"Garrison Keillor for the young and expensively educated"
February 11, 2015 10:03 AM Subscribe
Ten years ago, (MeFi's own) John Hodgman (previously) and Jonathan Coulton (previously) created a series of podcasts documenting Hodgman's Little Gray Books spoken-word series:
One: We Remember: How to Generate a Winning Character
Two: We Remember: Secrets of the Secret Agents
Three: We Remember: How to Negotiate All Kinds of Deals and Contracts
Four: We Remember: Hints on Public Singing
Five: We Remember: Brookline: the Town that Has Everything Yet at the Same Time Has Nothing
Six: We Remember: The Countries of Europe Described
Seven: We Remember: How to Observe Presidents Day (Observed)
More about the series here.
One: We Remember: How to Generate a Winning Character
Two: We Remember: Secrets of the Secret Agents
Three: We Remember: How to Negotiate All Kinds of Deals and Contracts
Four: We Remember: Hints on Public Singing
Five: We Remember: Brookline: the Town that Has Everything Yet at the Same Time Has Nothing
Six: We Remember: The Countries of Europe Described
Seven: We Remember: How to Observe Presidents Day (Observed)
More about the series here.
Is it possible to get this as an RSS feed to add to a podcast app?
posted by crazy with stars at 11:21 AM on February 11, 2015
posted by crazy with stars at 11:21 AM on February 11, 2015
I think this was actually the first podcast I ever listened to, I stuck the episodes on my 256 mb mp3 player using iPodder Lemon.
OLDEN TIMES!
posted by joelhunt at 12:22 PM on February 11, 2015
OLDEN TIMES!
posted by joelhunt at 12:22 PM on February 11, 2015
Oh, man, I've been obsessed with Little Gray Books for ever and relisten to them often.
Despite D&D loyalty, my favorite episode is not How to Generate a Winning Character, but rather the
Countries of Europe Described, which eponymous tome I was delighted to find on Archive.org.
Despite D&D loyalty, my favorite episode is not How to Generate a Winning Character, but rather the
Countries of Europe Described, which eponymous tome I was delighted to find on Archive.org.
The ladies [of Germany] are very industrious, and wherever they go they take their knitting. They are as fond of their knitting-needles as the gentlemen are of their pipes. The number of stockings they make would surprise you. How much better to knit than to smoke !posted by BrashTech at 1:08 PM on February 11, 2015
Is it possible to get this as an RSS feed to add to a podcast app?
Yes, I found this podcast feed on the Little Gray Books site. Copy and paste that feed link into your podcast client to subscribe.
(For what it's worth, you can also use Huffduffer to create your own personal podcast of whatever mp3 files you find around the web. Just paste links to any mp3 into your Huffduffer account and it'll download to any device that's subscribed to your feed.)
posted by whitecedar at 1:11 PM on February 11, 2015 [6 favorites]
Yes, I found this podcast feed on the Little Gray Books site. Copy and paste that feed link into your podcast client to subscribe.
(For what it's worth, you can also use Huffduffer to create your own personal podcast of whatever mp3 files you find around the web. Just paste links to any mp3 into your Huffduffer account and it'll download to any device that's subscribed to your feed.)
posted by whitecedar at 1:11 PM on February 11, 2015 [6 favorites]
Oh, god. 'Secrets of the Secret Agents.' Something I have insisted on introducing to - some may say inflicting upon - the best of my friends. Even now, ten years on, my iTunes library is scattered with songs whose genre is listed as 'Spy Rock.' I adore this lecture series and am compelled to return to it with regularity.
Also, the metadata for my copy of 'Bright Eyes' credits it to Art Garfunkel's 1981 record 'Songs for Dead and Dying Rabbits.'
I didn't spot it linked to above, so please feel free to avail yourself of this copy of the lost(?) Little Gray Book Lecture, 'How To Communicate Without the Aid of Wires'.
posted by MarchHare at 12:45 AM on February 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
Also, the metadata for my copy of 'Bright Eyes' credits it to Art Garfunkel's 1981 record 'Songs for Dead and Dying Rabbits.'
I didn't spot it linked to above, so please feel free to avail yourself of this copy of the lost(?) Little Gray Book Lecture, 'How To Communicate Without the Aid of Wires'.
posted by MarchHare at 12:45 AM on February 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
My apologies - that should be the 'How to Communicate Without the Aid of Wires'.
Missed the edit window.
posted by MarchHare at 12:55 AM on February 12, 2015
Missed the edit window.
posted by MarchHare at 12:55 AM on February 12, 2015
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