This is sad news... Maron has been talking about Lynn a lot on his live Instagram stories, joking that she’s somehow managed to get sick from something not Covid related.
On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 12:29 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > There's some discussion in this group about Marc Maron. Lynn Shelton, a > director who has been his girlfriend for the last year or so, has died from > a blood disease. > > https://variety.com/2020/film/news/lynn-shelton-dies-humpday-little-fires-everywhere-mumblecore-1234608626/ > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 8:56 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Admittedly, my extended hiatus from podcasting might be influencing me a >> bit, but once the initial cost/investment in recording gear is made, the >> only real expense is payment to whomever hosts the podcast file. >> SoundcloudPro is $15 a month. I confess, I’m envious of any podcast that >> has a talent coordinator, since I genuinely despise the process of >> scheduling interviews. Even my rinky-dink podcast was able to get some >> decent names to appear, but other big names who in many cases have made >> written commitments never came to be due to inept managers and the fact I >> have no tolerance for PR people. So although I got agreements from Lisa >> Loeb, Grace Slick, Debbie Gibson, and — only because I never expected a >> reply — Kathy Ireland, alas those episodes exist only in my imagination >> (note: in my imagination I’m now married to at least one of those women). >> >> Editing time seems about right. I would usually edit an episode in a >> single evening. When I edited my show, most of the time was spent cutting >> out lengthy pauses in conversation (while one or both of us were >> contemplating questions or answers) or word vomit (errant ums and uhs) to >> make the flow more listenable, or balancing the audio from the other >> segments I included in each episode. Episodes where I conducted the >> interview via Skype or phone took longer because I’d work hard to get the >> levels right between the two sources. >> >> The only ads I had on my shows were for my PayPal (where I took in a >> whopping $10) and the website where people can buy my books (the only book >> I’ve sold in the past several years was one of my Peace Corps books, sold >> to the daughter of a woman I dated when I lived overseas and wrote about in >> the book... awkward). There were ways I could’ve secured sponsorship easily >> (Amazon is the most common), but I never really invested any time or energy >> into trying. >> >> I still listen to WTF, though more for specific guests than the host >> (which is the opposite of hat drew me to the show initially). The Bugle >> still gets weekly listens. Mo Rocca’s new podcast is well-produced, and I >> find Mo to be very likable. The Infinite Monkey Cage just wrapped up >> another series which I like (even though I don’t find Brian Cox to be as >> likable as he thinks he is). I have not discovered any of the true-crime >> shows to be to my liking, but that’s mostly because they are all as >> depressing and dark as Law & Order, and I prefer podcasts with a lighter >> topic and tone. For those who like audiobooks and podcasts, I recently >> bought several installments of a BBC series presented by Stephen Fry called >> Fry’s English Delight which are thoroughly enjoyable. For those who liked >> my own podcast, it will return eventually. I conducted one interview before >> my family demanded my attention, but I’m back in California and figuring >> out what is the new normal for me these days. Once I do, my podcast will >> return, with or without Kathy Ireland is entirely up to her PR people. >> >> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 9:32 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 9:23 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I saw this Hollywood Reporter article from 2015 that said some ads on >>> WTF sell for as much as $15,000. And that was before Obama. >>> >>> >>> Midroll says their podcast ads run from $18 to $50 (or more) per >>> thousand downloads: http://www.midroll.com/podcast-advertising-faq/ >>> >>> To save you from doing the math, $15,000 at that $50 CPM rate would >>> equal 300,000 downloads. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. 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