The Palmer Files Podcast: Recent Episodes
Agent Palmer
A podcast about the pursuit of knowledge through interesting and engaging conversation, hosted by Agent Palmer. Released every other Tuesday.
Episode 181 features Nettie Reynolds, who's here to talk about having many job titles and occupations, while always and continuing to be a writer. We discuss what she's done, where she intends to go, plus reading, writing, obviously, grief and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Nettie Reynolds on LinkedIn
Nettie Reynolds | Notes on What Matters (Substack)
As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark by Nettie Reynolds
Other Links
Middle American culture clash on full display in Vietnam era Friendly Fire
Beware the STORM: Short but MIGHTY
An Avid Reader's Guide to a Methodical Book Purge
Special Guest Producer: Sybil Stershic.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 180 features Anthony Rapino who's back for the third time to talk about what he's been up to including always writing, being the laziest youtuber, getting more social, almost burning out, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AnthonyJRapino.com
Tony Rapino II: The Wrath of Friendship
Tony and the Order of Cosmic Creatives
RetroDaze
Other Links
Do not look 'Elsewhere' for a thrilling read by… Keanu Reeves?
Picture This: A playlist of 'Photograph' songs
An Avid Reader's Guide to a Methodical Book Purge
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 179 features the long awaited return of Geoffrey Welchman, The Reigning Lunatic himself, from all the way back on episode 7. We discuss his complete journey back to music after the end of The Reigning Lunatic. Plus we talk about playing bass, young person music prejudices, local music scenes, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Listen to Geoffrey's first appearance back on Episode 7 of The Palmer Files
The Reigning Lunatic: A Flattering Review for the Medieval Miniseries from the Kingdom of Welchmania
The Reigning Lunatic on SoundCloud
The Reigning Lunatic on Apple Podcasts
Geoffrey Welchman on Instagram
Other Links
An Addiction to Coloring Books Lent Itself Well to a Blind Date
Despite time gap, Brand Gap still holds relevant marketing truths
An Avid Reader's Guide to a Methodical Book Purge
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 178 features Phil Gerbyshak, who's teaching, which is what he originally went to school for, but his story and trajectory are anything but linear as you'll hear, but we also discuss writing origins, reading, curiosity, trying new things, being brave or is it just confidence and how no is an acceptable answer.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Happiness Practices with Phil Gerbyshak
PhilGerby.com
Phil on Instagram
Phil Gerbyshak on LinkedIn
Other Links
It's (Almost) The End of the World As We Know It
'Incredible, edible egg' campaign proves the power of the pitch
An Avid Reader's Guide to a Methodical Book Purge
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 177 featuring Abby Stason, whose job titles and occupations are as varied as the stars, but we do talk about what she's up to now, how she arrived there and what it's like having a moment of self-reflection after running past a jogger in heels to catch the ferry.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AbigailStason.com
Abigail Stason on Instagram
Abigail Stason on LinkedIn
Abigail Stason on Facebook
Other Links
Sixty years later, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' might be essential anthropology reading
Manga Date Night: Reawakening the Otaku in Me
An Avid Reader's Guide to a Methodical Book Purge
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 176 with Kat Collins, an artist who is here to enlighten us by talking about what it is like being an artist as a profession, the change from passion to profession, without losing the passion.
Plus being a writer, teacher, burn-out, balance, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
KatCollinsStudio.com
Kat Collins Studio on Instagram
Kat Collins Studio on Threads
Kat Collins Studio on Facebook
Other Links
Five-Point Play is a do-as-I-do bible on leadership
An Avid Reader's Guide to a Methodical Book Purge
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 175 with Beth Butram, who's positively on the ball when it comes to taking control of her own loneliness and sharing what she's learned with others.
We discuss relationships and community, being comfortable with who you are, and talk a little bit about the "suck it up" mentality and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
@BethButram on Substack
YouTube.com/@PodcastsbyBeth
Beth on Instagram
Social Leopards
7Cups.com
JulienHimself on YouTube
Other Links
Did Rick Rubin just become my spirit guide?
How Attractive is Your Toaster?
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 174 features thereturn of one of my best friends' Jason Collins, who's back because a text conversation felt incomplete and instead of a phone call, let's just podcast!
We talk about video games and emulation, modding, physical media, and just generally remembering how it used to be.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Watch Uriyel on Twitch.tv
Keeping the beat with Jason Collins
Other Links
If there is a hell, Tucker Max's book is there
Surprise! Amazon chooses profit over quality in wide Kindle crush
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 173 features the return of one of my best friends, Jason Zapata, who's back because he's been trying to get this particular episode recorded for at least a few years.
We're talking spies! Bond, Palmer, Bourne, Westen, Hunt, and more. Who's the best at infiltration, or combat, or spycraft, all that and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
JasonZapata.com
Jason Zapata on Instagram
The Proust Questionnaire: Volume IV, Jason Zapata
Other Links
Name of the Wind is simply magnificent modern fantasy
I Got Stung and Not in the Good Way
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 172 features the return of Jason Pilling, who's back because last time we barely scratched the surface for his return to music and I wanted to learn more.
We start discussing his career and instinct for responsibility and providing for his family, continue on with self confidence or a lack there of, and then dive into marketing and passion, creation, strategy, collaboration, motivation, and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Jason Pilling has the Music
JasonPilling.com
Jason Pilling Music - DIY Electric Upright Bass Build
Jason Pilling on Spotify
Jason Pilling on YouTube
Other Links
Ode to a Snack Probably* Gone Forever
Cabal (the novel) is reason enough to pick up Cabal (the book)
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 171 features Bill Sweeney, who is back because five years ago he sent me a graphic novel and last year he sent me a book, and I read them both in the last few months and it's time to talk some book talk!
While we will get into the weeds on Maus by Spiegelman and The Eyes of the Dragon by King, we also tangent elsewhere…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
WickedTheory.com
Being Jewish colors the black-and-white history in Maus
Eyes of the Dragon made we want more from Delain, but maybe not from Stephen King
Other Links
My First Blind Date Arrived with Goodies
Unplug for your health and read Age of Earthquakes
Bill Sweeney was a Special Guest Executive Producer
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 170 with my lovely wife Stefanie, who is back to talk surviving our first year as parents… You'll hear about milestones, guilt, patience, memories, sleep, plus how time has no meaning and much much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
You and Me makes Three
Adventures as New Parents
Other Links
Remembering Lilith Fair and lamenting the progress left behind
Eyes of the Dragon made we want more from Delain, but maybe not from Stephen King
Stefanie Stershic was a Special Guest Executive Producer
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 169 featuring John Dodds, who doesn't have time to slow down. You'll hear how he started in the mail room over the course of a long career with, not one but, two 20 year stints, plus constant change, unearthing uniqueness, texture, jazz, and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
The Sharp End LLC
Cafe W.O.W.
Other Links
Being Jewish colors the black-and-white history in Maus
Married Woman Continues to Date: An Series Introduction
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 168 featuring the return of Edward O'Hare, who has been my guide through this Star Trek journey, and we're going to reflect on my adventures with the crew of Voyager, before I embark on the next mission: Enterprise.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AgentPalmer.com/StarTrek
Other Links
Palmer's Trek: Star Trek: Voyager
Even Outdated Legacy of Winning is Useful
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 167 with Jamie Ryu who is on the show to pull back the curtain on the publishing industry.
Plus her own journey to starting a company bridging the gap between traditional publishing and self-publishing, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
JamieIsReading.com
Contrarian Publishing
Other Links
About Alex (or Big Chill 2.0) Gets it Right when Tearing Down Fake Online Friendships
I'm Damn Glad Tim Matheson Wrote His Autobiography
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 166 with Jason Pilling who is on the show to discuss his musical origins as well as some influences and processes.
Plus, making music you want to hear, lyrics, poetry, an eight beat note and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
JasonPilling.com
Jason Pilling Music - DIY Electric Upright Bass Build
Jason Pilling on Spotify
Jason Pilling on YouTube
Other Links
2025 Lookback: Becoming A Parent Didn't Make Me Any Less Palmer
A Canadian So Nice, Coupland Covered Him Twice
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 165 features Beth, Theo, Ed, Kristen, Dave, Stef, Mark, Dan, and Brian.
Discussing trips through books and music, old movies and new experiences, talking nerdy, relationship origins, job searching, the always ubiquitous why question and of course, I double check my levels!
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Reading, Writing, and Gardening with Beth Tabler
Musically There and Back Again with King Triumph
Talking Star Trek: The Next Generation with Ed O'Hare
No Stranger to Fiction with Kristen Hamilton
To Sing or Not to Sing with Dave Hulegaard
Meet the Stershics Part I: Podcast Fun
We Are Tangent Bound with Mark Bogner
Optimist Dan Evans talks with Pessimist Agent Palmer
When Art and Entrepreneurship Meet, Brian Found Paradise
Other Links
The Beauty of the Bay is captured in Michener's Chesapeake
'Time Machine' is a great reintroduction to Minchin's smart music
Fortunes to Uplift
J.B. Manas had me at Jurassic Park with dragons
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 164 features Kat the Dungeon Mom, who is here to talk about being the game master.
Plus loving the performing arts, teaching, raising a child, concerts, events, and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Kat The Dungeon Mom Linktree
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
'Time Machine' is a great reintroduction to Minchin's smart music
In 'This Wheel's on Fire,' Helm adds needed voice to The Band's end
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 163 features the return of one of my best friends Jason Zapata.
He's back to tackle some of Proust's Questionnaire, plus ch-ch-ch-changes, responsible technology usage, virtues, authors, unfinished projects and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
What is the Proust Questionnaire?
JasonZapata.com
AgentPalmer.com
Friendship Episode I: Jason Zapata
Other Links
These are the Bobs I like, I like, These are the Bobs I like. (Top 10 Real Bobs)
The Beauty of the Bay is captured in Michener's Chesapeake
Special Guest Executive Producer: Bill Sweeney
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 162 features Greg Costikyan a game industry veteran who's published games for a variety of platforms from the table to the phone as well as more than a few novels.
You'll hear us discuss that plus his career, a little bit of process, plus adaptability, teaching, cooking, and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Costik.com
Early Internet Offers Practical Fantasy in Magic of the Plains: By the Sword (A Book Review)
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
A Good Documentary is more than Rare or Recovered Footage
Bogner's building an exciting world starting with The Dreamweaver
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 161 features Adam Ortiz, deputy secretary for the Maryland Department of the Environment, and we touch on public service, but that's not why he's here.
You'll hear us talk about why I invited him on the show, and just how much we have in common; baseball, music, and more. Plus you'll hear us discuss mid-atlantic sports towns, fulfillment, wonder, trading album recommendations and much much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Keeping the Country Clean (S5E03) -The Good Government Show with guest Adam Ortiz
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
It's Easy to Like I Like Me Film and to Miss John Candy
An Austen Adaptation to Desire
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 160 features B P Kelso. Who is among many things, an engineer by trade, a scriptwriter, an author, and a dad. We discuss storytelling, adaptation, reading, always learning and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
BPKelso.com
PlayingwithPlays.com
AgentPalmer.com
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Rock doc shows that, just maybe, Simple Plan can be 'Perfect'
Eruption did not ignite a fire in my Crichton-loving heart
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 159 features the return of one of my best friends Christopher J. Hughes. He’s back to tackle some of Proust’s Questionnaire. And aside from explaining what to do when things are 25 pixels to the left we discuss art, color, the creative process and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
What is the Proust Questionnaire?
TriforceDad.com
AgentPalmer.com
So You Made A Movie
Friendship Episode II: Christopher J. Hughes
Other Links
A Robert by any other name might not make this list
results of search| provide a perfect snapshot via google
Special Guest Executive Producer: Bill Sweeney
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 158 features Laura Eppler who I’ve known for quite a while and who’s become a very good friend.
She’s here on the show to discuss her second career as an officiant. In fact, just over one year ago from the release of this episode she married Stef and I in our backyard.
We discuss that second career, plus boredom, writing, and divert into a tangent or two…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Laura Eppler, Celebrant on Facebook
Meet the Stershics Part II: I Do
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Another Cup of Coffee Facts from Agent Palmer
“What’s Next” taught me even more about West Wing’s legacy
Executive Producer: Stefanie Stershic
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 157 features Kevin Freitas who, as you’ll find out, could be who he says he is or he could be 17 hobbies in a trenchcoat.
We discuss his online handheld computer museum, music, programming, photography, 3d modeling, and even go back as far as Geocities, perhaps even further…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
kevinfreitas.net
handheldmuseum.org
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Breakaway Femmes makes me hope for a three-week women’s Tour de France
Bond and The Beatles have more in common than a theme song and revolvers
Don’t Copy Xerox’s Errors as Told in Fumbling the Future
Executive Producer: Stefanie Stershic
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 156 features Lucy who started homesteading for one very specific reason and now, well, entrepreneur farmer could very well be her descriptor in the future.
We discuss her journey through homesteading, the trials and unexpected expansions along the way, plus gardening, chickens, goats, pigs, geese, sheep, turkeys and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
hopefulhomesteaders on Instagram
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Art and investment: Appreciating collecting animation cels
The Royal Cousins Reimagines Fictional History as Breaking News Bulletins
Executive Producer: Stefanie Stershic
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 155 features the return of the original Palmer Files guest Bill Sweeney. He’s back to tackle some of Proust’s Questionnaire. And aside from explaining what this isn’t, we’ll discuss Skype, basements and attics, poetry, the flow state, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
What is the Proust Questionnaire?
WickedTheory.com
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Casthen Gain expands Hansen’s epic worldbuilding started in Graven Trilogy
Palmer’s 2025 Tour de France Recap
Special Guest Executive Producer: Bill Sweeney
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 154 features Bryan Tuk who’s here to bolster the rhythm section with his drums, his law degree, and his musical educator self.
During this episode we discuss Bryan’s path from when he first picked up the sticks to graduating law school, with enough tangents and conversation to cover just about everything in between and beyond those two points of reference.
From here on out you’ll hear us discuss the drive to help creatives, connecting with an audience, teaching and learning, the sorry position of the arts and music education right now, and much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The House of Tuk
Tuk Law
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Like climbing a Stairway to Heaven, Becoming Led Zeppelin doc takes its time to showcase the band
Imagica is an epic tome worthy of your time
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 153 features my Cousin Sarah who’s here to talk about science, water, engineering, weather, the non-profit space, plus running, saying no, and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Sarah Diringer Consulting
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
NASCAR needs new gas in the tank beyond Dale Jr
Earl Weaver and the evolution of baseball take the field in The Last Manager
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 152 features the return of one of my favorite Canadians, and just one of my best friends, Chris Maier. He’s here to tackle some of Proust’s Questionnaire. And aside from catching up, we’ll discuss relationship communication, accountability, Canada, misfortune, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
What is the Proust Questionnaire?
How Was Your Week, Honey?
Our Line Notes
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
The Dying Art of the Animation Cel
Michael Caine does his best spy work as author of fast-paced Deadly Game
Special Guest Executive Producer: Bill Sweeney
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 151 features my wife Stefanie, who is back to talk about our adventures as new parents. From coming home with a baby to adapting to a new normal that is constantly changing, we’re surviving, but how? Listen to find out.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Coupland’s Tomb Raider guidebook is an artifact in its own right
The Cap is more about life than it is about survival
Special Guest Executive Producer: Stefanie Stershic
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 150 features my wife Stefanie, who has returned to join me in telling the tale of our adventures in pregnancy through to the delivery of our healthy baby. Who, if you listen closely, will make their debut appearance on this podcast at some point in the background.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Expecting Better by Emily Oster
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Geddy Lee’s Show About Bassists is Worth Discovering, Even If the Platform Hides It
Coupland Uncovers the Future of Bell Labs and More in Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent
Special Guest Executive Producer: Stefanie Stershic
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 149 features my friend Brian Wcislo, who’s here to tell his tales of growing up, starting businesses, life altering experiences, boundary pushing, and finding his place in the world.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Brian Wcislo on LinkedIn
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
GoldenEra is as precise as a watch laser in GoldenEye 007 documentary
A Review Loosely Based on A Guide for the Perplexed: A Novel
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 148 with a great friend to me and this show, long time listener, first time guest, Dan Evans. We talk about our shared experience looking for work, being prepared, the cost of creative things, and much much more…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Follow Dan on
Threads: @redbeard73
BlueSky: redbeard73.bsky.social
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
A Complete Unknown does justice to Dylan’s electrified 1965 revolution
Are you really Chasing Black Unicorns?
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 147 with Mark Bogner of Tangent Bound, the podcast, the podcast network, and now media network. We discuss the origin of all three, as well as our similar paths to podcast listening. Plus, collaboration, momentum, DVD extras, mistakes, laughter and plenty of, you guessed it, tangents. All aboard! Let’s get tangent bound!
