Podcasts about Found Magazine

Found Magazine's Davy Rothbart joins Luke and Andrew to ask the Tens of Listeners to help him solve an 18 year old mystery.

A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple of lottery tickets. In the beginning, they're full of hope and optimism — and then something turns. Stories of good ideas gone bad. Prologue: Paul was a cop. One night he was pulling second shift when he had a perfectly good idea: He'd stretch out in the back seat and take a little nap during his break. He fell right asleep, and slept well until he woke up and realized the funny thing about the back seats of cop cars: The doors don't open from the inside. Paul is author of the book Bad Cop: New York's Least Likely Police Officer Tells All. (8 minutes)Act One: It was two months into the tour. Katie Else and the rest of the Riverdance cast had been performing eight shows a week. They decided to pool their money for the Mega-Millions lottery. Lotto fever gripped the cast. They started to genuinely believe they would take home about $2 million each, and quit Riverdance the next day. They took the stage the night of the drawing and pulled off their best performance ever, "For the Lotto!," trying to direct their energy towards the win. An hour later, at the hotel bar, the numbers came in. (17 minutes)Act Two: After years of neglecting their personal finances, Joel and his wife finally decide to sort things out. They hire a tax accountant named Len, whose casual manner is a real comfort, at first. But then, "casual" turns into "drunk" and then it's clear that he's just plain delinquent. Joel tries to take his business elsewhere, but Len refuses to let go of their file. He begs for a second chance, which it seems, came too late. Joel Lovell is executive editor at Pineapple Street Media. (8 minutes)Act Three: Davy Rothbart was on a 136-city tour appearing on morning TV talk shows to promote his book Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World. Just before one appearance he had what seemed like a great idea at the time. Without letting the host know, he tested it out, live, on-air. Davy is the creator of Found Magazine and author of the book of essays My Heart Is An Idiot. (6 minutes)Act Four: When Elspeth was a girl, she wanted nothing more than her father's attention. He was busy, a doctor, and distant. One day he agrees to put on a volunteer seminar for their church, about his area of expertise: "The Function of the Heart." Elspeth and her best friend are the only two kids who show up, and Elspeth is attentive and engaged, the perfect student. It was an incredible experience for her, the best day she's ever spent with her dad...she thinks. That is, until her mother takes her aside and explains her big mistake. (8 minutes)Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org

