Podcasts by 15 Minutes: a podcast about fame, with Jamie Berger

Episode 54 - Beth Lisick, Part 2 from 2018-02-23T15:14:07

Here's part two of my conversation with writer/performer, old San Francisco friend Beth Lisick. (And here's Listen

Episode 53 - Daniel Oppenheimer (returns, unexpectedly, serendipitously!) from 2018-01-31T18:46:59

Daniel Oppenheimer 2Hello All,Part 2 of my conversation with Beth Lisick will be next up. For now, here's a timely interruption. You may recall, in the last episode, I mentioned that (to quote, wel...

Episode 52 - Beth Lisick, Part 1 from 2018-01-19T14:21:44

Happy 2018 All! This week I took a huge, manic, obsessive dive down the Aziz Ansari/#metoo rabbit hole, and like to think I have takes that haven't yet been took. But after writing about 18 (single...

Episode 51.9, aka Episode 14, Sara Jaffee from 2018-01-08T20:29:03

Back next week to start off 2018 with Beth Lisick, but here's one more favorite from back in 2016, with fiction writer/rocker (Erase Errata, etc.) Sara Jaffee.

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Episode 51.5 aka Episode 35 - Brooke Gladstone from 2017-12-12T23:58:50

Brooke Gladstone... is co-host of the most essential radio show/podcast in my weekly listening, On The Media. She also has an incisive, insightful, and oddly comforting (you'll hear that word a lot...

Episode 51 - MIchael Ian Black, pt. 2 from 2017-12-01T03:54:18

Here’s part two of Jamie's conversation with Michael Ian Black, with a bonus clip from Episode 48 guest Elna Baker, and an intro regarding famous and unfamous men's power, and how we need to reckon...

Episode 50 - MIchael Ian Black, pt. 1 from 2017-11-20T15:35:20

Episode 50 - Michael Ian Black, pt. 1Hello and goddam we made it to FIFTY!After this year and a half of letting politics and social commentary exist on this show only as it came up within the conve...

Episode 49.5, aka Ep. 15 - Eugene Mirman from 2017-11-13T18:37:14

Almost at 50, re=airing some faves. Here's Bob's Burgers "Gene" and stand-up comedian and stand-up human being, Eugene Mirman!

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Episode 49 - Mira Bartok from 2017-10-31T14:48:28

Mira Bartok is a dear old grad school and Pioneer Valley friend. We had a conversation about the Cinderella-story-40-plus-years-in-the making that is the last whirlwind two years of her career as a...

Episode 48.75 aka Episode 10.5 aka Episode 1 - John Hodgman from 2017-10-30T15:46:48

As we approach episode 50, and also because he's on Fresh Air today talking about his new book, "Vacationland," and we know you'll be itchin' for more John Kellogg Hodgman both before and after, th...

Episode 48.5, aka Episode 37 - Lois Parkison, Podcast Therapy Session II from 2017-10-27T18:47:06

As we approach 50 episodes (49 coming Monday 10/30, with writer/artist Mira Bartok), revisiting a few. This one, well, it's a lot of Lois asking me (Jamie) stuff about the show, looking back on yea...

Episode 48 - Elna Baker from 2017-10-16T14:43:50

Elna Baker - writer, storyteller, performer, comedian and author of the 2010 memoir, “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance.” You may have heard her tell stories on the Moth, TAL, am...

Episode 47.75, aka Episode 27 - George Saunders from 2017-10-14T05:29:18

(reposting some faves as we near Episode 50!)George Saunders is as famous as contemporary literary fiction (let alone short-story) writers get, to the extent of being named one of Time Magazine’s 1...

Episode 47.5, aka Episode 38 - David Sedaris from 2017-10-09T20:35:20

Because it's a fave, and because he's back on the road and headed to our neck of the woods . . . .David Sedaris is a bestselling writer, humorist, trash collector.Here's what we *didn’t* talk about...

Episode 47 - Matthew Silverstein from 2017-09-30T22:26:30

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE: Somehow in three edits, I didn’t catch the fact that I said the word “October” when I meant the word “Boy.” U2 fans will understand, if not forgive.A "Meet Your Heroes" ep...

