Mostly ITP - Georgia Podcast Network

Talkie - listener voicemails, wistful reminiscing

Rusty Tanton — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:03:34 -0500

After deciding to shut down the Georgia Podcast Network sometime within the next year, we decided it was also time to call it a day with Mostly ITP as well. It's been a great run the past three years, and one episode isn't enough to say how much it's all meant to us. But that doesn't stop us from trying! Seriously, this is long as shit.

We first play listener voicemails from Joseph, Jen and Grayson, and then the rest of the time is spent talking about running the site and the show, what we've learned, how things have changed, fun stuff, etc. We said we'd link to our appearance on the Cup O' Joe radio show that led to us coming with the idea for this site, so here you go.

I may update the notes later if I remember there being more stuff we said we'd link to, look up, or explain. Or if you want to leave more voicemails at 678.389.9441.

Thanks y'all.

The Chicken Episode!

Rusty Tanton — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:25:29 -0500

This is a huge episode with three separate interviews packed into a little over 40 minutes, all centered around chickens!

Part one features Barry Peavey, chairman of the Fitzgerald Wild Chicken Festival, and Winfred Tucker, who runs the Chicken House. We discuss the wild chickens which roam the streets of downtown Fitzgerald and the festival created to honor them.

In part two, we interview Stephanie Van Parys, executive director of the Oakhurst Community Garden about the Garden's history and the chickens kept there.

And in the final part we ask the Chicken Whisperer Andy Schneider about the Atlanta Pet Chicken Meet-up and his recent Chicken Stimulus Package event, among other topics.

Something that comes up in all three interviews is the idea of keeping chickens in the back yard, which is something Amber and I have been interested in. Listen in for some different perspectives on why that may or may not be a good idea, and for a lot of other chicken-related information.

When you're done listening to the podcast, be sure to also check out a short video I shot of some of the wild chickens in Fitzgerald.

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Interview - Eli Dickerson, founder of Urban Hiking Atlanta

Amber Rhea — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:29:51 -0500

Urban Hiking Atlanta held its first hike in January, and already interest is exploding, mainly via word of mouth. Rusty and I talk with Eli Dickerson about the many different benefits to be gained from going on an urban hike - environmental education, discovering parts of Atlanta of which you might have been unaware, meeting new people, and more.

Interview - Decatur bloggers Nick and Dave, proprietors of Decatur Metro and inDecatur

Amber Rhea — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:12:05 -0600

DeKalb County, particularly Decatur, has one of the more vibrant hyperlocal blogging scenes in Georgia. We discuss why this is the case and more in this interview with Dave Kell, proprietor of the inDecatur blog, and Nick, who runs Decatur Metro.

Also discussed:

The origins of their respective blogs
The Atlanta Journal vs. Atlanta Constitution vibe between their two respective blogs, and the nature of their (friendly?) competition
The tedious topic of what will happen when newspapers go belly up
Advantages and disadvantages of partial anonymity versus full public disclosure
How Carl Black seems to be everywhere. (Now he's in our podcast too)

We've known Dave through other various functions in the past, but this was the first time we'd met the elusive Nick.

This is the first interview they've given together. You heard it first on the Georgia Podcast Network!

(little joke there, you'll have to listen to get it)

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Video - My Great Aunt Jane remembers the Winecoff Hotel Fire

Rusty Tanton — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:55:44 -0600

I've been trying to make good on a goal I set more than a year ago to record more family history. My mom and I went to visit my Great Aunt Jane this past Saturday to shoot video of her telling stories about her life. We knew she had been a nurse, but we didn't know until Saturday she had been a night supervisor at Grady Hospital in Atlanta on December 7, 1946, the night of the Winecoff Hotel Fire.

The Winecoff Hotel Fire was the worst in history at the time, and remains the worst in U.S. history, with 119 fatalities. In this video, she recalls her experience working in the morgue.

More information about the Winecoff Hotel Fire:

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Talkie - 2008 in review with listener voicemails, favorite episodes, and other ruminations

Rusty Tanton — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:23:28 -0600

This is another end-of-year podcast, wherein we:

Play and respond to four voicemails from Jen
Discuss and reflect upon various events from the past year, including but not limited to: Sex 2.0, Balticon, the Georgia Podcast Network redesign, me killing my old blog, and the two video episodes we made
Name our favorite episodes of Mostly ITP from the past year
Talk about The Future

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Interview - Jennifer Colter, spokesperson for Atlanta Steam

Amber Rhea — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:51:28 -0600

Atlanta Steam is Atlanta's Lingerie Football League team. The league has teams in cities throughout the U.S. and will hold their first game in September 2009. Rusty and I talk with Jennifer Colter about the concept behind the LFL and Atlanta's team in particular. The first round of tryouts is tomorrow, December 20!

Follow Atlanta Steam on Twitter

Interview - Franklin Veaux, developer of Onyx

Amber Rhea — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:26:31 -0600

In this episode I interview Atlanta resident Franklin Veaux, creator of Onyx, a computer-based "game of sexual exploration." (Check out Regina Lynn's YourTango article about Onyx.) He also created the interactive sex map that was all the rage in the blogosphere a few months ago. We talk about life, the internet, and polyamory.*

* Obligatory vague Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy reference.

LIVE Talkie - Election '08, Waffle House Museum, sleep fetishes, social media, and more

Amber Rhea — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:09:00 -0500

[The title of this episode reveals my affinity for the Oxford serial comma.]

In this live talkie, recorded Sunday, October 26, we cover many topics, including:

More voicemails from Jen and Tony. Always entertaining - keep 'em coming! And that goes for the rest of you, too. Call in!
- Tony on hold with Sprint
- Tony calls in from the UGA game (part 1 and 2)
- Jen scolds Tony for drinking all the boxed wine
Rusty had wisdom tooth surgery recently and survived.
We went to the Waffle House Museum and want to go back and do a video tour.
Who should we interview?
We ramble a bit about the value of social media and what it means to be "professional." (Shades of my BlogOrlando session.) Here's my post with the quote I was referencing; the original post I quoted is gone.
There's an election coming up. We endorse Obama, and Rusty describes an anti-Jim Martin mailer he received. It was put out by Americans for Job Security. Images here and here.
I had a photo shoot for my birthday and was Empowered™ by it. Here's the Flickr group for the location where it was done.
Sleep fetishes: what's the deal?

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Talkie - Listener comments, more thoughts on Swingtown, miscellany

Amber Rhea — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:51:55 -0500

This talkie covers:

Voicemails from Jen and Tony, covering topics such as:
- Gwinnett County mooching off Atlanta
- Drunk/not drunk
- Lawyers
Voicemail from Ellie, responding to our first review of Swingtown; followed immediately by our updated thoughts on Swingtown, now that the series has (sadly, but not surprisingly) been taken off the air
Response to a listener who emailed with a question about Trapeze, and a brief tangent about the idea of a condom-mandatory sex club
Upcoming screening of The Three Faces of Eve at the Imperial Theatre in Augusta, and tour of the Miller Theatre (where the film premiered in 1957)
A few notes about our nascent house hunt

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