Podcast appearances and mentions of ian chillag

On our season finale, when a young listener has a question on behalf of her fifth grade class, we call up an old friend/chimp butt expert to help her out. And Saturday Night Live's James Austin Johnson walks us through his hilarious Donald Trump impression to tend to a listener's curiosities. Plus, Mike and Ian are stressed about some (cryptic) hate mail, so they call Patton Oswalt for some words of encouragement.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. And not to fear, we will be returning for season two. Follow @waitwaitnpr on Instagram for updates on how to stay in touch in the meantime.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Ringing in 2025: Mike and Ian knock out a New Year's resolution with the help of filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, and a listener calls in to settle a high-stakes bet on the sturdiness of honeybees. Also, the world's northernmost towns are in the middle of months-long darkness. To learn how to survive it, we call an astrophysicist who spent six months in complete Antarctic darkness.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

On today's episode, Charlie needs help writing a children's book for his wife. So, Mike and Ian call up some of the greatest minds in modern literature, Gillian Flynn and James Patterson. Plus, a slippery way to stay warm on your run and a cool trick to avoid saying "you guys".You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This week on How To Do Everything, a listener calls in asking how to avoid startling innocent pedestrians when she goes on runs. So Mike and Ian recruit the help of an Olympic marathoner and one of Hollywood's most iconic composers. Plus, an update from you (party people) on the "you guys" fast.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Two roommates disagree about how to pronounce "pecan," so Mike and Ian call up Martha Stewart–and others–to help. Plus, an Italian town in the shadow of the Alps spent three months of the year without sunlight, until Mayor Pierfranco Midali decided to make his own sun.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White and Robert Neuhaus.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Today, we're bringing you an episode of How To Do Everything, a new NPR podcast from the team behind Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! On each episode, Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag offer practical advice for everyday problems — like how to tell if you smell, or how to get close to a panda — with help from celebrity guests. This episode, their guest is Tom Hanks. Mike and Ian also help a listener who's curious about world fame. Plus, a bottoms-up approach to recognizing your family members. Follow How To Do Everything on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This week on the show, when a mother can't get her four-year-old's favorite song out of her head, Mike and Ian call up Broadway's beloved Josh Gad to help. Plus, Ian has a formal request for the Secretary of Transportation, and the guys find a tip to quell those pesky election mailers.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This week on How To Do Everything, Wait, Wait producers Mike and Ian recruit television icon Maury Povich to help a listener reveal some hard truths, and we create some helpful (and unhelpful) reminders for when you should replace your household items. Plus, when a married couple calls in with a 29-year-old feud, the guys recruit some royal help.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This week, Mike and Ian recruit Peter Sagal to help a caller who's curious about mascot races – with the help of a talking sausage. A police inspector in Finland reveals his creative hack for keeping beaches safe. And a high school cheerleading squad saves the day.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Hey, Short Wavers! Today we're sharing an excerpt of the new NPR podcast How To Do Everything. How To Do Everything is half advice show, half survival guide, and half absurdity-fest — and it's not made by anyone who understands math. In fact, it comes from the same team that brings you NPR's news quiz Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!We think you'll like their vibe, and we especially think you'll like this excerpt from their recent episode. It features astronaut Frank Rubio, who holds the record for the longest time spent in space. How To Do Everything hosts Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag ask what advice he has for two NASA astronauts whose mission to the International Space Station was recently extended by ... a lot of time. Listen to find out how astronauts do laundry in space, get a haircut and blow out birthday candles. For more episodes of How To Do Everything, follow the show on Apple or Spotify.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! producers Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag are back with another episode of How To Do Everything. Today, the great Tom Hanks teaches us the art of being adored, and Mike and Ian help a listener who's curious about world fame. Plus, a bottoms-up approach to recognizing your family members.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow. Find them on Apple, Spotify, or your podcast platform of choice. Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! are available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Heena Srivastava. Technical direction from Lorna White.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Producers of the popular public radio program, "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me," Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag, talk with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about their own podcast, "How To Do Everything," which is ramping up for a new season. Listeners can e-mail their own questions to howto@npr.org, and the guys will try to find an expert to provide answers.

Peter Sagal's wife's favorite podcast is back. On each episode of How To Do Everything, underqualified hosts Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag find overqualified experts to answer all your life questions. How do you survive quicksand? How do you plan the perfect first date? How do you count all the hairs on your head? They can't help you. But they will find someone who can.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Peter Sagal and producers Emma Choi and Ian Chillag take one more trip behind the scenes at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Your friends at Wait Wait head back to the Democratic National Convention to talk to the dignitaries and weirdos that make our country great. Featuring WWDTM host Peter Sagal, producers Emma Choi and Ian Chillag, and a whole lot of mayors.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

An ode to the small, the banal, the overlooked things that make up the fabric of our lives.Most of our stories are about the big stuff: Important or dramatic events, big ideas that transform the world around us or inspire conflict and struggle and change. But most of our lives, day by day or hour by hour, are made up of … not that stuff. Most of our lives are what we sometimes dismissively call “small potatoes.” This week on Radiolab, Heather Radke challenges to focus on the small, the overlook, the everyday … and find out what happens when you take a good hard look at the things we all usually overlook.Special thanks to Moeko Fujii, Kelley Conway, Robin Kelley, Jason Isaacs, and Andrew SemansEPISODE CREDITS: Reported by - Heather Radke, Rachael Cusick, and Matt Kieltywith help from - Erica HeilmanProduced by - Annie McEwen and Matt KieltyOriginal music and sound design contributed by - Annie McEwen, Matt Kielty, and Jeremy BloomFact-checking by - Emily Krieger and Diane Kellyand Edited by  - Alex NeasonEPISODE CITATIONS:Audio -Check out Ian Chillag's podcast, Everything is Alive, from Radiotopia.Museums -Learn more about The Museum of Everyday Life, located in Glover, Vermont, here.Newsletter - Heather Radke has a newsletter all about small potatoes. It's called Petite Patate and you can subscribe at HeatherRadke.substack.com.Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

** It's the final day of the Radiotopia fundraiser! Support the show using this link and you'll get a 20% discount to our new merch store! https://on.prx.org/46XCf1R ** It's December 31st. Today we wrap up the year by talking about — what else — the time that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game relocated 76 beavers by parachuting them out of airplanes. Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by our Radiotopia pal Ian Chillag to discuss the story. Ian recently encountered it while doing an episode of his “Animals” series on beavers. You can listen to that here. Happy New Year everyone! Here's our holiday book gift guide! Sign up for our newsletter! Get your hands on This Day merch! Find out more at thisdaypod.com This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia This Day In Esoteric Political History is produced by Jody Avirgan's Roulette Productions.

