Murmur.com Podcast

September 15, 2009 - Its time for the new Fall TV season to begin! Join Murmur writers Conor Kilpatrick, Ron Richards, Paul Montgomery and Kelly Stephenson as they discuss what it is in the new fall season that they're most looking forward to! Along the way, Paul reveals an unexpected love, Conor admits he has a Thursday night problem, Kelly is almost convinced to watch Dollhouse and Ron threatens to do an entire show on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Sunday

00:02:07 - Mad Men - read Paul's latest recap of Mad Men

00:02:51 - Curb Your Enthusiasm

00:04:47 - Bored To Death

00:07:29 - The Amazing Race

Monday

00:08:12 - Heroes

00:11:01 - Gossip Girl - read Kelly's recap of Gossip Girl's premiere

00:14:36 - House

00:14:46 - How I Met Your Mother

00:15:49 - Castle

Tuesday

00:17:28 - 90210 - read Ron's recap of 90210 episode #1

00:19:06 - Melrose Place

00:21:37 - V

00:23:21 - NCIS: Los Angeles

Wednesday

00:25:38 - Glee - read Conor's Glee-cap

00:25:50 - Top Chef: Las Vegas

00:27:02 - Eastwick

00:27:15 - Mercy

00:29:01 - Law + Order: SVU

Thursday

00:30:52 - Conor's Thursday night lineup

00:31:36 - NBC comedies

00:32:51 - FlashForward

00:34:32 - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

00:35:57 - Grey's Anatomy

00:38:03 - Bones

00:38:34 - The evolution of how we watch TV

00:40:26 - The Jay Leno Show

Friday

00:41:08 - Dollhouse

00:43:47 - Smallville

00:48:29 - Numb3rs

00:49:17 - Law + Order

00:50:00 - White Collar

00:51:44 - Dollhouse (again)

00:53:03 - Picks of the Season

00:54:24 - Winter season shows

00:55:13 - Murmur Recaps

Check out:

- Ron's Fall TV preview

Music

Wolf Like Me

TV on the Radio

September 1, 2009 - This week Murmur staffers Ron Richards, Paul Montgomery, Jim Mroczkowski, and Kelly Stephenson thought it would be fun to delve into the technology department. Don't rush off just yet. They're not hacking anything or rewriting any code. They just want to talk about the technology we tuck away in our fanny packs each and every day to do our each and every day activities.

Tech:

00:01:10 - "Good Enough" Technology as seen in Wired Magazine

00:16:11 - Kelly gives her thoughts on the Kindle and we discuss E-Readers

Staff Article Spotlight:

00:29:41 - In Defense of Twitter by Jim Mroczkowski - people love to hate on Twitter, but Jim doesn't think it's all that bad

User Article Spotlight:

00:39:40 - I Heart Geeks by WonderAli - and the geeks shall inherit the earth

August 18, 2009 - This week Murmur staffers Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan and Ron Richards sit down to chat about the season premiere of Mad Men, the surprise sci-fi hit District 9, and the 2009 fall movie season. And, apparently, the time Josh and Conor worked for a British company, Eyes Wide Shut and Righteous Kill.

Television

00:01:31 - Mad Men

Movies

00:15:40 - District 9

Fall Movie Preview

00:24:53 - Extract

00:27:45 - Whiteout

00:29:00 - The Informant!

00:30:37 - The Invention of Lying

00:32:20 - Surrogates

00:33:38 - Fame

00:36:39 - Shutter Island

00:38:13 - Couples Retreat

00:40:13 - New York, I Love You

00:42:36 - The Road

00:43:43 - Where The Wild Things Are

00:46:37 - Whip It

00:48:18 - Fantastic Mr. Fox

00:50:20 - The Men Who Stare At Goats

00:51:07 - Avatar

00:53:49 - Sherlock Holmes

00:56:19 - Everybody's Fine

August 4, 2009 - The fourth episode of Murmur is mix of Movies, Technology and Literature as Ron Richards, Ryan Penagos and Paul Montgomery weigh in on (500) Days of Summer, In The Loop and the trailers for The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Where the Wild Things Are. But that's not all, we;ve got Video Games like Brutal Legend, Prototype, Punch-Out and more. And we even get a little book learning with The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet and the secrets of In N Out Burger! Something for everyone in this episode!