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Tangent-Bound Media Network
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
Tales Before Tolkien confirmed my love for more modern fantasy
Looking Through the Digital Library: A to Z Bands
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 146 with the return or more accurately the continuation of my conversation with Hal Nathan. During this episode you’ll hear us discuss editing and process, movie length and consuming film and media, structure and creation, plus I may or may not rant about the film industry…
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
HalNathan.com
The Passing of the Storyteller – A Story and the Process and Journey of That Story by Agent Palmer
AgentPalmer.com
Other Links
A positive light has gone out: On the death of Andrew Belling
The Enduring Wisdom of Simon Wilder in With Honors
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 145 features the return of my friend and Master to my Padawan in all things Star Trek, Edward O’Hare. He has been my guide through my Star Trek journey and in this episode we're going to reflect on my adventures on Deep Space Nine, before I embark upon the next Voyage...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
WickedTheory.com
AgentPalmer.com/StarTrek
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@LilEddieOHare
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
The Monster Book of Zombies reanimates a horror trope
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Special Guest Producer: Bill Sweeney.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 144 features Alyssa LaBotz, entrepreneur, freelancer, video editor, traveler, and a fellow coffee drinker. We discuss starting in economics and ending in editing, finding time for ourselves, burnout, balance, structure, age, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
labotzmedia.com
Roaming with Alyssa
RetroDaze
AgentPalmer.com
Mastadon
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Anything but alien: “Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives” touches all of humanity
My Arthur Treacher’s uniform still smells, but memories of my first job are fresh
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 143 features Hal Nathan, recent film school graduate and someone who's just newly out of the structure of formal education and wondering what comes next. We discuss that and how he got into film, writing, editing, what film school does and doesn't prepare you for, accepting not bad, and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
halnathan.com
AgentPalmer.com
Mastadon
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
The Satire of Franken’s "Why Not Me" is Now Just Our Reality
The Weekend (Days of the Week) Shuffle Playlist
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 142 features Ken Sweeney, host of The Comfortable Spot podcast. We discuss being curious, podcasting, creating and momentum, starting in music, success and replication, the voice as an instrument, Star Trek, old television, keeping it classy, Dick Cavett and much much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
thecomfortablespotpodcast.com
AgentPalmer.com
Mastadon
@TheComfortableSpotPodcast
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Zinoman’s biography of David Letterman should make your Top Ten list on Late Night
The Catcher Was A Spy isn’t just for Baseball and Espionage Fans
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 141 features Alex T. Dragonson. Who happens to share more than just a few fandoms with me. We met on Mastodon and outside of a few threads there, this is our first real conversation. We discuss music, knitting, anxiety and anxiety remediation, work life balance, early internet experiences, hermitcraft, FOMO and much more!
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
WizardofDocs.neocities.org
AgentPalmer.com
Mastadon
@wizardofdocs
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Sometimes Three Isn’t the Magic Number
An Object of Beauty is in the Eye of the Bookholder
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 140 features Bill, Kristen, NJ, Essa, Stef, Jess, and Danno discussing voices, not working, dinner, communication, decisions, and perhaps even some sociology (or perhaps it’s psychology) and more from the One Final Questions after-credits of this very podcast!
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
WickedTheory.com
HoneyBears & SydneyBeans
lanternaudioworks.com
EssaHansen.com
playitdailyukulele.com
Expertease
From Brain to Keyboard on Twitch
AgentPalmer.com
@wickedtheory
@kmaemaier
@EssaHansen
@BadWolfBay87
@AgentPalmer
Mastadon
@FromBrainToKeyboard
@AgentPalmer
BlueSky
@FromBrain2Keyboard
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
A Reflection on Things Unfinished and Unwritten
Is Worst. Person. Ever. a condemnation of all of us?
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 139 features my wife, Stefanie Stershic. During this episode we continue our conversation, starting from her cross country journey to move in with me, continuing with our years living together, and culminating in our nuptials.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Listen to 50 Questions with Stefanie (Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcast)
From Brain to Keyboard on Twitch
AgentPalmer.com
Mastadon
@FromBrainToKeyboard
@AgentPalmer
BlueSky
@FromBrain2Keyboard
@AgentPalmer
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The Thurber Carnival is short and sweet
It’s not Murphy’s law. Robinson proves you’re just Toast
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 138 features my wife, Stefanie Stershic. During this episode we discuss how we met, our long distance digital courtship, and much much more...
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Listen to 50 Questions with Stefanie (Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcast)
From Brain to Keyboard on Twitch
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From Hiroshima to the Moon is an incredible atomic time capsule
Brazen Careerist Makes a Dated but Important Case for Finding a Mentor
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 137 the return of Dave Hulegaard the musician behind Twelve Days in June. We discuss front man caliber vocals and singing horror stories, revisiting old favorite albums, finding your comfort zone, making up for lost time, playing live again, and much much more...
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Listen to Twelve Days in June's NEW album Hiraeth! (Spotify)
Twelve Days in June Linktree
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Twelve Days in June on Deezer
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Shopping in Jail offers quick trips back to the not-so-distant past
Never Mind the Sex: Portnoy’s Complaint is About Finding Yourself
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 136 features Morgan, from That Nerd Thing podcast. We discuss the origins of her show, compare her day job to her podcast, ponder the interchangeability of nerd and geek as terms, and much much more...
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Inspired Viewing Awaits in These Five Documentaries About Art and Artists
Chaotic, irrational, and brilliant: A Confederacy of Dunces takes you for a ride
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 135 features the return of Tony Rapino, a man of many hats and talents, who is here because since his last appearance on episode 92 we've become friends! Which means I can ask him leading questions about his writing process and blocks, his baking habits, how he stays motivated, is he a recluse, and just how strong is his need to create and much much more.
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The Tragically Hip needs No Dress Rehearsal to gain new fans
Learning more about Steve Prefontaine is its own runner’s high
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 134 features Kristen Hamilton, a fiction book editor, living her best life doing what she loves from the comfort of her home. She's here to discuss how she started her business, learning on the job, multitasking, and working from home, plus we dive into the paralyzing nature of an abundance of choice, discuss comfort foods, and much much more.
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October Light has layers beyond its book within a book
Hope woven through soon-to-be-legendary Astrid Falls
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 133 features Jonathan Roth, he’s a drummer, writer, and a professional with more hats than titles, and his job description is basically a to do list, but he’s here to talk about being creatively fulfilled, writing, balance, playing music, listening to music, public radio and much much more.
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jonathanroth.co
Good Clean Fun on WDIY
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Tragedy plus 80 Years Equals the Ongoing Relevance of The Human Comedy
Simon Kuper Makes the Case for Soccer’s Importance
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 132 features Dave Hulagaard the person behind Twelve Days in June. We discuss his almost two decades hiatus from music, and how he's not only back, he hit the ground running. All that plus learning guitar, hitting publish, returning to things you once loved, and much much more.
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Twelve Days in June Linktree
Twelve Days in June on YouTube
Twelve Days in June on Spotify
Twelve Days in June on Amazon Music
Twelve Days in June on Bandcamp
Twelve Days in June on Deezer
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72 Shows the Rotting Core of Politics from 50 Years Ago
Nine Innings with The Church of Baseball
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 131 features the return of my friend and Master to my Padawan in all things Star Trek, Edward O’Hare. He’s back again to discuss my continuing journey this time through all things Star Trek: The Next Generation…
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Generations
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Ed prepares me to watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- And much more
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Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: Nemesis
The Intersection of New Tech and Solid Standards on Display in Collision of Power
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Special Guest Producer: Bill Sweeney.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 130 features Theo Smith, who you may have heard on streaming music services as King Triumph. We discuss his first album Everything is Fine, his music origin and hiatus from music, as well as, what got him back into it, how things have changed for him, what’s next, and so much more…
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Early Internet Offers Practical Fantasy in Magic of the Plains: By the Sword (A Book Review)
The Workweek (Days of the Week) Shuffle Playlist
PROMISE by Palmer
PROMISES by Palmer
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 129 features Beth Tabler, editor of both the quarterly issues of Grimdark Magazine and also Before We Go Blog, Beth is much more than just an editor. She’s a writer, no matter how much she protests, she is in fact a writer, she’s also a master gardener, list completionist, and so much more…
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Before We Go Blog
GrimdarkMAGAZINE
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The Old Religion is important, but heavy, reading
As many stages as there were special moments in 2024 Tour de France
I highly recommend you read Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 128 features Joel Duggan, a podcaster, twitch streamer, animator, cartoonist, and content creator who wears more hats than that! We discuss explaining what you do, commercials, influences, getting started, learning from others, passion, the desire to share, go behind the scenes on his podcasts and processes, and much more…
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The Citadel Cafe
The Spawn Chunks
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Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: Insurrection
Born Standing Up celebrates the struggle of Steve Martin finding his genius
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 127 features Swapna Krishna, a prolific science communicator who's written for Engadget and Wired, and recently just started her own YouTube channel. We discuss arriving at that channel, being interested in just some of NASA's history, going back to the Moon, the Tour de France, and much more…
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SwapnaKrishna.com
Ad Astra Space YouTube Channel
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Movies I Love Just Because – The Humanity of 1996’s Twister
In my own alternate timeline, I definitely couldn’t appreciate Storming Intrepid
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 126 features the return of Rebecca Seidel who’s back because since her last appearance she launched a podcast and ran her first marathon! We discuss those two milestones, plus running, editing audio, reading more, finding balance, taking time to decompress and much much more …
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Abridged.xyz
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Listen to Tim Minchin’s serious album debut Apart or Together
Sexy Little Numbers and the Curse of Dated Data Analysis
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 125 features Movie Minute Rob! He's a movie blogger and podcaster, host of a minute-by-minute podcast, and he has returned! He's back to continue his story of emigration and then we talk about movies, blogging, podcasting, and the impact that what we put into the world can have on the world and us. We also touch on some spirituality, learning about ourselves through our history, the concept of the movie-by-minute podcast and how it relates to the Talmud, and so much more…
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Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: First Contact
Revisiting the Golden Age of independent film
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Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 124 features Movie Minute Rob! He's a movie blogger and podcaster, host of a minute-by-minute podcast, who also happens to be from New Jersey but lives in Israel. How did that transpire? What are the differences and similarities between both of our first experiences in the Holy Land, what happens when a place stops being a noun and starts being real and so much more…
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Don’t let Baldree’s second cozy fantasy novel gather Bonedust
I highly recommend you read Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 123 features Danno Sullivan a comedian, podcaster, musician, and long-lost Marx Brother. He’s here to discuss the Ukulele, being a comedy show off, Vaudeville, being communicators and so much more… …
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Miller and Manas might be The One sci-fi duo to follow
I have read one of the worst books ever: The Laptop Millionaire.
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 122 features Kelly, Jimmy, Travis, Chris, Tony, Zapata, and my Dad. Discussing the past, the future, anxiety, technology, passion, friendships, and a few favorites from the "One Final Question" after-credits of The Palmer Files podcast.
During the episode we cover:
- Where are you in five years?
- How to deal with creative anxiety?
- Removing a technology?
- What do you want to do next?
- What happens when the passion is gone?
- A question of friendship?
- What were you thinking?
- And much more...
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Episode 81: From Teaching to Self-Employment with Kelly Fiorini
Episode 82: The Creative Process with author Jimmy Soni
Episode 83: Conversations & Coffee with Legends & Lattes author Travis Baldree
Episode 88: So You Made A Movie with Christopher J. Hughes
Episode 92: Tony and the Order of Cosmic Creatives
Episode 93: Jason Zapata Works Too Hard
Episode 100: A Conversation with Michael Stershic a.k.a. My Dad
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AnthonyJRapino.com
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Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: Generations
Jet Lag: The Game is worth the cost of Subscription
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 121 features Amber Naslund, an entrepreneur, marketer, salesperson, writer, leader, and too many more things there isn’t enough time to mention! We discuss careers and trajectories, confidence and risk, fear and opportunity, setbacks and balance, and so much more.
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Reading Player One Post-Pandemic Challenges Its ‘New Normal’ Narrative
You probably know Hipgnosis, you just don’t know it… (Squaring the Circle)
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 120 features James Gaddis, a former journalist, currently a digital marketer of many hats, who's channeling his nostalgia and passion for storytelling on YouTube. We talk about crafting a story, being on both sides of the camera, digital marketing and change, comfort zones, snap judgments, we attempt to replace primary with firstiary and much much more …
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Whatever happened to DiC? An Attempted Oral History on the Saturday Morning Cartoon Powerhouse
Mr. S is a Tell-All for the Chairman of the Bored
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek: The Next Generation
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 119 features Jess Eskra, a lawyer who's in the game to help people. We talk about lawyer myths, posture, legislation, Jury duty, law school, debate, education, and much much more.
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Finding Future Pirate Treasure in the pages of Debatable Space
Six Nations: Full Contact is sports documentary at its most candid, primal
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 118 features Katherine Silva, who is a published author, an editor-in-chief of a small press, who writes horror but with a mix of grief and existentialism, as opposed to just slash’em and bash’em. We talk about writing, getting into horror, living in Maine, process, online communities, Anthony Bourdain, the DIY nature of indies, being workaholics, lists, balance, and much much more…
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A Perfect Pairing of Extraordinary Canadians, McLuhan and Coupland
NASCAR: Full Speed is Fast Fun but Will Never Pass Drive to Survive
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 117 features Nick Schiner (aka Obi-Wan Nickobi) an educator, a maker, and a gamer, as well as a family man, who just happens to be this guy I met on the internet who turned out to be cool. We talk about meeting in a chat room, and how that’s not as bad as it sounds, online communities, reading, being the family IT guy, and much much more…
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Caught Stealing Might Be the Most Violent Book I’ve Ever Read
Nimona recaptures the underdog magic of the original Shrek
The Origin of a Librarian with Matt Kiefer
Celebrations and Anniversaries with Christopher J. Hughes
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 116 features Bill Childs, host of the radio show Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, who is here to discuss the importance and longevity of radio, audio, music, and so much more.
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Dishonesty and Daggers: Mitchell’s Column Collection is a Delight
Bye Bye Barry Makes Me Wish for More Modern Men like Sanders
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 115 features Stefanie Muniz, formerly of The Gotham Lights and The Orville Lights podcasts, and much much more. She’s about to answer 50 questions.
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Agent Palmer Answers 50 Questions
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Barker’s Brand of Horror Celebrates The Inhuman Condition
Quiet Literary Giant Gets Attention He Deserves in Radical Wolfe
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 114 features Miguel Bolivar a marching band director who is here because I have some things I want to say. From my blanket apology to start the conversation to discussing all of the bands and the role, it has in forming better habits and music in general to the importance of arts education in high school and much much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Being a band geek
- Marching Band
- Symphonic Band
- Jazz Band
- Pep Band
- Performing and Garage Bands
- Saxophone
- Band is a place to belong
- The Road Not Taken
- The Piano
- Music Theory
- Practice and Playing
- The Band Room
- The Arts
- And much more
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Eric Smith is an Author, an Agent, and More
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Latest Features Dossier Don’t Copy Xerox’s Errors as Told in Fumbling the Future
2023: Maybe I’ll Catch Up Later
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 113 features good friend Jason Zapata and both of our younger selves. We listen to an old conversation which you will also hear with us and then we reconvene on the mics to talk about music, friendship, and a whole lot more…
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- A conversation from the past
- Age comes for us all
- Listening to our younger selves is weird
- Music
- Culture
- Arts and Artists
- Attention spans
- Effortless Art Doesn't Exist
- And much more
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Friendship: Episode I - Jason Zapata
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PROMISES by Palmer
Evil Genius is a Textbook Example of a Fun Thriller
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 112 features Essa Hansen for the third time, who’s returning on the other side of the publication of her Graven trilogy. We discuss taking a break, process, reception and promotion, what has been learned, burnout and much much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Finishing a book trilogy as a writer
- Taking a break
- Burnout
- Success
- What's next?
- Marketing and promotion
- Fan interaction and reception
- What have you learned?
- A new paradigm, perhaps?
- Balance
- And much more
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EssaHansen.com
Sound Design with Nia Hansen Episode 21
Nophek Gloss with Essa Hansen Episode 32
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Celebrating Sydney and The Arts with Anthemic Play It Safe
Lots of Love and Laughter in Grace Allen Biography by George Burns
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 111 features Jon Reddick owner and founder of GenX Grown Up, a small multimedia kingdom of videos, podcasts, and blogs, who is here to discuss being an independent media mogul, self-employment leaps, keeping things for yourself, and much much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- What do you do?
