25 episodes

The Listening Podcast features conversations with fascinating people in the world of music, film & art. We talk about how they got started, obstacles they faced, their personal creative process, and what inspires them.

The Listening Podcast Liquid Cinema

    • Arts
    • 4.3 • 6 Ratings

The Listening Podcast features conversations with fascinating people in the world of music, film & art. We talk about how they got started, obstacles they faced, their personal creative process, and what inspires them.

    Quarantine Stories: What Will Be the New Normal?

    Quarantine Stories: What Will Be the New Normal?

    In the last episode of our Quarantine Stories series, composer and host Jeff Rona discusses where we go from here as the world re-opens. States and cities across the U.S. are handling it differently, some with very little guidance and others with clear health requirements to be met. Still, there is a lot of confusion as to how to proceed safely with our favorite activities while living indefinitely with COVID-19.
    What will a post-COVID world look like? Every place from schools to restaurants to sporting events will be affected. Our new habits of distancing and wearing masks will have to continue for a while, but there is hope with some promising early results from a new vaccine - and help from some innovative entrepreneurs.

    • 17 min
    Quarantine Stories: Virtual Teaching and Lessons from Star Trek

    Quarantine Stories: Virtual Teaching and Lessons from Star Trek

    Sound designer and educator Francis Preve was gearing up for SXSW in Austin, Texas when COVID-19 lockdowns began and the festival was cancelled. Preve shares how he is coping with quarantine by guiding his students through this emotional time, as well as launching new creative projects including a synthesis tutorial series on YouTube. He also shares the life lessons he’s learned from re-watching Star Trek, and how relevant they are today. 

    • 10 min
    Quarantine Stories: Creative Experimentation with Tyler Bates

    Quarantine Stories: Creative Experimentation with Tyler Bates

    In this episode of Quarantine Stories, we heard from sought-after composer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer Tyler Bates, who is spending time in quarantine doing what he loves most - creative experimentation. He's collaborating with artists who aren't on the road now (he's toured with Marilyn Manson in between composing gigs) and is also getting creative with building out his studio. Bates has scored many notable film and television projects, including John Wick 3, Deadpool, Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, and The Purge TV series. 

    • 9 min
    Quarantine Stories: Dispatches from the ER in Anchorage Alaska

    Quarantine Stories: Dispatches from the ER in Anchorage Alaska

    This week we have a special report from members of the Emergency Room staff at Alaska Native Medical Center in the city of Anchorage. The team primarily treats native populations from all over the state, including some of the most remote corners of the world. They shared their personal struggles as they work to treat patients with COVID-19 - including keeping up morale by leaning on each other, running low on their PPE supply, and how the pandemic is affecting their families and relationships. Interviews by trauma nurse and staff member Carrie Lavallee. 

    • 15 min
    Quarantine Stories: Cool Apps, Staying Informed, and Collaborating While Distancing

    Quarantine Stories: Cool Apps, Staying Informed, and Collaborating While Distancing

    TV writer Darren Swimmer (Shadowhunters, Smallville) and composer Richard Einhorn (Voices of Light) offer some advice on a range of quarantine-relevant topics, including apps that help you focus, where to find the best information on the latest public health updates, and curating your streaming lineup. And composer/ producer Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Wormwood) shares the challenges of collaborating and recording with musicians sheltering at home.

    • 11 min
    Quarantine Stories: OMG WTF Politics and Viral Videos

    Quarantine Stories: OMG WTF Politics and Viral Videos

    Author, producer, content creator, and activist Ben Sheehan (Funny or Die) talks about launching his new book OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? in the middle of a pandemic - shortly after recovering from COVID-19 himself. And musician/ composer Emer Kinsella was looking for creative ways to help support and uplift studio musicians who are struggling in this pandemic, and created an incredibly clever video that went viral.

    Ben Sheehan: OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?
    Available from Hatchett Book Group

    • 11 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

travelfreeks ,

Great interviews!

I’m not typically a music podcast fan but I love the mix of artists they interview - some fascinating history, unexpected tangents and very cool people. Good podcast!

BigSteelCity ,

Artistic, Informative, AND funny

The team at Liquid Cinema have outdone themselves pulling together an all star cast of guests — personally excited for Amanda Krieg Thomas and trance artist Cold Blue. Insightful opening interview with music supe Chris Douridas!

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