Presenting Episode 24: The Geography of Winter Sports!!

Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry it took us forever and a day (if "forever" was just short of a week) to get this one online, but it's a busy time for us and we imagine all of you, too. Anyway, on this episode, we deferred to our resident expert on Snowboarding, Skiing, and things that involve snow and certain human injury, Bret, for a lively chat about the encroaching late-Fall and Winter seasons, and what those of us who are planning to strap our feet into clamp-boots, attach them to planks, and accelerate down icy slopes should know and expect! 

Don't think this doesn't include you, no matter where you live. Granted, our focus from last week, Florida, isn't exactly a winter sports haven (unless the Lightning or Panthers weren't actually in a contract dispute), but even, say, our Moroccan friends have plenty of ski slopes in the Atlas Mountain range. Californians always have Lake Tahoe, Mammoth, and a handful of other places to perform those moves you practiced on 1080 Snowboarding for the N64 back in the day. The cool thing about Bret's experience is that, despite growing up in Southern California, he's been snowboarding for most of his life. Tyler grew up in New England, but prefers ice skating and hockey over anything involving slopes, mostly due to a bad injury he once sustained, and also because he's kind of a wuss.

Anyway, grab some hot cocoa, pull up a chair next to the fire, and hope you enjoy!

Produced by Tyler S. for TDC Productions
Theme Song: "The Face of the Earth" by The Dismemberment Plan
Other Music Included:
Labyrinth Ear - "Snow White"
Matt Pond PA - "Snow Day"
Frodus - "The Earth Isn't Humming"


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Presenting Episode 23: Florida!

Considering how, particularly in an election year, emotions become heated in light of this "red state/blue state" dichotomy that the media have resorted to ingraining in our collective psyche, it is no surprise that certain states catch an unfair amount of flak.

Take Florida: why do people hate it so much? Well, we don't know, but what we can do is give our 27th State a fair shake on the show. And why not? Not only is Florida the land that gave us plenty of good (Tom Petty, No Idea Records, Space Shuttles, Todd Barry, Oranges and more oranges), but the 2000 election fiasco was 12 whole years ago, and far be it from us to criticize a SOUTHERN STATE (people forget this about Florida) for being politically divided.

Hot Water Music

In fact, we could even venture to say that there are no other states (maybe even nowhere in the world) quite like Florida. You've got swamps, Gators, adorable towns, the world's most ubiquitous theme park and resort, tons of good colleges and the subsequent hipsters, some of the world's tightest sets of Jewish and Cuban populations. Also, raise your hand if YOUR state can boast the musical contributions of both Gloria Estefan and Chuck Ragan. Didn't think so.

Enjoy this episode, best taken in with a tall glass of orange juice (what you add to that OJ is up to you). If you're in the mood, subscribe to it on iTunes here!

Sunset in Mayo, FL

Produced by Tyler S. for TDC Productions
Theme Song: "The Face of the Earth" by The Dismemberment Plan
Other Music Included:
Miami Sound Machine - "Conga"
Little League (Tallahassee) - "Hope Go Round" & "Hot Knife"
Torche (Miami) - "UFO"
Rational Anthem (Sarasota) - "Blackout Magic"
Tom Petty (Gainesville) - "Deliver Me"
Merchandise (Tampa) - "I Locked the Door"
Hot Water Music (Gainesville) - "Moonpies for Misfits"
Radon (Gainesville) - "Wasting Time"


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Presenting Episode 22: St. Petersburg aka Санкт-Петербург

Felled by illness, the mighty Bret had to sit out this week's episode that just happened to be on a place that Tyler had never been to and didn't know a whole lot about. So what did we do? Lay down our sword and have them replay that episode from the time we talked about beer? NO! We forged on, inviting a friend of ours (Emily!) into the studio whose love of St. Petersburg and Mother Russia at large knows no bounds. 

What made this episode so great was that for the first time, we went LIVE to the East Coast (via phone) for an expert on our subject. Ted, an urban developer with a special eye for public transit (a great thing to have a special eye for), joins us on the phone to talk about his time and his program's (University of Maryland) work over in the original St. Pete this summer! (You can read their public final report HERE). He and Emily both really got going talking about this place...sounds like Tyler (and you, dear reader/listener) should consider spending some time there!

Een Soviet Russia, urban design work hard on you!

It's actually the world's northernmost city with a population of 1 Million-plus! Did you know that? Well, if you did, then there's still plenty for you to learn. So dust off your old Soviet knock-off pilots' hat, subscribe to our fine podcast on iTunes, and listen right here! You'll be saying "Спасибо" (Thanks) and pounding the vodka in no time!



Produced by Tyler S. for TDC Productions
Theme Song: "The Face of the Earth" by The Dismemberment Plan
Other Music Included:
Supergrass - "St. Petersburg"
Аква́риум - "Rock’n’Roll Heroes (Young Punks)" (Герои Рок-н-ролла (молодая шпана))
Пилот - "Времена Года"

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