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Nicole Bedford is a documentarian and media artist who uses video to explore textures of humanity in ways that inspire hope, justice, and introspection. Her work often follows ordinary people and touches on themes of identity, power, and interconnectedness. Nicole’s ultimate goal with any project is to foster compassion and community building by reconnecting viewers with their inner selves and with each other. When not creating, Nicole spends her time exploring nature, discussing complex topics over beers with friends, and performing bizarre and grotesque creatures with a Dungeons and Dragons improv troupe. IG: https://www.instagram.com/nicolebedfordfilms/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/NicoleBedfordFilms/ VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/nicolebedford WEBSITE: https://nicolebedford.ca 

You've decided to take the leap and step out on your own in this new iteration of the New Normal.  Fantastic.  You're creating, you're posting, and you're wondering why nobody's coming to see it.   You built it, but they're not coming.   Why?Well, let's start with a hard truth.  The only place "If you build it, they will come" works is in that movie.  I don't know how that got translated from a movie about a baseball field into creative work or entrepreneurialism, but it's the worst fantasy anyone can have when they're beginning this journey.   Think about it; If that saying were true, we'd live in a world without billboards, commercials, print ads, and infomercials.  I'm a child of the Eighties, and to say that my generation was a target demo is like saying a hurricane leaves things a little damp.   They made damn sure we knew they built it.   They went so far as to let us know they built it that there were several cartoons that were made solely because there was a toy they wanted to sell.  That's what I cal

I remember first hearing the phrase "The New Normal," mentioned by Tom Brokaw on 9/11.  The attack was only hours old, and we already realized that our lives would be different.  Since then, I've heard it used several times for many various reasons, but none ever really took on real life-changing meaning to me until March of 2020.  That's when I went home to work until I lost my job in May 2020 because of the pandemic.   It's still a bit difficult for me to say that the coronavirus took my job, and I'm still a little upset about it.  The New Normal in this context means a couple of things.   It means that businesses are going to operate differently.  Take the call center industry as an example.   In many cases, the most significant overhead a call center has is facility cost. If the pandemic has taught them anything, remote work has a positive effect on the bottom line.   Now a drawback to that is that you're going to starting seeing some bad actors in the industry paying less and scheduling people just under

Up front I want to give you a content warning, there is discussion of sexual assault during this episode, so if you feel that might not be something you or your kids might want to listen to, please skip this episode.Amy Mahon is a writer, photographer and theater artist living in Fort Lauderdale Florida. A former resident of Virginia, she moved back after graduating with a master of fine arts degree in film with an emphasis on screen writing. During quarantine she focuses her time on plants, hiking outdoors, and shooting portraits on film. She is a Board member of Broward County’s only certified rape crisis center, and focuses on anti-rape culture advocacy.   I've known Amy for a number of years as an online acquaintance, and even though she lived in this town we never got a chance to meet, so this is the first time we're having a conversation.  I think Amy's story is an interesting one, and when I decided to start having these conversations with people, she was immediately the first person on my list.   The

In this episode, I'm going to tell you where I've been, what's been happening, how it affects this podcast, and where we go from here.  Also, some Photography 101, and why podcasting is a marketing no-brainer.  TIME MARKERS:1:06  I've been trying to get a podcast done for months, and it's a bit harder than it used to be.  2:01  I talk about the job I've done for the past 4-5 years, how Coronavirus just ate it, and what I'm trying to do in the meantime.  The job search isn't exactly going like gangbusters.7:37  It occurs to me that I can make the money I would like to be making as a freelancer.  9:53  I'd like to start something with this show I've rarely if ever done:  Conversations with creatives.13:55  If you're new to photography, there's no shame in the Auto game.  However, getting out of Auto is a worthy goal.  Step One towards that goal is understanding the Exposure Triangle.15:51  I reveal what my first digital camera was, and if you listen carefully, you can hear my bones creak in the background.24:20

For the first time in many years, Loonradio joins Roley for a conversation about Apple,  Jobs, Mental Health, and Next Steps.  Follow Roley on Twitter @krisroleyFollow Roley on Instagram @krisroley 

Roy Hastings of the Pungo Auxiliary Police is worried about the 'Ronavirus. Twitch is a Berner.We go Looking For Love in Several Wrong Places, and Margaret's back. Finally, Death, Taxes, Florida.   Follow Roley on Twitter, Insta, and TikTok @krisroleyand hit krisroley.com for other new stuff. 

