The Palmer Files Podcast

Episode 87 features Tristan, Sam, Rob, Evelien, Matt, Matt, J.D., Khan, and Jennifer. Discussing the future, the past, and a few favorites in between from the "One Final Question" after-credits of The Palmer Files podcast.

During the episode we cover:

• What happens when we die?
• Favorite Book?
• What book would you want to completely experience for the first time, again?
• What's your superpower?
• What is the genesis of this podcast?
• And much more...

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com

Episode 51: UnArchaeology with Tristan Boyle the Anarchaeologist

Episode 53: Agent Palmer: Behind the Microphone

Episode 57: Talking Mathematics and Two Paths Diverged with Sam Leitermann

Episode 58: A Lawyer, Life, and Lessons with Robert Eskra

Episode 59: A Producer's Life for Us with Evelien

Episode 60: The Origin of a Librarian with Matt Kiefer

Episode 61: One Final Question: Volume Two

Episode 64: Caffeinated and Candid with Matt Lady

Episode 67: A Fun and Supportive Conversation with J.D. of Veritas Fit

Episode 68: A Khanversation with Khan

Episode 69: 40 Cups of Coffee with Jennifer Montgomery

Other Links

BlueDoorGroup.ca (Jennifer Montgomery)

KhanArtist.org (Yung Khan)

HighKeyGeek (Matt Lady)

Psionic Monkey on Twitch (Matt Kiefer)

Reppin Podcast (Evelien)

Robert Eskra's YouTube (Robert Eskra)

The Math Profs on Twitch (Sam Leitermann)

UnArchaeology.org (Tristan Boyle)

Prey Highlights Man's Folly in the Face of Technology

First Season of 'Welcome to Wrexham' Scores for Good Sport, Entertainment Value

You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 86 features Brian Sutich, the driving force behind Chasing Sound a hub for guitar players and those who want to immerse themselves in the world of guitar. We discuss his six-string origins, take a tour through his musical and technical journey, geek out about some old technology, and much much more.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• First guitars
• Starting on piano
• Musical influences
• Metalheads
• Metallica
• A trip through our band histories
• Fiddling with recording equipment
• A van tour across the country
• Audio engineering
• Tascam Portastudios
• The School of Audio Engineering
• Physical Tape and Digital Tools
• Rediscovering music
• Maintaining playing chops
• On teaching guitar
• The patience to teach
• A Musician's collection
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

Chasing Sound

Our Liner Notes

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@chasingsound

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

Track by Track: Aerosmith – Nine Lives

Celebrating the World's Greatest Intellectual Meshugenah, Mel Brooks

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 85 features David Snyder, who as he slows down in his career is doing more than he expected. We talk about his career and how in his quote retirement unquote he's not only doing more but loving it. We also discuss building and creating, honey, maple syrup, baseball, giving back, learning as a generalist educationally, and much much more.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• Renaissance Man
• Bees and Honey
• Maple Syrup
• The paradox of slowing down and being busier
• A career in Television
• Brandissimo!
• Bespoke Localized Content
• Problem Solving
• The Fun vs Stress Equation
• An American in England
• Cricket
• Sports
• Chaloner Children's Charity
• Giving Back
• Being Reflexive
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

Chaloner Children's Charity

Good Government Show

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@dsnyderuk

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

Untold attempts to answer: Whatever happened to AND1?

Quips, References, and Empty Space: JPod Still Thought-Provoking Almost 20 Years Later

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 84 features math teacher and eduverse podcaster on Unprofessional Development Mr. Mealey. We talk about his path to teaching, education, staff rooms, grading, class size, pretty much anything you've heard anyone complain about, in so far as education is concerned, you'll hear us touch on, excepting budgets, we don't go there, but we go everywhere else.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• On being a teacher
• The Eduverse
• Tony Danza, Teacher
• Fictional Teachers
• "Real Life" applicable lessons
• School and Class Sizes
• What kind of students were we
• Teacher Camaraderie
• Floating teachers
• Grading
• "These kids today"
• Teacher frustrations
• Bias in teaching
• Goals
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

podpage.com/Unprofessional-Development

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@unprocast

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

Five R-E-A-S-O-N-S to Watch Bad Words

Wolfe certainly has The Right Stuff to open the space race

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 83 features narrator and author Travis Baldree, whose debut novel Legend and Lattes we discuss along with his career trajectory and how his curiosity and his hobbies have also shaped that. We talk about his many hats from his current gig as an audiobook narrator to his days doing almost everything you can think of in making video games, plus reading, nerding out, creative introverts outlining, editing, and much much more.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• On being a first-time author
• Making video games
• Technology
• A man of many hats
• Reading to his kids
• Starting on a lark
• Narrator processes
• Audio nerd
• Not being scared of tech
• Creative introverts
• Publishing
• Phone calls
• The layers of texting
• Legends & Lattes
• NaNoWriMo
• Outlining
• Battling the Blank
• Narration is about anticipation
• Serial Bohhiest
• Dopamine spike with Creation
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

TravisBaldree.com

Pour One Out for the Excellent Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@TravisBaldree