This Transmitter Radio Hour is a selection of audio works chosen by sound artist, musician and audio maker Samuel Robinson who joins Lucia in conversation as they discuss what audio works bring him joy, as well as unpacking some of the current podcast tropes, listening in on some heart- felt conversations and joining some dots between Sam's life in the US and the UK through sound. 1. Captain Maurice Seddon  - May i explain explain my situation?In the words of william english “captain maurice seddon was a highly unusual and inventive person who took an uncompromising stance on life”. he was the inventor of heated clothing, and made many media appearances in the 1980's to promote them. Seddon recorded his phone calls, this piece is one of 12 from the collection ‘the seddon tapes vol. 1' put together by his friend William English in 2017 and released on paradigm discs.2. Emily Naylor - UntitledThis is a piece a friend (Emily) sent me a while ago and recently remembered. Emily made it while doing a radio masters at Goldsmiths. 3. The onion - A very fatal murder (episode 1)It's such a clever send up of the true crime ‘genre' of podcast spawned by the success of serial. it nails it. I listened to this first in 2018 (i think when it came out) and yet despite it feeling so played out then i've noticed the production of podcasts with the approach of this podcast is parodying only increase! 4. Everything is alive - Grain of sand (inspector sands clip) This clip is taken is an interview with a grain of sand called chioke. each episode of EIA (or those i've heard) has an intermission of sorts that features a short segment that is tangentially linked to the primary interview. in this episode the link is the ‘inspector sands' announcement used at train stations to alert staff to a fire without scaring the public.Hosted  by Ian Chillag, produced by Jennifer MillsListen to the whole episode5. Samuel Robinson - Driving to the airport with LarissaVery few people make me really laugh but Larissa is one of them. in 2021 she gave me a lift to the airport and started talking to the GPS which made me laugh.  I wanted to capture the moment, to document our friendship and its dynamic. I started recording on my watch (i think), and a few months later when home I cut it up and paired with a piece of music i'd made at some point.6. Raw sounds podcast (cultural exchange segment)In early 2019 i worked with a group of people at raw material's raw sounds project to develop their creative audio production skills. It was pitched to me as a podcast course, but there's so many different types of podcasts, and this group had disparate interests and needs. I chose to work to each week support them to develop skills with interviewing, recording, editing, music production, critical thinking, scripting, ideation, etc. we would record what we did each week with the view to edit it together ultimately to create our own podcast. I have a very good friend who worked as a teacher in Sonoma county, California with a group of younger people with varying special needs. i proposed we do a ‘cultural exchange', in which members of each group would ask and answer each others questions — the results of which i edited together and assembled over a piece of music composed by someone in my group. 

Windsors & Losers is created and produced by Eva Wolchover and Allie Merriam. Our episode was mixed by Kristin Mueller. Special thanks to Jesse Baker, Eric Nuzum, Ian Chillag, Sabrina Farhi, Lee Lawrence, Tom Merriam, and Debbie Merriam. Give us your feedback at WindsorsLosers.com. And please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Snow and Christmas lights, busy malls, gifts to be wrapped, and Mariah Carey on repeat. It's that time again. The last stretch before Christmas can get really busy, but when the work is done, there's nothing better than cosying up at home with some excellent podcasts. We've got an assortment of seasonal selections to make you think, help you bask in nostalgia and learn something delightful. Santa's elves work hard building toys to bring joy to children's hearts … but have you ever thought about the person who writes the lyrics to the songs those toys sing? Every Little Thing introduces us to the number one "toy songwriter" on his tricks for coming up with earworms for kids. Plus, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a holiday staple – it's sparked retellings by the likes of Mickey Mouse, the Muppets, and even The Simpsons. But when you think about Dickens, and the rest of his body of work, focused on the plight of people living in poverty and exploited by the industrial revolution, it's a bit surprising he's come to be so closely associated with Christmas. The Allusionist host Helen Zaltzman unpacks how it happened. Warm up a cup of cocoa, get your slippers on and find a cosy place near some twinkling lights and enjoy these festive listens! Featuring: Every Little Thing: Listener Megan asks guest host Ian Chillag about who writes the weird lyrics for her son's talking toys. Premiere toy song writer Jay Elkinton tells us all about how he writes super short earworms for kids. The Allusionist: "Charles Dickens wrote about the plight of the impoverished and destitute members of British society. So how come his name is a synonym for rosy-cheeked, full-stomached, fattened-goose, hearty merry 'God bless us every one' Christmas?" Secret Life of Canada: "When candy maker A.J. Russell created a recipe for puffed wheat bars in 1913, it became a popular dessert. But only in one half of the country." The Moth: "Mark Redmond works with a homeless shelter in Vermont."

