Season 2 Episode 1 - D. Grant Smith

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1.

This week we have D. Grant Smith, growth farmer extraordinaire.

In this episode, we talk about:

• D. Grant’s great story about landing Seth Godin in the early days of his podcast. landing Seth Godin in the early days of his podcast
• The importance of reaching out to people you admire and building a relationship rather than trying to sell something.
• His approach to relationship, using the metaphor of growth farming (as opposed to hunting)
• The art of interviewing
• Podcasting as relationship-building
• Writing
• The importance of sincerity

D. Grant's Website (I highly recommend signing up for his email list) DIY Artist Route Podcast

Music credit: "A Sunny Lane in Spain" by The Columbians (1927) Link to archive.org

Find out more on the Erik Marshall's WET Podcast: Writing, Education, Technology website.

Season 2 Episode 0

Welcome to the reboot of the WET Podcast: Writing, Education and Technology, with host Erik Marshall.

Find out more on the Erik Marshall's WET Podcast: Writing, Education, Technology website.

You may remember my first repeat guest, Ashley R. Carlson, from Episode 9, when we talked about NaNoWrimo, beta readers, writing habits and more.

In today's episode, we revisit Ashley's career two years later, including her sequel to The Charismatics , her editing business, and putting together a literary career.

LINKS Website Editing: http://www.ashleyrcarlson.com/editing-services.html Ghostwriting: http://www.ashleyrcarlson.com/ghostwriting- services.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshleyRCarlson1 Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/authorashleyrcarlson/ Amazon Author Page (with all available books): https://www.amazon.com/Ashley-R.-Carlson/e/B00MS4GVBI/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_7?qid=1479853402&sr=1-7 ]]>

Find out more at https://wet.pinecast.co

Podcast Pet Peeves In this solocast, I read my Medium article called "Dear Podcasters: 10 Tips to Avoid Annoying Your Listeners." Subscribe to the WET Podcast in iTunes | Main page for The WET Podcast You can follow me on Twitter at @emarsh and support the podcast at Patreon. Music: Double the Daily Dose by Revolution Void (http://www.revolutionvoid.com)

Renowned author Michael Shermer took some time out on his birthday to talk to me about, among other things, rationalism, conspiracy theories, religion, critical thinking, and teaching. I've tried to link below to all of the ideas and names he mentions in this wide-ranging and insightful interview. LINKS Michael Shermer | Skeptic.com His latest book The Moral Arc Some people Dr. Shermer mentions who are doing similar work to his: Matt Ridley Steven Pinker Robert Wright Behavioral economists such as Dan Ariely, Daniel Kanheman, Cass Sunstein, and Amos Traversky. More links: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Caroll Tavris and Elliot Aronson When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger (A book about cognitive dissonance and how people double down on beliefs when challenged) Christopher Hitchens on Henry Kissinger Subscribe to the WET Podcast in iTunes | Main page for The WET Podcast You can follow me on Twitter at @emarsh. Music: Double the Daily Dose by Revolution Void (http://www.revolutionvoid.com)

FrankieBow.com Professor Molly series on Amazon: http://bit.ly/MollyMysteries Alice Mongoose and Alistair Rat books by "Mary Pfaff" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Pfaff/e/B016T6T2HK/ Mary Pfaff's baloneyous biography: https://alicemongoose.com/author-mary-pfaff/ That's a Wrap (my other podcast) Subscribe to the WET Podcast in iTunes | Main page for The WET Podcast You can follow me on Twitter at @emarsh. Music: Double the Daily Dose by Revolution Void (http://www.revolutionvoid.com)

I reflect on my attempt to build a pirate radio station in my teenage years. The drive for independence and the desire to be heard converged in a rebellion against corporate radio. Decades later, we all have the technology to do what I attempted back then, and it's cheap and legal! Music: "Ton of Bricks" by Metal Church Subscribe to the WET Podcast in iTunes | Main page for The WET Podcast You can follow me on Twitter at @emarsh. Intro Music: "Double the Daily Dose" by Revolution Void (http://www.revolutionvoid.com)

This week I talk to Erik Mortenson, author most recently of Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture . We talk in some depth about his work on shadow imagery in post-war America, including in the Beat poets, film noir and imagery of the atomic bomb. We then move into other topics, such as academic publishing, writing style, teaching in different cultures, the use of technology in the classroom. LINKS Erik's webpage Erik's Amazon author page Erik's first book, Capturing the Beat Moment: Cultural Politics and the Poetics of Presence Subscribe to the WET Podcast in iTunes | Main page for The WET Podcast You can follow me on Twitter at @emarsh. Music: “Double the Daily Dose” by Revolution Void (http://www.revolutionvoid.com)