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Catch up on all things Studio BOTH/AND for the month of February (and beyond).This month's news:• New tours and events • Unsafe Spaces update • The Karen & Ellen Letters update • True Crime Bullsh** update • New projects • Our Americana update • Studio BOTH/AND Launch Party follow-up in The Berkshires this October • What's happening on Patreon this month Links: • True Crime Podcast Festival, use promo code JOSH for 15% off • Studio BOTH/AND Patreon

Catch up on all things Studio BOTH/AND for the month of February (and beyond).This month's news:• New tours and events • Unsafe Spaces update • The Karen & Ellen Letters update • True Crime Bullsh** update • New projects • Our Americana update • Studio BOTH/AND Launch Party follow-up in The Berkshires this October • What's happening on Patreon this month Links: • True Crime Podcast Festival, use promo code JOSH for 15% off • Studio BOTH/AND Patreon

Catch up on all things Studio BOTH/AND for the month of February (and beyond).This month's news:• New tours and events • Unsafe Spaces update • The Karen & Ellen Letters update • True Crime Bullsh** update • New projects • Our Americana update • Studio BOTH/AND Launch Party follow-up in The Berkshires this October • What's happening on Patreon this month Links: • True Crime Podcast Festival, use promo code JOSH for 15% off • Studio BOTH/AND Patreon

The PodFix Archives: SHOW: GravityBeard EPISODE: Americana ORIGINAL AIR DATE: February 6, 2017 DESCRIPTION: Today I'm going to introduce you to my friend and fellow podcaster, Josh Hallmark. He's incredibly talented. In addition to his primary show, Our Americana, Josh is about to launch several new projects. Each one is entertaining, creative and compelling. You will meet josh and hear the behind the scenes story of how all of it came to be. Plus, our celebrity contestant is asked to withdraw from consideration for the intern position. Thanks for listening. The Our Americana Podcast Network projects: Our Americana - http://www.our-americana.com/ https://twitter.com/OurAmericana https://www.facebook.com/OurAmericana/ The Karen & Ellen Letters - http://www.our-americana.com/karenandellen/ https://thekarenandellenletters.tumblr.com/ True Crime B******t - http://www.our-americana.com/truecrimebullshit/ It's Not About You - http://www.our-americana.com/ari-may/ Twitter: @ThisWeekPod Email: thisweekpod@gmail.com Webpage: https://podfixnetwork.com/this-week-today/ The PodFix Network: Twitter: @podfix IG: @official_podfix

Five years ago today, I released my very first podcast episode. To celebrate the milestone, every few weeks during the hiatus, I'll be sharing some of my favorite episodes I've produced."Luna the Whale" was the 9th episode from my first podcast, Our Americana. It premiered back in 2016, and while my tech and editing abilities have evolved, the story is as powerful and heartfelt as ever.

They're the happiest animal in the world! Paul is talking about quokkas this week! Sources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJ7NnpmGus https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8669563/New-special-edition-Quokka-coin-released-Perth-mint-month-30-000-sale.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57159/6-things-know-about-super-cute-quokka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTlgCk_IJDs https://youtu.be/59hHHvF9BNE https://youtu.be/aUaZtLdNT0E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eK0RR2ns58 https://nedhardy.com/2020/01/28/do-quokkas-throw-their-babies/#:~:text=No%2C%20quokkas%20do%20not%20physically,their%20young%20to%20escape%20danger. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/05/bad-moms-nature-animals-mothers-day/ Featured image, "The Happiest Animal on the Planet" by UI International Programs is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.  

This week Paul is joined by special guest host Kate Shaw from the Strange Animals podcast to revisit an episode we did four years ago! Bats!Please go listen to the Strange Animals Podcast wherever fine podcasts are sold. You can also go to her website: https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/science/vampire-bats-viruses.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180207151818.htm https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sound-absorbent-wings-and-fur-help-some-moths-evade-bats https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/how-bats-have-outsmarted-viruses-including-coronaviruses-65-million-years https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2020/03/covid19-faqs.php#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20is%20the,%E2%80%9Cnovel%20coronavirus%E2%80%9D. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49496760 https://weeklyworldnews.com/ Under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This. The feature image used is "bat" by Noel Reynolds and is shared under a Creative Commons license (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). You can view more of Mr. Reynolds' photographs on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29237715@N05/      

They're cute and hungry and LOUD! Paul and Donna explore the world of Tasmanian devils this week! Sources:https://www.livescience.com/27440-tasmanian-devils.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AU7AtY-js https://www.aussieark.org.au/devil-ark/ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47659640 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-14/tasmanian-devil-island-fundraising-program-winds-up/9147124 Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.  

It's moth season! Cover your drinks and listen to Paul and Donna talk about fluttery little weirdos! Sources:Links to our sources coming soon. Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.

Leopards! Paul and Donna love them. Join us as we talk about these amazing big cats.*Note, Paul and Donna discuss the appearance of a black panther in the Little House in the Big Woods, and thought this was probably a black cougar. After some research, though it appears that the cat in the book was either a jaguar (whose range was that far north at the time of the story), or, Grandpa Olsen made it up! We'll talk about that briefly next recording session. Cheers! Sources: https://www.positive.news/environment/three-good-things-animals-making-a-comeback/https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/south-georgia-right-whale-project/south-georgia-right-whale-project-whale-tracking/https://www.livescience.com/950-leopard-spots.htmlhttp://www.krugerpark.co.za/Kruger_National_Park_Wildlife-travel/kruger-park-wildlife-leopards.htmlhttps://blog.londolozi.com/2018/09/27/how-do-leopards-climb/https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15954/163991139https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Cat_Diaryhttps://www.hungertv.com/editorial/inside-the-book-celebrating-leopard-print-in-pop-culture-history/   Featured image: "2013-08-14 11.21.20" by MaxH42 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.

