In the seventh episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara keep things to just barely over an hour (pithy!) while discussing the Beverly Hillbillies, Tumblr and Pinterest, whether a font can save Chattanooga, and at long last the inevitable Brady Bunch live tweet marathon, currently underway.
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64:47 • 31.3 MB
In the sixth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara get cranked up while discussing Pinterest, problematic Super Bowl commercials, live tweeting, and Scott’s just-finished RPM Challenge album, Pocket Symphonies.
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88:03 • 42.5 MB
In the fifth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara explore footnotes in the age of hyperlinks (so very 2000s), the four Rs (only one of which is really an R), and another R: the RPM Challenge, which Scott is now participating in for the fifth straight year.
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71:27 • 34.4 MB
In the fourth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara discuss Apple’s latest attempt to dominate the universe through interactive textbooks, the potential of online education, last night’s State of the Union address, going on an “Information Diet,” Google’s new privacy policy (or lack thereof), fonts (always a hot topic), and, in The Arts Corner, discuss a film made in 2011 that would look — and sound — more at home in the mid-1920s. Plus, a set-to concerning the challenges for achieving brevity in podcasting.
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102:25 • 49.4 MB
Short answer: I was stupid.
Long answer: There’s an extra step you need to take with the PowerPress plugin to tell it the URL of the MP3 in each episode’s post. I did that on episode 1 but had forgotten to do it on episodes 2 and 3.
Our RSS/iTunes issues are now resolved!
(For the technically inclined, the episodes that weren’t showing up were missing the <enclosure> tag in the RSS feed.)
We’re aware of some issues with (apparently) our RSS feeds that are preventing new episodes from appearing in the iTunes Store and in some subscriptions. (Yes, we have subscribers!) We’re working on a solution, but in the meantime, you can still download the episodes directly here on the site.
In the third episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara dive right into the SOPA/PIPA blackout that was underway during the recording session, including a look at bad acronyms and clueless Wikipedia users; try to decide whether one can convey meaning in 140 characters; show their growing lack of Pinterest; and discuss Martin Scorsese’s Golden Globe-winning film Hugo, in a way that somehow manages to tie everything together.
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81:01 • 38.9 MB
In the second episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara explore their backstories, SOPA, the role of comments on blogs, feeling overwhelmed when everything in the world is cutting edge, social media as introvert heaven, and current exhibits at the Walker Art Center. They also introduce what is sure to become a recurring segment, possibly with its own theme song: We Hate Facebook™.
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92:00 • 44.3 MB
In the inaugural episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara introduce themselves, try to determine whether Scott is a nerd or a geek, discuss the activities of influential bloggers and Twitter users, explore sexism in Siri and Legos, and demand rich Corinthian leather.
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92:47 • 45.1 MB
Off to an auspicious start: a sick kid staying home from school means the first episode of The Undisciplined Room has been postponed to Thursday.