Episode 46 - Scott McCloud from 2017-09-21T14:07:42

Scott McCloud is a comics-maker and philosopher and theoretician - he’s perhaps best known for Zot! (1984-90), Understanding Comics (1993), and most recently, his first graphic novel, The Sculptor ...

Episode 45 - Bobby Tisdale from 2017-09-01T04:31:56

Bobby Tisdale is a comedian, former writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and actor/voice actor. He's currently the voice of Zeke on Bob’s Burgers. For many years, he co-produced the weekly stand...

Episode 44 - Josh Johnson from 2017-08-18T16:00:21

Comedian Josh Johnson has had a big couple of years. He arrived in NY (after a few years in Chicago doing stand-up) just a couple of years ago, but has already written for and appeared on the Tonig...

Episode 43 - Jonathan Katz from 2017-08-03T16:54:02

Our guest this week is Jonathan Katz whose animated Comedy Central Series from the 90s has been re-launched as "Dr. Katz: The Audio Files" on Audible. In the show, Katz plays a psychotherapist who...

Episode 42 - Julie Klam from 2017-07-26T14:23:29

Julie Klam is the author of five books whose previous two memoirs have focused on seeing her life through the lens of dogs and dog rescue.Her latest, “The Stars in Our Eyes: The Famous, the Infamou...

Episode 41 - Matthew Latkiewicz from 2017-07-10T15:46:37

Episode 9's guest returns. When first we spoke, Matthew Latkiewicz, formerly a writer, was reluctantly (to say the least) headed into the life of a television host, of Tru TV's "You Can Do Better."...

Episode 40 - Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook from 2017-06-30T13:17:48

Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook are married, and as such, host the "Wedlock" Audio Series on Audible, in which they address all things wedlocky in fun and fascinating ways. Kurt Just had his first ...

Episode 39 - David Harshfield and Sofia Assab from 2017-06-27T14:51:25

A retired teacher and a recent high-school graduate muse about fame, from J. D. Salinger and Youtube stars and Instagram celebrity, to self-publishing a John Cougar Mellencamp bio and being famous ...

Episode 38 - David Sedaris from 2017-06-08T13:54:24

Because we're thinking we may have a few new listeners this week, and because our year anniversary just passed, here's an intro to the podcast, and pitch, but *not* for money!The name of this show ...

Episode 37 - Podcast Therapy, Session 2, with Dr. Lois Parkison from 2017-06-02T00:46:31

Our guest from Episode 6, 15 Minutes Resident Psychiatrist Lois Parkison, grills me on our first year - Why podcast? Why fame? Why now? Why does this topic make people uneasy? Just why?!?!Enjoy, o...

Episode 36 - Jessica Abel, A 15 Minutes Mini from 2017-05-28T19:38:21

Here's Jessica Abel, whom we last spoke to back in Episode 16, reading from her new book "Growing GIlls: How to Find Creative Focus When You're Drowning in Your Daily LIfe," based on her wicked awe...

Episode 35 - Brooke Gladstone from 2017-05-25T17:03:30

Brooke Gladstone... is co-host of the most essential radio show/podcast in my weekly listening, On The Media. She also has an incisive, insightful, and oddly comforting (you'll hear that word a lot...

Episode 34 - George Saunders Coda & Voices from our First Year from 2017-05-15T01:40:45

Hello All!Today, May 14, is our one-year anniversary! Thanks for listening, donating, offering those ratings and reviews on iTunes, following us on the social mediae! (@15minutesjamieb on insta and...

Episode 33 - Kate Lorenz and Matt "The Suitcase Junket" Lorenz from 2017-04-19T14:07:05

Kate Lorenz and Matt "The Suitcase Junket" LorenzAPR19Kate Lorenz and Matt "The Suitcase Junket" LorenzMatt and Kate Lorenz ...... are siblings and artists who’ve taken divergent paths since Rusty ...

Episode 32 - Hearty White (Conversation 2, Part 2) from 2017-04-06T15:27:43

Episode 32 - Hearty White (see also episodes 8 and 31!)Here are the pretty much the same notes as our last episode (part 1 of this conversation), with one addition - here's a link to "super cenetna...

