Audio Chimera: Recent Episodes
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This is the companion blog to Audio Chimera podcast episode number 54. It’s about my retirement, which happened at 65—in case you couldn’t figure out the title… I’ve heard about people who retire, and then they have nothing to do. Work was their entire life. They waste away and die. Not me. Now, as an … Continue reading When I’m 54…or 65…
A few years back I found myself at an academic crossroads. People in academia are supposed to do research and publishing as a matter of course—but not as a matter of courses; it’s usually a separate entity from teaching. One of the reasons I successfully got promoted to Associate Professor was my cross-pollination; my productions … Continue reading Publish or Perish?
First of all, a milestone: I’ve made it to podcast episode number 50! Secondly, I’m trying something a little different this season. Besides featuring new intro and outro music from composer John Rust (check out his compositions at soundofrust on YouTube) and presenting more episodes of my audio drama series Kid Again (heard on episodes … Continue reading Episode #50!
We have reached the end of Season 4 of Audio Chimera with “Retirement.” Here I enumerate at least some of the reasons for my retirement at this time. And why? People in academia often get asked, “Why are you retiring? What will you do with yourself?” But there is more to life (and academia) than … Continue reading Retirement (The Podcast Episode)
The penultimate episode of Season 4 is now available! “Rage On!” talks about anger and mellowing. So I occasionally have moments of road rage that last about 3 seconds. That’s when people are being very stupid. But I get over them much more quickly here in my older age. The real change happened in the … Continue reading Rage On! (But Not Too Long)
I made a list of all of my social media to include in my presentation. And here they all are, for you: Dr. Stephen A. Schrum Email: Phoracropolis@gmail.com Website: http://musofyr.org GoogleVoice: 724-835-4074 Twitter: https://twitter.com/phoracropolis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiochimera/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenschrum LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-schrum-575b1196/ Second Life: Phorkyad Acropolis YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/StephenSchrum Audio Chimera Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/audio-chimera/id1434354550
A few months back, Juli Burk, a colleague from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, contacted me and asked if I was interested in being a part of a presentation on our old (1990s) MOO performance days. I said, yes, of course! For those who don’t know, a MOO is a MUD with object-oriented … Continue reading MOO Presentation 7/5/2022
At last, a few minutes free to post another episode of Audio Chimera. This is Episode #34, “Speaking of Speaking,” wherein I complain about the lack of proper speaking ability with people. I am not attacking those with dialects (though variations in English do intrigue me, henna*?), but I would like people to take more … Continue reading “Now You’re Speaking in Tongues”
Regular listeners of Audio Chimera have heard me make frequent allusions to my wife, Dianna. She passed away in October 2018. This episode is the news of her passing and a eulogy in her memory. I am posting this episode on what would have been our 30th anniversary. Listen to “In Memorium” here.
After midnight, we’re not gonna just let it all hang down, we’re gonna watch really crazy movies! For many, “midnight movie” now means that first showing of the newly-released movie blockbuster tentpole, likely featuring some sort of superhuman creatures. But when the midnight movie idea started, the movies were hardly mainstream; in fact, they were … Continue reading After Midnight…
What makes a celebrity? Currently in our society, we have people who are famous for being famous. That seems silly to me; I think you should do something to attract fame, not just be someone who people follow. And why do people grant celebrity to come? It’s very confusing to me. So in my effort … Continue reading It’s Hard to Leave When You Can’t Find the Door
Ever notice how as kids we seem terribly bored with events and we think time goes so slowly, and then as we get older, time speeds up (and so when you reach my age, you can lose a decade in there). I have a theory about why this phenomenon occurs, and present it in this … Continue reading Time Flies
As a professor, theatre director, playwright, poet, and podcaster: I like to think that I am a master storyteller with all those roles. You as my listeners will have to let me know if you agree with that assessment. In this episode I talk a bit about the art of storytelling, and how it sometimes … Continue reading Son, Have I Got a Little Story For You
This is a platonic love story about my friend Maggie whom I met when we were counselors at summer camp. The key to the story is how I met her, lost her, found her again, and then lost her again. I am still waiting to see if she might be found yet another time. The … Continue reading You Stole My Heart
Isn’t it amazing how we are constantly barraged with requests for personal information–and perhaps more amazing how we are giving it without our knowledge? All of this is in service to Big Data, who I suspect may be Big Brother’s cousin. What about all these numbers that create a quantitative view of the world? Can … Continue reading Listen to this Mocking Bird…
Education, especially higher education, has been getting a bad reputation lately. So here is my podcast–though more of an editorial–railing against these attacks. I don’t know who I would be without my college education and degrees. Academia opened an amazing portal for me. I’d like to see it continue to be a welcoming place, and … Continue reading All Along the Ivory Tower…
But who writes the music? At last, a new podcast, dipping a toe into Season 3 with a new mic. I am using a wireless, in the hopes of getting untethered from sitting in a chair huddled close to a microphone on a stand. This should let me move around, and get a bit more … Continue reading I Write the Songs…