Podcasters aren’t just the voices in your earbuds, they are people. Sometimes you might think some of them are the kinds of people you’d like to have as friends. Well last weekend I was privileged enough to test that theory. I had an entire family of podcasters visit during the annual celebration of my birth. And do you know what? I now consider them friends. Attending my birthday party were Evo Terra and Sheila Unwin, (as well as their hip teenage son NJ). We talked about podcasting, drank hoppy hoppy beer and had a swell-old time. As a birthday present to me Evo and Sheila even agreed to allow me to snap a promotional photo too (note that very cool mug Evo’s holding)…
I’ve been a fan of the various Dragon Page shows since before they were even podcasts, but even if you were not so lucky, you can still get in on the fun. Both Sheila and Evo’s podcasts can be found on the main www.dragonpage.com site as well as in the iTunes podcast directory (search word “dragon page”).
Sheila’s show, is Dragon Page With Class, the classier half of the Dragon Page podcasting phenomenon. She hosts her podcast with fellow middle school teacher Lorrie Mennenga. Together they talk about tips and techniques for use in the classroom, discuss educational trends as well as interviewing the top young adult and childrens literature authors (with a particular emphasis on Science Fiction and Fantasy authors I’m pleased to say). If you haven’t already you should subscribe using this feed:
http://www.dragonpage.com/podcastWC.xml
Evo Terra’s show, for those of you who’ve just stepped out of a 10 year cryogenic chamber sleep, is Dragon Page Cover to Cover. C2C is all about SF and Fantasy literature, Evo and his co-host Michael Mennenga do weekly interviews with the creators of the best in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror literature. These two heros have more than 200 shows in their history (and are directly or indrectly responsible for more than a dozen other podcasts. You can subscribe using this feed:
http://www.dragonpage.com/podcastC2C.xml
P.S. Evo, Sheila, NJ, you’re welcome back anytime guys! Next time we’ll do the grand tour.
Jesse Willis
Dang that guy is cute. Can I get his phone number?
That is awesome- I have made so many friends through podcasting!
Are you in Arizona Jesse? If not, then I am a bad bad addict because I haven’t even met Evo in person yet!
Happy late birthday!!!!! Looks like it was a blast!
Dani