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My co-hosts for this episode are:
Glenn Fleishman. Glenn is a long-time tech reporter, a hacky perl programmer, and one of the writers of the Economist’s Babbage blog on technology and culture.
Our guest is comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker Eugene Mirman. He played the character Eugene in the HBO television series, Flight of the Conchords. He currently plays a Russian hit-man/comic in the Adult Swim Series Delocated and does the voice of “Gene” on Fox’s animated series Bob’s Burgers, which has a new season launching on September 30. Eugene was named Best New York City Comedian by the Village Voice and one of the 10 best comedians of the last decade by Paste Magazine. Rolling Stone calls him a “Hot Twitterer,” and he created, curates, hosts, and performs at the hugely popular Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, now in its 5th year! It took place in Brooklyn Sept 13-16.
In this episode:
Studio 360 Live: Eugene Mirman vs. Time Warner Cable
Using CancelWizard.com to cancel SiriusXM's impossible-to-cancel subscription
Glenn says: "Flaming Carrot is back! Sort of. A Kickstarter project by Bob Burden and his cohorts will bring the early stuff to digital form, and he’s also offering a limited-edition hard-cover of a collection of semi-early stuff."
Bill Griffith: Lost and Found: Comics 1969-2003
Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Astro City
Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games. Mark: "Scratch is a drag-and-drop programming language for kids that was developed at MIT. My 9-year-old daughter loves it because she can create interactive cartoons. Scratch also hooks up to the Picoboard, which has various controls and sensors on it."
Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures
And much more!
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