Wed 27 Jan 2010 – 15.31
Scott is joined by Craig Ward and Lisa Edwards, English graphic designer/typographers in who are now living in New York. Together they eat ice cream, drink tea, complain about customer service, and discuss life as an expat on both sides of the Atlantic.
Sorry, this episode is unedited, and includes no theme music, bookmarks and, you know, editing. I may add that stuff in time, if there is demand for such (hint hint)
Grey New York
Shakespeare Cafe
PG Tips
Ghostbusters Tour
Hook and Ladder 8, TriBeCa
Friends and Seinfeld, filmed on a soundstage in Burbank
Häagen-Dazs
Keith McNally’s show(s), XO and Ham Radio
Campfire Noises
Early episodes of twentyhood
How the UPS website should look
layoffs with UPS, bad experiences at the UPS Store
Chinatown(s) and the death of Little Italy
The Lower East side’s rich history
Studio Culture by Adrian Shaughnessey and Tony Brook
This Ain’t No Disco, website to see design studios
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Wed 30 Sep 2009 – 12.39
Remarks on dating and growing up, in New York City.
Scott and Rashan sit on a bench in Union Square and rap about meeting girls, dating, kissing (girls, not each other), moving in together, trying to get laid, and the inherent awkwardness throughout it all.
The BBC‘s Audio Ecology Project: Save Our Sounds (via CBC Spark #84)
Should I resume the Podcast? A ton of work.
Scott’s [mis]adventure with speed-dating
Don’t pee next to another guy
CP Time
Dating ratios in NYC: Stupid Articles
Whole Foods singles event
The wisdom of Keith and Chemda
Crate & Barrel
Marc Maron
Texts From Last Night
The Walk of Shame
George Carlin – Armpits, Asshole, Crotch, Teeth
Hitch, that movie
Jessica has been on the podcast
The science of a hug
No science to love
Much Ado About Nothing
Make Her Chase You: fucking crap
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Welcome to the Beehive
Pens that record audio
Do you NEED a degree?
Shop Girl
Follow twentyhood on Twitter
Scott on Twitter
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Mon 14 Sep 2009 – 14.11
Yesterday, my friend Rashan and I sat down and recorded nearly an hour-long chat which will quickly turn into an episode of twentyhood. I’m hoping to sit down and edit the show today, and post it shortly thereafter, so stay tuned, stay subscribed, and pay the fuck attention. Get ready for some shenanigans.
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Sat 23 May 2009 – 1.33
I never stated it outright, but I basically stopped doing the podcast. My initial ambition was to do a weekly show. Then bi-weekly. Then monthly. Then 10 episodes per year. And in 2008, I only produced 3 episodes. So far in 2009 I haven’t even attempted the podcast.
The reason I stopped seems rather selfish but it’s also quite practical — too much effort for virtually no feedback. If anyone out there has ever tried to produce a podcast, you know where I’m coming from. And doing the operation by myself requires me to be the producer, host, webmaster, engineer, editor, and PR guy. That’s a lot of work for something that very often gets zero comments and downloads numbering something around 12. It’s hard to stay motivated when everyone has abandoned me.
But I was just randomly listening to selections from previous episodes, and these things are funny as hell. Maybe I should start recording more conversations in my life and posting them randomly. Fuck editing, fuck bookmarks. Just conversations. No topics, no re-dos. What do you we think?
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Wed 21 Jan 2009 – 0.52
A quick search of the site reveals that somehow I’ve never mentioned Alex Kjerulf, the Danish business consultant and author of the Chief Happiness Officer blog. His area of expertise: workplace happiness.
While it happiness may sound like any oxymoron, Alex argues, quite convincingly, that workplace happiness is not only a luxury for certain companies, but essential for every company that hopes to last. Considering the relatively tragic state of the American economy, perhaps injecting some happiness may be the thing to get yourself through.
Recently, Alex posted an episode of AMA Edgewise where he was interviewed about this subject matter. If you don’t have all day to review the old posts on CHO, definitely have a listen to this show. In spite of the sometimes unnatural and vaguely-rehearsed tone of the show, the content is quite inspirational.
Now if I only had a job…
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Episode 038: A Tale of Two Countries
Thu 23 Oct 2008 – 22.49
In this long-overdue episode, Scott chats with London, Ontario-based graphic designer John Leschinski about the design industry on both sides of the border. Unfortunately, it does break into some complaining, but the themes are worth contemplating.
