Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The EsnesnoN Episode Jan 30, 2019

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The EsnesnoN Episode: High School Reboot, Humor Magazines, Nonsense, A Fun and Saturated Publication Landscape, John, 30 Mile Commute, Humor Column, Ripoff Photo, EsnesnoN, Janitor, Ed Barlow, Printing With a 3 Day Delay, 3 Issues, Beyond Highschool, 10th Anniversary, Collaboration's Shadow.

The first issue of EsnesnoN is here: https://archive.org/details/1987-esnesnon

You'd think I'd have all the issues up, but I never got around to it! When I get my hands on them, they'll all go up.

The Kickstarter Episode Dec 31, 2018

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The Kickstarter Episode: Successful Sabbatical, Starting a Three-Pack, What Happened, A Job To Be Me, The Sacrifice, The End, The Loot, The Beginning.

After a lot of thought and a number of sleepless nights, I ended the kickstarter campaign that I've had running for seven years. I thought I would talk about what inspired me to go about it in the first place, what went wrong, and what I've learned.

The 50th Episode Dec 31, 2018

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The 50th Episode: A Short Review of How We Got Here, What the Podcast Has Done For Me, Another Kind of 50, 50 More, Thank You. 50 podcast episodes have been released for this series. It's a milestone, and something I'm happy to have been part of for the last year and a half. Thank you for supporting this and helping me dig out of the mess and get straight in a financial way. As I say in the episode, I'm continuing this podcast until it doesn't make sense to, or when I run out of what to talk about. Taking bets on which of those happen first. Thank you again.

The Don Joyce and Negativland Episode Dec 30, 2018

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The Don Joyce and Negativland Episode: A Cut-Up Record, Big 10-8, Negativland, Over the Edge, A Private Song in a Jamaican Club, Mark Hosler, Negativland Sleepover, Don's New Hangout, Goodbye Don, Moving the Archives, A Little More.

An episode about my favorite band and one of its members, Don Joyce, who spent over 30 years making a radio masterpiece. When I do my livestreams, I tend to put selections from this archive as the soundtrack, and there's always a few new fans born of it.

The Over the Edge archives are at https://archive.org/details/ote - over 1,500 hours are up there.

The Leisure Suit Larry Episode Dec 28, 2018

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The Leisure Suit Larry Episode: Al Lowe's Auction, Leisure Suit Larry History, SCUMMVM/AGI, How Scripting Works, Deciding to Read The Source, Twitch.tv/textfilesdotcom, More Than Six, ASMR, Jason Makes It, Preservation's Open Questions.

That was a heck of a way to spend a Tuesday.

The Technical Interview Episode Nov 30, 2018

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The Technical Interview Episode: Answering your requests, the nature of an interview, the ultimate meaning of your interviews, quality check, pre-interview, the 10 questions, like two musicians, post-interview, the final destination, Apple II crack screens forever.

Folks asked me to talk a little more about the lessons I've learned doing about 400 interviews over the years. Here it is in a brain dump the density of a salt lick. Any other questions?

The Speedrunning Episode Nov 30, 2018

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The Speedrunning Episode: A Very-Ill-Advised Car Ride, World Record Progression, Speedrunning, The Rules, The Glory, The Glitches, The Thrills, Summoning Salt, Quake Done Quick, Grenade Speedups and Bunny Hops, History Lost, Games Done Quick, Time.

Summoning Salt's Youtube Channel is here. The most recent Quake Done Quick (Quake Done Quickest) is here; you might need to watch it twice to even process what's going on. The Internet Archive's collection of over 4,000 speed run movies is here. And Games Done Quick has a website here, which has links to the many, many speedruns done at the event over the years.

The Failed ISP Episode Nov 27, 2018

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The Failed ISP Episode: That Time I Ran an ISP, ISPs Versus BBSes, The Idea of COW.NET and COW-TOWN, Ancient Equipment, Computers In Cow Fields, Unexpected Additional Users, Dee, The Distillery, Sun 3/280, The Debt, The Downfall, The Crazy Leap. Also: The Two-Story Internet.

Frank and Bootleg Oct 26, 2018

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An episode about two of my more unusual interviews for the BBS Documentary.

The Radio Radio Episode Oct 19, 2018

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The Radio Radio Episode: WECB and WERS, Emerson College, 1980 Radio Visit, WECB and the 18 Hour Shift, Fired, WERS, Alternative Parameters and Kelly Rafuse, Live Music Week, A Little Over the Top With The Sorting. An episode about my radio days, thoughts on radio, and the most radical sort I think I've ever done.

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