In this episode of the Skinny White Boy Kastpod I say a lot about the FCC. For people outside of the US that is the Federal Communications Commission. It feels rather dated now. The idea back in 2005 was that the FCC was going to try and regulate podcasts because we fancied ourselves the death knell to radio... which of course, in hindsight, is a bit of a delusion of grandeur, but hey... It did give us something to rally behind. I am downplaying the significance of podcasting a bit here, which I really shouldn't. Grassroots podcasting grew into something way bigger than the sum of its parts. So this one, I dubbed the FCC episode. It was originally released on August the 9th of 2005. Enjoy!
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I didn’t know us was here (SBS)
HALF DUTCH / HALF ENGLISH - After World War II the Netherlands made it easier for their citizens to move to other countries. This was done to battle the poor economic prospects caused by the occupation of the Nazis. Especially Canada and Australia became popular destinations for Dutch immigrants. A lot of these expats got together and formed clubs. One such club, Neerlandia, celebrates it's 70th anniversary in a few days. I spoke with the current president of the club who came to Australia with his parents in the 1950's when he was 12, but didn't discover the Dutch club until some 15 years ago... Gerry Smolders talks about his memories of the Netherlands, coming to Australia on the first passenger ship to travel the newly established Suez Canal and the 'requirements' to join the Dutch club.
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TULSA POLICE – STREET STORIES #9
In this long overdue repost of another episode of the award-winning Tulsa Police Street Stories (originally published on May 24th, 2007) officer Jay waxes philosophically, lyrically almost about coming together, as a police squad, as a community, as concerned citizens. He describes a particularly rewarding day in his policing career. More information will follow at the end of this podcast. But now, let's join the officers of the Tulsa Police Department for.... Street Stories. BOOM!
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Top fashion designer Iris van Herpen visits Brisbane (SBS)
IF YOU SPEAK ENGLISH YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THIS! (well most of it, anyway) Former ballet dancer Iris van Herpen graduated as a fashion designer in 2006 and quickly became one of the world's most sought after creators. This Dutch darling of the international fashion industry delights celebrities and royalty alike. Jenifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and even Dutch Queen Maxima have all worn her dresses... and that's just a tiny grab from the long, long list. A retrospective of her work, that's much more than just an exhibition was six years in the making and after its run in Paris moved to Brisbane... And guess who lives there? Yours truly. a few days before the opening of Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, I spoke with the curator of the exhibition, French architect, Cloe Pitiot.
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SKINNY WHITE BOY – KASTPOD #10
IT'S A KASTPOD-AVERSARY!
I am going a bit slow with reposting these old episodes of the Skinny White Boy Kastpod, but I assure you, it's not worth the wait... Did I I say that? I mean it is! This is Episode 10 - A milestone of some proportion. This episode was right after the fictitious band Cruisebox released "On a podcast", so there is a lot of that in this ep. I say fictitious, because of course they were real musos and all, but they never were a band... This was all cooked up in the studio. made up of bandleader (and sax and guitar player) Chris Hicks... Who used to tour with Reba I might add,,, and singer extraordinaire Josh Cruise (Go check out the Groove Merchants or Cruise and McMasters) with some session players thrown in.
There is also historical sounds... and more music and a comedian doing (not in that way) George W. Bush This aired, or hit the megabits shall we say, on August 1 in the year of our good Lord 2005 ENJOY!
All the stuff fit to pod… My home for the work I do for SBS Dutch on national radio in Australia. Also the reboot of the Skinny White Boy Kastpod, not to mention the Tulsa Police Department Street Stories… Relive the glory days of podcasting, right here!
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