


It was a really fun experience.Ĭlark: It was an enormous challenge. We found a good publishing partner that made it really easy on us. What was it like writing a book for the first time? And congrats on it being a New York Times best-seller!īryant: Writing a book is something we wanted to do for a long time. And that’s one of the cool things about podcasting-people have been doing it in their basements from the beginning. It helped me keep working.īryant: As a company, we were able to shift quickly to remote recording our shows. Nashville’s own ‘Hidden Figure’ and pioneer for African-American and women engineers dies. I’m proud that we were able to help people feel a little bit better during the pandemic. People who would never listen to a podcast before the pandemic found podcasts because they heard they might cheer you up or be a good distraction. There was a fear that people would not listen to podcasts as much, but we found the opposite. Have you seen a major change or shift in digital media over the last year because of the pandemic?Ĭlark: There was an enormous disruption in people’s habits. For that reason, I’m going to say the episode about ballpoint pens. Then we explain all the interesting stuff about it. Responsible for maintaining a healthy book of accounts for local and ASP hosted environments. Many stories are not necessarily lost to time but just aren’t as well-known as they should be.Ĭlark: The episodes I find gratifying are about everyday topics that people think they know everything about. What’s your favorite episode of Stuff You Should Know?īryant: I can’t think of an individual one, but it’s cool to shine a light on things that you didn’t learn in school or history class growing up. I like to say we’re all friends and family we just haven’t met yet. Oftentimes we’re literally in people’s ears while they’re exercising, cleaning the house, or doing chores. What is your favorite part about podcasting?Ĭhuck Bryant ABJ ’95: The immediacy and the connection. We would do the prairie dog thing–we’d pop up and tell the other person the interesting things we just learned. So, let’s take these great, well-researched, well-written articles and turn them into something else.’Ĭlark: We shared a common wall at HowStuffWorks. We are a group of origami enthusiasts who gather monthly to fold paper and learn from each other. The guy running the site said, ‘You know what? Not everybody reads articles on the web all day long. Origami Risk is a provider of integrated SaaS solutions for the risk, compliance, safety, and insurance industries. Nashville Origami Club, Nashville, Tennessee. Josh Clark M ’00: Chuck and I started out as writers for the website HowStuffWorks. Published JanuIf we don’t know the dangers that the future brings, how can we prepare for them The End of the World is a podcast that explores existential risks, those organic and. Stuff You Should Know is a podcast that educates listeners on a variety of topics ranging from science and history to pop culture and conspiracy theories.
