InSightCruises News-es: the podcast

No, I'm not gone yet!

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:52:00 GMT

I know, it's been a lot more than a few weeks. But I've been very busy trying to maintain financial integrity, given all the ugliness of the recent economic crisis.

However, I'm about to go on Sailing number 50, SciAm 6, so I'll have a lot of audio to publish from there, and will be restarting the podcast very soon. Please stay tuned!

Taking a break

Mon, 4 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

(I was going to push this as a podcast, but I have a really bad cold right now.)

I'm going to take a break for at least a few weeks. I'm concentrating on activities that will help pay the bills, and it takes about an hour a week (average) to manage this podcast, and I'm just too swamped right now with low ROI activities.

So, stay subscribed, and I'll be back soon.

Your host and tourguide, Randal Schwartz

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 152 for 2009-04-27 - 1859: the impact of a dangerous idea (part 4 of 4)

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Evolutionary Biologist Jerry Coyne presents "1859: The Impact of a Dangerous Idea". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 3. Part 4 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 151 for 2009-04-20 - 1859: the impact of a dangerous idea (part 3 of 4)

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Evolutionary Biologist Jerry Coyne presents "1859: The Impact of a Dangerous Idea". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 3. Part 3 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 150 for 2009-04-13 - 1859: the impact of a dangerous idea (part 2 of 4)

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Evolutionary Biologist Jerry Coyne presents "1859: The Impact of a Dangerous Idea". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 3. Part 2 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 149 for 2009-04-06 - 1859: the impact of a dangerous idea (part 1 of 4)

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Evolutionary Biologist Jerry Coyne presents "1859: The Impact of a Dangerous Idea". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 3. Part 1 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 148 for 2009-03-30 - The History of Life On Earth (part 3 of 3)

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Evolutionary Biologist Stephen J. Freeland presents "The History of Life on Earth". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 3. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 147 for 2009-03-23 - The History of Life On Earth (part 2 of 3)

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Evolutionary Biologist Stephen J. Freeland presents "The History of Life on Earth". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 3. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 146 for 2009-03-16 - The History of Life On Earth (part 1 of 3)

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Evolutionary Biologist Stephen J. Freeland presents "The History of Life on Earth". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 3. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 145 for 2009-03-09

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Science Friday host Ira Flatow presents "The Catalysts of Creativity". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 144 for 2009-03-02

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Science Friday host Ira Flatow presents "The Catalysts of Creativity". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 143 for 2009-02-23

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Science Friday host Ira Flatow presents "The Catalysts of Creativity". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 142 for 2009-02-16

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Physicist Alan M. Nathan presents "When Ash Meets Cowhide: The Physics of Hitting A Home Run". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 141 for 2009-02-09

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Physicist Alan M. Nathan presents "When Ash Meets Cowhide: The Physics of Hitting A Home Run". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 140 for 2009-02-02

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Physicist Alan M. Nathan presents "When Ash Meets Cowhide: The Physics of Hitting A Home Run". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 139 for 2009-01-26

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Science Friday host Ira Flatow presents "Why Airplanes Fly - A Modern Myth". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 138 for 2009-01-19

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Science Friday host Ira Flatow presents "Why Airplanes Fly - A Modern Myth". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 137 for 2009-01-12

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Science Friday host Ira Flatow presents "Why Airplanes Fly - A Modern Myth". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 136 for 2009-01-05

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Dr. Max Tegmark presents "A Brief History of Our Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 135 for 2008-12-29

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Dr. Max Tegmark presents "A Brief History of Our Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 134 for 2008-12-22

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Dr. Max Tegmark presents "A Brief History of Our Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American Bright Horizons 2. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 133 for 2008-12-15

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Randal Schwartz presents "Podcasting Primer". Recorded live aboard MacMania 8. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 132 for 2008-12-08

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Randal Schwartz presents "Podcasting Primer". Recorded live aboard MacMania 8. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 131 for 2008-11-24

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Randal Schwartz presents "Podcasting Primer". Recorded live aboard MacMania 8. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 130 for 2008-11-24

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Does The Language You Speak Shape The Way You See The World". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 6 of 6.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 129 for 2008-11-17

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Does The Language You Speak Shape The Way You See The World". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 5 of 6.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 128 for 2008-11-10

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Does The Language You Speak Shape The Way You See The World". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 4 of 6.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 127 for 2008-11-03

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Does The Language You Speak Shape The Way You See The World". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 6.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 126 for 2008-10-27

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Does The Language You Speak Shape The Way You See The World". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 6.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 125 for 2008-10-20

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Does The Language You Speak Shape The Way You See The World". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 6.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 124 for 2008-10-13

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel presents "The First Things in the Universe and their Aftermath". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 123 for 2008-10-06

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel presents "The First Things in the Universe and their Aftermath". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 3. And a special shout-out to my Dad - happy 90th birthday, Dad!

