{"id":12433,"date":"2019-08-19T08:39:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T12:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12433"},"modified":"2019-08-19T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:47:56","slug":"episode-333-gil-roth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-333-gil-roth","title":{"rendered":"Episode 333 &#8211; Gil Roth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 333:<br \/>\nGil Roth AMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6902\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12433-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=12433-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12435\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-333-gil-roth\/img_0994\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?fit=1280%2C1280\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541937494&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.87&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0994\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?fit=525%2C525\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?resize=320%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?resize=440%2C440 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?resize=170%2C170 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?resize=620%2C620 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0994.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>Because of a last-minute guest cancellation, I had no show lined up for this week! Rather than take a second week off this summer, I decided it was time for another Gil Roth AMA episode, since <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-hollow-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the last one<\/a> was almost 5 years ago. Thirty-two past and upcoming guests and <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a> supporters came through with questions for me, including (in the order I answered them): <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-288-ken-krimstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Krimstein<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-323-hugh-ryan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugh Ryan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indyplanet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barry Corbett<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-309-joe-ciardiello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Ciardiello<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-172-glynnis-fawkes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glynnis Fawkes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-221-kyle-cassidy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Cassidy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-highest-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Kelley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katelacour.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Lacour<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-264-dean-haspiel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dean Haspiel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-246-eddy-portnoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eddy Portnoy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-329-kate-maruyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Maruyama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-comic-sans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Spurgeon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-american-graffiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Hyman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-163-david-leopold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Leopold<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paineproffitt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paine Proffitt<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-my-old-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Townsend<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-fire-and-bleak-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boaz Roth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-274-chris-reynolds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Reynolds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-331-liniers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liniers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steamthing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caleb Crain<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-194-bob-eckstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Eckstein<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-318-ersi-sotiropoulos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ersi Sotiropoulos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-179-andrea-tsurumi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrea Tsurumi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-255-henry-wessells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Wessells<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-217-vanessa-sinclair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanessa Sinclair<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-171-jim-ottaviani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Ottaviani<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-way-of-pen-and-sword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maria Alexander<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-our-lady-of-organized-vituperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Fleener<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Nadler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-wine-women-and-novel-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Blackstone<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-256-lauren-weinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Weinstein<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-315-david-shields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Shields<\/a>. We cover everything from creative lessons learned from my guests to &#8220;why so many cartoonists?&#8221;, from what books I re-read and why to who is on my Mount Rushmore list of dream guests, from the comics and GNs that have affected me most to what I think about the Peak TV era, from how running has affected my podcast-practices to who my most obstreperous guest has been, and plenty more! And it was all done in a single two-hour take, so\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6HpRwJSWPKA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NOTES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Reynolds&#8217; question included a couple of links, so here&#8217;s what he wrote: <em>I&#8217;ve been carrying on with &#8220;Comics as Radio&#8221;, influenced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/culture\/shows\/the-organist\/the-new-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KCRW Organist podcast<\/a>. My friend Alan Jackson did a performance of my Comics as Radio story &#8220;Sexton Blake and the 64th Floor&#8221; at the Train of Thought Gallery in Worthing, and we discuss it <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jM0hRoi3E94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here with John Parke<\/a>, whose idea it was. So my question is: What do you think of &#8216;Comics as Radio&#8217;?