  We're back with more podcast recommendations all in the name of celebrating International Podcast Day 2022! Sarah has updates, recommendations, and a brand-new feature this year. Listen, like, and follow along... we hope you find some new favorites!   Follow Us on Social!   Ritter on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/RitterIM Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/ritter.insurance.marketing/ LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/company/ritter-insurance-marketing TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@ritterim Twitter, https://twitter.com/RitterIM and Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/user/RitterInsurance Sarah on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjrueppel/ and Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/thesarahjrueppel/ Tina on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-lamoreux-6384b7199/   Podcast Recommendations:   Afterschock: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-aftershock-83996090/ Arcadia, CA: https://arcadiacalifornia.lawofnames.com/ Articles of Interest: https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/articles-of-interest The Beautiful Liar: https://qcodemedia.com/the-beautiful-liar Bridgewater: https://www.grimandmild.com/bridgewater From Now: https://qcodemedia.com/from-now The Midnight Symphony: https://www.themidnightsymphony.com/ Missing Pages: https://thepodglomerate.com/shows/missing-pages/ Normal Gossip: https://defector.com/tag/normal-gossip/ Overleaper: https://www.realm.fm/shows/overleaper The Polybius Conspiracy: https://www.radiotopia.fm/showcase/the-polybius-conspiracy Sam Archer Third Grade Detective: https://www.gokidgo.com/samarcher The Trojan Horse Affair: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/podcasts/trojan-horse-affair.html X Marks the Spot: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/x-marks-the-spot-the-legend-of-forrest-fenn/id1626203378 Young Ben Franklin: https://gzmshows.com/shows/listing/young-ben-franklin/   More Recommendations:   Behind the Scenes of the Agent Survival Guide Podcast: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/behind-the-scenes-of-the-asg-podcast-%C7%80-asg100-%F0%9F%8E/ International Podcast Day 2019: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/international-podcast-day-2019/ Top 5 Podcasts of 2019: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/top-5-podcasts-of-2019-the-friday-five/ Podcasts We're Currently Listening To:  https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/podcasts-we-re-currently-listening-to-the-friday-five/ Podcast Recommendations for Summer 2020: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/podcast-recommendations-for-summer-2020-the-tuesday-ten/ International Podcast Day 2020: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/international-podcast-day-2020/ Top 5 Podcasts of 2020: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/top-5-podcasts-of-2020-the-friday-five/ Podcasts We're Currently Listening To (Winter 2021): https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/january-1-2021-the-friday-five/ March 12, 2021 | The Friday Five: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/march-12-2021-the-friday-five/ Podcast Recommendations for Summer 2021: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/podcast-recommendations-for-summer-2021/ International Podcast Day 2021: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/international-podcast-day-2021-1632944993/ Top 5 Podcasts of 2021: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/top-5-podcasts-of-2021/ Winter 2021 Podcast Recommendations: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/winter-2021-podcast-recommendations/ Podcast Recommendations for Summer 2022: https://agentsurvivalguide.podbean.com/e/podcast-recommendations-for-summer-2022/   References:   Bridgewater Season 2 Update from Twitter: https://twitter.com/BridgewaterPod/status/1570019391907004418?s=20&t=YRxCMwOz98h2Txojk_49XA Podcast Statistics and Data [August 2022]: https://www.buzzsprout.com/blog/podcast-statistics Radiotopia from PRX Announces Forthcoming Series from Acclaimed Indie Podcasters Avery Trufelman, Ian Chillag, and Kaitlin Prest: https://medium.com/prxofficial/radiotopia-from-prx-announces-forthcoming-series-from-acclaimed-indie-podcasters-cd4d42db8447 The Infinite Dial 2022: http://www.edisonresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Infinite-Dial-2022-Webinar-revised.pdf  

How two tiny ketchup packets explain the universe.   Richard's Famous Food Podcast is made by Richard Parks III. This episode was edited by Caitlin Esch. Artwork by James Braithwaite. Theme song by Bobby Halvorson. Original music in this episode by Jonathan Snipes. The epic closing monologue is based on Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot." Thanks to everybody who participated in this episode: Ian Chillag from Everything Is Alive, Allen Yellent from Goldburger, the people who pick up the phones at Kevidko, International Paper Company, and Heinz, and Eva, the high schooler from Houston. Special thanks to Jordan Bass, David Weinberg, Russell Quinn, Eli Horowitz, Avery Trufelman, Elizabeth Parks Kibbey, Lucas Ford, Thomas Gorman, Nick Lentz, and Gab Chabrán. And thank you to YOU!

This week we talk to Ian Chillag, creator and host of the hilarious and beautiful podcast Everything is Alive. Ian talks with us about some of the defense mechanisms we use to protect ourselves and seeing the kindness behind harsh criticism (aka the vanity of niceness). He also gives us a peek into an audio project he's working on (a post-apocalyptic public radio pledge drive) and tells us his favorite kinds of podcasts to listen to and make. This was a fun one! Listen and subscribe to Everything is Alive on the Radiotopia network. You can find Ian on Instagram and Twitter @ianchillag.

It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We couldn't make this show without your support. Become a member now at radiotopia.fm It's February 22nd. This day in 1958, in advance of a massive nuclear disarmament protest in London, designer Gerald Holtom came up with a simple design that would go on to be the logo not just for the no-nukes movement, but come to be known as the peace symbol. Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Ian Chillag of Everything is Alive to talk about Holtom's original design, whether the peace symbol is now hopelessly cheesy — and whether it will ever come back into fashion. Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.com And don't forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from Radiotopia. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich, Executive Producers at Radiotopia

