In this episode Mike talks about his next Kickstarter project launching this fall and plans for a new podcast.

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In this episode Mike talks about employers not always wanting to hear the truth in interviews, Harlan Ellison’s advice on not working for free, another reason Mike loves Anthony Bourdain, one movie reco, and one doc-series reco.

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In this episode Mike talks about entitled, white pedestrians and cyclists in San Francisco, the loss of Anthony Bourdain, fighty people on Twitter, being educated by the youth, and a movie recommendation (and a non-recommendation).

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In this episode Mike talks about the art making process, not having all the answers, figuring out how to market my products, the new Netflix series ‘Fastest Car’ and the fact that ‘strawberry blonde’ is a meaningless term. They’re redheads.

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In this episode Mike talks about how to properly critique a minimalist phone, how creativity keeps you alive, and the greatness of aged Irish cheddar. So good.

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In this episode Mike talks about quitting his job and diving back into the freelance world before he starts his own company.

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In this episode Mike reflects on the McGregor/Mayweather fight and how McGregor’s short term loss works in favor towards his long term goals.

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This week Mike reflects on his trip to Honduras and being thankful despite how f’d up things can seem.

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This week Mike talks about Trump (aka Orange Tang), Martin Scorsese, Fitbit buying Pebble, Facebook Messenger, Android Wear, and two months with his Apple Watch.

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This week Mike talks about Trump (aka Orange Tang), Martin Scorsese, Fitbit buying Pebble, Facebook Messenger, Android Wear, and two months with his Apple Watch.

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This week Mike talks about the new De La Soul album, self-promotion and entrepreneurship, the Facebook Trends algorithm, No Man’s Sky, manufactured outrage, and taking time to contemplate things before reacting. Rest in peace, Gene Wilder.

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Mike discusses the Juno Space Mission, Apple removing the headphone jack from the iPhone, Tony Hawk’s 900, Spotify bitching about Apple, and letting go of a balloon, among other things.

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Over at AIGA’s Eye on Design blog, Jude Stewart solicited advice from podcasters on everything you need to know before starting a podcast:

Perhaps the most pungent advice comes from The Poster Boys’ Schaefer: “Fail. Screw up. Fall on your face, and embarrass yourself… Only you can figure out what you want your thing to be.” Podcasting is process. At its best, it should resemble every creative act: messy, iterative, dogged. For game talkers, mistakes-enthusiasts, learning-junkies, media-pioneers or some combination of the above, podcasting may be the ideal pursuit.

This rings true to me.

When I started my Weekly Exhaust podcast last year I didn’t know what I was doing. Technically, sure, I knew how to get it up and running, but the actually talking-and-making-it-interesting-to-listeners part? No clue. When I go back and listen to the first handful of episodes I hear how rookie I was.

Editing episodes at the beginning was tough too because I couldn’t stand the sound of my own voice (most people can’t), but with time I’ve grown more tolerant of my voice. I attribute this to repetition and getting better at talking, although I still have to work on my “ums” and “you knows”.

At the end of the day I do it because I enjoy doing it and I’ve discovered how to make it a great compliment to this blog. Posts from this site, combined with talking points I capture throughout the week in my Simplenote app, give me fuel for each week’s episode.

Mike and Bryan talk about The Six Million Dollar Man (aka the Bionic Man), 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Cavs, and Ohio sports sadness.

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