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Season 20 Ep 19: San Francisco Part 2, The Meetup

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:25:08 -0500

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We're back for part two of San Francisco
The pre pre-school baby is in a kissing phase
She kissed a diseased baby
Then she kissed me and now I am infected
Other than daddy just do
I can blame it on her cuz I got the documentation
Her encrusted nostril in photos
I could track back the vector of my illness
Yes, you are the carriers
Listen to Croncast, "They argue with one another in their basement"
We rank with NPR shows in the post
How are we different than any other shows?
Funnier
Let the woman talk
No love for this man
I didn't get a party when I was there
Heading to the meetup at House of Shields
What if no one shows up?
People were bound to show up
Four people showed up
I am so glad that I disappointed you in a positive way
David, Sam, Russ and Katherine

The Meetup: Left to Right: Russ, Sam, Katherine (in back), David, Betsy (in blue), Jeanie

David has been listening for a long time
A very long time
He was in college, birthday, marriage to attorney
Look back at things that have happened while we have been doing the show
Schlomo gave us the space
It was dark, with a kicked over chair
That is HoS
Russ got a pre-smoking ban chair with an ashtray built into it
This is where we made the mistake
We started drinking right away, heavily
Jeanie kept up with me drink for drink
Mind you she is one third my size
We left the meetup to go dancing
More drinks
Then Jeanie starts dancing with a bearded Marylin Monroe
Having a great time and we stiffed them on the cab
Just drunk bitches we were
We gotta get to sleep
We have things to do the next day
We surface at 10 am
Jeanie didn't get out of bed till 3
I see a pattern with your Jeanie vacations
Remember Chef Jeff?
Back in my skinny days
Now I'm chubby
There's a food shortage I'm good for 8 weeks
At 8pm Mrs. and Mrs Smith are going to hop on a romantic cruise
They should have named it, "The Good Ship Jagermeister"
A little romantic music for you
If I tried to do that with my friends Evan or Mike
So the next day we rent a car
And we end up dumped in a pile of homeless people
They're like day of the dead zombies
Here comes the scariest wican beast i have ever seen in my life
This weather beaten hag pops up in the window
Shit happens, some people aren't what you expect
Are we on the road to Guerneville?
You can't do that with a kind vegan sister
A big coin receptacle
"I'm saving up to clone my cat, donations welcome"

Tags: San Francisco Guerneville Betsy Smith Jeanie Bowen meetup

smug-o-meter - via twitter

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:07:34 -0600

chicago public radio's jerome mcdonald breaks the meter every time he speaks. gretchen helfritch, not so much.

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Evan Brown at SiliconPrairie

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:45:54 -0500

Silicon Prairie gets rockin' as Evan starts talking IP law.

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Small biz guide to doing business with a Viacom company

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:44:42 -0500

I've been sitting on this for a while, nearly 8 months.

My most recent activity with a Viacom company and previous from 2 1/2 years ago were nearly identical, not good. I've talked with many people who've worked with Viacom companies about my experiences. Turns out, not that different than their's.

Ready for the answer . . . culture, culture, culture.

If you really want to do business with this leviathan here are some tips:

1) Notify your attorney that you are going to engage in talks with them
2) Before doing any work, proposals or exploratory meetings get an NDA in place (this will probably stop the machine cold - culture - suing them is out of question unless you won power ball, but nonetheless is good to have in place). If they want you and not your ideas they will move forward
3) If you make it this far start the contract process and be prepared to negotiate like the life of your company depended on it, they will.
4) Do not appear weak or unprepared, they will eat you alive.

Be glad you survived and invest that money in other business opportunities that take less effort and use that Viacom company's name to get you through the next door.

To my peeps inside the machine you know that I mean no disrespect.

Tags: TV videos podcasting rss marketing

Podcasting gets a plug from Eric Zorn

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:26:06 -0500

Eric Zorn has a good, succinct write up about podcasting in today's Trib, Pull up a chair, the plug in some podcasts. Well, at least the online version. As I sit in my room here in Boulder the only thing available to me is a paper printed on recycled hemp with biodegradable ink that is already fading. I kid the Boulder.

