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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 12, 2007

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:27:04 -0600

Croncast - 2007-12-12.mp3
Show: #444
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My stalker is back
Kris, put the shoe on the other foot
He thinks you are stalking him
I keep my eye on everyone
You are so cute when you laugh
You have the bobble body Mr B
Put it out there to the Secret
You have got to stop this Secret crap
I want to do a training series for HR professionals
How to hire a guy like me and How to hire a gal like me
Gal would be done by Nicole Simon
I need that gum scraper here at home
I have to pay the kids to clean
Elliot gets Webkinz
Listen, it is my trained earwigs
They mulch aluminum cans for me
The cafe press store, so far I have license plate frames
Here it is, shirts on the way
My dad told me white collar prison isn't so bad
Conjugal visits through the fence
We need to have a jail baby
So you can have something to look forward to
Do you mean motivation?
I never met my daddy
He and mama hug real close through the fence
You talked be out of babies
The home vasectomy reversal kit waiting for me at home
Sure, loaded with knitting needles and cat gut
More dog clothing breakdown
I actually heard from your mom that
"The veins are so close in her feet the blood would freeze her heart"
Goodwill has been picking up
My new passion is China
I just got bit by something
My trained earwigs are doing my bidding

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Betsy and her husband Kris Sep 12, 2007

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:43:37 -0500

Croncast - 2007-09-12.mp3
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Length: 28:50
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Betsy and her husband Kris Sep 12, 2007

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I burned the taste buds off my tongue
You can't tell people that, Kris!
There is no excuse
The TSA travel restrictions . . .
You need to buy travel size
I have to always go through with electronic gear
How do you know?
You ever travel with toothpaste
I buy it at the hotel
They only had toothpaste at the hotel
She taught me how to catch knives with my thumbs
Nerds get no respect . . . I can fuck with this guy
I have no need to respect this man
Laughing at me as I look like a fat penguin
Please go ahead of me, I will be here for a while
They always say something about the gear
Yes, you know what I won't even go into and save people time
Hey wait, aren't those condenser mics?
Why yes they are?
Did you say that you used to have a Neumann?
I did not
If you spent our last $7000 on implants . . . no I would not be pissed
I would wish you no ill will
He starts leaning over all suave
Slowly leaning
He goes,"I'm a producer"
I started laughing inside
Aren't we all kid
I felt like an old man
I bet you said it in your creepy voice man
No I didn't
I haven't busted out the creepy voice in a long time
You used to use the creepy all the time
Do the creepy voice
No
I don't know what to say
You think it is suave
It is not creepy
Say, "Ain't we all kid"
Somebody strip search that man
The voice isn't scary or creepy
I did up Boulder
Then came Philadelphia
Many observations from the city of brotherly love
They might have been your siblings, Betsy, not mine
At the first part we ended up at a house part
I didn't eat the beef jerky on the plane
I can follow your advice
Making other people's lives better one flight at a time
I am sure they don't even sell jerky in Boulder
All natural it would be
I go to the house party with Aaron Brazell and his wife Nicole
Imagine how pissed they would be to shake you down for no cash
They are used to living in the city
I am now soft and weak
That is so suburban
Yes, Bears you can't do that
I am an old man now, I can't pull this stuff off
On the porch is a hype causing nothing but trouble
They keeps it super real with gun inside the house
Now that is what I call a house party for a guy who never leaves his man pit
Hey, I'm at a party
Betsy starts making shit up
I hung up and was like
Kris is at work at a house party in the hood
The party was pretty good
Next day headed off to Podcamp Philly
The after party Saturday night . . . unisex, co-ed bathrooms . . . WTF
"It's trendy"
It is not trendy to have to dump out in front of the opposite sex
No one likes to do it
Betsy goes off about the cleaning people
Baby, no one . . . no one, likes to clean
You can't have male cleaners
Men can't clean
It is totally genetic
You can't keep anything clean baby
I know you will try but it is all full of junk
That's called inventory

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Aaron and Nicole Brazell

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:55:40 -0500

Triumph Brewing. Having some drinks.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Apr 23, 2007

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:12:12 -0500

Croncast - 2007-04-23.mp3
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Betsy and her husband Kris April 23, 2007