Release the Kraken! Paul and Donna discuss squads of squid this week! Sources: https://www.change.org/p/noaa-office-of-science-and-technology-marine-ecosystems-st7-division-the-scientific-community-change-squid-scientific-name-to-a-squad-of-squid https://www.sciencealert.com/an-amazing-underwater-blob-turned-out-to-be-a-gelatinous-ball-of-squid-eggs https://aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-Tentacles https://www.nature.com/news/deep-sea-squid-uses-tentacles-to-attract-prey-1.13614 https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/deep-sea-squid-can-break-off-all-its-arms-onto-an-enemy https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Inkling https://youtu.be/VbWXXWGomYk https://youtu.be/7yLxva_nSAU https://oceana.org/marine-life/cephalopods-crustaceans-other-shellfish/humboldt-squid https://thedishonscience.stanford.edu/posts/if-squids-could-talk/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fourteen-fun-facts-about-squid-octopuses-and-other-cephalopods-45444510/ Featured image: "Bigfin Reef Squid" by Doug Finney is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0  Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.

This week our good buddy Clay Groves from the Fish Nerds podcast joins Paul and Donna to talk about the rare and mysterious fur bearing trout!About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.

Join us this week and guest Rob Lang from Underdone Comics to talk about those goofballs of the sea and sky, pelicans! Sources: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/McNary/Wildlife_Habitats/Pelicans.html https://www.audubon.org/news/how-brown-pelicans-dive-after-fish-without-breaking-their-necks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans https://pelicanbrewing.com/ https://youtu.be/NSE-Vt50UZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijWYAuOJjSg https://www.fws.gov/sacramento/es_kids/CA-Brown-Pelican/Documents/brown_pelicanbio.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxgEuvWKD8   Featuredimage: "Four Pelicans in Pelican Park Clontarf-1=" by Sheba_Also 46000 + photos-Videos is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0  Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.

Sources: https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a30382474/sea-lions-steal-boat/       https://www.sealion-world.com/sea-lion-social-structure/ http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/blogs/comments/thermoregulation https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/rio-the-logical-sea-lion http://www.seecalifornia.com/festivals/san-francisco-pier39-sealions.html https://www.pier39.com/sealions/ https://youtu.be/M5pi6wB3Nak   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140820140023.htm   Hirschel the sea lion https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/animals-gone-wild/Content?oid=72236090 Featured image: "sea lions at Fanny bay" by marneejill is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0  Any other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors:The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis.Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast.Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit.Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast.Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty,and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe, and Run With Me On This.

This week Paul is joined by his lovely daughter Baylee as they discuss that voluptuous Australian marsupial the wombat! Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/world/australia/wombat-selfie.html https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hero-wombats-australia-fires/ https://outline.com/2XGq7C https://www.livescience.com/52640-wombats.html https://www.wombania.com/wombats/wombat-behavior.htm http://www.jackiefrench.com/diary-of-a-wombat https://slate.com/culture/2016/08/fatso-the-fat-arsed-wombat-was-the-best-olympic-mascot-ever.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cO376yWrGc https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wombat-poop-cube-why-is-it-square-shaped/ All other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast. Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1) Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.  

Moooooove on outta here 2019. It's a new year and here's a new episode! This week Paul and Donna chat about cattle!----more---- Sources for this episode: Image "Cattle" was provided by Washington State Department of Agriculture under a Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 International (CC BY-NC 2.0) license. Unless otherwise noted all music is by Kevin McLeod and is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 International (CC BY-NC 2.0) license. https://www.icelandreview.com/society/icelandic-cows-escape-for-night-time-adventure/ https://animalcorner.co.uk/cow-anatomy/ https://www.nny360.com/opinion/how-do-cows-stay-warm-in-the-winter/article_10899c33-fc8c-540f-b995-5f34b1f3389b.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/70538715/cows-master-maze-making-mice-look-like-dimwits https://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/BookModule/TheStoryOfFerdinand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDKQ7_C88c8 https://www.petmd.com/blogs/thedailyvet/aobriendvm/2014/july/amazing-and-wondrous-fistulated-cow-31867 https://www.statista.com/statistics/263979/global-cattle-population-since-1990/ All other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast. Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1) Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.

This week Paul and Donna talk about those venomous, poisonous, creepiest of crawlies: centipedes and millipedes! Yecch. Unless otherwise noted all music is by Kevin McLeod and is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. All other images on the page are featured on the linked websites. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "Fair use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. About our voice actors: The wonderful and supportive Kari McGinnis. Chris “Toph” Green is the host of the GravityBeard podcast. Curtis Craddock is the author of the novel An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1) Josh Hallmark runs the Our Americana network and hosts the podcasts Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist and True Crime Bullshit. Justine and Santiago are the hosts of the very funny Weird With You podcast. Frosty is the co-host of The Show with The Preshaah and Frosty, and last but never least, Stacey from Rough Giraffe.

In the years that it’s been running, DC Podfest has prided itself on fostering a community for podcasters of any level or creed to come and find a place amongst like-minded people.  This year’s conference proved no different, with guests ranging from first-time “I might want to start a podcast” thinkers and plotters to folks like Josh Hallmark, creator of True Crime Bullsh**, Our Americana, and much more.  While the event only lasted two days, it brought forth a font of passion and dedication to the craft of podcasting.   We at Podbean sat down with four different podcasters to talk about their journey through the medium, and put their interviews together as a clip show to highlight the positivity, creativeness, and dedication to their work.

