Dec 5, 2018
Baked and Awake
Episode 062
03 December 2018
Intro-Disclaimer-Newsbrief-DGN
Welcome once again to my weekly,
self directed psychotherapy session, the Baked and Awake podcast.
Today is December 3rd 2018, and this is our 62nd episode of the
show. (Thanks, Disclaimer about pot and where new listeners
can find me on DGN, email, etc). Some of my more savvy podcast
listeners may have taken note today of an announcement that
preceded the show itself- that being a robotic voice informing you
that Baked and Awake is now a proud member of the Dark
Myths Collective. Please
note that this in no way affects our affiliation with our friends
and co creators at the Damaged Goods Network! Baked and Awake will continue to support and
collaborate with talented friends from Damaged Goods the Show,
Daddy Issuez, Needless To Say, and Claytime in the Basement.
Fortunately for Yours truly, my
family at DGN supports what I/We do here at Baked and Awake
unconditionally, and welcomes the added cache and potential
collaborative horsepower that becoming involved with a small but
industrious family of high test Creators like the people at
Darkmyths.org.
From before I ever pressed
record on the first episode of this show, I was listening to
several podcasts from the Dark Myths Collective. I found Dark
Myths after about a year of podcast listening, having cut my teeth
on Rogan, Carlin, Serial, and a number of other more or less
mainstream podcasts. As I listened to more and more shows, and
branched out, I found that there existed an entire realm of
Independently produced shows that featured compelling voices
weaving rich tales, and asking penetrating questions of the sort
that I live for. Here and there, and with increasing
frequency- I heard a catchy intro voice. Sometimes robotic,
sometimes in faintly sultry feminine tones, that “this podcast is
part of the Dark Myths Collective…” and finishing with the somehow
inviting, “the darkness awaits”.. Well, I can tell you, I was
hooked. From absolute staples of my listening rotation such as The
Eastern Border, History on Fire, The Conspirators, and The Secret
Transmission Podcast- none of whom I can go without listening to
every new episode of the moment they come out- to amazing newer
shows like Martyr Made, a history podcast in the finest tradition
of Hardcore History. Speaking of History, there is the
extremely well done History of Pirates Podcast, The Chilling and
addictive Southern Grimoire, the amazing Strange Matters Podcast,
and more. Honestly- I’m barely scratching the surface of a group
that is diverse, uniformly excellent, and to a one- “touched by
darkness”.
As such, it was my distinct
honor to find a favorable response from my closest (indeed ONLY)
inside man over at Dark Myths when I recently screwed up my courage
to inquire as to how to apply for membership. Fellow Podcast
Builder Kristaps Andrejsons- host of the Extremely High Quality
show The Eastern Border (Very entertaining Cold War History from
the perspective of an Eastern European Historian), long time member
of the Collective, very generously “sponsored” me, facilitating a
swift introduction, and ultimately induction to the collective in
just a matter of days. As you can probably tell from the time we
are spending on this here, and my voice- I was stoked to say the
least. “But, what’s it all mean, Steve? You selling out
already? You’re not even popular!”
Easy now! That last shot was a
little below the belt don’t you think? We have hundreds, thousands
of downloads even!
- Here
I’ll switch to a listicle format to shorten up my notes, and
multiply the number of “Umms” and “ahhh’s” I’ll have to edit out
later. Great fun, that part let me tellya.
- So-
no I’m not selling out. I own my work and we, together decide
the direction that the show will take. DGN and DMC respectively are
here to support me/us in our mission, as I in turn support them in
the shared goals of growing, through meaningful collaborations both
on the mic and behind the scenes.
- What
can you expect? Also known as “how many “commercials” are you
going to have now, Steve? Ummmm, first, they’re not
commercials. Promos for other shows, yes- of course. That’s
how we discover new podcasts, right? I mean, what kind of
psychopath actually uses the search function in their fave podcast
app for anything other than inputting the name of a podcast
someone, somewhere- told you to listen to? That’s what I thought.
So, yes- more of that and probably frequently- they will be members
of DGN, DMC, and let’s not forget all my friends in the PBL,
or
Podcast Builders League (Find us on Facebook and Twitter!)
- As
our little Podcast Cabal grows and forms, like Voltron- into a
force to be recokoned with, I find myself ever critical of my
podcast. From its overall sound (background buzz, anyone?),
to the length of shows, to the depth of research that we do- I’m
looking to up the quality across the board.