Your happy-go-lucky every-other-weekly host Tyson Saner is enjoying a well-earned week off to do some family traveling this week, so it's me, Marc Hershon, back again this week, this time Epi281 of Succotash. The Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, hoping that you had a grateful Thanksgiving if you're in the United States. For anywhere else in the world, did you have a nice Thursday? For last week's Episode 280, I had a convivial sit-down with Dana Gould, a great conversation with the shittiest sound quality I have ever had the misfortune to foist upon our Succotash audience since Epi109 and my chat with guest Greg Proops. I believe, decibel for decibel, this one was worse, so apologies again. We'll have Dana back again and I promise it will be under quieter circumstances. If you want to cringe your way through it, though, it is available through all the usual distribution points, like Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, I Heart Radio, Audible, Amazon Music, Soundcloud or even out homesite, at SuccotashShow.com. This week, in an episode I'm calling “Servin' Up Fresh Leftovers”, I have a quartet of clips from four shows I don't believe we have ever featured during the 10+ years of this show. They are B3F, Carefully Reckless, Everything is Alive, and The Amelia Project. In addition, this installment of Succotash is sponsored by Henderson's Pants new Parka Pants – at last, your legs will be in heat. CLIPS B3FKicking us off this week is the B3F soundcast, which booms out of Knoxville, Tennessee, and is hosted by Joey Manning and Steven. I'm not sure what's Steven's last name is. I DO know his Twitter handle is @Steven_is_angry, which may explain a lot. The show's title, B3F, is a way for them to get het REAL title, Best Friends For Fucking Ever, past the soundcast title censors at Apple and other places. And the way I found their show is that they threw @SuccotashShow into a tweet and I included them in last week's TweetSack segment. These guy shave known each other for over 20 years which means they love and respect one another, while still managing to shit on each other daily. In this clip, taken from their episode 117, the “Drowning Rats” episode, they talk about getting away with murder…or not. Carefully RecklessNext up is a clip from the Carefully Reckless soundcast, hosted by comedian and actress Jessica Moore, aka “Jess Hilarious”. Known for bringing her “no holds barred” topics to life on her show, our clip gets her a little closer to home, because her guest is her son, Ash. As you'll hear when this little man trades barbs with his mom, the apple does not fall far from the attitude tree. The Amelia ProjectThe Amelia Project is a curious little soundcast. It's a scripted show with a very international cast and crew, contributing from places like London, Vienna, Oslo, and Los Angeles. The premise that The Amelia Project is a super-secret organization set up to help people fake their own deaths and start over with a brand new identity and life far from where they were when they choose to end things. The clip we're featuring is from their recent episode #45, entitled “Raven”, with cast members Carli Fish, Alan Burgon, Julia Morizawa, and Julia C. Thorne. This is from the beginning of the interview with the subject who'd like to start a new life…and why. Everything Is AliveOur last clip for this episode comes from a soundcast with another very interesting premise. Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show where the host and creator, Ian Chillag, chats up pretty much anything BUT people to find out about their lives. I grabbed a snippet from his interview with Michael, the phone booth, portrayed here by Michael Kostroff. We've had no calls the past couple of weeks to the Succotash Show & Runaway Truck Ramp Hotline, at 1 (818) 921-7212, so screw that for this episode! That's the button on this episode of Succotash. I'm happy to have been occupying the hosting chair for the past two weeks of the show, but happy to welcome back my illustrious co-host Tyson next week for Episode 282. (I secretly think one of the reasons he wanted to take a week off was so he could go back to hosting the even-numbered shows…) I shall return oddly after that, with Epi283. Until then, keep us with you as you get your Christmas shopping done, batten down the hatches against the Omicron COVID variant, mask up, vax up, and try to keep a civil tongue in your head when dealing with other folks during this sometimes stressful time of the year. And if anyone asks if you've heard anything good lately, won't you please pass the Succotash? — Marc Hershon

On today's episode of Saints Preserve Us, we are joined by Ian Chillag, host and producer of the incredible podcast Everything is Alive, to ponder the mysteries of the Holy Rosary. We learn the history and religious significance of these inanimate objects and ask Ian who he would cast to play a Rosary if one were ever to appear as a guest on his show. We also learn about Ian's brief time in a Catholic middle school and how there he learned first and foremost about the worst possible ways to die. We also wrap up the month of October by checking in on some Saints we may have missed earlier in the month including Pelagia the Harlot, the brothers Crispin and Crispian (who were name-checked in Shakespeare's Henry V), patron of lost causes Saint Jude Thaddeus, and the possible foot fetishist Saint Hedwig of Silesia. You can check out Everything is Alive at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-is-alive/id1388419519And you can follow Saints Preserve Us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/SaintsPreserveSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/saints-preserve-us. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tami is a sharpie, and Ed is her cap. After all these years, marriage has left an indelible mark. Listeners of this show know that from the very beginning, we've wanted to highlight unconventional stories of love. Oftentimes, not romantic love. What we have for you today is one of the strangest and funniest conversations we've heard in a long time. Everything is Alive is hosted and created by Ian Chillag. You can find more episodes at https://www.everythingisalive.com/.  For a transcript of this episode, send an email to transcripts@thisiscriminal.com with the episode name and number. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop.  This is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. 

Ian Chillag, playing for Water Drop LA, and Mike Danforth, playing for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, put the pedal to the meddle to solve some Encyclopedia Brown mysteries! It’s a How To Do Everything reunion, so let’s see if “solve children’s mysteries” was one of the everything Mike and Ian taught us all how to do.    Cases: The Case of the Disgusting Sneakers, The Case of the Smugglers’ Secret, The Case of the Fireflies, The Case of the Violinist’s Chair,    Clues & Evidence: The Odelios, wonderful wordsmithery, embarrassing initials, Owl City, mousepads, Pamphlet Brown, German gumdröps, Field of Dreams, alternate tree names, anti-prodigies   — Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below: WEBSITE: meddlingadults.com TWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadults INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadults FACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults — CREDITS Creator/Host/Producer: Mike Schubert Editor: Brandon Grugle Music: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon Grugle Art: Maayan Atias, Kelly Schubert Web Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert

An introspective can of soda.A pillow with aspirations.A ten-dollar bill who questions its worth.If you thought everyday objects were inanimate, Ian Chillag wants you to think again.The host and creator of Everything is Alive, sits and chats with everyday objects that you otherwise might never have thought much about. His interviews are funny, intimate and surprisingly, well, human.

A beloved cultural artifact has disappeared. The only way to find it, of course, is through podcasting. So Richard embarks on a journey to uncover the whereabouts of a long-lost pizzeria commercial from the 1990s known as “The Last Mojo.”   +++   Richard’s Famous Food Podcast is made by Richard Parks III.   Voices in the episode, in order of appearance: Fernando Lopez, Oscar Rodriguez Zapata, Xitlalic Guijosa-Osuna, Patrick Lowry, Kenneth Gal, Alan Stamm, and Cindy Staats. Special thanks to Collette Brooks from Big Imagination Group, Dai from Shakey’s, and all at Univision and The University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection.   Our logo is by James Braithwaite. Most of the music and underscore in this episode is by Jonathan Snipes of clipping. The riff from “Enter Sandman” by Metallica is by Metallica. The Serial theme song is by Nick Thorburn. Orchestral cues, and ad music, by Van Dyke Parks. Our theme song is by Bobby Halvorson.   The Peeklay would like to thank the following members of the RFFP Slow Crewe for their help with this episode: Caitlin Esch, David Weinberg, Ian Chillag, Eli Horowitz, Russell Quinn, Benjamin Riskin, Cesar Hernandez, Tom Gorman, and Gab Chabran.   Richard’s Famous Food Podcast is supported by Podchaser, the IMDB of podcasting. You can check out Podchaser, and sign up to rate and review this episode, plus and others from Richard’s Famous Food Podcast and all your other favorite podcasts, at www.podchaser.com/rffp.   If you like the show, please consider sharing it, rating and reviewing it, and discussing it with friends in rare moments of conversation. Leave us a voicemail at 323-813-6634. You can follow along on social media @richardsfamous.

