The Palmer Files Podcast

Episode 27 features a friend of Agent Palmer's Bill Sweeney as the third of a four-part series on friendship by examining one up close.

What you are about to hear is simple and yet complex. This episode and the others like it all contain four main questions.

• Why are we friends?
• How did we meet?
• How did we become friends?
• Why are we still friends?

Through the answers to those questions, the discussions, and the stories that ensue, Bill and I will dive deep into our shared past, and the meaning of and perhaps the reason for our friendship.

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

WickedTheory.com AgentPalmer.com Agent Palmer on Patreon

Episode 1 of The Palmer Files - The Dip with Bill Sweeney

How To Make A Difference: A review of Alan Jennings’ The Pursuit of Fairness

It’s in the cards: How Magic the Gathering made me appreciate Twitch

Tweets @ThePalmerFiles @WickedTheory @AgentPalmer

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. --End Show Notes Transmission--

Episode 26 features a friend of Agent Palmer's Christopher J. Hughes as the second of a four-part series on friendship by examining one up close.

What you are about to hear is simple and yet complex. This episode and the others like it all contain four main questions.

• Why are we friends?
• How did we meet?
• How did we become friends?
• Why are we still friends?

Through the answers to those questions, the discussions and the stories that ensue, Christopher J. Hughes and I will dive deep into our shared past, and the meaning of and perhaps the reason for our friendship.

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

PeterParkerPa.com TriforceDad1984.com Twitch.tv/TriforceDad1984 AgentPalmer.com Agent Palmer on Patreon ‘Breath of the Wild’ is a modern marvel in video game history

To Change Your Luck by Jason Stershic (Episode 24)

No Machete needed to Enjoy Trejo’s Tacos  Meeting Bernard Samson: A No Spoilers Review of Berlin Game by Len Deighton

Tweets @ThePalmerFiles @TriforceDad1984 @AgentPalmer

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.

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Episode 25 features a friend of Agent Palmer's Jason Zapata as the first of a four-part series on friendship by examining one up close.

What you are about to hear is simple and yet complex. This episode and the others like it all contain four main questions.

• Why are we friends?
• How did we meet?
• How did we become friends?
• Why are we still friends?

Through the answers to those questions, the discussions and the stories that ensue, Jason Zapata and I will dive deep into our shared past, and the meaning of and perhaps the reason for our friendship.

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

JasonZapata.com Buy Jason Zapata's first book of Poetry Nocturnal Wanderings AgentPalmer.com Agent Palmer on Patreon Agent Palmer writes about the Tour de France

To Change Your Luck by Jason Stershic (Episode 24) Adaptation vs. Interpretation (Episode 9 Jason Zapata's first appearance on The Palmer Files)

The Eagle Has Landed: Building the LEGO Lunar Lander  Agent Carter’s A to Z List of Movies

Tweets @ThePalmerFiles @AgentPalmer Jason Zapata is not on Twitter. Agent Palmer will share any message with him that is relevant.

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.

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Episode 24 features Agent Palmer (Jason Stershic) remastering the radio program that was his capstone project as a Senior at Keystone College, which helped him to graduate with a Bachelors's Degree in Communications, titled "To Change Your Luck."

The syllabus for the course that this project came from states that the goal was “aimed at providing students with the opportunity to demonstrate both critical and creative thinking skills and the research capabilities they have acquired as Professional Studies Communications Arts and Humanities majors.”

The project abstract was “to write and produce a sixty-minute radio program about a trip I took to Israel that helped me to grow. In this program I hope to pass along the wisdom of a Jewish proverb that “sometimes to change your luck, you need to change your location.”

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com
Agent Palmer on Patreon

Tweets
@ThePalmerFiles
@AgentPalmer

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.

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Episode 23 features artist of all trades Andrew Belling, the composer behind the Wizards score, and a film I absolutely adore.  

We discuss his start, his dreams, positivity, how the industry has changed, and being talented and lucky. We also go behind the scenes on the creation of the score for Wizards, meeting John Williams, working with early synthesizers and so much more.

During the episode we cover:

• The London Paladium
• From acting to music
• The First score
• Imposter Syndrome
• Hollywood as a business
• Wizards
• Ralph Bakshi
• Hollywood Sound
• Synthesizers
• Playing to Picture
• His name in lights (on the marquee)
• Star Wars & Wizards
• Meeting John Williams
• Being a Session Musician
• The Rock version of Handel's Messiah
• Hal Blaine
• Dinah Shore
• Being Positive
• And much more...