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 122 for 2008-09-29

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel presents "The First Things in the Universe and their Aftermath". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 121 for 2008-09-22

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Magazine Senior Editor John Rennie presents "Battlegrounds and roads forward for emerging technologies". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 120 for 2008-09-15

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Magazine Senior Editor John Rennie presents "Battlegrounds and roads forward for emerging technologies". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 119 for 2008-09-08

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Magazine Senior Editor John Rennie presents "Battlegrounds and roads forward for emerging technologies". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 118 for 2008-09-01

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel presents "Computing the Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 117 for 2008-08-25

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel presents "Computing the Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 116 for 2008-08-18

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel presents "Computing the Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 115 for 2008-08-11

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Anti-evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 4 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 114 for 2008-08-04

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Anti-evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 113 for 2008-07-28

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Anti-evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 112 for 2008-07-21

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Anti-evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 111 for 2008-07-14

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 4 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 110 for 2008-07-07

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 109 for 2008-06-30

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 108 for 2008-06-23

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American Editor Steve Mirsky describes "The Evolution of Evolution". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 107 for 2008-06-16

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel describes "The Composition of the Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 106 for 2008-06-09

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel describes "The Composition of the Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 105 for 2008-06-01

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Noted Cosmologist Dr Thomas Abel describes "The Composition of the Universe". Recorded live aboard Scientific American/Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 3.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 104 for 2008-05-26

Mon, 26 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editors Steve Mirsky and John Rennie describe "How the Science Sausage Gets Made". Recorded live aboard Bright Horizons 1. Part 4 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 103 for 2008-05-19

Mon, 19 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editors Steve Mirsky and John Rennie describe "How the Science Sausage Gets Made". Recorded live aboard Bright Horizons 1. Part 3 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 102 for 2008-05-12

Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editors Steve Mirsky and John Rennie describe "How the Science Sausage Gets Made". Recorded live aboard Bright Horizons 1. Part 2 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 101 for 2008-05-05

Mon, 5 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editors Steve Mirsky and John Rennie describe "How the Science Sausage Gets Made". Recorded live aboard Bright Horizons 1. Part 1 of 4.

InSight Cruises News-es: The Podcast - Episode 100 for 2008-04-28

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I comment on the updated podcast name, and chat with "Captain" Neil about past and future cruises.

Slight interruption in the stream - tune in next week!

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I'm very busy with a conference in Brazil, and was planning on pushing episode 100 out today. However, I woke up with a pretty bad headcold, and I don't want my brand new "InSight Cruises News-es, the podcast" intros and outros to sound bad on the first day.

So I'm taking a week off, waiting for the throat to get back to those golden tones y'all are familiar with, and will bring you episode 100 next week.

-- Randal

GeekCruises News-es GCN_99_2008-04-14.mp3

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Heartbreak in a Hundred Languages: How We Conceive of Abstract Concepts Through Our Bodies" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 6 of 6. And a special announcement!

GeekCruises News-es GCN_98_2008-04-07.mp3

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Heartbreak in a Hundred Languages: How We Conceive of Abstract Concepts Through Our Bodies" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 5 of 6.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_97_2008-03-31.mp3

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Heartbreak in a Hundred Languages: How We Conceive of Abstract Concepts Through Our Bodies" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 4 of 6.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_96_2008-03-24.mp3

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Heartbreak in a Hundred Languages: How We Conceive of Abstract Concepts Through Our Bodies" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 3 of 6.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_95_2008-03-17.mp3

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Heartbreak in a Hundred Languages: How We Conceive of Abstract Concepts Through Our Bodies" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 2 of 6.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_94_2008-03-10.mp3

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Dr Alice Gaby presents "Heartbreak in a Hundred Languages: How We Conceive of Abstract Concepts Through Our Bodies" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 1 of 6.