- The jump from hobby to full-time
- GenXGrownUp
- Broadcasting background
- RetroDaze Connections
- On camera comfort
- Promotion
- GenXGrownUp Broadness
- YouTube
- Vlogging
- Accountability
- And much more
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GenXGrownUp's Discord Server
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You Can’t Spell “National Champions” Without NIL
Klosterman’s Raised in Captivity Like an Adult Version of Sideways Stories from Wayside School
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 110 features NJ Sullivan a co-founder of Lantern Audio Works, creator of audio dramas and the written arts, who is here to discuss a lot of things related to life and the art of creation.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Lantern Audio Works
- Writing
- Person v Persona
- Authenticity
- Reading
- Building Community
- Sound
- Stories
- Good Ideas
- Ingenuity, Time, and Money
- Editing
- And much more
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LanternAudioWorks.com
Lantern Audio Works on Bandcamp
NJ Sullivan Amazon Author Page
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PROMISE by Palmer
Wired Highlights an Industry that Failed John Belushi which Continues Today
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 109 features the return of Edward O'Hare, who has been my guide through my Star Trek journey, and we're going to reflect on my adventures with the original cast, before I embark upon The Next Generation.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Ed prepares me to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation
- And much more
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Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
Coupland is Ever-Timeless in the Buzzworthy Generation A
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Special Guest Producer: Bill Sweeney.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 108 features Eric Smith a literary agent and author, who has written books of all kinds and represented all kinds of authors. He’s here to discuss the publishing industry, his writing process, reading habits, and much much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Literary Agent
- Author
- Publishing
- Traditional Media
- Reading
- Young Adult Fiction
- Decision Making
- Juggling Priorities
- The Writing Process
- Musicals
- Books
- And much more
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@AgentPalmer
@ericsmithrocks
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Odds’ Crash the Time Machine Reminiscent of ‘Cheerleader,’ Eels, and Cars
Rocket Men Defines Apollo 11 Mission Better Than Anything Else I’ve Read
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 107 features Rob Mallows the man behind The Deighton Dossier website and blog, who is here to talk about Len Deighton, Bernard Samson, Harry Palmer, as well as collecting books and feeding our reading habit, spy fiction, spybrary and much much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Len Deighton
- Reading
- Collecting
- Harry Palmer
- Bernard Samson
- Starting a website
- Spybrary Connections
- La Carre, Fleming, and Deighton
- The Cold Ward
- Human Intelligence
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
deightondossier.net
spybrary.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@DeightonDossier
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek V The Final Frontier
Eric Idle Presents a Sortareminder to Laugh Through Life
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 106 features Nicholas W Fuller, an author who is working on his next book while raising two kids, recording interviews for YouTube, and still finds time for that pesky day job. We discuss his writing process, compare our gaming stories, talk about coding, incomplete trilogies, too much media, reading on a kindle, and much much more…
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- What's your process
- Plotter v. Pantser
- Speech to text
- Editing
- The Writing Process
- Waking Habits
- Self-Employed
- Our gaming stories
- Roads not taken
- Depreciated Syntax
- Name of the Wind
- Too much media
- Incomplete trilogies
- Kindle
- One book at a time
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
NicholasWFuller.com
YouTube.com/@NicholasWFuller
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@NicholasWFuller
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
It’s Easy to Love the 1955 Dodgers When Reading Praying for Gil Hodges
Charity is a Fitting End or Even a Beginning to Deighton’s Samson Series
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 105 features Will White, an animator, artist, writer, and video creator who not only has experience in the studio system for animation but also has had his hand in YouTube as well with his channel WillBits. We discuss how Will became an animator, creating videos and animations on YouTube, appeasing the algorithm, supporting independent creations, throwing away good stuff, and does everyone really has a story in them, and much much more…
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Will's Animation Story
- Cartoons
- A VHS trick to watch movies frame by frame
- Pre-Flash and Flash
- Do you have to draw?
- Webtoons
- Vtubers
- Fixing, Editing, and Retakes
- Webcomics
- Growing from bad writing
- Supporting the Independents
- YouTube
- VidCon
- Algorithm
- The tedium of animation
- Everyone has a story
- Execution matters
- An exploitative system
- Fans not fanatics
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
YouTube.com/WillBits
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@will_bits
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Palmer’s Trek: Fourth Major Star Trek Movie Really Does Feel Like a Voyage Home
Almost a Decade Later, Mitchell’s Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse Remains Relevant
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 104 features Matt Gilhooly host of The Life Shift Podcast, an instructor for higher education, and someone who is also working toward bringing conversation back. We discussed education and expected life paths, perfection, being creative, long-form content in all forms, the act of listening, celebrating things, moving on to what's next and so much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Education
- Expected life paths
- Higher Education Expectations
- What comes next
- Engaging the brain
- Learning with and without structure
- Perfection
- Podcasting
- Challenging creative outlets
- Reading
- Communication
- Conversation
- Listening
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
MattGilhooly.com
The Life Shift Podcast
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@thelifeshiftpod
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
No Matter which Football you Love, Captains and Quarterbacks Offer Emotional Journeys for Viewers
The Mystery of The Codex is Always on the Periphery
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 103 features the sultry voice of David Cook, who you may know from his work on The Edge of The World Broadcast, but who hopes you'll know him as a movie trailer voice down the road. We discuss music and voice-over, comedy, entertainment, training and learning, inspiration, finding your sound, knowing your instrument, nuance and so much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- The Edge of the World Broadcast
- "I don't do voices"
- I started as a singer
- Growing up geek
- Good music is good music
- Perfect Pitch
- Living in a household of musicians
- East Coast vs. West Coast club scenes
- "I love listening to me"
- Nuance
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The Edge of the World Broadcast
David Cook's YouTube Channel
David Cook's Soundcloud
David Cook's Instagram
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@SmoothCrooner
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
The Story of the Femmes was the better of the Tours de France in 2023
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek III The Search for Spock
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 102 features features the long-awaited return of my friend and the second Palmer files guest, Kristin Maier. We discuss writing and blogging, sharing, slowing down, speeding up, understanding ourselves, cycles, perception, reality and so much more...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Writing
- Blogging
- Getting personal online
- Toxic productivity
- The Spoon Theory
- Purpose
- Plans
- Anxiety
- Storytelling
- Dirty Dishes
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The Palmer Files Episode 2: Blogging with Kristin Maier
HoneyBears & SydneyBeans
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@kmaemaier
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Multiversal Mayhem Caps Graven Trilogy in the Unbelievably Good Ethera Grave
How I Halved My Record Collection and Why I Did it.
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 101 features features the return of my friend and the original Palmer Files guest, Bill Sweeney. The first 100 episodes went well let’s start the second hundred off the same way. We discuss 100 episodes of this show, guests, guilt, The Dip, go behind the scenes, talk about before there was this podcast, and just who is winning, Bill or Palmer?
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Getting in the rhythm
- Always looking ahead
- Podcasting creation processes
- Hypotheticals
- Blogging
- When you are ready
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The Interrogation of Agent Palmer by Agent 76 (Bill Sweeney)
Lessons on New York City from Bill Sweeney
The Palmer Files Episode 1: The Dip with Bill Sweeney
The DCTV Report Reunion
WickedTheory.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@wickedtheory
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek The Motion Picture
Ever the Scientist, Sagan Connected All the Dots in the Original Cosmos
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 100 features a very special guest, Michael Stershic a.k.a my Dad. We discuss the art of long-form conversation, working together, education, parenting, get into some nature v. nurture, and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Listening to the podcast
- The Art of Long-form Conversation
- Working together
- Childhood memories
- Staying in touch...
- Chasing friends
- Education
- Parenting
- Our Venn diagram of interests
- Playing guitar
- Retirement
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Episode 50 of The Palmer Files "A Conversation with Sybil Stershic a.k.a. My Mom."
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Klosterman Ditches the Rose Colored Glasses to Look Back on The Nineties
“One Day Ahead” Spins a Great Story about Tour de France, Mental Health
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 99 features the complete unauthorized and organically sourced history of coffee. So stay tuned for how one of the world’s most popular beverages came to be with a history full of kings, spies, pirates, popes, lovers, religion, politics, war, and much much more!
- Coffee's Origins
- From Berry and Bean to Drink
- Trade
- Coffee Shops
- Social Coffee
- Coffee Bans
- Capitalism
- Trade Agreements
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com/Coffee
Coffee Declassified: The History of Coffee
FilmJoy on YouTube
FilmJoy on Nebula
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Latest Features Dossier School Spirit, Like the Yearbooks that Inspired it, is a Neat Narrative Time Capsule
The Catastrophic Culminations of the Edge of the World Broadcast’s Third Season
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 98 features Mikey Neumann, whom you may know from FilmJoy, Movies with Mikey, Deep Dive or perhaps his days at Gearbox and those Borderland games. We discuss creating YouTube content, informational osmosis, situational nihilism, defining art, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- "No one knows what they're doing."
- There is no best.
- Situational Nihilism
- FilmJoy - Looking for the good...
- Everyone needs notes
- Informational Osmosis
- Behind the microphone
- "Get Off the Floor"
- Too much of a good thing
- Career transitions
- Being a YouTuber is stressful
- "Fiercely millennial."
- Taking pictures
- What is art?
- Ambition
- Quality
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
"Get Off the Floor" - Movies with Mikey
FilmJoy on YouTube
FilmJoy on Nebula
catawampus.ink
FilmJoy Patreon
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@mikeyface
@FilmJoyMedia
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek The Motion Picture
Ever the Scientist, Sagan Connected All the Dots in the Original Cosmos
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 97 features the multitalented Jacob Burgess. He not only Makes Words Happen, but he can also inspire thought and reflection as he did for me in the following conversation about traveling, theatre, seeking, learning, personality, and authenticity, plus we trade some platitudes and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Person v. Personality
- ADHD
- From the East Coast to the West Coast
- Travel and Journeys
- Looking for a voice
- Seeking
- Expectations
- The need for the unexpected
- Touching IPs
- Being surrounded by creators
- How precious our time is
- Overachieving
- Curiosity
- What's wrong with easy?
- Toxic productivity
- Authenticity
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
MakeWordsHappen.com
Desert Bus for Hope
AgentPalmer.com
Episode 52 of The Palmer Files: Celebrations and Anniversaries with Christopher J Hughes.
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@JacobBurgessVO
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Human Condition the Subtle Neon Glimmer of Downtown Owl
Have Faith That This Deighton Trilogy has More Secrets to Reveal
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 96 features Charles Bates, who you may know as Chaz, Yahzick, The DM, The Bard, or the previous episode. We continue the discussion by talking about the things we enjoy consuming on pixelated screens, sportsmanship, looking back, goals, attention, starving artists, growth, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Story vs. World
- Movies and shows we enjoy
- Quick dialogue
- The Binge
- Star Trek
- RuPaul's Drag Race
- Sportsmanship
- What's your price?
- Looking Back
- Attention
- Audience Expectations
- Growth
- The Starving Artist
- Sharing yourself
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Mann Shorts on YouTube
Yahzick on Spotify
Yahzick on YouTube
Yahzick on Instagram
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek The Animated Series
The Gum Thief Wears the Rose-Colored Glasses of Nostalgia Well
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 95 features Charles Bates, who you may know as Chaz, Yahzick, The DM, or The Bard. We discuss his many hats and projects, his creative pursuits, a few fandoms, reading, the abundance of choice and so much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Charles is Great
- A writer who raps
- Always been a writer
- Storytellers
- Reading
- ADHD
- Harry Potter
- Tolkien
- The desire for discovery
- Underdogs
- Abundance of choice
- Florida
- Mann Shorts
- Rational people don't create
- Art is Vulnerable
- Do the thing
- Star Wars
- Worldbuilding
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Mann Shorts on YouTube
Yahzick on Spotify
Yahzick on YouTube
Yahzick on Instagram
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Did Anderegg’s Nerds reveal Tom Bombadil to be my Shibboleth?
Small Oddities: Villain Shit
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 94 features Rob Eskra, back for the second time. Why? To talk about what we do when we have free time. And as you’ll hear, we discuss the exorbitant abundance of things to do and consume with the, by comparison, minute time we have to do them. Plus being a collector of hobbies, world-building, naps, soaring, and more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Work Life Balance
- Music vs. Podcast
- Paralyzed by Choice
- Types of Readers
- Passive vs. Active Listening
- Walkman vs. Discman
- Commuting and Consuming Media
- On Writing
- World-Building
- Insomnia
- Children
- Night Owl
- Before Noon
- Sleepy After Lunch
- Motivation
- A Weekin Rob's Life
- Too Many Options
- Flight Simulator
- Self-Reflection
- Soaring
- YouTube
- Introducing your kids to your things
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Watch Rob on Twitch
Robert Eskra's YouTube
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Genius & Anxiety Sets the Record Straight on a Perilous Century
Goodnight, Max.
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 93 features Jason Zapata, back for the third time. Why? Well, we have discussed our passions and friendship, and now he's returned to discuss his realization that it's time to find some balance, because he works too hard. We discuss that at length, plus needs, wants, perceptions, boundaries, ambition, and more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Work Life Balance
- Needs v. Wants
- Corporate
- Perceptions
- Work from Home is Work from Anywhere
- Isolation
- White Collar Job
- Boundaries
- Job Security
- Quiet Quitting
- Propaganda
- Generations
- Ambition
- Five Year Plans
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
JasonZapata.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Palmer’s Trek: Star Trek The Original Series
Palmer’s Trek: A Star Trek Journey
Take a Look in the Book of the Path Dr. Seuss Took
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 92 features Anthony "Tony" Rapino, co-author of the recently published Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champions, but he’s also an artist that works with words, clay, paint, and well, any medium he can make the time for. We discuss those many mediums, plus reading, writing, genres, college, physical media, and more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Where did the writing journey begin?
- In Love with Creation
- Horror and Horror adjacent
- Reading
- Blended Genres
- The moment of discovery
- Trailers
- Being a teacher
- Good teachers
- Don't use writing and reading as punishment
- 80s Exchange
- Realizing your potential and limitations
- Collegiate expereiences
- Nostalgia
- Anticipation
- Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champions
- Physical Media
- Used Book Stores
- Reading
- Finishing the book
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AnthonyJRapino.com
OrderofComsicChampions.com
80sxchange.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@AnthonyJRapino
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Love it or Hate it, Blonde Might Be the Best Art Film Ever
Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champions is the 80s Nostalgia Dump I Needed
The Fast Food Pizza / Movie Connection
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 91 features Margo Donohue, the Brooklyn Fit Chick returns as a newly published author of Filmed in Brooklyn a book about film history and the history of film in Brooklyn. We discuss the creation, process, and reception of her book. But we also talk about using the time you have wisely, reading and writing, humility, healthy egos, and much much more
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Filmed In Brooklyn by Margo Donohue
- A love letter to Brooklyn
- The Book Pitch
- Using the time available
- Photography
- Timing is Everything
- Writers Group
- Congratulate Yourself
- Media Maven Margo
- Reading and Writing
- Humility
- Healthy Egos
- The next thing
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
BrooklynFitChick.com
Get your copy of Filmed In Brooklyn (Amazon)
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@BrooklynMargo
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Entwined Legacies Celebrated in “The Day the Music Died” Doc
Hollywood Hatred Aside, Violent Ward Plays Out Like a Great Film
Brooklyn Beauties Focus of Margo Donohue’s Love Letter Film Study
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 90 features Craig Burgess, a marketing man, a creative designer, and someone who is creating things for the right reasons now that he’s seen the light, which we’ll discuss along with plenty of buzzwords that we don’t like; such as thought leader, guru, content creator, and well, where have all the mavericks and renegades gone?
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- The Authentic Self
- Snake Oil Sales
- The Content Wheel
- Playing the game
- Consistency
- Thought leaders
- Art vs. Content
- Intent
- Algorithm
- Professional Contrarians
- Creativity
- Recovering your attention span
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The Wednesday Audio (Yeah Wednesdays)
Craig's Cabinet of Meagre Offerings (This Is Not Value)
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@craigburgess
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Love for Jurassic Park Series is Anything but Extinct, 30 Years Later
Brooklyn Beauties Focus of Margo Donohue’s Love Letter Film Study
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 89 features Cam Smith, co-host of SpyHards Podcast who is here to discuss media, fandom, American and Canadian culture, a few hot takes, Star Trek, spies, and much more! I promise you won’t need a secret decoder ring for this one.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Why Spy?
- Star Trek
- James Bond
- Canada
- Culture
- Origin of a podcast
- What makes a spy movie?
- Reading
- Christopher Nolan
- Midnight Showings
- Star Wars
- Night Owls and Early Birds
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
SpyHards
Our Liner Notes
- CanCon Part 1
- CanCon Part 2
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@SpyHards
@camvsmith
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Somehow, A Pepsi Court Case Provides Refreshing Documentary Fodder
A back-from-the-dead defense of 2013’s R.I.P.D.
