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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Episode 38: Billy Joel Space-Time
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Kevin talks about what it was like having a cat missing for 17 days. Phil & Kevin discuss technology writing and their sense of what it means when something “works.” Then they both just let go on everything they think about Billy Joel.
Note: The audio for roughly the first half is a bit tough at times, due to faulty mic placement. Our apologies—it gets better. We’re a bit rusty.
Run time: 56:49
Cork, the Cat That Went Missing
“Tech Utopia” and Things that Just Work
Billy Freakin’ Joel
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Episode 37: Hey Employers! Look at These Racists!
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Kevin is fostering a dog, and maybe adopting little Howard. But Howard has separation anxiety, and Kevin has a lot of issues with conditioning him. Phil has some advice. Also: the hockey lock-out, and what DVDs you would buy for a 14-year-old kid you’ve never met.
Run time: 43:47
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Petfinder Adoption Pending Dog | Yorkshire Terrier Yorkie | Buffalo, NY | Mr. Cuddles (3 Legs) Sweet
Hockey, and the Lack Thereof
Buying DVDs for a 14-Year-Old You Have Never Met
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Phil: Public Shaming
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Episode 36: Incongruity In My Domicile
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Phil & Kevin are back, in this form. They catch up, then talk about popular music and social movements, or the modern lack thereof. Then, onto the really important stuff: why do we (all?) like IKEA so much?
Run time: 38:59
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About Us | iLounge (look for Phil!)
Social Movements Through Music: Where Are They Now
Steve Albini Hates On Odd Future While Also Sort of Defending Them — Vulture
Polarized: an observation of the dubstep movement | Death and Taxes
IKEA!
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Posted by Kevin
The circumstances of work and family have changed for Phil and myself quite a bit since In Pod Form launched, lo those many (10) months ago. As such, finding a time where we can get together, consume beverages of our choosing, and discuss the pressing topics of the day has become more difficult. We like schedules, we like consistency, but we also like recording this show, and if one side has to give, it’s going to be regularity.
To those who listen every week on our podcast feed, occasionally click through to listen, and those who banter with us on social networks, we cannot thank you enough. Our audience isn’t huge, but it is a great audience. We hope you’ll stick with us while we endeavor to put together some good shows whenever we can.
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Episode 35: Monkey Football Team
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Phil & Kevin consider buying a local radio station, so that it may always be playing Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold” as a kind of default music option. They then discuss the guilt and consideration of buying Amazon (Prime) versus local, and the tricky nature of paying with smartphones.
Run time: 37:15
Sponsor: Consumers Beverages: See what’s on tap.
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Stranglehold (Ted Nugent song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eat It Up: Episode 31 – Kevin and Phil from In Pod Form (Part 2) | Buffalo Eats
Shop Locally Versus Oh My God Amazon Prime Is So Convenient
Amazon.com: FREE Two-Day Shipping, Instant Videos, and Kindle Books with Amazon Prime
Amazon’s Lockers Move Frontlines of Retail War to Back of 7-Eleven | Wired Business | Wired.com
Amazon Launches Career Choice Program To Fund Tuition For Fulfillment Center Employees | TechCrunch
Paying with your phone
Starbucks will take Square payments, and that’s freaking huge | ITworld
Use any credit or debit card with Google Wallet | Google Commerce
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Phil: Your Kickstarter Sucks
Kevin: Rich Kids Of Instagram
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This track has had 29 playsEpisode 34: The Pure Drama of Olympic Female Weightlifting by In Pod FormEpisode 34: The Pure Drama of Olympic Female Weightlifting
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Phil & Kevin believe film reboots can be a good thing. Not Total Recall, though. Let’s talk about the film that really needs a reboot: Street Fighter. Search your feelings, people. You know it to be true. It was an epic game with some built-in storylines, but … you know what? Listen to the show, and you’ll see what we mean.
Run time: 40:30
Sponsor: Consumers Beverages: See what’s on tap.
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Let’s Reboot Street Fighter
Also In Need of Rebooting? The Matrix
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(Ending theme from “Turbo II” by Jack That SNES on SoundCloud)
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Episode 33: Winamp Is Never That Off-Topic
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Phil & Kevin are back, and they mean business. The business iof keeping, cultivating, and meeting friends after 30, that is. They’re also serious about vacations and the myth of going “off the grid.” Also? Phil was a Windows Media Player user in college. True story.
Run time: 35:07
Making Friends After 30
Going Offline on VacatIon: Possible? Advisable?
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Phil: Designated Hits
Kevin: Repeat Repeat Repeat
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Due to unforeseen technical difficulties with the last episode, and the arrival of one ‘caster’s long-awaited vacation, In Pod Form is on a temporary summer leave. We will be back.
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(Posted by Kevin)
First off, feel sorry for Phil. This guy comes up with great topics, puts up with my inane references and audio fiddling, and all he gets to see of the show before it goes out is the black lid of my laptop.
I mention this because, yet again, there’s an episode of In Pod Form in the digital lurch. It’s on the hard drive of my ThinkPad, but the power cord to that laptop started acting funny Thursday, then sparked out and died Friday afternoon, which is about the most inopportune time for equipment to die, Amazon-wise. The five-year-old laptop lacks the battery power to make it through the usual hour-plus editing process, and I’m somewhat afraid to power it on and see if it survived the cord-break power flux. But I’ll give it a go.
All that is to say that I’m working on getting the latest episode out, but it’s going to take some doing. In the meantime, there are, I am told, other great podcasts out there. Audio Buffalo is where our friends and local co-conspirators are doing their thing. Also? Coverville has an episode of nothing but Huey Lewis covers, and it is quite the listen.
Be well. Stay tuned.
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Episode 31: 10th Grade Home Ec Revelations
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Phil & Kevin talk about weather quality advisories. Then they get serious about why Kevin, among many others, has this whole thing against Paul McCartney. Then onto something Phil & Kevin both enjoy, almost too much: Paul Simon’s Graceland.
Run time: 36:22
Paul McCartney: Best or Blurst Beatle?
Though McCartney has since gone on to state that he is now embarrassed about this record, it continues to receive substantial airplay every year. Including royalties from cover versions, it is estimated that Paul McCartney makes $400,000 per year from this song, which puts its cumulative earnings for this song at near $15 million.
Graceland 25th Anniversary (Kind Of)
Great interview/explanation by Simon on how Graceland came about (Spotify link)
Paul Simon ‘Under African Skies’ Trailer - Watch Video | The Official Paul Simon Site
“I don’t like the idea that people who aren’t adolescents make records. Adolescents make the best records. Except for Paul Simon. Except for Graceland. He’s hit a new plateau there, but he’s writing to his own age group. Graceland is something new.” - Joe Strummer interviewed by Richard Cromelin for the Los Angeles Times on January 31, 1988
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Phil: Funny Exams - Student’s Funny Test and Exam Answers
Kevin: IFTTT / About IFTTT