- To
that end, I’ll soon be transitioning from a usb Mixer to a Digital
Audio Interface, and I hope that I can finally tune out some of the
very annoying to me, so I’m sure it must be bothersome to YOU- buzz
that I have the hardest time getting away from now, and that causes
me to be forced at times to add even more compression or other
editing wizardry to the shows than I want to. That, or be forced to
constantly mask persistent background noise with music- and as much
as I love having the music of our talented friend Antti Luode,
(Listen
to him on Spotify today!), I sometimes would just as soon sit here
quietly and talk with you with nothing between us but the
air..
- So,
that’s most of the personal updates I can think of for now.
Josh Kinkaid is busy pulling in Cannabis Industry field
reports for us as we speak here in the local area, and will be
venturing into the Great White North next week for a Canadian Event
that looks really interesting as well, so we have that to look
forward to very soon. I’m going to give you all a bit of a mini
episode here today, in the form of an introduction to my new Alexa
Skill- The Baked and Awake News Brief
- However- Before I leave you, let me assure you
that the next few episodes of this podcast will be light on
Cannabis news and H E A V Y on weirdness. Uhhhhhh, how do I
give you a taste or a hint without ruining your dinner? How about
start with checking out the New Earth channel on Youtube. Just
watch any of their videos. Take a deep breath though and get
used to the thick accents. Pretend this is your beloved, long lost
relative, and that this is a message from them of utmost
importance. I find that helps a little. You can also speed
them up to maybe 1.25x speed, and it actually sounds a little more
natural, imo. Other Youtube searches and the resultant docs that
have had my head in a twist, to say the least: Great Tartaria, The
Mud Flood, Soft Rocks/Living Rocks, and Star Forts… This is
Electric Universe, Purple Dawn level type stuff here guys, at least
to me. I don’t know what to think of it all yet, but I can’t get
enough of it, it all connects, and we have more than enough to talk
about here to go for literally MONTHS- so yeah. Bear with me, hit
me up on Instagram, @baked_and_awake, email me at talktous@bakedandawake.com,
and visit my own website for notes on this show and to easily also
access all the News Briefs and their respective notes as well.
- To my
patreon Supporters: As always thank you and I DID see that message
from you, Derek. To answer your question, you’re right- it’s
setup to pay me/charge you only when I make a Patron only post, and
yes, I’ve yet to do that. You CAN indeed support me directly
actually, and cut out the patreon middle men- by visiting
bakedandawake.com and smashing that donate button on Paypal
anytime. I think you can specify friends and family, and we
save the fees there too. Thanks for messaging me about that, DK, I
appreciate you and all my backers so so much, it’s hard to even
tell you really. Humbling.
- Anyhow, today’s short, sweet, Baked and Awake
News Brief is built from the ground up for a voice first experience
and designed to be enabled on your Alexa Powered Haunted Speakers
of all shapes and Sizes. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
I will bring you a concise (Sub 5 minute) report summarizing some
interesting Cannabis or “Conspiracy/Wokeland” fact or story,
powered mostly by a variety of Google Alerts, and my daily scouring
of the less respectable nooks and crannies of the web. What’s that
I hear you muttering as I talk? Alexa this alexa that- Oh... You
have one of the other, like 1% of so called Smart Speakers out
there? Well- great. Good for you. Just search for the Baked
and Awake News Brief like you would any other podcast (Because
surprise- underneath it all it’s just another rss feed!) and you
can listen to it on your Googly Home, or your Nest Hub, or your
internet connected dishwasher- I’m not here to tell you how to get
it- just get it!
- After
you’ve listened to the News Brief, do me a favor and enable it on
the nearest smart speaker to you, whether that’s in the office,
your friend’s house, or on the kiosk models down at the Mall- it
won’t play unless you ask it to, and the subscription stays active
forever unless someone goes in and disables it. Thanks for
the help, my Street Team!
- OK I
hope you enjoy your taste of the News Brief, and really, be looking
forward to our upcoming deep dive into that weirdest new area of
the conspiracy web I have found in maybe- ever!
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Episode ambient Music generously
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https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/6y699a/i_have_released_my_1363_songs_free_under_creative/
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