Slightly Off Axis Podcast

Episode 10 - Slightly Off Axis Podcast - The Podcast Origin & Past Guests - a Wisdom App Talk created on 2022-09-06 - editing for easier listening.  The Talk is in regards to Season 1 guests and the planning for Season 2, starting soon.  Life has a way of sometimes interfering with our passions. My spouse died this year but before she did her life took a dramatic change and I did not have any time to continue the podcast. Now with many things resolved in my life, the podcast re-emerges as a way to redirect my energies to my personal hobbies and tell the stories of those I admire again. So now the podcast returns with a goal to produce these episodes more frequently or at least to deliver an audio episode that either introduces or completely replaces a video episode. I detail this - not my wife's passing, that's merely referenced as a life/family issue to avoid going off on tangents - in the talk recorded on Wisdom, a 10 minute talk that I trimmed to 7 minutes and 23 seconds by removing my coughs, breaths, pauses and unnecessary words.

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Steve Agid - Slightly Off Axis Podcast for 11-30-2021 - Audio Podcast Version of Social Media Live Video. Produced by host Kenneth Otto, Produced on Florida's Space Coast. Steve Agid worked for RCA/GE American Communications (1976-1988) - Spacecraft Controller/Spacecraft Analyst, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing (1988-2002) - Shuttle Payloads (Payload Ground Operations Contract), Boeing/United Launch Alliance (ULA) (2002-2016) - Delta IV Rocket Ground Electrical as Engineer/Scientist III), and currently is employed by Delaware North at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex as a Communicator (since 2016). In College, he had a radio program on WMMB where he interviewed space workers. He did interviews similar to this show tonight where he interviewed "people in the know" and never had "gotcha" questions designed to catch the guests off guard. Standard Social Media License. Host and guest or their heirs retain rights to this podcast for any commercial use.

SOAP - Introduction on Wisdom App - Part 2 - edited - September 2, 2022 - Season 1 - episode 9. A continued Wisdom Talk to relaunch the podcast and bring you up to date for the pending Season 2 of the Podcast which is coming soon. A few new things have happened. Namely, now the podcast will include - when available - a Wisdom talk which precedes it to introduce the next guest or guests to the audience prior to the video version of the podcast. This will become the new format for podcast audio discussion - if I am pleased with the content - so as to publish episodes faster. If not, it will simply be more of an introduction or background for each podcast so that episodes occur more often for the listener. This host only episode previews my show to listeners who may have wondered what the show is about who have not seen the full descriptions online. Or who are unfamiliar with the social media video broadcast.  Kenneth Otto, Host, Slightly Off Axis Podcast. Full Social Media Availability is detailed at this website: https://kenotto21.wixsite.com/slightly-off-axis-po 

This is an Introduction to the Slightly Off Axis Podcast as originally produced on the Wisdom App. It is a September 2, 2022, Audio edit taking out all the pauses in the original and normalizing the volume. If you have wondered what this podcast is about this gets to the heart of the matter giving my original reasons for creating it.  Slightly Off Axis Podcast, Season 1, episode 8: From the Host via Wisdom - Part 1.  A brief statement to relaunch the show for Season 2 beginning soon.

Slightly Off Axis Podcast Episode 4 - Guest Charles Robert Ryan, Shuttle Resolution Movie. Kenneth Otto's Slightly Off Axis Podcast for November 28, 2021 - An Audio Podcast version of a Social Media Live Video. Edited for best sounding audio and silence removal.  Date of edit March 1, 2022. Charles Robert Ryan talks about his experience working with NASA, as a builder - project manager - for a shuttle training mock up - Shuttle Resolution, and about the film documentary coming out in 2022.

Episode 7 - Keith Amsden - Dual Silver Snoopy Award Winner - 2021-12-18 - Slightly Off Axis Podcast - Hosted by Ken Otto.  This was recorded specifically for an audio podcast and there is no video version on our social media. Slightly Off Axis Podcast interviews or allows guests from the space program communities in the USA - Military, NASA or Commercial - to tell their work history or both.  This episode features possibly the only recipient of two Silver Snoopy Awards, Keith Amsden.  Keith Amsden's Backstory:"I received a Silver Snoopy from Fred Haines while stationed at Patrick AFB with FTD 326K. I taught the recording system on the ARIA aircraft. When I retired in May 1971 I went to work for McDonnell Douglas and my first assignment, I had the HONOR to teach all systems of SKYLAB our first Space Station. Got my pink slip day of launch and went to our TICO division and taught the DRAGON anti tank weapon system. I also received another Silver Snoopy from Mario Ronko while on the SPOC program at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station."

Episode 6 - Edward Ryan - a SILVER SNOOPY AWARDED NASA or Contract Employee - His Story.  12-02-2021 - Slightly Off Axis Podcast by Ken Otto. Silver Snoopy Award Winner Edward Ryan, Jr., CET (Retired) Interview for Slightly Off Axis Podcast, December 2, 2021, live interview show. From the Titan II program to 100 Crews of Shuttle Missions. His story cannot be summarized in a live event posting. Audible-Version of his work history slide presentation narrated by Edward himself. With some questions from our host and the audience. He has a memorable story to tell the audience. EPISODE 0006. SEASON 1. Slightly Off Axis Podcast by Kenneth Otto.

Episode 2 - Earline Smiley - Her Story - 11-19-2021 - Slightly Off Axis Podcast by Ken Otto. An individual with over 40 years experience in the space industry tells her story. She worked on the Apollo Program and then worked on the Space Shuttle team. She advanced in her career, becoming an inspector before retirement from her career.  Standard License for podcasts wherein host, guest or their heirs own the commercial use rights to this podcast. Audio Only version of a video podcast known as Slightly Off Axis Podcast. Video was approximately 45 minutes and audio is less than 37 minutes with silence edited out and audio cleaned up for better listening including normalization of audio levels.   #NASA #KennedySpaceCenter #ApolloProgram #SpaceShuttle #HerStory #STEM #History #Equity

Episode 1 - Joyce Rosemary - Her Story - 11-10-2021 - Slightly Off Axis Podcast by Ken Otto.  In this first episode of our podcast, Joyce Rosemary who worked for the Platform Engineering Group on the Space Shuttle Program described what it was like to have a position like hers in the program working for Lockheed. The Platform Engineering Group was responsible for all use of computer technology on site. And Joyce was responsible for security in that aspect of the Space Shuttle Operations.  Listen to this audio podcast version of our social media video podcast. Take it with you where you go.  I have edited out a lot of the pauses in the first few minutes, cutting the show down from its original 1 hour 15 minutes to about 1 hour. The audio was normalized for best listening. I hope you enjoy the show and return for more episodes.

Surprise Guest Sunday - Episode 3 - Slightly Off Axis Podcast - 11-21-2021. Our guest was Chad Krueger. The show about Kennedy Space Center workers, NASA workers or similar careers - Starting with Brevard County, Florida, residents but willing to interview all who worked pre-NASA to present day on the Space Program. Description: While our guest would not be a notable figure in the eyes of the media he was a star in our eyes. He cleared some time in his work schedule to talk with us about his career at Kennedy Space Center or working with NASA as either a contract employee or directly.  Who was this mystery guest who did not do a pre-show planning interview? Tune in and see.  Standard copyright laws apply to this broadcast so if you are in commercial media and intend to use all or part of this program contact the program author and guest.