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A quick and daily musing from the PodKing himself.

Scott Kraus


    • Dec 12, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 153 EPISODES


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    Proverbs To Live By

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 4:44


    Scott discusses cute little quotes from Russians and Billy Shakes. Email scott@thescotttake.com

    Attention SCOTTCastigators! The PodKing Debate Approaches!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 4:16


    Scott talks about the podking debates, being recorded tomorrow

    An Email of Praise and Concern

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 8:38


    Scott addresses an email sent in by David. If you want Scott to retaliate to your email, send a message to scott@thescotttake.com

    My Next Car

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 6:10


    Scott lays out very specific specs he wants his next car to meet.

    Aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 3:28


    Scott opines on what aliens being real means for life's triumph over chaos. Star Wars.

    The Greatest Invention

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 3:55


    The Scott Take is back! Scott opines on the world's greatest inventions.

    Introducing: The Adventures of Biz and Bop

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 8:04


    Scott unveils a small part of the larger Hamtramck Avengers Podomatic Universe: the subterranean stone imps called Biz and Bop!

    Sapiens, Fictions, and Grocery Stores

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 9:25


    Scott makes a tweak to the format of the show and discusses a book he's reading.

    The First Presidential Debate of 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 0:50


    Scott and Scott cover the first presidential debate of 2020

    Book Acquisition Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 3:44


    Scott goes on about buying too many books

    The Trailer Park Boys Cartoon and Psychological Dynamics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 5:59


    Describing the psychological dynamics between the characters from Trailer Park Boys

    SCOTTCast's New Digs Get Dug

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 2:36


    Ian is happy with the new pod set-up.

    Tequila

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 4:18


    New sound for The All New Scott Take and a story about Scott's first tequila purchase

    The World Is Not Enough (Not Enough Communists For Pierce Era Bond)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 3:28


    Scott paces around and talks Pierce's third best movie.

    The Medium Is The Message

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 4:13


    Scott talks about Socrates then completely sullies the concept with his own thoughts.

    The Right To Repair (And Happy Birthday David!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 2:58


    Where's Scott been? He's been in his quaint little mixer repair shop, where he is shopkeep, about twelve square feet in total spanning the building in a town of about the same population, where he has learned to take apart a mixer and put it back together.

    Craigy Ferg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 9:51


    Scott talks about Craigy Ferg

    India, the Country, not Theo Von

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 11:05


    Scott rambles about a reviewer without even mentioning India in any significant way.

    Beer Review | SCOTTCast Sampler Pack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 2:57


    Scott talks about beer with Ian. On episode #108: Meat Lenses

    Be Bored With Your Biggest Ideas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 4:06


    Or you're not talking about them enough

    Conspiracies and Youth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 5:55


    Scott talks about conspiracies being a holdover from being young in a world of old people.

    Scott Talks With A Robe Over His Head

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 3:45


    Scott opts to talk with a robe over his head instead of buying acoustic foam.

    Part 3: Podcast Sound Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 4:42


    Scott talks about his failed sound tests

    Part 2: Podcast Sound Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 2:31


    Scott talks at around -16 lufs integrated with basically a tit more dynamic range so he can sound like some New Jersey idiots.

    Part 1: Podcast Sound Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020 3:03


    Scott talks at around -16 lufs integrated with barely any dynamic range so he can sound like some mawkish blokes.

    The First Friday Rantathon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 43:14


    Scott wanted to challenge himself, so here he is talking for forty straight minutes. He talks about talking, tracking yourself, good samaritan conspiracies, and the many definitions of 'pip'

    Late Night Goals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 8:25


    This one is also on YouTube

    Blurry Video and Wabi Sabi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 5:55


    This ones obviously on youtube.

    Waiting For Drew-dot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 2:51


    Scott waits for Drew to meet for a pod

    Theo Von Is Not On This Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 4:31


    Theo Von isn't even associated with this podcast.

    Expensive Accidents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 4:26


    Scott plumbs the depths of time to figure out why he's fascinated by pictures of expensive accidents.

    Satiate The Beast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 1:26


    Scott drops a quick note on ya. Satiate the beast.

    What That Time Juice World Rapped For An Hour Has To Do With Podcasting By Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 6:44


    Scott talks about freestyle rapping and invisible listeners.

    Scott Games And Chats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 7:14


    Do flash games even exist?

    Scott Speaks 1,000 Words at 172 BPM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 5:55


