Tangentially Speaking is dedicated to the idea that good conversation is organic, uncensored, revelatory, and free to go down unexpected paths with unconventional people. chrisryan.substack.com
…
continue reading
Innhold levert av Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier, Megan Bennett, and Lesley Meier. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier, Megan Bennett, and Lesley Meier eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
Lik GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!
An investigative podcast hosted by world-renowned literary critic and publishing insider Bethanne Patrick. Book bans are on the rise across America. With the rise of social media, book publishers are losing their power as the industry gatekeepers. More and more celebrities and influencers are publishing books with ghostwriters. Writing communities are splintering because members are at cross purposes about their mission. Missing Pages is an investigative podcast about the book publishing ind ...
…
continue reading
Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
It was the deadliest string of shark attacks the world has ever seen. In 2011, sharks in Réunion, a beautiful island, way out in the Indian Ocean started biting people way more than ever before and with lunatic violence. The epidemic forced local surfers, politicians, and business owners into a proxy war with ocean lovers and conservationists worldwide, where long simmering tensions boiled over. Réunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise is the story of what happened on this beautiful island, and t ...
…
continue reading
As She Rises brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. Each episode carries the listener to a new place through a collection of voices, local recordings and soundscapes. Stories span from the Louisiana Bayou, to the tundras of Alaska to the drying bed of the Colorado River. Centering the voices of native women and women of color, As She Rises personalizes the elusive magnitude of climate cha ...
…
continue reading
The iFanboy.com Comic Book Podcast is a weekly talk show all about the best new current comic book releases. Lifelong friends, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan talk about what they loved and (sometimes) hated in the current weekly books, from publishers like Marvel, DC, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, IDW, Aftershock, Valiant, and more. The aim is to have a fun time, some laughs, but to also really understand what makes comic books work and what doesn’t, and trying to under ...
…
continue reading
Science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories) talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman (#253), George R. R. Martin (#22), Richard Dawkins (#46), Simon Pegg (#39), Bill Nye (#273), Margaret Atwood (#94), Neil deGrasse Tyson (#32), and Ursula K. Le Guin (#65). Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared on recommended podcast lists from NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The A.V. Club, BBC America, CBC Radio, WVXU, io9, Omni, The Strand, Library Journal, and Popular Me ...
…
continue reading
Ask questions, vote and discover answers about Chicago, the region and its people. From WBEZ.
…
continue reading
Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create thoughtful, sound-rich episodes about science fiction, fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction. Every other week, he talks with comic book artists, game designers, novelists, screenwriters, filmmakers, and fans about how they craft their world ...
…
continue reading
Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Join us each week as we dig into stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed. Travel Tales by AFAR is your ticket to the world, no passport required.
…
continue reading
Player FM - Podcast-app
Gå frakoblet med Player FM -appen!
Gå frakoblet med Player FM -appen!
))
Desperately Seeking Ron Popeil: An After School Special
Manage episode 450898709 series 3616803
Innhold levert av Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier, Megan Bennett, and Lesley Meier. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier, Megan Bennett, and Lesley Meier eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!
In this "After School Special" Megan takes Lesley on a tour of infomercials from the 80s and beyond. What treasures will they find? What can you still get online? What happens when you call an old 1-800 number? Find out in this summer break brain bubble gum of nostalgia!
PLEASE hang in there till minute 35!!! OMG! I just can't.
Featured Infomercials!
Phone Relief - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDojNdM630
Popiel Pocket Fisherman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fh_YwAnv7w
Auri car protecting "goo" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lxXqWF5ra0&list=PLjhu9vRAiH3GnDqOTt5P34AVs2m7_uJM1
The Bullet Express - 8 minute meal machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VClzXOvg8
Ronco GLH Spray on Hair - "the babes are back!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlbuUiWnlJc
Mister Microphone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIrzkPDtrk
KTel - Hit Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE47PpZCE38&list=PLstZwD2dmTg7G5Z2ZkZ5kHpYUzpixXE0S
Desperately Seeking Susan Jacket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqN8doiOr4
Corey Haim and Corey Feldman Call In - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QqhWFQLVh8
Get your hands on our MERCH!!!
(Donating $1 per item to The Center for Reproductive Rights through January 2025, min $50)
Love the pod? Love us? Love GenX? Let us know!
Want to continue the conversation?
Sign up for our newsletter! HERE
Tell us your own 5 Minutes of Fame story or call it in at 1-888-GEN-XPOD
Send us your Dear GenX Women letters!
Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions
JOIN US in L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social Club
L.Y.L.A.S is our paid membership platform where you can have real-life conversations while supporting this podcast and the work we do in the Facebook group.
Follow us on INSTAGRAM
Follow us on Bluesky
Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of This Shit
Kapitler
1. Desperately Seeking Ron Popeil: An After School Special (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] My Fit Tribe (00:15:25)
3. (Cont.) Desperately Seeking Ron Popeil: An After School Special (00:16:12)
19 episoder
Del
Manage episode 450898709 series 3616803
Innhold levert av Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier, Megan Bennett, and Lesley Meier. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier, Megan Bennett, and Lesley Meier eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!
