(Photo by John Barth of PRX ... thanks for being a shutterbug) (Produced by Jennifer Deer) Last week, Jennifer and I joined 350-ish other audiophiles in Chicago (well, Evanston, IL) for the sixth annual Third Coast International Audio Festival. The conference alone was so inspiring that we're both back home with a wonderful mix of enthusiasm and exhaustion. This year was extra special for us because Big Shed kicked off the conference by hosting a listening room on the opening night. It was a great chance to show though sound what this podcast has evolved into the last two years. Everyone had wonderful questions and comments about the pieces. And conversations about the podcast continued on throughout the conference. We were and remain flattered and elated about the reception.

You can download the full presentation here. It's about 90 minutes long and plenty of fun. We thought it might be a little long for the regular podcast, but if you're interested, please download and enjoy it.

That being said, a personal note from Shea: Oh my god. Jennifer, I can't believe you're running this tape! My mother will be horrified. My friends will be ... not so surprised. My ego will be deflated. I'm glad we have the documentary courage to use this. Just kidding. all I really want to say is thanks for the Alka Seltzer ;-).

Ps. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone at the Third Coast International Audio Festival!

(Thanks to Adrienne Mathiowetz of Love and Radio, Dennis Conrow of New Letters on the Air, Paul Sturtz of the True/False Film Festival and Noah Miller of the outLoud Radio Project for being semi-recognizable in the above photo.)

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