It’s September 6th. On this day Star Trek debuted. We are discussing Star Trek because of a convoluted theory that if the actress Jeri Ryan had never been cast on the series Star Trek: Voyager, Barack Obama would never have become president. Jody and Niki are joined by Ian Chillag, host of Everything Is Alive, and fan of this convoluted theory. Ian walks us through it and we discuss how much luck plays in political trajectories. Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypod

A new CEO takes over. Richard is replaced as host.   Richard’s Famous Food Podcast is made by Richard Parks III.   Most all of the music in this episode was composed and performed by Jonathan Snipes, with bizarre and unauthorized augmentations from Richard. Our theme song is by Bobby Halvorson. The Fresh Air theme song “Fresh Air” is by Joel Forrester. The beat is from Kendrick Lamar’s “HUMBLE.” Our logo is by James Braithwaite.   Voices in this episode include: Jay Acunzo (quoting Ian Chillag) from “3 Clips,” Landry Ayres from “Pop & Locke,” Rachael Greening King from “Tape Club,” Nick Quah from “Servant Of Pod,” A Martinez from KPCC’s “Take Two,” Richard Pek (CEO of Richard’s Famous Enterprises), Jimmy, Russell Quinn (Richard’s Manager), Joanna Kay (Jimmy’s Agent), Conan O’Brien from “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend,” Terry Gross from “Fresh Air,” Orson Welles, and others.   This episode would not have happened if not for generous support from the following RFFP Slow Crewe Lifers: Caitlin Esch, Eli Horowitz, Ian Chillag, David Weinberg, Benjamin Riskin, Tom Gorman, Ben Moran, Elizabeth Parks Kibbey.   Follow on social media @richardsfamous.

In this episode, all the gang get together to interview a very special guest. Beatrice shares stories of a long life on the road - the ups, the downs and the many three-point turns.Beatrice the Car is played by Charlotte Warner. Find out more at www.charlottewarner.comThis episode is inspired by Everything is Alive by Ian Chillag. Find out more at www.everythingisalive.comThe music is by Jack Dean and the podcast is edited by Andrew Armfield. Stories from the Sticks is supported by Arts Council England.A transcript of the episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/sfts5ts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first installment of "Peeklay Private Eye"! In an effort to subsidize his highly-produced passion-project food podcast, former newsman and podcast personality Peeklay Brinestein accepts work-for-hire cases from the public. (Expenses paid, of course.) His first case? Investigating the meaning of an old British tune about a cucumber called "A Little Bit Of Cucumber," performed over 100 years ago, by a singer named Harry Champion. But WHO was Harry Champion? And WHY a cucumber? A classic mystery. He couldn't have realized when he took it on, he was entering a cross-cultural double-entendre multiverse! From the "music hall" genre, to the Beatles, and beyond — join Peeklay Brinestein on this cuke-caper and his first investigation as a budding PI. Richard’s Famous Food Podcast is made by Richard Parks III. Our theme song is by Bobby Halvorson. All mustachio'd pickle logos are by James Braithwaite. Do you have an investigation for the mustachio’d pickle? Just call our tipster’s hotline at 323-813-6634. If your tip makes the mustachio’d pickle twirl his little mustache with intrigue, Peeklay Brinestein will investigate your mystery on a future episode. That’s 323-81-FOOD-4. Call today. "Peeklay Private Eye" is a Richard's Famous production. Richard Parks III and the mustachio'd pickle logo appear courtesy of Richard's Famous Food Podcast. Appearing in this episode: Richard (as Peeklay Brinestein), Russell Quinn (The Manager), Peter Charlton (historian for the British Music Hall Society), and Paul DuNoyer (author and music journalist). Music in this episode includes "A Little Bit Of Cucumber" and "Timothy Let's Have A Look," performed by Harry Champion, "Going Down On Love," written by Dr. Winston O'Ghurkin and performed by John Lennon, and "Hey Bulldog" by the Beatles. Our lush underscore was provided by an anonymous benefactor. Special thanks to Ian Chillag, Caitlin Esch, Elizabeth Parks Kibbey, David Weinberg, Nick White, Sally Rightor Parks, Tom Gorman, Bennett Barbakow, and Tien Nguyen. Follow on social media @richardsfamous.

Podcast Recommendations for National Loving Day Witness History - Mixed race marriage victory in US (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h1q6t) Inside Podcasting - Everything is Alive podcast, Ian Chillag (https://insidepodcasting.libsyn.com/everything-is-alive-podcast-ian-chillag) (By Skye Pillsbury)  Inside Podcasting - Post Show: What it Was Like to Interview Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor of Ear Hustle (https://insidepodcasting.libsyn.com/post-show-what-it-was-like-to-interview-earlonne-woods-and-nigel-poor-of-ear-hustle) (By Skye Pillsbury) Dead Eyes - He’s Having Second Thoughts (https://headgum.com/dead-eyes/1-hes-having-second-thoughts) Today’s guest is Skye Pillsbury, host of the Inside Podcasting podcast and newsletter.  Use #NationalLovingDay for all things related to this day.  Helpful Links Go to RateThisPodcast.com/podcastgumbo (https://ratethispodcast.com/podcastgumbo) to rate and review this podcast. It will help you lose weight.  Podcast Gumbo is produced by Paul Kondo each week. Paul also writes the Podcast Gumbo newsletter (https://www.podcastgumbo.com/podcast-gumbo-newsletter/) where he recommends 3 unique podcast episodes every Wednesday. Full transcripts of every episode are on the Podcast Gumbo website (https://www.podcastgumbo.com/podcast-gumbo-podcast/) .  Want some weekly podcasting knowledge? Learn how Paul creates this podcast (https://www.podcastgumbo.com/things-im-learning-about-creating-the-podcast-gumbo-podcast/) . Paul can be found on Twitter at @paulkondo (https://twitter.com/paulkondo) . If you didn’t know, I am Paul.  This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

