In Pod Form
The web home of a podcast, hosted by Kevin Purdy and Phil Dzikiy, that aims to answer all the questions of our day. As long as they don't interrupt lunch.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]This track has had 20 playsEpisode 25: The Wooden Anniversary by In Pod FormEpisode 25: The Wooden Anniversary
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Kevin just discovered Allen Iverson’s “Talkin’ Practice” press conference, so Phil schools us all in a short history of players and coaches losing their ish in front of microphones. Then Kevin complains, like a child, about how hard bagels are to make at home, so a short list of things worth making on your own is compiled. Also: Sister Sister is discussed.
Run time: 35:06
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Great Press Conference Breakdowns in Sports History
“We Talkin’ ’Bout Practice”: Allen Iverson’s Famous Rant Was 10 Years Ago Today
You Are Who We Thought You Were Dennis Green - The Landry Hat
RealClearSports - Top 10 Coaches’ Tirades - 7. Herm Edwards - You Play To Win The Game!
Oklahoma State Football Coach Mike Gundy Upset - YouTube (a.k.a. “I’m a Man! I’m 40!”)
Things That Are Worth DIY-ing, Things That Are Not
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
Phil: @FakePhilDzikiy
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Phil is back, in dad form (sorry). He talks about what he’s learned from the experience, tension headaches, and respect, and we transition circle-of-life-style into the passing of Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA of the Beastie Boys, and what it meant. Finally, a bit of non-parody-parody Twitter, and the BTOTITWs.
Run time: 39:16
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Fatherhood
RIP MCA
The Story of Yo: The Oral History of the Beastie Boys | SPIN
Deceased Beastie Boy Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch Is Every Single Twitter Trending Topic Right Now
The In Pod Form Beastie Boys Album Ranking
- Paul’s Boutique
- Hello Nasty
- Licensed to Ill
- Check Your Head
- Ill Communication
- Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2
- To the 5 Boroughs
(Instrumental album The Mix-Up not included. It’s a neat album, but hard to compare.)
Non-Parody Non-Celebrity Twitter Accounts
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
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It’s Phil & Kevin’s last show before a brief new-parent hiatus, so they talk about the most obvious topic for maturing adults: last week’s not-even-six-minute apology show, and the Tupac hologram. Plus, a special Giant-Size Best Thing(s) on the Internet This Week! It’s just like the Giant-Size Marvel comics you used to get, except we don’t spend half of it settling a galactic war.
Run time: 30:28
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‘America’s sweetheart’ Debbie Reynolds heads to Marin - Marin Independent Journal
Zuckerberg did Instagram deal by himself, whittled Systrom down from $2 billion
Tupac’s Post-Mortem Marionette Show
Tupac Hologram Full Performance - YouTube (_Note: They’re taking these videos down like flies. Search link)
AMA Request: Someone who worked on the holographic display for 2Pac at Coachella : Reddit
Back to the Future II, Cubs beat Miami in World Series | Kris’ findings
SPECIAL GIANT-SIZE Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
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“Like, you lock your keys in your car but you do it in that way where you have enough time to process the information and actually say it like, “oh [crap] i’m locking my keys in —WHAT THE [FRACK]! I [FRACKING] KNEW I WAS DOING IT AND I DID IT… WHAT THE [FRACK]’S WRONG WITH ME!”
Run time: 5:45
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Phil & Kevin start with poutine, but don’t worry—they quickly get into the Great Blu-Ray Versus Digital Debate: whether it’s worth your time and money to upgrade your DVDs, or if digital (Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/iTunes) streaming is “good enough.” After that, Google’s creepy/fascinating “Project Glass,” a.k.a. the Actual Google Goggles.
Run time: 36:47
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Blu-Ray Versus “Good Enough” Digital
Encoding for Streaming (Netflix blog)
CANOE — CNEWS - Daily Feature: Go ahead and buy that PS3 - it really is a deal
What Classifies Online Video As HD Quality? | Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com
“Project Glass”
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]This track has had 32 playsEpisode 20: For the Sake of Bill Cosby by In Pod FormEpisode 20: For the Sake of Bill Cosby
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Phil & Kevin, talking over Skype, talk about what makes a great first line great—in movies, in novels, from TV shows, and from articles. And then there’s a bit about German translation. Then it’s on to the etiquette of shooting down relatives and Facebook friends with Snopes.com links. Then, Phil’s Best-Worst Thing on the Internet This Week is simply amazing, and amazingly wrong.
Run time: 39:47
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First Lines
Some complain that the brothers laugh at their own jokes, says Fulton
“All this happened, more or less.” Kurt Vonnegut, In Memoriam
The Trouble with Translations (on The Metamorphosis’ first line) (PDF link)
His A-head on the carrot - “This morning we will discuss carrots” - is legendary.
