Paul F. Tompkins, Eddie Pepitone, and many more. The conversation also turns to “Saturday Night Live” and their monopoly on network television sketch comedy, archaic recording formats, the hotness of Mario Van Peebles, tense phone calls from Huell Howser, and the impending apocalypse and takeover of Earth by octopus people. Also featuring… the music of Marty and Elayne!
2011-02-281h 20Shakeytown RadioBrown Bunny SituationA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene and Brodie praise "Parks and Recreation," one of them is seen outside a hotel with Chloë Sevigny, we get a Pauley Perette follow-up, and a discussion of big spoilers from "The Shield" season five.
2011-02-2222 minShakeytown RadioEntréA Shakeytown Radio Minute: On this Valentine's Day minisode, Frank Black sings to the atoms in your heart, Gene's just talkin' 'bout mine shafts, Brodie stands between Roastmaster General Jeffrey Ross and "Real World" bad boy Puck, and Jimmy Dore knows a secret.
2011-02-1414 minShakeytown RadioDip/TetA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene and Brodie talk about Podcast Squared, booster shots, volunteering, and being respectful of Charlene Yi in tense traffic situations - all this in 10 minutes!
2011-02-0710 minShakeytown RadioKolacheA Shakeytown Radio Minute: Gene and Brodie test a new type of minisode with the iPad. They discuss lunar travel, Czech baked goods, Neil Hamburger, poochies (to the EXTREME!), the difference between Wendy O. Williams and Lydia Lunch, the authenticity of Pauley Perrette, the Coen Brothers' "Miller's Crossing," spousal intellectual cowing, leap year birthdays, and the most important part of President Obama's State of the Union. Featuring the song "I Viborate," by an Arkansas master - Bobby Brown and The Curious! (That's rockabilly Bobby Brown, not the one from New Edition.)
2011-02-0410 minShakeytown RadioShakeytown's New Year's EpisodeAfter treating the listening audience to a song, Gene and Brodie discuss Nina Bargiel's contribution to the Lizzie McGuire canon, take questions from Twitter, report on how their holidays went, chronicle Brodie's fight with Frankenstein youth on the mean streets, psychoanalyze Brodie's challenging Jesse Thorn to a boxing match (for charity!), make New Year's resolutions, plan getting loaded in 2011 with JP Spaulding, and end the show with some more crooning and funky beats.
2011-01-011h 22Shakeytown RadioSHAKEYTOWN SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTA few words about our upcoming episodes and many more words about our friend Jim Vitale and how he needs your help on Kickstarter for his new album!
2010-11-2014 minShakeytown RadioHALLOWEEN!!! w/ Megan Marie & Tish LeHewThe scariest Shakeytown yet! Megan Marie joins her husband Brodie and their friend Gene to talk about NoNotLiterally.com, expensive vegan weddings, and film, literature, and television from the horror genre. Gene's wife Tish joins in as the conversation turns to breastfeeding, placenta eating, vaccines, and the Buffalo Bill tuck-and-dance. THE HORROR, THE HORROR! Also, the most frightening episode music yet, from the Silver Shamrock company.
2010-10-252h 08Shakeytown RadioSam Varela (Naked Comedy)Sam Varela is the host of "Naked Comedy" (http://nakedcomedy.org), where she conducts in-depth interviews with the top performers in comedy today. On this episode of "Shakeytown," Sam tries to turn the interviewing tables on Gene and Brodie, but not before she herself has the tables turned on her! Conspiracy theories! Mean Hitchcock! Racism in NorCal! Airplane noise! Brak and Space Ghost! Did I mention the table turning?
2010-09-062h 03Shakeytown RadioA Very Special ShakeytownYour emails, your calls, your reviews, your questions, and our trips to New Orleans and New York City! Also featuring music from Mishka Shubaly and Malkah Duprix!
2010-08-301h 42Shakeytown RadioEpiz0de Zer0Meet the hosts of Shakeytown Radio Hour, Gene George and Brodie Foster Hubbard.
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