WHAT!?! You listen to OTHER podcasts!
iTunes has a neat new feature that lets you see what subscribers of a given podcast are also listening to.
The above begs an interesting question: When you lead a sentence with the word "iTunes," should it be capitalized? ITunes?
Anyway, I do think this is a cool feature, and I was curious to check out some of these other podcasts that you all listen to, and try to find the link to us. So I am going to listen to what you all are listening to (according to iTunes), and share some of my thoughts. First up: Schadenfreude (iTunes link)(Website)
NOTE: This is NOT a review per se. I have NOT done the work to actually listen to a large cross-section of these podcasts and give them a fair judgment. I'm just giving some quick thoughts after listening to a couple of episodes.
That this particular podcast shows up on this list makes some sense since I think we have many friends in common. Schadenfreude for a while had a radio show on Chicago Public Radio, where I have done some work. In fact, their producer, Shiow-Jiau Yung, was a good friend of mine there, and supervised a lot of the work I did.
Schadenfreude is a comedy troupe based in Chicago. They have been around for about nine years, which says a lot in a city that has more comedy troupes than you can shake a rubber chicken at. I never had the opportunity to see them live, but heard they were very funny.
The radio show never totally landed for me, though some of their stuff was a riot. I remember a particular piece they did about girls in a sorority, or something like that. It completely cracked me up. But it seemed as though they were only just figuring out how to move their stage show to the radio when they were cancelled.
So now they are podcasting, which makes sense. I like to think of podcasting as being the "minor leagues" of radio. We can test things here, and maybe some of the big teams will pay attention to us (in case I haven't said it in a while thank you Roman and Gwen!! feel free to use more of our stuff!!) So I figured that their podcast was a continuation of the radio show, and that there was a chance they had learned from their Public Radio experience, and refined the content in hopes of getting picked up by the radio world someday.
Apparently their goals were somewhat different, because it turns out this is a video podcast. It claims to bee "weekly," though the most recent episode is dated May 8th (at press time of this blog, it is May 25th). I'll let that slide, it is tough to do a weekly show for no money, believe me. And I suppose video could be even harder. So their May 8th show is entitled "What's So Funny About Hypothermia." Well, that's a dangerous title because it is very easy to review by saying a simple "no."
The video is of a young guy jumping into lake Michigan, presumably in early May. There are no real jokes here. I suppose we are just supposed enjoy the schadenfreude we must feel by watching it. While I am confident it is unadvisable to jump in lake Michigan in early May because it is very cold, and I have no desire to do it, it's not quite like doing the same in January, which people do. So in terms of watching an "extreme" event take place, this doesn't really rank.
I figured that this was probably just a one time idea for the podcast, and went back to look at some of their other stuff. The second most recent is dated April 24, and is titled "Chili Bone Uh-Huh!." This makes much more sense to me. It's a straightforward video of a live performance. It is basically a little teaser/ad for their live show. The one before that is a cast member telling an amusing anecdote (off-stage). That's cool. You basically get a little sampling of their sense of humor. So if you're not in the Chicago area, and want to get a little taste of Chicago comedy, check this cast out.
They also have a podcast of their radio show. It seems to be recycled shows from when they were on the radio, but it is much better produced than these little video shorts, and I give it a much higher recommendation. However, according to iTunes, this is not the one that our subscribers are also subscribing to.
The above begs an interesting question: When you lead a sentence with the word "iTunes," should it be capitalized? ITunes?
Anyway, I do think this is a cool feature, and I was curious to check out some of these other podcasts that you all listen to, and try to find the link to us. So I am going to listen to what you all are listening to (according to iTunes), and share some of my thoughts. First up: Schadenfreude (iTunes link)(Website)
NOTE: This is NOT a review per se. I have NOT done the work to actually listen to a large cross-section of these podcasts and give them a fair judgment. I'm just giving some quick thoughts after listening to a couple of episodes.
That this particular podcast shows up on this list makes some sense since I think we have many friends in common. Schadenfreude for a while had a radio show on Chicago Public Radio, where I have done some work. In fact, their producer, Shiow-Jiau Yung, was a good friend of mine there, and supervised a lot of the work I did.
Schadenfreude is a comedy troupe based in Chicago. They have been around for about nine years, which says a lot in a city that has more comedy troupes than you can shake a rubber chicken at. I never had the opportunity to see them live, but heard they were very funny.
The radio show never totally landed for me, though some of their stuff was a riot. I remember a particular piece they did about girls in a sorority, or something like that. It completely cracked me up. But it seemed as though they were only just figuring out how to move their stage show to the radio when they were cancelled.
So now they are podcasting, which makes sense. I like to think of podcasting as being the "minor leagues" of radio. We can test things here, and maybe some of the big teams will pay attention to us (in case I haven't said it in a while thank you Roman and Gwen!! feel free to use more of our stuff!!) So I figured that their podcast was a continuation of the radio show, and that there was a chance they had learned from their Public Radio experience, and refined the content in hopes of getting picked up by the radio world someday.
Apparently their goals were somewhat different, because it turns out this is a video podcast. It claims to bee "weekly," though the most recent episode is dated May 8th (at press time of this blog, it is May 25th). I'll let that slide, it is tough to do a weekly show for no money, believe me. And I suppose video could be even harder. So their May 8th show is entitled "What's So Funny About Hypothermia." Well, that's a dangerous title because it is very easy to review by saying a simple "no."
The video is of a young guy jumping into lake Michigan, presumably in early May. There are no real jokes here. I suppose we are just supposed enjoy the schadenfreude we must feel by watching it. While I am confident it is unadvisable to jump in lake Michigan in early May because it is very cold, and I have no desire to do it, it's not quite like doing the same in January, which people do. So in terms of watching an "extreme" event take place, this doesn't really rank.
I figured that this was probably just a one time idea for the podcast, and went back to look at some of their other stuff. The second most recent is dated April 24, and is titled "Chili Bone Uh-Huh!." This makes much more sense to me. It's a straightforward video of a live performance. It is basically a little teaser/ad for their live show. The one before that is a cast member telling an amusing anecdote (off-stage). That's cool. You basically get a little sampling of their sense of humor. So if you're not in the Chicago area, and want to get a little taste of Chicago comedy, check this cast out.
They also have a podcast of their radio show. It seems to be recycled shows from when they were on the radio, but it is much better produced than these little video shorts, and I give it a much higher recommendation. However, according to iTunes, this is not the one that our subscribers are also subscribing to.
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