IN DEEP With Dan 08: Podcast legend Joel Sherfinski (360 Nation, PS Nation, Dig The Vibe, A Band of Gamers) virtually swings by the studio and talks about podcasting, music, the shared terribleness of an old company, and making peace with a life-work bala

IN DEEP With Dan Podcast

At about 5:52 into the interview segment Dan mentions Joel’s “other podcast”, but failed to mention its name, which is “Dig the Vibe” and Dan was specifically referring to the Green Day episode, available at http://digthevibecast.libsyn.com/green-day . Truly a fun episode, where Joel and Shane recommend other artists’ albums who have the “vibe” of Green Day.

Check out A Band of Gamers podcast at https://www.abogpodcast.com/ and via the usual podcast apps.

Dan and Joel wax technical for a little bit...just a bit...on audio production, not on details so much as how producing audio can make one hyper-aware of others’ techniques.

Joel and Dan both had a Zune. Dan wondered if there had been two models. It turn out there were four generations. Check it out here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune

The guys reminisce about the age old, honorable action, in a video game, of crouching in rapid succession, upon one’s defeated opponent’s face. Perhaps the verb for that has something to do with tea. Dunno. For an excellent example of a typical post-game taunting, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=1TO_GJpj6MY . If you prefer visuals of the actual act, being portrayed in video games, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPTYtWg-GVA .

Joel realized one can kill a horse in “Red Dead Redemption 2”.

Joel, Shane, and Karl record their podcast via Google Hangouts.

Dan asks Joel to describe how he got into podcasting, back in 2008. Joel had discovered Major Nelson. https://majornelson.com/ and dug being able to listen to gaming podcasts. Joel then befriended various podcasters. He was in a band. His thumb swelled up. He thought it was Tendonitis. It turned out it wasn’t. Things took a dark turn. He had had a heart attack. He describes how the “widow maker artery” had caused the thumb to swell. Now, years later, he is considering starting another band, but he would not want that to harm the podcast.

Joel and Dan talk of their old toxic workplace and how things are so much better now.

Life/Work Balance is what it’s all about, Deeplies!