An interview with a podcast. Richard’s Famous Food Podcast is made by Richard Parks III. Interview by Ian Chillag, creator and host of Everything Is Alive. Gloria, the podcast agent, was played by Joanna Kay. Our theme song is by Bobby Halvorson. Our logo is by James Braithwaite. Additional music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions, Richard, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. “Lacrimosa” features Maurizio Machella on organ, plus performances by the KPM Philharmonic Orchestra, the KPM Choir, Hieronym Baltazar, and Maciej Korczaky. Some of the spaceship sound effects are from the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar. If you’ve listened to the episode and now are reading this deep into the show notes, there are two Beatles references in this episode. Did you notice them? If you can name them both and tell me which songs they’re from, I’ll send you something. Thanks a lot for listening to the show. Orson Welles appears courtesy of Life, Art, and Wine. Follow on social media @richardsfamous and @reechardparks. Call today.

Did somebody order up a steaming hot plate of new episodes? Oh, dope. Dope dope dope dope. ANYWAYS! A preview of what's to come in Season Two of RFFP, featuring collaborations with Avery Trufelman from 99% Invisible, Ian Chillag from Everything Is Alive, David Weinberg from Welcome To LA, and a whole lot more. Order In. Order In. Order In.

This bonus episode of Inside Podcasting is all the good stuff from Skye’s interview with Everything is Alive (everythingisalive.com) creator Ian Chillag that didn’t make it into the full episode from last August. The episode is divided into two parts: the first illuminates a bit more about Ian’s background — and contains some juicy bits about what he learned about interviewing from Fresh Air’s Terry Gross —  and the second reveals a few more behind-the-scenes details regarding how Ian makes his show. Enjoy! If you haven’t listened to Skye’s original interview with Ian, you can find that here: http://insidepodcasting.libsyn.com/everything-is-alive-podcast-ian-chillag ----- Inside Podcasting is produced and hosted by Skye Pillsbury. Evo Terra of Simpler Media Productions is Skye’s co-producer for season two of the podcast and is also helping Skye put together these bonus episodes (more to come!). Charles Quilley is Skye’s sound engineer. Thanks to Jason Calacanis for greenlighting this project.

Have you ever stopped to think about what a balloon, a bar of soap, a subway seat, or a can of cola would have to say? On this podcast, they each have a voice and they're ready to spill their truths. From PRX and Radiotopia, Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview series in which each guest is an inanimate object. No two items' experiences are the same as they each have a life story and their own unique perspective on the world at large. With company like this, it's no wonder the show won the 2019 Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show. This week, we're sharing one of our fave episodes from last spring. Joining us is Ian Chillag – producer, writer and host of Everything Is Alive. As our guest curator, he brings us his favourite outside-the-box podcasts. "There's a flavour that is McDonald's, and I feel like that sometimes when I'm listening to podcasts. There's a flavour that is 'podcasts' ." - Ian Chillag

An incredible interview takes any topic and turns it into gripping listening by finding the humanity at the heart of the story. It’s not always easy. In Everything is Alive, Ian Chillag flirts with fact and fiction, and manages to find the moment of connection in every interview. Even when his interviewees are inanimate objects like a can of cola, or a bath towel.You can find the transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a special bonus episode that features the first episode of the Inside Podcasting podcast. Skye Pillsbury, the editor of the Inside Podcasting newsletter, is now the host of their new podcast. We're featuring the entirety of their first episode, which is an interview with Ian Chillag, the host of Everything is Alive. 

Ever misspelled a word or committed a typo? It wasn’t your fault; you were demonically possessed. Ian Chillag from Everything is Alive podcast introduces us to Titivillus, the typo demon. Find out more about this episode at theallusionist.org/typo-demon. The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow. The Allusionist live show No Title is heading off on a tour of North America from October. For all event listings, visit theallusionist.org/events. The Allusionist is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a collective of the finest podcasts on the interwaves. Find them at radiotopia.fm. Also! I’m making a NEW PODCAST! Veronica Mars Investigations, wherein Jenny Owen Youngs (of Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast) and I investigate every episode of Veronica Mars from the beginning. Find Veronica Mars Investigations in your podcast-getting app of choice, and at VMIpod on the social medias and VMIpod.com. In September 2019, the Allusionist is sponsored by: • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for creating and running a good-looking and well-working website. Go to squarespace.com/allusion for a free trial, and use the code ALLUSION to get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. • Bombas, socks that won’t let you - or themselves - down. Buy your expertly engineered socks at bombas.com/allusionist and get 20% off your first purchase. • Babbel, the language-learning app that will help you speak a new language with confidence. Visit babbel.com to find out more, and text **ALLUSIONIST **to 484848 to try it for free. • Progressive. Get your car insurance quote online at progressive.com and see how much you could be saving. Discounts not available in all states and situations.

Do you want to learn how to hypnotise your parents? What are your amazing talents? Are you ready to take on the first-ever playground ninja warrior course?This episode is all about showing off our cool tricks and talents, from beatboxing, moonwalking and mountain-biking, to dancing, football, and spinning for twenty minutes without getting dizzy.We find out what makes kids go WOW, and get the scoop on what life’s like for our special guest, Mike the Monkey Bar (spoiler alert: he absolutely LOVES having kids hanging on him all day).Plus, we’ve got poems, stories, secret sounds, playground news, gossip and more.Listen now, and tell your friends. Who knows, you might end up learning something!Next time on Playground Tales, we fast forward into the future in Imagine This to talk time-travel, hoverboards and magic trap-doors…Get in touch via playgroundtalespodcast@gmail.com Playground Tales team: Students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 at Winters Flat Primary School, Castlemaine Producer – Anne-Marie Middlemast Mix engineer – Casey Rice Artwork – Justine Henry Music – Podington Bear  Sound effects – Zapsplat Brains trust – Jane CurtisInspiration: This episode’s interview with Mike the Monkey Bar is inspired by Everything Is Alive, an awesome podcast from Radiotopia, where host Ian Chillag interviews inanimate objects including a subway seat, elevator and balloon. Thanks also to Lisa Taylor, producer of Pod Squad, another amazing podcast by primary school students at Glenmore Road Public School for her kind guidance and wise advice. 

