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Podcast: TheNews.fm Episode 05 — The Democrats In which we discuss: - The media and the campaign. - The populism of Bernie Sanders. - The state of the race. Hosted By: James Del, Dan Patterson, and William Stodden Learn more: http://thenews.fm http://thenews.slack.com http://patreon.com/thenews Thanks for listening.

Podcast: TheNews.fm Episode 04 — Who’s Down with TPP? In which we discuss: - The next Speaker of the House. - Renoir Sucks? - Hacking hijinks. - The TPP. Hosted By: James Del, Dan Patterson, and William Stodden Guest: Lyndal Rowlands http://twitter.com/lyndalrowlands Learn more: http://thenews.fm http://thenews.slack.com http://patreon.com/thenews Thanks for listening.

TheNews.fm Episode 03 — The UN Is Mean Girls In which we discuss: - Headline News - The United Nations General Assembly - Gun Violence in America Hosted By: James Del, Dan Patterson, and William Stodden Guest: Mythili Sampathkumar http://twitter.com/restlessrani Learn more: http://thenews.fm http://thenews.slack.com http://patreon.com/thenews Thanks for listening.

TheNews.fm Explainer - Pre-Primary Primary Season In which Doc explains the "silly season" of pre-primary campaign politics. Hosted By: Doc Stodden Learn more: thenews.fm thenews.slack.com patreon.com/thenews Thanks for listening.

TheNews.fm Explainer - How Political Debates Work In which Doc explains the function and mechanics of political debates. Hosted By: Doc Stodden Learn more: http://thenews.fm http://thenews.slack.com http://patreon.com/thenews Thanks for listening.

TheNews.fm Episode 02 - From Death to Death: The Refugee Crisis Hosted By: James Del and Dan Patterson Guest: Salima Yacoubi https://twitter.com/salimay In which we discuss: - The 70th United Nations General Assembly. - The refugee crisis. - The life of smuggled refugee, Mohamed. Learn more: http://thenews.fm http://thenews.slack.com http://patreon.com/thenews Thanks for listening.

TheNews.fm Episode 01 - Pilot Hosted by: James Del, Dan Patterson, and William Stodden In which we discuss: - The Media - Donald Trump and the Campaign - Burning Man Learn more: http://thenews.fm http://thenews.slack.com http://patreon.com/thenews Thanks for listening.

The News - An Introduction A weekly podcast about topics that matter. Learn more: http://TheNews.fm.

Migrant Smuggling: From Sudan to Scandinavia - Ismail's Story — — — Ismail was smuggled from Sudan to Cairo in 2013. Now he is out of money and out of time. He is considering selling his kidney to pay smugglers to bring him to Europe. This is his story.

Migrant Smuggling: From Sudan to Scandinavia - Mohamed's Story — — — Mohamed was smuggling from Cairo to Sweden in the fall of 2014. This is his story. -- -- Dan Patterson & Julia Grønnevet

Each autumn Quentin Lewis records a story by pulp horror master H.P. Lovecraft. Learn more: http://www.thetransmitter.net/pickmans-model/ Happy Halloween! For this year's podcast, I am reading "Pickman's Model" by H.P. Lovecraft. It's set in Boston, in the North End, a place that should be on your list to visit. It's set in Boston, in the North End, a place that should be on your list to visit. More stories by H.P. Lovecraft as read by Quentin: http://www.quentinlewis.com/podcast/ Thanks for listening.

On Media & Storytelling: Jack Rice and Dan Patterson on Progressive AM 950 In which Jack and Dan discuss the how broadcast media works, the importance of storytelling, and our new project The Transmitter. Learn more. Thanks for listening.

The Redline Podcast: Meta Episode Hard news, dirty politics, and civilized propaganda: The Redline is a news podcast that helps make sense of today’s headlines. In this episode Greg, Dan, and Doc discuss their history as friends and co-conspirators, and motivations for producing The Redline podcast. This is a fun, contextual episode composed of audio snippets of podcast rehearsals, classic production elements, raw liners recorded by friends, and a few historic rocknroll radio air-checks. Thanks for listening. Stay tuned. Our victory is imminent.

Download Audio Jack and Dan discuss a brief history of hacking, explain how the NSA captured personal user data from major internet providers, and provide a few essential security tips for the web and mobile on Minnesota’s progressive talk station, AM 950. Learn more about about the NSA from expert James Bamford, and security from host Steve Gibson. Thanks for listening to Jack and Dan. Stay tuned.

Sudan Stories with Jack Rice and Dan Patterson on Progressive AM 950 In which talk radio host, former CIA agent, and public defender Jack Rice and journalist Dan Patterson share stories on 950 AM in Minneapolis about storytelling, reporting from Cairo, and digital journalism in conflict regions. Learn more at AM 950 Progressive Radio and on Jack’s website. Thanks for listening. Link

Recorded over several weeks in Cairo, Egypt this is an audio journal of stories by Sudanese media makers recorded in March of 2014 for Small World News by Dan Patterson. Learn more at http://smallworldnews.tv and http://danpatterson.com/2014/03/31/alive-in-sudan/. Thanks for listening.

Audio from Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park: A conversation with hip-hop activist George Martinez about what the #Occupy movement means today, and what it needs to do to survive. Read more about Occupy Wall Street's second anniversary at http://medium.com/@DanPatterson Thanks for listening.

