This is an experiment. I'm interested in perhaps -- perhaps! -- beginning a podcast project, in which I'd read selections from this blog on a semi-regular basis. For now, in order to avoid podcast "episodes" that last only four or five minutes, I'm thinking about grouping posts together that follow a certain theme. For example, I might find three or four recent pieces about technology, and record those as a single episode. 

Here is my first highly experimental stab at this idea. I've chosen three recent posts about my struggles with the Western Canon, and with keeping up with culture generally, and it turns about to be about 25 minutes long. 

I have a lot more thinking and tinkering to do. For example, what's the best way to record blockquotes? In this, I try out the idea of slightly altering the quality of the sound when I'm quoting from another writer, adding a little reverb and panning to one side or the other. I dunno, we'll see. 

So give it a listen, if you're inclined. And I'll keep working on what this should actually be, and whether it should be at all.

Near-Earth Object Podcast, Beta Episode 1: Keeping Up with the Western Canon

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