Over the past year, I’ve been working on trying to figure out my wiring. Specifically the part of my brain that can recall song lyrics immediately but forget anything I’m supposed to be doing, and how best to remind myself to do those things.---Follow Roley on Twitter, Instagram, and Medium.There might be new YouTube stuff coming. Remember, we warned you.The Patreon is Live, and free for the month of January so you can see what we're doing. Take a look around, and thanks for your consideration.Visit Roley. It's kinda neat. Show Less

In this episode, Roley talks about how he came to be fascinated with radio, a little of that history, and then we settle on the main topic: Back the the deep dark Seventies and Eighties, there were people who were paid--sometimes stupid amounts of money--to piss people off every weekday. As the times change, most of those people found themselves needing to pivot, or found themselves not on the radio anymore. They were the Shock Jocks, and one of the greatest died last week.LINKS:Boss RadioKHJ Boss Radio: A Look BackThe Real Don Steele Fractious Friday SignoffsBest Of Imus MontageWolfman Jack at WNBC---Follow Roley on Twitter, Instagram, and Medium.There might be new YouTube stuff coming. Remember, we warned you.The Patreon is Live, and free for the month of January so you can see what we're doing. Take a look around, and thanks for your consideration.Visit Roley. It's kinda neat. 

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/andrew-sullivan-what-we-know-about-trump-going-into-2020.htmlAndrew Sullivan: 'The two core lessons of the past few years are therefore: (1) Trumpism has a real base of support in the country with needs that must be addressed, and (2) Donald Trump is incapable of doing it and is such an unstable, malignant, destructive narcissist that he threatens our entire system of government. The reason this impeachment feels so awful is that it requires removing a figure to whom so many are so deeply bonded because he was the first politician to hear them in decades. It feels to them like impeachment is another insult from the political elite, added to the injury of the 21st century. They take it personally, which is why their emotions have flooded their brains. And this is understandable.'Fitzroy:  Needs that must be addressed—We needed a President that gave us the courage to be who we are in public:  We’re Here, We’re…you know…and We're In Your Face.  ('you know' being white, kind

VBCity Council -- Tents on the Beach  https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/no-tents-on-beach-virginia-beach/291-7751f5e3-115d-4bce-8003-8f0583ac6256Boise Idaho ordinance struck down by Appellate Court, not reviewed by SCOTUS -- https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/supreme-court-wont-review-homeless-camping-ban-in-idaho/Lots of veterans in this situation, and there are some mental health issues involved.  That's what happens when you ask someone to go and kill or be killed and then break your promise to take care of them when they come home.  I don't care about the semantics, you all can argue that point.  We broke our promise, and cut these folks loose to fend for themselves.  Nobody wants to hear this, but here is a hard truth: If we still had the draft, and it wasn't able to be gamed by the well to do to keep their kids from serving, I guarantee you we wouldn't be forgetting about the vets.  We've otherized the homeless.  They're not us, they're something else, and

Oliver Townes is our resident wantrepreneur, and he's sitting in for Roley today while Kris is ugly crying the previous year out of his system.  He says he's on vacation, WE DON'T BELIEVE HIM.  Oliver is going to take you on a journey through his very busy day, and we think you'll agree that he's a very busy man. SONG:  'Still Of The Night' by Brown Brogues. ---Follow Roley on Twitter, Instagram, and Medium.There might be new YouTube stuff coming.  Remember, we warned you.  We're going to bring back the Patreon in 2020, we just need to figure out what Roley can do without needing to be involuntarily committed.  Stand by.  Visit Roley.  It's kinda neat.   

Episode 342ImpeachaPalooza — with HoppySONG — Ravonettes — Endless SleeperTriple A is still confused. Father Sheamus and the Spiritual FitBit SONG — Starlight Girls — InhibitionistMonologue:  So, here’s how it’s gonna go:  Trump is not gonna get removed, the Republicans are going to lose the Presidency and the majority in 2020, but the damage will have already been done. If you’re not subscribed to the poddlement, won’t you?  You can find Roley on most of the Podcast Platforms by searching for RoleyShow.  If you have a review for us, we’d love that.  Please Follow us on most social media channels @krisroley.  Roley is a ScrappyGull Media production,  From the 757, Laugh, Think, and Change the World.  