Anyway, in the blog version Eric did something else cool, he posted other podcasts that were recommended from people on his mailing list. We didn't make Eric's list but we did make Rick's. Thanks for the nod holmes.

With us in Rick's list and many of the others was the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me podcast. It is only correct that we showed up in front of this Chicago Public Radio staple in Rick's list. Why? As I will remind the the rest of planet earth with a connection to the tubes we are Peter Sagal's favorite podcasters. Heheheh. I have the photo to prove it. He wrote it on his own program from May 2005, no less.

If you happen to listen to the show from 2005 where we review the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me live show, just keep in mind it is from the olden days of podcasting back when tumbleweeds and buffaloes ruled the plains.

Since then we've put over 375 more shows under our belts and gotten much better at this thing. Tighter, as they say in the biz.

Tags: Eric Zorn Chicago Tribune Wait Wait Don't Tell Me podcast my favorite podcaster planet earth

How to save your unconference

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:53:08 -0500

As far an unconferences go WordCamp 2007 hasn't been that different from many of the others that I have attended; hit and miss, but mostly miss. David Spark sums up the experience pretty well.

Here's my two cents as an attendee at many events like this:

1) Unprepared speakers
2) Awesome hallway conversations

The only way to have an unconference that gets people excited about coming back again, i.e. PodCamp New York, or speaking about the event is to manage number 1 above. Bring that hallway enthusiasm to the stage.

Unconference organizers should be in contact with their speakers dialogging about how to make their event useful to attendees, memorable, something that makes an impact in their daily lives. Nobody wants to sit and listen to what are essentially product diatribes or be spoken to like they are children.

How to save your unconference:

1) Plan, plan and plan some more. Plan everything and have a plan for it your plan doesn't work (because it is an unconference doesn't mean that attendee expectations are lower when they walk through the door than they would be for the $1000 conference that you bemoan)

2) Tell your speakers to get prepared (this is a golden opportunity to share experiences that can help people not make the same mistakes)

3) Create attendee tracks (create unconference value by allowing a channel for filtered conversations a.k.a. hallway conversations)

This post might not come off like it, but I am a big fan of unconferences. However, I am beginning to think that the best conferences might be a mix of the traditional and the new step-child. Maybe that is what I'll experience at Gnomedex next month. We'll see.

Tags: WordCamp 2007 unconference halwaay conversations Swedish American Hall

Betsy and her husband Kris Apr 30, 2007

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:21:19 -0500

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Betsy and her husband Kris April 30, 2007

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What are my moobs and dairy snakes worth? Let us know above in the banner with your support
A little guilt borrowed from NPR
What is one year of Croncast worth to you?
That is one 32nd of a server payment
Wrapping Kris in postal tape to make cleavage
And Betsy will sell access online
What to do with the show
Have all the girls . . . women that Kris dated
Especially when they bring their 30 year old kids
Gotta keep Kristine in tube tops
Made from truck tire tubes
Sapp Bros. on the corner of Plank Road and I-80
With my hot coffee came a hot flash of snatch from Mr. B's past
Something nasty probably happened to your coffee
Which one was this? What! Which truck stop ho was this?!?!?
We ate the truck stop all the time . . . either there or hardies
Who was she?
She's the one who grew up and worked at a truck stop
So what do you bring with you from your youth?
The chicken chute checker
Besides your emotional baggage
These are Kris's jeans from 20 years ago
We had bunk beds
No I didn't have the Outerspace mattresses
We had cheap bunk beds
The kinds you could take apart
Cutting the legs with a chainsaw to make them level
This way . . . two equal beds
Happy belated birthday brother, though you don't listen
Karma was kicking Kris's ass this last week
Even today it has been harsh
It must have been the poking of Unitarians
Well, Mr. B . . . I washed and dried your video iPod
Yep
It looked normal for a second then it started to crackle and the screen turned white
I wasn't going to tell you
Hey, kick me while I'm down . . . one in a long line of things
Life altering events all week long
Well now Mr. B you can run down to Wal-Mart and get a foPod
I'm sorry that karma is kicking your ass . . . but my week has been awesome
Let me check my watch for the karma shift
(What ensues are short show notes for a great Betsy story. Watch the beverage drinking in public . . . I kid you not.)
Betsy turns her mom out . . . garage sale style
Little deaf dog in a bike trailer for grammy
Cruising the McMansion subdivisions an Saturday
It's a Schwinn not a Burly
Another Dutailier Glider
Somebody's baby is stealing all those shoes . . . oh Gigi

Send your support: $50 bucks gets you an autographed Goodwill mug. More amounts to come.

