Arlill tells the story of how they discovered podcasts (through an earlier interest in gaming) and how they came to produce Random Chatterings: a show that covers ‘all aspects of pop culture including video games, movies, television shows, and the internet at large’.

Content warning: suicidal ideation, depression, transphobia, violence and some coarse language

Podcast case study: Naked Tech Podcast (listener)

Find Arlill on Twitter @HHowardson.

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Links and Show Notes

Gaming and Group Dynamics 00:00:00

• GamesRadar


• TalkRadar
  
  
  
  
  • ‘Epic Honor’ is episode 123.
  
  


• The Ricky Gervais Show


• Medal of Honor (video game series)


• Kirby’s Epic Yarn


• Queer


• MP3 player


• iPhone


• iPod


• Sega Genesis


• Existentialism


• Random Chatterings


• Maintenance Phase


• Aubrey Gordon


• Michael Hobbes

Editing Process 00:11:25

• iTunes


• Apple Podcasts


• VTuber

Professionalism 00:18:46

• Bookish with Sonya Walger


• Instagram


• TikTok


• The Daily


• Amazon (company)


• AIM (software)

Motivation and Identity 00:23:44

• Leftism


• Progressivism


• Roe v. Wade


• Arlill’s top three Random Chatterings episodes
  
  
  
  
  • Episode 41.5 - Undertale
  
  
  • Episode 60.5 - Let’s Talk About... Virginity
  
  
  • Episode 65.5 - Let’s Talk About... Procrastination
  
  


• Undertale (2015 video game)


• Indie game


• T-bone steak


• Talking Simpsons


• Bob Mackey


• Henry Gilbert


• Patreon


• The Simpsons


• Gender Reveal (podcast)


• Tuck Woodstock


• Latine (also ‘latin’, ‘latinx’, ‘latino’, ‘latina’ or ‘Latin American’, with various meanings and uses)
  
  
  
  
  • See Usage and pronunciation for an explanation of the differences.
  
  


• ‘Trans’ is a sociological term that may refer to either transgender or transsexual.
  
  
  
  
  • Please note this important distinction between the terms, as explained on the second webpage linked above (under Relationship to transgender): ’The term transgender was coined by John Oliven in 1965. By the 1990s, transsexual had come to be considered a subset of the umbrella term transgender. The term transgender is now more common, and many transgender people prefer the designation transgender and reject transsexual.’
  
  


• Coming out


• ‘Cis’ refers to cisgender.


• Donald Trump


• Patton Oswalt


• Michell McNamara (deceased spouse of Patton Oswalt)


• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (2018 book by Michelle McNamara)


• YouTube


• Twitter


• Animal Crossing


• Episode 86.5 - Animal Crossing and Gender Expression on Random Chatterings


• COVID-19 pandemic


• Pinterest


• Nintendo


• Gender binary

Final Thoughts 00:43:19

• Naked Tech Podcast


• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Credits

Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording Studio

Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion

Contact

• Website: rsspod.net


• Email: martin@loungeruminator.net


• Mastodon: social.lol@martinfeld


• Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld