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Sunday, December 17, 2006 |
Today's podcast is my interview with my friend and Chicago-based author Robert M. Katzman.
In this discussion recorded on December 16, 2006, we hear Bob talk about his writing and personal philosophies from his childhood experiences to his newsstand days in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois.
The audio recorded was post-processed by Gene Weed at Studio 57A in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Duration of this PodCast is 35 minutes and 46 seconds with a size of 8.2 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded at 64 kilobits.
1:03:54 PM 
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Saturday, February 18, 2006 |
Today's podcast is an interview between my friend and mentor, Gene Weed and Professor Brian Davies, PhD. Professor Davies teaches at the Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI) located in Australia.
On Saturday, October 14, 2006, Gene Weed arranged for an interview via the Internet with Professor Brian Davies, the author of a sound restoration program, ClickRepair. The purpose of this interview was to discuss some of the techniques involved in the restoration process of archived music, from such sources such as old 78 RPM vinyl or shellac records.
Duration of this PodCast is 33 minutes and 45 seconds with a size of 17MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
8:43:03 AM
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Today's podcast is an interview with Gene Weed, Cal and Mary Turner.
Updated for sound quality August 13, 2006 by Gene Weed.
On Monday afternoon, February 13, 2006, I held this interview with my friend and mentor, Gene Weed, and two of his friends, Cal and Mary Turner. Gene's friends have assembled a book about famous Palm Springs residents including Frank Sinatra and Ginger Rogers among many others. Check out this podcast and this press release for more information.
Duration of this PodCast is 35 minutes and 55 seconds with a size of 32.9MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
11:47:13 AM
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
Today's podcast is my second interview with Dr. Pierre Doche, D.M.D. We were also joined by his Dental Assistant, Tammy.
We spoke primarily about Dr. Doche's life philosophy and how he imparts his views through his dental practice. We also discussed some other related topics to the current holiday season. Tammy provided some of her own perspectives to round out the dialog between all three of us.
The first interview was published on July 19, 2005. Dr. Doche's office is located below:
Pierre Doche, D.M.D.
Campus Dental
Suite 112
314 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA 92078
(voice) (760) 744-0804
(email) pddmd95@yahoo.com
Duration of this PodCast is 45 minutes and 42 seconds with a size of 24.5 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
2:45:16 PM
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is an interview with Dr. Pierre Doche, D.M.D., Dentist and owner of Campus Dental in San Marcos, California.
Dr. Doche is our family dentist. We spoke about his educational background, insights into providing services to his patients, his patient philosophy, and hobbies. You may reach him at:
Pierre Doche, D.M.D.
Campus Dental
Suite 112
314 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA 92078
(voice) (760) 744-0804
(email) pddmd95@yahoo.com
Duration of this PodCast is 26 minutes and 38 seconds with a size of 13.9 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
9:14:34 PM
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Saturday, July 9, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is an interview with my friend, Lela M. Hankins. Lela is a licensed REMAX Real Estate Broker based here in San Marcos, California.
I met Lela through the Twin Oaks Toastmasters club here in San Marcos, California in 2003.
We discussed various aspects of her career in real estate and her experiences helping buyers and sellers of properties.
Duration of this PodCast is 19 minutes and 41 seconds with a size of 9.21 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
12:14:33 PM
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Friday, April 29, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is an interview with my friend, Jennifer Hillman-Helgren, Ph.D. We discussed her recent dissertation and opinions involving same. Below is her Abstract of Dissertation:
Inventing American Girlhood: Gender and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century Camp Fire Girls
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Jennifer Hillman Helgren
Claremont Graduate University: 2005
In 1910, a group of progressive reformers began to plan and create a national organization for adolescent girls. The Camp Fire Girls, the most popular girls' organization in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, provided a unique, feminine corollary to the recently formed Boy Scouts. This dissertation has a two-fold purpose. First, it examines, through Camp Fire publications such as handbooks and magazines, the models of girlhood and womanhood Camp Fire promoted. Secondly, it analyzes girls' scrapbooks, diaries, and other personal reminiscences to better understand the formation of girls' cultures in response to the Camp Fire program.
In their vision of girl citizenship, early twentieth-century Camp Fire officials struggled to uphold the nineteenth-century concept of a female sphere of nurture, domesticity, and service to family while they expanded opportunities for girls in education, careers, outdoor activities, and civic reform. Camp Fire taught girls through a maternalist philosophy that regarded traditional feminine characteristics as inherent and the basis for female contributions to family, community, and nation. I contend that Camp Fire's leadership found in maternalism an adaptable model of girl citizenship that could be applied to changing American social and political concerns through the mid-twentieth century.