With guest appearances from Firefighter Chick and Dustin “Arcatacat,” there’s plenty of career talk from disgruntled twentysomethings to go around.
Recorded way back in April 2008, so apologies for the long delay. Although somehow the timeliness seems to fit with current events. Maybe I’m just ahead of my time.
Add your comments and join the conversation.
Podcast Awards — don’t forget to vote
Canadians Keith McNally and Beer Chick
Freelancing wastes tons of time
John Leschinski, Canadian graphic designer
McNally’s “sitting-on-the-curb” cast
Read it in HOW, maybe
Non-New York design culture
Pentagram’s New York work (here and here, for instance)
specialist vs. generalist
Firefighter Chick, and the Nova Scotian Firefighting ranks
Closing Fire Stations in New York
The Running Man
when Homer joined the Naval Reserve
the last episode with Kristen Fischer
Barack Obama’s book (The Audacity of Hope)
job retraining
gotta love the New York Sanitation Department
Michelin and Larsen’s
Industrial Psychology aka why clients suck
Arcatacat works in Jefferson County, Colorado
National Parks Service
“The Forums” refers to KeithandtheGirl.com/forums
my blog
business school podcats
a blog post about Law & Order
Under Siege and Under Siege 2
Ken Burns documentary, The War
“gestalt”
Wolff Olins (London 2012 Olympics, The New Museum)
Gordon Ramsay, the master of branding
Richard Williams from WMH
Hovis bread, baked beans packaging
Debbie Millman‘s Hershey Bar
Be A Design Cast
alt-london.org
Cubana Bop, British Jazz band with a terrible website
Craig’s List
Huffington Post
Sarah, the Canadian actress
“eh?”
A Life of Grime: New York
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Vote for twentyhood for the Podcast Awards!
– 12.58
In an unexpected move that I find immensely flattering, twentyhood, the podcast about life as a twentysomething, has been nominated for a Podcast Award in the Culture / Arts category. This is a giant honour, and I appreciate everyone voting for us!
Head to the Podcast Awards site and cast your vote for twentyhood. Obviously, you can vote for other shows in other categories. You are allowed one submission per email address per day. (email confirmation req’d) So as they say in Pakistan, “vote early, vote often.” And tell your friends!
twentyhood is up against such stiff competition as This American Life (which, I have to admit, is a brilliant show), so every vote matters.
And yes, I understand the irony that the show got nominated in spite of not airing a new episode in several months. I am going to make the effort TODAY to edit an existing episode which has been collecting dust since April. Stay tuned!
Again, thanks for the nomination and for your votes. This is very humbling.
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Episode 037.5: The Great College Debate
Sun 13 Jul 2008 – 17.23
Today’s episode is an excerpt from the Keith and The Girl show episode #763, originally recorded Fri. 11 July 2008.
In this episode, regular guests Spooky and Keith McNally debate the merits of a college degree and how necessary it is as a milestone of modern happiness and career fulfillment. Since the same topic is a recurring theme here on twentyhood, I thought it fitting to re-post the appropriate portion of the show through this feed.
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New Blog for Ramen Noodles, Rent, and Resumes
Wed 23 Apr 2008 – 13.51
Hey, remember when I talked with Kristen Fischer about her book, Ramen Noodles, Rent, and Resumes: An after-college guide to life? Well, now the book has a blog, where you can keep track of the latest news and reactions, and get in touch with Kristen and the others working behind the scenes. Check it out!
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Sun 24 Feb 2008 – 11.28
In this episode, Scott talks with Kristen Fischer about life after college. Kristen is a New Jersey-based freelance writer and author of the upcoming book “Ramen Noodles, Rent, and Resumes: An After-College Guide to Life”. Join Scott and Kristen for a chat about classes, debt, freelancing, working, making friends, paying rent, living with parents, and maybe going to grad school.
Drexel University – a career-oriented school
Stockton College – a school in the woods
FreelanceSwitch – website and podcast featuring Kristen
Jobcast I and JCII from Summer 2006
Creatively Self-Employed, Kristen’s first book
Merlin Mann on MacBreak Weekly
The Cost of Living, with Lindsay Campbell
Grad school: beast, blessing or burden? A post on SpeakUp
“The After-College”, similar to the “Quarter-life Crisis”
TPS Reports
Facebook
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month (November)
Garden State, the movie
FreelanceRadio, with Kristen
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