On this episode of the Beard Laws Podcast, Beard Laws and Brandon J. McDermott discuss various topics, including St. Patrick's Day, the challenges of content creation, the importance of prioritizing family and personal happiness, and the nostalgia of waterbeds and ice cream trucks. They also touch on the changing landscape of TikTok and the meaningful impact of stories and books. The conversation highlights the value of creating content for fun and supporting local businesses. The conversation covers the challenges faced by small businesses, the impact of major retailers on local businesses, the decline of malls and the rise of online shopping, the changing landscape of Amazon, the inconsistency of Amazon's shipping, the influence of Amazon on the postal service, the issues with Amazon's review system, the nostalgia of the Found Magazine, exploring abandoned malls, recapping a speaking engagement, and the importance of supporting local businesses.TakeawaysPrioritize family and personal happiness over money and success in content creation.Create content for fun and enjoyment rather than solely focusing on views and income.Value the meaningful impact of stories and books, focusing on the connections and experiences they create.Support local businesses and appreciate the nostalgia of past trends and experiences. Small businesses face numerous challenges and have a high failure rate.Major retailers like Walmart can have a significant impact on local businesses.Malls are declining due to the rise of online shopping.Amazon's shipping has become inconsistent and has affected customer satisfaction.Amazon's influence on the postal service has both positive and negative effects.The review system on Amazon has its flaws and can be manipulated.The Found Magazine evokes nostalgia and offers a glimpse into the past.Exploring abandoned malls can be an intriguing and eerie experience.Speaking engagements can be memorable and impactful.Supporting local businesses is crucial for their survival and the community.Support our friends of the showCopper Johns Beard Company: https://lddy.no/1c3fvGenessee Brewery - https://www.geneseebeer.com/Deluxe Edition Network - https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/The Best Friends Gang Supply Co. https://bestfriendgangsupplyco.com/Whiskey Towers - https://whiskeytowers.com/?ref=jALaEM7_LmRwkFSasquatch Tea Company - https://sasquatchtea.com/?fbclid=PAAaZ1eF4usnIJ3I_vUYf4qye4bNU7zS1A-2EG61x0SNCsCBY31WoCMjK2DswMustache Mate - https://mustachemate.com/Black Beard Fire - https://blackbeardfire.com/beardlawsDraft Top - https://drafttop.kckb.st/beardlawsPast Ball Podcast - https://beacons.ai/pastballThat One Story Podcast - https://anchor.fm/that-one-storyYore Town Podcast - https://beacons.ai/yoretownFindlay Hats (Code BEARDLAWS) - https://www.findlayhats.com/Fat Baby Bourbon - https://fatbabybourbon.comPuffin Dirinkwear - https://get.aspr.app/SHICI Use Code BEARDLAWSAll Citizens - https://vpr.ink/bVWJzqvwBooze Veteran - https://boozeveteran.com/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/beard-laws-podcast-1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Beard Laws Podcast, Beard Laws and Brandon J. McDermott discuss various topics, including St. Patrick's Day, the challenges of content creation, the importance of prioritizing family and personal happiness, and the nostalgia of waterbeds and ice cream trucks. They also touch on the changing landscape of TikTok and the meaningful impact of stories and books. The conversation highlights the value of creating content for fun and supporting local businesses. The conversation covers the challenges faced by small businesses, the impact of major retailers on local businesses, the decline of malls and the rise of online shopping, the changing landscape of Amazon, the inconsistency of Amazon's shipping, the influence of Amazon on the postal service, the issues with Amazon's review system, the nostalgia of the Found Magazine, exploring abandoned malls, recapping a speaking engagement, and the importance of supporting local businesses.TakeawaysPrioritize family and personal happiness over money and success in content creation.Create content for fun and enjoyment rather than solely focusing on views and income.Value the meaningful impact of stories and books, focusing on the connections and experiences they create.Support local businesses and appreciate the nostalgia of past trends and experiences. Small businesses face numerous challenges and have a high failure rate.Major retailers like Walmart can have a significant impact on local businesses.Malls are declining due to the rise of online shopping.Amazon's shipping has become inconsistent and has affected customer satisfaction.Amazon's influence on the postal service has both positive and negative effects.The review system on Amazon has its flaws and can be manipulated.The Found Magazine evokes nostalgia and offers a glimpse into the past.Exploring abandoned malls can be an intriguing and eerie experience.Speaking engagements can be memorable and impactful.Supporting local businesses is crucial for their survival and the community.Support our friends of the showCopper Johns Beard Company: https://lddy.no/1c3fvGenessee Brewery - https://www.geneseebeer.com/Deluxe Edition Network - https://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com/The Best Friends Gang Supply Co. https://bestfriendgangsupplyco.com/Whiskey Towers - https://whiskeytowers.com/?ref=jALaEM7_LmRwkFSasquatch Tea Company - https://sasquatchtea.com/?fbclid=PAAaZ1eF4usnIJ3I_vUYf4qye4bNU7zS1A-2EG61x0SNCsCBY31WoCMjK2DswMustache Mate - https://mustachemate.com/Black Beard Fire - https://blackbeardfire.com/beardlawsDraft Top - https://drafttop.kckb.st/beardlawsPast Ball Podcast - https://beacons.ai/pastballThat One Story Podcast - https://anchor.fm/that-one-storyYore Town Podcast - https://beacons.ai/yoretownFindlay Hats (Code BEARDLAWS) - https://www.findlayhats.com/Fat Baby Bourbon - https://fatbabybourbon.comPuffin Dirinkwear - https://get.aspr.app/SHICI Use Code BEARDLAWSAll Citizens - https://vpr.ink/bVWJzqvwBooze Veteran - https://boozeveteran.com/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/beard-laws-podcast-1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nathaniel Worley sits down with Davy Rothbart in this episode. Davy Rothbart is a bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, the creator of Found Magazine, a frequent contributor to public radio's This American Life, and the author of a book of personal essays, My Heart Is An Idiot, and a collection of stories, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He writes regularly for GQ and his work has appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times.