GeekCruises News-es is becoming InSightCruises News-es

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:53:00 GMT

Yes, everything eventually changes.

We're in transition, so a few things might be slightly broken on the blog page here. Neil and I have agreed that it's time to abandon the legacy GeekCruises name and move on to the official InSightCruises title for the podcast. So I'm editing various URLs and email links and title pages to comply.

You shouldn't need to change your subscription... both styles of URLs should continue to work.

My goal is to publish the next six episodes under the GeekCruises tag, and then retire the name after episode 99. The next episode will be InSight Cruises News-es episode 001.

If you have any questions, write me at podcast@insightcruises.com (or podcast@geekcruises.com if that bounces for now!).

-- Randal

GeekCruises News-es GCN_93_2008-03-03.mp3

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editor Steve Mirsky presents "What's so funny about science?" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 4 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_92_2008-02-25.mp3

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editor Steve Mirsky presents "What's so funny about science?" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 3 of 4.

Welcome to our Scientific American listeners!

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:16:00 GMT

I watch the stats for this podcast fairly regularly, and noticed a nice uptick in subscribers in the past few weeks.

I presume that most of you are listening for the new Scientific American content, and were probably attendees of the conference.

As I said in last week's intro, I have about twenty hours of content that I'll be releasing in 20-30 minute chunks over the next nine months, with occasional gaps for news and interviews about upcoming cruises. Enjoy!

-- Randal

GeekCruises News-es GCN_91_2008-02-18.mp3

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editor Steve Mirsky presents "What's so funny about science?" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 2 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_90_2008-02-11.mp3

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Scientific American editor Steve Mirsky presents "What's so funny about science?" recorded live on Scientific American Bright Horizons. Part 1 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_89_2008-02-04.mp3

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

An Evening With David Pogue - recorded live on MacMania 7. Part 2 of 2. Includes the making of "iPhone: the Musical"!

GeekCruises News-es GCN_88_2008-01-28.mp3

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

An Evening With David Pogue - recorded live on MacMania 7. Part 1 of 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_87_2008-01-21.mp3

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

An Evening With Robin Williams - recorded live on MacMania 7. Part 2 of 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_86_2008-01-14.mp3

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

An Evening With Robin Williams - recorded live on MacMania 7. Part 1 of 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_85_2008-01-07.mp3

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

An Evening With Richard Dreyfuss - recorded live on MacMania 7. Part 2 of 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_84_2007-12-31.mp3

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

An Evening With Richard Dreyfuss - recorded live on MacMania 7. Part 1 of 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_83_2007-12-24.mp3

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Leopard 101: Macworld editor Jason Snell talks about Mac OS 10.5, recorded live on Macmania 7. Part 3 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_82_2007-12-17.mp3

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Leopard 101: Macworld editor Jason Snell talks about Mac OS 10.5, recorded live on Macmania 7. Part 2 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_81_2007-12-10.mp3

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Leopard 101: Macworld editor Jason Snell talks about Mac OS 10.5, recorded live on Macmania 7. Part 1 of 3.

Missing parts 3 and 4, and comment moderation enabled

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:14:00 GMT

In producing parts 3 and 4 of David Pogue's Introduction to Leopard talk today, I found that the 70 minute WAV file that I have is completely silent! Oops! Rather than publish John Cage: the extended cut, I'm jumping immediately to Jason Snell covering roughly the same subject matter in a more complete way, with all of parts 1 through 3 already logged and put into the queue.

Also, I woke up to find that Chinese Spammers had figured out how to get around the CAPTCHA of this blog software, and had littered one or more spam messages on every single posting. Grumbling, I spent a half hour deleting them all, and then set this blog to moderated messages only. I can't begin to express my distaste for spammers at this very moment.

If you have feedback, feel free to leave a blog comment... I'll see it eventually and enable it. Or, just use the Horn line (email or voicemail), as indicated on our home page. Thanks....