Thematic chapters examine Camp Fire's founding philosophy, its early efforts to grapple with modernity through the use of Indian imagery, its claims to serve all girls through an inclusive organization, its militarization of American girlhood through war work during World War I and II, and its sponsorship of homemaking as the basis for global citizenship in the conservative post-World War II era. The study ends with Camp Fire's decision to become co-educational in the early 1970s. For their part, many girls adopted the Camp Fire language and activities. Others created their own, often ambivalent, meaning and identity through the mixture of traditional and forward-looking roles Camp Fire offered. Importantly, Camp Fire provided a space for the formation of girl friendships, activities, and shared values on both local and national levels.
Duration of this PodCast is 36 minutes and 33 seconds with a size of 8.36 MB.
7:55:05 PM
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Today's PodCast is the live interview with Gene Weed at his iFXFilms Studio located in Cottonwood, Arizona. The interview was conducted on April 27th during my visit there.
We discussed using the proper kinds of audio equipment in making podcasts sound more professional using the proper kind of microphone, the understanding of the recording media, and the use of post-production digital filters.
We created a sample file to demonstrate some of the post-production filters on an audio file. The samples clearly show for example, how the sound can be enhanced without the need to increase the loudness using the Compressor filter.
Both Gene and I are interested in receiving feedback from the listeners. We want to know if there's interest among you to create a short lesson series of using post-production audio tools to make your podcasts sound more like radio quality broadcasts to improve your listener's experience. Feel free to email Gene Weed directly, if you have specific technical questions regarding post-audio production.
Duration of this PodCast is 27 minutes and 18 seconds with a size of 3.1 MB.
9:18:54 AM
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is the third interview with my friend and former partner from EveryDay Objects, Inc., Marc Raiser. Marc is the creator of a new spam-fighting tool and service, Spaminex.
We generally spoke about the legal liabilities of spam, while covering some of the same ground from our earlier interviews.
The first interview is The problem of Spam and Why is it so Hard to Fight?
The second interview is Generally Available Technologies to Fight Spam.
If you have questions about spam, please check out the Spaminex site or contact them at the email address peter@spaminex.com . He will be happy to help you.
Duration of this PodCast is 30 minutes and 5 seconds with a size of 3.4 MB.
10:43:54 AM
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is the second interview with my friend and former partner from EveryDay Objects, Inc., Marc Raiser. Marc is the creator of a new spam-fighting tool and service, Spaminex.
We spoke about some of the generally available technologies used to fight spam. It is likely that we will explore this topic again in future interviews.
The next interview with Marc will cover a discussion of the legal implications of spam. Neither of us are lawyers, but some common sense ideas will be explored. I hope to present that conversation in the next ten days or so.
Our first interview is here.
If you have questions about spam, please check out the Spaminex site or contact them at the email address peter@spaminex.com . He will be happy to help you.
Duration of this PodCast is 35 minutes and 43 seconds with a size of 4 MB.
9:31:13 PM
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Friday, March 4, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is another special treat for me. My friend and former partner from EveryDay Objects, Inc., Marc Raiser, joined me today to participate in this audio interview. Marc is the creator of a new spam-fighting tool and service, Spaminex.
We spoke about the problem of spam and why it is so hard to fight. We did our best not to become a commercial for his solutions. Rather, we want the objective considerations concerning spam be the merit of our dialog together.
I will be doing more interviews with Marc concerning spam. The next interview with Marc will cover a discussion of the technologies involved in dealing with spam. I hope to present that conversation in the next ten days or so.
If you have questions about spam, please check out the Spaminex site or contact them at the email address peter@spaminex.com . He will be happy to help you.
We also spoke a little about our friendship and business relationships over the past fifteen years. Stay tuned for those upcoming interviews with Marc soon.
Duration of this PodCast is 30 minutes and 39 seconds with a size of 3.5 MB.
9:22:21 PM
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Thursday, February 24, 2005 |
This PodCast is an interview from earlier today with Gene Weed of iFx Films.org. Gene spoke about his experience in the entertainment and broadcasting field over the last 40+ years, his efforts in producing digital video work in Arizona, his engineering background and some insights into sound recording theory and microphones.
You may also wish to review the Cottonwood/Sedona Arizona area web site, Voice of the Verde Valle, a Western States Magazine.
Duration of this PodCast is 41 minutes and 33 seconds with a size of 4.7 MB.
10:12:15 PM
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