Friday, December 25, 2020

Christmas 2020 Announcements


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

We've reached 5,000 unique downloads on the podcast!

We will be scheduling our 5,000 UD Zoom call as well as Season 4 interviews - and may be bringing in a production assistant.

Find out more at our Facebook page:
http://facebook.com/uncalledforpodcast


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Pandemic Playthrough


What to do when a pandemic strikes?  Play Matt Leacock's signature board game Pandemic, of course.  That's exactly what we do in this episode (on the iPad, of course).


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Friday, December 11, 2020

Wendy Davis Revisited


Today we re-cycle the audio from a 2015 speech by former Texas State Senator Wendy Davis - a speech that Mike was asked to film for YouTube (for free, it should be pointed out).  You can still see the video on Mike's YouTube channel in its entirety - youtube.com/skidawg22


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Friday, November 27, 2020

Jim Chappell Revisited


Today we re-broadcast the 2014 Winning Side Coaches interview with Jim Chappell, (now former) owner of Chappell's Restaurant and Sports Museum in North Kansas City, MO.


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Friday, November 13, 2020

Lauren Lindsay


Today's episode is an interview with Lauren Lindsay, a creative who - like Mike - is on the autism spectrum.  We talk about what that means and how it affects us.


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Friday, October 30, 2020

Sarmila Venkoba Sah


Today we interview Sarmila Venkoba Sah, who is a recent college graduate - and worked with Mike as a chess instructor.


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Friday, October 16, 2020

2000 Unique Downloads Livestream


We've reached 2,000 unique downloads for the podcast!  So, as per tradition, we celebrate with a livestream.  Apologies in advance for the spotty audio.  We experienced some technical difficulties - but, as always, found a way to power through.


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Friday, October 2, 2020

Top 10 Colleges


Today we finally reveal Mike's top 10 list of colleges.  All of the schools on this list are NCAA Division I schools, and some of them may surprise you.


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Friday, September 18, 2020

KC Fringe Q&A


Mike participates in a Q&A session for the 2020 Kansas City Fringe Festival.  Ashley Helm asks the questions for our intrepid host to answer.

Reposted here with permission from KC Fringe for non-profit use.


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Friday, September 4, 2020

Lucas Stoneking and Daniel Rains (Fringe Show)


Thanks to the Kansas City Fringe Festival for the opportunity to submit this as part of the 2020 digital festival.

Lucas Stoneking and Daniel Rains both asked to come back to the podcast - and their request was granted in this episode for the 2020 Kansas City Fringe Festival.


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Friday, August 7, 2020

Brian Boye (Fringe Show)


Thanks to the Kansas City Fringe Festival for the opportunity to submit this as part of the 2020 digital festival.

Today's interview is with Kansas City filmmaker Brian Boye.  One of Mike's film friends, Mike has helped Brian on a number of his film projects.


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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Adam McKeith (Fringe Show)


Adam McKeith returns to the podcast for this interview intended for the 2020 Kansas City Fringe Festival.


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Monday, April 27, 2020

Stories Untold 2


We end Season 2 of This Podcast Is... Uncalled For the same way we ended Season 1, with stories that Mike would not likely get to share on the podcast.


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Monday, April 13, 2020

Thoughts on Being a Trekkie


Mike talks about his love of Star Trek, goes through a few top 10 lists, and gives a list of his favorite Trek episodes.


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Monday, March 30, 2020

George M. Dean


Today's interview is with actor/singer/artist George Dean, who worked with Mike for an episode of Tales from the Interim Net.


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Monday, March 16, 2020

Chris Lyman


Today's guest is Chris Lyman, actor, chef, and all-around creative person.  We talk about his time working with Mike on a web series, his current endeavors, and other stuff.


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Monday, March 2, 2020

1000 Unique Downloads Livestream


Happy 1,000 Unique Downloads!  Mike gives a shout out to our listeners, shares a Top 10 list, and tells some stories.


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Monday, February 17, 2020

Podcast Editing Seminar


On January 9, 2020, Mike gave a seminar on editing podcasts to the Kansas City Podcasters Meetup group (of which he is co-organizer).  He recorded the audio from that seminar, and it is now part of the podcast.


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Monday, February 3, 2020

Andrew Rainey


Andrew Rainey is a Bernie Sanders volunteer who helped Mike with his failed 2016 Kansas Senate campaign.  He talked with Mike on today's podcast about that campaign, specifically the March 2016 Democratic caucus.


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Monday, January 20, 2020

Thoughts on the 2016 Election


Mike shares his thoughts on what happened during the 2016 election cycle, specifically his failed race for the Kansas Senate.


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Monday, January 6, 2020

Tour of Kansas City


A few years ago, one of Mike's film friends made a short film "Tour of Kansas City."  The film serves as a great reference for Mike to kick off this podcast tour of Kansas City.  Let's (bleep)ing do this.


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