... Randal

GeekCruises News-es GCN_80_2007-12-03.mp3

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Introduction to Leopard: New York Times columnist David Pogue walks through most of the 300 new features of Leopard, recorded live on Macmania 7. Part 2 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_79_2007-11-26.mp3

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Introduction to Leopard: New York Times columnist David Pogue walks through most of the 300 new features of Leopard, recorded live on Macmania 7. Part 1 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_78_2007-11-19.mp3

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Live from MacMania 7 (not 8): our live recording including special guest Richard Dreyfuss.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_77_2007-11-12.mp3

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

A little musical break while I'm on MacMania 7 (not 8 like I say in the show, oops!), part 2. Musical selections from the Podsafe Music Network.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_76_2007-11-05.mp3

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT

A little musical break while I'm on MacMania 7 (not 8 like I say in the show, oops!), part 1. Musical selections from the Podsafe Music Network.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_75_2007-10-29.mp3

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

I introduce the new "audio commentary" available on some of the newer pages on the website.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_74_2007-10-22.mp3

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Captain Neil and I chat with Chess Grandmaster Larry Christiansen. Part 2 of 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_73_2007-10-15.mp3

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Captain Neil and I chat with Chess Grandmaster Larry Christiansen. Part 1 of 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_72_2007-10-08.mp3

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

I interview Derrick Story about the Panama Canal Cruise and Digital Photography workflow tools. Part 3 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_71_2007-10-01.mp3

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

I interview Derrick Story about the Panama Canal Cruise and Digital Photography workflow tools. Part 2 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_70_2007-09-24.mp3

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

I interview Derrick Story about the Panama Canal Cruise and Digital Photography workflow tools. Part 1 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_69_2007-09-17.mp3

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

The eye of the storm... lining up interviews from the upcoming cruises.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_68_2007-09-10.mp3

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Mike Riley presents "OSX Server Advanced Topics" from MacMania 6. Part 3 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_67_2007-09-03.mp3

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Mike Riley presents "OSX Server Advanced Topics" from MacMania 6. Part 2 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_66_2007-08-27.mp3

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Mike Riley presents "OSX Server Advanced Topics" from MacMania 6. Part 1 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_65_2007-08-20.mp3

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Randal interviews "Captain" Neil Bauman about the upcoming cruises.

I'm sorry! Duplicate publishing of Rob's talks!

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:08:00 GMT

Oh, man. I feel bad now. I realized that while I was in the middle of my recent 5-week road trip, I published (after re-editing from the source material!) Rob's "RSS and Web-Browsing Supercharged" talk. Hopefully the editing was better the second time, but sorry for wasting three weeks worth of downloads. (For the record, episodes 62, 63, and 64 are roughly the same as episodes 54, 55, and 56.)

I'm putting better workflow items into place to ensure this won't happen again, if nothing other than just living down the sheer embarassment of having done this. I've got a few more items from MacMania6, and some interviews being scheduled with speakers from our upcoming cruises. Please stay subscribed, and tell your friends that it's not normally a summer rerun show!

Your humble (and humbled) host, Randal

GeekCruises News-es GCN_64_2007-08-13.mp3

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Rob Griffiths presents "RSS And Web Browsing Supercharged" from MacMania 6. Part 3 of 3: Useful Websites.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_63_2007-08-06.mp3

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Rob Griffiths presents "RSS And Web Browsing Supercharged" from MacMania 6. Part 2 of 3: RSS.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_62_2007-07-30.mp3

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Rob Griffiths presents "RSS And Web Browsing Supercharged" from MacMania 6. Part 1 of 3: Web Browsers.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_61_2007-07-23.mp3

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Rob Griffiths presents "Tigard vs Leopard: Battle of the Cats" from MacMania 6.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_60_2007-07-16.mp3

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Mike Riley presents "OSX Server Essentials" from MacMania 6. Part 4 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_59_2007-07-09.mp3

Mon, 9 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Mike Riley presents "OSX Server Essentials" from MacMania 6. Part 3 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_58_2007-07-02.mp3

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Mike Riley presents "OSX Server Essentials" from MacMania 6. Part 2 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_57_2007-06-25.mp3

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Mike Riley presents "OSX Server Essentials" from MacMania 6. Part 1 of 4.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_56_2007-06-18.mp3

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Rob Griffiths presents "RSS and Web Browsing Supercharged" from MacMania 6. Part 3 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_55_2007-06-11.mp3