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This is a production of Palegroove Studios
You are the Junque Queen
They are investments Mr. B
You are pathological baby
Back when you took part in the plan
Watched the man
I am, I spent the entire day with the kids today
It has to do with the desire for you to part with your junk
How many times have you shopped alone?
Walking in to Goodwill and not knowing what you are going to find
I don't need another stuffed animal
That isn't what I said psycho-pants
Betsy forgets that she just told me something else
I'm fat because of you
You're going to be down here in a wife beater and a jogging bra Mr. B
Kris mowed the yard for the first time in two years
Turning dog poop in to confetti
Kris wore sandals to pick up Elliot and his feet were reflecting light
Last year you were a crazy workaholic
You took this new job to work less and it ain't so
When you turn over rocks that stuff doesn't look good
Mr. B you are the stuff under the rock
It's a problem because I say it is . . . you got to get out of the basement
It will be funny till you get diagnosed
Kris is going to Boulder on Tuesday
When I leave the house I go far away . . . it makes up for not going anywhere
Reference back to Jeanie's pee bomb story from her driving days
My work now is not like it was before
Closing up shop at the end of the day
I have to be there and if I'm not they think I'm not working
Kristopher! If they ping you at 2 am you would ping them right back
I love my phone
What they really want to hear about is my excellent weekend
The holidays don't mean a thing in junk . . . the first nice weekend it the best ever
Betsy needs all the karma trades she can get
Outside the donations box are two strollers
The "if you are a patriot you will donate something for retarded children box"
Betsy rationalizes and does the deed
- This is a great story -
Picking Elliot up from church on Earth Day
The wizard jedi master knight pope the 4th is there is his hooded wizard clothes
Don't you lock eyes with people and think this person is just like me
I don't want the hooded people at all
Don't twist my robe, I'll put a spell on you
Both the kids fit in to church
Gigi is a humanist and Elliot is way into it
The doll house wrap up
Thanks to Nicole Simon for the heads up on the broken feed

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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Betsy and her husband Kris Apr 09, 2007

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:44:32 -0500

Croncast - 2007-04-09.mp3
Show: #347
Length: 33:23
Size: 22.9mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris April 9, 2007

Kris is back from New York
Betsy starts drawing pictures of my forhead
Elliot, "Do you remember what happened after you had Maggie and you had beans in your arm?"
Lima beans in hosiery
It's April 9th . . . shouldn't the Unitarians be out burning something?
It's that time of year the fertility time
Unitarians have three open arms
The variety is what scares me
I like knowing that I can travel nearly 1000 miles from home
Look out my window and see McDonalds, Starbucks and a Friday's
Beyond the pavement
Town after town after town
Mr B, you're getting to be a worldly dude
I knew I was going to get yelled at
Everyday, I knew it was growing
No there was nothing going on Sunday
I should have left Saturday night
I had a really awesome time
Some people get to see Times Square . . . Croncast style I get to meet Geraldo
The News Corp Walk of fame
Big shout out to Jodi! Thank you so much for the tour. It was great to meet you!
I saw Bill O'reilly people getting Bill O'Reilly-ish
The nameplates, check these out
After the nameplates I come upon the General Lee of broadcasting
Check out the tattoos
They're not prison quality there old school
Right, your grandfather didn't have tattoos?
Not my side of the family, well mine did
So what did they look like?
Bill O'reilly on Anna Nicole's body?
No I'm sure he's going out to get that one later that day
Hey Nike listener's were calling you on the tour if you're down for August
Yeah these tours are cool, not the bus tour style
It's really cool to get these opportunities
Our listeners are really interesting folks
Have to say this . . . the people at Fox were great
Betsy was impressed by Jodi's purse
Coming to Seattle at the beginning of August
Mommy's depressed and daddy is out having fun
We're going to Atlanta in late August also
Let me tell you about my little General Lee
Betsy fills out the adopt-the-doggie-app
"One old lady should take care of another"
That sounds like a lesbian love ad
It doesn't sound like adopt a schnauzer?
The Red Hat Society, no sex . . . movies and chocolate
The doggies adopt out lady is the alpha dog
You're going to force me into buying one from a puppy mill
I need to see your two year old and the dog interact in a cage match
Elliot was a little gentleman
This woman is screening my children

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Routing synapses: Portable Media Expo thoughts

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:46:55 -0500

It has taken me nearly a week to find some time to sit down and write about this year's Portable Media Expo. My brain takes so long to process situations that when you stack about 200 new situations right on top of one another my synapses begin to flutter a bit like a dancer dropping it likes it's hot. If you missed that analogy just turn on MTV and watch any rap video to see things dropping and gyrating.

So as this stuff has shaken out in my thought process I keep seeing the faces of those I shared some words and grub with . . . Nicole Simon, Garrick Van Buren, Greg Cangialosi, Mark Chernesky, Rick Klau, Eric Olson, Paul Figgiani (Paul got a hug), Tim Bourquin, Scott Fletcher, David Lawrence, Frank Barnako, Holland Cooke, Giovanni Gullacci, John and Erin Paxton and Craig Patchett (he told us not to drive Slowsky).