In this summer instalment of erstwhile podcast This Must Be The Place, Liz Taylor (no, not the actor – who is dead by the way) talks with Brendan Gleeson (no, also not that other actor). Brendan Gleeson is Professor of Urban Policy at the University of Melbourne and has had a decades-long career in publishing urban research. But since 2021 Brendan has for health reasons “stepped off the plate” from heading the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute – he hasn't read an academic theory text in over a year, and has instead been rescaling his focus to the local and the everyday of life in the Hotham Hill area of North Melbourne. Brendan's recent projects include setting up an independent press, Shiel Street Press (named for the North Melbourne street – also home of the Public Records Office), publishing a book of poems based on Gardiner Reserve in North Melbourne (“Records of the Loss Property Department of Gardiner Reserve”), and researching the life and times of a long-lived cockatoo (Cocky Duggan) who lived in a hotel in North Melbourne in the mid 20th century and was known for his “more than passable impersonation of men vomiting”. Gardiner Reserve is a place Brendan suddenly spent a lot of time in, living and observing at a walking pace, and the “Records of the Loss Property Department of Gardiner Reserve” book is a faux-corporate drama made up of pictures and poems, in large part inspired by items left behind in the park that Brendan's flat faces onto – beginning with the triggering sight of a set of sparkly children's shoes discarded (but neatly arranged) in a playground. From these lost and found items – shoes, toys, milk crates, crochet rugs, single crutches, the routine sadness of lost cat signs - the discussion gets on to themes of loss, grief, time, decay, children gone and grown, and the broader cultural fascination of discarded objects. Liz ties it into Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project and his theories of modernity and decay, and to “Found Magazine” including Speckles the proto-viral “Loss Cat”. Also covered are municipal micro-regulations, public trees, Blue Lake, urban noises (lots of them are in the background), the anxiety of public toilet announcements (“door locked – your maximum use time is…”), North Melbourne Swimming Pool, and of course concluding with the tale of Cocky Duggan of the Court House Hotel. It was a long conversation and most of the background on Shiel Street Press has been cut but you find more information here - https://www.shielstreetpress.com.

This episode is not very book heavy, so that's just an FYI. This week, Jynx and Alisha are talking about Found Magazine, which if you don't know is a long-running publication where people can just send in things like, grocery lists, little notes, and drawings that they've randomly found, that are sometimes funny and sometimes eerie and dark. OVERBOOKED HAS MERCH NOW! Overbooked is part of the EaseDrop Podcast Network. Music by Burt Nachos: A Burt Nachos Cover Band This week's episode is brought to you with help from Audible. For a 30 day free trial and one free audiobook download, go to www.audibletrial.com/overbookedpod. Support Overbooked with Jynx and Alisha by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/overbooked

On the A-side of the Last Dance Aftershow, David and Sam call up filmmaker and writer Davy Rothbart (This American Life, 17 Blocks, FOUND Magazine) and comedian Brian Moses (Host of Comedy Central's Roast Battle). They break down the Bad Boys, The Worm's Vegas vacation, "The Shot", Phil Jackson's coaching philosophies, and more. Plus- Davy shares his rather interesting connection to the Bulls and the city of Chicago at the end of Jordan's run. Support this podcast

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Will Armstrong and Wendy Rosoff met up Downtown LA to see the new musical Found Starring Jonah Platt and Jordan Kai Burnett. This IAMA Theater production is playing at the Los Angeles Theater Center until March 23! Listen in as Will and Wendy talk with cast members and discuss their experience before, during intermission, and after the show. Special thanks to Jonah Platt, Jordan Kai Burnett and Parvesh Cheena for taking the time to speak with us! About the show: Found isn’t just based on a true story — it’s based on hundreds of them! When lost and broke Davy, played by Jonah Platt (Fiyero in Wicked on Broadway, NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live with John Legend) happens to find a peculiar note meant for someone else on the windshield of his car, it sparks an outlandish idea to collect the hilarious and revealing notes and letters that surround us every day. Along with friends Denise (Jordan Kai Burnett, seen in the national tour of Seussical and a Scenie award-winner for the title role in Scissorhands at Rockwell Table & Stage) and Mikey D. (Mike Millan of Broadway’s Escape to Margaritaville, national tours of Sister Act and Piece of My Heart), he’s quickly swept up into a wild, comedic mission to share them with the world. Found is a raucous exploration of human connection and the beautiful weirdness in all of us. WHEN: Performances: Feb. 20 – March 23 • Thursdays at 8 p.m.: Feb. 20 (opening night) ONLY • Fridays at 8 p.m.: Feb. 21, Feb. 28, March 6, March 13, March 20 • Saturdays at 8 p.m.: Feb. 22*, Feb. 29, March 7, March 14, March 21* • Sundays at 4 p.m.: Feb. 23, March 1, March 8, March 15, March 22 • Mondays at 8 p.m.: Feb. 24, March 2*, March 9, March 16, March 23 *Late-night shows of Davy Rothbart’s ‘Found Magazine show,’ as featured on NPR and The Late Show with David Letterman, take place on Saturday, Feb. 22; Monday, March 2; and Saturday, March 21 at 10:30 p.m. WHERE: The Los Angeles Theatre Center 514 S. Spring Street Los Angeles CA 90013 HOW: • 323-380-8843 or www.iamatheatre.com. • Visit IAMA Theatre Company on facebook: facebook.com/iamatheatre/ • Follow on instagram: @iamatheatre @JonahPlatt @JKAIB @Parvey and while your’e at it feel free to follow @Wendy_Rosoff and @WillArmstrongPR. and @westofbroadwaypodcast for the latest in West of Broadway news. BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com/podcasts/west-of-broadway is how you can keep up with us and find past and future episodes.   Thanks for joining us, until next time, if you’re looking for us, you can find us Just West of Broadway! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blakely and Boaz chat with Davy Rothbart and Brande Wix of Found Magazine about a favorite sandwich spot that's not far from their offices in Ann Arbor.