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 88 features Christopher J. Hughes, returning for his third time, the first was for friendship, the second was for celebration and now he’s here to discuss the movie he made, “They Sleep On Us.” (And I helped).
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- So you made a movie?
- Being at your own movie premiere
- Friends help each other
- The transition from a solo project to a collaboration
- What's next?
- Not JUST a football movie
- Anyone can do this
- Learn from experience
- Do the thing
- The big moment of finishing a large project
- Large one-off projects vs. ongoing projects
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
They Sleep On Us (IMDb)
They Sleep On Us (Trailer)
TriforceDad.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@TriforceDad1984
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Suellen Hoy Has All the Dirt on the American Pursuit of Cleanliness
Twenty Twenty-Two In Review
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 87 features Tristan, Sam, Rob, Evelien, Matt, Matt, J.D., Khan, and Jennifer. Discussing the future, the past, and a few favorites in between from the "One Final Question" after-credits of The Palmer Files podcast.
During the episode we cover:
- What happens when we die?
- Favorite Book?
- What book would you want to completely experience for the first time, again?
- What's your superpower?
- What is the genesis of this podcast?
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Episode 51: UnArchaeology with Tristan Boyle the Anarchaeologist
Episode 53: Agent Palmer: Behind the Microphone
Episode 57: Talking Mathematics and Two Paths Diverged with Sam Leitermann
Episode 58: A Lawyer, Life, and Lessons with Robert Eskra
Episode 59: A Producer's Life for Us with Evelien
Episode 60: The Origin of a Librarian with Matt Kiefer
Episode 61: One Final Question: Volume Two
Episode 64: Caffeinated and Candid with Matt Lady
Episode 67: A Fun and Supportive Conversation with J.D. of Veritas Fit
Episode 68: A Khanversation with Khan
Episode 69: 40 Cups of Coffee with Jennifer Montgomery
Other Links
BlueDoorGroup.ca (Jennifer Montgomery)
KhanArtist.org (Yung Khan)
HighKeyGeek (Matt Lady)
Psionic Monkey on Twitch (Matt Kiefer)
Reppin Podcast (Evelien)
Robert Eskra's YouTube (Robert Eskra)
The Math Profs on Twitch (Sam Leitermann)
UnArchaeology.org (Tristan Boyle)
Prey Highlights Man’s Folly in the Face of Technology
First Season of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Scores for Good Sport, Entertainment Value
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 86 features Brian Sutich, the driving force behind Chasing Sound a hub for guitar players and those who want to immerse themselves in the world of guitar. We discuss his six-string origins, take a tour through his musical and technical journey, geek out about some old technology, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- First guitars
- Starting on piano
- Musical influences
- Metalheads
- Metallica
- A trip through our band histories
- Fiddling with recording equipment
- A van tour across the country
- Audio engineering
- Tascam Portastudios
- The School of Audio Engineering
- Physical Tape and Digital Tools
- Rediscovering music
- Maintaining playing chops
- On teaching guitar
- The patience to teach
- A Musician's collection
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Chasing Sound
Our Liner Notes
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@chasingsound
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Track by Track: Aerosmith – Nine Lives
Celebrating the World’s Greatest Intellectual Meshugenah, Mel Brooks
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 85 features David Snyder, who as he slows down in his career is doing more than he expected. We talk about his career and how in his quote retirement unquote he's not only doing more but loving it. We also discuss building and creating, honey, maple syrup, baseball, giving back, learning as a generalist educationally, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Renaissance Man
- Bees and Honey
- Maple Syrup
- The paradox of slowing down and being busier
- A career in Television
- Brandissimo!
- Bespoke Localized Content
- Problem Solving
- The Fun vs Stress Equation
- An American in England
- Cricket
- Sports
- Chaloner Children's Charity
- Giving Back
- Being Reflexive
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Chaloner Children’s Charity
Good Government Show
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@dsnyderuk
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Untold attempts to answer: Whatever happened to AND1?
Quips, References, and Empty Space: JPod Still Thought-Provoking Almost 20 Years Later
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 84 features math teacher and eduverse podcaster on Unprofessional Development Mr. Mealey. We talk about his path to teaching, education, staff rooms, grading, class size, pretty much anything you’ve heard anyone complain about, in so far as education is concerned, you’ll hear us touch on, excepting budgets, we don’t go there, but we go everywhere else.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- On being a teacher
- The Eduverse
- Tony Danza, Teacher
- Fictional Teachers
- "Real Life" applicable lessons
- School and Class Sizes
- What kind of students were we
- Teacher Camaraderie
- Floating teachers
- Grading
- "These kids today"
- Teacher frustrations
- Bias in teaching
- Goals
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
podpage.com/Unprofessional-Development
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@unprocast
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Five R-E-A-S-O-N-S to Watch Bad Words
Wolfe certainly has The Right Stuff to open the space race
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 83 features narrator and author Travis Baldree, whose debut novel Legend and Lattes we discuss along with his career trajectory and how his curiosity and his hobbies have also shaped that. We talk about his many hats from his current gig as an audiobook narrator to his days doing almost everything you can think of in making video games, plus reading, nerding out, creative introverts outlining, editing, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- On being a first-time author
- Making video games
- Technology
- A man of many hats
- Reading to his kids
- Starting on a lark
- Narrator processes
- Audio nerd
- Not being scared of tech
- Creative introverts
- Publishing
- Phone calls
- The layers of texting
- Legends & Lattes
- NaNoWriMo
- Outlining
- Battling the Blank
- Narration is about anticipation
- Serial Bohhiest
- Dopamine spike with Creation
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
TravisBaldree.com
Pour One Out for the Excellent Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@jimmyasoni
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Sailing Into History: Netflix tells the tale of The Race of the Century
Lackawanna College alum to premiere Falcons football documentary
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 82 features author Jimmy Soni, co-author of A Mind At Play about Claude Shannon and The Founders about the founding of Paypal and the evolution of the PayPal Mafia. We discuss the process of creating those books, researching, method writing, going dark, plus the creative process in all its forms, the good and bad, the early mornings and late nights, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Writing about the dead vs. writing about the living
- Historical research
- Research processes
- Going Dark
- Stumbling into a book
- Creating a firewall for current events
- Method writing
- Creative motives change as you do them
- A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
- Creating vs. Consuming content
- Balance
- Ambition to create should be more celebrated
- Giving people a platform
- The Chaos of Publishing
- Advice for writers
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
JimmySoni.com
A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shapes Silicon Valley
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@jimmyasoni
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Deighton’s City of Gold is must-read WW2 fiction
Travelin’ Band documentary reminds us how great CCR is
The Founders demystifies the dot-com era success of PayPal
A Book Review of “A Mind At Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 81 features Kelly Fiorini, a teacher turned copywriter who has an amazing story about how that journey transpired with a few tips about trying a career before you go full in. Plus going abroad, having two vastly different teaching experiences, being an introvert, freelance writing, self-evaluation, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Why a teacher?
- Majoring in languages
- Studying abroad
- Teaching Expectations vs. Reality
- Career Complacency
- Trying a career first
- Education can be such an amazing thing
- National Boards
- Self-examination
- Are extracurriculars possible for teachers?
- What's next?
- Exchanging writing for money
- Writing for yourself
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
KellyFiorini.com
Kelly's Blog
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@kellyfcopy
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Beacon of Hope: Discovering the legendary Terry Fox through Coupland’s coffee book
‘Gonzo’ Reminds Us That Hunter S. Thompson is Far Greater Than ‘Fear’
Changing Careers with Carl Landra - The Palmer Files Episode 6
A Lawyer, Life, and Lessons with Robert Eskra - The Palmer Files Episode 58
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 80 features the first three-time guest, who was the original guest, and a very good friend of the show, Mr. Bill Sweeney! He has returned to the show for a geography lesson about his hometown; New York City. We talk about transportation, temperament, and tourism. Boroughs and Bridges. Discuss a few myths and legends, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Where are you from?
- The Five Boroughs
- Borough names vs. County names
- Defining "Upstate"
- Transportation
- Bridges
- The Forgotten Borough
- Profanity
- Temperament
- "Everyone's your friend in New York City" - They Might Be Giants
- New York City Food
- NYC Authenticity in Media
- Superhero overload
- The way it used to be...
- What's a New York Minute?
- What's a New York State of Mind?
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
WickedTheory.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@WickedTheory
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Pour One Out for the Excellent Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
No Mo’ FOMO
15 TV Shows That Make You Want to Visit New York City | NYCGo.com
10 Best TV Series & Movies Set In New York | Screen Rant
The Interrogation of Agent Palmer by Agent 76
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
--End Show Notes Transmission--
Episode 80 features the first three-time guest, who was the original guest, and a very good friend of the show, Mr. Bill Sweeney! He has returned to the show for a geography lesson about his hometown; New York City. We talk about transportation, temperament, and tourism. Boroughs and Bridges. Discuss a few myths and legends, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Where are you from?
- The Five Boroughs
- Borough names vs. County names
- Defining "Upstate"
- Transportation
- Bridges
- The Forgotten Borough
- Profanity
- Temperament
- "Everyone's your friend in New York City" - They Might Be Giants
- New York City Food
- NYC Authenticity in Media
- Superhero overload
- The way it used to be...
- What's a New York Minute?
- What's a New York State of Mind?
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
WickedTheory.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@WickedTheory
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Pour One Out for the Excellent Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
No Mo’ FOMO
15 TV Shows That Make You Want to Visit New York City | NYCGo.com
10 Best TV Series & Movies Set In New York | Screen Rant
The Interrogation of Agent Palmer by Agent 76
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 79 features renaissance man and storyteller Jerry J.B. Manas, author of many books including the freshly minted tale The Mirror Man. We discuss the writing process, collaboration, details, outlines, idea hoarding, entering new mediums, how everything really boils down to storytelling, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Science Fiction and Business Writing
- Starting in I.T.
- Project Management
- Writing better than doing...
- Hitchcock and Spielberg
- Completing the story
- Cyclical journies
- Management Consulting
- "What do you do?"
- Storytelling
- Co-Authoring
- Process
- Collaboration
- Sequels
- The Mirror Man (Behind the pages)
- Details
- Fleming and Crichton
- Artists as Humans not Content Machines
- Deadlines
- Outlines
- Idea Generation and Hoarding
- Moving into another medium
- Staying organized
- Book trailers
- Writing tips
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
JerryManas.com
JBManas.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@jerrymanas
@jb_manas
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
The Mirror Man marries spy thrills, strange chills, and more
The Thorough Interrogation of Renaissance Man and Author J.B. "Jerry" Manas
Atticus is Fast-Paced Sci-Fi Fun with Timely Application
The Kronos Interference is Brilliant: A Spoiler Free Book Review
The Bear serves up drama in half-size portions
This ‘Rocket’ Recollection Launched Fond Memories of the Argonauts
Clearing out the clutter of my mind (Vol. 2)
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 79 features renaissance man and storyteller Jerry J.B. Manas, author of many books including the freshly minted tale The Mirror Man. We discuss the writing process, collaboration, details, outlines, idea hoarding, entering new mediums, how everything really boils down to storytelling, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Science Fiction and Business Writing
- Starting in I.T.
- Project Management
- Writing better than doing...
- Hitchcock and Spielberg
- Completing the story
- Cyclical journies
- Management Consulting
- "What do you do?"
- Storytelling
- Co-Authoring
- Process
- Collaboration
- Sequels
- The Mirror Man (Behind the pages)
- Details
- Fleming and Crichton
- Artists as Humans not Content Machines
- Deadlines
- Outlines
- Idea Generation and Hoarding
- Moving into another medium
- Staying organized
- Book trailers
- Writing tips
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
JerryManas.com
JBManas.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@jerrymanas
@jb_manas
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
The Mirror Man marries spy thrills, strange chills, and more
The Thorough Interrogation of Renaissance Man and Author J.B. "Jerry" Manas
Atticus is Fast-Paced Sci-Fi Fun with Timely Application
The Kronos Interference is Brilliant: A Spoiler Free Book Review
The Bear serves up drama in half-size portions
This ‘Rocket’ Recollection Launched Fond Memories of the Argonauts
Clearing out the clutter of my mind (Vol. 2)
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 78 features the return of Sara Netzley! Still a PhD, but now also a newswriter for Entertainment Weekly and of course, still a very good friend of mine. We discuss journalism, the internet, talk generationally, and also discuss seasonality and classroom dynamics, but know that you are getting to listen to two friends that also slip into the roles of Professor Sara and Student Palmer...
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Reporting for Entertainment Weekly
- Being in the know with entertainment news
- Magazines
- Before the internet
-
NotAllOldFolks
- Talking Generationally
- Physical photos
- Journalistic Standards
- Sourcing
- Seasonally speaking
- Back to school
- Classroom dynamics
- Talking and Talkers
- Looking for a job or to change the world
- The Pappy and MeeMaw Hour
- Commercials
- Media Recommendations
- For All Mankind
- Pachinko
- Ted Lasso
- Kim's Convenience
- The Bear
- Kitchen Confidential
- Class is in session
- Neil Postman
- Marshall McLuhan
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
SaraNetzley.com
SaraWhitney.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@SaraNetzley
@@sarawhitney_
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
The Mirror Man marries spy thrills, strange chills, and more
The Bear serves up drama in half-size portions
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 77 features Ty Hildenbrandt, co-host of The Solid Verbal, a college football podcast. We discuss college football, the changing sports media landscape, go behind the scenes of the podcast, dive into our formative years and the impact that SportsCenter had on us, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Why College Football
- Sports Illustrated / Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism
- Sports Media
- Ty's Career Trajectory
- It started with a blog...
- SportsCenter as something formative
- The Sports Reporters
- Growing up a Sports Fan
- Regional and Tribal College Football
- Notre Dame
- Penn State
- Choosing fandom
- The Saturday Campus Experience
- College Football's proliferation
- FBS/FCS
- The year-round spectacle
- Everyone can find their home
- Losing team's beat writer's recap
- The Solid Verbal podcast history
- Rivalries
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The Solid Verbal
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@TyHildenbrandt
@SolidVerbal
@AgentPalmer
@ThePalmerFiles
Other Links
Get lost in the deep purpose of Eleanor Rigby
Observations from the 2022 Tour de France
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 76 features Toby Bloomberg, a digital marketer, co-founder of Diva Foodies, host of #FoodTVChat, and she’s been digitally marketing for almost as long as I have been aware of digital marketing. We discuss how much of that started, being intentional, food and creativity, engagement, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Finding a niche
- "Be intentional"
- Money and decision making
- Marketing and Art/Creativity
- Foorpreneuer
- Putting yourself out there
- Living for the approval of your creations
- Food is universal
- What is a "Foodie?"
- Where do you eat?
- Cooking at home
- Food marketing
- Live-tweeting
- Twitter Chats
- Sandboxing
- Engagement
- Food Tourism
- Culture
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Mentally? A Magpie
iamkeelinit on Instagram
iamkeelinit on tiktok
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@iamkeelinit
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
MAMista rains Deighton’s spy sensibilities into the jungle
Hustle scores points as modern love letter to basketball
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 75 features Keelin the Magpie, who’s background in the creative arts has prepared her for the thankless job of critically reviewing podcasts. We discuss how that came to be, the process of reviewing media, podcasting as a medium, reading, writing, scripts, criticism, community and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Critical Podcast Reviews
- A Review Blog Origin
- Always a reader
- Theatre background
- Books are a happy place
- Dramaturgy
- Musical Theatre
- What is podcasting?
- Audio drama
- Script reading
- Professional Critiques
- GreatPods
- Finding Community
- Talking about Podcasts
- Criticism and Indie Podcasts
- Audio Quality
- Bad press myth
- Reviewing something in production
- Podcasting is a different medium.