On the social side there was Evo and Sheila, Dave Slusher for 3 mintues on the way to his seesion (I think the best session of the Expo) . . . damn, that is the end. I should have hung out more!

New train of thought, thinking of my sessions I wanted to thank everyone who attended especially the 40 or so people who showed up for the one on Saturday at the Portable Media Expo. There I met some great people with podcast consulting and production motivations like myself. It was fun to share how you too can loose a client like MTV Networks and how you can gain a client like Alltel and produce for NFL players.

The take aways from the Expo are varied for me. It was a great time to meet and hangout with other podcasters and listeners (Tom Davies you rock). The meet-upability of the Expo is hands down the biggest reason for attending if you have been podcasting for some time. If you are new to the community then I would guess that the Expo was probably extremely overwhelming as the sessions popped off and the social component took hold.

I can't say that I was really disappointed by things but did have some low moments:

1) Pink spandex at the Marriott and the wood inside
2) Being told repeatedly that no one in podcasting is making any money (Ahem, because you're not doesn't mean that others aren't)
3) Rehashing the same discussions that have been going on since the beginning

Now that I have my memories in some semblance of real activity and spared you the personal details of many of those interactions I want to say thank you to Tim, Emile and the PME staff for producing this event and allowing podcasters to be themselves . . . pink spandex shorts and all.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 69

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:19:24 -0500

Croncast - 2005-04-29.mp3

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 69

Today's show goes out to my brother who turned 28. Happy Birthday Kyle!

And for those of who don't think that I could make your ears bleed, I will succeed with my singing of Happy Birthday.

Betsy answered her emails for Croncast and gives shout outs to some of the folks who have sent mail to her this week. Betsy also answers the life long question, "When else can you throw a ball at the head of your enemy?"

Kris rips into Bill Gates over the Microsoft campaign to outsource more jobs. Stop saying that the people don't have the skills here in the states and simply admit the fact that it is economic. My solution is for Microsoft, Dell, Cisco, Novell and any other tech company to open their own schools here in the states to teach people to fill these positions. Why shouldn't they? Cherry pick them at at early age and bring them up, open training online or face2face for people who can fill the other positions.

I'm just sick of this shit where these companies use this pretext that there are no people in this country to fill these jobs, bullshit. Quit lying and tell the truth.

On other notes we talk about our forefathers fighting for the suburbs, Anna Nicole Smith water fountains, Kris got pulled over again and got out of the ticket, and and and . . . .

Betsy is launching a contest:

1) Send an email to betsy@croncast.com with the word "Contest" in the subject line
2) Write a couple sentence bio about yourself
3) Betsy will print out all names and put them in a cookie jar
4) She will pick one name
5) Grand Prize - Betsy will be your personal Goodwill shopper. She will interpret your bio and buy you an appropriate gift for Goodwill value up to $9.99 (You could end up with a waterbed or car at that price) and ship it to your home or business.

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Croncast - I'm on my own Ep. 3

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:13:33 -0600

Croncast - 2005-02-08.mp3

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Croncast - I'm on my own Ep. 3

Today's show short. I had to paint the upstairs baby room, well started on the bottom stripe. I recorded this on a break that I got from from warden Betsy. The warden thing is a joke . . . I am really enjoying the painting of the room.

I talk about the new show that I am producing NCQTalk which will debut on February 21, The Invinvibles at www.theinvincibles.org and let you in on my secret reason for the short show . . . blown interview on Sunday night with Nicole Simon from www.useful-sounds.de.

Betsy will be back with me tomorrow and I am sure I will have some painting expertise to share. Oh yeah, I almost forgot I will have some pictures up here pretty soon so you can check out the work in progress.

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Croncast - Nicole and her friend Kris Ep. 1

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:39:58 -0600

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Show: #52
Length: 53:43
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Croncast - Nicole and her friend Kris Ep. 1

Today's guest is Nicole Simon from http://useful-sounds.de. It is one of two birthday shows for Nicole!! Send her birthday greetings and wishes.

Nicole and Kris discuss what it is like for her to be speaking so much English, birthday stuff, Kris' horrible German, of course what the hell does fluff-dat mean?, David Hasslehoff big in Germany, Standerd vs. Metric, is it a band-aid?, please wash water with soap and what it is liek to listen to your own voice.

Today's Show

Show notes soon.

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Croncast - Kris goes solo Ep. 3

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:46:41 -0600

Croncast - 2005-01-11.mp3

Show: #50
Length: 22:31
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Bit rate: 64k
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Croncast - Kris goes solo Ep.3

For today I go it alone. Not because anyone cancelled out or anything just felt the need to do another solo show. I got a great link this morning from a friend to a podcast that is at Corante.com titled "Challenges of Podcasting" and the guests are Greg Narain from BeerCasting.com, Eric Rice from EricRice.com, Michael Geoghegan from ReelReviews, MWGBlog.com.