Davy Rothbart, author of the bestselling book My Heart Is An Idiot, creator of FOUND Magazine, and host of the FOUND Podcast, met a woman in Texas and immediately fell in love. But it would be years before their relationship actually began. Listen to find out why! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. Please subscribe and join the Story Worthy Facebook page! We'd love to hear from you at info@storyworthypodcast.com or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. Plus, when you go to storyworthypodcast.com you'll also find special deals courtesy of our sponsors like FabFitFun, Sustain Natural, Hello Fresh, ThirdLove, Casper Mattress, LeTote, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! Oh, and make it a Story Worthy Day!Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

Davy Rothbart, author of the bestselling book My Heart Is An Idiot, creator of FOUND Magazine, and host of the FOUND Podcast, met a woman in Texas and immediately fell in love. But it would be years before their relationship actually began. Listen to find out why! Here’s a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you’re listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you’ll see the episode notes, including the links. Please subscribe and join the Story Worthy Facebook page! We’d love to hear from you at info@storyworthypodcast.com or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. Plus, when you go to storyworthypodcast.com you’ll also find special deals courtesy of our sponsors like FabFitFun, Sustain Natural, Hello Fresh, ThirdLove, Casper Mattress, LeTote, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It’s good karma guys! Oh, and make it a Story Worthy Day!

Saving love letters in the digital age can be tricky. Iris Lee, a metadata analyst at the American Museum of Natural History, came up with a clever solution for saving the text messages between her and her partner off her old cell phone. Dr. Michelle Janning, professor of sociology, and Davy Rothbart, founder and editor of FOUND Magazine, weigh in with their thoughts about how and why people save love messages. Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/154QxtwOIHHkDCmLb8qzS1ijS2N6ZpJyKlZFWyCxRKXU/edit?usp=sharing Related Books, Articles, and Links: Dr. Michelle Janning’s upcoming book, The Stuff of Family Life: How Our Homes Reflect Our Lives published by Rowman & Littlefield: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442254794/The-Stuff-of-Family-Life-How-Our-Homes-Reflect-Our-Lives FOUND Magazine: http://foundmagazine.com/ FOUNDpodcast: https://www.facebook.com/FOUNDpodcast/ Cassettes from My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves, by Jason Bitner, co-founder of FOUND Magazine: https://www.amazon.com/Cassette-My-Ex-Stories-Soundtracks/dp/0312565526 “Archiving Cell Phone Text Messages” by Mike Ashenfelder on the Library of Congress’ blog The Signal: https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2012/04/archiving-cell-phone-text-messages/ “Total Recall: How to Back up all the text message on your iPhone” in Wired: https://www.wired.com/2013/11/backup-sms-iphone/ Music and Soundtracks: Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald “Scissor Vision” by Letter Box Tools used to record this podcast: Blue Yeti microphone: www.bluemic.com/products/yeti/ Transcribe: transcribe.wreally.com/app Reaper: www.reaper.fm/