Movies

00:01:42 - Paul and Ron saw (500)Days of Summer - Did it live up to the Hype?

00:09:11 - The trailers for The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Where the Wild Things Are are children's book come to live and we're sold

00:14:19 - Ron reveled in the smart and clever comedy, In The Loop

Technology

00:19:44 - The upcoming game release, Brutal Legend, is metal-tastic

00:24:58 - Ryan has been spending his time immersed in Prototype

00:30:01 - While Ron is kicking ass with Punch-Out! for the Wii

00:35:22 - And a bit of a throwback as Ryan has been playing the classic Alien Vs. Predator side scroller video game

Literature

00:38:31 - Paul's summer reading includes The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

00:42:50 - The guys can't keep from talking about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

00:00:00 - Whereas for Ron, eating isn't enough, he needs to read In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All

the Rules

00:51:40 - Paul needs a support group for his media consumption habits, Ron and Ryan, not so much

July 21, 2009 - The third episode of the Murmur podcast is all about the glowing box that sits in your living room, you know, the one that raised you, the television! This week, Murmur staffers Conor Kilpatrick, Ron Richards, Gordon Strain and Paul Montgomery sit down to chat about the 2009 summer television season. They give their thoughts on a few of their favorite shows that are currently airing, look forward to another, chat about a new DVD set release and then break down the major Emmy nominations! It's almost too much show for one episode, but dammit, that's what they do.

00:01:56 - Glee

00:09:50 - Big Brother

00:19:23 - Burn Notice

00:24:12 - Mad Men

00:32:22 - The State: The Complete Series DVD Set

00:37:28 - 2009 Emmy Award Nominations

July 7, 2009 - The second installment of the Murmur podcast checks in with the Music section as Ron Richards, Gordon Strain and Ryan Penagos discuss some of the good, the bad and the disappointing in the world of music recently. We've got some new records from favorite artists like Bob Mould and Regina Spektor, some new music from the likes of Passion Pit and Au Revoir Simone, the question of concept albums thanks to Green Day and The Decemberists, and go back into the vault to rock out to Avail.

00:02:25 - Bob Mould - "I'm Sorry, Baby, But You Can't Stand In My Light Anymore" - from the album Life and Times

00:05:17 - Camera Obscura - "Swans" - from the album My Maudlin Career

00:07:39 - Jarvis Cocker - "Angela" - from the album Further Complications

00:09:57 - Regina Spektor - "Laughing With" from the album Far

00:14:23 - Of Montreal - "Computer Blue" - from Spin Presents Purplish Rain

00:17:35 - Alexi Murdoch - "Wait" - from the album Time Without Consequence

00:19:27 - Passion Pit - "Little Secrets" from the album Manners

00:22:47 - Cut Off Your Hands - "Heartbreak" from the Album You and I

00:25:22 - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - "This Love Is Fucking Right" from the album The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

00:27:24 - Au Revoir Simone - "Trace A Line" from the album Still Night, Still Light

00:28:55 - Friendly Fires - "Jump In the Pool" from the album Friendly Fires

00:30:51 - Green Day - "21 Guns" from the album 21st Century Breakdown

00:35:11 - The Decemberists - "The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise) - performed live at Radio City Music Hall (via NYCTaper) from the Album The Hazards of Love

00:40:49 - Avail - "Beliefs Pile" - from the album Dixie

June 23, 2009 - It's Murmur's first podcast! Murmur staffers Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan and Paul Montgomery sit down to chat about the 2009 summer movie season. They give their thoughts on the movies that have hit theaters already and discuss those that are still to come! Somehow Billy Zane's The Phantom gets involved. No one's quite sure how that happened.

00:01:20 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine

00:02:20 - Star Trek

00:05:09 - Terminator Salvation

00:07:59 - Up

00:12:47 - The Hangover

00:15:40 - Land of the Lost

00:18:43 - The Taking of Pelham 123

00:20:48 - Year One

00:23:46 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

00:27:21 - Public Enemies

00:30:32 - Bruno

00:33:01 - (500) Days of Summer

00:35:33 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

00:38:25 - Funny People

00:40:54 - G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

00:45:44 - Taking Woodstock

00:47:10 - Inglourious Basterds

00:49:15 - The Boat That Rocked