Today's Show

Intro
Send us email
My co-host doesn't need an email address
My voice sounds different today
Richie Carey's OPML and ID3v2 work
Everything can come from the ID3 tag . . . maybe
Supposed to record with Nicole Simon - http://useful-sounds.de
Happy early birthday Nicole!
All the conversations
So we speak the same language . . . it is warm and fuzzy
Things have been a bit hectic
What is the language we're speaking?
Corante.com "Challenges of Podcasting"
Greg Narain - http://www.beercasting.com
Now my example of Jeeps for Paul Henry
One of the business models that I'm working on.
Thanks to those who have voted for us at PodcastAlley.com
Go vote keep us in the top 50.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 21

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:08:25 -0600

Croncast - 2005-01-10.mp3

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 21

Today's show was recorded last night because we were going pretty busy this morning, Betsy off to the doctor and the man off to school. The show is pretty long today, which is what seems to happen when we record at night.

Tomorrow I will be doing a solo show that I will record really early in the morning because I will be a guest on Richie Carey's podcast and at 9:00 a.m I am recording my own show with Nicole Simon from useful-sounds.de to air this Thursday (her birthday!).

Betsy is in tow for Wednesday and Friday so look out for the special show with Nicole. Next week I hope to get Dr. Susan Manning back in here and continue my conversation with Dan Balzer about podcasting in education.

Today's Show

Show notes soon.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 19

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:43:23 -0600

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 19

Today's show is what I consider one of the best that Betsy and I have done.

Today's Show

Intro
I said "shoot us" an email
Kris doesn't have a non-nerdy alter ego
Shane is MIP (Missing In Podcasting)
MixCast - it is beta - first podcasting killer app
Betsy's birthday is in 4 days
Is there an after life?
Make a card or something
Betsy tells Kris not to buy her a gift
$10 dollar spending limit
Betsy is excessive
The "playdate" in the suburbs
My doggy went crazy
Birthday suggesstions for Betsy-
1) $10 gift certificate to Goodwill
2) $10 in make-up from dollar store
3) $10 for Aldi's
Betsy asks if we've been married for 10 years - Answer: 9
What am I going to get Betsy?
Nicole Simon - http://useful-sounds.de/
Kris abducted Betsy as a teenager
Oops, look what you did to me
Don't tell people that they are hormonally crazy or about to be
12 hour erection or 12 hour boner?
Penis enhancement surgery
Kinsey - I hurt even typing it in
It's snowing in Chicagoland
Do the suburban school's have snow days?
Special THANK YOU to our listeners!!!!
Vote for Croncast at Podcastalley.com a vote of confidence
The baby can live outside now
Tell your friends about the show
All about the planchette
The baby goes nuts
Betsy asks Kris, if he knows what it is like to be pregnant?
The creepy creature in your abdomen
An obese squirrel in the abdomen
Betsy asks Kris if he knows what it is like to give birth?
"You feel like you're gonna die"
No Diet Coke but the heroine is OK in labor
Who's gonna get fixed, Kris or Betsy?
Laparoscopy is the word
The Man's MRI at 2 1/2 years old
Pumping him full of dope
The more he got the more pissed off he got
Our PSA for calming your medically challenged kid - Robot Arm
He's been seizure free for a year
Now he knows the "F" word
Kris was raised by stray cats and wolves
They are Peti Mal
Who's next?
Kris really wants to interview Jeff Bridges

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Croncast - Kris goes solo Ep. 2

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 10:22:15 -0600

Croncast - 2005-01-04.mp3

Show: #45
Length: 26:31
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64k
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Croncast - Kris goes solo Ep. 2

I'm solo today and my focus, in the most abstract context of focus, is conversations.

Today's Show

Intro
Today's topic - "Conversations"
Paying dues
Thanks Nicole for letting me know!
Thanks Chris "Monkey" Crewdson for the "planchette" email
Naming the baby
Proper names
Thanks Anti- Records for linking to Jolie Holland interview!!!!
Amy Gahran's first show - she'll be on the show Thursday
Podcast Yahoo Group
Making money podcasting
Let the conversation begin
The percussion discussion
Emusic.com
Conversation- from Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones
Jazz-Poetry Conversation from Innova Recordings
Elvin's Blues - Paul Austerlitz, Bass Clarinet and Michael S. Harper, Vocal
Listenership and the intangible
Faking it or forcing the intangible
Podcaster's advice
Got some things in the works
Giving back to the community
My little secret
The wrap up

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