In which Andy Bowers reveals the history of Slate podcasting, how he grew a content empire, and the true origin of Slate's anti-Panda agenda. The New Oxford American Dictionary deemed 'podcast' the word of the year in 2005. During the early, hyped days of podcasting and 'web 2.0', tech companies raised money at crazy valuations, and were poised to break semi-famous hosts in to the mainstream, finally replacing a generation of cheeseball radio DJ's. And then nothing happened. A medium ahead of it's time, early podcasting fizzled as quickly as it popped. Consumers were uninspired and confused, and traditional news organizations couldn't successfully shoehorn old advertising models on to niche and deeply-vertical content. Podcasting was largely abandoned by many of it's early evangelists and common wisdom stated that video and YouTube had won. After a career covering politics for NPR, Andy Bowers moved to public radio's cultural cousin Slate in 2003, and began work podcasting in 2005. Instead of getting lost in the hype, Bowers focused on creating shows that simply reflected Slate's sparky editorial vibe. An opinion-driven news magazine, Slate's contributors follow the same ethical standards of traditional news organizations, but are also encouraged to form and fight for opinions. The initial impetus behind Slate podcasts was to capture this opinion-creation process on tape, and record this behind-the-scenes editorial chatter in a live discussion environment. The format is simple: commentators from cultural verticals - Sports, Culture, and Politics - gather weekly in a round-table environment to discuss topical news. Slate hosts know the audience well, and programs often emphasize nuanced discussion over shocking clickbait. Success is derived from a balance of consistency, integrated live-read advertising, and informed banter. Tight focus on smart conversation has helped Slate hosts develop intimate relationships with large audiences. During a recent live episode of the Political Gabfest in New York City  fan and subscriber Stephen Colbert remarked on the personal bond between listeners and content, stating, "I'm so excited to be the fourth person at this little table." Andy Bowers' strategy has worked. Slate programs grew slowly and consistently during podcasting's post-hype years. Over the past decade, podcasting has matured organically. Like Slate, personalities like Marc Maron, Jesse Thorn, Kevin Smith, and Le

"Comic books are about presenting the illusion of change," once said Stan 'The Man' Lee, "without ever actually changing a a thing."  ...Or maybe he didn't. The origin story of attribution for this portentous quote has been as ambiguous as Wolverine's.  And that's kind of the point. The illusion of perpetual change without ever actually changing reveals the contemporary state of the comic book industry, and of the institution that is Marvel Comics. In his extensive history of the company, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story author Sean Howe reveals the story Marvel never could: of it's own origin and the commercial weight of ideas.  Marvel Comics: The Untold Story is about the mechanics of myth-making. Packed with McFarlane-like detail, Howe reveals the joyous hyperbole of Marvel's super-sausage-making process. While the human characters are sometimes as mundane as the Queens and Brooklyn neighborhoods where they lived, the story of Marvel is as exciting as the comics themselves. The House of Ideas has always been home to scrappy innovation. From the early Golden Age pulp days of Timely Comics, through the creation of historic character archetypes like the Fantastic Four in the 1960's, Lee's Marvel was a boisterous, break-neck bullpen that helped birth contemporary myth. And, somewhere along the way, emerged the Marvel Comics story, a fascinating tale about a cast-off company comprised of forgotten geniuses, creative malcontents, and business bamboozlers.  By the 1970s, in an attempt to either escape or sell the characters he helped create, Lee escaped from New York City's publishing industry to the film business in Los Angeles. In his wake Lee left a hole in Marvel filled by business innovation and a creative renaissance.  In a sage-like move that would make today's Apple proud, Marvel embraced the burgeoning Direct Market, an innovative approach to fostering the independent retail stores across the country. The Direct Market allowed retailers to obtain non-returnable product at deeply discounted price. The deep discounts allowed comic book retail stores - and Marvel itself - to focus on more specific, target markets. Of target marketing attempts fell flat and lead to silly pulp stores.  While silly and cynical products failed, the Direct Market helped foster the burgeoning fandom industry, and lead to a creative boom by some of Marvel's writers and artists. Creators, some famous, many now long-forgotten, were left to invent wild

Your Passport to Great Conversation: An Interview with App.Net Founder Dalton Caldwell In which I discuss social platforms and technology culture with entrepreneur Dalton Caldwell. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Dalton cut his tech teeth by building streaming networking imeem. At imeem Dalton experienced great success, and tremendous setbacks. At it's peak, imeem had close to 30 million users. After years of legal battles, the company folded in to Myspace. Dalton was discouraged, but learned how to adapt in Silicone Valley. In addition to being a passionate evangelist  for transparent business, Dalton is the founder of App.Net, a developer and community-focused social platform. After observing Twitter's shift from a developer model to an advertising model, Dalton launched App.Net as a for-pay platform. Today, App.Net supports a vibrant community, and more closely resembles a social app ecosystem than a Twitter clone. In this interview, recorded initially as a Google+ Hangout video, Dalton and I discuss his evolution as a technologist and business owner, and dive deeply in to his feelings about the current state of the social web. Learn more about App.Net. Find more great shows like this on KoPoint. Thanks for listening.