This time I decided to try out a "Two Dudes Talking" style podcast and went in without any ideas in mind, just wanted to have a chat to Steve who's a good friend of mine. Steve's a very funny comic, as well as a talented musician and artist. He loves cats too, so he's a true triple threat. We start out talking about the kings birthday holiday which was the day recorded it, and moved onto James Bond, what would a New Zealand James Bond movie be like, and then we moved into chatting about Steve more; how long has he been doing music and comedy, how did he get his start, and all those juicy details. It's a fun chat, and I hope you enjoy a change of pace for this one!

You can find Steve's artistic pursuits here:
https://www.instagram.com/humblekingdom/

And his music endeavours here:
https://www.instagram.com/gearloose/



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In today's episode I rant and mostly rave for 45 minutes about this series of Japanese movies I love called Crows Zero. I show a few different versions of the international posters and talk about how hard it is for them to get the style right. I planned to go into more depth about the themes in the movies but once I started talking I mainly started raving about the things I love about the series and I'd love for you to check them out too. Let me know what you think of them in the comments!

I've added ASMR to the tags as I've been told my voice and soft talking style has ASMR-ish qualities to it, let me know in the comments if you think so too!

0:00 Intro
1:04 Crows Manga Background
5:19 Crows Zero
14:13 Crows Zero 2
24:17 Crows Explode (3)
28:52 English Posters
31:08 Thai (?) Posters
32:07 French Posters
34:21 Korean & Taiwanese (?) Posters
36:34 Crows Zero Reboot Manga
37:28 Crows Zero Roadshow Graphics
39:41 Crows Zero Stage Play Poster
41:21 Wrap Up & Plugs

Intro Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN3tXX2XgjY


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Welcome to The Phantom Files, a series within my podcast featuring paranormal stories from New Zealand; Cryptids, Ghosts, UFOs and everything else from beyond the veil. I'm a huge fan of the Monsters Among Us podcast and so have adopted the same format except focusing as much as possible on New Zealand. I highly recommend checking out Monsters Among Us, I have gotten so many hours of entertainment from that podcast. If you've got a story you'd like me to play on the podcast, all you need to do is record the story in your own words into your phone's voice notes and then email it to me at [email protected] and I'll include them in the show! This isn't a show about ridiculing, debunking or discrediting your stories, I just love a scary story! Once I collect another 3 or 4 good stories, I'll release another episode so if you want more of these episodes, I need your help encouraging the people in your lives to send me their tales! I literally couldn't make the pod happen without listener submitted stories.

Listen to The Phantom Files Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III and Vol. IV here, and check out my Interview with a Paranormal Investigator here.

Intro/Outro Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fVRA6XnvYc

Horror Ambience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svAspF0nxC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nD3Sp_saz4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrRNj9gJezA

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The Phantom Files, a subseries of the Ruddle Me This! podcast featuring paranormal stories from all over New Zealand; Cryptids, Ghosts, UFOs and everything else from beyond the veil. All of the stories have been submitted by real people, and often recorded and told in their own voices. It's not a show about ridiculing, debunking or discrediting paranormal experiences, more about sharing cosy spooky stories. If you like M.R. James, Spooked, Shadows At The Door, Monsters Among Us or The NoSleep Podcast, you'll love The Phantom Files!


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In this episode I talk about what gear and software you'll need to start recording content and posting it online, as well as breaking down the differences between each video platform and what sort of demographic they have and what sort of content works best with them. I also talk a bit about editing a proper special based on my experience making All My Covid Jokes towards the end. It's mostly relative to stand-up comedians but if you're in a different creative performance art form and find it useful too, let me know in the comments!

The Vlog Kit / Tripod I mention

The camera my video guy Jake recommends

0:00 Very Short Intro
1:00 Gear needed to film Shorts, TikToks, Reels.
5:38 Free software to edit with on Computer/Laptop
9:00 How powerful Tiktok & Insta's caption tools are
14:31 Facebook
18:12 Instagram
22:20 TikTok
26:35 YouTube
35:29 Filming All My Covid Jokes & Classy Comedy


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Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

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I sat down with one of my favourite comics and people in general, Big Jimmy Small. Jimmy imparts a lifetime of passion for football on me in just over an hour. I'd been wanting to have Jim explain to me the ins and outs of British football for the longest time, even more so now that I've gotten so into Ted Lasso. Had a great time chatting with Jim, the conversation mainly skewed towards the business and culture side of football, but he also told me a bunch of stuff about how the game is played. Definitely keen to get Jim back some time and have him explain more, I just enjoyed listening to him talk about football.

The game we had on in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyv2xh7qQw

You can follow Jimmy online at:
https://www.facebook.com/BigJimmySmall

Check out Jim's store Veg 'n Friends here:
https://www.vegnfriends.com/

0:00 Intro
4:50 Interview Starts
8:46 Game Starts
1:05:50 Life Update


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Steven Lyons is BACK and this time we discuss all of the posters and media that have come out surrounding the second to last movie in the Fast & Furious series, Fast X! We go off on all sorts of tangents, from comparing the movies to Rocket League, to talking about a far future spin off for John Cena called The Pacemaker, as well as discussing the absolute insanity seen within the movies and trailers released. It's a fun episode, don't take it too seriously and I hope you enjoy it. Check out Fast X in cinemas from the 18th of May in NZ!