I'd like to share an insecurity or two that I've found myself nurturing lately.  I think you'll be familiar with it.   I've seen it before, and now I think I'm on the other end. 

I suspect that there are a lot of people that meet the following description: You’re taken with the idea of starting a podcast. You want to do it! You have a pretty good idea of what kind of show you’d like to do, you know who your audience is, and you know how you can differentiate yourself and add some value to listeners. You also know that you work a full-time job, you’ve got kids, you have other obligations, so the amount of time that you have to dedicate to something else is so small you gave up measuring it in seconds, and you wonder if facial twitches could work as a unit of time. It doesn’t. I tried. I was reminded of this by a reader who was kind enough to comment on my last article for Medium. Reading their circumstances, it struck me how similar our situation is: Day job, multiple kids, some with special needs or serious medical issues. It would be very easy to just shrug and say “Time is fleeting, and a podcast takes the time I don’t have”. Well, it can if you have a misconception about what a pod

Let’s set the scene: You have recorded an amazing podcast. It’s got amazing content, you’ve got a clear point to get across, and you’re excited to get it out to people…and no one sees it. I can’t tell you the number of times this happened to me in the past. Not only that, but on the occasions where I found I had a ‘hit’, I couldn’t figure out why. There didn’t seem to be a pattern at all. Why were some podcasts getting more attention than others? It finally hit me. I wasn’t naming my episodes in a way where they could be found by someone searching for that subject, and I realized I had to change my ways. In the early days of podcasting, you might have been able to get away with naming your episode Episode 1, or use the name of your show and the date. That’s just not the world we live in anymore. We live an a world with hundreds of thousands of podcasts, and surely hundreds devoted to the same subject you’re talking about on your show. If you want them to find you, you have to give yourself every adv

Another one of the questions new podcasters ask is how often they should release episodes, and just like questions about podcast length, this has as many answers as there are podcasters. There really is no right answer to this one. I have done daily, weekly, and bi weekly shows. I have done ‘seasons’ where all the shows were completed prior to the release of the first episode. I seem to vacillate between all of these depending on what I think I want out of my podcast at the time. As I write this, I am writing a season of podcasts to be released weekly. I have some items for you to consider when determining how often you should release episodes. *** Is it time sensitive? ** Especially true for current events shows, but if your industry changes rapidly, then you may want to consider multiple shows a week. *** What is your situation? ** I still have trouble with this myself, but let me drive this point home for both of us: you don’t need to drop and episode daily or weekly. It’s great that other shows do, but yo

There are as many answers to how long a podcast should be as there are podcasters, and the truth is there's no set answer. For every person that tells you that you should keep things short, there's someone else who will be more than happy to tell you that Joe Rogan or John Gruber can go for 3 hours and are wildly successful. I came across this question once on Quora. For the uninitiated, Quora is a platform where users can ask questions and receive answers from people with varying degrees of knowledge. No sooner had I shared my opinion—and I always emphasize that this is my opinion—another podcaster that I lump in with the 'gurus' disagreed with me. In fact, he gave me the contrary advice I mention at the beginning of this article. The simple fact is that neither of us is right. The problem is that neither of us is wrong, and someone else will come along and disagree with both of us. So, in an area where there is no right or wrong answer, I'm going to share my take on it. My smarmy pod-guru friend is right. T

In my last article, I made the case that there are three different types of podcasters: The Hobbyist, The Corporate Podcaster, and The Entrepreneur. Each one has their place in the world of podcasting, and I believe every one of them belongs here. You might come into the world of podcasting for fun, and find yourself as an entrepreneur at a later time. You might create a podcast for the company you work for, and do something for fun in your off time. You may end up doing all three if you're in the game long enough. In 2006 when I started, podcasting was still very much a pirate thing, and there weren't any 'rules.' Incidentally, there weren't as many podcasts out there either. Today, according to Nielsen and Edison, there are at least 700,000 live podcasts. You're free to take anything I'm saying with a massive grain of salt, but if the days of "If you build it, they will come' were ever a thing in podcasting, those days are long gone. If you want them to listen and subscribe to your show, then you need

I know I've said it until I'm blue in the face: Everybody can be a podcaster. So can you. But what kind of podcaster are you?