Episode 116 - Josh Hallmark. Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Josh Hallmark. Josh is the host of the Our Americana, True Crime Bullsh**, The Karen & Ellen Letters, and PLAYLIST podcasts. His podcasting career began after, and was inspired by, living in a van and traveling America for six months. Prior to that, he worked in branding in the Apparel and Health Care industries. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York; and has previously lived in Seattle, Portland, New Orleans, San Francisco, and (a brief stint) Cambodia. Website: http://www.our-americana.com Note: Guests create their own bio description for each episode. The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund. Please visit our website for more information: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com The Curiosity Hour Podcast is listener supported! To donate, click here: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com/donate/ Please visit this page for information where you can listen to our podcast: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com/listen/ Disclaimers: The Curiosity Hour Podcast may contain content not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion advised. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are solely those of the guest(s). These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of The Curiosity Hour Podcast. This podcast may contain explicit language.

What does it mean to be human?  That’s not the question Josh Hallmark set out with when he first started his podcast Our Americana.  It probably wasn’t even the question brought up with his following podcasts Playlist or The Karen and Ellen Letters.  But it’s the question he answers in his true crime podcast, True Crime Bullsh**: The Story of Israel Keyes. Of all the tools at his disposal, he says PodAds helped him do more than raise money - it helped him save time.  Enjoy the interview!Check out Josh's network of podcasts at http://www.our-americana.com True Crime Bullsh** at http://www.our-americana.com/truecrimebullshit/

Josh Hallmark is one of the busiest people in podcasting! He hosts The Karen and Ellen Letters, Our Americana, and runs the Two Pods A Day campaign. But this week, we are talking about his brand new show, True Crime Bullshit! TCBS is an in depth look at the serial killer Isreal Keyes as well as the True Crime genre itself.    Find all things Josh Hallmark at www.our-americana.com   Follow Podcasts We Listen To on Twitter @PWLTpodcast Join the PWLT Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/PodcastsWeListenTo/

Sorry, if you're looking for a regular episode then this just isn't the week for you. Instead of your regularly scheduled comic and video game comparison I'm taking this week to highlight just some of the many people that have made this show what it is today. Running the spectrum from purely podcast inspiration to full on friendship there's no way I can talk about everyone that needs to be here. People Mentioned in this Episode Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men Fantasticast Journey in Misery Luke Herr from Exiled and Multiversal Q Chris and Christi from Chrises on Infinite Earths (I accidentally called her Christina in the audio and I can't fix it now without making it sound like crap and I'm so sorry for that) Paul Csomo from Varmints Underdog Podcast Group on Facebook Chris Green from Gravity Beard Josh Bowman from Faith Deficit Chris and Steven from Is This Adulting? Julie Kinn from Meddling Kids and Station Wagon and the various shows aimed at military people Tawny Plattis from Tawny Voice (and specifically for us The Dirty Bits) Josh Hallmark from the Our Americana Podcast Network (including Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist, and True Crime Bullshit) Adam Higgins from Odd Dad Out and his mixing help is why this episode sounds as good as it does despite my rambling on Megan ad RJ from Oh No! Lit Class Joe and Carlos from Life, Death, and Taxonomy Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts The Gravity Beard group on Facebook Tiff Franks, the best Facebook group moderator around Kelsey Jane and Torey Roger Reichardt from GamerHeads Tyler Kirby from Better Than Static Karrington Martin and Kyle Federline from Real Dudes Podcast Your Podcast Homework Let the people who have had this kind of impact on your life know that you appreciate them Find a way to do that same thing for someone else Music as always by Best Day, who didn't get mentioned in the episode but really should have been.

So we’ve seen Superman games before, and we know how I feel about them. But maybe, just maybe, we’ve found one that actually does Superman justice.Listen in as Michael Bailey from The Fortress of Baileytude Podcast Network (including From Crisis to Crisis) joins the show to talk Death and Return of Superman.Learn such things as: Will Chris come out of this actually looking forward to reading a Superman book? How is Shaq connected to this storyline? Can a game hold up when it’s pulling from such an iconic established storyline? And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.You can find Michael over at @BaileysPodcasts or over at the official sites for The Fortress of Baileytude.Thanks to Ryan of Support For The Following for that sweet sweet intro drop.A big thanks to Julie and Marc from The Station Wagon as well as Josh from Our Americana for the promos today.Music by Best Day, whose music is better than Bob Dylan’s in every possible way.

Ordinarily, PWLT releases on Wednesday. But, while we catch up on editing, we thought we'd drop a Throwback Thursday episode. This was the 4th episode ever released. It features Josh Hallmark who, at the time, was only hosting two shows. Those being The Karen and Ellen Letters and Our Americana. We'll be back next week with a fresh new episode!

