About this Episode

Grace is a developer and podcast fan, who shares her experience of following various independent shows over the years and in producing her own chatcast, titled Monkey Mind. During the conversation, she also covers her passion for video games and considers the key differences between aural and visual media, drawing on her own study of film and background in video production.

Content warning: discussion of clinical depression

Podcast case study: Connected at Relay FM (listener)

Find Grace at graceteng.me.

Read the transcript of the episode as a styled PDF or in plain text.

Links and Show Notes

How the Habit Started 00:00:00

• Major depressive disorder (or clinical depression)
• The Pen Addict (blog)
• Relay FM
  • The Pen Addict (podcast)
• Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP)
• 99% Invisible
• Planet Money
• Myke Hurley
• John Siracusa
• Merlin Mann
• 43 Folders
• Cortex
• Mac Power Users
• Ungeniused
• Playing for Fun
• Celeste (video game)
• Analog(ue)
• Connected

The Dynamic 00:09:18

• Mac (computer)
• Casey Liss
• Parasocial interaction
• Google
• Amazon (company)
• Blog
• iPhone
• Early adopter

Monkey Mind 00:18:49

• Monkey Mind
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
• COVID-19 pandemic

What Sound Can Do 00:26:17

• Software engineering
• Start-up company
• Multimedia
• Apple File System (APFS)
• NPR
• This American Life
• Montage (filmmaking)
• Juxtaposition
• YouTube

Not a Purist 00:36:46

• Chatcast = a podcast with a conversational format, rather than a narrative one
• RSS
• Adam Savage
• Adam Savage’s Tested
• Speedrunning
• Dear PB
• Games Done Quick
  • Think Fast! Sly Another Day (video example)

Credits

Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording Studio

Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion

Contact

• Website: rsspod.net
• Email: martin@loungeruminator.net
• Mastodon: social.lol/@martinfeld
• Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld