Zachary J McDowell is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Communication. His work focuses on access and advocacy in digitally mediated spaces. 

Zach talked with us about his new open access book that he co-authored, Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality.

You can find Zach on the Web and Socials at:

• • The Web: www.zachmcdowell.com

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On our Halloween 2021 special, we are joined by a FC Zinn, Lindsey the Celtic Fairy, and Chris Boo(r)denca to talk about this spooky time of year!

We talked about:

• the history of Halloween.

Guest links:

• Lindsey Baird, Oak & Ash Farm

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On the show is Malea Rhodes, the founder of Happy Valley Skate, an organization that is focused on passing along Malea’s love and knowledge of skating to others.

You can find Malea on the Web and Socials at:

Website: https://www.happyvalleyskate.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HappyValleyRollerSkate

Instagram (@skatewesternmass)

Articles on skating:

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a35151297/roller-skating-revival-history-origins/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rollerskating-pandemic-black-community_l_5f32f0fac5b64cc99fdf2153

On the show is Douglas Wolk, a freelance journalist, critic, and author of the book All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told. His other work has appeared in TIME, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and a bunch of other places.

Get All the Marvels at https://www.amazon.com/All-Marvels-Journey-Biggest-Story/dp/0735222169

Find and connect with Douglas on:

• The Web, http://www.douglaswolk.com/

Voice of Latveria, Douglas's podcast about Doctor Doom.

The 616 Society, a private book club for superhero comics nerds— a discussion board that looks at one issue every day. Douglas's Patreon offers access to it, as well as some other rewards.

On our Fall 2021 Spectacular! it’s just Stomping Jen and Sawtooth, talking about the Fall season, and a whole bunch of other stuff:

• Sawtooth’s Grandmother advising him about Jen’s “figure.

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On the show is Jenny Franz from Better Together Dog Rescue, a dedicated team of professionals bringing change to the animal welfare field. They believe that no healthy or adoptable dog should be euthanized due to lack of space, and that dogs should be with their families and life circumstances should not stand in the way. To prevent dogs from being surrendered to the shelters, Better Together Dog Rescue provides resources and supplies to community members so their beloved dog can stay with them, right where they belong.

You can help the mission of Better Together Dog Rescue to support perfectly imperfect dogs and their people through adoption and community support by checking out Better Together Dog Rescue on the web and the socials:

•  https://www.bettertogetherdogrescue.org/

On the show is Greg Sestero, the New York Times best-selling author of the Oscar-nominated The Disaster Artist and Co-Star of the cult classic, The Room.

Greg also recently wrote and produced Best F(r)iends Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Lionsgate) and was recently seen in Netflix's popular gothic-drama mini-series The Haunting of Bly Manor. 

His directorial/ horror genre debut, Miracle Valley, is slated for release in 2022.

You can find and connect with Greg Sestero online at:

• Instagram, @gregsestero (https://www.instagram.com/GregSestero/)

On the show is Hannah Rechtschaffen, who is here to talk to us about creative placemaking, and how we can do community and economic development in a more arts-forward, sustainable, and inclusive way. 

You can find Hannah out there on the Web and on the socials at:

• https://www.facebook.com/Hannahslocalartgallery

Stomping Jen and Sawtooth recap Summer 2021 and talk about some of the adventures they had, including:

• playing disc golf at Crane Hill Disc Golf Course in Wilbraham, MA. 

If this isn't enough, Sawtooth and Stomping Jen also discuss having to put their 15-year-old cat to sleep; why every T.V. show seems to need to have a Christmas episode; and Jen yelling at Sawtooth about some computer monitors.

Way back in the mid-1990's, Stomping Jen co-founded the Poetry Society at UMass Amherst when she was an undergraduate student. As fate would have it, this is where Sawtooth Frank and Stomping Jen met each other.

In this episode, Sawtooth and Jen are joined by some of the people who were there with them at the UMass Poetry Society and talk about its founding and what came after they left; the importance of community; where life took everybody over the last 25 years; and so much more!