Get tickets to Steve's Comedy Fest show HERE

Look at that, we're into the double digits! Ruddle Me This might be closing in on how many episodes I did of Ramblin' With Ruddle shortly. I'm usually so bad at sticking to long term projects, but I am really enjoying the process of creating Ruddle Me This, so here's to another 10 episodes at least!

You can follow Steven online at:
https://www.facebook.com/StevenLyonsComedy
https://twitter.com/stelyons
https://www.instagram.com/stelyons

0:00 Intro
3:05 Interview Starts
20:00 Fast X Teaser Poster
22:21 Fast X Official Poster
34:25 Korean Poster Comparison
38:16 Chinese? Poster Comparison
45:59 Steve's Comedy Fest Poster
47:13 Wrap Up
58:23 Life Update & Plugs

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I sit down with Dan Bain, a writer, director, performer & maker of fun things based in NZ and finally get to pick his brain about his current Improv project Perfuct Storm. I'd been wanting to pull this apart with Dan for years so it was a very exciting conversation about where the seed for the idea started and how Dan's photography and graphic design skills have grown throughout this project. It's a fascinating conversation and Dan is very honest about where he came from and where he feels he hasn't lived up to his abilities in terms of one of the photoshoots. We also talk about where he got the idea for his innovative Instagram feed idea. If you've been a fan of Dan and especially been in to see Perfuct Storm, you won't want to miss this one!

0:00 Intro
1:52 Interview Starts
2:28 Perfuct Storm
35:40 The Perfuct Insta Feed
41:02 Wrapping it up
48:53 Life Update
51:43 All My Covid Jokes Promo

Dan Bain's Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/iamdanbain

His THREE instagram accounts
https://www.instagram.com/noosedoctopus/
https://www.instagram.com/standupinhell/
https://www.instagram.com/perfuctshow/

His two podcasts
https://sleepytime.buzzsprout.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/x-men-the-animated-series-rexamined/id1674510436

https://www.facebook.com/iamdanbain

These are NOT the rules of improvisation
https://ko-fi.com/s/8507fd72fe

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Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

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I sit down with Dan Bain, a writer, director, performer & maker of fun things based in NZ. In this episode we talk about the album cover for the album Hail to The Thief by Radiohead and discuss the way this album and Radiohead in general have inspired Dan throughout his career as a creative. We get into Dan's workflow a bit and see how he manages his many projects as a sort of one band band production company. There's also the usual gentle banter with plenty of laughs along the way.

0:00 Intro
3:00 Interview Starts
4:02 Hail to The Thief by Radiohead
42:47 Life Update
46:47 All My Covid Jokes Promo

Dan Bain's Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/iamdanbain

His THREE instagram accounts
https://www.instagram.com/noosedoctopus/
https://www.instagram.com/standupinhell/
https://www.instagram.com/perfuctshow/

His two podcasts
https://sleepytime.buzzsprout.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/x-men-the-animated-series-rexamined/id1674510436

https://www.facebook.com/iamdanbain

These are NOT the rules of improvisation
https://ko-fi.com/s/8507fd72fe

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Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

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In this episode we hear part 2 of my interview with Jeff Clark in which we talk about his alter ego Gary Starlight who he performs some incredible musical comedy as, the first time I saw him do it my mind was blown and I was really appreciative of being able to do a deep dive with Jeff and asking all of the questions I've had on my mind since I've known him. We get into the origins of the character and how his mind works when he is playing Gary, it's very fascinating to hear. We then move on to his experimental stand-up show Infinite Jeff a multiverse type show about where his life might have ended up if he didn't become an improviser. We head off on a couple of tangents about an experimental comedy set idea that Jeff has, as well as how amazing public libraries are and the litany of amazing services they provide. We wrap things up by breaking down the first ever comedy poster I designed, Jeff gives me some very kind but very insightful feedback.

0:00 Gary Starlight
19:01 Infinite Jeff
30:00 Jeff's Comedy Set Concept
32:20 Public Libraries are AWESOME
34:46 My First Comedy Poster
49:48 My Life Update

You can follow Jeff online at:
https://www.facebook.com/garystarlightsings
https://www.facebook.com/JeffClarkPerformer
https://www.instagram.com/comikazejeff/
https://www.twitter.com/comikazejeff/
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Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

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Episode 6 of the podcast is live and under the new umbrella title of Ruddle Me This! It's the same general formula, me talking with a guest that I find interesting, except we're not limiting ourselves entirely to poster based discussions, although I have found the format of asking the guests about posters meaningful to them to be a great conversation topic so we will invariably see more episodes about posters, I just wanted to change it up so that it's not the only thing I can talk about with my guests.

In this episode Jeff Clark, Christchurch based musical improviser talks me through his 20 year career in improv, as well as his stints working as the marketing manager for a couple of theatre companies and an arts festival. We get into the nuts and bolts of marketing for a theatre, and then move into the poster Jeff brought with him, Raiders of the lost ark. We chat about Multiverse stuff a bit, and whether Star Wars has entered it's own Multiverse phase much like the Marvel Cinematic Universe has. Taylor even learns that Rhian Johnson directed one of the Star Wars movies he hasn't seen. As you can imagine when you get a couple of nerds in a room, many geeky tangents ensue!

You can follow Jeff online at:
https://www.facebook.com/garystarlightsings
https://www.facebook.com/JeffClarkPerformer
https://www.instagram.com/comikazejeff/
https://www.twitter.com/comikazejeff/

0:00 Intro to Jeff
8:19 Raiders of The Lost Ark
22:26 Star Wars Original Poster
23:46 Back to Indy
36:13 Present

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Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

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