PKD Media Spotlight: Half Hour Wasted!
Welcome again to the PKD Media Spotlight, focusing on creators, artists, publishers, podcasts and more that you may not be familiar with, but will be soon.
This week I’m focusing on a podcast that I listen to on the regular: Half Hour Wasted.
First airing in March of 2007, Half Hour Wasted is a pop-culture podcast that focuses on comics, movies, discussions with creators and artists, and very, very random things.
The hosts of the show, Brad Milyo, Frank Rincon and Bill McGonnell (aka The Voice) have a way of always making you feel at home when you listen to an show. Recently, they have interviewed artists such as Ethan Van Sciver (Episode 130), deconstructed the entire Indiana Jones films (Episodes 69, 71, 73, 75), and Crisis on Infinite Earths (Episode 111), discussed grammar with “Grammar Girl” Mignon Fogarty (Episode 93), and had a conversation with comics writing veteran Steve Englehart (Episode 66). They’ve even brought me on to the show a couple of times as well.
HHW Episode 100 Recording (From Left to Right: Random Child, Frank Rincon, Bill McGonnell, and Brad Milyo)
When the show first began, the time range for each episode would range between a ½ hour to 45 minutes, but now the show has no time limits, with episodes varying in length and time, and is good romp through and through. Their reasoning of why the show is still called “Half Hour Wasted” is listed on their site as follows:
“Due to lack of organization and self-control the show sometimes runs over 30 minutes. They seriously considered changing the name of the show, but they already bought the URL and had a bunch of business cards made.”
Episodes premiere every Monday, so if you get a chance, give them a listen. HHW is a all-ages podcast that can be found at www.hhwlod.com
And thus wraps up this week’s PKD Media Spotlight!
More Mercury & The Murd to come tomorrow!
-Shawn
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