For today's show, we're doing something a little different! We're traveling to Philadelphia, PA to spend the afternoon with the creative team behind the fabulous new musical "Found," which is now playing at the gorgeous Philadelphia Theatre Company. The show, which began in the basement theater of the Drama Bookshop and had it's off-Broadway premiere last year at the Atlantic Theater Company, is inspired by the popular "Found Magazine" and it's founder Davy Rothbart. Our guests are Davy Rothbart, Lee Overtree (co-book writer / director), Eli Bolin (music & original lyrics) and Victoria Lang (producer)

The Stuph File Program Featuring Davy Rothbart, creator of Found Magazine; Kalliope Barlis, author of Replay Your Game; & talent agent, Nicole Pryor Dernersesian Download Davy Rothbart is a best selling author and a contributor to the hit public radio show, This American Life. He's also the creator of Found Magazine and the new podcast series of the same name that just started. Coulrophobia. That's the fear of clowns. Kalliope Barlis, author of the upcoming book, Replay Your Game, is an expert on releasing phobias. If you have a talented child, what should you know before you head off to Hollywood? That's a question for Nicole Pryor Dernersesian, who is a Hollywood agent. This week's opening slate is presented by my niece, Stephanie McFarlane.

Skip at the Zip Sip Hooray Cafe records a story. For more info please contact slumberlandpodcast@outlook.com Written, recorded and performed by Tom Mansell. This episode contains a real FOUND note provided by FOUND Magazine. The sound design in this episode owes thanks to Freesound Project contributors anneswannerberger, corsica-s, and Jovica. Thank you for listening to Slumberland!  

This week, we're taking a look at “Crowd Source," written by Davy Rothbart for The California Sunday Magazine, and published in March 2016. The story looks at a company that provides crowds to clients. For a fee, it can deliver a mob of cheering fans or a noisy crowd of angry protesters. Davy Rothbart is a bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, contributor to This American Life, and the editor/publisher of Found Magazine.   Up next week: "Rambln' Woman: A Week on the Road with a Female Trucker" by Jessica Ogilvie

Set down those FBI-approved bolt cutters and join hands with Mike, Meredith, and Ultimate Gold Star HistoriTen Ashley as we raise a long-dead episode of TBTL from the grave. We discuss Ashley's adorable pugs, her prolific archiving habit, and she turns the tables to finally get some of her burning TBTL trivia questions answered. Then we listen back to some found audio of two '90s metalheads discussing the merits of totally destroying this dude Terry over $20 and a parking space, courtesy of Davy Rothbart from Found Magazine. The clip this week (from TBTL #1650) starts at 00:31 and goes till 01:18As discussed on the show, you can watch the videos that go along with these tapes here: http://www.dailymotion.com/playlists/user/foundmagazine/1

Set down those FBI-approved bolt cutters and join hands with Mike, Meredith, and Ultimate Gold Star HistoriTen Ashley as we raise a long-dead episode of TBTL from the grave. We discuss Ashley's adorable pugs, her prolific archiving habit, and she turns the tables to finally get some of her burning TBTL trivia questions answered. Then we listen back to some found audio of two '90s metalheads discussing the merits of totally destroying this dude Terry over $20 and a parking space, courtesy of Davy Rothbart from Found Magazine. The clip this week (from TBTL #1650) starts at 00:31 and goes till 01:18As discussed on the show, you can watch the videos that go along with these tapes here: http://www.dailymotion.com/playlists/user/foundmagazine/1

Luke and Davy Rothbart from Found Magazine listen to what is possibly the greatest phone call between two rocker dudes from Seattle ever recorded.

Chef Emily Peterson welcomes author and Found Magazine co-creator Davy Rothbart as her first guest on Sharp & Hot! Davy is in town to celebrate the paperback release of his book My Heart is an Idiot. Tune in to hear the duo discuss storytelling, familiar faces, and the best food spots in Ann Arbor, MI. As a child, did Davy learn any cooking expertise from his parents? Later, hear Davy’s opinion on starting a creative business from scratch. What’s the allure of leaving a stable 9-to-5 job? Emily plays a recorded answer to last week’s “Question of the Week”, and Davy talks early food memories? Find out where you can learn more about Davy, Found Magazine, and My Heart is an Idiot on this week’s edition of Sharp & Hot! This program has been brought to you by Heritage Foods USA. Music provided by The California Honeydrops. “We only live once- there’s security and stability in the 9 to 5 job, and that has its benefits. But you want to spend your time doing something you love!” [23:00] — Davy Rothbart on Sharp & Hot

TBTL friendo, from Found Magazine and This American Life Davy Rothbart stops by Burbank Studios.