Today I'm doing a collaborative show with Josh Hallmark from the podcast Our Americana, which explores unique small towns across America through the stories that impact, cultivate, and challenge community. America can feel oppressive. Every day it feels more and more like pieces of it are disappearing. That it's losing its value. But … there are monuments and mementos of the past if we just take a moment from our busy lives to take a look. Strange reminders of small victories, new life, love stories, and the strength of community. These stories are all around us, relics of station wagon days, on the highways and gravel roads that connect us all. It's easy to dismiss them as icons of capitalism; if you build it, they will come, and buy. But, there's always something more there, something deeper. I'm Josh Hallmark from Our Americana and I'm Emily Prokop and this is the story behind Roadside Attractions. **Visit OurAmericanaPodcast.com to listen to Episode 4.4: Roadside Attractions (Monuments)** Find out more about The Story Behind Book! Check out Emily's other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Barry G, Bandrew Scott, Jarrod Dunham, Linguist Sam, Epic Film Guy Nick, Ryle Davis Jr., Dave Jackson, Sunshine & PowerCuts, Everyone Has a Podcast, Adam Higgins, The Beardcaster, Elikqitie, Jim Collison, North Omaha History Podcast, Dan Brenic, Two Peas on a Podcast, Jason Bryant, History Goes Bump, The One Word Go Show, and Stargate Pioneer. If you're interested in freshening up your own show or starting a podcast, visit EPodcastProductions.com and use the promo code STORYBEHIND for $25 off a Strategy Session. Hope to talk to you soon! Click here to support this podcast on Patreon. Proud supporter of #PodernFamily, #HumanitiesPodcasts & #LadyPodSquad on Twitter. Media: Music for Makers Sources: RoadsideAmerica.com Why Do We Travel For Pleasure? The Psychology Of Tourism, Explored - Bustle Tourist Psychology - Psychology Today Along the Interstates: Seeing the Roadside - General Highway History - Highway History - Federal Highway Administration Grand Tours History - Regency History How Americans Fell in Love With Taking Road Trips - Time The Real Paul Bunyan - How Stuff Works Was Paul Bunyan a real person? - HISTORY 6 Towns That Claim Paul Bunyan as Their Own (and What They Should Be Bragging About Instead) - Mental Floss Why do we love Paul Bunyan so much? – Twin Cities The World's Largest Frying Pan — Er, Six of Them - Village Voice This Elephant Is Not Endangered : Victorian Relic Built in 1881 Is the Pride of Beach Town - Los Angeles Times Roadside Attractions--About This Lesson - National Parks Service Pokemon Go offers opportunity, challenges to tourist attractions - Travel Weekly “World's biggest” roadside attractions: a history of “world's largest” tourist traps - Slate Kitschiest Roadside Attractions in America - Travel & Leisure Are Old-fashioned Road Trips Trendy Again? - Boston.Com Roadside Attractions Fading from Landscape - NPR Why your church, art, and water towers are Pokemon Go gyms and Pokestops - GamesRadar.com

Cheetahs! Josh Hallmark from the Our Americana network joins Donna this week to talk about the speediest of all land varmints: cheetahs! Thanks so much [...]

Adela chats with Dylan Marron, the creator behind the Conversations With People Who Hate Me podcast. His episode entitled Sissies and Flaming Queens was featured on our podcast playlist on Common Ground, along with episodes from Our Americana and The Spin. A little background on Dylan: he is an award-winning writer, performer, and video maker who focuses on social justice issues. He is the voice of Carlos on the hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale, an alum of the New York Neo Futurists, and the creator of Every Single Word, a video series that edits down popular films to only feature the words spoken by people of color. Dylan also created, hosted, and produced a number of shows on Seriously.tv, including Sitting in Bathrooms with Trans People, Shutting Down Bullsh*t, and the Unboxing series. Because of his work, Dylan receives a lot of negative messages on the internet. In his podcast, Conversations with People Who Hate Me, he calls some of the folks who wrote those messages to ask one simple question: why? The podcast takes contentious online conversations and moves them offline. In new episodes he will moderate conversations between people who have exchanged their own digital negativity. The podcast was selected as a Podcast Pick by USA Today & The Guardian. The show just won a Webby Award for Best Individual Episode and a Webby Honoree for Best Podcast Series. As if all of this isn’t enough, Dylan was ALSO a speaker at TED 2018 in Vancouver that took place just last month. Thanks for listening! If you have any feedback, email Adela at adela@podcastbrunchclub.com. Also, think about joining one of the many Podcast Brunch Club chapters worldwide or subscribe to the newsletter so you can get the playlist as soon as it’s published every month. Audio editing and production by Steven Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music used in this episode is from Podington Bear's Background album and downloaded from the Free Music Archive.

Sara sits down to interview Josh Hallmark, the creator behind the Our Americana podcast. They talk about how Josh’s motivation to create the podcast came from a desire to break down molds and stereotypes that he himself has. They also dig deep into the episode featured on the Podcast Brunch Club playlist this month, ”Greensburg, Kansas”. Other episodes from Our Americana that Josh recommends we listen to if we want to continue to explore the theme of Common Ground are “Mount Horeb, Wisconsin” and “Morgantown, West Virginia.” Finally, Josh gives us a little sneak peek into the upcoming episodes we can expect form Our Americana. Josh also works on a number of other podcasts/podcast projects: #2PodsADay (indie podcast discovery project); Playlist (music podcast); Karen & Ellen Letters (comedy podcast); and True Crime Bullsh** (true crime podcast). Get involved in the discussion! Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter Audio editing and production by Steven Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting.

A serial killer has long been considered a possible suspect in Jennifer Kesse's abduction. What connections can be made? Thanks to Josh Hallmark ([Host of the Karen and Ellen Letters, Our Americana and PLAYLIST](http://www.our-americana.com)) for sharing what he's learned and researched over the last few years. Be sure to follow the social media accounts for his upcoming podcast [True Crime BS](http://www.truecrimebullshit.com/). [@TrueCrimeBS](https://twitter.com/TrueCrimeBS) Sponsors in this Episode: [Female Criminals](https://www.parcast.com/criminals/) Facebook: [@unconcludedpod](https://www.facebook.com/Unconcludedpod/) Twitter: [@unconcludedpod](https://twitter.com/unconcludedpod) Instagram: [@unconcludedpod](https://www.instagram.com/unconcludedpod/?hl=en) Web: [http://unconcluded.com](http://unconcluded.com) Email: [unconcludedpod@gmail.com](mailto:unconcludedpod@gmail.com) Support on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/unconcludedpod) Music by PCIII / [CC BY NC](http://creativecommons.org)

Our Americana returns tomorrow, with 12 new stories about community in Small Town America. #FindYourPlace in America.

Welcome to the first day of the twelve days of adulting! This episode we are joined for a full length adventure by Josh Hallmark of Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, and Playlist. The guys enter the people’s court, Carl makes his triumphant return, Chris spends some alone time with the listeners, Steven cedes control of a game concept to Chris, and Josh introduces us to some old friends… Music by The Collection Check out The “Is This Adulting?” Best Friends Group on Facebook!