Episode 31 - Hearty White from 2017-03-31T16:28:22

Episode 31 - Hearty White (see also episode 8!)Here’s the first ***two*** new episodes with WFMU radio talker Hearty White (one longish conversation split in two) coming up this week and next. If y...

Episode 30 - Abbi Crutchfield from 2017-03-15T16:30:25

Abbi Crutchfield is the co-host of Tru TV’s You can Do Better. She’s a comedian, currently touring as one of four funnywomen on the CAKE comedy tour (cakecomedy.com) and former host of People Magaz...

Episode 29 - Tom Pappalardo from 2017-03-03T18:08:33

Tom Pappalardo is a writer, comicsmaker, graphic designer, musician, and, well, a lot of other great stuff you can learn about at http://tompappalardo.com/The Hampshire Gazette calls him "a pretty ...

Episode 28 - Shonali Bhowmik from 2017-02-22T18:53:03

Shonali Bhowmik https://shonalibhowmik.com/does a LOT:She’s the leader of the indie rock band Tigers and Monkeys (http://tigersandmonkeys.com) for which she is the songwriter, singer, and guitar pl...

Episode 27 - George Saunders from 2017-02-09T08:38:19

George Saunders is as famous as contemporary literary fiction (let alone short-story) writers get, to the extent of being named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 20...

Episode 26 - Neal Pollack from 2017-01-31T08:11:11

Mystery writer, journalist, satirist Neal Pollack and Jamie talk about everything from Hollywood to Gawker, with a little weed, Jeopardy, Hipsters and McSweeneys in between.Neal Pollack has written...

Episode 25 - David Brock from 2017-01-19T15:43:41

David C. Brock is an historian of technology, and Director of the Center for Software History at the Computer History Museum. He focuses on histories of computing, electronics and instrumentation, ...

Episode 24 - Maeve Higgins from 2017-01-13T14:25:14

Maeve Higgins has performed all over the world, including in Edinburgh, Melbourne and, most recently, Erbil. Now based in New York, she’s made a name for herself there too. In a good way! She co-ho...

Episode 23 - Cameron Bossert from 2016-12-31T15:22:53

Cameron Bossert is a filmmaker. His first full-length directorial debut (also his and friends' production company Third Wing, LTD's feature debut, "Jewtah," will be out in 2017. We talked about tha...

Episode 22 - Gordon Gebert from 2016-12-16T14:36:05

Gordon Gebert is my friend D'arcy Gebert's father. He's the Dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of New York. But, more interesting for 15 Minutes purposes, he was also a chil...

Episode 21 - Nora Murphy of Bulldog from 2016-12-05T18:42:13

Nora Murphy is a member of the former-Pioneer Valley now Boston-area band Bulldog, and a friend whom I first met at the legendary Lady Killigrew Cafe (at the Montague Bookmill) when it was under th...

Episode 20 - Tina Antolini from 2016-11-23T15:31:43

Conversation with Tina Antolini, a Peabody-Award-winning storyteller and radio producer. She serves as the host and producer of Gravy, a podcast with the Southern Foodways Alliance, which was named...

Episode 19 - Andrew Leland helps Jamie purge thoughts on Trump and Fame from 2016-11-18T16:33:42

Andrew Leland was kind enough to let me (Jamie) talk at him about the role of fame in the rise of Donald J. Trump. Andrew heads the team that makes the Beleiver/Mcscweeney's/KCRW-affiliated Organi...

Episode 18 - Anjali Mullany from 2016-11-03T12:52:58

Show notes!Anjali Mullahnny is the editor of the business magazine Fast Company’s Digital side. She’s also an old grad-school pal of mine. We talked about everything from journalism and the “scoop”...

Episode 17: Photographer Anja Schütz & Human Lindsay Mace from 2016-10-25T15:46:59

Anja Schütz is a photographer. She's also my (Jamie here, not going to write about myself in the third person) wife. In the past two weeks, her life has changed a great deal as a project she embark...

