The Adventures of Indiana Jim: Recent Episodes
The Adventures of Indiana Jim
A lighthearted look at life at the intersection of creativity, entertainment and technology from one of the singular personalities in podcasting. Indiana Jim covers the art and craft of writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, genre movie and TV opinion and analysis, book reviews, free speech and ethics in the age of Social Media, and an everyman’s perspective on developments in technology. Starting as a regular “voicemailer” to the pioneering podcast ‘Slice of SciFi’, and contributor of comedy to ‘Michael & Evo’s Wingin’ It’, Indy goes back to the earliest days of podcasting, before the days of the brands and big media companies. He was a finalist in 2009 for a Parsec Award, given annually at Dragon*Con for excellence in genre entertainment podcasting, for his full-cast fan Audio Drama Star Wars – Codename: Starkeeper. He is also an author of Science Fiction and Fantasy and erstwhile Gaming YouTuber.
NOTE: There is an issue with the web player fetching requests to play the episode files. However, all feed requests are working and you can play it in your browser by clicking the “Download” link above. In this episode, I wax nostalgic about the first time I read through The... Click here for more.... →
In this episode we have moron imposter syndrome (see what I did there). I have some audio feedback from longtime listener and friend of the show, Amy Bowen! She has some really nice comments about the format and value of my little podcast, and I really appreciate it! This serves... Click here for more.... →
Day 11: 822 words Day 12, 13, 14: Meh I’ll explain–and I’ll use small words, so that you’ll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon. This is a bit of a long one, but it’s all about how we choose to spend our time. In the course of doing NaNoWriMo,... Click here for more.... →
Day 9: 165 words Day 10: 1,679 words Total: 13,548 (Pending Day 11 finish) Pace Deficit: 4,778 Just a quick episode to let you know what’s been going on, why I haven’t been able to get episodes out on the daily.
Day 7: 1,403 Words Day 8: 1,487 Words Total: 11,150 Got a little closer to the regular pace today. In this episode, what kept me from an episode yesterday, and behind the scenes on the story! I introduce some genuine conflict to the romance angle, and rant about how romantic... Click here for more.... →
Day 6: 849 new words, 114 net gain Total: 8,260 words Yes, I cut the sex scene because it was an obvious tonal mismatch with the voice of the piece. This discussion is about the difference between an obvious cut and self-editing or tweaking your prose or tinkering with the... Click here for more.... →
Day 5: 1,761 words Total: 8,146 words I got back up over the daily goal and halved my deficit in the benchmark total. I was totally caught off guard by what became the perfect opportunity for a sex scene and I just went with it! It was pretty liberating but... Click here for more.... →
Day 4: 1,314 words Total: 6,385 A short episode tonight, but an important word about taking care of yourself when unforseen things come up.
Day 3: 1,618 words Total: 5,071 I’m just 48 words below the average daily target, but I wanted to at least get to 1,600 words and get to watching those dang election returns! Also, cramming the last day of Apex Legends Season 7, so sue me. Tonight I talk about... Click here for more.... →
Day 2: 1,712 Words Total: 3,453 Words In today’s update, so far I’m staying on pace over the 1,666 average daily goal. I read for you what amounts to the first chapter of the work, to give you a taste of the voice I couldn’t describe in yesterday’s episode. Then... Click here for more.... →
Day 1: 1,741 Words Starting what I hope will be a daily podcast, where I give my numbers for the day, the challenges I am overcoming, and how the story is taking shape!
I finally watched The Social Dilemma, after talking about it last week, and boy howdy! What a film! It is incredibly well-made and stays absolutely on-topic. It goes into great detail about how Social Media platforms influence not only our thinking but also our behavior. You must watch this as... Click here for more.... →
Why am I even on Twitter? This isn’t the first time I’ve asked myself this question, but for the first time I’m actually considering leaving. Why did I get on the platform to begin with, and why am I still here? A brief overview of the problem with Social Media... Click here for more.... →
For years I wondered what I wanted to do with my life. Why did God put me on this earth? I finally have clarity on what I want to do with my life, so I jumped behind the microphone to let you know what that is! I define another breakthrough... Click here for more.... →
How do you know you’re not a Star Wars fan? You are in the greatest era of Star Wars content ever fathomed and all you do is find stuff to complain about. Today I want to talk to you about fandom, and not just Star Wars fandom but fandom in general.... Click here for more.... →
An update on an even fresher perspective for the podcast! I just got back from attending the Free the Dream conference in Franklin, Tennessee, hosted by Cliff Ravenscraft. It was a great time for my wife and I to connect on some common ground. Also, I started a new book... Click here for more.... →
If you’ve listened to my podcast for any length of time you’ll know that I’ve wanted to get back to the geek in ArchGEEKologist for some time now. I wanted to do list of top ten films, but not just my top 10 favorite films, which I may get to... Click here for more.... →
When I read The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks last year there was a lot of new information to process, and the ramifications of learning it were unclear to me then. As I’ve moved on from the sea change in my life that I talked about last week, I looked... Click here for more.... →
Have you ever experienced a moment in your life which radically changed everything? I don’t mean the circumstances in which you live, but your perspective–on all of it. Last month I experienced a sea change in my life, and I identified the one single limiting belief that has been holding me... Click here for more.... →
What’s it like to be soaking wet, exhausted, dehydrated, stuck in an unfamiliar city hundreds of miles from home and done with life? I’d love to say it’s an adventure, and I guess it was. Find out all about how I got there, how I got out, and how I’m... Click here for more.... →
Many of us start writing because we can’t find that thing we want to read. Why is it then that so many of us are worried about what someone else wants to read when it comes to the idea of editing our books? Exploring this weird trend in this episode of... Click here for more.... →
Have you ever found yourself struggling to write a good ending, or to even get enough momentum to push through to the end? Maybe you’re afraid to let go, like letting go of a friend, especially if you’ve been working on it for six years! Don’t worry. Ten books from... Click here for more.... →
A bit of discussion on where things stand on my Bladewielders series now that I have cancelled the publishing agreement with Grail Quest Books. How has that made it easier for me to finish the book? Also, how the changes in my writing and publishing goals have precipitated this move, and how... Click here for more.... →
In today’s episode I talk a little about the reaction to Episode 52, David Bowie talks about the internet–in 1999–and a little about Marie Kondo. This leads to talking about being open to joy, and how that has helped me on my way to making some monumental decisions. The power... Click here for more.... →
In 2008 I attended Balticon 42 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was one of my best and most meaningful experiences, and there I also made the most profound misjudgment in my life. It has affected my life for more than a decade until, on January 8th 2019, I finally processed the... Click here for more.... →