We welcome Josh from the Our Americana podcast, my new favorite podcast (!), to today’s episode. It’s a show all about unique small towns throughout the country. We chat about the inspiration behind the show, how it compares from its beginning episodes, and common themes throughout small town life. Includes "Les métamorphoses du vide" 613 Album by Chapelier Fou Take a listen; it can be found in iOS and the website here: http://www.our-americana.com/ As you all might know, I am a huge podcast fan myself and always on the lookout for great podcasts. Email me your favorites at: sincerelyyours@writeme.com Or find me all over social media , on Facebook and Instagram @ceceknowsitall also Twitter @sincerelyceced If you like the show, please share with a friend!

Our Americana continues celebrating its first birthday by honoring podcasting. In the second of a three part series with various podcasters, Josh sits down with Jeremy Collins (Podcasts We Listen To) and Holly Hall (The Most Wonderful Wonder) to talk about the strange transition from New Orleans to Casper, Wyoming; and how a country band with a love of dark history created one of the most unique podcasts out there.Music by: Welcome Little Stranger David Szesztay Kosta T Hyson Charles Atlas Vi-Fi

Our Americana celebrates its first birthday by honoring podcasting the best way we know how: through origin and community. In the first of a three part series with various podcasters, Josh sits down with Steven Pappas of the Is This Adulting? podcast to talk very candidly about his North Carolina upbringing, mental health, religion, evolving ideology, and what it means to be a progressive southern boy. Music by: Dave Depper, Will Bangs, Milky-Chu, Jon Watts, Johnny_Ripper, and Evgeny Grinko

  Our first repeat guest is Josh Hallmark from the Our Americana, and The Karen & Ellen Letters Podcasts. We've invited him back to talk to us about his #2PodsADay campaign that has been gaining real momentum in the podcasting world. 2PodsADay brings much needed attention to indie podcasts by introducing two episodes a day from two indie podcasts from May 15th-June 13th. We also get lots of updates on his shows, and what he has learned along this fantastical podcast journey!    Podcasting Smarter Tips & Updates From Josh:  Josh encourages podcasters to treat their podcast like a business from the beginning if your goal is to someday earn a living from it. You have to pound the pavement and not treat like a hobby, or it wil be a hobby.  Rather than whine about the plight of indie podcasts and their challenge in getting the attention that commercial networks, celebrities, and public radio get, Josh started the 2 Pods A Day campaign. Check it out, and help keep up the momentum that Josh started!  For better engagement, Josh recommends incorporating yoru fans into your show. It means carving out significant time to give your audience the attention it wants anddeserves.  The Karen & Ellen Letters will start their second and final season in November. The show has been a whirlwind of surprises for him and his audience, and what he has learned in the process contradicts all of his intial theories about the four characters from the letters.  He almost gave up his desire to do a true crime podcast because he felt the genre was getting over-saturated. Luckily, he discovered a unique approach to the genre that will allow him to produce a unique show. True Crime BullSh*t will debut in the near future.  When his workload got too much with his most profitable show, Our Americana, he found a way to produce a different kind of episode that is easier to produce and will allow him to keep the show consistent.  He is so excited about his upcoming podcast which compares the stories of former public access celebrities with modern YouTube stars.  The season finale of the Karen & Ellen Letters Podcast will be performed live at DC PodFest in November!    Keep is with all of Josh's shows via the Our American Network. We can't wait to see what he accomplishes next! 

Josh Hallmark is the podcast host and producer of not only the Our Americana Podcast, but also the podcast network of the same name. The Our Americana Podcast Network curates and creates podcasts that celebrate American storytelling, mythology, and folklore. It's also home to it's titillating new show with a quickly growing cult-like following, The Karen & Ellen Letters. The Karen & Ellen Letters are a series of real letters from the 1980s between a landlord and his two, naive and unbelievaby demanding young, female tenants. We discuss how the unique premise of this podcast has all the elements for Serial-Like success.    Josh's Podcasting Smarter Tips:  After a six month road trip around America, Josh discovered podcasts (starting with Serial), and also discovered he had a story to tell about small town America. The yearning to stay connected to the small towns he visited, was what inspired his first podcast, Our Americana.  Podcasts give us an opportunity to have open-minded conversations with non like-minded people. We can use this to change false perceptions about people, and communities different than ourselves.  Josh's biggest obstacle is financial. He doesn't have the resources to record in a studio, so he doesn't have the sound quality he'd like.  Josh uses a primitive process for recording by using his iphone earbuds in his dining room.  Right now, he is doing all the recording, marketing, PR. editing, research, and production. He can work 100 hours a week, and it never seems to be enough.  Josh podcasts full-time. He hopes to continue monetizing through listener support. After he passes the $1,000 a month threshold, he plans to give back to charities that support the people in the small towns he has grown to love.  The Our Americana Network has three additional shows launching this year. Including a show that is hosted by a young trans woman, documenting her raw, non-political story of gender transition.  Josh has the support of his boyfriend who is 110% behind what Josh is creating. Podcasting without that support would be extremely difficult.  Josh is a bit nervous about the popularity of The Karen & Ellen Letters. Some of his listeners are rabid fans, and have done their own sleuthing to find the real identities of Karen and Ellen.  Josh has to work on taking on too much. He is working on how to incorporate help as he monetizes.  He doesn't think what podcasts are making in general is out of sinc with the amount of work that goes into producing a quality show.  Josh wants to see a Hulu-like model in the future of podcasting that celebrates good, indie producers, not just the usual shows in the top 100 lists on iTunes.    Josh's Fantasy Podcaster: Carole Radziwill of the Real Housewives of NYC Josh's Hypothetical Podcast About His Life: "It's Ok To Laugh At This"  You can listen to The Karen and Ellen letters on Podbean and iTunes. Once you get addicted to the show, join the Karen & Ellen Letters Facebook group.   

