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Matt Haughey
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Interviews with notable people talking about something they're not normally known for, or outside their normal purview, how they got into it and what they love most about it. Any sort of hobby, side-gig, or obsession is fair game.

  1. 11/13/2018

    Episode 20: Steven Masuch is a pog slammer

    Steven Masuch is a "character actor of the web," with a variety of projects under his belt and a day job building iOS apps. He hosts the Slam for Hope Pog Tournament (http://slamforhope.com/) each year in Vancouver BC, Canada, with the 5th one coming up (and still accepting players and donations) on November 22nd. We go deep on something I completely missed while growing up (because I was 20 years old already). It's everything there is to know about pogs. Some pogs: smasuch-pogs https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/4iV6GHPn.jpg The Canadian (evil) Justin McElroy: canadian-mcelroy https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/OkxjTHao.jpg Last tournament's surprise champion: pog-champ https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/02KVyuRi.jpg

    41 min

  2. 11/11/2018

    Episode 19: Erin McKean has sewn hundreds of dresses

    Erin McKean is a lexicographer, writer, speaker, and maker that started Dress A Day about 13 years ago to chronicle her sewing projects. If you've ever seen Erin at a conference, chances are you've seen her in a really cool print fabric dress she made herself. We talk about her career, how she sews her dresses, as well as tips on how anyone can learn to sew their own clothes too. One of Erin's dresses, complete with bright red piping: erin-piping https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/Rv6ddF3c.jpg

    51 min

  3. 10/20/2018

    Episode 18: Dan Benjamin knows what time it is thanks to his watches

    dans-watch https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/PXgP6FFi.png Dan Benjamin is the creator of the 5by5 podcast network (http://5by5.tv/) and the podcast hosting service Fireside.fm (https://fireside.fm/) and he is really into mechanical watches. We talk about his career in podcasting and how he got started, when he fell in love with watches, and how he wears and collects them today.

    1h 12m

  4. 09/16/2018

    Episode 17: Darius Kazemi explains his love of anime

    jojos https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/RGrq6Pg3.jpg Darius Kazemi is a programmer and bot author and all-around internet artist that has a podcast with two fellow cohosts about an anime series they all love. Darius explains how he got into programming, gaming, bot authoring, and the social network mastodon, before we dive into the ins and outs of anime, what kinds of shows he likes and how one would go about getting started.

    59 min

  5. 07/29/2018

    Episode 16: Todd Hamina is a winemaker that raced his bike across America

    winery https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/6mnuB4ZI.jpg ☝️Todd's winery todds-bike https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/zHzoY4wb.jpg ☝️Todd's bike for the Trans Am Race Todd Hamina has been making wine under different labels for 26 years in the Pacific Northwest, from farming his own grapes to owning his own winery. We chatted a bit about how the wine industry works in Oregon before transitioning to bikes. Todd's been riding his whole life, but in June of 2018 he decided to participate in the Trans America (self-supported) bike race from the coast of Oregon all the way across the US to the Atlantic Ocean in Virgina. He pulled out of the race in Colorado after nearly 1800 miles over the course of a couple weeks riding over 130 miles per day all on his own. He had to quit due to cramping in his hands and shoulders that took away his ability to use his brakes. We talk about how he trained, what his setup was like, and how he attacked each day of the race.

    42 min

  6. 07/26/2018

    Episode 15: Lucy Burningham spent a year becoming a beer sommelier

    lucy https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/kZ3dLgHB.jpg ☝️Lucy outside of the StreamPDX trailer where we recorded beer-stuff https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/XmCP06S2.JPG ☝️Lucy's book along with the three beers we sampled during the show Lucy Burningham is a writer, editorial director at Cozy (https://cozy.co/), and spent a year getting certified to become a master beer taster and wrote a book about it. She brought 3 beers to the Airstream trailer at Stream PDX (https://streampdx.com/) where we recorded and we were a bit punchy and goofy by the end.

    39 min

  7. 07/14/2018

    Episode 14: Tiffani Ashley Bell is a Formula One Fan

    tiffani-ferrari https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/3rsr0flm.png ☝️Tiffani driving a Ferrari California in Dubai Tiffani Ashley Bell is the founder of The Human Utility (https://www.detroitwaterproject.org/), which helps prevent water shut-offs in Detroit and Baltimore, all using a donation platform she's built. It's a fascinating project that was one of the first non-profits to go through Y Combinator. Tiffani is also into F1 racing and as a car guy myself, I was curious to hear what makes it exciting and how one goes about following all the action.

    42 min

  8. 07/06/2018

    Episode 13: Amber Castaldo is a roller derby jammer

    amber-rollering https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/3eBw_tvR.jpeg ☝️Amber apex jumping a turn Amber Castaldo is a recently retired veteran of roller derby, from one of the top teams in the world, based in Portland, Oregon. We spend much of the time getting into the nitty gritty details of roller derby rules, and talk about how much work it is to stay competitive. amber-kick https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/S9Qr0ltm.gif ☝️Amber getting a roundhouse kick to the stomach

    38 min
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Interviews with notable people talking about something they're not normally known for, or outside their normal purview, how they got into it and what they love most about it. Any sort of hobby, side-gig, or obsession is fair game.

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  • Creator
    Matt Haughey
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  • Episodes
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    Explicit
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