Inside Chris's Head » podcast http://chris2x.com One man's view of life in Silicon Valley from Chris Christensen - a podcaster, blogger, social media consultant Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Co-Host on CNet's Buzz Out Loud Listener Co-Host Show http://chris2x.com/2008/12/22/co-host-on-cnets-buzz-out-loud-listener-co-host-show/ http://chris2x.com/2008/12/22/co-host-on-cnets-buzz-out-loud-listener-co-host-show/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:44:02 +0000 chris2x http://chris2x.com/?p=1461 buzz-out-loudI had the pleasure and privilege to be included as the second co-host in today’s episode of CNet’s Buzz Out Loud – Buzz Out Loud 877: Listener co-host show No. 1. I have long been a listener and sometimes a contributor of the show.

Just for context, on the show I am known as Chris the Podcaster. There is a mention made on the show about how I will trick them into plugging the Amateur Traveler next time. I had contributed to the show a few times before mention was made of what podcast I actual made. A funny series of events lead to the first time they mentioned the Amateur Traveler on the show.

  • I had met Tom, Jason and Molly at last years Podcast and New Media Expo. Specifically since Molly left a day earlier I had a chance to hang out with Tom and Jason and to introduce them to other podcasters. We also had lunch on the last day and I took them to the airport.
  • Shortly thereafter I called into the show to make another contribution and completely biffed the call. You know how it is when you are trying to leave a voicemail sometimes. I called again and left a coherent message but I was quite sure they would mock me and play the first call which they did. I think after that they felt a little guilty so they mentioned what my show was.
  • After they mentioned the show I sent this email:

    How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is to have a thankless technology podcaster triumvirate.

    I bet you think you are so smart. But as you sit there in your smug smugliness drinking your half-caf-mocha-latte-frapa-chino and thinking how you have powned me, know this.

    It was in fact I who did the powning.

    And now is the time to reveal my sinister plan.

    Clearly the Buzz Out Loud show has an enviably larger audience than the Amateur Traveler. So how to get the Amateur Traveler promoted on the air. Clearly this was against BOL policy so the plan must be intricate, ingenious, diabolical.

    1. Invent the character of “Chris the podcaster” and establish it with some familiar regular contributions to the show.
    2. Convince the CNET management to send the cast of Buzz Out Loud to the Podcast and New Media Episode. This was accomplished through a series of incriminating photos taken at last year’s company Christmas party. Eggnog? I think not.
    3. Send a brilliant piece of audio feedback the week of the show so that “Chris the podcaster” is fresh in everyone’s memory.
    4. Arrange for a speaker at the show to have an untimely accident so that Tom gets a speaking slot.
    5. Hand deliver fake schedules to almost all the conference attendants that mislabels Tom’s talk as “A Case for Cooperating with the RIAA… with root kits” so that most of the attendees are dissuaded from attending Tom’s talk.
    6. Offer “helpful” comments during the talk to establish a rapport.
    7. Casually use hypnosis so that Tom and Jason invite me to lunch and think it is their idea and that they are simply “hungry”.
    8. Cement the relationship with casual banter and a ride to the airport.
    9. Wait
    10. Submit a very badly done audio clip for the show that is too painfully funny not to use but will instill enough guilt that Tom will feel the need to plug the Amateur Traveler in return.

      11. Pownage

      I cannot believe you could fall for such a simple plot. And now the next time someone is craving the voice of a well spoken, erudite, prepared podcaster they will… oh wait! … oh no! Oh crap. Back to the drawing board.

      P.S. Thanks for the plug

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  • Episode 42 – The Church is… (called to be) United
  • Episode 43 – The Church is… (called to be) Thankful
  • Episode 44 – The Church is… (called to be) Victorious
  • Episode 45 – The Church is… (called to be) Grace-full and Mercy-full
  • Episode 46 – The Church is… (called to be) Loving
  • Episode 47 – The Church is… (called to be) Joyful
  • Episode 48 – The Church is… (called to be) Generous
  • Episode 49 – The Church is… (called to be) Humble
  • Episode 50 – The Church is… (called to be) Prayerful
  • Episode 51 – The Church is… (called to be) Truthful

The next series starts today and is titled Christianity 101. This series will be a study on the book of Romans which is one of the best books for getting an structured understanding of Christianity.

Episode 52 – Christianity 101 – Romans 1:1-15

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