First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren

Thanks go out to Julio Ojeda-Zapata for Podcast People, the most comprehensive article on the Podcast Minnesota community to date.

Rich Tatum listened to each of the First Crack podcasts in linear sequential order. I thought he’d be the perfect interview for First Crack’s 1st Birthday. I was right.

After we do a run down of the best and worst of the First Crack Podcast, we talk about:

• Podcasting’s bandwidth problem (it isn’t what you think)
• The opportunity podcasting and weblogs offer churches to build communities within their congregations

Rich’s favorite First Crack Podcasts of the past year:

1. First Crack 61. Building an Airplane at Home with Jeff Coffey
2. First Crack 60. Shellie Gonzales on Borrowing a Porsche Boxster for the Weekend
3. First Crack 59. Bill Forsberg Throwing Out the First Pitch
4. First Crack 50. The Challenges of Comedy Theater at the Brave New Workshop
5. First Crack 14. RIAARadar.com Creator Ben Tesch
6. First Crack 18. Blogumentarys Chuck Olsen and the Revamps
7. First Crack 19. Coffee and Community at the Blue Moon

Special thanks to Steve Borsch from Connecting the Dots for the copy of Podcasting Hacks. I’m sure it will help the continuous improvement of the podcast. Here’s to another year.

Listen to First Crack Turns One Through Rich Tatum’s Ears [38 min]

Today, Erik from thedahlpod podcast, felt like a coworker was purposely ignoring him. When Erik called him on it, the response was:

“Oh, sorry, I listened to your podcast on the commute in this morning….I felt like I already talked to you this morning.”

Just in time for a mid-production fund drive, St. Paul, MN-based independent filmmaker, Melody Gilbert and I talk about her latest documentary, Urban Explorers into the Darkness and the independent, DIY, MacGyver, hack-your-environment, attitude shared by Urban Explorers, podcasters, and other high-tech geeks.

Check out excerpts of film and support Minnesota independent filmmaking by attending the sneak preview of Urban Explorers into the Darkness on October 15, 2005 - $12 / ticket (or $35 for VIP).

Listen to Urban Exploring with Filmmaker Melody Gilbert [26 min]

Timoth Tulloch, CEO and Roastmaster at Minnesota-based European Roasterie (EuroRoast.com), and I talk coffee technology, from brewing to packaging, and why he’s aggressively moving into the single-serve coffee pod program (declaring the Black & Decker Home Cafe the best pod brewer). We wrap up with the culture of specialty coffee and how independent coffee shops can win against Starbucks.

I’ve been really enjoying their Mulawi and the new theme song is by Jeremy Piller.

Listen to Coffee Technology with Timothy Tulloch of EuroRoast.com [27 min]