And the Crowdfund Goes Wild with Yancey Strickler (Episode 42)

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    Photo by Ian Linkletter. Used under Creative Commons license.   Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 32 MB, 65 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. Yancey Strickler, one of theco-founders of Kickstarter, began his working life in journalism in2000, and… Continue reading And the Crowdfund Goes Wild with Yancey Strickler (Episode 42)

XOXOhausted: Another Great Event

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View fullsize The XOXO conference and festival was last Thursday to Sunday, and I’m still exhausted (and suffering from a conference cold) the following Wednesday. It was another exhilarating year — even better than last year. The New Disruptors was an outgrowth of XOXO 2012: my attempt to capture in a weekly podcast some of… Continue reading XOXOhausted: Another Great Event

He Likes Big Bots with Sir Mix-A-Lot a.k.a. Anthony Ray (Episode 41)

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Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 24 MB, 50 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. Sir Mix-A-Lot, a.k.a. Anthony Ray, may have become best known for “Baby Got Back“over 20 years ago, but his career spans nearly 30 years, and he’s neverstopped… Continue reading He Likes Big Bots with Sir Mix-A-Lot a.k.a. Anthony Ray (Episode 41)

His Bright Materials with James Flynn (Episode 40)

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Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 24 MB, 50 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. James Flynn is a New Zealander who relocated to San Francisco where he runs Extrasensory Devices. He’s an engineer who started by developing modems, and then released… Continue reading His Bright Materials with James Flynn (Episode 40)

Our Theme Song

The theme song that plays at the start and end of every episode is by Jeff Tolbert. You can listen to a version without me talking over it below, and purchase a downloadable version for a buck (all proceeds go to him). 

Pompla Up the Volume with Jack Conte (Episode 39)

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Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 25 MB, 51 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. Jack Conte is a musician and entrepreneur, and one-half of the group Pomplamoosewith Nataly Dawn. He and his partner have had millions of people watchtheir videos on… Continue reading Pompla Up the Volume with Jack Conte (Episode 39)

Pictures from a World War I Soldier

My friend, Dean Putney, has a Kickstarter in its last days. His great-grandfather served in the German army in the first World War, and an absurdly well-preserved treasure trove of photographs and stereographs — and the negatives! — were handed down through the family. Dean has made it a mission to preserve and present these… Continue reading Pictures from a World War I Soldier