This money, btw, is going to server costs to keep the show up and running.

We are going to do a live show here in Naperville . . . hopefully in July. We'd like to get about 40 people to come out so we can have the joint for about 2 hours. That means you need to get your friends to come out too. Let us know if you can swing it.

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Tags: Dutailier Glider Sapp Bros I-80 karma kicking my ass McMansion subdivisions support the show

Some awesomeness of Ira Glass

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:10:51 -0500

Chas Bowie has posted a great interview with the accomplished Ira Glass of This American Life, currently the most popular podcast on iTunes. This isn't the typical interview as a biography, but more a sharing of what it takes to create compelling and meaningful works . . . concepts to build your own creative story telling with.

Thanks go out to Erik for pointing me to these.

Tags: Ira Glass Ira Glass video Chas Bowie vlogging tips NPR Ira Glass telling a story

Las Llaves Negro en Chicago

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:41:58 -0600

Dragging Betsy to see The Black Keys last night was pretty satisfying. Not in the sense that it was going to be torture for her or that the Black Keys are on my short list for bands to see live, but for the simple reason that she loves me.

After she got out of her seat without a word and came back with a t-shirt I knew that I really had her. You would think that 14 years of hanging out together and 10 years of marriage would have opened my eyes to this fact.

The show was great and I would recommend that any Black Keys fan check them out on this tour. If you don't have the time NPR is offering a download of their D.C. show at 1 hour and 9 minutes, but it doesn't do justice to watching Patrick beat the shit out of the drums.

Tags: The Black Keys The Black Keys Chicago Black Keys NPR Black Keys

Betsy and her husband Kris Nov 13, 2006

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:07:29 -0600

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Betsy and her husband Kris November 13, 2006

Sending email and comments by sharing
It's your birthday Kris . . . how about some home repairs
My osteoporosis kicks in and dust flies from my lungs
Listening to eat Bears is like listening to a one man band
He's not hot he's geriatric
Digging through saggy skin to find
Betsy, are you one to be talking about that
Fake beer night on the Croncast
Betsy is drinking Clausthauer and I have the Beck's N/A
You were late for your own party Kris!
What about your gifts? Shampoo is a winner
What is going to happen when Betsy reaches 31 in two months?
The wonderful thing is that you'll always be older Mr. B
Betsy is a vicious ageist Cycling through topics
A rehash of the making it to 300 and doing shows everyday
Filling our lives with craziness again for donations
Not like the NPR $1 million bounty for Morning Edition
Even the Germans are in on this one
Concerns about the donations
Slowsky at the dealership
She sits like the Sears tower in Nebraska
Betsy admits to being a conservative . . . in some cases
She may be a moderate now
Voting your conscience and not your tax dollars
The bathroom is falling apart today, see above photo
So happy birthday Mr. B now fix the house
The plan: we will be taking off the month of March 2007

Tags: Kris Smith birthday Clausthauer Beck's NA Slowsky Weight Watchers

The Man and Woman Behind the Curtain

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:22:33 -0500

Lisa Gaumond posted a very flattering and interesting take on podcast and radio listenership today. Sure I paid attention because Croncast seemed to be the impetus for the post but I think she wonderfully describes our ability to create fantastic worlds for ourselves in our minds. So there's that, and in her world I have hair.

It got me to thinking about other shows that I listen to and what changed for me when I didn't have my mental picture of the host anymore but a real visage to reconnoiter.

Tags: Lisa Gaumond theater of the mind NPR Tony Kahn Morning Stories

Croncast on Morning Stories

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:54:36 -0600

Betsy and I were on Morning Stories today.