Hear Jesse’s interview with one of comedy’s greatest grumps: Lewis Black. He didn’t become a stand-up until his mid-thirties. Find out why he left the theater for comedy and why he actually considers himself a family comic. The answer will surprise you. Then later, Jesse talks with Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer. They just started their second season hosting a talk show for MTV. They’ve both worked a lot of comedy clubs and comedy theaters for audiences of slightly drunk twenty- and thirty-somethings, so performing for a younger, MTV demographic is a new experience. Plus, Davy Rothbart of Found Magazine shares some of his newest discoveries, and Jesse reveals the TV food show that he actually really likes.

Hear Jesse's interview with one of comedy's greatest grumps: Lewis Black. He didn't become a stand-up until his mid-thirties. Find out why he left the theater for comedy and why he actually considers himself a family comic. The answer will surprise you. Then later, Jesse talks with Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer. They just started their second season hosting a talk show for MTV. They've both worked a lot of comedy clubs and comedy theaters for audiences of slightly drunk twenty- and thirty-somethings, so performing for a younger, MTV demographic is a new experience. Plus, Davy Rothbart of Found Magazine shares some of his newest discoveries, and Jesse reveals the TV food show that he actually really likes.

Davy is the creator and editor of FOUND Magazine, author of My Heart Is An Idiot, a book of personal essays, and The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas, a collection of stories, and he is a frequent contributor to public radio’s This American Life.  Davy’s work also appears in GQ, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Grantland. Davy’s directed two documentaries about the punk rock band Rise Against and videos for the Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project.  In 2010, the film Easier With Practice, adapted from one of his GQ articles, and starring Brian Geraghty as Davy, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.   Davy’s most recent documentary is the upcoming film, Medora, is an in-depth, deeply personal look at small-town life, a thrilling, underdog basketball story, and an inspiring tale of a community refusing to give up hope despite the brutal odds stacked against them.

In 2004, Nick along with Joe Pickett quit their day jobs to focus on production of their first feature documentary, Dirty Country.  They started the touring The Found Footage Festival show to fund the production of the documentary.   The Found Footage Festival is a live comedy event and screening featuring unusual and humorous clips from VHS videotapes gathered from thrift stores, garage sales, warehouses, estate sales, and dumpsters throughout the United States. In 2009, Jack Rebney, featured in the festival favorite Winnebago promotional videos in the show, was featured in a documentary, Winnebago Man, which featured the curators in several interviews and coverage of Jack at the festival. The Found Footage Festival is currently based out of New York City and has expanded in touring Europe and has also presented Found vs. Found in collaboration (and in friendly competition with) Found Magazine.

Originally Released 06/01/09 Co-creator and editor of Found Magazine, Davy Rothbart joins us to talk about his magazine and lets us record LIVE from his Denim & Diamonds tour event at Wolfgang Books in Phoenixville, PA! Then, we return home for: TOP FIVES! Listener emails! And a ROAD TRIP across the country to the Floor is Lava red carpet premiere in Hollywood! I love this episode, and I think it's one where we really start to explore how crazy and varied we wanted to get with the podcast. A must-listen!everythingswonderful@gmail.com

