January 30th, 2005 by 
Garrick Van Buren
Mark Leppke rebuilt his ‘82 VW Scirocco. This is what he learned about Germans from that experience.
Listen to Mark’s VW Scirocco [26 min]
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January 28th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
The fourth installment of my conversation with Minneapolis urban planners Sam Newberg and David Motzenbecker. In this episode, they discuss what makes a good city (Portland, Denver, Celebration, and Seaside) and how to make more of them, affordable housing, corruption in cities, and how to get stuff done.
Listen to Good Cities [25 min]
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January 28th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Photo-blogger and good friend Jen Bohmbach and I grab a cup of coffee at Dunn Bros’ Freighthouse. We talk about the weblogs, transparency, the media landscape, and an age where we are all paparazzi and stars. She offers her thoughts on
Listen to the Weblogs and the Media with Jen Bohmbach [33 min]
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January 27th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
This is the second of many shorter excerpts from my extremely lengthy conversation with Minneapolis urban planners Sam Newberg and David Motzenbecker.
In this installment we discuss what you don’t find in new American developments.
Listen to the Value of 1-Legged Barflys and Toothless Boxers [3 min]
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January 27th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
This is the second of many shorter excerpts from my extremely lengthy conversation with Minneapolis urban planners Sam Newberg and David Motzenbecker.
In this installment we discuss what makes a good Minneapolis bar - no, windows aren’t on the list.
Listen to A Good Minneapolis Bar [3 min]
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January 27th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
This is the first of many shorter excerpts from my extremely lengthy conversation with Minneapolis urban planners Sam Newberg and David Motzenbecker. In this installment we profess our love for Minnesota Public Radio’s new station 89.3 The Current
Listen to MPR’s New Current [5 min]
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January 20th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Creating Podcasts:
Here’s the setup I’m currently using to record the First Crack Podcast:
Radio Shack lapel microphone>>M-Audio MobilePre USB Mobile Preamp>>Apple Powerbook>>GarageBand>>iTunes.
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January 18th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
I’d like to extend a warm welcome to everyone that read about the First Crack Podcast (”highly caffeinated public radio”) in the recent Pioneer Press article.
Here are some quick links to the shows mentioned in the article:
Local Coffee Houses
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January 16th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
A conversation with Sandy Smallens, bass and vocals from Too Much Joy, and dot com music executive. His new band - Surface Wound just released a self-titled EP. We talk about the realities of balancing the need to play music while having a day job and family, Creative Commons, and the history of discovering new music.
We discuss and play “Why We Try” and “Slow Bus Home” off the EP, if you like the music, head over to sayhername.com and pick up the album, it’s $6. If you like Too Much Joy, become a patron of the arts.
Links mentioned:
Listen to Why We Try with Sandy Smallens from Surface Wound [38 min]
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January 13th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Sam Buchanan from the Afongen.com weblog and I checkout the newest Dunn Bros on east Lake (just blocks away from the Blue Moon), and discuss his history from barista, to roaster, to Java programmer.
Other things to listen for:
Listen to the One True Barista, Sam Buchanan [28 min]
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