{"id":7559,"date":"2013-12-28T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=7559"},"modified":"2013-12-27T20:19:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T00:19:16","slug":"2013-podcast-countdown-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2013-podcast-countdown-4","title":{"rendered":"2013 Podcast Countdown: #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

The podcast countdown continues! The 4th most downloaded episode from 2013 was #1 most nerve-wracking! It was my live podcast with cartoonist Ben Katchor!<\/p>\n

#4 – Visible Cities: VMS Live with Ben Katchor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ben Katchor<\/a> is the guest for the first live recording (as in, in front of an audience of 50 or so people) of The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! Our conversation (and Q&A with the audience) covers Ben’s new collection of comics, Hand-Drying in America<\/a>\"\", his creative process, his relationship with technology, his non-nostalgic laments for lost urban totems, and more! (4\/16\/13) –\u00a0mp3<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I\u2019d been after Ben for a while to do the show, and when he finally took me up on it, he insisted that we record it live at his New York Comics & Picture-stories Symposium<\/a>. I had to run around to find some mic stands and I jury-rigged a setup that could record our conversation and also pick up the audience questions. I was pretty worried about how it would all work, but I had three different recorders going and we managed to get pretty good sound.<\/p>\n

I was a pretty nervous about the public-speaking angle of it, but there were some friendly faces in the audience \u2014 like past guest R Sikoryak<\/a> and upcoming guest Richard McGuire<\/a> \u2014 and that made the whole experience a lot of fun. In fact, we\u2019re talking about doing some live episodes with guests at the Symposium during 2014!<\/p>\n

Now go listen to our #4 most downloaded episode from 2013!<\/a>\u00a0(and check out Hand-Drying in America<\/a>\"\"\u00a0while you\u2019re at it!)<\/p>\n

Check back tomorrow for #3! As ever, thanks to all my guests for the great conversations, and thank you<\/em>, dear listeners, for each and every download!<\/p>\n

#10-8 – Craig Gidney \/ Ed Hermance, Drew Friedman, Jesse Sheidlower<\/a><\/p>\n

#7 – Willard Spiegelman<\/a><\/p>\n

#6 – Pete Bagge<\/a><\/p>\n

#5 – Lori Carson<\/a><\/p>\n

And remember, you can find all our episodes at the podcast archive<\/a> or by visiting iTunes<\/a>! Wanna see pix of our guests? Check out the flickr set<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The podcast countdown continues! The 4th most downloaded episode from 2013 was #1 most nerve-wracking! It was my live podcast with cartoonist Ben Katchor! #4 – Visible Cities: VMS Live with Ben Katchor\u00a0\u2013 Ben Katchor is the guest for the first live recording (as in, in front of an audience of 50 or so people) … <\/p>\n

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