The Pink Hotel (Picador USA) We are very excited to have Anna Stothard and Davy Rothbart together in conversation at Skylight!  You know Rothbart as the founder of the book/magazine series FOUND.  Stothard's debut novel, THE PINK HOTEL, is generating a dizzying amount of buzz.  Catch them in conversation here at Skylight Books. "Startling....The Pink Hotel is a spellbinding story about identity and inheritance, and how we know who we are."--The Daily Beast "Astonishingly good...Stothard's writing is accomplished and very engaging."--The Times (London) "Matters of personal identity underlie an exhilarating ride through L.A.'s seamier side in the company of a hard-bitten yet highly engaging protagonist."--Daily Mail (London) A seventeen-year-old girl pieces together the mystery of her mother's life and death among the bars and bedrooms of Los Angeles in this dazzling debut novel. A raucous, drug-fueled party has taken over a boutique hotel on Venice Beach--it's a memorial for Lily, the now-deceased, free-spirited proprietress of the place. Little do the attendees know that Lily's estranged daughter--and the nameless narrator of this striking novel--is among them, and she has just walked off with a suitcase of Lily's belongings. Abandoned by Lily many years ago, she has come a long way to learn about her mother, and the stolen suitcase--stuffed with clothes, letters, and photographs--contains not only a history of her mother's love life, but perhaps also the key to her own identity. As the tough, resourceful narrator tracks down her mother's former husbands, boyfriends, and acquaintances, a risky reenactment of her life begins to unfold. Lily had a knack for falling in love with the wrong people, and one man, a fashion photographer turned paparazzo, has begun to work his sinuous charms on the young woman. Told with high style and noirish flare, Anna Stothard's The Pink Hotel is a powerfully evocative debut novel about wish fulfillment, reckless impulse, and how we discover ourselves. ANNA STOTHARD studied English at Oxford and then moved to Los Angeles, where she was awarded a screenwriting scholarship with the masters program at the American Film Institute. She is currently living in Chalk Farm, London, and writing her next novel. DAVY ROTHBART is a frequent contributor to This American Life and a variety of magazines, the founder of Found Magazine and the editor of its various bestselling anthologies, and the author of The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He splits his time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California.  His fourth book, My Heart Is an Idiot, will be available in paperback this September. Anna Sthothard photo by Charlie Hopkinson Davy Rothbart photo by Dan Busta THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOK MAY 1, 2013. COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM THIS EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED HERE: http://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9781250026804 AND HERE: http://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780374280840

For more than 25 years, Frank Pease was the primary portrait photographer in LaPorte, Indiana - a town of about 20,000 just south of Lake Michigan. Starting in the mid-1940's, Pease took tens of thousands of black and white photos at his Muralcraft Studio: engagement photos, baby pictures, family portraits of the people of LaPorte. Pease kept thousands of uncollected proofs in boxes, and when he died in 1970, they were left to collect dust, until the new owner of the restaurant downstairs purchased the building. Jason Bitner, co-founder of Found Magazine, happened across the photos at B & J's American Cafe; he compiled some of his favorites into a book, titled "LaPorte, Indiana." Long Haul spoke with Bitner, and tracked down some of the subjects of the photos. Together with musician Ted Quinn, who was born in LaPorte but left for California with his parents as a small child, they crafted this story about what's become of the people in these almost-forgotten photos. Produced in 2006.

There's no mistaking actress Lily Tomlin. Even when the part is small, she's never lost in the background. In fact she almost steals the show in the new Tina Fey movie. It's called Admission. Jesse talks to Tomlin about her storied career. Then astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson chases the unexplored secrets of the universe and then tells Jesse why he shouldn't be scared of space. Plus, FOUND Magazine's Davy Rothbart is constantly discovering the amazing notes and photos that other people have left behind. He returns to the program to share a few of his latest favorites.

There’s no mistaking actress Lily Tomlin. Even when the part is small, she’s never lost in the background. In fact she almost steals the show in the new Tina Fey movie. It’s called Admission. Jesse talks to Tomlin about her storied career. Then astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson chases the unexplored secrets of the universe and then tells Jesse why he shouldn’t be scared of space. Plus, FOUND Magazine’s Davy Rothbart is constantly discovering the amazing notes and photos that other people have left behind. He returns to the program to share a few of his latest favorites.

An interview with jazz pianist Robert Glasper, who transforms the 90s grunge hit Smells Like Teen Spirit into something surprisingly beautiful. Then Pendleton Ward talks about his animated show Adventure Time. It combines two great elements of boyhood: innocence and Dungeons & Dragons! Plus, Found Magazine's Davy Rothbart shares a mysterious note uncovered in Texas.

Katie Hines made this video using our song In the Way from back in November. It is about breaking the myth that we are so disconnected from one another. newmusicmonday.com for more about the video

Pete Rothbart is an editor at Found Magazine, a magazine composed exclusively of things people have found — from shopping lists to personal notes to (once) a dead frog.

Davy Rothbart of Found Magazine and Horatio Q Fizzlebottom--Santa Cruz's most eccentric millionaire--joins Jordan, Jesse, and Gene. Also in this episode, dreaming of Christopher Walken and "Would You Rather?"

Guest Davy Rothbart of Found Magazine. Jesse, Jordan and Gene listen to some found audio with Davy and Sasquatch, who only has fake audio.

Diaries on Wire Tap this week. Two sisters shared a room for years without ever realizing the other kept a journal. Now they reveal the hidden secrets of their teenaged years. Also, Found Magazine's Davy Rothbart makes the case for reading a stranger's diary.