Orthodoxy and Education (Becky 1/3) 4/26/12
Jim and Tom sit down with Becky to discuss orthodoxy. In this first part of the conversation, we talk foreign travel, along with studies at home, “away,” and abroad.
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Situational awareness 5/28/12
Jim and Tom sit down for a conversation with Patrick, the creative consultant for the naming of this website.
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Ain’t we free baby
We awake infinite milliseconds apart wondering why we missed the same view of the sunrise. Angles of perspective and interpretation separate our understanding of the beginning of a day. If one day can be so misconstrued, how then do we look back on a year that is not yet finished? We’ll come back to that […]
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Wilderness and Elbow Room (Guests Richard and Whitney) 6/24/12
Jim and Tom sit down with a returning guest (Richard) and a first-timer (Whitney) to discuss the wilderness. What can we learn from the Great Wide Open? Is Yellowstone Park a preserve or a performance? Does a cost/benefit analysis favor strip malls over wooded areas? We flirt with answers.
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Beacon of hope
Construction workers pulled up a spire that will take the height of One World Trade Center in New York City to 1,776 feet. Maybe this move will allow the world to find closure in the loss of the previous twin towers. We all know people or of people who will never be the same after […]
A New Birth of Freedom
We learn from mistakes and grow from experience. A friend of the Open Door Rapport reiterated the importance of keeping this thing going. What is this and why spend time writing and talking on the internet? Because, it’s possible. Since its founding, some twelve months ago, people have come together to share conversation, song, and […]
Closing of another year
Whether it be a mission statement or something along another category lines that explains what something is and more importantly, what it can be. Paper Campfire is going to be a printed magazine newspaper to be released in 2013 that will cover topics outlined in various blogs, http://PaperCampfire.com, and other authors who feel that they […]
TWIB Reverberation of Jerry Gaff and Wild Harmony
Live Podcast with Jerry Gaff at Presque Isle Gallery Coffee House in Erie, PA on Sunday, December 16th at 1:00PM – 3:00PM along with Wild Harmony talk and signing. Come for presentation on self-publishing and join in on the idea for the next book. Jim and Tom sat down Erie musician Gaff and his colleague […]
When In Doubt, Kale Shake.
“Have you ever shot a charging lion?” This tour guide I once met while driving from an olive plantation in the country-side of South Africa talked of encounters with lions. Of course the quote is from Midnight in Paris by the actor portraying Ernest Hemingway. There are many animal rehabilitation facilities in South Africa, as well […]
Terry Bisson & Peter Coyote 4/3/12
“Conversation as action (the raw words)” Jim and Tom sit down with Terry Bisson and Peter Coyote for a long conversation. After briefly explaining the goal of the podcast, Peter discusses his trip to Syria, Lebanon and Cuba. The talk goes in many directions. Terry and Peter discuss the progression of political change in the twentieth […]
Preluding the Return
Jim sits down with Jeff the biologist to discuss some travel along with communicating science after dissecting streaking as a general experience along with other uncomfortable situations. Also covered: anecdotes from South Africa, optioning the podcast into a major motion picture, and the fallacy of bear management in Yellowstone. Link to Will Smith talk referenced in […]
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