"Wait, I Know You" Podcast Season One, Episode Two. Nick chats with Katy Romdall from Duolingo about the logistics of organizing Duocon every year. Additionally the pair touches on Brazilian culture, enjoying cereal as adults and Trevor Noah accidentally dunking on the co-founder of Duolingo.

(00:00) Intro 

(01:18) Working at Yelp during the early days 

(03:48) Too Much Yelp Swag 

(05:44) Seattle businesses Post Recession 

(07:42) Planning events for Yelp Elites 

(14:55) Language in Katy's life 

(21:24) Novo Fogo, Cachaça and working in Liquor 

(27:11) American misconceptions about Brazil 

(29:50) Cereal hits different as an adult 

(32:55) Joining Duolingo and starting Duocon 

(42:14) How to put on a Conference 

(47:25) Trevor Noah accidentally dunks on Duolingo cofounder  

(50:45) Duolingo Podcast & App Updates  +

Links:  

Duocon 2021: https://youtu.be/ExGAlUFRHZ4 

Outro Bump - Sister Cities by Alizeh Winter: https://youtu.be/66sR1vPtL2k   

Instagram: https://instagram.com/waitiknowyoupodcast   

Website: https://waitiknowyoupodcast.com/ 

#duolingo #duocon #yelp #novofogo

"Wait, I Know You" Video Podcast S1E1: Nick talks to Craig Billmeier aka Craigums, aka Hot Lixx Hulahan about how he became the 2008 World Air Guitar Champion and how (because of that), he got a job doing motion capture performance for the Rock Band video game series. Craig is the lead singer of the band "The Love Songs" and is currently doing "The Love Song" of the month on thebadcopy.com   

(00:00) Podcast Intro 

(00:57) Interview Intro 

(02:17) Craig's first band(s) 

(10:09) 924 Gilman History 

(12:45) Craig recalls how he auditioned for the band All You Can Eat 

(24:15) Traveling to Antarctica 27:00 How "The Love Songs" was formed 

(35:05) Talking about the story behind "Love Songs Loves Us Some Reno" and "Thrillhouse" 

(43:25) Nick recalls an afternoon spent shooting Jackson's junk 

(50:22) Air Guitar 

(59:46) What makes a good Air Guitar performance 

(1:04:23) Nick plays Pokemon Go with Stan Lee of the Dickies  

(1:10:14) Doing Motion Capture for Rock Band by Harmonix  

Links:  

Craig's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CraigBillmeier_aka_Ums   

Craig as Hot Lixx Hulahan: https://youtu.be/mw_u7YST4uo 

2008 World Air Guitar Championship: https://youtu.be/efNdI8uzWN8   

Love Song of the Month: https://thebadcopy.com/feature/love-songs/ 

The Love Songs: https://www.thelovesongs.com/   

"Thrillhouse" performed by The Love Songs: https://youtu.be/c0hF6g6awPI 

"Love Songs Loves Us Some Reno" by The Love Songs: https://youtu.be/yBbeqs5f1Qc 

Outro bump song: "Sister Cities" by Alizeh Winter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66sR1vPtL2k 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/waitiknowyoupodcast   

Website: https://waitiknowyoupodcast.com/ 

#airguitar #924gilman #rockband