A great pdocast which most of you already know but for those of you who aren't familiar with Morning Stories it is a podcast produced by Tony Kahn from WGBH in Boston.

Thank you, Tony and Gary, for making us a part of Morning Stories.

Croncast listeners should also know that without some encouraging words very early on in podcasting from Tony, we might not have continued on this path.

So when you hear Tony hosting the World on NPR or any other radio show, think of him as I do, a podcaster first and the warm voice of meaningful stories.
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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 141

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:54:51 -0500

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Show Notes

The mime
Calling each other 47 times a day
Kris' birthday party events balloon volleyball and jello through a straw races
The Geriatric games
More chest hair than head hair
The digital camera fiasco
Telling a nerd they did good could be the most dangerous thing a person can do
We're not buying today
Prints only from the camera store
He's making prints from a Nikon D50 8 mpx
Kris' rats nest hair
Why didn't somone tell me I need to brush my hair
My hair looks like a pelt
I can't do the bald guy with a goatee anymore
Detriment in Chicago during winter
Balding over-weight men with goatess are the dominant species in this planet
Kris' goatee is like a shrub hiding a rotting porch
There is a podcast voice
Betsy is going to put her dipthong to work at the telephone porn line
Well, okay der bear
It is pledge and donation time again
Cyclical with NPR
Server money is needed
Betsy says $4 per month doesn't make sense, $5 a month or $9.95 is better
The kids aren't yours
The one year anniversary of Croncast is coming
Doing the show 3 times a week is difficult
Kris has other projects to work on podcasting and not
Croncast will be moving to one day a week starting November 14
Send your audio or email of your Croncast memories
Harriet Mier, "liberals will rue the day that she didn't get the job"
New segment, "Goodwill Tonight" Betsy does sound effects
Visual a steam sterilizer and a triple stroller
I'm taking it to Goodwill to teach you a lesson
Screaming serpent roller coaster and rippin rocket
Betsy takes on an 11 year old girl at Goodwill
Someone took her on, she was the home team
First born kids are sibling slappers
Kris apologizes to his brother who is ripped
The hariest, largest woman in Goodwill
Time to scurry away with the baby
Dart them and take their stuff?
Betsy decides to stalk the family
Applies social work principles to get what she wants
Situation assessment for procurement
Lowlights of the old days
Why people don't want to remember the worst times
People work through it and move on and react out of fear
If you look behind you feel like it can happen again
A lack of empathy
Falling back on family if it is an option
Social service programs
How did Betsy make this political
A bit too harsh

Tags: betsy kris croncast hair work

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Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:43:11 -0500

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Old time radio for hurricane watch 2005
My mother bears down on Texas
Hurricane Betsy drink at Red Lobster
Redemption for Bush administration
Supporting voters after the storm
NPR has slipped and become simply depressing as they have begun to tell personal stories non-stop
It all started with Air America
We don't have supreme court
More of Betsy's us vs. you
Betsy is smarter than Fox News
One lesbian with a two string guitar
Jesus theater
Don't say FEMA uses your technology
Kate Moss posters on eBay
The explanation for our living situation
Podfeed.net listener comment - Ouch!
Sup with glib, though, you wanna go?!
Leave your feedback for us at Podfeed.net

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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 05:41:35 -0500

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Geoffrey sends a special message with his support donation, "More sex, less dead dogs pls."

I'm with you Geoffrey, next time Betsy wants a story that I am reluctant to tell, I will switch it up with something slightly less horrifying like sex and us.

Show notes:

Betsy cuts into intro right from start asking if I need a man doll from the quarter bin at Goodwill
Kris's T-shirt extravaganza
"I was listening to NPR on my way to work . . . "
Betsy cuts me off as I mock the pledge drive commercial
Elliot feels bad for George Bush
The man won't be an Alex P. Keaton
Born with it
Happy childhood moments
White trash and macaroni, Betsy's genes kick in
(We recorded late last night and we start to slow)
Betys is officially the secretary of the home owner's association and now she volunteered me to build a website
My finger is still numb
Battle of the Network Reality Stars
What happened to VH1?
Kris buys Betsy for 1 year of podcasting with vasectomy offering
Betsy wants to podcast it
Pledge drive, support the show

Thanks to everyone who has already donated!