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Mentally? A Magpie
iamkeelinit on Instagram
iamkeelinit on tiktok
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@iamkeelinit
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
MAMista rains Deighton’s spy sensibilities into the jungle
Hustle scores points as modern love letter to basketball
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 74 features Janice Webber, a long-time physiotherapist who is taking her business sense and her artistic abilities and looking to create an art academy. We discuss how she arrived where she is, what she’s learned along the way, what it means to create more and stress less, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Physiotherapy
- Entrepreneurship
- Art
- Being an artist
- Careers that didn't happen
- Being a dabbler
- Hobbies
- Sanity through creation
- The Starving Artist
- Breaking the mold
- Treading Water
- The Status Quo
- Change
- Global vs. Linear thinking
- Art as observation
- Becoming a teacher
- Starting the arts academy
- Finding your creative outlet
- Coming full circle
- Stress and recovery
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
JaniceWebber.com
HoneyBears & SydneyBeans
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
“Like a Rolling Stone” wonderfully orchestrates the work of journalist Ben Fong-Torres
The Brilliance of Letterman’s Netflix Show Needs No Introduction
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 73 features Zach Martin, host of the Foodball podcast. We discuss our cooking origins and inspirations, our cooking journeys, food is a part of that conversation, as well as the origin of foodball, cook vs chef, passion vs hobby, plenty of suggested viewing for those interested in more food things and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Cooking and food
- Cook vs. Chef
- The myth that food is fuel only
- Depression Era Cooking
- Chili
- Meal prep
- Cooking Origins
- PBS Cooking Shows
- Cooking Television
- What works for you
- Enjoying the process of cooking
- The Origin of Foodball
- A cautionary culinary tale
- Cooking: Time vs. Money
- The Cooking Spectrum
- The No Breakfast Club
- Eggs are great for cooking
- Pancakes
- No gadgets in the kitchen
- A division of labor
- Chef, the movie and The Chef Show
- Cooking and criticism
- Hobby vs. Passion
- Solo podcasting
- Sandwich construction
- Burger vs. Patty
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The Foodball Podcast
@foodballpod on Instagram
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@foodballpod
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Black and Blue is a bruising baseball history of the ’66 World Series
The Kids finally get their due respect in The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 72 features Coach Chris Clement, an industrial engineer by profession and football coach by passion. We discuss his football coaching journey, mainly Canadian football, his path to industrial engineering, how the two things overlap, plus instant replay, clock management, keeping things in line, practice, yes "we talkin’ practice," and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Being an industrial engineer
- Coaching Canadian Football
- Passions that don't keep the lights on
- Keeping things in line
- Video games impact on the field
- Clock Management
- Instant Replay
- Coaching rugby
- 15s vs. 7s
- High School football Canada vs. U.S.
- Engineering and Football
- Coaching was not the goal at one point
- What he wanted to be
- Being a goalie/keeper
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
passesandpatterns.blogspot.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@CoachCClement
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Straken is excellent fantasy history repeating itself
Geek Space: The Top Shelf Behind Me
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 71 features Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman, who along with being a rabbi is also a sports blogger, an author, a father, and of course all of the other hats that come along with being a rabbi. We discuss his path from politics to the pulpit, how he came to be a rabbi, learn how he became a blogger and author, and compare our own paths through Jewish spirituality and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- On becoming a Rabbi
- Access to the mysteries
- Policy
- Helping people
- Jewish journeys
- Tradition
- Judaism in the home
- Urban vs. Rural religious experience
- The lifecycle of Judaism
- Community aspect of religion
- Becoming a sports blogger
- Writing a book
- Teaching
- Media from another Era
- Road trips
- Content creation
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
RabbiMarkAsherGoodman.com
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@rabbimarkasherg
soccer_rabbi
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
The Founders demystifies the dot-com era success of PayPal
Metal Lords is Not Your Average High School Coming-of-Age Movie
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 70 features Dr. Yanas Kisten, a marine biologist by day and the force behind Geekoscopy by night. We discuss how academia and his other passions led to Geekoscopy, what it's like working within academia, being a marine biologist what he thought it would be versus the reality, content creation, writing academic papers, science communication, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Evolution of Geekoscopy
- Science Communication
- Academia
- Earning a PhD
- Creating Content
- Marine Biology
- Academic Papers
- Burnout
- Making science accessible
- New formats
- Adaptations
- Transferable skillsets
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Geekoscopy.com
Geekoscopy on YouTube
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@Geekoscopy
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
In a three network world, always be the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Burn Notice’s Michael Westen deserves a seat at the best spy table.
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 69 features Jennifer Montgomery, who is not only a connoisseur of coffee but founded a company named 40 Cups of Coffee. We discuss how 40 Cups came to be, networking with a purpose, career transitions, being present, embracing the things we don't know, defining success, being exceptional, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Coffee
- 40 Cups
- Networking vs. Networking with Purpose
- Career Transitions
- Work Live Balance
- Self Evaluation
- Every coffee has a lesson
- Self-accountability
- Coffee as a metaphor
- Buzzword soup
- Relationship building
- Defining success
- Change
- Generational career trajectories
- Failure
- "I don't know"
- Being present
- Measuring ability
- Being exceptional
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
BlueDoorGroup.ca
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@40cupsofcoffeee
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
A Country So Nice, Coupland Captures Canada Twice
Apollo 10 ½ is pure rotoscoped moon movie magic
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 68 features Khan who you may know from his streams or the many emotes of his which populate Twitch, his merchandise, or his coffee. We discuss all of that plus; his journey back to art, being a teacher, building a brand, streaming for selfish reasons, philosophy, consistency, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- "I make stuff."
- Coaching and Teaching
- Martial Arts
- "I like dense things..."
- Are you your brand?
- Streaming art
- Khanguer Blend Coffee
- Starting the grind
- Jack of all trades
- Apparel Lines
- Developing a video game
- Expectations
- Price and Design
- Time Management
- Daily Comic
- Recharging
- Write it down
- Drunken Boxing
- The impetus of change
- Mortality
- Goals
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
KhanArtist.org
HFTees.com
Khanquer Blend Coffee
KhanArt on YouTube
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@YungKhan
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Tanequil is a Great Middle Sector for High Druid Trilogy
Fact Over Fiction: Why I’m Watching More Documentaries Than Ever Before
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 67 features J.D. the founder of Veritas Fit and a mental health coach and advocate who is here because we should all be challenged more to discuss our mental health. We discuss anxiety, starting conversations around mental health, storytelling and filling in the blanks, knowledge and not knowing, speak generationally, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Helping vs. Supporting
- Mental Health
- Anxiety
- Not Knowing
- Self-care
- Storytelling
- The journey
- The Speed of Information
- Algorithms and Comfort Zones
- Generational Differences
- Apologizing to our parents
- Taking pictures
- Remembering phone numbers
- Balance
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
VeritasFit.com
Dark Days Bright Nights
Veritas Fit on YouTube
AgentPalmer.com
Episode 13 of The Palmer Files: Anxiety with Neil Cetrangolo from Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@jd_thejedi
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
A Life Full of Positive Achievements: Memoir! Celebrates Sid Meier
Welcome to Earth: Will Smith is all of us on our ever-connected planet
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 66 features Taylor Shanklin, who is not only a motivational speaker and TED Talk veteran but also CEO and founder of Barlele, which also happens to make Taylor my current boss. We talk about why I was hired, Taylor’s professional journey to founding her own agency, plus discuss creativity, confidence, truth, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- The hiring process
- Networking
- Marketing Philosophy
- Hobbies
- Corporate Culture
- Corporate hustle
- Startup Culture
- Chasing dreams
- "New Media"
- Flash
- Being Geeky
- Creative
- Technical
- Intuition
- Saying No
- Building a team
- Balance
- Helping others
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
TShank.com
Barlele.com
Soar (Taylor's Podcast)
Taylor's Instagram @TShankSoars
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Azura Ghost is the high stakes trilogy middle book I didn’t know I needed
Enjoying the Fellowship of Friends on an Extended Friday Break
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 65 features Jason Collins, who is not only a more charismatic Nick Burns Your Company's Computer Guy, but he's a friend I've reconnected with. We discuss being a rhythm section of Jasons, college, I.T., finding your space, friendship renewed, file organization, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- College
- Ambition
- Playing drums
- Finding direction
- Real World I.T. vs Classroom I.T.
- It worked yesterday
- Finding your spot
- Rock star reality
- A friendship renewed
- Social media as a crutch to connection
- Seeing Agent Palmer from the outside
- IRC, ICQ, and AOL
- Gaming
- Old technology
- A terabyte here, a terabyte there
- Digital file organization
- Gatekeeping with command prompt
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ItsUriyel
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Souvenir of Canada is not to be left untouched on a shelf
“Quincy” perfectly celebrates a living legacy
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 64 features Matt Lady, who dabbling in many directions professionally and is personally working towards something as you’ll soon discover. We discuss side projects, entrepreneurship, timing, celebrating others, spending time with ourselves, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Side Projects
- Lorem Dripsum
- Entrepreneurship
- Basketball
- Timing is everything
- Streaming
- Don't put me in a box
- Podcasting
- Platform selection
- Decisions and money
- Klay Thompson
- Success isn't just being the star
- Room for everyone
- Being authentic
- Spending real time with yourself
- Being your own best teammate
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Matt's Twitter Thread
Lorem Dripsum
Tweets
@mattlady
@HighKeyGeek_
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Souvenir of Canada is not to be left untouched on a shelf
“Quincy” perfectly celebrates a living legacy
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 63 features Janae Ivery, who you may not know yet, who is co-hosting the Girls Go Books Deep Podcast, and who’s preparing to break into all of the mediums. We discuss on-screen representation, why can’t all fandoms get along, what is canon, writing, reviewing, captions, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Representation
- Canon
- Fandom
- DC and Marvel
- Reading
- Binge vs. Appointment Television
- Wanting to Create
- Reviewing
- Captions
- Writing
- Acting
- Daily Goals
- Notebooks
- The Fear of Publish
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
GirlsGoBooksDeep.com
Ralph Bakshi: A Rotospective
Tweets
@jivery
@gg_booksdeep
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Objectivity wins in Deighton’s WW2 analysis, “Blood, Tears and Folly”
Edge of the World Broadcast Season Two: Listening is Advised!
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 62 features Jeff Quest, who you may know from Spywrite or any number of his spy-related podcasts. We discuss blogging and collecting, reading and creating, comprehension, memory, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Blogging
- Collecting
- Podcasting
- Reviewing
- Spoilers
- Niche vs. No Niche
- Reading Books
- Running
- Spies
- Comprehension vs. Memory
- Rewatchability vs. Rereadability
- Short vs. Long Content
- Negative Reviews
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Spywrite.com
Spywrite.com/About
Reading The Meadow 20 years after college adds needed perspective
Tweets
@spywrite
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Coupland’s Characters Speak to Me Beyond Grief in ‘Hey Nostradamus’
Similar Lessons Learned from Yet Another Challenging Year
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 61 features Chris, Bill, Amy, Becca, Lauren, Ilana, Ethan, Corey, and my Mom. Discussing the future, the past, and a few things in between from the "One Final Question" after-credits of The Palmer Files podcast.
During the episode we cover:
- What would I want to create to make money?
- Where do you see yourself in five years?
- What did you want to do?
- Forcing a habit
- What would I teach?
- On being a Baltimore Orioles fan.
- Mom's influence
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Episode 26: Friendship: Episode II - Christopher J. Hughes
Episode 27: Friendship: Episode III - Bill Sweeney
Episode 35: Space with Amy Shira Teitel
Episode 38: Inputs and Outputs with Rebecca Seidel
Episode 39: The Story of a Creative Entrepreneur with Lauren Beck
Episode 43: A Little Conversation with Ilana Levine
Episode 44: Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks with Ethan Gilsdorf
Episode 47: From The Hobbit to Signum University with The Tolkien Professor
Episode 50: A Conversation with Sybil Stershic a.k.a. My Mom
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@TriforceDad1984
@WickedTheory
@AmyShiraTeitel
@BeccaHope24
@ilanalevine
@ethanfreak
@tolkienprof
@SybilQSM
Other Links
ren.and.ink (Instagram)
Dragon’s Milk offers a cup full of life lessons
The Beatles: Get Back Isn’t 100% For Everyone
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 60 features Matt Kiefer who is here to discuss his career as a librarian. As you’ll soon learn it’s not just the Dewey decimal system and shushing people. It’s a library of things and events plus, growing into being organized, helping with technology, some library myths, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- What does a librarian do?
- How does one become a librarian?
- A Libary of things
- Archives and Reference Collections
- Things to do at the library
- Technology usage at the library
- Different types of librarians
- Community Space vs. Books
- Running events
- Recommendation Engines
- Library Myths
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Psionic Monkey on Twitch
Find a library near you on worldcat.org/libraries
Create your own library at LibraryAnything.com
Tweets
@PsionicM
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Crichton’s Next is a TED Talk with a novel preamble
‘Somewhere You Feel Free’ plants appreciation for Tom Petty and ‘Wildflowers’ album
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 59 features Evelien, a producer, who is here to discuss her day job as a producer, where we both agree no one has any clue what a producer does, excepting that it is important and integral to many mediums, plus learning by doing, being organized, a few metaphors and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- What is a producer?
- What does a producer do?
- Wanting to be in media?
- Culturally understanding media?
- Always Producing...
- Saying Yes vs. Saying No
- To do your own thing
- Production vs. Live Production
- Lack of Sleep
- Overreaching
- Anonymity
- Creative Creatures
- Being Bored
- Being Prepared
- Being Flexible
- Jack of All Trades
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Reppin Podcast
Tweets
@ReppinPodcast
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
The Real Frank Zappa Book is Worth Your Time, No Matter Who You Are
Declassifying a Decade: Honoring 10 Years of AgentPalmer.com
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 58 features Professor Robert Eskra, Esquire, a lawyer turned teacher, who is here to tell the tale of how he became a lawyer and then why he isn’t as well as higher education, the archer’s mindset, being a jack of all trades, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Why Lawyering?
- Law School
- The Bar Exam
- College Class Attendance
- Arguing the Lawyer Way
- Is a hot dog a sandwich?
- How do you define breakfast?
- Being a Lawyer
- A false bill of goods
- The search for what's next?
- Teaching
- Jack of All Trades
- Meaningful memories
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Watch Rob on Twitch
Robert Eskra's YouTube
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
“100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet” is a Comprehensive and Contemplative Reading Experience for Everyone
Meet me at the food court: Jasper Mall examines a dying breed
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 57 features Sam Leiterman, a mathematician and teacher, who came on to discuss math, and we do before taking a left turn to talk about books, literature, young adult novels, engineering, divergent paths, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Why Math?
- Two paths diverged
- Passion
- Challenging yourself
- Writing
- Reading
- Reading variations
- Reading patterns
- Collecting books
- Completionist vs. Letting It Go
- Lending and Gifting Books
- Young Adult Literature
- Abstract Algebra
- Teaching
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
The Math Profs on Twitch
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@samleitermann
Other Links
Spy Line and the Case of the missing Agent Palmer book review
“It All Begins with a Song” sings praises of the Creative Process
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 56 features Skye Pillsbury, publicist, writer, journalist, marketer, technologist, and wearer of many other hats. We talk about technology, the cyclical nature of things, podcasting, the early internet, cultural Judaism, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Technology
- The cyclical nature of things
- The Audio Boom
- The Early Internet
- AOL Is Not the Internet
- Netscape
- Podcasting
- Being late to the game?
- Still in it's infancy?
- What is this medium?
- Understanding and Explaining the Next Technology
- Journalism
- Defining Journalist
- Understanding the discipline
- Instincts of a Journalist
- Podcast preparation
- Text, Audion or Video?
- Writing
- Editing
- Nervousness and Anxiety
- Cultural Judaism
- Asking Why
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@SkyePillsbury
Other Links
Yiddish Policeman’s Union wrapped in surrealist Jewish musings
If I can do it for me, I can do it for you (What is Experience?)
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 55 features Kjell Vandevyvere creator of Coffee and Pens, future author, current newsletter purveyor, blogger, and podcaster. We discuss writing and reading, process and organization, where writing actually happens and so much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- What is Coffee and Pens?
- Learning how to write a book
- Writing
- Reading
- Localized colloquialisms
- "The Great American Novel"
- Writing on paper
- Taking Notes
- Reading "The Classics"
- A question of languages
- Understanding who you are writing for or to
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Coffee & Pens
Kjell V
The Coffee & Pens Podcast
Top Three Guide
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Kjellvdv
Other Links
Reading The Meadow 20 years after college adds needed perspective
Attempting to Once Again be a Well rounded Amateur Musician… For Myself.
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 54 features Nathan Withrow a.k.a. Bubbawheat the creator of the blog Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights as well as, podcasts such as Filmwhys and It's Time to Rewind. We discuss being creators, writing, branding, editing, movies, superheroes of course, and so much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- 10 Year Old Blogs
- Superhero films
- Knockoff superheroes
- A love of movies
- Good bad movies and bad bad movies
- Why haven't you seen?
- Editing being fun
- What's in a name?
- Is writing better than talking?
- From blog to podcast
- Movie syndication
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Flights, Tights, & Movie Nights
Filmwhys Podcast
It's Time to Rewind
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Bubbawheat
Other Links
Celebrating two years of The Palmer Files podcast (PRESS RELEASE)
Space Race chronicled in “Moon Shot” nothing short of an ambitious tale
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 53 features Agent Palmer: Behind the Microphone. As you'll hear in his own words, the unabridged story from blogger to podcaster, with a few other titles and positions along the way.
