0:00:35 | JCD: “to be honest about it, a lot of it is just plain boring” |
0:02:15 | ACC unemployable since Michael Jackson murder comment to MSNBC |
0:03:59 | ACC/JCD meeting story at CNET pilots in 1993, e-mail exchange and Cranky Geeks |
0:08:31 | No Agenda’s origin in casual conversation, JCD: “an interesting conversation between two people is interesting to everybody”; JCD’s “critic” from software career path predictor |
0:12:54 | ACC’s decision to commit to two shows per week; ACC: “both radio guys”, JCD: “modern form of radio”, importance of sound quality, ACC on customized sound: “silence is beautiful” |
0:19:07 | Producer question: who’s the star of the show? |
0:20:11 | How a Family Guy DVD changed “no jingles, no sound effects, no agenda”; Weenie and the Butt morning zoo excerpt, ACC: “zero content, all filler”; deliberately not discussing topics beforehand; Geoff Smith “in the morning” rimshot and pet peeve segue |
0:26:22 | Evolution of the show via producer ideas; unexpectedly complementary clips; transition to more media assassination and commitment milestones, ACC’s e-mail labeling and C-SPAN transcript system; JCD on Book TV research value; move from anecdote format listener-driven |
0:35:03 | Donations introduced late 2008 or 2009, critical role of NPR “sponsorship, underwriting, advertising, call it whatever you want”; JCD on instant feedback via donations, novels directly user-funded, the tyranny of the hard break; ACC on fundraising psychological hurdle |
0:43:53 | ACC’s instant feedback from chatroom, enforced schedule rigidity; “we don’t work for tips” |
0:46:41 | Critical importance of entertainment value; JCD hoping to give listeners an edge, ACC: “I think I was born to do this”, selfishness of good works |
0:52:10 | Objections to “hookers and blow”, JCD on “new cycle of hookers” |
0:53:42 | Show opening as impediment to attracting both new listeners and NSA |
0:54:54 | “Crackpot” life insurance policy; Crackpot from e-mail, Buzzkill from artwork |
0:55:44 | ACC on open-source model: “we don’t own anything”; show postmortem with selection of show name & album art; suggested “in the morning” trademark; Aric the Shill’s admin work |
1:00:31 | Deuce Club Donation Segment |
1:06:58 | ACC: “so John, would you like to basically do this full-time and quit everything else?”; podcasting as off-putting mechanism, pitfalls of RSS, Apple pushing all NPR podcasts |
1:15:22 | Origin of knighthoods with JCD’s “why can’t Ford Motor Company grant knighthoods” comment; ACC’s Knight network “bat signal” app idea; JCD on innovative promotional models; ACC motivated by donation dropoffs and snarky JCD comments |
1:21:55 | No sin in fast-forwarding through a boring bit, ACC on the joy of catching JCD flat-footed |
1:24:43 | ACC guesses support breakdown by country: USA, Australia, Canada, UK, Netherlands; impossibility of knowing actual subscription numbers, JCD guesses 50-400k |
1:31:07 | JCD’s show prep collecting articles and clips with Zoom H2 recorder; ACC on value and volume of shownotes, hunt for elusive “zinger” |
1:33:50 | ACC’s research dead-end on Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand Protocols |
1:34:41 | Considerable time cost of producing the show; ACC’s Sound Byte by Black Cat Software |
1:36:58 | Nokia E71 RSS app creation; BlackBerry getting in on podcast scene |
1:38:26 | “Glut” of jingles and talent an improvement over older format nostalgia |
1:39:40 | Show 333 next milestone; JCD: media and Obama administration both getting worse; independence from advertising attack vector; no conspiracy theory tax, Alex Jones as canary in the coal mine for government intervention; no guests, JCD: “this is not the Larry King Show” |
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