Previous guest, Brooks Hanrahan, joins Joe to review and analyze Netflix's popular series, Ozark.

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S2/E10: Talking Ozark w/ Brooks Hanrahan

Dawson and Joe "Zoom" with with former student, Harrison Larner, to discuss his podcast sliceofsports.com and the unique blending of right/left brain thinking (narrative/statistics) that makes sports so appealing and perhaps even polarizing within our culture. 

S2/E9: Harrison Larner

With Dawson dutifully honoring local "shelter in place" mandates, Joe sits down in front of the microphone and divulges an essay he began writing a few years ago that was "re-inspired" by the world's current pandemic condition and Easter weekend. Don't miss the announcement at the end of the episode about the new Digital Yawp blog. Music on this episode:  "Oats in the Water" by Ben Howard "Saturn" and "Sun" by Sleeping At Last.

S2/E8: Easter (aka Joe Reads an Essay)

Joe and Dawson discuss the topic of misotheism by focusing on some ancient myths and how confused (or wrong) the gods must have been.

S2/E7: Misotheism: The Gods Must be Wrong

Dawson finally convinces Joe to watch the first two movies in the latest Star Wars trilogy, and guys are joined by Brooks Hanrahan, an ardent fan of the series, to discuss details.

Joe Watches Star Wars

Musician and lyricist Brendan Abernathy stops by "the studio" to talk about inspiration, purpose, and the communal nature of his art. The music that appears throughout this episode can be found wherever you listen to music and at https://www.babernathy.com/ which is also where you can go to find out more about what Brendan is doing, where he is performing, or how you can contact him.

S2/E5: Brendan Abernathy

In the wake of "All Hallows Eve" (and a day after Joe finally got around to viewing last summer's horror bonanza entitled Midsommar) the guys sit down to discuss the topic of fear from a couple of different perspectives. Special thanks for music in this episode to Wayne Jones for "Spookster" and to Silent Partner for "Ticker." Also, some intentionally scary (or campy depending on your perspective) background stuff by Eilish, Manson, Zombie, and Jackson thrown in for good measure. 

Fear and the Distortion of Reality

Writer and educator, Nathan Goodroe, returns to the microphone to discuss the challenges of getting published and developing ideas for stories. More importantly, though, he hopes to encourage listeners to explore those hobbies that spark the creative energy that lies (even if currently dormant) inside all of us.   

S2/E4: Nathan Goodroe on Right-brain Relevance

In this episode, Joe and Dawson discuss whether or not they tend to spend money on movies that everyone else is spending money to see, and explore what separates an "indie" films from those produced for mass consumption. DY trivia fact: One of us likes Star Wars, Harry Potter and The Avengers a lot more than the other. This episode includes snippets of music from: Clairo, NIN, Des Rocs, and 21 Pilots.  

S2/E2: Blockbuster or Bourgie?

In their first episode of Season 2 of Digital Yawp, Dawson and Joe highlight a couple of documentaries that they watched over the summer and rediscover the abject horror of reality television/storytelling. Who needs fiction to frighten us? The material world is doing that quite nicely on its own.

S2--Episode 1: Documentaries (a.k.a. The Problem of Evil)

In the final episode of Season 1, Joe and Dawson discuss the "rules" of language and communication as they relate to propriety, power structures, influence, and perhaps even prejudice. We also had to use the explicit designation for the first time, so that's...um...different.

S1/E31: Words

As Season 1 of Digital Yawp winds down, the guys explore the possibility that everything is a refraction of something previous, and that technological advances have sped up culture to the point where an artist's work is being significantly influenced by his/her audience (and/or consumers). Is this disappointing? Is it detrimental? Or, is it beneficial to have the crowd join the artist in the creative process? 

S1/E30: There's nothing new. Is that ok?

The guys consider and discuss the history and the evolution of a famous archetype known as the Trickster--a literary figure whose origins reach as far back as the earliest creation myths and also appears in movies as current as the new Joker film coming this October.

S1/E29: The Trickster

Two-time guest, short fiction author, and treasured friend of the podcast, Nathan Goodroe, joins us to discuss the phenomenon of cooperative storytelling and the appeal of role playing games NOT experienced on a video console.

S1/E25: Dungeons and Dragons

In their latest episode, the lads return from Christmas break to discuss the traditional exercise many people go through of telling ourselves a story about ourselves that eventually leads to making ourselves (and others) promises we typically don't keep.   Special thanks for the music in this episode goes out to The Mini Vandals for "The Shepherd" and "35,000 Feet" and to Chris Haugan for "Mirage."

S1/E24: New Year's Best Intentions

Not your mother's book club or, really, any book club for that matter.

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