Other Podcasts mentioned during the show
- 7 Days A Geek
- The Stranger Conversations
- Moving the Needle
- GeekDig Podcast
- Inglorious Gentlemen
- Podcast Without Borders
- Gotham/Orville Lights
- Our Liner Notes
- The Diamond Dave Show
- Chronicles Unwritten
- The Wicked Theory Podcast
- Passers-By Podcast
- Geek Up and Go
- The Podcast Digest
- Preacher Vs. Preacher: A Comparison Companion Podcast
- Dark Angels & Pretty Freaks
- Quadcast Podcast
- Reasons Are Several
- How Was Your Week, Honey?
- What's Your Work
- Spybrary
Additional Voice Credits for the Episode:
- Chris Hughes
- Bill Sweeney
- Kristin Maier
- Grant Markham
- Henno Heitur
- Tristan Boyle
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer: Behind the Microphone
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@TriforceDad1984
@WickedTheory
@kmaemaier
@insta_grants2
@idahenno
@Anarchaeologist
Other Links
If you enjoy Context and Details: Dylan Goes Electric is the book for you
Samson’s second grand finale captures readers Hook, Line, and Sinker
You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 52 features the return of Christopher J Hughes, aka Agent Parker, aka TriforceDad1984. We talk about anniversaries and celebrations, sentimentalities, traditions, attempt to understand how we got here, and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Anniversaries
- Celebrations
- Sentimentality
- Longevity
- Being creative
- "when you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all."
- "create a little chaos..."
- Finding value in yourself
- The importance of publish
- Steal like an artist
- Being an artist
- Creative hobbies
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
TriforceDad.com
Twitch.tv/triforcedad1984
TriforceDad1984 on YouTube
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@TriforceDad1984
Other Links
‘Val’ explores the true heart of an artist
Crichton’s The Lost World is Espionage, Extinction, and Evolution
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 51 features the return of Tristan Boyle the Anarchaeologist who is here to discuss UnArchaeology. What it is, how it came to be, how it went, and what has been learned throughout all of the associated processes.
Throughout the conversation, we dig in to:
- What is UnArchaeology?
- Fragmentation
- Asking the internet for help
- Accessibility
- Digital Conferences
- Digital Event Management
- Is archaeology priviledged
- Diversity issues and solutins
- Balanced Panels
- Creativity and Committees
- Co-participation
- Unifinished projects
- And much more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
UnArchaeology.org
ArchaeologyPodcastNetwork.com
The Modern Myth with Tristan Boyle
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Anarchaeologist
@UnArchaeology
Other Links
A few new (or new to me) things I’ve been consuming
‘Rocketman’ tells story of bad boy astronaut Pete Conrad, a true original
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 50 features a very special guest, Sybil Stershic a.k.a my Mom. We discuss starting her own business, internal marketing and communication, our relationship, and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Working with my Dad
- Running IT for Mom
- Internal Marketing/Communications
- Respect
- Being an only child
- Starting her own business
- Being on a Board of Directors
- Volunteerism
- First Jobs
- Semi-retired
- Marriage
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
QualityServiceMarketing.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@SybilQSM
Other Links
Three Riders Reach or Surpass Merkx Records and More from the 2021 Tour de France
Football, Futbol, Soccer! 2021 is The Summer of Soccer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 49 features Anthony Quintano; journalist, visual storyteller, photographer, and someone who’s looking to and has made a mark. We discuss wanting to be behind the camera, getting noticed, volcanoes and the movie Volcano, twisters and the movie Twister going to outer space and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Visual Storyteller
- So you want to be a cameraman?
- Journalism
- Singular focus
- Twisters and Volcanoes
- Weather Obsessed
- Choosing the shot
- Space, the Moon, and the ISS
- Making an impact
- Being remembered
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AnthonyQuintano.com
Anthony Quintano on YouTube
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@AnthonyQuintano
Other Links
Capturing the Magic of the ‘Funny Game’ of Baseball
Palmer and Max: An Odd Pairing of Two Old Cats
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 48 features Kate Wallinga host of Ignorance Was Bliss, a podcast that has transformed over its lifetime into a show, much like this one, full of people's stories. We talk about content, community, explore how our shows are made, and much much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Collecting stories
- Authenticity
- Filters and Platforms
- Creating content
- Community
- "The Void"
- Interview v. Conversation/Discussion
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
IWBpodcast.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@IWBpodcast
Other Links
Second Samson trilogy gets its ‘Hook’ in quickly
Entertainment Listening: Podcast v. Music: Finding Balance
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 47 features The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen, founder and president of Signum University and the longtime host of The Tolkien Professor podcast. We talk about Tolkien, learning, online education, and higher education. And along the way The Tolkein Professor tells the tale of the founding of Signum University from the seed of The Tolkien Professor podcast, and more.
During the episode we cover:
- Our Tolkien introductions
- Staying inspired by Tolkien
- Conversation is weather
- Starting The Tolkien Professor podcast
- The Silmarillion Seminars
- Inspirations for Signum University
- The thrill of teaching
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
TolkienProfessor.com
SignumUniversity.org
Mythgard Institute
The Silmarillion Seminars - The Tolkien Professor
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@tolkienprof
@signumu
@mythgardian
Other Links
Coupland’s ‘Psychotic’ family portrait is as real as it is unflattering
Love and Peace: Five music documentaries that make me love the 1960s
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 46 features Shawn McBee, a graphic designer for television and film with credits like Stargirl, Preacher, Sleepy Hollow, The Resident, and many other titles. We talk about being in a position most people don't know exists, the whim of the industry, passion projects, hobbies, Batman, and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Being a Graphic Designer for TV/Movies
- Making cool and mundane things
- How art departments and directors work together
- Atlanta: The Hollywood of the South
- The whim of the industry
- Working from job to job
- Speaking the creative language
- Launching a podcast network
- Podcasting
- Real props vs. on-screen props
- My "main" podcast
- Batman
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
FandomLimb.com
TableReadsPodcast.com
StargirlAftershow.com
Shawn McBee's IMDb
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@thetablereads
@stargirlpod
Other Links
Depth of Deighton’s character arcs on full display in Winter
Sports Pages and Aviation Airplane cards represent the needless stuff of a meandering generation
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
--End Show Notes Transmission--
Episode 45 features Chris Webster, founder of DIGTECH, co-founder of the Archaeology Podcast Network, and a podcaster in his own right; he’s here to discuss cultural resources management, which is another name for archaeology, the Indiana Jones myth, being a business owner, digital and physical stuff, and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- DIGTECH vs INGEN
- Analytics of the Past
- Asking Questions
- What is Culture Resources Management (CRM)
- Shovelbums
- Archaeology is misunderstood
- CRM archaeology vs. Academic archaeology
- Running a business
- The moving pieces of history
- Digital archaeology
- Ready Player One / Ready Player Two
- Downsizing
- Archaeology Podcast Network
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Digtech-llc.com
Archaeology Podcast Network
Chris Webster Productions (ProPodcastNow.com)
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@archeowebby
@digtechllc
@archpodnet
@archcertblack
Other Links
Coupland’s “City of Glass” is the world’s best travel guide
Braff’s Garden State is much more than most give it credit for
Sorting Things Out, Five Items at a Time
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 44 features Ethan Gilsdorf, journalist, teacher, essayist, author of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. We discuss his book, how gaming is important to who we are, being creatives, finding your place, and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Generational Geekdom
- Gaming Apprenticeship
- Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks
- Dungeon Master or Player
- Theatre of the Mind
- When it all clicks
- Grognard
- Digital Infringement on Pen and Paper
- Being a Creative
- Teaching
- Inclusion
- Escapism
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
EthanGilsdorf.com
Watch Ethan's TEDx Talk "Why Dungeons and Dragons is Good for You (In Real Life).
Get a copy of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks by Ethan Gilsdorf at your favorite books store or at IndieBound or Amazon.
Read my review of Ethan's book.
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@ethanfreak
Other Links
Mick Foley brings the heat with Scooter: A Novel
Even in LEGO form, the ISS is an engineering marvel
Amy Shira Teitel delivers the Easily Digestible History of Spaceflight before NASA
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 43 features Ilana Levine, host of Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine and a star or stage and screen. We discuss the magic of live performance, creative conversations, nervous energy, and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Theatre
- Live Performance
- Podcasting
- Community
- Passion Projects
- Storytelling
- Creative Conversations
- Demystifying success
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine
Americans for the Arts
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@ilanalevine
Other Links
Amy Shira Teitel delivers the Easily Digestible History of Spaceflight before NASA
Track by Track: Guster – Lost and Gone Forever
New evidence of the benefits of arts education
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 42 features Bill, Dan, Tristan, Geoffry, Paula, Sara, Neil, Brian, Nia, Shane, and Andrew. Discussing Projects, origins, survival, and more than a few stories from the "One Final Question" after-credits of The Palmer Files podcast.
During the episode we cover:
- Unfinished Projects
- Podcasting
- Why Agent Palmer?
- Reading list
- Apocalypse Survival Team
- Writing
- What if?
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Episode 1: The Dip with Bill Sweeney
Episode 3: Podcasting with Dan Lizette
Episode 5: Modern Archaeology with Tristan Boyle the Anarchaeologist
Episode 7: The Reigning Lunatic with Geoffrey Welchman
Episode 10: Storytelling with Paula Allen
Episode 12: 3 is a Magic Number with Sara Netzley/Whitney - Professor, Author, Recapper
Episode 13: Anxiety with Neil Cetrangolo from Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks
Episode 17: Biography with Author Brian Jay Jones
Episode 21: Sound Design with Nia Hansen
Episode 22: Spy Fiction with Shane Whaley of Spybrary
Episode 23: A Conversation with Wizards Composer Andrew Belling
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@WickedTheory
@PodDigest
@Anarchaeologist
@Welchmania
@SaraNetzley
@SaraWhitney_
@AngelsFreak7
@BrianJayJones
@EssaHansen
@Spybrary
Other Links
Ethan Gilsdorf builds an Immersive Experience in Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks
What you should listen to: Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald (A Scrubs Rewatch Podcast)
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 41 features Tina Hamilton, CEO of My HR Partner, and the daughter of a holocaust survivor and cuban refugee. We discuss the strength she got from her parents’ stories of survival, entrepreneurship, religion, faith, community, balance, and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Living history
- Our parents
- Being Jewish
- The Holocaust
- Stereotypes
- Lapsed religion/faith
- Anti-semitism
- Entrepreneurship
- Work / Life Balance
- Survival Instincts
- Time for yourself
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
myHR Partner
It's Time We Taught Antisemitism - American Jewish Committee
Working Definition of Antisemitism - International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Punch-A-Chunk Season One: How James Turner Built a Community One Minecraft block at a Time
Alright, Alright, Alright Is More than Just The Oral History of Dazed and Confused: It’s About Youth, Nostalgia, and the Creative Process
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 40 features Joel Mengel creator of The Edge of The World Broadcast, a zombie apocalypse podcast that he wrote, created, edited, and produced. We discuss all of those processes, plus inspirations, working with kids, being proud, not wasting time, and more.
During the episode we cover:
- Who is Delsin Moore?
- Write what you know
- When inspiration strikes
- A Prarie Home Companion
- The recording process
- Editing and directing yourself
- Working with kids
- Sound effects
- Learning by doing
- Episodic vs. binge
- Being proud
- Don't waste your time
- Respecting the audio medium
- Knowing how it ends
- Storytelling
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
The Edge of the World Broadcast
The Curly Mustache Podcast
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Fuelneve
@EdgeWorldCast
Other Links
Ready Player Two: Meet the New Book, Enjoyable as the Old Book
Storytelling is an Undead Art in “The Edge of the World Broadcast”
King Falls AM
The Magnus Archives
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 39 features Lauren Beck, an artist, creator, teacher, and entrepreneur (Ren and Ink) who is defined as much by the decisions she has made as she is the things she creates. We discuss what makes an artist, non-linear paths, being a creative, determining value, myths, and much much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Being an artist
- Calligraphy
- Design
- Glass etching/engraving
- Defining yourself
- Wearing many hats
- Imposter syndrome
- New Math
- Non-linear paths
- Work/Life and Work/Hobby Balance
- The value of time
- Getting in the groove
- Handwriting
- Weddings
- Consulting
- Entrepreneurship
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
RenandInk.com
Ren and Ink on Instagram
Ren and Ink on Facebook
Episode 18: Graphic Design and Illustration with Ryan Lynn
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Abridged
Black Widow: Red Vengeance picks up from Forever Red and Then Goes Further
The Mandolin Rocks: A Playlist
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 38 features Rebecca Seidel, an audio producer for Marvel who works on all stages of the audio production. We discuss being a professional audio producer, intellectual and creative inputs and outputs, playing the bass, share our audio origin stories, and much much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Content Audiophile
- Reading and Writing
- College Radio
- Audio Origin Stories
- Bass Players
- Audio Production
- Remote Recording
- Cyclical Hobbies
- Reviewing things
- Consuming
- Creating
- Journaling
- Podcast Brunch Club
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Rebecca-Hope-Seidel.com
To Change Your Luck by Jason Stershic
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@BeccaHope24
Other Links
Marvel Podcasts
Other Men Need Help
F*cking Sober podcast
PLAGUE
Deliver Us
Abridged
No garbage in “Dr. Space Junk” exploration of modern archaeology
Camp Cretaceous Season Two Is a Wonderful Expansion of the Jurassic Canon
The Birth of Loud: Follows the Creation and Adoption of Iconic Electric Guitars
Sorting Things Out, Five Items at a Time
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 37 features Edward O’Hare, who is here in his official capacity as “the movie guy.” We discuss what that means, what to call the things we watch on the big screen, lists, Oscar, and much much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Movies, Film, or Cinema
- The Movie Theater Experience
- Studying Film
- Palmer Video
- The Usual Suspects
- The Oscar Challenge
- Depressing Documentaries
- Thoughts on being "The Movie Guy"
- Trailers
- Reboots and Remakes
- Favorite Films
- Lists
- Television
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
WickedTheory.com
Find Ed Bonds With Bill on the Wicked Theory Patreon
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@lileddieohare
Other Links
The Birth of Loud: Follows the Creation and Adoption of Iconic Electric Guitars
Sorting Things Out, Five Items at a Time
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 36 features author Sally Handlon, who wrote "Your Journey to Aging Well: Drink, Move, Eat Sleep," which we discuss the inspirations for and aspirations of during the episode, plus maybe through the example of Agent Palmer, you'll find something easy to do to improve the quality of your life.
During the episode we cover:
- Writing a book
- Staring Handlon Business Resources
- Interest in herbal medicine
- Reading the label
- Starting early
- Drink more water
- Lack of Sleep
- Growing Old
- "Organic"
- The more things change...
- The road not taken
- Deep breathing
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
BodyConstruction.me
Purchase Your Journey to Aging Well: Drink, Move, Eat, Sleep by Sally Handlon on Amazon.
“Your Journey to Aging Well” with help from the friendly Sally Handlon
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
2020 Review: Finding peace in what I love and can control
Timeless Truths and Odd Mysteries Line the Pages of The Magus
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 35 features Space Flight Historian Amy Shira Title, who may have the coolest job and the best job title around. We discuss our shared interests in space, the process of writing books, being in love with what’s next, missing our Apollo moment, and more.
During the episode we cover:
- Interest in Space
- Our respective Space Origin stories
- Science that's history
- Learning about NASA history outside of the U.S.
- The four children
- Fighting for Space
- Writing Books
- Being a Creator / Creative
- The Space Space
- Pete Conrad
- Forms of Media
- The NASA Bubble
- Going back to the Moon
- Going to Mars
- Politics and Space
- Try SCE to AUX
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AmyShiraTeitel.com
The Vintage Space on YouTube
The Space Vixen on Twitch
Fighting for Space is not Jackie Cochran vs. Jerrie Cobb, but it’s a compelling duality
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@AmyShiraTeitel
Other Links
If You can Only Read the Autobiography of One Mercury Seven Astronaut, Make it DEKE!
Timeless Truths and Odd Mysteries Line the Pages of The Magus
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 34 with my old friend Nick DeMarco, owner of Nick D's Video Game Vault, who is here to discuss our shared collegiate pas, what we thought might become of us, what actually did, and much much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Our friendship origin story
- College expectations
- Big fish little pond
- Ending up in retail
- Mental Health
- Anxiety
- Evolutions
- Personal
- Creative
- Writing process
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Nick D's Video Game Vault Facebook Page
Nick D's Video Game Vault Instagram
Bracing: Ride the Wind by Nicholas DeMarco
Dying To See The Stars by Nicholas DeMarco
Soulstar: Harnessing once lost magic by Nick DeMarco
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Other Links
Six Great (and Unfortunately Relevant) Quotes from Miss Wyoming: A Book Review
Agent Hunt’s Yuletide Treat the LEGO Charles Dickens Tribute
Why I Read Lee Mack’s Mack the Life… And Why YOU Should too!
