
Audio Chimera
A subversive podcast taking refuge in The Sanctuary of Allegory about the fragility of memory
How it began…
I began my podcast at the urging of my friend Mike Foster, who called me one day and said, “I have an urgent message for you. You have to make a podcast.” And I thought, when do I have time for that? And what would it be about? And what would I call it? As often happens, when I ask these questions of myself, I usually answer them. In this way Audio Chimera was born. Listen to the First Episode for the specific details.
My idea behind the podcast was “to present memories from my life; but of course, memories can be fragile, and so we try to record them. But who is to say how accurate those memories are at the time of recording?”
The links I am providing are all on iTunes, but you can listen on Spotify, iHeartRadio, and GooglePlay.
Season 1
- Podcast#1: Introduction: Audio Chimera Podcast #1
- Podcast#2: OCD
- Podcast#3: Memorable Music Performances
- Podcast #4: Bernie’s Bagels
- Podcast #5: The Key Theatre
- Podcast #6: The Drought of 1966
- Podcast #7: Agnes Flood, 1972
- Podcast #8: Chief Cook, Bottle Washer, and Baby Machine
- Podcast #9: My Life in Coffee
- Podcast #10: A Fun Workday–Thom McAn and the Pneumatic Tubes
- Podcast #11: Welcome to Berzerkely
- Podcast #12: Race Riots in York
Season 2
- Podcast#13: Steampunkin’!
- Podcast#14: A Weak Medium
- Podcast#15: Radio Days, or a Tribute to Velvet Elvis
- Podcast#16: TMI
- Podcast#17: Traveling
- Podcast #18: Job Interview Tales
- Podcast #19: Wipe Your Feet (All Ye Who Enter Here)
- Podcast #20: Self-Portraits and Other Fables
- Podcast #21 Shared Culture (Like Yogurt)
- Podcast#22 Word Salad Days
- Podcast #23 Boom! Boom! Down Goes the Grid!
- Podcast $24: Et Cum Spiritu 2.0
Season 3
- Episode #25: Revelations (Without the Antichrist)
- Episode #26: Stop Attacking the Ivory Tower!
- Episode #27: My Opinion Is Important To You
- Episode #28: You Stole My Heart
- Episode #29: Have I Got a Story For You
- Episode #30: It’s About Time
- Episode #31: Encounters With The Famous
- Episode #32: Midnight Movie Madness
- Episode #33: In Memorium
- Episode #34: Speaking of Speaking
- Episode #35: But I Really Want to Direct!
- Episode #36: The Retinal Detachment
Season 4
- Episode #37: Abandonment
- Episode #38: Behind the Scenes in AM Radio
- Episode #39: Belonging
- Episode #40: Forgetting
- Episode #41: Making…Theatre?
- Episode #42: Notes from Quarantine
- Episode #43: What’s in the Fridge?
When I started Audio Chimera, I also began a WordPress blog to provide some background on the episodes. I had thought of importing them here, but since it’s already in existence (and to save myself some time), I will just link to it here.