Shadercast – Daniel Nester

It’s a mixed bag this time out, with a cold open featuring none other than Eric, the UrbanSurfer himself, interviewed out in the wild (i.e., a basement studio in North Jersey). I ask him about keytars that just popped into my head. Great interviews work that way sometimes. After that, we feature a 25-year-old field … Continue reading Shadercast Episode 18 Keytars and Open Mic No-No’s

And we’re back. A good two months have passed, but Shadercast lives on. We have a fascist elected to be our next president, but stories still need to be told. Do they have to be my stories? Well, dear listeners, that’s all the stories I have. We open with your podcaster sharing Eagles small talk as … Continue reading Shadercast Episode 17 Lush Life

Good Bad Boys, what ya gonna do? This episode centers around Catholicism! Well, a book I read as a wee lad that was steeped in Catholicism called The Good Bad Boy. Featured is an essay written for the National Book Critics Circle’s website that was adapted from a chapter in Shader. Join us in this discussion of Goodness … Continue reading Shadercast Episode 16 Second Thoughts on Notes on The Good Bad Boy

We start at the beginning, or almost the beginning, in this Shadercast, with a reading of Chapter 2 from Shader. Mentioned: my car stereo, Long Island rock festival incompetence, Billy Squier, Geoffrey Wolff’s The Duke of Deception, and how one reacts to getting life-changing news over the phone. There’s also a voicemail message from Todd … Continue reading Shadercast Episode 15 Notes on a Prologue with Cameo from Billy Squier

Sit down, grab a Therapist card, and show us you’re With It in this episode of the Shadercast. Our fearless podcast shares with his formidable longread, recently featured up on the literary website The Millions: “Group Therapy: Was It Really a Game?” But before that a snippiet of an interview with one of the game’s co-creators, Phil Ross. … Continue reading Shadercast Episode 14 Was It Really a Game?