Today I’m going to introduce you to my friend and fellow podcaster, Josh Hallmark. He’s incredibly talented. In addition to his primary show, Our Americana, Josh is about to launch several new projects. Each one is entertaining, creative and compelling. You will meet josh and hear the behind the scenes story of how all of it came to be. Plus, our celebrity contestant is asked to withdraw from consideration for the intern position. Thanks for listening. The Our Americana Podcast Network projects: Our Americana - http://www.our-americana.com/  https://twitter.com/OurAmericana  https://www.facebook.com/OurAmericana/  The Karen & Ellen Letters - http://www.our-americana.com/karenandellen/  https://thekarenandellenletters.tumblr.com/   True Crime Bullshit - http://www.our-americana.com/truecrimebullshit/  It's Not About You - http://www.our-americana.com/ari-may/  GravityBeard contactthebeard@gmail.com https://twitter.com/thegravitybeard https://www.facebook.com/gravitybeard/ MUSIC CREDITS Theme Song – “In the Mix” by Jake Dexter www.jakedexter.com Various songs throughout – www.bensound.com

"America is what happens when a community comes together to overcome what feels insurmountable." Our Americana returns on February 28 with 13 episodes over 14 weeks: 9 new towns, roadside attractions, a follow-up on #VanLife, and an update episode.

In this hastily edited, year-in-review episode, I break from tradition to muse on Our Americana’s journey as a podcast and answer some FAQs, look into season three and Our Americana’s new projects, highlight some of 2016’s best podcasts, and share my countdown playlist of 2016's best songs.See you all in February.

This week is Petoskey's Holiday Open House. In our Season Two Finale, I checked in with some old and new friends as they prepare for the big event; including the event coordinator and the local journalist covering it.Special thanks to Sufjan Stevens, who was raised in Petoskey, for providing the holiday soundtrack.This week's guests: Kalin Sheick, Matt Mikus, Katie Potts, Andi Symonds, and Zoe Marshall-Rashid.Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.comSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericanaFeatured Music: Sufjan Stevens - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Sufjan Stevens - Silent Night; Sufjan Stevens - Put The Lights On The Tree; Sufjan Stevens - I'll Be Home For Christmas; Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band - Deck The Halls; Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band - Sleigh Ride; Seth Partridge - Snow Falling On A Quiet Valley; Rue Royale - Deck The Halls; The Nancies - Song For A Winter's NightMusic available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

Our Americana listener Adrienne walks us through her hometown. We talk about how tragedy shaped her, politics and conversation in North Carolina, and life in a town full of memories. Plus, a song about bears.Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.comSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.comFeatured Music: Rho - Long Drive Home; Scott Holmes - Childhood Memories; Luke Pigott - Mourning Breathing; Ballpen - The Hometown Dream; Podington Bear - Clouds Pass Softly Deux; Podington Bear - Little Do; Podington Bear - Sunset Stroll; Adrianna Krikl - Know Where Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

(Original broadcast: 7/7/16) Morgantown is a place that defies expectations. Nestled in the lush, green foothills of the Appalachians, is the town that is home to West Virginia University, a large coal-mining population, and West Virginia's oldest gay bar. Against all odds, this gay bar, Vice Versa, has become the center of Morgantown's thriving and connected community. This week we talk to three "sisters" who refuse to be silenced.This week's guests:Asra Nomani - A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and the author of “Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam.” Asra was recently the subject of the PBS documentary, "The Mosque in Morgantown" and lead the Pearl Project, a faculty-student investigation into the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Christina B. Morgan - A Morgantown native and the drag host at Vice Versa, West Virginia's oldest gay bar. Ari May Lilli - A twenty year old trans girl who has documented her entire transition through a video blog on YouTube. Our Americana is hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericanaMusic by: Dave Depper, Will Bangs, Alex Fitch, Dr. Turtle, Podington Bear, and David Szesztay

In this exclusive minisode, we return to Gold River and chat with Donna, Mike, Suzanne, and Eugene about the relationships between humans and wild animals. Eugene dives deep into some of his own stories highlighting these relationships and the importance of story-telling.Plus, a three-minute preview of an episode I'm working on now. It's become one of the most notorious disappearances in America. This is a story not of the girl, but of the town.Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.comSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.comFeatured Music: Lee Rosevere - Shimmering; El Perro del Mar - From The Valley To The Stars; spinningmerkaba - The Stars Look Different Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

It's how this whole thing started. When we set off on the open road that May evening, we knew our lives were about to change; we had no idea exactly how. We had no idea exactly how much, how wonderfully; how it would take us to right here, right now. #VanLife is, of course, bigger than just us and our travels. And so, I reached out to some of our fellow roadtrippers to see how life on the road has changed them and their perspective on America. And, just like with any great roadtrip, some music for the ride. This week's Insta-guests:Alex @agirlandhervanJace & Giddi @wheninvanJennifer @treeoftravel Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.comSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.comFeatured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Terry Jackson - A Portion of Foxes; The Impossebulls - Road Warriors; Westy Reflector - The Long Road Ahead; The Bowmans - On The Road; Rho - Shady Ridge Row; Josh Woodward - Follow The Road; Jack Kotz - I'm The Only Road You Know; Ze Trigueiros - Big Road Of Burravoe; Will Bangs - I'm So Glad You Exist; spinningmerkaba - The Stars Look Different Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

A high desert ghost town is revitalized as an unincorporated, off-the-grid artists' community. In this ungoverned, un-policed town of 219, law enforcement consists of a self-appointed, five-person Intervention and Safety Team. This town and its governing by volunteerism will change the way you think about law enforcement, guns, ethics, and their impact on community.This week's guests:Connie Mayhew: Connie owns and operates Madrid's one and only roadside attraction, a donation-based photo park. Mike T: Mike is the self-appointed head of a volunteer security team, in a town with no police.Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.comSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.comFeatured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Charles Atlas - Demus; Nowhere Home - Happy The Playground Chimes; Alex Fitch - Secret Place Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

