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CS 315: Faking The Funk pt 2 preview



This is a preview for Part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free to everyone over at www.patreon.com/posts/42807401.  The full Part 2 episode is available to paid subscribers over at www.patreon.com/posts/42807013.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have Jason A England, an Assistant Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon, in the studio to talk about Jessica Krug and others like her who decided to pose as black, either in real life or on social media.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)


CS 314: Faking The Funk pt 1



This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is free to everyone over at www.patreon.com/posts/42807013. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.
This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have Jason A England, an Assistant Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon, in the studio to talk about Jessica Krug and others like her who decided to pose as black, either in real life or on social media.
Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (www.piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 313: Emmy Series: The Watchmen pt 2 preview



This is a preview for Part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free to everyone over at www.patreon.com/posts/42543050. The full Part 2 episode is available to paid subscribers over at www.patreon.com/posts/42543073. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have special guests Jack & Leslie from The Struggle Session Podcast as well as Mack from Macabre Storytelling over on youtube. In this series of episodes the gang sits down to breakdown some of the more glaring plot holes in The Watchmen, how it strayed too far from the original books and where its show runners went wrong.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)


CS 312: Emmys Series: The Watchmen pt 1



This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is free to everyone over at www.patreon.com/posts/42543073.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.
This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have special guests Jack & Leslie from The Struggle Session Podcast as well as Mack from Macabre Storytelling over on youtube.  In this series of episodes the gang sits down to breakdown some of the more glaring plot holes in The Watchmen, how it strayed too far from the original books and where its show runners went wrong.
Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (www.piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 311 – Corporate Art and The Gen X Rot pt 2 preview



This is a preview for Part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free to everyone over at www.patreon.com/posts/42345559.  The full Part 2 episode is available to paid subscribers over at www.patreon.com/posts/42345576.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have special guest Michael “Retroblasting” French!  Host of the youtube channel RetroBlasting, Michael swings thru the studio to talk all things pop culture from a Gen X perspective and what has slipped away from the iconic franchises saturating the current entertainment markets.  Check out RetroBlasting over at www.retroblasting.com

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)


CS 310: Corporate Art and The Gen X Rot pt 1



This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is free to all paid subscribers over at www.patreon.com/posts/42345576.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.
This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have special guest Michael “Retroblasting” French!  Host of the youtube channel RetroBlasting, Michael swings thru the studio to talk all things pop culture from a Gen X perspective and what has slipped away from the iconic franchises saturating the current entertainment markets.  Check out RetroBlasting over at www.retroblasting.com
Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (www.piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 309: RANDON TAYLOR pt 2 preview



This is a preview for Part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free to everyone over at www.patreon.com/posts/41995836. The full Part 2 episode is available to paid subscribers over at www.patreon.com/posts/41995954. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Vida Starr. Today we have special guest Randon Taylor

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)


CS 308: RANDON TAYLOR pt 1



This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is available over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/41995954.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.
This episode is hosted by Vida Starr. Today we have special guest Randon Taylor.
Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (www.piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 307 – KING OF LEAKS FEAT. KEN KLIPPENSTEIN preview



This is a preview for this episode. The full version is available over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/41916476. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have returning guest, Ken Klippenstein.  Ken is an American journalist working in Washington, DC as the DC Correspondent at The Nation. His work has appeared in The Nation, The Daily Beast, Salon, The Intercept, and other publications.  He is a former correspondent on the online news program The Young Turks and reports on U.S. federal and national security matters as well as corporate controversies.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)


Teaser for CS 243: Surveillance Nation feat. Yasha Levine Pt. 2 (01/28/2020)



This is a teaser preview of part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and available to all at https://www.patreon.com/posts/33662570; part 2 is only available to $5/month subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/33663258. Show notes to this episode, if we decide to do any, will eventually be available to Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/champagnesharks.

This episode is hosted by T. Today we have on Yasha Levine (http://twitter.com/yashalevine). Yasha Levine is a Russian-American investigative journalist and author. Levine, who was born in the Soviet Union, is a former editor of Moscow-based satirical newspaper The eXile. He is here to discuss his recent book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N809DBM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)