Faneuil Hall Boston

Kentie unplugged in Boston.   On the eve of Podcamp Boston, Kentie, Ninja and Special K have dinner and talk about almost everything.

Famous Restaurants Mentioned: Cheers.   Famous Bookstores Mentioned: Powells.  Politicians mentioned: Howard Dean, Mitt Romney, Hilary, Barak, Al Gore, John Kerry, George Bush.  Issues mentioned: Gun Control, Gay Marriage, Universal Health Care, The disadvantages of home schooling, Freedom.  Recreational Activities Mentioned: Opera.  Hysterical Non-fiction: American Facists by Chris Hedges.

Songs Played : Family Guy * The Spirit of Massachussetts (Courtesy Episode 126 Mondo Diablo)

Podcasts listened to by Kentie: 

· 2 Guys, 1 Brain

· Bear Crawling

· Big Gay Sex Show

· Bored Beyond Belief

· Brini Maxwell

· Broadway Bullet

· Cuppa Tea with AJ

· Fagbeast of Scandiland

· For Whatever Reason podcast

· Hello Waffles

· Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters

· Leather Bound

· Mandrake Society Radio

· Manhandled in Montana

· Mikey Pod

· New Music Box

· NY Times Book Review Podcast

· Peterson Toscano

· Sha-Pink

· Sister Paula podcast

· Spanking Bea Arthur

· Strength Nation with Jason White

· Tastes Like Burning

· Tigger Cast

· Tranny Wreck Radio

· Unnatural Acts of Opera

· Vera Speaks

· Wanda Wisdom

· Yeast Radio

·       Zillacast with Zillafag

·       Eat This Hot Show

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You can't deport someone from their country of birth. It just doesn't work that way.  Ninja and Special K  express outrage at the treatment the Dixie Chicks have received since their London concert in March 2003 at the hands of ignorant right-wingers.   33 minutes of chick empowering fun.

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Not Ready to Make Nice - Oprah's Interview with the Dixie Chicks October 25, 2006

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Ninja muses on the many forms her fifteen minutes of fame take. Next Special K and Ninja tackle some serious issues. Then they leave you with a delightful discussion on the relationship between happiness, the future and nut burying. Is the human being really the only animal that thinks about the future? Famous African policitians mentioned: Jacob Zuma. Canadian Beauty Queens mentioned: Nazanin. Sociopolitical issues mentioned: AIDS, rape. Harvard Professors mentioned: Daniel Gilbert. 29:53 Minutes

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Birthday greetings to a special lady. Ninja and Special K review the performance of the 60’s classic rock opera HAIR currently running at Toronto’s Canstage theatre. An update on the the Italian election results, and a promo of the Flatus show. Famous queens mentioned: Elizabeth.

30 minutes.

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Ninja and Special K cover a lot of ground today. Tom Cruise’s “Silent Birth” reversal, Sarah Waters new book Night Watch, the death of lesbianism (long live queerness). Then we switch gears completely to discuss the recent election in Italy. Famous Italian politicians mentioned: Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi. 32 minutes

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Special K cannot get over the fact that Canadian MP David Emerson had the gall to cross the floor in the House of Commons and switch from the Liberal party to the Conservative party to keep what she thinks is a cushy cabinet position with all its attendant perks. Ninja and Special K finally see Lost in Translation and can’t figure out what the fuss was about and how it managed to win an Oscar. Famous comedians mentioned: Bill Murray. Famous tourist attractions mentioned: Mount Fuji. Classical theatre forms mentioned: Kabuki and Noh. Popular pastimes mentioned: Karaoke.

19:32 minutes.

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Ninja & Special K do a debrief on the Canadian election results. They also take part in some uniquely Asian Canadian activities, some to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year which occurred this weekend. It’s the Year of the Dog. At the end of the show is a roughly two minute sampling of some of the flutist Ron Korb’s original compositions.

27:15 minutes

You can find Rob Korb’s site at : http://www.ronkorb.com/

Erratum: As Jim (http://cto.libsyn.com/) points out in the comments section, I attributed melting pot vs. cultural mosaic incorrectly. Cultural mosaic is the canadian phenomenon and melting pot is the american one.

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Ninja talks about the importance of your voice. She thinks you deserve to be heard. Your opinion matters. How important it is for you to be counted. She segues into the mysteries and annoyance of that social phenomenon called bullshit and offers up some entertaining details from Laura Penny’s fabulously written book Your Call is Important to Us. Famous politicians mentioned: Barney Frank, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. 2005 Best Sellers mentioned: On Bullshit.

30:43 minutes.

Much thanks to Michael Harren for hosting this archive!

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Ninja talks about assumptions English Canadians sometimes make about certain products they buy and the impending Canadian federal election (not that the two are necessarily related). Famous stars mentioned: Mae West. Politicians mentioned: Jean Chretien, Tony Blair, Bush Jr., Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton. Sports mentioned: Golf

16 minutes.