In 2001, the small town of Gold River was adopted by a baby orca. Over the next five years, Luna the Whale would both unite and spark debate amongst the previously segregated town. And he would put this isolated Vancouver Island community on the map and at the forefront of an even bigger conversation about what happens when conservation and humanity collide. This week's guests: Donna Schneider: Donna was a chef on the Uchuck, a regional cruise ship based in Gold River. Donna was one of the first people to encounter Luna and, against all odds, developed a friendship with the orphaned whale. // Eugene Amos: Eugene is a member of the Mowachaht / Muchalaht First Nation tribe. He moved to Gold River after the passing of his grandmother and almost immediately encountered another tragedy. But through a strange prophecy and the arrival of Luna, his views of the world and his relationships changed.  // Michael Parfit & Suzanne Chisholm: Michael and Suzanne were sent to Gold River, by Smithsonian, to cover the story of Luna. They stayed on through multiple attempts at rescuing and relocating him, and later turned Luna's story into a documentary, The Whale.  // Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com // Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.com // Featured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Lee Rosevere - Watching Whales on the Moon; Cloudjumper - Orca; Sergey Cheremisinov - Forgotten Stars; Aaron Mist - Wait for Me; Aaron Mist - Whales Inside // Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

In the season two premiere, we... encounter some growing pains and quality control issues while using fancy new equipment ...we also head to a rural county in the Berkshires, where the coalescence of agriculture, city weekenders, and a regional currency helped create the farm-to-table movement. /This week's guests: Alice Maggio: Alice is the Local Currency Program Director at the Schumacher Center for New Economics, where she is further developing Berkshire County’s own local currency, BerkShares. www.berkshare.org /Andy Pruhenski & Abby Webster: Abby and Andy are Berkshires natives and own and operate a housewares store in downtown Great Barrington, One Mercantile. www.one-mercantile.myshopify.com /Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Featured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Keshco - Waterback; Podington Bear - Golden Hour;Zachary Wilson - Depths of HeavenMusic available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

This week, we're taking a travel break and talking about the origins of Our Americana, getting a preview of the next few episodes, and heading back to some of our favorite conversations and getting a behind the scenes look at them. Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Featured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Charles Atlas - Photosphere;Alex Fitch - Secret Place; Talvihorros - Twin Peaks Theme; Future Islands - Inch of Dust;Cloud Jumper - Orca Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

What happens when the town you live in, your home, your culture, your community, becomes a trend? And then, what happens when people declare that trend dead? This week we go to the tiny West Texas art mecca, in the middle of nowhere, to find out.It was 2010 when Huffington Post declared that Marfa was the next big tourist destination. And by 2015, they’d said it was over; that Marfa had killed itself, become a victim of itself. When I read that 2015 headline and other scathing OpEds. in various media outlets, I couldn’t help but think of our time there. That it was more than just a trendy destination: It was a town, a community, people’s home, a history that reached far beyond the scope of being labeled cool and then uncool. This week's guests: John Patrick | John is a co-founder of Communitie Marfa. He and his partner create sustainable art and apparel. John is passionate about art, and the integrity of art. // LeAna & Glen Clifton | LeAna & Glen have lived in Marfa since 2007. They moved there from South Africa, by way of Austin, to start their family and a porcelain jewelry business. // Brit Webb | Brit is an 88 year old Marfa staple; he's lived there for over 72 years. He pre-dates Donald Judd. We talked about the history of the town, adaptation to the constant of change, and the best pieces of his life well-lived. Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Featured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; The Fucked Up Beat - Where Is Everybody/Marfa Ghost Lights;Hank Hobson - Trip Across The Country;MUTE - Thru The Dusty Clouds;Josh Woodward - Gravity;Will Bangs - Putting Up With The Bullshit Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

This week we head to a small and sleepy island town, that somehow exists in quiet isolation in the shadow of New York City. In this episode, you'll meet a New York mother who wanted her kids to have the free and easy childhood she had in 1970s Oregon; the man who saved his family home by turning his father's hoarding into a business of selling nostalgia; and a young man who has used his political career to help revitalize the island he grew up on.But just as I was about to finish the episode, something happened. A community came together to help save one of their own, in the most touching way.//This week's guests: Jessica Wolk-Stanley | Jessica is an illustrator and the creative dynamo behind The Friendly Robot Studio, headquartered on City Island in the Bronx. She and hard-working robots specialize in fun and silly illustrations for the children's and teenage market. If you ask very nicely though, she also does character design, caricatures, hand-lettering, comics, logos and even maps. // Dan Treiber | Dan is a City Island native; a clam-digger. He turned his father's hoarding habit into an industry of selling nostalgia, first at the Brooklyn Flea, and then eventually to a storefront on City Island Avenue. He used this business venture, Dan's Parents' House, to buy the house he grew up in. And then to buy the building his store is in: a historic building on the island, which he is now restoring. Dan is at the forefront of the movement to turn City Island into a tourist destination. // John Doyle | John has lived on City Island for twenty five years, since he was five. It was there that John first became involved in civic justice, organizing protests against the surge in Iraq and forums to support living wage jobs for college workers. John has been involved in politics ever since, and is now considered the unofficial mayor of City Island. He's currently running for City Council.  // Rabia Graney | Rabia is a retired nurse and has lived on City Island for close to twenty years. She is an active member of the City Islanders & Friends Facebook group, which led to her taking the lead in the search and coordination of services for Jen. // Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com // Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.com // Featured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Modern Language - The Reprise; Lee Rosevere - Let's Start At The Beginning; Lee Rosevere - Looking Back; Michael Howard - Child Come Home; Alex Fitch - We Call This Home; Aaron Mist - Whales Inside; Alexandre Navarro - Dust v1 Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