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

Sailing Into History: Netflix tells the tale of The Race of the Century

Lackawanna College alum to premiere Falcons football documentary

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 82 features author Jimmy Soni, co-author of A Mind At Play about Claude Shannon and The Founders about the founding of Paypal and the evolution of the PayPal Mafia. We discuss the process of creating those books, researching, method writing, going dark, plus the creative process in all its forms, the good and bad, the early mornings and late nights, and much much more.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• Writing about the dead vs. writing about the living
• Historical research
• Research processes
• Going Dark
• Stumbling into a book
• Creating a firewall for current events
• Method writing
• Creative motives change as you do them
• A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
• Creating vs. Consuming content
• Balance
• Ambition to create should be more celebrated
• Giving people a platform
• The Chaos of Publishing
• Advice for writers
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

JimmySoni.com

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shapes Silicon Valley

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@jimmyasoni

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

Deighton's City of Gold is must-read WW2 fiction

Travelin' Band documentary reminds us how great CCR is

The Founders demystifies the dot-com era success of PayPal

A Book Review of "A Mind At Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age" by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 81 features Kelly Fiorini, a teacher turned copywriter who has an amazing story about how that journey transpired with a few tips about trying a career before you go full in. Plus going abroad, having two vastly different teaching experiences, being an introvert, freelance writing, self-evaluation, and much much more.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• Why a teacher?
• Majoring in languages
• Studying abroad
• Teaching Expectations vs. Reality
• Career Complacency
• Trying a career first
• Education can be such an amazing thing
• National Boards
• Self-examination
• Are extracurriculars possible for teachers?
• What's next?
• Exchanging writing for money
• Writing for yourself
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

KellyFiorini.com

Kelly's Blog

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@kellyfcopy

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

Beacon of Hope: Discovering the legendary Terry Fox through Coupland's coffee book

'Gonzo' Reminds Us That Hunter S. Thompson is Far Greater Than 'Fear'

Changing Careers with Carl Landra - The Palmer Files Episode 6

A Lawyer, Life, and Lessons with Robert Eskra - The Palmer Files Episode 58

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 80 features the first three-time guest, who was the original guest, and a very good friend of the show, Mr. Bill Sweeney! He has returned to the show for a geography lesson about his hometown; New York City. We talk about transportation, temperament, and tourism. Boroughs and Bridges. Discuss a few myths and legends, and much much more.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• Where are you from?
• The Five Boroughs
• Borough names vs. County names
• Defining "Upstate"
• Transportation
• Bridges
• The Forgotten Borough
• Profanity
• Temperament
• "Everyone's your friend in New York City" - They Might Be Giants
• New York City Food
• NYC Authenticity in Media
• Superhero overload
• The way it used to be...
• What's a New York Minute?
• What's a New York State of Mind?
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

WickedTheory.com

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@WickedTheory

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

Pour One Out for the Excellent Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

No Mo' FOMO

15 TV Shows That Make You Want to Visit New York City | NYCGo.com

10 Best TV Series & Movies Set In New York | Screen Rant

The Interrogation of Agent Palmer by Agent 76

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 79 features renaissance man and storyteller Jerry J.B. Manas, author of many books including the freshly minted tale The Mirror Man. We discuss the writing process, collaboration, details, outlines, idea hoarding, entering new mediums, how everything really boils down to storytelling, and much much more.

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• Science Fiction and Business Writing
• Starting in I.T.
• Project Management
• Writing better than doing...
• Hitchcock and Spielberg
• Completing the story
• Cyclical journies
• Management Consulting
• "What do you do?"
• Storytelling
• Co-Authoring
• Process
• Collaboration
• Sequels
• The Mirror Man (Behind the pages)
• Details
• Fleming and Crichton
• Artists as Humans not Content Machines
• Deadlines
• Outlines
• Idea Generation and Hoarding
• Moving into another medium
• Staying organized
• Book trailers
• Writing tips
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

JerryManas.com

JBManas.com

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@jerrymanas

@jb_manas

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

The Mirror Man marries spy thrills, strange chills, and more

The Thorough Interrogation of Renaissance Man and Author J.B. "Jerry" Manas

Atticus is Fast-Paced Sci-Fi Fun with Timely Application

The Kronos Interference is Brilliant: A Spoiler Free Book Review

The Bear serves up drama in half-size portions

This 'Rocket' Recollection Launched Fond Memories of the Argonauts

Clearing out the clutter of my mind (Vol. 2)

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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Episode 78 features the return of Sara Netzley! Still a PhD, but now also a newswriter for Entertainment Weekly and of course, still a very good friend of mine. We discuss journalism, the internet, talk generationally, and also discuss seasonality and classroom dynamics, but know that you are getting to listen to two friends that also slip into the roles of Professor Sara and Student Palmer...

Throughout the conversation, we discuss:

• Reporting for Entertainment Weekly
• Being in the know with entertainment news
• Magazines
• Before the internet
• #NotAllOldFolks
• Talking Generationally
• Physical photos
• Journalistic Standards
• Sourcing
• Seasonally speaking
• Back to school
• Classroom dynamics
• Talking and Talkers
• Looking for a job or to change the world
• The Pappy and MeeMaw Hour
• Commercials
• Media Recommendations
  • For All Mankind
  • Pachinko
  • Ted Lasso
  • Kim's Convenience
  • The Bear
  • Kitchen Confidential
• Class is in session
  • Neil Postman
  • Marshall McLuhan
• And much more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

SaraNetzley.com

SaraWhitney.com

AgentPalmer.com

Tweets

@SaraNetzley

@sarawhitney_

@AgentPalmer

@ThePalmerFiles

Other Links

The Mirror Man marries spy thrills, strange chills, and more

The Bear serves up drama in half-size portions

You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette.

Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions.

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