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Pre-order Dean Haspiel&#8217;s forthcoming collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/imagecomics.com\/comics\/releases\/the-red-hook-vol-2-war-cry-tp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Red Hook: WAR CRY<\/a>, from Image Comics (comes out Oct. 9)<\/li>\n<li>Barry Corbett has started a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/buy-some-comics-help-the-food-pantry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraiser for The Food Pantry<\/a>, so contribute! You can find his graphic memoir, <em>Terminal Velocity<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/indyplanet.com\/?s=terminal+velocity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Maria Alexander has a new short story collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/mariaalexander.net\/12-tales-lie-1-tells-true\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 Tales Lie | 1 Tells True<\/a> from Cemetery Dance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/1aLsk6X0KpqV75Wln1Rcha\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>BONUS: I&#8217;ve got a belated answer to Maria Alexander&#8217;s question, <em><strong>&#8220;What&#8217;s the spookiest thing that&#8217;s ever happened to you?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> In high school, my English teacher was driving me and another classmate to a creative writing conference in New Brunswick. Somehow, the topic of birthdays came up and &#8212; swear to the Unifactor &#8212; it turned out that <em>all three of us had the same birthday<\/em>. I know that&#8217;s not ghost-possessed ventriloquist spooky, but it&#8217;s still spooky, so I&#8217;m going with that one.<\/p>\n<p>SECOND BONUS: When I talked about the movie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077889\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magic<\/a> during the episode, I meant Anthony Hopkins, not Anthony Perkins. If that&#8217;s the only mistake I made during the show, I&#8217;ll be amazed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t132992320\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_333_-_Gil_Roth.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the monologue!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gil Roth<\/a> is the host of\u00a0<strong><i>The Virtual Memories Show<\/i><\/strong>, a weekly literary-cultural conversation podcast. He&#8217;s also the founder and president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/pharma-bio.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pharma &amp; Biopharma Outsourcing Association<\/a>, a nonprofit trade group representing contract manufacturing organizations and other service providers in the bio\/pharma sector. His wife <a href=\"https:\/\/amyrothphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is a photographer<\/a>, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/athletes\/42680355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">runs for recreation<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/all-the-books-ive-read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reads a lot<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bendicothegrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their greyhound<\/a> is named after the prince&#8217;s hunting dog in <em>The Leopard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded at my house on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=URDAV7Z2QAHX4UAB\">Blue enCORE 200 Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=4WKYIFHCCL6N44BR\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Photo of me &amp; Yorick by me at <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-296-cathy-b-graham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cathy B. Graham<\/a>&#8216;s studio. Header photo is a chapter title card from an episode of<\/em>\u00a0Frasier, so<em>\u00a0it&#8217;s not on my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 333: Gil Roth AMA Because of a last-minute guest cancellation, I had no show lined up for this week! Rather than take a second week off this summer, I decided it was time for another Gil Roth AMA episode, since the last one was almost 5 years ago. Thirty-two past and upcoming &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-333-gil-roth\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 333 &#8211; Gil Roth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,27,26,4,1083,12,1183,18,5],"tags":[4370,5730,2534,4531,5728,2126,2381,4180,982,1393,4788,4948,5596,3171,4285,5029,5628,1841,4263,4755,1983,5729,5689,5368,1521,5045,5476,3034,3100,5731,5732,174,4716],"class_list":["post-12433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-big-business","category-comics","category-literature","category-movies","category-pharmaceuticals","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","category-travel","tag-andrea-tsurumi","tag-barry-corbett","tag-boaz-roth","tag-bob-eckstein","tag-caleb-crain","tag-charles-blackstone","tag-chris-reynolds","tag-david-leopold","tag-david-shields","tag-david-townsend","tag-dean-haspiel","tag-eddy-portnoy","tag-ersi-sotiropoulos","tag-gil-roth","tag-glynnis-fawkes","tag-henry-wessells","tag-hugh-ryan","tag-ian-kelley","tag-jim-ottaviani","tag-joe-ciardiello","tag-jonathan-hyman","tag-kat-mooradian","tag-kate-maruyama","tag-ken-krimstein","tag-kyle-cassidy","tag-lauren-weinstein","tag-liniers","tag-maria-alexander","tag-mary-fleener","tag-paine-proffitt","tag-stephen-nadler","tag-tom-spurgeon","tag-vanessa-sinclair","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/whygil.jpg?fit=1280%2C638","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3ex","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17460,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-633-see-hear-speak","url_meta":{"origin":12433,"position":0},"title":"Episode 633 &#8211; See Hear Speak","author":"Gil","date":"April 12, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 633: See Hear Speak No guest? No problem! It's time for another impromptu monologue episode: this time, Gil sorts through family legacies of the genetic and Larkinesque variety, as occasioned by taking his dad for cataract surgery and getting a call from an old & previously deceased\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/seehearspeakcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/seehearspeakcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/seehearspeakcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/seehearspeakcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/seehearspeakcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":174,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/roth-rules","url_meta":{"origin":12433,"position":1},"title":"Roth Rules!","author":"Gil","date":"March 18, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Just for name recognition, I'd head to this Dieter Roth exhibition, but it's at the MoMA in Queens, and I'll need to get my passport renewed before I can travel that far.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;travel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"travel","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/travel"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17633,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-646-eulogy","url_meta":{"origin":12433,"position":2},"title":"Episode 646 &#8211; Eulogy","author":"Gil","date":"July 15, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 646: Eulogy No conversation this week, unless you count me talking to myself. I share some thoughts and memories about my father, who died last week at the age of 88 \u2014 or 87, depending on who he was lying to \u2014 along with the eulogy I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dad2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C510&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dad2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C510&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dad2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C510&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dad2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C510&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dad2025comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C510&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":787,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/roth-rules-2","url_meta":{"origin":12433,"position":3},"title":"Roth Rules?","author":"Gil","date":"January 4, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, we tried listening to David Lee Roth again on the 3-minute drive to Amy's bus stop. 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