Public Announcement

This week we try something new. Instead of our usual luxury podcast, we deliver something more raw and authentic. We sat down with friend Jason Stewart aka Them Jeans for a meeting of minds at the Ace Hotel in New York City. The first half of our discussion (Side A) can be heard on this week's episode of Jason's show, Tall Tales. You are about to listen to Side B now. All three of us are loose, relaxed, and sans edit. Take a peek behind the curtain.

Show page:

http://publicannouncement.org/episode/side-b-tall-tales-pod-collab/

Press Release, 10 May 2017 —

“As of today Public Announcement is much more than just a podcast. With the launch of our destination homepage we wanted to create a platform for our esteemed colleagues to share the best of the web, in one easy to navigate place.”

“With a clever, brutalist design, and ground breaking Twitter-as-CMS engine, we filter information from all interests into the Public Announcement world.”

— James Ellis & Chris Black, Co-Founders

Press Release, 10 May 2017 —

“As of today Public Announcement is much more than just a podcast. With the launch of our destination homepage we wanted to create a platform for our esteemed colleagues to share the best of the web, in one easy to navigate place.”

“With a clever, brutalist design, and ground breaking Twitter-as-CMS engine, we filter information from all interests into the Public Announcement world.”

— James Ellis & Chris Black, Co-Founders

Chris pushes James to reveal the details behind his time operating in the early days of the dark web as a teenage spammer. They speak to James' friend and accomplice John Roman to get further details on how it all worked, the amount of money they made, and the glory days of AOL. Finally, Chris puts in a call to James' Mom Sher Ellis to see how she feels about her son wreaking havoc online while under her roof.

Continuing with their Nashville series, Chris and James sit down with the city’s unofficial mayor, Libby Callaway. She was raised in rural Tennessee but made the jump to New York City where she lived an exciting and creative life as a writer and editor. After years of the big city media industry grind, she returned to her home state and settled in Nashville. Callaway has played an instrumental role in getting the city recognized for its homegrown talent. Her stories are great; her accent is even better.

A cold-open featuring Chris Black behind the kit—on his throne—leads to our hosts discussing Oasis as “the Lynyrd Skynyrd of Britain”, a proposal for upping Nashville’s edge, and thoughts on carpetbagging transplants. The second episode of the Public Announcement Nashville series, Chris and James visit musician Vanessa Carlton’s East Nashville home to learn about NYC Professional Children’s School, pop stardom formative years, developing a second act as an artist, touring with a toddler, and life in the Athens of the South.

This week Chris and James head down to Nashville (aka Music City USA, aka Nashvegas, aka The Athens of the South) to see what all the fuss is about. Their first stop is East Nashville to chat with their high school buddy Jacob Jones and his business partner Reno Bo. Under their Electric Western umbrella they do all sorts of interesting stuff, from the very popular Keep on Movin’ party to releasing albums and even operating a popular Airbnb property. Crack a Budweiser, put in your EarPods™  and enjoy.

Navigating the world wide web in 2016 can be difficult. The oversharing, lawlessness and mob mentality can make even light Twitter work a challenge. But if you can avoid the Facetuned selfies and fit tea ads you will find news, intelligent opinions and strong LOLs. This week James and Chris chat with extremely logged on LA based comedian Brandon Wardell who is responsible for some of the funnier things floating around the www. While his meme creation and masterful use of Twitter is impressive, Wardell is also a serious stand up making waves in the comedy scene, opening for the likes of Bob Odenkirk, Eric Andre and Bo Burnham.

New York, NY — Chris and James go beyond their signature brand of general-interest podcasting to weigh in on American public affairs—with the help of media insider Slade Sohmer, Managing Editor of Video at Mic.com. Originally recorded on the heels of the conventions, the conversation remains timely sixty days later.

James and Chris commiserate over their aging bodies and health problems. They also celebrate the 10th episode with a look back at some of the great moments in the show's rich history.