Tag Archives: podcast

Who am I Here?

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Reverend

If you didn’t know any better you might think this post was shaping about to be a deep rumination about the nature of this blog, as Martin Weller did so well the other day. But, alas, no need for that … Continue reading →

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Karate Kid and California Dreaming

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Reverend

For our 9th episode of the amazing Family Pictures Podcast we waxed on about the 1984 hit Karate Kid. Did you know Karate Kid was directed by Rocky‘s John Avildsen? Makes sense when you think about it given Karate Kid … Continue reading →

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First Born as Authentic Look into the World of 1980s Suburbia

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Reverend

As I finally catch-up on blogging, it’s time to turn to the Family Pictures Podcast which is now available on Apple’s Podcasts and Spotify as we get into the double-digits of episodes. “We’re mass communicatin’!” I’m three episodes behind* so … Continue reading →

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Romanticizing WordPress and the Future Past of Possibility

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Reverend

A few months ago I had the opportunity to chat with Jesse Friedman (WP.cloud) and Ronnie Burt (Automattic) about hosting WordPress on the Impressive Hosting podcast. The conversation quickly turned into a romantic reflection on the long history of our … Continue reading →

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Listen to Our Fargin’ Podcast You Lousy Cork-suckers!

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Reverend

This week it was Johnny Dangerously (1984). I’ve not seen it in roughly 40 years and I forgot how insane its humor could get. It’s a total gag film; I kept on remarking just how much it reminded me of … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Story about the Atari 2600

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Reverend

MBS and I continue to make the doughnuts on the Family Pictures Podcast, episode 5 discussing the 1983 classic A Christmas Story is in the can. I’m really proud we’ve been able to keep the momentum up these last couple … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Family Pictures Podcast

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Reverend

A few months back Michael Branson Smith (MBS) ran the idea of doing a regular podcast about films dedicated to the idea of the “family picture.” At first I was thinking family-friendly films are “not my bag, baby.” But I … Continue reading →

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In Search of the Magic Dust with Maren Deepwell

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Reverend

Last week I was invited by the great Maren Deepwell to chat about my experiences with remote working at Reclaim over the last decade, and it was a total blast. As it happens both Maren and I went remote around … Continue reading →

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Metaphor’s in the Water, You Go in the Water

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Reverend

Sorry for the oblique Jaws reference in the title, but I really couldn’t resist given I’m talking about Martin Weller‘s podcast about Metaphors in Edtech—captain Quint himself 🙂 In fact, one of the many joys of OER23 was not only … Continue reading →

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What Happened? The EdTech Pandemic Podcast

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Reverend

I want to get this out of my head and on to the blog because I had this idea while in conversation with Reclaim’s Pilot Irwin and Occidental College’s Jacob Alden Sargent yesterday, and after sitting on it for more … Continue reading →

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