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 33 with fellow agent Mike Laybourne (Agent Hunt), who has written about LEGO on AgentPalmer.com and is on the show to talk about our favorite plastic bricks. When we started, how we came back to them, why we enjoy them, collect them, and more.
During the episode we cover:
- Growing up with LEGO
- Our Personal LEGO Dark Ages
- What brought us back to LEGO
- Space Shuttle (Mike)
- Saturn V (Palmer)
- The Family that LEGOs together
- LEGO Community
- Custom LEGO stands and builds
- Building vs. Playing (Different LEGO interactions)
- Head in the clouds
- LEGO video games / LEGO Movies
- Keeping hobbies as hobbies
- The building process
- The missing piece!
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Mike's Corner (Mike Laybourne's YouTube Channel)
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@MikeLaybourne
Other Links
The Power of Play - How Fun and Games Help Children Thrive
No ‘Match’ for conclusion to Deighton’s first Samson trilogy
Fighting for Space is not Jackie Cochran vs. Jerrie Cobb, but it’s a compelling duality
Mike's LEGO Reviews
LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series A-Wing
Two LEGO Mandalorian Sets
LEGO Star Wars Snow Speeder - 20th Anniversary Edition
LEGO Star Wars Slave 1 - 20th Anniversary Edition
LEGO Star Wars Anakin's Podracer - 20th Anniversary Edition
LEGO Star Wars Microfighters
LEGO Star Wars Imperial Dropship - 20th Anniversary Edition
LEGO Star Wars Clone Scout Walker
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 32 features the return of Essa Hansen (also Nia) to discuss her book Nophek Gloss, which is the first book of The Graven Trilogy, as well as, first work and second work, universal truths, and process.
If you would like to know more about her day job (first work) at Skywalker Sound, listen to Episode 21 where we discuss Sound Design.
During the episode we cover:
- Is it real vs does it feel real
- Reading books without knowing anything
- Where ideas come from
- World-building
- Workshopping
- Building a trilogy
- Doing press and promotion
- Tips for others
- Universal Truths
- Diversity
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
EssaHansen.com
‘Nophek Gloss’ is a genre-defying good time from debut novelist Essa Hansen
The Palmer Files Episode 21: Sound Design with Nia Hansen
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@EssaHansen
Other Links
‘Nophek Gloss’ is a genre-defying good time from debut novelist Essa Hansen
Val Kilmer’s memoir “I’m Your Huckleberry” Is Worth Your Time, it’s Poetry in Prose
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 31 features Andy Spiteri, Editor-in-chief of Zelda Dungeon and host of The Champions' Cast, Omega Metroid, and Virtual Theater, who joins me to discuss video games; why we like them, why they are important, and how things have changed, to name a few.
During the episode we cover:
- Why we like video games
- Skies of Arcadia
- Learning from games
- Communities
- Online Forums
- Playing old games
- Free to play and microtransactions
- Camping
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
ZeldaDungeon.net
The Champions' Cast
Omega Metroid
Virtual Theater
TriforceDad1984
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Spiteri316
@DaveOfDiamonds
Other Links
9 Holes with The Legend of Bagger Vance
Mexico Set expands Berlin Game’s outcome to set up London Match
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 30 features Alan Jennings, author of the book The Pursuit of Fairness and perhaps the most motivated person on the planet. Alan has done a lot to improve the bad to better, and we discuss that plus non-profit culture, community action, our shared love of baseball, and much much more.
During the episode we cover:
- Non-profit culture
- Helping people
- Class consciousness
- There's always a bad guy
- Exploitation
- We can do better
- The Argument for Fairness
- Always being on
- Utilizing the spotlight
- Retirement
- Teaching
- Baseball
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
How To Make A Difference: A review of Alan Jennings’ The Pursuit of Fairness
Get your copy of The Pursuit of Fairness: Fighting for What's Right in a World That's So Wrong by Alan Jennings
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Suggested Reading Mentioned in the Episode
- Chris Kraft Takes You Behind the Origin of Mission Control in his Autobiography Flight: My Life In Mission Control
- Camp Cretaceous: For Kids and Fans of the Jurassic Canon
- “It’s What You Learn After You Know it All” by Earl Weaver is for Baseball Fans and Managers of all Types
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 29 features Sean Haas, host and creator of Advent of Computing, "a podcast about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation."
We discuss the importance of computer history, our device history, and generally geek out about technology.
During the episode we cover:
- Why Computer History?
- First computers
- Learning from Failure
- Looking back to look forward
- Starting Advent of Computing
- The Altair
- Xerox PARC
- Early Internet
- The mouse
- The undocumented history of computers
- Research
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AdventofComputing.com
Support Advent of Computing on Patreon
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@AdventofComp
Suggested Reading Mentioned in the Episode
- Fumbling The Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer
- Coders by Clive Thompson is an intriguing glimpse behind the code and into the people writing it
- Innovation Meets Invention: A Review of The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
- How the Internet Happened by Brian McCullough is a brilliant book about the story of the Internet Era
- Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet by Claire L. Evan“iWoz” is the Great Autobiography of Steve Wozniak by Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith
- A Book Review of “A Mind At Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman
- In constant pursuit of “The New New Thing”
- Charming, rude, sometimes clairvoyant: 1992 biography gives broad – albeit incomplete – look at Bill Gates
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson: A Biography of the Man from the Intersection of Humanities and Sciences
- An Agent Palmer Book Report: Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy a Defense of the Unconventional Her
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 28 features a friend of Agent Palmer's Chris Maier as the fourth of a four-part series on friendship by examining one up close.
What you are about to hear is simple and yet complex. This episode and the others like it all contain four main questions.
- Why are we friends?
- How did we meet?
- How did we become friends?
- Why are we still friends?
Through the answers to those questions, the discussions, and the stories that ensue, Chris and I will dive deep into our shared past, and the meaning of and perhaps the reason for our friendship.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Our Liner Notes
How Was Your Week, Honey?
AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer on Patreon
Episode 2 of The Palmer Files - Blogging with Kristin Maier
Jurassic Park’s underlying themes anything but extinct 30 years later
One Year Later: Three Hallmarks of The Palmer Files
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@ChrisMaierBC
@AgentPalmer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions. --End Show Notes Transmission--
Episode 27 features a friend of Agent Palmer's Bill Sweeney as the third of a four-part series on friendship by examining one up close.
What you are about to hear is simple and yet complex. This episode and the others like it all contain four main questions.
- Why are we friends?
- How did we meet?
- How did we become friends?
- Why are we still friends?
Through the answers to those questions, the discussions, and the stories that ensue, Bill and I will dive deep into our shared past, and the meaning of and perhaps the reason for our friendship.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
WickedTheory.com
AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer on Patreon
Episode 1 of The Palmer Files - The Dip with Bill Sweeney
How To Make A Difference: A review of Alan Jennings’ The Pursuit of Fairness
It’s in the cards: How Magic the Gathering made me appreciate Twitch
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@WickedTheory
@AgentPalmer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions. --End Show Notes Transmission--
Episode 26 features a friend of Agent Palmer's Christopher J. Hughes as the second of a four-part series on friendship by examining one up close.
What you are about to hear is simple and yet complex. This episode and the others like it all contain four main questions.
- Why are we friends?
- How did we meet?
- How did we become friends?
- Why are we still friends?
Through the answers to those questions, the discussions and the stories that ensue, Christopher J. Hughes and I will dive deep into our shared past, and the meaning of and perhaps the reason for our friendship.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
PeterParkerPa.com
TriforceDad1984.com
Twitch.tv/TriforceDad1984
AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer on Patreon
‘Breath of the Wild’ is a modern marvel in video game history
To Change Your Luck by Jason Stershic (Episode 24)
No Machete needed to Enjoy Trejo’s Tacos
Meeting Bernard Samson: A No Spoilers Review of Berlin Game by Len Deighton
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@TriforceDad1984
@AgentPalmer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions. --End Show Notes Transmission--
Episode 25 features a friend of Agent Palmer's Jason Zapata as the first of a four-part series on friendship by examining one up close.
What you are about to hear is simple and yet complex. This episode and the others like it all contain four main questions.
- Why are we friends?
- How did we meet?
- How did we become friends?
- Why are we still friends?
Through the answers to those questions, the discussions and the stories that ensue, Jason Zapata and I will dive deep into our shared past, and the meaning of and perhaps the reason for our friendship.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
JasonZapata.com
Buy Jason Zapata's first book of Poetry Nocturnal Wanderings
AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer on Patreon
Agent Palmer writes about the Tour de France
To Change Your Luck by Jason Stershic (Episode 24)
Adaptation vs. Interpretation (Episode 9 Jason Zapata's first appearance on The Palmer Files)
The Eagle Has Landed: Building the LEGO Lunar Lander
Agent Carter’s A to Z List of Movies
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
Jason Zapata is not on Twitter. Agent Palmer will share any message with him that is relevant.
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions. --End Show Notes Transmission--
Episode 24 features Agent Palmer (Jason Stershic) remastering the radio program that was his capstone project as a Senior at Keystone College, which helped him to graduate with a Bachelors's Degree in Communications, titled "To Change Your Luck."
The syllabus for the course that this project came from states that the goal was “aimed at providing students with the opportunity to demonstrate both critical and creative thinking skills and the research capabilities they have acquired as Professional Studies Communications Arts and Humanities majors.”
The project abstract was “to write and produce a sixty-minute radio program about a trip I took to Israel that helped me to grow. In this program I hope to pass along the wisdom of a Jewish proverb that “sometimes to change your luck, you need to change your location.”
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer on Patreon
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions. --End Show Notes Transmission--
Episode 23 features artist of all trades Andrew Belling, the composer behind the Wizards score, and a film I absolutely adore.
We discuss his start, his dreams, positivity, how the industry has changed, and being talented and lucky. We also go behind the scenes on the creation of the score for Wizards, meeting John Williams, working with early synthesizers and so much more.
During the episode we cover:
- The London Paladium
- From acting to music
- The First score
- Imposter Syndrome
- Hollywood as a business
- Wizards
- Ralph Bakshi
- Hollywood Sound
- Synthesizers
- Playing to Picture
- His name in lights (on the marquee)
- Star Wars & Wizards
- Meeting John Williams
- Being a Session Musician
- The Rock version of Handel's Messiah
- Hal Blaine
- Dinah Shore
- Being Positive
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Morbroproductions.com
Andrew Belling's IMDb
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 22 features Spybrarian Shane Whaley, host and creator of The Spybrary Podcast.
We discuss getting started in the fandom of spy fiction, James Bond, Len Deighton, the Cold War as perhaps the hottest topic, human intelligence, and sometimes spy fact being stranger than spy fiction.
During the episode we cover:
- Our Introductions to Spy Fiction
- Getting into reading
- Len Deighton
- Harry Palmer (The Unnamed Spy)
- Bernard Samson
- James Bond
- Books
- Spy Movies
- Spy Television
- Buying Books
- Reading begets reading
- The Cold War
- Spy Comedy
- Launching Spybrary
- Building a community
- Bomber
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Spybrary.com
The Wicked Theory Podcast Patreon to listen to "Ed Bonds with Bill"
Agent Palmer's Brush Pass Episode of Yesterday's Spy by Len Deighton (Spybrary Episode 33)
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Spybrary
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 21 features Sound Designer Nia Hansen, who has spent her career at Skywalker Sound working on many films from Pixar and Marvel, plus other franchises like Jurassic World and How to Train Your Dragon.
We discuss starting in the deep end, processes that make large projects manageable, having too many hobbies with not enough time, and “creating magic” for a living.
During the episode we cover:
- Attending Vancouver Film School
- Field Recording
- Exotic Animals
- Staying Organized
- Differences between Marvel magic and Pixar Magic
- Sonic Real Estate
- Working at "The Ranch"
- A "typical" workday
- Production (Pre and Post)
- Storytelling
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
EssaHansen.com (Where you can preorder her first novel Nophek Gloss)
Nia Hansen's IMDb
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@EssaHansen
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 20 features Visual effects wizard Kevin Lingenfelser, who has worked on such titles as Demolition Man, Waterworld, Preacher, Agents of SHIELD, The Orville, and many many more. We discuss his origins and then dive into what goes into visual effects, where the industry is going, and glance at what could be a limitless future.
During the episode we cover:
- The films that started his passion
- The Kubert School
- A portfolio of 35mm Slides
- Connections A ILM
- Cold Calling
- Cinesite
- Make-up Fixes
- His first composite on Waterworld
- Practical vs. Digital effects
- The myth of No CGI films
- Working on effects on Preacher
- Going with his gut
- Godzilla
- Unreal Engine
- Gamechanger films
- Bad effects
- And much more...
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Kevin Lingenfelser's Episodic Demo Reel - 2019
Kevin Lingenfelser's IMDb
Other Links
Have you heard of Preacher? This is how I came to know Reverend Jesse Custer
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@FUCHIPATAS
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 19 features author Kurt Sussman, who has spent a lifetime practicing martial arts, learning philosophy, and sharing both with anyone who is interested. We discuss those teachings and dive into the origins and principles of his book “Out of My Mind… And Intending to Stay There” A Battle Plan for Life.
During the episode we cover:
- Teaching
- Mortality
- Philosophy
- Martial Arts
- Conflict Resolution
- Balance
- Video Games and Skipping to the End
- Taking Risks
- Evolution
- Hobbies
- Martial Arts
- Self-Observation
- Being original
- And more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
KurtSussman.com
Other Links
Get a Copy of Kurt Sussman's book "Out of My Mind... And Intending to Stay There: A Battleplan for Life" on Amazon.
Agent Palmer's Review of Out of My Mind... And Intending to Stay There: A Battleplan for Life.
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@ozofinspiration
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 18 features Illustrator Ryan Lynn, who has worked with Miller Lite, the NFL, and many others. We discuss those projects plus; graphic design, inspiration, illustration, balance, and of course process…
During the episode we discuss:
- Creating the Agent Palmer Brand Idendities
- From Art to Graphic Design
- Career Path
- Creative Process
- Being his own boss
- Working with Miller Lite
- Working with the NFL's Carolina Panthers
- Learning new things
- Perspective
- Balance
- And much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
RyanLynnDesign.com
Ryan's Instagram @RyanLynnDesign
Ryan's Dribbble
Other Links
Agent Palmer's original text interview with Ryan Lynn
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@RyanLynnDesign
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 17 features biographer Brian Jay Jones, author of 4 books covering Washington Irving, Jim Henson, George Lucas, and Dr. Suess. We discuss lessons learned from those biographies, the writing process, and the value of one’s own work.
During the episode we discuss:
- Being a biographer
- "Having a shelf" (A common theme among biography subjects)
- Career Path
- Writing Process
- Research
- Fiction vs. Non-Fiction
- Storytelling
- Pacing
- Book Collecting
- Doing the Work
- And much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
BrianJayJones.com
Books by Brian Jay Jones
Washington Irving: An American Original
Jim Henson: The Biography
George Lucas: A Life
(My Review of George Lucas: A Life)
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the meaning of an American Imagination
Other Links
My in-depth history on TLPS The Podcast.
Rotospective: My Series on Ralph Bakshi and his art
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@BrianJayJones
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 16 features Alex Fitzpatrick; zooarchaeologist, podcaster, blogger, and gamer. We discuss zooarchaeology, video games, wrestling, and much more.
Alex stopped by to tell me what a zooarchaeologist is, plus we discuss higher education, Star Wars, Wrestling, Storytelling, and Animal Crossing. During the episode we discuss:
- Studying Abroad
- Why not Dinosaurs?
- Education
- Accents
- Salad Dressing
- Fictional Animals
- PC Gaming
- Console Gaming
- Museums in Gaming
- Leveling Up vs. The Human Condition
- And much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AnimalArchaeology.com
ArchaeoAnimals
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@archaeologyfitz
@ArchaeoAnimals
@ArchPodNet
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 15 features Agent Palmer and a short story titled "The Passing of a Storyteller" and the journey that that story took to become a story and then a narration and then a video.
Agent Palmer also mentions some of his favorite content creators like Loading Ready Run and Day[9].
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
The Passing of a Storyteller (The Video)
The Passing of a Storyteller (The Text)
The Story of the Story of The Passing of a Storyteller (Basis for the Episode)
AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer on Patreon
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 14 features Henno Heitur, a musician, podcaster, and friend. We discuss audio production, learning by doing, recording an album, podcast jingles, and taking the leap from wanting to actually doing.
