Ethical Rioting

Ah, yes, the good old hamster ball.

Well, friends. You may have wondered “Where did Ethical Rioting go?” It went to the graveyard of good ideas that sound cool and doable until you actually have to do them. It burned in the dumpster fire of 2020.

Who knows what this space will become? Perhaps a glorious phoenix will rise from the ashes. Or a Titan being released from Tartarus. Or not.

If you still want to say hi, let Katrina know you were listening, you can email ethicalrioting AT gmail DOT com.

Clockwise from Left to Right: Matthew, Katrina and Kyle

It’s here! We made it to 20 episodes! Kyle Buchman joined Matthew and Katrina to talk about birding and cooking in cast iron skillets.

Look at that, another episode posted on time. This month features Julia Jennings, class of 2001. Look out for plans for Matthew’s anthropology pageant.

Always, if you have comments or suggestions, you can email us.

The now normal group screenshot. Clockwise, starting in the top left: Matthew, Katrina, Lance, Steve, Julia

Like we said, is Julia’s hair not fabulous?

Friends! We did it! An episode two months in a row, posted on time, and even including that fancy introduction I recorded. It’s amazing what Zoom meetings will lead to.

Anyway, we had Priya Parrish, class of 2001, on along with our full complement of hosts and, yes, there was a hot debate about pizza. Prepare yourselves.

That’s Priya in the up left, then Katrina, and those three handsome men are Matthew, Lance and Steve (clockwise from right).

A) How are we already at Episode 17? Surely we weren’t that prolific?

B) Why yes, it IS the first Ethical Rioting episode of 2020, and the first episode since Katrina got married. Remember when the goal was to do one a month in 2019? That did not happen. We shall see what happens in 2020.

C) Due to the global pandemic, Katrina discovered the Zoom records audio for meetings which she can then convert to a file to put into Audacity and then put on a website and voila! You have a podcast with better sound quality than the first few years of this podcast.

D) E-mail us with suggestions for guests! You can self-nominate! Geography is not an issue! Guests must have some link to IMSA - but otherwise - as long as you can get on a Zoom call for at least 30 minutes, you’re the perfect guest!

E) Lance will be back - he just missed it this time around.

Matthew, Katrina and Steve, reunited once again. Sort of.

Matthew, Katrina and Steve, up close and personal.

Yes, yes, I know. We missed three months, and we owe you. But! Here’s a podcast for May! This one has a gigantic cast of characters featuring non-IMSAns, and many from class of 2001 plus one person from class of 2005. It’s even more special because it was recorded during Katrina’s bachelorette party.

We finished the Escape Room in less than an hour - without any hints! These are very smart people. From left to right: Megan Ladror, Steve, Katie Beeks, Matthew, and Katrina’s in front with the crown and sword.

On January 1, 2019 all of the hosts were in the same city. So we put them all in the same room and recorded a podcast! With special appearance by Lance’s wife, Megan. We’re gonna do it this year, you guys. We’re going publish 12 episodes.

From Left to Right that’s Steve, Megan, Lance, Matthew and Katrina, and we’re all flaunting our mugs that used to hold Nutella hot chocolate.

On the first day of 2019, we bring you the last episode of 2018. It’s a hostful, with some basic structure. We tried. And we promise to try to do better in 2019. Promise is a strong word. We intend to do better in 2019.

This is our fancy podcasting setup. My computer, a tray table that gets flipped, and a couch. From Left to Right: Steve, Matthew and Katrina

A blurry selfie

Also a blurry selfie, but adorable, yes?

Is it lucky episode 13? Featuring the original host Lance? Because he was back in Chicago for a hot second? Yes, yes it is. You’re welcome.

Lance on the left with the ukulele and Katrina on the right with Pepe the decorative gourd.

Did we miss two months? Yes, we did. Was it because Katrina didn’t take the time to upload episodes immediately after they were recorded because she was working an intense job that sucked up all her time? Yes, it was. BUT. Now, it is, once more, the 19th of the month, and we are posting TWO episodes. To make up for September and October. We’re still 2 months behind, and we need to record November’s episode, and Matthew owes many recipes for leafy vegetables - especially after he point blank refused to take Katrina’s cabbage - but here’s two episodes to tide you over, faithful fans.

We’re eating pancakes into the microphone. Somehow, we still have listeners. And friends. That’s Katrina and Arthur and Matthew.

A close-up of the aforementioned eating of pancakes.

Matthew was fascinated at how perfectly the squash fit in his hand.

It is concerning as the squash gets closer?

IS IT?!?!