Tags: betsy kris croncast support drive

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Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:05:45 -0500

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Check out the new Flash Player with a Croncast playlist.

Happy Anniversary Mr B
(Awww . . . baby I love you too!)
Kris admits his crush for Benson Dubois
Kris's favorite movie as a youngster was
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The guilty pleasure of Rock Star INXS
Jessica sucks
Kris has never called a 900 number- isnt that weird
Local boy drowns in liquor store
Kris can only shop at Walgreens
a Weight Watchers recipe
Kris has Waldorf salad flashbacks
Being raised on Miracle Whip
Adds to the sickly Smith palor
Faces of Death- something to watch on Daddy's weekend
but the worst is the Faces of Death puppy edition
Where is the monkey in the table restaraunt
It could be worse you could live here
My plans for when the real estate bubble bursts
Kris still wants to work at NPR
I dont want to eat Ramen the rest of my life
Why do men pee in the shower
Magic elves that keep Kris's environment clean
Men really are unable to process women's voices
Its true- I saw it on the news
Elliot wants to be an actor
or a magician
I want him to have his own cubicle
Kris feels I have swathed him in bubble wrap
Kris likes bad girls

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 90

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 05:28:13 -0500

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Here we go everybody, Betsy and I talk about our super white trash mecca weekend that began with a skiing squirrel in an above ground pool, the Wisconsin Dells the Tiajuana of the Midwest.

Betsy talks about her bathed in gasoline seagulls from Mexico while the baby pukes on her hand, how I will be in charge of the man and how his memories of this trip will probably be great and Betsy's will be, "Thank god I didn't have to go to the waterpark." and a short bit about how Betsy and her mom used to just call me at work and tell me they were leaving for vacation.

Listener Russ sent us this about naming pharmaceuticals;

"Vi---meaning hard ( as is Vitamins,minerals,rocks,,HARD )
Agra--meaning root ( agriculture etc...)
so ViAgra = Hard ROOT"

and Ben sent this version;

"Viagra is taken from the word "Viagraha," which means Tiger in Sanskrit."

Good thing this isn't CBS because I am not going to check these facts. Betsy and I fit Viagra, Wal-Mart and Nascar into the same 5 minutes, proof positive we've been living in the midwest forever, we get into Wal-Mart being evil and their funding of NPR shows, the darkside equivilant of this; Darth giving a free shirt to Yoda with his likeness and Yoda sporting it day and night.

Our long distance Casey Kasem shout out to Melanie from Nova Scotia, all songs being euphemisms for sex, Wang Chung? and Billy Ocean and his commercial for his song.

Tom sent in a notice that my new car was one of the top 10 "Nerdmobiles" by CNET look for the Scion xB, we talk about Betsy's love fluff and we wrap with a final story of my youth and the small town.

Tags: betsy croncast hard viagra sent

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Fri, 13 May 2005 22:48:33 -0500

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It's here! Friday's show is the late nighter that we promised.

Thansk again to everyone who has sent messages of concern for us and our family. But everything is cool. No illnesses, troubles or double chins with mold; we are on track.

We have ben very busy with good stuff that we will talk about next week. This good stuff has nothing to do with podcasting or eBay.

Betsy took me to see the first live recording of NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! in Chicago as a gift for being sick all day on Thursday. A couple things happened at the show that were really cool besides being at the first one they will record for their new format.

One was that Betsy and I were interviewed about the show by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Of course I had to drop that we were podcasters. So maybe in Saturdays paper the reporter will mention it. Maybe we'll get cut but it was cool nonetheless, as I run out the door to go buy the paper this morning and check.

The second was that the host of the show, Peter Sagal, was meeting people in the lobby and signing autographs. I got this special little write up on mine. We are Peter Sagal's favorite podcasters. Proof below.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 45

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:04:48 -0600

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First we must give the shout out to Joerg from Germany for being the first to support Croncast during this pledge week. Thanks Joerg!

