Georgia Podcast Network

Halfway into February, it's time for our first talkie of 2008. This screenshot should give you an idea of what to expect:

Here's a little more detail:

• We play two voicemail messages from Nobilis. In the second one, he asks a question, and we answer.
• Why the heck haven't you people called in your creepy bug/snake stories?
• We went to Trapeze last night and I was in the poorly-conceived (or at least poorly-executed) "Strippers Ball," for a minute at least.
• Talk of the Strippers Ball leads to a tangent about sex clubs in theory vs. practice, and annoying drunk people.
• Can anyone give us a good, clear description of how delegates work in the Presidential election?
• Thoughts on social media conferences in general, and a bit on PodCamp Nashville specifically
• Sex 2.0 updates, and promo

Length: 29:48 minutes
File size: 20.5 MB

We love voicemail! Call us at 678.389.9441. Add me as a Twitter friend here, and Rusty here. E-mail us at info@gapodcastnetwork.com.

This is where we magically condense an entire year into thirty riveting minutes! Don't miss this, or you'll lose the use of at least one of your ears.

Contained within:

• Listener voicemails from Shelby, Thomas and Griftdrift
• Discussion of our favorite podcasts and happenings of the year, with clips from our interviews with Boyd Lewis and Dave Kaufman.
• A montage of clips from our sex club review podcasts set to the theme music from Mega Man 2
• What is this 2008 you speak of, and what can it do for us?

Length: 30:03 minutes
File size: 20.7 MB

We start off by reading several listener comments we received on recent podcasts about sex clubs, which have been attracting many new listeners. One couple listening propositioned us, which was very flattering.

Then we move on to the next order of business. We took a road trip about a week ago, stopping through Augusta, Ga., Columbia, S.C., and several small towns. Amber had never seen any hotel porn, so when we were in Columbia we decided to pay for a couple of movies: Screw My Wife Please 50: And Make It an Orgy! and 3 Blowin' Me. Reviews within.

Also included: a PSA for 2007 International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

Length: 34:12 minutes
File size: 23.5 MB

We love voicemail! Call us at 678.389.9441. Add Amber as a Twitter friend here, and me here. E-mail us at info@gapodcastnetwork.com.

We planned (a word I'm using very loosely here) for this to be a live Skypecast where we could have callers, but apparently Skypecasts don't work so well for Mac users. They sure as hell didn't work for us:

If you have better ideas for good ways to do live broadcasts with callers, please leave them here in the comments, email them to rusty@gapodcastnetwork.com or leave them on our voicemail at 678.389.9441. NowLive, Live365, Talkshoe, BlogTalkRadio, etc. are nice for many uses, but we're not interested in their file hosting and would like better sound quality than most of them can offer. Getting a Shoutcast/Icecast stream comes to mind, but damn, it seems like we should be able to do this with VOIP somehow.

Onward and downward...

After we talk about the Skypecasting debacle, topics included:

• Amber's birthday and why she grew up resenting Halloween
• How Facebook is awesome when it's your birthday, how LinkedIn sucks, with a transition into a discussion of Google's new OpenSocial platform. I spend about five minutes talking out of my ass about OpenSocial (which I just noticed abbreviates as O.S., like "operating system" ... very clever Google, very clever indeed).
• Following up on a previous podcast about Atlanta sex clubs, we recall our experience at Little Wings of Atlanta, the third we've been to (if you actually count Club Venus, which I'm tempted not to).
• Commentary about disproportionate ratios in sex fantasies where we earn our Explicit label in iTunes
• A little about the recent GA Politics Podcast, which we enjoyed thoroughly.
• Announcements about the Atlanta Social Media Mixer on Nov. 13 and the Atlanta Photography Exhibit on Nov 23

Length: 36:05 minutes
File size: 24.8 MB

It's been a while since we've done a talkie! In this episode, Rusty and I cover the following topics:

• Our trip to Milledgeville, including our visit to the superlatively haunted Central State Hospital. Photos here.
• Details about our still unresolved customer service nightmare with Platinum Stages. I also blogged about it. (Note: as of today, Platinum Stages has a newly revamped web site. Guess they can put their money into that, but not into making sure they don't sell unsafe products to their customers.)
• We promise to do a podcast reviewing two more Atlanta swingers clubs that have come to our attention: Little Wings and Club 2Risque (reopening Oct. 26).
• Rusty did a presentation about podcasting with Drupal for the Drupal Atlanta user group. You can see it here.
• We answer a pressing question sent by Jen via Twitter.
• Upcoming events: BarCamp Atlanta, organized by Jeff Haynie (Oct. 12-13); Sex, Wine and Chocolate fundraiser for Georgians for Choice and Generation Five (Oct. 18).

Length: 24:35 minutes
File size: 16.9 MB

We love voicemail! Call us at 678.389.9441. Add me as a Twitter friend here, and Rusty here. E-mail us at info@gapodcastnetwork.com.

In this episode, Amber and I review the only two Atlanta swinger's clubs (that we know of), Club Venus and Trapeze. We also give a little background on how sex clubs work.

There's a lengthy montage at the beginning that was basically me just having fun with Soundtrack, so skip to about three minutes in if you're anxious to get to the reviews.

And please send us voicemail at (678) 389-9441. We particularly would like to know about people's experiences with Club Venus, as we only went there once, but also welcome all other questions and comments.

Length: 46:48 minutes
File size: 32.1 MB

Rusty and I recorded this first-day-of-summer talkie on the roof of our apartment building, overlooking the city. Topics include:

• We might have to stop doing improvs in the Mostly ITP introductions, because they're getting too hard to think of. Unless, of course, our listeners want to help us think of new ones.
• Almost a year after taking up pole dancing, I'm getting my own stripper pole! It will be installed in our apartment very soon.
• Masonry tips from Rusty. He's been quite the handyman lately and shares some things he's learned.
• In July, we'll be going to Chicago for BlogHer and general vacationing.
• I need a new computer. I'm trying to resist the inevitable, but it is, indeed, inevitable.
• Twitter question from Laura
• We're going to a sex club tonight (June 22). We mention it, and promise a follow-up podcast.

Length: 17:59 minutes
File size: 16.5 MB

We love voicemail! Call us at 678.389.9441. Add me as a Twitter friend here, and Rusty here. E-mail us at info@gapodcastnetwork.com.