Digital Yawp

Previous guest, Brooks Hanrahan, joins Joe to review and analyze Netflix's popular series, Ozark.

Dawson and Joe "Zoom" with with former student, Harrison Larner, to discuss his podcast sliceofsports.com and the unique blending of right/left brain thinking (narrative/statistics) that makes sports so appealing and perhaps even polarizing within our culture.

With Dawson dutifully honoring local "shelter in place" mandates, Joe sits down in front of the microphone and divulges an essay he began writing a few years ago that was "re-inspired" by the world's current pandemic condition and Easter weekend.

Don't miss the announcement at the end of the episode about the new Digital Yawp blog.

Music on this episode: 

"Oats in the Water" by Ben Howard

"Saturn" and "Sun" by Sleeping At Last.

Joe and Dawson discuss the topic of misotheism by focusing on some ancient myths and how confused (or wrong) the gods must have been.

Dawson finally convinces Joe to watch the first two movies in the latest Star Wars trilogy, and guys are joined by Brooks Hanrahan, an ardent fan of the series, to discuss details.

Musician and lyricist Brendan Abernathy stops by "the studio" to talk about inspiration, purpose, and the communal nature of his art.

The music that appears throughout this episode can be found wherever you listen to music and at https://www.babernathy.com/ which is also where you can go to find out more about what Brendan is doing, where he is performing, or how you can contact him.

In the wake of "All Hallows Eve" (and a day after Joe finally got around to viewing last summer's horror bonanza entitled Midsommar) the guys sit down to discuss the topic of fear from a couple of different perspectives.

Special thanks for music in this episode to Wayne Jones for "Spookster" and to Silent Partner for "Ticker."

Also, some intentionally scary (or campy depending on your perspective) background stuff by Eilish, Manson, Zombie, and Jackson thrown in for good measure.

Writer and educator, Nathan Goodroe, returns to the microphone to discuss the challenges of getting published and developing ideas for stories. More importantly, though, he hopes to encourage listeners to explore those hobbies that spark the creative energy that lies (even if currently dormant) inside all of us.

In this episode, we reflect on various mediums of storytelling--from novels, essays, television and even music--that have made an impact on the way that they think or feel. Dawson provides a chronological perspective while Joe centers on on the last year. Hopefully our conversation will take you back to your own reveries of when a work of art communicated something of such depth that it momentarily hit the pause button on your life.

Talent appears on this podcast without granting us permission. We don't really know the rules of engagement, so we want to be sure to recognize them.

We read from The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and from The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

The essay "Among the Laestrygonians" is by Christopher Brunt.

The segments of music on this podcast come from the Foxing album entitled, Nearer My God, and the last song, "Take it Back" is by Bug Hunter. Please support these artists by following them on their various platforms and by purchasing their work.

In this episode, Joe and Dawson discuss whether or not they tend to spend money on movies that everyone else is spending money to see, and explore what separates an "indie" films from those produced for mass consumption.

DY trivia fact: One of us likes Star Wars, Harry Potter and The Avengers a lot more than the other.

This episode includes snippets of music from: Clairo, NIN, Des Rocs, and 21 Pilots.