This post is a response to episode 679 of the podcast “This American Life” where the podcaster Lina Misitzis (@lmisitzis) wrongly categorized Aerith as a girl who needs saving. For those of you who are unaware, Aerith Gainsborough is a character from the classic video game Final Fantasy VII (FFVII) (1997 – Squaresoft), which is…
Beyond Toast
Even if you’re not a hipster in New York or part of the social elite, you tend to be part of the 30% of the US population to know of a trend before the rest of the country, and by the time it becomes a regular thing on a menu here, the rest of the…
The Rebirth of the Radio Show – Podcast
If all you’re catching is streaming online TV shows these days as your method of gripping entertainment, you might as well as be in the stone age. Serial, if you haven’t heard, has become one of the most talked about shows online and off…. and it’s a podcast. Podcast? Wait a second, isn’t that like radio?…