Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #19

Service...Where the hell is it these days? That's the question your host puts forth on this episode of the PCR. Champagne wishes, caviar dreams and a $2oo toilet repair. What? How do you feel about fodcasting? No misspelling there folks FODCASTING. Listen in for the details on that. Martha's in hot water again, Bad Santa rocks and of course, The Deadwood Update.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Program Notes
• New donate button
• Video Extras
• Service Rants
• Saved by Amex
  
• Home Depot Rant
• The Lack of Service These Days
• Fodcasting
• Bad Santa Shocks and Surprises
• Martha's Parole Issues
• The Deadwood Update
• NY Newsday Podcasting Article - link
• Sign Off
  

Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #18

We're rolling on the NJ Turnpike on this week's PCR. Yes it's a very mobile (but very important) rant this week. What's with that Amtrak Acela brake debacle? Your host provides the skinny on that action. Adam Curry's soundseeing tour in a Waldorf Astoria elevator is worthy of a rant, as well as his continued slamming of U.S. airport security. A scoreboard malfunction at Shea Stadium is just another example of uber-marketing gone wrong. A tidbit on capturing Google mail via RSS. And a love affair with Onfolio...

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• The Amtrak Mess
  
• Curry Elevator Soundseeing Comments + Air Security Rant
• New York Mets Scoreboard Malfunction
• Google Mail via RSS - https://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom/
• Onfolio releases version 2.0 - http://www.onfolio.com
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Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #17

It's a special PCR as your host interviews his big brother. The main topic of conversation is the media. The media has a great impact on people's opinion and your host thinks that they're failing to deliver objective news that's thoroughly research. The media has a responsibility to be thorough and objective, given the fact that many people base their opinions on a variety of topics as a result of what gets reported. We find out in this conversation that five organizations control over 75% of the print news reported in the U.S.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Media Reporting in Iraq
• The Major U.S. Media Players
• The New York Times
• Associated Press
• Reuters
• L.A. Times
• Washington Post
  
• The Dan Rather Incident
  
• The Role of Bloggers
• The Media vs. Fox News
  
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Podcast NYC: Pop Culture Rant #16

Welcome back to a slightly longer version of the PCR! Your host reads a letter from a friend stationed in Iraq and lets loose on the news media's weak coverage of the situation over there. USA Today gets dropped on his doorstep so you get a rant on the weaknesses of that newspaper. A call to Dell support yields frustration and even more work. Is it open season on the Pope just a few days after his death? And, The Deadwood Update.

SHOW NOTES

• Intro
• Letter from Iraq
• News Media Rant
• Frustration with Dell Support
  
• USA Today Rant
• Pope John Paul II
• Deadwood Update
• Sign Off