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Rob Griffiths presents "RSS and Web Browsing Supercharged" from MacMania 6. Part 2 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_54_2007-06-04.mp3

Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Rob Griffiths presents "RSS and Web Browsing Supercharged" from MacMania 6. Part 1 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_53_2007-05-28.mp3

Mon, 28 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

A year! I made it to a year! And on the night before Geekcruise #37 (Aperture Aura / MacMania6), I recorded some brief interviews from the attendees at the pre-cruise party.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_52_2007-05-21.mp3

Mon, 21 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Harry McCracken talks about upgrading to Vista vs staying with XP. Part 3 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_51_2007-05-14.mp3

Mon, 14 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Harry McCracken talks about upgrading to Vista vs staying with XP. Part 2 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_50_2007-05-07.mp3

Mon, 7 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Harry McCracken talks about upgrading to Vista vs staying with XP. Part 1 of 3.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_49_2007-04-30.mp3

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

New York Times columnist David Pogue describes the transition to Windows Vista (part 4).

GeekCruises News-es GCN_48_2007-04-23.mp3

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

New York Times columnist David Pogue describes the transition to Windows Vista (part 3).

GeekCruises News-es GCN_47_2007-04-16.mp3

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

New York Times columnist David Pogue describes the transition to Windows Vista (part 2).

GeekCruises News-es GCN_46_2007-04-09.mp3

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

New York Times columnist David Pogue describes the transition to Windows Vista (part 1).

GeekCruises News-es GCN_45_2007-04-02.mp3

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Randal Schwartz interviews Macworld columnist Rob Griffiths about http://macosxhints.com and his participation with Geekcruises.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_44_2007-03-26.mp3

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Randal Schwartz interviews photographer and author Ben Long about his participation in the upcoming MacWorld and Aperture cruise.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_43_2007-03-19.mp3

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Randal Schwartz interviews "Captain" Neil Bauman about the 8 sailings over the next twelve months, and about the name change to Insight Cruises.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_42_2007-03-12.mp3

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:00:00 GMT

PC World's Senior Editor Harry McCracken on "Vista vs Mac, which is right for you?" part 2.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_41_2007-03-05.mp3

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

PC World's Senior Editor Harry McCracken on "Vista vs Mac, which is right for you?" part 1.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_40_2007-02-26.mp3

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Interview with David Pogue about his writing, the iPhone, and the future of the internet!

GeekCruises News-es GCN_39_2007-02-19.mp3

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

The eye of the storm: an administrative note.

And yes, I said "december" instead of "february" for the date. I was distracted with a recent knee injury.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_38_2007-02-12.mp3

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Part 6 of Andy Ihnatko providing an introduction to the Macintosh, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

Yes, this is the last part!

GeekCruises News-es GCN_37_2007-02-05.mp3

Mon, 5 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Part 5 of Andy Ihnatko providing an introduction to the Macintosh, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_36_2007-01-29.mp3

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Part 4 of Andy Ihnatko providing an introduction to the Macintosh, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_35_2007-01-22.mp3

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Part 3 of Andy Ihnatko providing an introduction to the Macintosh, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_34_2007-01-15.mp3

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Part 2 of Andy Ihnatko providing an introduction to the Macintosh, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_33_2007-01-07.mp3

Mon, 8 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Part 1 of Andy Ihnatko providing an introduction to the Macintosh, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

Happy new year 2007!

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Happy holidays... I'm taking a short break this week (mostly because the past few shows have put me up against the upload quota for libsyn), but I'll be back next week with some more audio from Geekcruise #35. -- Randal

GeekCruises News-es GCN_32_2006-12-25.mp3

Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part 4 of Paul Kunz talking about how he brought the World Wide Web to America, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_31_2006-12-18.mp3

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part 3 of Paul Kunz talking about how he brought the World Wide Web to America, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35

GeekCruises News-es GCN_30_2006-12-11.mp3

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part 2 of Paul Kunz talking about how he brought the World Wide Web to America, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35

GeekCruises News-es GCN_29_2006-12-04.mp3

Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part 1 of Paul Kunz talking about how he brought the World Wide Web to America, aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_28_2006-11-27.mp3

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part 3 of Rob Griffiths talking about the best Mac OSX Hints aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_27_2006-11-20.mp3

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part 2 of Rob Griffiths talking about the best Mac OSX Hints aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_26_2006-11-13.mp3

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part 1 of Rob Griffiths talking about the best Mac OSX Hints aboard MacMania5, Geekcruise #35.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_25_2006-11-06.mp3

Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Leo Laporte presented a "podcast workshop" on MacMania 5. As part of the workshop, he and I recorded a live five-minute segment in front of the room, which I then turned into a podcast in Garageband while explaining what I was doing. Here's the result!

