Category Archives: Podcasting

Ep 0021 – My epic tale of woe and redemption – interviewing Cliff Ravenscraft at NMX

Cliff Ravenscraft and Laurie Weaver at the New Media Expo
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I choke down the most humble lessons, in this, my epic tale of woe and ash rising as I pursue my passionate dream — interviewing the King of All Podcasters, Cliff Ravenscraft, at the New Media Expo. Like Dorothy, in her quest for the wizard, along the way I meet Sandra Payne, an empathetic video director who had her own year of adventure, Gina Carr and Terry Brock who stepped up with the knowledge of Klout and kindness, Mike Mataluni, a Kick Ass podcaster, who offered up courage and encouragement, and other kindred souls who lifted me up after the most major f-up a podcaster can face! My fake son, Steve, and the Wonderful Mark, both chime in as they finally hear the terrible tale of what went down and cheer about the final lessons taught by my relentless, clueless pursuit of a dream.

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Five great sites for adventurous music and sound exploration

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Adventure Challenge: Explore one of these resources. Come back and post a favorite song or tell us about your experience. I do love music and wanted to feature some on our Daily Adventure Tales podcasts. But honestly, not only could I not afford the licensing fees for the Beatles, The Who and Pink Floyd, I […]

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What does the camera see? Laurie’s Adventures with POV and Finding Free Music

Laurie adjusts her new point of view camera in the bathroom mirror
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Adventure Challenge: Find some new music at the Free Music Archive and try it out as a soundtrack for walking, cleaning, or just dancing where you are. Have a fun musical mini-adventure and come back to tell the tale. Today I was working on next week’s podcast in which I’m going to use bicycle recordings […]

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