Maiden Screech

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A podcast made while waiting for the BART each morning

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    • Aug 9, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 6m AVG DURATION
    • 20 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Maiden Screech

    Taking Care of Urself: A Mobile Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 4:32


    I'll say it once, but I'll say it again: this episode is a parody.

    Tin Foil (Hat) Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 5:57


    I eat an apple as I wait for train and talk about about my fondness for tin foil and my disdain for individual (as opposed to collective responses) to our environmental problems.

    Tech and the City

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2019 13:48


    We waited over 13 minutes for the BART today and interviewed two fellow passengers about Silicon Valley. 

    The Daily Dish(washing)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 1:21


    Wash us this day our daily dish.

    Subway Faux Pas

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 3:34


    We have a very special guest today: my mom.

    A Yidish Lektsye (A Yiddish Lesson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2019 5:54


    Izzy gives us a Yiddish lesson while waiting for der ban (the train).

    Talking the Walk, and Walking the Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 8:39


    In today's episode, we learn yet again that it's hard to count (and that Berkeley is a suburb).

    Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 9:33


    Inspired by Astra Taylor's documentary, What is Democracy?, we ask fellow BART passengers the very same question.

    The No-Minute Wait Just Meant Lots of Waiting Between Stations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 1:20


    It's all in the title. 

    Rosebudding My Way Through Work Emails

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 2:25


    Today, we talk about the anxieties and joys of professional emailing. To share your work-emailing cheats (i.e. easy ways to say no politely yet firmly; un-cheesy wording for the e-introduction, etc.), feel free to drop 'em in this very google doc.

    Public Meeting, Public Theater

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 10:56


    Maiden Screech correspondent, Izzy Meckler, joins us to discuss the bi-monthly BART Board meeting.

    I Beg of You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 0:38


    In San Francisco, pedestrians frequently have to hit 'beg buttons' in order to cross the street.

    No-minute Wait

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 0:24


    Rejoice, rejoice! There was a no-minute wait.

    I Get Around

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 34:16


    Vehicular correspondent Theo Schear plays a BART-slash-transit-inspired playlist as he drives across the Bay Bridge to work.Check out Theo on Instagram or on his radio show, Baydio, and write to maidenscreech@protonmail.com if you'd like to be a correspondent.

    Counting Down the Minutes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 2:44


    Counting is more stressful than I thought, or a de-stressor becomes a stressor. 

    On the Making and Unmaking of Powerful Men: A Few Words on Jeffrey Epstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 5:52


    Is the media calling out "powerful men," or just building them up?

    Forgive Me Father for I Have Sinned

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 1:15


    In today's episode, I rode in a car.

    Luck Be an Urban Planner This Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 6:59


    Luck is meeting an urban planner as we wait for the BART. Kismet is realizing that you have a mutual friend.

    Linda on her Soapbox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 8:24


    We aren’t being metaphorical. Today’s guest Linda does in fact own a soapbox.

    Maiden Screech's Maiden Speech

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 4:55


    In the inaugural episode of Maiden Speech, we talk BART, the templatization of podcasts, and more. If you're interested in becoming a correspondent, please email us at maidenscreech@protonmail.com.

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