Henno stopped by to discuss the album he is recording with his band Doghouse. And what you are in for is an episode in two parts. Part one, where Henno tells me all about his past and present in recording and audio engineering plus what he’s learned about the process of recording an album in general, and part two where we discuss what passion projects mean, what it takes to put in the work and how that makes us fulfilled.
During the episode we discuss:
- Audio Engineering
- The Recording Process
- Equipment
- Producing
- Passion Projects
- Learning by doing
- Doing what you want
- Keeping it sustainable
- Putting in the work (time)
- And much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
MTNpodcast.com
The Crazy Life Podcast
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@idahenno
@MTNPod
@TheCrazyLifePod
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 13 of The Palmer Files features guest Neil Cetrangolo of Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks (and vlog spinoff Halos and Heathens). We discuss anxiety.
Relating to Anxiety we discuss:
- Irrationality
- Acceptance
- Expectations
- Experience
- Origins
- Altruism
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
DAPFpod.com
HalosandHeathens.com
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@AngelsFreak7
@DAPFpodcast
@HAHvlog
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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Episode 12 of The Palmer Files features guest Sara of the many hats. She’s a Professor, Recapper, Author and genuinely fun person with at least two names; Netzley and Whitney. We discuss all of those things plus writing, reading, romance, and even sports.
Netzley to those of you who have learned from Dr. Sara, also Netzley to those of you who listen to her as co-host of the DC TV Report or read her recaps on EW.com, and Whitney to those of you who have read her novels of romance.
That's why Sara is here. Her trichotomy of things. Her trilogy of aspects. Her three-headed giant of careers. And I mean careers. While she’s really making the bread on one, she’s talented enough to make her bread solely on anyone, but she still does all three. So what are you in for with this episode? A lot of different things.
- Romance
- Sports
- Communication Theory
- Journalism
- Personas and Personalities
- Passion Projects
- Reading
- Writing
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
SaraNetzley.com
SaraWhitney.com
The DC TV Report
Agent Palmer's Book Reviews and Recommendations
Clip of the Chicago Cubs Winning the 2016 World Series
Framing Theory
Cultivation Theory
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@SaraNetzley
@SaraWhitney_
@DCTVreport
@WickedTheory
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode eleven of The Palmer Files guest Jordan Steinhoff, co-host of the All Us Geeks Podcast, joins Agent Palmer to discuss geek versus nerd, the importance of the local store, nerd culture, geek community, and then Jordan tries to open me up to new games.
Are nerds and geeks mainstream? Are you a geek or a nerd? How have things changed? What’s the difference between the US and Canada within the geek/nerd culture?
Throughout the conversation, we cover:
- Geek or Nerd?
- Mainstream Acceptance
- Communities
- Open
- Closed
- Cliques
- The Local Game/Comic Store (LCS/LGS)
- Magic: The Gathering
- Old School
- Mana Burn
- The More Things Change
- Keeping an Open Mind/Table
- Bias
- Gender Bias
- OG Bias
- Change is hard
- Fandom Ownership
- BACK IN MY DAY!
- LAN Parties
- Gaming
- Learning Averse
- Us vs. Them (Geek/Nerd vs. Everyone else)
- Addiction and Passion
- Canada vs. Us (for Nerds and Geeks)
- Game Suggestions
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
AllUsGeeks.com
Old School Magic: The Gathering Series form AgentPalmer.com
Old School Magic: Alliances the Expansion that Changed the Game and Had it All
Old School Magic the Gathering: Fallen Empires and the Rise of the Tribes
Diablo: Play it again and again and again, It’s still Highly Addictive after all these years
Quake: It was great then, it is still great now!
Digging into the Battle Tested PC Gaming Classic of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Jack Vasel Memorial Fund
The Palmer Files Episode 9: Adaptation and Interpretation with Jason Zapata.
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@_TheCanadian_
@AllUsGeeks
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode ten of The Palmer Files guest Paula Allen, host of the Tell Me Stories Podcast, joins Agent Palmer to discuss storytelling, writing, podcasting, listening and of course we tell a few stories, including the unwelcome welcome at the beginning of our friendship.
Paula and Jason relive the origins of their meeting up, the run not taken, music, and it all comes back to the importance of storytelling.
Throughout the conversation, we cover:
- Why is storytelling important?
- Why podcasting for Paula?
- With Story, it is the details and little things
- Great Stories
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- Fiction
- Escape (from politics)
- Generational narratives
- Growing with experience and people
- Road Trips
- Online relationships
- Storytelling and experience
- Storytelling the skill
- Musc listen to the album vs live performance
- Hero stories
-
- Going through strife
- What writing is…
-
- That one story (Death of a storyteller)
- The writer writes always
- blogging/process
- Writing fiction (I don’t usually)
- Old drafts
- Idea packrat (writing hoarder)
- Consuming stories
- More Tell me stories coming soon
- Being the audience
- Atmosphere and storytelling
- Palmer Files Pressure
- On not being PRess
- Paula and Palmer Origin story
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- Podtoberfest Writer’s room
- Unwelcome welcome
- IRL it was instant
- The run not taken
- Introverted Extraverts
- New Stories vs. Old Stories
- Mom Stories
- The best storyteller Paula knows
- YouTube/Twitch
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- Personality and storytelling
- Sage advice from agent palmer
- Being the silent audience
- The worst grade Paula ever got
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- Ethnography
- Sermonizing
- The Rabbi Not Taken
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
TellMeStoriesPodcast.com
Len Deighton’s Goodbye Mickey Mouse is a great read that crosses genres.
The Passing of a Story Teller
The Video
The Story of the Story
The Palmer Files Episode 1: The Dip with Bill Sweeney
The Palmer Files Episode 2: Blogging with Kristin Maier
The Palmer Files Episode 3: Podcasting with Dan Lizette
The Palmer Files Episode 4: Health & Wellness with Margo Donohue
The Palmer Files Episode 5: Modern Archaeology with Tristan Boyle the Anarchaeologist
The Palmer Files Episode 6: Changing Careers with Carl Landra
The Palmer Files Episode 7: The Reigning Lunatic with Geoffrey Welchman
The Palmer Files Episode 8: Fine Art with Sean Hizny
The Palmer Files Episode 9: Adaptation and Interpretation with Jason Zapata.
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Stories_Podcast
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode nine of The Palmer Files, guest Jason Zapata joins Agent Palmer to discuss adaption versus interpretation; from Tolkien and Terry Brooks to Batman, Bond, and Beowulf, plus many many more properties, it’s a pop culture cornucopia.
Jason and Jason relive old arguments about Tolkien’s seminal adaptation by Peter Jackson and discuss many book to screen adaptations and other interpretations plus go on a few sidetracks, because why not?
Throughout the conversation, we cover:
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Book vs. Film
- Purist Perspective
- Tom Bombadil
- The Hobbit
- Terry Brooks and The Four Lands
- The Shannara Chronicles
- The Sword of Shannara Trilogy
- Being Generational
- Game of Thrones and George R.R. Martin
- The Name of the Winds by Patrick Rothfuss
- Rock Star Authors
- The Great And Secret Show by Clive Barker
- Do Not Touch list
- All Adaptations Are Not Created Equal
- Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Adaptation to Big or Small Screen
- Star Wars
- Comic Book Adaptations
- Batman as the new Macbeth
- James Bond
- Does the visual media inspire looking for the source material?
- Gender and Interpretation vs. Adaptation
- Women deserve better than gender-swapped characters
- Beowulf with Christopher Lambert
- The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
- The IPCRESS File
- Everyone should read more
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
JasonZapata.com
Thanks to a friend, I've entered the World of Shannara
Galilee: A Romance by Clive Barker is a Masterpiece of the Written Word
Ernest Cline shows his immense geek cred with Ready Player One
The IPCRESS File by Len Deighton is a MAsterpiece of Spy Fiction (Spoiler Free Review)
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is the Psychology of the Geeks Written Yesterday for Tomorrow
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys by Michael Collins is a must-have for NASAphiles
Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Beowulf
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@ZapataWordsmith
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode eight of The Palmer Files, guest Sean Hizny joins Agent Palmer to discuss some of the finer things in life.
Sean and Jason discuss Sean's career trajectory from higher education and a technical trade to the fine arts of Santa Fe in art galleries and studios, while along the way discussing the importance of art; traditional, fine, and animated.
Throughout the conversation, we cover:
- What is fine art?
- Why is art important?
- Photography
- Early Digital Photography
- Moving to Santa Fe
- Art and Craftsman
- Art as work
- Understanding the workings of an Art Gallery
- What makes a successful artist?
- The Hollywood Artist Lie
- Mental Illness and Art
- The Tortured Artist
- Art and Consumerism
- Entry Levels for Fine Art
- Animation Cels
- Digital Art
- Fine Art vs. New Media
- Galleries vs. Museums
- Owning Art
- Collecting
- Enrichment not Investment
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Listen to Sean on Moving The Needle Podcast.
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@SJhizny
@MTNPod
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode seven of The Palmer Files, guest Geoffrey Welchman joins Agent Palmer to discuss The Reigning Lunatic Podcast.
The Reigning Lunatic podcast was a scripted sitcom set in a despotic medieval kingdom plagued by dragons, wizards, and dreadful wifi.
Geoffrey and Jason talk about origins for The Reigning Lunatic and Inverse Delirium podcasts, all points in our past leading us to podcasting, and for one final time, I bother Geoffrey to resurrect The Reigning Lunatic.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- The Goon Show
- Monty Python
-
Inverse Delirium Podcast
- Spoofing NPR
- Podcast Burnout
- Time Management
- Connections
- The Process of creating The Reigning Lunatic
- Writing
- Satire and Comedy
- Breaking the 4th Wall
- Mr. Show
- Collecting Comedy Albums
- The First Sketch
- Music as a technical background
- Tape Letters: Before there were podcasts
- My similar origin story
- Sound design/Sound engineering
- Audiophile frustrations
- The Art of a Blank Canvas
- Guidelines and Challenging yourself
- The Rules of The Reigning Lunatic
- Geoffrey's Music History
- Being an Artist
- Promotion
- The Extra Mile
- Echo in the Canyon documentary
- Folk Music
- Songwriting
- Storytelling
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
Listen to The Reigning Lunatic on SoundCloud.
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Welchmania
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode six of The Palmer Files, guest Carl Landra joins Agent Palmer to discuss decision making, changing careers, an engineering cult, and then Palmer goes on a rant.
Carl and Jason cover the process of changing careers and their respective stories on leaving jobs of eight years on very different terms.
Throughout the conversation, we discuss:
- Why Engineering
- Choosing Your Own Path
- Stereotyping Engineers
- Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer
- Changing Careers
- Going Back to School
- Teaching
- The Least Millennial Thing
- Getting Older
- From Lab Reports to Feeling Papers
- Higher Education Loopholes in Curriculum
- Money and Math
- Let your Hobbies lead the way
- What we do in our free time
- Health Care
- Helping People
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
the4thlinepodcast.com
The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@4thlinepodcast
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode five of The Palmer Files, guest Tristan Boyle the Anarchaeologist joins Agent Palmer to discuss modern archaeology, hidden history, and our shared past.
From the different types of archaeology to Tristan's love/hate relationship with Indiana Jones, how our paths crossed even for the first time on Twitter, my ill-informed education, our joint work on no longer published podcast Chronicles Unwritten and much much more.
Throughout the conversation, we dig in to:
- Archeaogaming
- Recording what could be lost
- Ancient Arch vs. Modern Arch
- What constitutes something of value
- What’s the point?
- Arch twitter
- Justification, Prioritization, Importance
- Hidden history
- Archeology of brushing teeth
- Life as a commercial arch
- How often things crumble
- Being inclusive
- Reflection and projection
- Theresa O’Mahony
- Living in a post-apocalyptic world
- Saying too much vs. things not said
- Podcasting
- Chronicles Unwritten
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
ArchaeologyPodcastNetwork.com
The Modern Myth with Tristan Boyle
Andrew Rinehart's The No Man’s Sky Archaeological Project
Atari: Game Over
Scottish Area Group of Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
Chris Webster
CRM Archeology
Enabled Archaeology - Theresa O’Mahony
Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks Podcast (DAPFpod)
"Diamond" David Maier
The Stranger Conversations
Grant Markham
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@Anarchaeologist
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode four of The Palmer Files, guest Margo the Brooklyn Fit Chick joins me to discuss Health and Wellness and we discover that our pasts our very similar.
From how healthy host Agent Palmer is, to restaurant chains that no longer exists where they worked; Arthur Treacher's and Roy Rogers, these two who grew up just states apart discuss the topic at hand and get off-topic for an enjoyable discussion on health and life.
Throughout the conversation we cover:
- How healthy is Agent Palmer?
- Watch what you eat.
- Working out
- Fitness trackers
- Aging
- Getting a Peleton
- Sleep and Insomnia
- Seasonal Wellness
- Retail Job Stories
- Fast Food Job Stories
- Youthful Exuberance
- Body Acceptance
- Self-care
- And much more.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
BrooklynFitChick.com
Book Vs Movie: Wonder Boys Episode
Margo's Many Shows
- Book Vs Movie
- The Best Neighbors Podcast
- Not Fade Away
- The Fit Bottomed Girls
- The Dorking Out Show
Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail by Caitlin Kelly
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@BrooklynFitChik
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode three of The Palmer Files, guest Dan Lizette of The Podcast Digest joins me to talk about podcasting, which we now do together, though we arrived by separate paths.
It is all things podcasting, which mean we discuss our respective podcast histories, podcasting’s present, and future, and share some stories along the way.
Throughout the conversation we cover:
- Origins of The Podcast Digest
- The Palmer Files origins in The Proxycast
- Podcast Range: General Interest vs. Niche
- Shouting back from the void.
- Creators and Ownership
- Blog vs. Podcast
- The Evolution of The Podcast Digest
- Episode Recording Preparation
- Being Ed McMahon
- Podcasting Barriers
- Community
- Podcasting begets Podcasting
- Consistency, The Grind, The Dip
- The Future
- Search
- Money
- Commercialization
Lastly, as a reminder, this episode was conceived before I was a co-host of The Podcast Digest and recorded after I had said yes, but before any episodes with me had been released. I'm not sure if that's super important, but I wanted to put it out there.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
ThePodcastDigest.com
The Dip Book Review / The Dip Podcast Discussion
Phoebe Judge on The Podcast Digest Episode 27
Roman Mars on The Podcast Digest Episode 77
WTF with Marc Maron
Smodcast
Armchair Expert
Agent Palmer's First Appearance on The Podcast Digest Episode 94.
A Companion to My Declassified Top Secret Podcast Appearance on The Podcast Digest
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@PodDigest
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For episode two of The Palmer Files, guest (and friend) Kristin Maier joins me to talk about blogging, which for both Kristin and myself predates our podcasting careers.
She's also a Mommy blogger, which is a completely different subculture of blogging that I'm not that familiar with and this conversation presented an opportunity to tell a little of my blogging origin story.
Throughout the conversation we cover:
- Digital Origins
- Starting a Blog
- The Writing Process
- Creating Content
- Reading
- Storytelling
- Editing
- Organization
- Relevance
- The bigger picture
- Podcasting vs. Blogging
- And reasons to blog.
Through the conversation, I state the three reasons to create something (which is more general and applicable to other things than just blogging) as to inform, to education, and to entertain.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
Honey Bears and Syndey Beans
How Was Your Week, Honey Podcast
Agent Palmer's First Post "Football over Rhodes Scholarship... What Wold you do?
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Recapping My Year-Long Content Experiment.
AgentPalmer.com
Tweets
@kmaemaier
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and my new gig as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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For the inaugural episode of The Palmer Files Podcast, guest (and friend of the host) Bill Sweeney from The Wicked Theory Podcast and I discuss The Dip: When to Quit and When to Stick by Seth Godin.
Throughout the discussion we cover:
- Process (a lot and often)
- Quitting vs Not Starting
- Decision Making
- The opposite of quitting and Prioritization
- Follow Through and Unfinished Business
- Learning from Failure
- Enjoying the journey (aka for the love of the process)
- Getting to the top and the scarcity of success
- Being a workaholic vs. Not being one
Lastly, this book is for decision-makers, and in life, in some way or another we are all decision-makers, so this book is for everyone, but its application may change depending on your role in any given situation.
Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode
AgentPalmer.com
WickedTheory.com
My post on The Dip written before my conversation with Bill for this podcast, in case you were wondering...
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Wicked Theory Podcast The Roast of Bill Sweeney
Nocturnal Wanderings by Jason Zapata
Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer
@WickedTheory
You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and my new gig as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.
Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.
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