The No Proscenium Podcast

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Episode 253: Eschaton Jun 19, 2020

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Brittany Blum and Taylor Myers, two of the creators of Saturday night's hottest ticket -- Eschaton -- join us to share how the project came to be and what they've learned about translating an immersive nightclub into a mysterious web-based phenomenon.

Episode 252: The One With The 2020 Industry Report Jun 12, 2020

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Ricky Brigante and Sarah A.S. Elger, authors of the 2020 Immersive Entertainment Industry Annual Report, join us to talk about some of the big takeaways from this year's edition -- which is four times the size of the 2019 Report.

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The 2020 Immersive Entertainment Industry Annual Report

Pseudonym Productions (Brigante and Elger's production company)

Everything Immersive - our new, searchable event website, now in PUBLIC BETA

Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19 (Research Article - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

Episode 251: David Liu May 29, 2020

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A few weeks back David Liu -- Creative Director at AFVR.co, a virtual reality consulting firm, and formerly the Creative Director of Viacom Next and recently with the volumetric capture company The Lightframe Co. in NYC -- who tweets under the handle TheDak posted an interesting thread-- which David now refers to as “that thread” about the state of hiring practices in XR.

David and I are Twitter friends. I like the cut of his jib. He’s got a ton of experience, and he champions the multi-disciplinary approach to team building in XR, the most tech-heavy part of the overall immersive entertainment industry.

We start out on the thread, but this is No Proscenium, so we go all over the place. Especially because David and I have never really chatted before. I love it when these kidneys of episodes work out. I do, however, talk too much. Shock.

Plus: a few words about the current cultural moment(s) we find ourselves in at the top of the show from yours truly. -Noah J. Nelson

Webbed Toes: The DuckTales Footnotes - "House of Beaks" May 27, 2020

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This time out Zay and Noah discuss three episodes of the 2017 DuckTales reboot. TERROR OF THE TERRA FIRMIANS, HOUSE OF THE LUCKY GANDER, and THE INFERNAL INTERNSHIP OF MARK BEAKS are all covered along with the show's views on billionaires and a side trip into Jerry Garcia's favorite movie.

It's the show about DuckTales, that's not really a show about DuckTales.

Except when it is.

Webbed Toes: The DuckTales Footnotes - "Come Out & Play" May 27, 2020

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Continuing our miniseries where Zay Amsbury and Noah Nelson talk about the 2017 DuckTales, this edition covers the episodes "The Great Dime Chase" and "The Beagle Birthday Massacre," the movie Ben-Hur, Hollywood writers' obsession with subverting expectations vs. classical storytelling, and beer.

Get yourself comfy, we’re gonna be here a while…

Webbed Toes: The DuckTales Footnotes - "Woo-oo of Doom!" May 27, 2020

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Welcome to a special miniseries from the creators of No Proscenium.

This is Webbed Toes: The DuckTales Footnotes, a show that is, ostensibly, about the 2017 DuckTales reboot. Only it's really about storytelling, character, and the grand sweep of pop culture.

Annnnd racecars, lasers, areoplanes.

This episode of the miniseries covers the pilot "Woo-oo!" (which for some reason is episodes 4 & 5 on Disney+, if you're watching along) and "Daytrip of Doom!"

EPISODE 250 May 22, 2020

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250 Episodes.

Five years.

Our biggest show ever.

Come celebrate with us with returning guests Anthony Robinson, Bryan Bishop, David & Lisa Spira, Juliet Bennett Rylah, Kathryn Yu, Kevin Gossett, Ricky Brigante, and Zay Amsbury across three segments. Plus: some announcements about the next evolution of No Proscenium and Everything Immersive.

Segment One (The Now) --- 6:34 -- 1:19:04

Kathryn Yu
Juliet Bennet Rylah
Ricky Brigante

Segment Two (The Future) --- 1:23:23 -- 2:15:51

Kathryn Yu
Kevin Gossett
David & Lisa Spira

Segment Three (After Dark) --- 2:21:52 -- 3:47:40

Anthony Robinson
Zay Amsbury
Bryan Bishop

Episode 249: Sinking Ship Creations' Phone Adventures May 15, 2020

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Writer Betsy Isaacson and performer/sound designer Jennifer Suter of Sinking Ship Creations join us to discuss the LARP focused company's foray into phone-based interactive adventures.

Episode 248: Arcana May 08, 2020

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Producer Mali Elfman and puzzle/path designer Tommy Honton join us to talk about Arcana, the new ARG from the creators of All of Them Witches, the 2019 Overlook Film Festival Game.

There's an all-star LA immersive team behind these projects, and we get into how they came together, and why they're working on a new piece in the middle of this pandemic.

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All of Them Witches’ (A NoPro Adventure)

Episode 247: Within Earshot: Anthems For The In-Between May 01, 2020

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This week, we're joined by Jackson Teeley, Sarah Galante, and Dan Barron, the creative team behind the upcoming musical Within Earshot: Anthems For The In-Between, which is set in a New York City coffee house on "Single's Awareness Day" aka Feb. 15th. Plotted out as an immersive piece, the creative team finds themselves tackling unexpected challenges in the wake of the pandemic. This conversation begins our look at the evolution of the project.

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Within Earshot: Anthems For The In-Between

Concept Album (Spotify)

Concept Album (Apple Music) The Supernatural Diaries Week One

The Newman Design Process Squiggle ★