December 30th, 2004 by 
Garrick Van Buren
The best places for coffee, beer, and chocolate in Brussels, Belgium from Lewis Dijkstra.
Things discussed:
Listen to Belgian Coffee, Beer and Chocolate with Lewis Dijkstra [28 min]
Intro: Tod Maffin & Sean from I Love Radio.
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December 22nd, 2004 by Garrick Van Buren
With First Crack #16 out in the world and 20 subscriptions in my iPodderX client, a couple of podcasting principles/core values are developing from where I stand.
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December 21st, 2004 by Garrick Van Buren
Greg Beale, a Dunn Bros. Coffee roastmaster, and I roast 8 pounds of Colombian beans, discuss holiday brewing tips, and the local flavors of the Dunn Bros shops.
Intro: PodCat from PodCat’s Daily Best of Podcasting.
Listen to Interview with a Roastmaster: Greg Beale [38 min]
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December 14th, 2004 by Garrick Van Buren
Gene Oberpriller, who runs the 1-on-1 Bike Studio, gives us the skinny on his shop/gallery/cafe, the 15 year-old bicycle junkyard in the basement, and the history of Minneapolis’ bombastic bicycle culture.
Links Mentioned:
Intro: Bill Boulger from IndieTickets.com
Listen to Minneapolis Bicycle Culture [28 min]
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December 13th, 2004 by Garrick Van Buren
A conversation with Ben Tesch, the creator of RIAARadar - a website that suggests non-RIAA artists and MixMatcher.com - a media-player-independent song playlist sharing site.
Links Mentioned:
Intro: PodCat from PodCat’s Daily Best of Podcasting
Listen to RIAARadar.com Creator Ben Tesch [45 min]
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Featured in PodCat’s Best of Podcasting Dec 9 - 13
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December 11th, 2004 by Garrick Van Buren
Had some technical difficulties publishing this episode - all should be better now.
My tea kettle attacks me. Then, I go off on the news of the Uptown Borders going union - until I get that first cup of the morning. Then, peace and harmony.
Links mentioned:
Intro: Bill Boulger from IndieTickets.com.
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Listen to Twin Cities Borders Unionized, Garrick Goes Off [17 min]
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December 4th, 2004 by Garrick Van Buren
Special Guest: The Winter Blanket. We talk about the last 4 miles of the Hiawatha LRT opening today - from downtown to the airport to the Mall of America, winter striking Minnesota this week, and the band’s upcoming Polar Bear tour. We close with a live premiere of their new song - Neil Young Blues.
Links mentioned:
Intro: PodCat from Daily Best of Podcasting
Listen to Winter Blanket at Marysburg Books [34 min]
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