Winning Slowly

# Show Notes In which we take seventeen minutes (on the dot!) to have a really great time explaining why there was no Episode 0.08. Basically: because it ended up being terrible by dint of having completely gotten away from us. The net result: a lesson in the difference between blogging and podcasting, a bit more humility, and a lot of laughter at our own expense. ## Chapters • Intro (1:06) • It Got Away From Us (1:06–5:56) [Don't Blink! (3:54)] • Different Media, Different Beast (5:56–11:55) • A Humility Lesson (11:55–15:37) • Conclusion (15:37–17:00) # Music - “Ugly We Were Born” (http://kyealfredhillig.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-we-were-born), from Real Snow (http://kyealfredhillig.bandcamp.com/album/real-snow), by Kye Alfred Hilling, used by permission. - “Winning Slowly Theme” (https://soundcloud.com/chriskrycho/winning-slowly), by Chris Krycho. Used by dint of being written for the show.

# Show Notes In which we talk about the Affordable Care Act and how implementation—both at a technological level and at a general political level—public perception, and policy combine in strange and surprising ways. ## Chapters - Intro and Overview (2:45) - Technology Failure (2:45–8:36): on how the initial failure of HealthCare.gov shaped public perception of the ACA. - Implementation Matters (8:36–15:58): on how policy in general is always dependent on how it is put in place. - Conclusion (17:28) # Music - “Comatose” (https://soundcloud.com/haydencalnin/comatose), by Hayden Calnin. Used by permission. - “Winning Slowly Theme” (https://soundcloud.com/chriskrycho/winning-slowly), by Chris Krycho. Used by dint of being written for the show. # Links - HealthCare.gov - One of many articles talking about the dysfunction that led to the technological failure: Healthcare.gov and Obama's Micromanagement Problem: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/healthcaregov-and-obamas-micromanagement-problem/281943/

# Show Notes In which we talk at length about art and the arts in the context of Christianity, taking the three religiously themed movies in theaters right now as our jumping off point. ## Chapters * God’s Not Dead (2:56–10:09) – propositions in movie format, a.k.a. a tract. * Son of God (10:09–18:45) – moving higher on the art scale, and not trying to be big (in contrast with e.g. The Passion of the Christ). * Noah (18:45–26:06) – all art, not so much on the textual fidelity. We might be okay with that. * “Heaven Thrown In” (26:06–31:04) – on how aiming to start a conversation sometimes has the opposite effect, and how making good art sometimes produces a great conversation. Aside: Stephen made a tent to record in his hotel room in Indianapolis. Some scratchy audio from the blanket ensued, but so did clean audio for his voice. See what we do for you listeners? Visual proof here: http://www.winningslowly.org/images/podcast-ghost.jpg # Music * Opening Music: “This Landscape Is Our Escape”, from Unknown Ends by Dream Curtain (http://dreamcurtain.bandcamp.com). Used by permission. * Closing music: “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho (https://soundcloud.com/chriskrycho/winning-slowly). Used by dint of being written for the show. # Links (This week, sorted alphabetically rather than by the order mentioned in the show… because I have no idea what order we introduced the books in the show.) * Art and the Bible, Francis Schaeffer (http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1179430&item_no=834011) * An Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis (http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1179430&item_no=04728X) * God’s Not Dead official movie site: http://godsnotdeadthemovie.com * Noah official movie site: http://www.noahmovie.com * Son of God official movie site: http://www.sonofgodmovie.com * The Tolkien Reader, J.R.R. Tolkien, including “On Fairy-Stories” (http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1179430&item_no=345066)

# Show Notes In which we try out a 15-minute show format (and manage to run to 22 minutes, of course---you're not really surprised, are you?) on one topic: Kickstarter hitting a *billion* dollars funded. ## Chapters - Kickstart All The Things (0:40--13:57): Kickstarter hits a billion dollars, so we wax eloquent about just how neat the whole project is. - Ungreedy Capitalism (13:57--22:05): We talk about how Kickstarter's business model and company structure are different in really good ways, and the history and future of capitalism. # Music - Opening music: "It's Fine, It's Fine" (http://thetroublestarts.bandcamp.com/track/its-fine-its-fine), from _Westroy Sessions Volume Two_ by Daniel G. Harman. Used by permission. - Closing music: "Winning Slowly Theme" (https://soundcloud.com/chriskrycho/winning-slowly) by Chris Krycho. Used by dint of being written for the show. # Links - Kickstarter: http://kickstarter.com/ - Kickstarter's latest stats: http://kickstarter.com/help/stats - Freakonomics: Pontiff-icating on the Free-Market System http://freakonomics.com/2013/12/19/pontiff-icating-on-the-free-market-system-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/

# Show Notes In which we talk about what happens when people yell at each other about what they should and shouldn't be writing, how musicians' attitudes toward "making a career of it" seem to have shifted in the last few decades, and why not having a business plan is a bad plan. ## Chapters - Beating Up Writers (1:57--17:35): everyone from tech startups to Nicholas Kristof has an opinion about what you should be writing---and so do we... sort of. - Musical Careering (17:35--28:50): an interview with Future Islands prompts some reflection on what exactly a "career" in the music world is. - Losing Editorially (28:50--41:55): no business plan means you might not stick around as a company---and that makes us sad. # Music - Opening music: ["Know How To Live"](http://papercitymusic.bandcamp.com/track/know-how-to-live) by Paper City - Closing music: [Winning Slowly Theme](https://soundcloud.com/chriskrycho/winning-slowly) by Chris Krycho. Used by dint of being written for the show. # Links - [Blogging vs. Building](https://medium.com/on-startups/bc6893bb5cd5) - [Professors, We Need You!](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/opinion/sunday/kristof-professors-we-need-you.html) - [Interview with Future Islands](http://pitchfork.com/features/update/9315-future-islands/) - [Goodbye to Editorially](http://stet.editorially.com/articles/goodbye/)

Show Notes In which we talk about how greedy pricing schemes an and will run you right out of business (by running you right out of customers), how the Ken Ham-Bill Nye debate raises questions about Christians in the public square, and how incredibly weird it is that we can (and do) lose parts of the internet. * Insane pricing schemes: Network Solutions ripping off its customers (1:07–13:05) * Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye, the “culture war”, and having the wisdom to decide when one ought to opt for political silence and when one ought to opt for engagement (13:06–28:53) * Link rot, backups, and losing parts of the internet (28:54–41:51) Music * Opening music: “The South” by The Duke of Norfolk * Closing music: Winning Slowly Theme by Chris Krycho. Used by dint of being written for the show.

In which we talk about doing “content” right—whether that content is streaming radio, books published by Christian pastors, or massive trade laws. * Spotify, Pandora, and iTunes Radio: thinking about the ups and downs of each service * Pastor-authors: thinking about “plagiarism” and whose names end up on books * The Trans-Pacific Partnership: or, how making laws in secret as fast as possible is bad for democracy

In which we talk about how context shapes (or should shape) our decisions regarding technology, with three big topics: * Christian author and former pastor John Piper and Pope Francis on Twitter * Google acquiring Nest and the ensuing internet freakout * Intentionally unprofitable bands and the changing shape of music industry, as highlighted by miniature label Controlled Burn Records and band Nonagon Sometimes we mention things in our show. When we do, we link them here. Makes it easier for you that way… gives you some context, as it were. * @JohnPiper * @Pontifex * Google Can Buy Nest, But It Can’t Buy Our Trust * Every Data Point is Sacred: Article about home security and data surveillance * The Exploit: Book on network theory * Controlled Burn Records * Nonagon