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[mindme]

In an effort to keep Conspiracy Skeptic going and turning out shows on a more regular basis, I'm creating a new format called "Conspiracy Skeptic Unplugged" (or more accurately "unscripted"). I will interview a skeptical podcaster or blogger. I'm borrowing an idea from the now defunct Reason Driven podcast. The RDP would get a guest to read a chapter from a book called "The Reason Driven Life" and then talk about it. In Conspiracy Skeptic Unplugged my plan is to get a skeptical podcaster/blogger to come up with his/her favorite conspiracy, research it for a week or two, and then have the skeptic on my podcast to discuss the conspiracy.

My former Seoul Survivors podcast cohost Jennifer Booker Young was kind enough to help me do a beta edition to test out the format. The sound quality is pretty crappy on my end. Meh. Still trying to figure out audio on Vista and Skype. Hopefully the Grand Opening podcast with Brian Thompson of Amateur Scientist will have better sound (I bought a USB mike for that one).

Anyway, this is a long winded way to say sorry about the crap quality and things will get better. I hope you'll all hang in there with me.

Grab it http://www.yrad.com/cs or on itunes...

[Ole Eivind]

I just listened to it, and really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to the coming episodes.

Does this mean you're going to exceed your 12 planned episodes?

Keep up the good work!

[Evil Eye]

DLing it now.

Can't wait!

[mindme]

I just listened to it, and really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to the coming episodes.

Does this mean you're going to exceed your 12 planned episodes?

Keep up the good work!

I'm going to try and finish the 12 "karl writes and then reads the topic" eps but this interview thing will be open ended. Brian Dunning is a god among men, for many reasons, not the least of which he seems to be able to crank off a couple incredibly well researched and well written eps a week. I've fallen into the Dr. Crislip rut where it's hard to write, research, and edit out my mumbling on a timely basis.

The interview format, however, pretty straight forward and much easier to edit.

[stands2reason]

Interesting. I really liked the Conspiracy Skeptic, so this should be good.

Also, do you still live in Korea? If so, what sort of supernatural Internet connection do you have over there?

[mindme]

Interesting. I really liked the Conspiracy Skeptic, so this should be good.

Also, do you still live in Korea? If so, what sort of supernatural Internet connection do you have over there?

I'm not in Korea anymore but the internet was pretty good. 10 mbps for about $35 a month. And no usage cap. Download all you want.

[Traveler]

Any chance of getting a link to an mp3 version?  I really don't want to install quicktime.

[Evil Eye]

http://www.gokorea.info/cp/cpunplugged0.mp3

[stands2reason]

That was a good beta. It's actually more like a release candidate if you ask me. Your friend/guest is actually awesome.

[Karyn]

Brian Dunning sets aside an hour a day or something like that to make sure he does his research and always has a few topics at a time that he's researching.  It's probably one of the more effective ways to ensure a consistent experience with podcasting.

[mindme]

That was a good beta. It's actually more like a release candidate if you ask me. Your friend/guest is actually awesome.

She's a total natural!

[seaotter]

Listened this morning. Very nice. I've been waiting for a new one. You do a great job! Remind me why no 911.

[marcparis]

Listened this morning. Very nice. I've been waiting for a new one. You do a great job! Remind me why no 911.

Because 911-liars are dangerous crazy.

[seaotter]

Listened this morning. Very nice. I've been waiting for a new one. You do a great job! Remind me why no 911.

Because 911-liars are dangerous crazy.

Besides that.

[mindme]

Fresh outta beta. Ep 1 of Conspiracy Skeptic Unplugged. Interview with Brian Thompson of The Amateur Scientist podcast. (Oh yeah redesigned web site.)

http://www.yrad.com/cs