Many recordings from MacMania 5 upcoming in the stream

Sun, 5 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

I just got back from MacMania 5, geekcruise #35. My new XtremeMac Micromemo recorder for my video iPod made it trivial to grab decent audio recordings of the various presentations, so I ended up getting about 11 hours of great audio from the speakers (such as Andy Ihnatko, Rob Griffiths, Dan Frakes, and Paul Kunz). I'll be splitting this into bite-size pieces over the next few months, occasionally interspersing them with more timely material. I presume y'all won't mind if you get a bit more than my target five minutes per week, so stay tuned...

-- Randal

GeekCruises News-es GCN_24_2006-10-30.mp3

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Part two of a presentation taped aboard Chess Moves 2 on the history of Chess Machines by Leo Laporte. Check out the audiovisual materials at http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_23_2006-10-23.mp3

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part one of a presentation taped aboard Chess Moves 2 on the history of Chess Machines by Leo Laporte. Check out the audiovisual materials at http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/.

Two half-hour shows coming up next week

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

The next two episodes break my traditional "5 to 10 minutes" format, because I have an hour-long presentation I wanted to bring you in its entirety. Just a warning for those of you who want your Geek Cruises News-es in short bite-size bits. I think you'll agree the break in format is worth it... however.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_22_2006-10-16.mp3

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part three of an interview with "Captain" Neil Bauman. We talk about our experience of the recent Rome cruise, and why it's great to travel as a group with fellow Geeks.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_21_2006-10-09.mp3

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part two of an interview with "Captain" Neil Bauman. We run through the remaining scheduled cruises beginning with Spring of 2007.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_20_2006-10-02.mp3

Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part one of an interview with "Captain" Neil Bauman. We run through the next few upcoming cruises in Fall and Winter 2006.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_19_2006-09-25.mp3

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part three of an interview with photographer Derrick Story. We talk about how Derrick's role with past and future GeekCruises.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_18_2006-09-18.mp3

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part two of an interview with photographer Derrick Story. We talk about how Derrick got started in photography.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_17_2006-09-11.mp3

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part one of an interview with photographer Derrick Story. We talk about his podcasts (such as The Digital Story podcast) and books (such as the Digital Photography Pocket Guide), and he tries to explain to me exactly where Iceland is (apparently, it's not exactly in Europe, as I initially thought).

GeekCruises News-es GCN_16_2006-09-04.mp3

Mon, 4 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part two of an interview with Jon "maddog" Hall, a longtime open source advocate and director of Linux International. We talk about his experience of the Linux Lunacy cruise, including our visit to the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_15_2006-08-28.mp3

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part one of an interview with Jon "maddog" Hall, a longtime open source advocate and director of Linux International.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_14_2006-08-21.mp3

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part three of a "reverse interview", where my friend Leo Laporte gets to interview _me_. We chat about the "mandatory" lifeboat drill, and how Leo keeps his kids busy on a cruise. I also catch Leo with a really bad pun about "Opera", and we discuss who the real boss is in "convincing the boss". We conclude by talking about the whacky MacMania cruise numbering, and a little quick snippet of me imitating Kermit The Frog.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_13_2006-08-14.mp3

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part two of a "reverse interview", where my friend Leo Laporte gets to interview _me_. We discuss some of the many places I've been around the world, including visiting my company's namesake: Stonehenge. We also chat about upcoming cruises, including ports like Half Moon Cay, and how I power-nap through dinner to stay up partying late at night.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_12_2006-08-07.mp3

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part one of a "reverse interview", where my friend Leo Laporte gets to interview me. We talk about how GeekCruises got started, including how I met "Captain" Neil by teaching my Perl classes, and about the first Perl Whirl in 2000.

