Podcast index RELATED LINKS Forum discussion RSS feed Podcast challenges [2'35] April 30, 2007   Download MP3 audio Dave is testing the relative appeal and effectiveness of different new media channels. Podcasts, such as this one, are proving to be a challenge, but may end up becoming a favorite. I’m sorry [5'58] April 14, 2007   Download MP3 audio Get out the Kleenex, Wandering Dave has moved into sappy mode and moved to love from hate when it comes to high-profile, expensive, small liberal arts colleges and the students who attend them. Basketball [5'00] March 25, 2007   Download MP3 audio Nobody calls 91-year-old Fred McNaughton for his opinions about upcoming basketball games; but maybe they should. He’s been a serious and dedicated student of the sport for some 80 years and though he never really played the game, his love for basketball is obvious. Musicians at play [3'26] March 17, 2007 Download MP3 audio Download MOV video Music may be nothing more than a measurable combination of sounds— notes, rhythms and words often produced in unison with other “content providers,” or musicians, as we call them. After sitting in on a jam session in Corvallis, Oregon, though, Wandering Dave isn’t so sure. There’s more to music and musicianship that meets the eye. On the air with Terry Phillips [19'02] From original broadcast of March 13, 2007   Download MP3 audio One day before leaving on his year-long trip, Wandering Dave appeared with Terry Phillips on Terry’s public radio broadcast, “Quality of Life.” Here is that interview. Gina Bolles interview [6'32] March 12, 2007 Download MP3 audio Download MOV video Gina Bolles is another wanderer. In her 26 years, she’s lived in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Now, she’s in Eugene, Oregon studying dance at the University of Oregon. Not just studying, though, she’s a teaching assistant and is on the fast track for any of several wonderful careers. Winter freezes road noise [3'17] March 3, 2007   Download MP3 audio Winter sounds of silence greet Dave on a snowpacked mountain highway, providing a respite from annoying road and wind noise. Auburn, California [2'52] February 21 , 2007   Download MP3 audio Auburn, California is one of the state’s oldest towns, site of an early gold strike and a way-station along the transcontinental highway. It’s at low altitude, making the climate temperate, but has the flavor of Sierra Mountain Range mining towns. This land is made for you and me [3'00] February 1, 2007   Download MP3 audio Upon closer inspection, Woody Guthrie’s popular song reflects more than love for the out of doors; the Depression Era singer/songwriter was reacting to the times and looking out for the little guy. Paul McCoy interview [3'59] January 31, 2007   Download MP3 audio Paul McCoy, 91, played with some of the greatest of the “Big Bands” in the ’30s and ’40s. He served in the army and was captured during the Battle of the Bulge. He later became an educator, teaching 17 years at the high school level before completing his career at the University of Wisconsin. In this first clip, McCoy describes life on the road with a big-time band. Coffee and cars [4'42] January 22, 2007   Download MP3 audio Despite its six-figure population, small-town ambiance is alive and well in Antioch, CA— if you know where to find it. Saturday morning in a popular coffee shop offers a completely different experence than does battling for first in line on freeway offramps… Radio Antioch [3'59] January 21, 2007   Download MP3 audio   Rummaging [3'01] January 15, 2007   Download MP3 audio David decides that searching for information online and in other media channels isn’t completely different from rummaging through boxes in the garage looking for a tool or part you need to get a job done. Antioch Rehearsal [1'44] January 7, 2007   Download MP3 audio Something may be rotten in the city of Antioch. David will be heading for that fair city— inland a few miles from the San Francisco Bay— on a test run. He’s practicing travel skills in advance of leaving next month on a year-long trip around Canada and the U.S. Rambling Jesse [6'04] January 4, 2007   Download MP3 audio While David is on the road, his son Jesse will be manning the Wandering Dave control room back in California. Hear the Wandering Dave story from Jesse’s perspective in this six-minute radio clip. Note: Jesse’s voice is enhanced by laying his throat across a wadded-up pillow. About communication [2'00] December 30, 2006   Download MP3 audio Is this a trip about communication? Or is it communication about a trip? Dan’s solo [4'58] December 19, 2006   Download MP3 audio Dave interviews Dan Child, a 90-year-old former Federal Communications Commission official who helped train naval aviators during World War II. Dan learned to fly using a simulator he helped develop and proved its effectiveness by soloing without ever having taken a flight lesson.