Episode 90: Nov 12, 2007

We talk with special guest Frank Edward Nora from The Overnightscape podcast (www.theovernightscape.com)! In this episode: the end of analog broadcast TV on February 17, 2009, 2008 U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul, the Republican Party's obsession with terrorism, $100 per barrel of oil, 24 minute podcast episodes, old 74 minute CD-R discs, transferring old VHS video tapes to DVDs, the ridiculous Beanie Babies fad in the late 1990s, storing photos, history in the future, albums being released on USB flash drives in England, iTunes digital release cards at Starbucks, the loudness war and horrible audio CD mastering, a get-rich-quick scheme for record companies, the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down, Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) computer software, the video game Red Earth (known as Warzard in Japan) by Capcom, reading bad novels in high school (The Good Earth, The Chocolate War, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, etc.), David Copperfield's current FBI investigation, Frank's review of Bee Movie (2007) starring Jerry Seinfeld, the Writers Guild of America strike, Late Show with David Letterman, TV interviews via satellite, Heroes season 2, the online video revolution, podcasting and online audio, Frank's attempt at a premium podcast (Anything But Monday), and Frank's upcoming secret project. 64 minutes - paunchstevenson.com