{"id":8498,"date":"2015-01-12T20:51:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8498"},"modified":"2015-01-12T20:53:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T00:53:08","slug":"podcast-102-the-sprinter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-102-the-sprinter","title":{"rendered":"Podcast 102 &#8211; The Sprinter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nClaudia Young &#8211; The Sprinter<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3347\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8498-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.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_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8498-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.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<blockquote><p>&#8220;Being in a wheelchair didn&#8217;t change me; it just made things harder to do.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Claudia Young on The Virtual Memories Show by Gil Roth, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/15779369618\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7563\/15779369618_00f57991fe_z.jpg?w=440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Claudia Young on The Virtual Memories Show\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the Flora-Bama to Vietnam, <a href=\"http:\/\/cookeatfret.com\" target=\"_blank\">Claudia Young<\/a> has sprinted through life. We got together to talk about running songwriting workshops in Nashville, redesigning the menu for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velvettangoroom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the hippest bar in Cleveland<\/a>, living in the Chelsea Hotel as a teen, and being confined to a wheelchair for the past 35 years. We also talk about food-blogging, southeast Asia&#8217;s pull on her, the place she regrets she&#8217;ll never visit, what she&#8217;s reading, and getting the sear on a scallop! It&#8217;s a fascinating conversation, so <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">give it a listen<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Claudia Young on The Virtual Memories Show by Gil Roth, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/15780760859\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7576\/15780760859_9d0449cc3b_z.jpg?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Claudia Young on The Virtual Memories Show\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3348\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8498-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.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_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8498-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.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=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_102_-_The_Sprinter.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-little-suicides-little-fish\" target=\"_blank\">Lori Carson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-much-abides\" target=\"_blank\">Ashton Applewhite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-our-lady-of-organized-vituperation\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Fleener<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-stick-and-move\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Deming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-hollow-man\" target=\"_blank\">me<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claudia Young used to blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/cookeatfret.com\" target=\"_blank\">CookEatFret<\/a>. She should probably get back to that.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>The Wheel<em>\u00a0by Roseann Cash. The conversation was recorded on a pair of <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=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&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=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">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=voyantpublishing&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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. Photo of Ms. Young by me, photo of both of us by <a href=\"http:\/\/amyrothphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Roth<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Claudia Young &#8211; The Sprinter &#8220;Being in a wheelchair didn&#8217;t change me; it just made things harder to do.&#8221; From the Flora-Bama to Vietnam, Claudia Young has sprinted through life. We got together to talk about running songwriting workshops in Nashville, redesigning the menu for the hippest bar in Cleveland, living in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-102-the-sprinter\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Podcast 102 &#8211; The Sprinter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":[34,4,40,1183,5],"tags":[3228,1021,3232,3234,742,1061,1482,3170,3230,2230,3219,3224,3221,3220,3229,237,2536,3226,1671,3233,693,2494,3231,3227,3222,3235,1487,2185,2029,3223,3225],"class_list":["post-8498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-gin","category-literature","category-music","category-podcasts","category-travel","tag-ann-patchett","tag-anthony-bourdain","tag-anthony-doerr","tag-augusten-burroughs","tag-bill-murray","tag-bob-dylan","tag-camus","tag-claudia-young","tag-el-doctorow","tag-elizabeth-strout","tag-flora-bama","tag-guy-clark","tag-jackson-browne","tag-james-taylor","tag-jonathan-haidt","tag-joni-mitchell","tag-karen-russell","tag-kevin-costner","tag-kevin-powers","tag-lynn-coady","tag-margaret-atwood","tag-maria-semple","tag-marisha-pessi","tag-matisse","tag-mickey-newbury","tag-olive-kitteridge","tag-roz-chast","tag-somerset-maugham","tag-thomas-hardy","tag-townes-van-zandt","tag-velvet-tango-room"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2d4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1528,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/bo-knew-plenty","url_meta":{"origin":8498,"position":0},"title":"Bo Knew Plenty","author":"Gil","date":"May 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been 20 years since Bo Jackson's rookie season with the Royals. 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