Episode 16 - Jessica Abel from 2016-10-13T14:12:16

Jessica Abel is known to some for her comics/graphic novels such asLa Perdida, ArtBabe, Life Sucks, or Trish Trash. A new, teen-to-adult audience are about to know her from her coming November new ...

Episode 15 - Eugene Mirman from 2016-09-29T15:16:13

Episode 15 - Eugene MirmanHello listeners! We made it to 15!Serendipitously, this article (http://www.recorder.com/15-Minutes-4996757) in the local press came out today about the show. Are we famo...

Episode 14 - Sara Jaffe from 2016-09-21T05:42:36

Sara Jaffe writes fiction. She used to and still does make music, was one of the founding members of Erase Errata. New Yorker review of Dryland:“Its title notwithstanding, this moody coming-of-age ...

Episode 13 - Andi Zeisler from 2016-09-13T07:00

Andi Zeisler cofounded Bitch Magazine in 1996, It has grown into Bitch Media, a feminism-meets-pop-culture independent media conglomerate. Her book, We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to Cover...

Episode 12 - Penny Lane from 2016-09-02T17:51:47

Penny Lane is an award-winning nonfiction filmmaker. Her most recent film NUTS! premiered at Sundance 2016, where it won a Special Jury Award for Editing. Her debut feature-length documentary OUR N...

Episode 11 - Daniel Oppenheimer from 2016-08-21T08:31:01

I met Dan Oppenheimer soon after I moved to this here Pioneer Valley in 2005. We ended up writing a blog together, Masculinity and Its Discontents (M.A.I.D.) for several years while I was in grad s...

Episode 10.5, aka Episode 1, Director's Cut, aka John Hodgman, only SHORTER! from 2016-08-12T15:59:46

"As an artist it feels good to be recognized for your work, as a narcissist it feels great to be recognized for nothing." - J. HodgmanHello Fabulous People,Note: to read this with lots of fun hype...

Episode 10: 24 Hours, 2 Million Views: Søren and Dave's Big Adventure from 2016-08-06T23:39:28

Hello All - 10 Episodes Down, A Zillion to go!Intro:This week was going to be a look back on the first nine episodes and some deep and shallow thoughts on fame from me, but early last week, somethi...

Episode 9 - Matthew Latkiewicz from 2016-07-29T14:52:54

Intro:Matthew Latkiewicz is a writer, most recently of the book You Suck at Drinking - he’s also a graphic designer designer, videographer, creative director, and now TV-show-maker.His first TV ser...

Episode 8 - Hearty White from 2016-07-22T01:07:24

This is going up a bit later than we'd like, so, here, more or less verbatim, are the intro and outro for the episode:Hearty White is someone who’s incredibly famous . . . to the people to know and...

Episode 7 - Monte Belmonte from 2016-07-15T13:30:10

For the past decade, Monte Belmonte has been the morning host on WRSI, the River, the one and only socially conscious indie-rock/pop commercial radio station in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley. He’s ...

Episode 6 - Lois Parkison from 2016-07-05T18:02:11

Lois Parkison is an old friend who happens to be a shrink. She wanted me (Jamie - I still can't figure out whether to go with first or third person here) to talk more about my feelings (about fame)...

Episode 5 - Annie Duke from 2016-06-23T12:34:45

Annie Duke is a poker legend - winner of a WSOP bracelet, the WSOP Tournament of Champions, and of the NBC National Heads’-up Poker Championship in 2010, among other accolades. She was also runne...

Episode 4, A 15-Minutes Mini: Case Hudson from 2016-06-17T11:36:20

Case Hudson tells a story about his father, artist Robert Hudson discovering his fame in farflung places.

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Episode 2 - Tim Lockfeld from 2016-06-03T06:29:49

15 Minutes: a podcast about fame, Episode 2.Tim LockfeldSurfer, Certified arborist, world traveler, skater, erstwhile performer, talks with Jamie about how, when he was coming up as a skater alongs...

Episode 1 - John Hodgman from 2016-05-14T18:21:05

15 Minutes; A podcast about Fame, with Jamie BergerEpisode OneJohn HodgmanJohn Hodgman is an author, actor, comedian, and host of the Judge John Hodgman podcast. He and Jamie dicscussed the topic ...