{"id":6399,"date":"2012-06-14T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=6399"},"modified":"2015-05-23T21:39:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T01:39:27","slug":"podcast-my-old-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-my-old-school","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: My Old School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories \u2013 season 2 episode 6
\nDavid Townsend – My Old School<\/a><\/p>\n

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The June episode of The Virtual Memories Show<\/strong><\/em> is ready to go! Around Memorial Day, I took a little vacation to my alma mater, St. John’s College, for a seminar on Flannery O’Connor, and got to interview two of my favorite tutors: David Townsend and Tom May.<\/p>\n

Because they both had so much to talk about, I decided to split this month’s show into two parts. This episode has my conversation with David Townsend<\/a>, and it’s a remarkable take on education in America, the nature of good conversation, and the poetry of the Koran (among other topics)!<\/p>\n

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Check out the followup episode<\/a>, in which tutor Tom May talks about a dizzying array of topics. There are also episodes with tutors Peter Kalkavage<\/a> (2014) and Eva Brann<\/a> (2013)!<\/p>\n

Follow The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on iTunes<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Tumblr<\/a>, and RSS<\/a>!<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in seeing some of Annapolis, check out my photoset from that trip<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Credits: This episode\u2019s music is Steely Dan’s<\/em> My Old School. I recorded the intro on a Blue Yeti mic, and the conversation with was recorded on a pair of Blue Encore 100 mics, feeding into a Zoom H4N recorder.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories \u2013 season 2 episode 6 David Townsend – My Old School The June episode of The Virtual Memories Show is ready to go! Around Memorial Day, I took a little vacation to my alma mater, St. John’s College, for a seminar on Flannery O’Connor, and got to interview two of my favorite tutors: … <\/p>\n

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