Is it worth correcting/Snopes-ing chain letters and Facebook posts?
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
Phil: Mega Millions Fever: Tips for Buying Your Lucky Lottery Ticket | ABC News
Kevin: Letters of Note (Particularly (NSFW): “Mickey Mantle’s outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium” and The Tiger Oil Memos)
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Run time: 40:43
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Michael Bay and Your Freaking Childhood
‘X-Men 4’, ‘X-Men 5’, and Deadpool: It’s All Happening | Film School Rejects
Alan Moore On Watchmen’s “Toxic Cloud” And Creativity V. Big Business | Co.Create
The Forgetting Pill Erases Painful Memories Forever | Wired Magazine
Mike Daisey, Lying, Journalism, and Also, Right, Lying
Mike Daisey: Reports of my Death have been Greatly Exaggerated
In Appearance at Georgetown, Mike Daisey Just Digs Deeper: DCist
Miscellaneous
- 2pac Feat. Celine Dion - Titanic My Heart Will Go On REMIX - YouTube (Opening theme source. It does weird things to your irony receptors).
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]This track has had 21 playsEpisode 18: North by North-Northeast by In Pod FormEpisode 18: North by North-Northeast
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Kevin provides In Pod Form’s official report from SXSW (the Interactive part with all the nerds, not the fun music part), and asks whether it can ever turn back from being Too Big. Then he forces Phil to talk about the deep cultural links in video games like Final Fantasy III and how they’re too rarely opened up. Then Phil asks us all what a Social Media Professional is, and we’re all a little bit more confused for it. And two really great picks for BTOTITW!
Run time: 41:46
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SXSW (Specifically Interactive)
4-Hour Work Week Is BS: Truths of Working Smarter (Kevin’s SXSWi panel)
Jay-Z Rocks SXSWi to Launch American Express, Twitter Partnership | Wired.com
VC’s worry SXSW masses will crowd out next great Internet startup - The Globe and Mail
Jeff Jarvis - Google+ - +Michael Pusateri tells why he won’t be going to SXSW this…
Homeless as Wi-Fi Transmitters Creates a Stir in Austin - NYTimes.com
Final Fantasy III, Les Misérables, and video game culture
Social Media Professional
Bill Hicks on Marketing - YouTube (NSFW, not even a little bit)
What Defines a Social Media Professional? | Social Media Club
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
Phil: I Can’t Stop Looking at Photos of Absurdly Tiny Homes - The Atlantic Cities
Kevin: Misogynistic Goodyear Tire Commercial - YouTube (thanks to Mike C.)
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Ryan Nagelhout, known to Buffalo sports fans as the lead writer of The Roost (a.k.a. The Goose’s Roost) joins Phil and Kevin to talk about working as both a traditional reporter and sports blogger, about the value of a personal blogging space, and reasonable expectations for the Buffalo Sabres. Kevin tries to seem vaguely sports-y.
(Note: Sorry about the less-than-great-by-recent-show-standards audio. It was our first time using 3 mics and, as always, we learned some lessons)
Run time: 33:50
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Ryan, a.k.a. The Goose’s Roost
Niagara Gazette - not a weekly paper, but a daily.
Sabres and such
Tom Golisano Selling Buffalo Sabres to Terry Pegula - NYTimes.com
Sabres add Hodgson, deal Gaustad in separate deadline trades - The Buffalo News
Fire and Ice | The Goose’s Roost (Ryan’s Self-Fire-Joe-Morganing/Self-Fun-with-Peter-King-ing)
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
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What’s in 146 minutes? A lot of astounding works of cinema, and also “Sex and the City 2.” Why are so many films drawn out to this length, including Goodfellas? Phil & Kevin also discuss web/consumer privacy and why you should care about it, and the spectre of “Graceland.”
Run time: 37:49
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Privacy, yo
Google privacy policy: The missing opt-out isn’t the only problem. - Slate Magazine
Joseph Turow: How Companies Are ‘Defining Your Worth’ Online : NPR
BBC News - iPhone apps Path and Hipster offer address-book apology
Wegmans Shoppers Club Card Beneficial in Event of Recall - YNN
Web Companies Agree to Support ‘Do Not Track’ System - WSJ.com
146 Minutes
Movies that run 146 minutes: Goodfellas, Funny People, The Shining (original cut), Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallow Pt. 1, The Help, Sex and the City 2, War Horse, The Abyss, Man on Fire, Angels & Demons …
The Shining - Post-release edit and European version - Wikipedia
Best Thing on the Internet This Week (BTOTITW)