We start off today's show with a look back at one of the funniest pop art things ever sold on eBay like a year or two ago, the post menapausal raging hormone barbie. Then Betsy makes sure that she gets into last nights play group and how suburban life has manifested itself into one big spending spree on intangibles.

Back in the glory days Kris was a BMX'n boy. The rest of the show goes like this, a baby shower for Kris at work (I guess it is Kris with a 'K') which is a party for having successful unprotected sex, mankind's greatest achievement is birth control, the epideral breakdown from the man's birth, marketign of health care, Betsy is a sale junkie, the pledge drive and Betsy's random collection of talking teletubbies.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 34

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:52:24 -0600

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My special guest on this show is . . . the ailing Betsy. We talk a little today about one night stands, can you call a intimate love a "lady friend"?, what about "man friend"?

What a world. Kris actually talks about politics on the show today. Betsy and I talked about our liberal tendencies and Kris actually has something good to say about a Republican president.

So with politics aside, or right out in the open, we talk more about pet modification, Kris not remembering what he posted on the blog yesterday, NPR stories, Darfur, Rush and his Oxycontin, dumpster diving for food, the need for plastic surgery, the best description of breasts after they have been used for feeding by Betsy, Kris losing 85 lbs and Betsy lost 135 lbs, podcasting everyday is like cocaine and the shout outs to Dave Miller from The Miller Report, Rinne and James at The Invincibles.org (you have to check out the newest video), and we end with Kris's jacked up teeth . . . again.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 6

Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:28:46 -0600

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 6 is all killer with no filler. . . maybe all filler but it is a hoot! I just typed hoot. The first bit of the show is Kris messing up and Betsy messing with him. This part was going to be removed but we deemed it pretty funny after listening to it and left it in.

Music in todays show is provided by permission from Jolie Holland, a wonderful musician with cogent lyrics and a voice signed off on by the choir.

Today's Show

Messed up intro
You're not Walter Cronkite
Dirty fucking IT geek
Betsy won't vacuum
Kris is really grumpy and apologizes
Intro for real
Welcome Betsy
Gretchen Helfrich
NPR baby names
Melba we'll change your name
Stimulating conversation
Greg Walker.org vs. Greg Walker.com
Betsy Google's Kris and he ain't where he should be
Can't be a miser without dough
Little 4 year old's and personal space
Short bit on Ray
Betsy yawns for the 35 time
De-iced car doors with rubber mallet
Betsy wants a Jaguar
Jolie Holland
The Kinsey NPR interview with Bill Condon - wrong, wrong, wrong!
Minka
Nov 12, 2004 dinner - grilled cheese and root beer floats
The inferno cake for three decades
Schmappy Birfday Miff
Send those baby names
Betsy walks three feet
Wrap up

Jolie Holland - Old Fashioned Morphine

Tags: betsy kris holland jolie croncast

Croncast - Kristopher Smith - 11/08/2004

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:42:30 -0600

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The idea for my show is the same as a million others but I am going to force myself to have a daily show that is available by 3 p.m. CST for the commute home. I'll be doing interviews and discussions, topics will vary and hopefully next week some comedy skits.

For Friday November 12, 2004 I am doing a special show that will focus on favorite Chris/Kris moments. What? Everybody know at least one Chris/Kris, male or female. Send me a link to or an email attachement of your favorite or memorable Chris/Kris moment and I will stick it into my show on Friday. The original idea for this show was to have my family and friends tell me how good this Kris is, but I thought it would be more fun to talk about every Chris/Kris that people know and not necessarily myself.

These can be good or bad Chris/Kris experiences but not phony ones or name replacements of some other funny story that doesn't have a Chris/Kris in them. If you send in one that I use I will whore myself out and plug your site, podcast. . . anything that you want. Send responses to k@kristophersmith.com. If I don't receive anything then you will just have to listen to all the glory and idiot things that this Chris/Kris has done.

Today's Show

Dawn and Drew
Adam Curry
Dave Winer
Audio Icons
Kris turning 30
Having a baby. . .and it's a hamburger.
NOTM
NPR
PRX
Transom
Broken Vegas

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