{"id":17432,"date":"2025-03-18T21:29:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=17432"},"modified":"2025-03-18T21:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:29:54","slug":"episode-630-meeting-across-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-630-meeting-across-the-river","title":{"rendered":"Episode 630 &#8211; Meeting Across The River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 630:<br \/>\nMeeting Across The River<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1565\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17432-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=17432-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.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>Uh-oh! Gil doesn&#8217;t have a guest this week, so he recorded a monologue from a hotel room in Weehawken, NJ during a <a href=\"https:\/\/dcatweek.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business conference<\/a> for his day job! He talks mental health, oblique mythology, Charles Crumb, comics and pharma friends, the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade, and more! <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Np-aTyiXps?si=OZxj8k7Qqu7ei2W4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-630-meeting-across-the-river\/id531173075?i=1000699646429\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4PAOd9dt5QzbeUBOXUwVyf?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_630_-_Meeting_Across_The_River.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/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=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vmspod.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueSky<\/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=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good ol&#8217; RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gil Roth is just zis guy, you know?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, fine, here&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a pic I try to take every year when I attend this conference in midtown. The store went under during the pandemic, but the plaque\/sign is still up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17434\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-630-meeting-across-the-river\/img_8347\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?fit=2115%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"2115,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1742291110&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8347\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?fit=525%2C573\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?resize=525%2C573\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?resize=568%2C620 568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?resize=403%2C440 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?resize=768%2C839 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?resize=1406%2C1536 1406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?resize=1875%2C2048 1875w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8347.jpeg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/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 monologue was recorded at the Envue hotel in Weehawken, NJ on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Rvj3R6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue enCORE 200<\/a> microphone feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a> digital recorder &amp; interface. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwlQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a>. Photo of me by me. It&#8217;s 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 630: Meeting Across The River Uh-oh! Gil doesn&#8217;t have a guest this week, so he recorded a monologue from a hotel room in Weehawken, NJ during a business conference for his day job! He talks mental health, oblique mythology, Charles Crumb, comics and pharma friends, the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade, and more! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-630-meeting-across-the-river\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 630 &#8211; Meeting Across The River&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17433,"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":[22,27,3167,26,4,12,1183,20],"tags":[399,2233,7356,3171,6775,306,4149],"class_list":["post-17432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-big-business","category-coffee","category-comics","category-literature","category-pharmaceuticals","category-podcasts","category-religion","tag-charles-crumb","tag-daniel-kahneman","tag-edith-hall","tag-gil-roth","tag-r-crumb-2","tag-robert-crumb","tag-robert-musil","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/meetingrivercomp.jpg?fit=2000%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4xa","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17468,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-634-dan-nadel","url_meta":{"origin":17432,"position":0},"title":"Episode 634 &#8211; Dan Nadel","author":"Gil","date":"April 15, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 634: Dan Nadel \"You could tell a story about the history of comics, and drawing, and even music through Crumb's life.\" Author and curator Dan Nadel joins the show to celebrate the publication of his amazing new biography, CRUMB: A Cartoonist's Life (Scribner). 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Oh, I say he makes plenty of -- -- oh, never mind. The important point is, I now have a reason to go down to Philadelphia! (Just gotta do it before December. . .)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2742,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-oct-24-2008","url_meta":{"origin":17432,"position":2},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Oct. 24, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"October 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Links . . . of the undead! Just click \"more\"! Don't hate the game! Uh . . . man-love the Haider! * * * Jeremiah: right! 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Any hit to right or left field only travels\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16277,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-552-bill-griffith","url_meta":{"origin":17432,"position":4},"title":"Episode 552 &#8211; Bill Griffith","author":"Gil","date":"August 29, 2023","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 552: Bill Griffith \"What attracted me to NANCY wasn't the characters, or the stories, or the humor: it was the lettering.\" Legendary cartoonist Bill Griffith returns to celebrate his fantastic new book, THREE ROCKS: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, The Man Who Created NANCY (Abrams ComicArts). 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