Podcasting
Does it feel like you’re the last person who hasn’t started a podcast? If you’ve been thinking about firing up the mic and starting your own, reading these posts from others who have given it a go will get you off to a good start.

Pyragraph LIVE: John Fugelsang
John Fugelsang is in Albuquerque to perform “Unpresidented: The true story of a comedian trying to raise a toddler while his country was electing one” and we were lucky enough to get him into the Pyragraph LIVE studio (a.k.a. my office) to talk about comedy, politics, religion, and how he’s pulled all those elements and more into his unique creative career.
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Gun Sense Now! Maggie Byers and Emilie De Angelis of Moms Demand Action NM
After last week’s tragedy in Parkland, Florida, I reached out to Maggie Byers and Emilie De Angelis of Moms Demand Action NM to talk about recent developments on the gun control front. Moms Demand Action is a bi-partisan grassroots organization fighting the epidemic of gun violence in the US.
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No Internet, No Music: Why Musicians Need to Care About Net Neutrality
Musicians and the music they create are critical to halting further attacks on net neutrality. When net neutrality protections were at risk of being destroyed in the past, musicians came out in large numbers during a multi-year campaign to save it. And we are needed this time around too.
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Peri Here: It’s Pyragraph Pledge Week!
Mainly what I’d say to my friend is this: Imagine a world where there is a free beer tap on every corner. If you want to make a living selling beer, how can you succeed? One inescapable part of the answer, it seems to me, is that you end up giving away a LOT of beer.
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How to Keep Doing Comedy When You Can’t Get Up On Stage
Can’t get to the mic? Can’t make it out to shows? You still wanna be a comic? Well then, my friend, it’s time to pitch in and help out the comedy community.
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My Five Favorite Podcasts for Getting the Creative Juices Flowing
Driving across the country solo can be one of the loneliest parts of the life of a comedian, but the open road has recently become one of my favorite job perks. Letting the thoughts flow with the asphalt has the power to put me in the zen state I need for my creativity to come alive—and podcasts can really help.
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How to Make Music Videos, Podcasts and More in 1,000,000 Easy Steps Spoiler: It's actually not easy at all
We’ll see how far I make it into gearheadery, but this I can tell you: An important part of deciding to get more hands-on with media production is simply accepting the inescapable fact that there’s no quick-and-easy way to do this kind of creative work.
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Clearing the Table for the Unexpected Adventures in landlording, plus I do a podcast with Jessamyn Lovell and Little Bobby Tucker
I opened myself up to the possibility that doing something completely new and unexpected might actually be a great fit with my other projects and areas of work.
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Self-Employed Happy Hour Podcast: Social Media Strategist Roxanne Blair and Curator Nancy Zastudil
Peri Pakroo returns to the dining room podcasting studio with more tales from the self-employed front, including interviews with social media strategist Roxanne Blair, and gallery owner Nancy Zastudil.
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