Deep in the Santa Cruz mountains is a cluster of towns...I think we all have that place; that place you run away to, to escape from the real world. This was mine.I grew up about an hour and a half from the San Lorenzo Valley. And when I needed to escape and just be with my thoughts, I drove through the woods and up into the mountains to this eight mile stretch of one-lane highway. That, over time and through various visits, I'd come to realize had a rich, rich history and folklore.This is an area where people believe in bigfoot, where they believe that ghosts haunt the woods, where during the 70s and 80s close to a dozen serial killers buried bodies and found victims. It's a place where people believe a spaceship is buried under the mountain that creates electromagnetic abnormalities. And despite all these weird things, it's a loving place with a strong community, where people look out for each other. //This week's guests: Kenn SugiyamaKenn and I have been friends since I was eighteen. He was one of my first gay friends, and we've shared a rather sordid history, including being scammed by the same con artist. When I was twenty, Kenn and I spent a weekend at the Brookdale Lodge, a notorious haunted hotel with a scandalous and mysterious history. In this episode we try to remember through the years and some mind-altering substances what exactly happened that strange, strange night.//Maryanne PorterMaryanne is the founder and lead paranormal investigator of the Santa Cruz Ghost Hunters. She is also the author of Haunted Santa Cruz, which is being released by Arcadia Publishing in mid-September. We chatted about her explorations of the San Lorenzo Valley and why its community is so eccentric and accepting.//Lisa RobinsonLisa and her family have lived in Boulder Creek since 1990. She is the board president for the San Lorenzo Valley Historical Museum. She is also the Volunteer Collections Manager at the San Lorenzo Valley Museum and volunteers at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, and at the Genealogy Room of the Santa Cruz County Library. She is a member of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) Landmark Committee, and is the chair of the Santa Cruz MAH Publications Committee. Her other interests include miniature model building, genealogy, local archaeology and all forms of digital media development. She is a member of the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts (NAME). //Michael RuggMichael is the founder and operator of the Bigfoot Discovery Project & Museum. He is a former digital artist, who worked with Apple and Atari throughout the 80s and 90s. His first bigfoot sighting was as a teen, and he has been collecting information and artifacts ever since. //Meghan CostellaMeghan is a health care coordinator who recently relocated from the San Lorenzo Valley to Washington state. She was also my best friend in high school. I spent much of my high school and early college careers torturing and terrifying her by dragging her around Brookdale and the Brookdale Lodge. This podcast interview was the first time we'd talked in over fifteen years. //Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com // Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.com //Featured Music: Dave Depper - Perspective; Future Islands - Inch of Dust; Podington Bear - Morning Mist; Maps and Diagrams - Last Train Home; Duke Ellington - Washington Wobble; David Szesztay - Romance; Aaron Mist - Whales Inside; All music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

On the peninsula of a peninsula, in the northwest of the Northwest, there is a town whose citizens pride themselves on being masters of trade; and that trade is less commodity and more currency. Some call it Busytown, others refer to it as Lynchian; we called it home for a month, while Andrew renovated Vantasia.Today we head to Port Townsend, and tell stories of tazing deer, a boat race to Alaska, a family who dresses as superheroes, feasting on roadkill, and me slowly losing my mind in a cabin in the woods.Our Americana is hosted by Josh HallmarkSponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.our-americana.com/podcastThis week's guests: Erica Dirksen, Matthew Nienow, and Xep CampbellMusic by: Dave Depper, Will Bangs, Alex Fitch, Podington Bear, and DR

It seemed only right that the first episode of Our Americana's podcast be about Petoskey. It was our favorite stop on the trip, and a place we've come to speak of us our own personal eden: that place you hope to end up. In this episode, I chat with five Millennials who have recently moved (or returned) to Petoskey about what it was like leaving the big city for a small and rural town. We discuss the perks and challenges of small town living, dissect the paradigm shift of young people returning to small towns, and try to figure out what makes Petoskey such a magical place. Plus, lots of Gilmore Girls references. // This week's guests:Zoe Marshall-Rashid, 32Zoe grew up in Petoskey and recently moved back after living in San Francisco, New York, and Mexico. Upon her return, she opened a dance studio in town: www.ZoeDance.net | Kalin Sheick, 28Kalin grew up outside of Detroit, traveling to Petoskey every summer as a child. Last year she and her husband decided to make Petoskey home. Kalin runs a boutique floral design studio from her lavender farm: www.stemsandsprigs.com | Katie Potts, 23Katie just decided to return home after finishing college in Chicago. She opened a cheese shop in downtown last October, where she's been making a name for herself as Petoskey's resident cheese monger: www.PetoskeyCheese.com | Danielle Charles, 32After graduating from Petoskey High School, Danielle lived in Seattle, Boulder, Vermont, and even England, before deciding Petoskey was truly where she belonged. She and her husband now own a very hip coffee shop in downtown Petoskey, where Andrew and I spent many mornings: www.DripworksCoffee.com | Tracy Thomson, 31Tracy had already performed ballet and modern dance all over the world when he decided that small town life was what made him happiest. He returned to his hometown, despite being anxious that he couldn't make a relationship or his career work there. Since his arrival, he's married the man of his dreams and started a successful career in event planning. // More info available at: www.our-americana.com | Support this podcast at: www.patreon.com/ouramericana | Hosted by: Josh Hallmark // Music: Perspective by Dave Depper; I'll Miss You by Will Bangs; Secret Place by Alex Fitch; I'm So Glad You Exist by Will Bangs; Pretty Build by Podington Bear; Sincerely Yours by Podington Bear