Where would you go if you had a magic-trap door in your room? How about a giant playground, a secret gaming studio, or an island full of monkeys and animals?!This episode is about make believe and fantasy, from dreaming up inventions like hover-boards and unlimited money, to stepping into time-machines and giving kids the power to change anything in the world.We step into the vegetable patch to meet a slimy, clever little creature who lives there, Warren the Worm, and get his take on the best things about being small.We’ve also got a Dr Seuss inspired story, poems, playground news and hidden sounds that are out of this world.Listen now, and tell your friends. Who knows, you might end up learning something!Next time on Playground Tales, we flex our muscles and bend our brain in Mind and Muscles.   We go deep into our dreams (spoiler alert: they’re really weird!), talk sporting heroes and find out what kids really think of adults.  Do you love Playground Tales? Tell us! Get in touch via playgroundtalespodcast@gmail.com Playground Tales team: Students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 at Winters Flat Primary School, Castlemaine Producer – Anne-Marie Middlemast Mix engineer – Casey Rice Artwork – Justine Henry Music – Podington Bear Sound effects – Zapsplat Brains trust – Jane CurtisInspiration: This episode’s interview with Warren the Worm is inspired by Everything Is Alive, an awesome podcast from Radiotopia, where host Ian Chillag interviews inanimate objects including a subway seat, elevator and balloon. Thanks also to Lisa Taylor, producer of Pod Squad, another amazing podcast by primary school students at Glenmore Road Public School for her kind guidance and wise advice.

Ian Chillag (@IanChillag) of Everything is Alive joins the guys this week to chat about anxiety, childhood pranks, and to find out how truthful the pics are! Recommendation: Schitt's Creek Music by The Collection

Skye and Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons chat about what it was like to interview Everything is Alive creator Ian Chillag.       

Skye talks to Ian Chillag, the creator of Everything is Alive, a podcast in which Ian interviews inanimate objects. Skye and Ian discuss: What it's like when Fresh Air's Terry Gross drops an F-bomb; How Ian creates his funny, thought-provoking and original show; How Ian prepared (or not) for a scene with a pregnancy test; What it's like to be part of the Radiotopia network; The concept of "podcast flavor."  Skye and Ian kick things off with a discussion of Ian's early career. If you want to skip right to the Everything is Alive chat, fast-forward to 7:25. A clip of the show plays at 13:40. Enjoy! Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbury, on Twitter @skyepillsbury Guest Ian Chillag, on Twitter @ianchillag Subscribe to the Inside Podcasting newsletter here (it's free!) and discover Inside.com's network of newsletters here.    

Get ready for recommendations and reviews coming at you! Zane brings inanimate objects to live with Everything Is Alive, Liz takes you back to school, musical-style with Loveville High and Patrick gets back to his comedy roots with Mixed Mental Arts. Then the trio reviews their selections from last week.Liz Recommends - Loveville Highhttps://www.lovevillehigh.com/Imagine that your fave 90s teen movies ramped up the camp factor and added a musical score. That's pretty much Loveville High. "LOVEVILLE HIGH is a 9-part musical podcast series! Each ten-minute episode is a self-contained love story in the fictional town of Loveville, Ohio on prom night. New love, old love, romantic love, friend love, gay and straight, cis and genderqueer."This musical podcast has a book and lyrics by David Zellnick (Yank!) and music by Eric Svejcar (Peter Pan Jr)For both: This is a serial podcast so start at the start and listen to as many as you wish.Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loveville-high/id1444830216Pat Recommends - Mixed Mental Artshttps://www.mixedmentalarts.online/Is hosted by comedian, actor, and writer Bryan Callen and Hunter Maats (the other guy). No I kid. Hunter is largely the reason I listened to this podcast. He's a plethora of interesting takes and titbits. This show is on hiatus, and with something new brewing behind the scenes so who knows what format it'll take next. The format it largely stuck to for 300 something episodes was conversations with a range of guests such as authors, comedians, actors, doctors, entrepreneurs, Mixed Martial Arts fighters, journalists, nutritionists, musicians, porn stars and video game developers.For Zane & Liz: Pick your poisonhttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mixed-mental-arts/id1286827713Zane Recommends - Everything is Alivehttps://www.everythingisalive.com/Zane is finally showing his true colours and bring another improvised comedy podcast to the table! Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show in which all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story - and everything it says is true. Produced by NPR veteran Ian Chillag, Everything Is alive has a very serious tone, with very silly subject matter.For Pat: Pick one that amuses you!For Liz: Pick one that amuses you!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-is-alive/id1388419519?mt=2Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

If you're looking for a podcast with a bit of a difference, something unique and a bit random, check out Everything Is Alive with Ian Chillag. He interviews pregnancy tests, cans of coke and newspapers. He jumped into Room 104 for a chat and Cormac tried to be interviewed as a pen. It got weird. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On The Gist, Candance Owens isn't digging herself out of this ahistorical, Hitler-relativizing hole.  In the interview, Ian Chillag is back with another season of Everything Is Alive, a podcast where he interviews the everyday objects around us that we don’t think of. Chioke I’Anson is here too because he played a grain of sand with a surprising amount of philosophy packed in (he’s a philosopher himself). Is sand more Kantian or Heideggerian? And what’s it like to think as a collective?  In the Spiel, president Trump’s public insult of Sen. Mazie Hirono rumbles on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Gist, Candance Owens isn't digging herself out of this ahistorical, Hitler-relativizing hole.  In the interview, Ian Chillag is back with another season of Everything Is Alive, a podcast where he interviews the everyday objects around us that we don’t think of. Chioke I’Anson is here too because he played a grain of sand with a surprising amount of philosophy packed in (he’s a philosopher himself). Is sand more Kantian or Heideggerian? And what’s it like to think as a collective?  In the Spiel, president Trump’s public insult of Sen. Mazie Hirono rumbles on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a metaphysical podcast this week! Ian Chillag host's interviews with inanimate objects, how fanciful! The Radiotopia show features special guests portraying inanimate objects and responding to questions from the host. The two episodes we listened to, (https://www.everythingisalive.com/) were Maeve, the Lampost, and Sean, The Subway Seat. Next week, in a Valentine treat, special guest, and Brandon's wife, Maria McGinley recommends and helps us discuss Comedian Nicole Byer's podcast, Why Won't You Date Me? An exploration into why Nicole has such a tough time finding love here in Los Angeles. We listened to episodes 34 and 51 (https://headgum.com/why-wont-you-date-me/34-nicoles-opening-bumble-messages-with-fran-gillespie) and (https://headgum.com/why-wont-you-date-me/51-nicole-reviews-guy-fieris-restaurant-at-the-burbank-airport-with-justin-noble). What a Treat! What a Dream!

