{"id":6509,"date":"2012-08-09T07:28:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T11:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=6509"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:20:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:20:51","slug":"podcast-new-york-and-old-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-new-york-and-old-south","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: New York and Old South"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories \u2013 season 2 episode 9
\nJane Borden – New York and Old South<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s time for a new episode of The Virtual Memories Show<\/strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This one marks yet another milestone! (There’ll be plenty of those, since we’re still early days with this show.) I managed to interview someone I’d never met before (as opposed to past shows, where I talked with friends and college acquaintances)!<\/p>\n

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My guest this time is Jane Borden<\/a>, a writer and standup comic who published her first book, I Totally Meant To Do That<\/a>\"\", in 2011. Jane’s book is about her experiences living in New York City after being reared (not raised; chickens are raised) in a proper southern environment. As her book jacket puts it<\/p>\n

Like Cerberus, a griffin or one of those joints near Port Authority that’s both a Pizza Hut and a Taco Bell, Jane is a hybrid too horrifying to exist: a hipster-debutante. She was reared in a proper Southern home, and sent to boarding school, then a sorority. She next moved to New York and discovered that none of this grooming meant a lick to anyone. In fact, she hid her past \u2014 it was easier than explaining what a debutante “does” (answer: not much).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s a fun read and Jane was a hoot to interview. I even got a high-five once we were done recording (read the book; it’ll make sense)!<\/p>\n

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Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>New York by U2. I recorded the intro on a Blue Yeti mic into Audacity, and the conversation with was recorded on a pair of Blue Encore 100 mics, feeding into a Zoom H4N recorder. The picture gives you a nice idea of my on-site setup. Have mics, will travel!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories \u2013 season 2 episode 9 Jane Borden – New York and Old South It’s time for a new episode of The Virtual Memories Show! This one marks yet another milestone! (There’ll be plenty of those, since we’re still early days with this show.) I managed to interview someone I’d never met before (as … <\/p>\n

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