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Interview on August 19, 2008 with Chris Lopez - .mp3 version.

This is the mp3 version of this week's Audio Pod Chronicles interview with Jeff Cutler.

Writer and podcaster Jeff Cutler was one of the only Boston Media Makers without a device feeding him information from the Internet at our meeting on Sunday, August 3, 2008, at Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain. It turns out his laptop was in the shop. This prompted him to lead a lively discussion among the 22 of us at the meeting about how much we depend on being connected at all times to the Internet.

Jeff is a thoughtful guy who is on what he calls a one-year "Writing Sabbatical" during which he is aiming at a new phase of his career that will involve more commentary and opinion writing.

He uses his podcast, "Bowl of Cheese" in an effective and unusual way as a supplement to his blog of the same name. All in all, Jeff Cutler is doing creative, original work in the new media space, and it's always good to connect with him, even when he's unplugged! I think you'll enjoy this profile of a writer from Hingham, Mass., who is using new media to full advantage.

Music for my podcast is "Going to the Sun" composed and performed by Montana musicians Christine Dickinson, Janet Haarvig and Matthew Lyon. It's from their excellent Glacier Journey CD .

Photo of Jeff and me is by Steve Garfield of SteveGarfield.com .

I'd love to hear your feedback on this topic or any other. You can leave a voice comment at 206-666-2713 or you can send me an email to [email protected] or leave a comment here.

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mp3 version of today's Audio Pod Chronicles, "PodCampers Pick Podcasts."

At PodCamp Boston 3 this past weekend, I asked 12 happy campers to identify their favorite podcasts. Here is what they came up with:

Sarah Vela - Push My Follow, You Look Nice Today. Chris Cavallari - Nature Stories, Little Bit of Nonsense. Robert Blatt - Let's Go Out Tonight, twentyhood Doug Haslam - For Immediate Release, Inside PR, 10th Wonder Amrita Chandra - Ricky Gervais David Fisher - Diggnation, The Totally Rad Show Bill Wilder - Hanselminutes, What What Don't Tell Me, Grammar Girl David Beaudoin - Push My Follow, Get It Done Guy C.C. Chapman - Six Pixels of Separation, Scott Sigler's Nocturnal, Steve Garfield Steve Garfield - Epic Fu, Moblogic.tv, C.C. Chapman Joyce Bettencourt - Managing the Gray, Accident Hash, Running Man Radio, AC Radio

Dan Patterson (Creepy Sleepy podcast) - The Brookhaven Chronicles, On the Media, Slate Political Gabfest, Buzz Out Loud, This Week in Tech, In Over Your Head

mp3 version of Episode 62, A dilly of a Denver Police Commander.

Denver Police Commander Debra Dillly heads District 6, the core downtown area. On July 8, 2008 she addressed a meeting of homeowners from three downtown condominium buildings, including the one I live in. She gave the best overview I've heard so far of what it's really going to be like in my neighborhood August 25-28 when the Democratic National Convention comes to town. Now I will how to tell Obama's motorcade from President Carter's, how regular police work will be handled, the effect of the convention on Denver's homeless population, and what NOT to do if I get tear-gassed.

Note: The audio calls this episode 61, but in fact it's number 62. Credit the error to sleep deprivation.

mp3 version of Episode 61, Breakfast of Videos.

Social Media Breakfast 8, hosted by Bryan Person and Bob Collins June 24, 2008 at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Mass., was all about video. An audience of nearly 100 heard excellent presentations from Larry Lawfer of YourStorys.com and Jeff Glasson of PerkettPR.com and two other presentations excerpted in this episode of the Audio Pod Chronicles. Those two were by recent Emerson College students Ben Grossman and Emily Belyea, who created a winning video-based proposal to resuscitate AOL's AIM social media programs, and Rob Lane, founder and CEO of Overlay.tv , who is making videos interactive.

It was impossible to listen to all four presentations and not sense the energy in Internet video, and the creativity. I came right home and started playing with Overlay.tv and can't wait to do more.