In this "After School Special" Megan takes Lesley on a tour of infomercials from the 80s and beyond. What treasures will they find? What can you still get online? What happens when you call an old 1-800 number? Find out in this summer break brain bubble gum of nostalgia!
PLEASE hang in there till minute 35!!! OMG! I just can't.
Featured Infomercials!
Phone Relief - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDojNdM630
Popiel Pocket Fisherman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fh_YwAnv7w
Auri car protecting "goo" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lxXqWF5ra0&list=PLjhu9vRAiH3GnDqOTt5P34AVs2m7_uJM1
The Bullet Express - 8 minute meal machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VClzXOvg8
Ronco GLH Spray on Hair - "the babes are back!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlbuUiWnlJc
Mister Microphone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIrzkPDtrk
KTel - Hit Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE47PpZCE38&list=PLstZwD2dmTg7G5Z2ZkZ5kHpYUzpixXE0S
Desperately Seeking Susan Jacket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqN8doiOr4
Corey Haim and Corey Feldman Call In - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QqhWFQLVh8
Get your hands on our MERCH!!!
(Donating $1 per item to The Center for Reproductive Rights through January 2025, min $50)
Love the pod? Love us? Love GenX? Let us know!
Want to continue the conversation?
Sign up for our newsletter! HERE
Tell us your own 5 Minutes of Fame story or call it in at 1-888-GEN-XPOD
Send us your Dear GenX Women letters!
Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions
JOIN US in L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social Club
L.Y.L.A.S is our paid membership platform where you can have real-life conversations while supporting this podcast and the work we do in the Facebook group.
Follow us on INSTAGRAM
Follow us on Bluesky
Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of This Shit
Kapitler
1. Desperately Seeking Ron Popeil: An After School Special (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] My Fit Tribe (00:15:25)
3. (Cont.) Desperately Seeking Ron Popeil: An After School Special (00:16:12)
19 episoder
Alle episoder
×
Velkommen til Player FM!
Player FM scanner netter for høykvalitets podcaster som du kan nyte nå. Det er den beste podcastappen og fungerer på Android, iPhone og internett. Registrer deg for å synkronisere abonnement på flere enheter.
Lik GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!
Tangentially Speaking is dedicated to the idea that good conversation is organic, uncensored, revelatory, and free to go down unexpected paths with unconventional people. chrisryan.substack.com
…
continue reading
An investigative podcast hosted by world-renowned literary critic and publishing insider Bethanne Patrick. Book bans are on the rise across America. With the rise of social media, book publishers are losing their power as the industry gatekeepers. More and more celebrities and influencers are publishing books with ghostwriters. Writing communities are splintering because members are at cross purposes about their mission. Missing Pages is an investigative podcast about the book publishing ind ...
…
continue reading
Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
It was the deadliest string of shark attacks the world has ever seen. In 2011, sharks in Réunion, a beautiful island, way out in the Indian Ocean started biting people way more than ever before and with lunatic violence. The epidemic forced local surfers, politicians, and business owners into a proxy war with ocean lovers and conservationists worldwide, where long simmering tensions boiled over. Réunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise is the story of what happened on this beautiful island, and t ...
…
continue reading
As She Rises brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. Each episode carries the listener to a new place through a collection of voices, local recordings and soundscapes. Stories span from the Louisiana Bayou, to the tundras of Alaska to the drying bed of the Colorado River. Centering the voices of native women and women of color, As She Rises personalizes the elusive magnitude of climate cha ...
…
continue reading
The iFanboy.com Comic Book Podcast is a weekly talk show all about the best new current comic book releases. Lifelong friends, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan talk about what they loved and (sometimes) hated in the current weekly books, from publishers like Marvel, DC, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, IDW, Aftershock, Valiant, and more. The aim is to have a fun time, some laughs, but to also really understand what makes comic books work and what doesn’t, and trying to under ...
…
continue reading
Science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories) talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman (#253), George R. R. Martin (#22), Richard Dawkins (#46), Simon Pegg (#39), Bill Nye (#273), Margaret Atwood (#94), Neil deGrasse Tyson (#32), and Ursula K. Le Guin (#65). Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared on recommended podcast lists from NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The A.V. Club, BBC America, CBC Radio, WVXU, io9, Omni, The Strand, Library Journal, and Popular Me ...
…
continue reading
Ask questions, vote and discover answers about Chicago, the region and its people. From WBEZ.
…
continue reading
Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create thoughtful, sound-rich episodes about science fiction, fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction. Every other week, he talks with comic book artists, game designers, novelists, screenwriters, filmmakers, and fans about how they craft their world ...
…
continue reading
Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Join us each week as we dig into stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed. Travel Tales by AFAR is your ticket to the world, no passport required.
…
continue reading
Player FM - Podcast-app
Gå frakoblet med Player FM -appen!
Gå frakoblet med Player FM -appen!