Check out the my FLOSS weekly interview as well!

Switching to MP3s instead of "Enhanced Podcasts"

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

A number of you have contacted me about wanting to listen to the podcasts, but being frustrated because I was publishing in Quicktime-savvy "enhanced Podcasts" instead of standard MP3s. My goal with that was to provide show links and images throughout the show, but I realized that in the first 11 shows, I never made use of that feature.

So, as of show #12 (released today), I'll be switching to MP3s. I may occasionally release another "m4a" file if the show warrants it, but the majority of the shows will be MP3s.

Thanks for your feedback, and keep listening! More good stuff coming up soon!

GeekCruises News-es GCN_11_2006-07-31.m4a

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part three of an interview with Ben Long, author and photographer, and past and future Geekcruise speaker. Ben's website is www.completedigitalphotography.com. We discuss the upcoming Alaska cruise with Ben Long and Bill Durrance giving photographic works

GeekCruises News-es GCN_10_2006-07-24.m4a

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part two of an interview with Ben Long, author and photographer, and past and future Geekcruise speaker. Ben's website is www.completedigitalphotography.com. We discuss Camera Raw and the differences between film and digital photography.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_09_2006-07-17.m4a

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part one of an interview with Ben Long, author and photographer, and past and future Geekcruise speaker. Ben's website is www.completedigitalphotography.com. We discuss Apple's Aperature product, comparing it to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

I'm on geekcruise #33 in the western mediterranean!

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

For the next two weeks, I'll be out of the country on Geekcruise #33 (officially known as MacMania 4.5). I'm bringing along my new digital audio recorder to get some live sounds from the cruise. Look for the results in upcoming shows.

In the meanwhile, I've queued up three shows from Ben Long, a speaker on the upcoming Arctic Exposure 3 cruise to Alaska, just three weeks after I return from Rome! (Why do I even have a house?)

In the pipeline, I've also got an interview with Jon "maddog" Hall from the upcoming (and past) Linux cruise, and a special surprise guest interviewer that I know you'll enjoy. Bon Voyage!

GeekCruises News-es GCN_08_2006-07-10.m4a

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part three of an interview with broadcast and netcast legend Leo Laporte, a frequent Geekcruise guest and speaker. Leo talks about his role in creating the Ingenious Bar on the MacMania cruises.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_07_2006-07-03.m4a

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part two of an interview with broadcast and netcast legend Leo Laporte, a frequent Geekcruise guest and speaker. Leo talks about the upcoming Chess Cruise in Alaska, where he'll be speaking about chess playing machines and the Mechanical Turk. We also discuss various shore excursions in Juneau and Ketchikan.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_06_2006-06-26.m4a

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Part one of an interview with broadcast and netcast legend Leo Laporte, a frequent Geekcruise guest and speaker. He talks about why he's into podcasting, and about bringing your family on cruises.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_05_2006-06-19.m4a

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 04:11:00 GMT

An interview with Chris Campbell, a frequent Geekcruiser, talking about what he has learned, and what it's like to have great access to great speakers, even after the presentation.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_04_2006-06-12.m4a

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:00:00 GMT

An interview with Chris Campbell, a frequent Geekcruiser, talking about what it's like to be on a GeekCruise.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_03_2006-06-05.m4a

Mon, 5 Jun 2006 04:00:00 GMT

"Captain Neil" describes the program content of a typical Geek Cruise, including the upcoming Mac and Digital Photography Cruises (featuring Derrick Story and Ben Long), the Photoshop Cruise, and the Chess Cruise.

GeekCruises News-es GCN_02_2006-05-29.m4a

Mon, 29 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Randal Schwartz interviews "Captain Neil" Bauman, answering the question "What is a GeekCruise?"

Updated phone number

Fri, 26 May 2006 04:54:00 GMT

Just a quick note... if you downloaded our first podcast before 5/26/06, the phone number has been changed. You can now call us "on the horn" at +1 206 203 HORN. We figured that'd be an easier number to remember. Too bad all the good combinations with "geek" and "ship" and "cruise" were taken... isn't that always the way?

-- Randal Schwartz

GeekCruises News-es GCN_01a_2006-05-22.m4a

Mon, 22 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT

In this first episode, Randal Schwartz introduces himself and the show.