    Hello and welcome to the scott take, a quick and daily musing brought to you by the podking himself. Today, I'm talking about Writing Out What You're Saying, so it won't be long.By writing out what you're saying, I mean writing a script and then speaking the script out loud. Into a microphone. Exactly how I'm doing now.That's right. Most Scott Takes are brought to you purely out of the ether of my mind. But not this one. I prepared each and every word I'm saying today.I even wrote out Hello and welcome to the Scott Take, a quick and daily musing brought to you by the podking himself. I also wrote it again that second time I said it.Not a single thing about this episode is extemporaneous .How does that make you feel? Is it obvious I'm just reading a damn script? Do I sound like a wooden puppet dangling from the hands of an unskilled puppeteer?It's ok. I'm sure my delivery isn't that bad or fake by now. You might even think I'm saying all this randomly. But now that I think about it, I really butchered extemporaneously earlier. That sounds like one of those words that I write but never actually get a chance to say.Anyway, onto the rest of the episode. If I have a script for this and we are only twenty three percent through the episode, I gotta imagine there is some good stuff ahead. I have no idea what it could be. This is me speaking as a writer. The guy speaking this in the future (but your past) is probably thinking to himself this is so so so so so dumb, and I might as well just stop now. Give up the pretense for the rest of the episode, tell you how I feel and just move on. I gotta life too, ya know? Things to think about. Responsibilities to assess. Dangers to look out for. Do you really think I'll spend my time sitting here, writing a thousand words, just to speak them into a microphone?What am I going to do? Take the runtime for my vocal track and divide one thousand with it? Then I'd have a speaking rate for myself and I guess I could think about that sometimes. Maybe make it slower. Maybe make it faster. Television anchors speak at like one hundred fifty words per minute. Tony Robbins goes at a steady two hundred words per minute and some people don't speak any words in a minute. It takes them like ten fifteen minutes to say a word.So what would I do with my speaking rate? Maybe the title of the episode could be Scott Talking At This Specific Rate Of Speech. Maybe I can aim for 170 and tell people to run to my podcasts. Foot hits ground every word, about. I dunno if that makes sense. David write in. Let me know how fast I need to talk to qualify as an exercise aid. I'll make SCOTTCast Gets Fit or something. Maybe I'll just listen to myself and run, run away from my own manic tantrum into the microphone. Now that is art. I decide that image is art. That's all you need to do to make art. Don't expect anybody to agree but that's all you need for you.Boy howdy, I think we're past the halfway point of this podcast. Jesus it feels like a journey in the sahara according to writer Scott. He's about to go back to the kitchen and get a Lager of the Lakes. Hemingway said write with a slight buzz and edit whenever, right?So that was crazy. I went to crack the beer open and the tab just fell off. It left a little hole up top but that was it. I tried jabbing it open with a chopstick to no avail. Then I got a glass and I tried pouring it but the hole was so small it practically kept itself sealed. I squeezed the can like a box of hi-c and felt like I failed shotgunning 101. But I'm back now, and that put a hundred word dent in this journey of a pod.I have to be sounding wooden by now. Let me know if this is tolerable. Or even noticeable. If it's not noticeable, then I might type out every podcast I do. Why sit around and hope you have something clever to say when you can just make sure you have clever stuff to say? Why not fake all the authenticity? If it's not noticeable, then what's it for, morals? Is there a morality to artistic authenticity? Like, besides counterfeiting paintings. More like lip syncing, really. This is lip syncing for podcasters. This is the boy band, paid to look handsome and dance version of podcasting. Do I pull it off well? I will full on accept a giant check to sell out. Pass me whatever, I'll make it work. Just don't make it political, I think that's my thing. I couldn't understand a political situation to save my life. I would end up a hated figure on both sides of any issue, like that Combes guy from the Bush era, the token liberal on fox news. That's my political spirit animal right there. The guy conservatives hired to make liberals look stupid. I think that's about as clear of a political statement as anyone is going to get out of me, and I guess I'm glad it was on a pre-written episode. In my defense, though, I wrote it in like thirty minutes of mostly typing.  So anyway, that's the Scott Take. If you like this written episode, let me know! If you don't, also let me know. This is a two way podcast I just decided. It's written down too, so that's as official as it gets. Anyway. Thanks for listening. My name is scott kraus and this is the scott take.

    Random Question Generator Flubs It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 5:20


    Scott is blank of ideas and consults a random question generator.

    David Lynch's YouTube

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 4:20


    Hey Everybody check out David Lynch's YouTube

    Fourth of July

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 4:09


    Scott talks about complicated patriotism.

    Scott Just Watched Johnny English Reborn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 3:05


    Rowan Atkinson is pretty good.

    I'm About To Watch Johnny English Reborn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 5:27


    Boy is this an exciting time to be alive

    A New Drew Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 8:05


    Scott contemplates the value of a new Drew podcast

    Aliens Are Punching Cosmic Space Holes Around Earth To Rip Us Out Like So Much Paper From A Schoolchild's Notebook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 7:03


    Scott read an article today.

    The Woodwork

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 10:11


    Scott talks about people noticing The Scott Take missed a day

    Theo Von

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 7:38


    Scott talks about podcasting authenticity

    Feedback

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 6:03


    Scott rattles off about learning and feedback

    Bad Faith Podcasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 3:33


    Scott wonders where the phrase 'bad faith' came from

    Robot Zoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 3:36


    Can zoos work without any animals? Yes.

    Holy Crap The Loch Ness Monster Is Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 8:22


    Scott guffaws over a ridiculously clear photo of Nessie.

    Building A Better Mousetrap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 5:20


    Scott thinks about mouse traps from the 19th century and farming being for neanderthals.

    SCOTTCast Rocks Spotify

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 5:28


    Scott is concerned about his newfound Spotify fame.

    Scott Tries To Read A Slander Story by Anton Chekhov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 7:08


    Scott likes to read short stories on Sunday. They don't always land though. Watch on YouTube

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