If “everything is alive” (Ian Chillag), e=mc2 (Einstein), things “must be sung,” “sing themselves” (Emerson), then a) you are alive, b) you are everything, c) you are a song. We’re all in this together, like penguins and bats, singing our … Continue reading → The post HOW YOU MATTER TO A TREE, AND FOR THAT MATTER, EVERYTHING (Clue: It’s the Poetry in You) first appeared on Dr. Barbara Mossberg » Poetry Slowdown.

Writer Batya Ungar-Sargon joins us to talk about her piece in The Forward, which unpacks a debates within the diverse American Jewish community about public toleration for the president following the mass shooting in Pittsburgh. Then, the “Everything is Alive” podcast interviews inanimate objects, personifying them and posing existential questions that make for a unique and smart package with an unexpectedly moving edge. To tell us more, podcast creator and host Ian Chillag joins us in the studio.

Austin’s real estate market continues to boom, but what does that mean for homebuyers and renters? Former Statesman reporter Lilly Rockwell, who is now a realtor at Coldwell Banker joins us for a conversation about what it takes to buy a house in Austin these days, what it's like to switch careers to real estate and which neighborhoods are still considered affordable. ALSO: The hottest month of the year is upon us, but we’re staying cool all over Austin. We share the best spots to stay cold that won’t cost you much (if anything) to enjoy. PLUS: highlights from our one-year anniversary happy hour, which brought together podcast fans from all over the city to share their love of audio storytelling and the community around it. AND: In this week’s Webb Report, social media editor Eric Webb joined Addie and Omar to share reader reactions to a recent story about possibly renaming Austin. In our "A Toast" recommendations: the inflatable obstacle course at Waterloo Adventures on Lake Travis, the new podcast “Everything is Alive,” from Ian Chillag, and the 2007 James Ivory novel "Call Me By Your Name" that inspired an Oscar-nominated film version. More info: http://austin360.com/loveaustin360

Have you ever wondered what an inanimate object thinks? What it feels? If so, then you'll love this brand new podcast entitled: "Everything is Alive". On Everything is Alive, host Ian Chillag sits down with inanimate objects to find out what is on their mind. In this wide ranging interview, Peter Kreten discusses with host Ian Chillag how he developed the idea of Everything is Alive, any surprises he's encountered, and what else we can expect from season 1. For more information on Everything is Alive, visit their website: www.everythingisalive.com

Hi everyone, I wanted to take a quick pause in production on my ghost story series to share with you this excellent new podcast I recently discovered. Have you ever wondered what an inanimate object thinks? What it feels? Well, that’s the subject of one of the best and most original podcasts available today, Everything is Alive. In our conversation that follows, we discuss how he came up with the idea for Everything is Alive, what surprises he has encountered thus far in its production, and what else we can expect from season one of Everything is Alive. Find it on the web at www.everythingisalive.com

Louis is a can of generic cola. He's been on the shelf a long while, so he's had some time to think. Go2 is a store brand. "People call it a knockoff," says Louis. "I've been called the best of the worst. Bottom-shelf. We can describe it as bottom-shelf. I'm at peace with that." Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show with host Ian Chillag in which all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story -- and everything it says is true. Subscribe to Everything is Alive on Apple Podcasts and RadioPublic

Louis is a can of generic cola. He’s been on the shelf a long while, so he’s had some time to think. Go2 is a store brand. "People call it a knockoff," says Louis. "I've been called the best of the worst. Bottom-shelf. We can describe it as bottom-shelf. I'm at peace with that." Everything is Alive is an unscripted interview show with host Ian Chillag in which all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story -- and everything it says is true. Subscribe to Everything is Alive on Apple Podcasts and RadioPublic

This is The Decision: The podcast where people try to convince me to finally abandon The Knicks, and become a fan of their favorite team. This is Episode 35: The Decision. The finale to it all, recorded live in Brooklyn. And it's come down to three teams: The Knicks, The Warriors, and The Spurs. The Decision is produced by Alex Kapelman. Follow me on follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/alexkapelman. Special thanks to Louis Stein, Alessio Romano, and my little brother Scott Kapelman, who provided the original music for the show. They're absolutely fantastic at what they do, and if you need podcast music, you should absolutely talk to them. If you want their info, DM me on Twitter. Thank you to all thirty five of my guests on the show — really, truly, appreciate you taking the time to talk with me about basketball for my silly podcast. A huge thanks to Linda Holmes. I really can't say enough about Linda and her support for me and this show, so I'll just say: She's the best, and if you don't know it, now you do. Special thanks to my honorary producers Tracy Clayton, Nichole Perkins, Rose Reid, Gene Demby, Tena Rubio, Nick Swerdlow, Saki Knafo, Albert Samaha, Kasey Fechtor, Nina Feldman, Ian Chillag, Adriana Gallardo, Alex Lewis, Chris Choi, Chris John, Raghu Manavalan, Ann Heppermann, Mark Bramhill, Avery Trufelman, and Emily Boghossian, who I'm gonna buy some grapes for. And to all the people who I know I'm forgetting because I'm an idiot. Also like a million other people who helped me out on this. Really, truly, I can't thank everyone enough. And finally, you, the listeners. If you like the show, let all your friends know about it on Twitter. I'm not sure what's next for me, but stay updated by staying subscribed to The Decision, telling your friends about it, and following me on Twitter. It's been fun. Thank you all. -Alex