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com

Morbroproductions.com 

Andrew Belling's IMDb

Tweets

@ThePalmerFiles

@AgentPalmer

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 22 features Spybrarian Shane Whaley, host and creator of The Spybrary Podcast. 

We discuss getting started in the fandom of spy fiction, James Bond, Len Deighton, the Cold War as perhaps the hottest topic, human intelligence, and sometimes spy fact being stranger than spy fiction.

During the episode we cover:

• Our Introductions to Spy Fiction
• Getting into reading
• Len Deighton 
  • Harry Palmer (The Unnamed Spy)
  • Bernard Samson
• James Bond
• Books
• Spy Movies
• Spy Television
• Buying Books
• Reading begets reading
• The Cold War
• Spy Comedy
• Launching Spybrary
• Building a community
• Bomber
• And much more...

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com

Spybrary.com 

The Wicked Theory Podcast Patreon to listen to "Ed Bonds with Bill"

Agent Palmer's Brush Pass Episode of Yesterday's Spy by Len Deighton (Spybrary Episode 33)

Tweets

@ThePalmerFiles

@AgentPalmer

@Spybrary

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 21 features Sound Designer Nia Hansen, who has spent her career at Skywalker Sound working on many films from Pixar and Marvel, plus other franchises like Jurassic World and How to Train Your Dragon.

We discuss starting in the deep end, processes that make large projects manageable, having too many hobbies with not enough time, and “creating magic” for a living.

During the episode we cover:

• Attending Vancouver Film School
• Field Recording
• Exotic Animals
• Staying Organized
• Differences between Marvel magic and Pixar Magic
• Sonic Real Estate
• Working at "The Ranch"
• A "typical" workday
• Production (Pre and Post)
• Storytelling
• And much more...

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com

EssaHansen.com (Where you can preorder her first novel Nophek Gloss)

Nia Hansen's IMDb

Tweets

@ThePalmerFiles

@AgentPalmer

@EssaHansen

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 20 features Visual effects wizard Kevin Lingenfelser, who has worked on such titles as Demolition Man, Waterworld, Preacher, Agents of SHIELD, The Orville, and many many more. We discuss his origins and then dive into what goes into visual effects, where the industry is going, and glance at what could be a limitless future.

During the episode we cover:

• The films that started his passion
• The Kubert School
• A portfolio of 35mm Slides
• Connections A ILM
• Cold Calling
• Cinesite
• Make-up Fixes
• His first composite on Waterworld
• Practical vs. Digital effects
• The myth of No CGI films
• Working on effects on Preacher
• Going with his gut
• Godzilla
• Unreal Engine
• Gamechanger films
• Bad effects
• And much more...

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com

Kevin Lingenfelser's Episodic Demo Reel - 2019

Kevin Lingenfelser's IMDb

Other Links

Have you heard of Preacher? This is how I came to know Reverend Jesse Custer

Tweets

@ThePalmerFiles

@AgentPalmer

@FUCHIPATAS

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 19 features author Kurt Sussman, who has spent a lifetime practicing martial arts, learning philosophy, and sharing both with anyone who is interested. We discuss those teachings and dive into the origins and principles of his book “Out of My Mind… And Intending to Stay There” A Battle Plan for Life.

During the episode we cover:

• Teaching
• Mortality
• Philosophy
• Martial Arts
• Conflict Resolution
• Balance
• Video Games and Skipping to the End
• Taking Risks
• Evolution
• Hobbies
• Martial Arts
• Self-Observation
• Being original
• And more

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com

KurtSussman.com

Other Links

Get a Copy of Kurt Sussman's book "Out of My Mind... And Intending to Stay There: A Battleplan for Life" on Amazon.

Agent Palmer's Review of Out of My Mind... And Intending to Stay There: A Battleplan for Life.

Tweets

@ThePalmerFiles

@AgentPalmer

@ozofinspiration

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 18 features Illustrator Ryan Lynn, who has worked with Miller Lite, the NFL, and many others. We discuss those projects plus; graphic design, inspiration, illustration, balance, and of course process… 

During the episode we discuss:

• Creating the Agent Palmer Brand Idendities
• From Art to Graphic Design
• Career Path
• Creative Process
• Being his own boss
• Working with Miller Lite
• Working with the NFL's Carolina Panthers
• Learning new things
• Perspective
• Balance
• And much more.

Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode

AgentPalmer.com

RyanLynnDesign.com

Ryan's Instagram @RyanLynnDesign

Ryan's Dribbble

Other Links

Agent Palmer's original text interview with Ryan Lynn

Tweets

@ThePalmerFiles

@AgentPalmer

@RyanLynnDesign

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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