Absent the rest of the gang, Michelle and Jake decide to chew on the mind of a very singular artist who has released a very singular film. Join them as they discuss the documentary Phil Tippet: Mad Dreams and Monsters as well as Tippett's magnum opus, Mad God. Special effects and stop-motion prodigy, Tippett has touched an extraordinary number of culturally influential films. He spent the last 30 years working on and off on his personal film. In the vein of our episode regarding Aaron Fechter, Pig Iron presents a deep dive into the work and influence of an artist who has devoted his life to doing things his own way.
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This week Michelle & co. are joined by comics artists / bad boys Ramon Villalobos and Daniel Iirizarri, who also make their own podcast, Mex Flentallo. We explore creating work that isn't tied to your paid gig, Ramon and Daniel's views on the social media hustle of illustration work, and we get a live reaction to the Mexican Namor reveal. This is a long one folks, strap in and/or take your time!
Ramon's Twitter https://twitter.com/RamonVillalobos
Daniel's Twitter https://twitter.com/Danielirizarri
Mex Flentallo Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/ramon-villalobos-248620473
Mex Flentallo Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MexFlentallo
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Cleaning up your home is a decidedly DIY endeavor: that shit usually doesn't happen unless you do it! We talk dos, don'ts and favorites in the interest of reminding ourselves that it is nice to live in a clean environment and that no one else wants to smell your stank. It is not actually a philosophy it's just basic manners.
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Well we had some internet trouble folks! Jake explains it all in the intro to this somewhat unique episode. Michelle saw Crimes of the Future and she's not happy about it, Jake tries to pick at her unhappiness like a psychic scab. Ruben never returns.
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The gamers three return this week: Michelle, Jake and Ruben are alone and discussing everyone's favorite socially planned activity: Game Night. Is throwing a game night "DIY" you might ask? By the end of this episode there may be an answer. Plus, Ruben shares how to weed out the social butterflies and Jake will tell you how learning the card game Magic: The Gathering can make you into an asshole. Welcome back, everyone! We love you.
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What's all this then? Absent Eliza, the gang brings our newest inductee to the forefront to talk a bit about what you, The Individual, can do to get some value out of our horrendous economic system. Lucy breaks down the realities of leaving money on the table when it comes to using credit cards, why having five of them can actually get you More Money, and how to avoid going too far down the reddit credit card hole.
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No guests, no internet mysteries, just five buddies and a chill chat about all the jobs we have either left or been forcibly ejected from. Enjoy!
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Today we welcome Dr. Liz Brown to discuss relevant subject matter concerning healthcare legislation and access for trans individuals, primarily in the US. Liz is a bonafide medical doctor who works with patients to develop their care and graciously offers anonymous insight into the medical side of the equation. We are very lucky to have her on to discuss the relevancy of DIY HRT care both in the past, present and future.
Resources Discussed This Episode:
https://diyhrt.github.io/
https://hrt.cafe/
https://transfemscience.org/
https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines
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This week we are dredging up another fondly remembered DIY disaster from the internet repository that is the Something Awful forums. An ambitious Goon innocently posts asking for help on his zipline project, it's already built he says. What he will find is, in his own words, "something ugly." Join us as we break down exactly how an internet forum collectively ended up explaining the physics of children traveling 65 mph with no brakes.
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Guests are back! We are very delighted to host eminent selfie expert and hilarious twitter presence: Caitlin! (@punished_cait). The gang discusses the inherent trickery that goes into getting a photo to look as good as you do in the mirror, as well as what wild things technology is starting to do to our self perception in the age of everyone taking pictures all of the time. Also, the esoteric world of Disney Pin trading is discussed in some detail.
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We went so many weird places on the last episode that we felt compelled to follow up with Camping Part Two: What We Meant To Talk About. Food choices, tent troubles, snipe hunts, all the nitty gritty of camping life comes to the table. Lucy gives the camping onigiri from last episode a try to some dubious results. All in all a light affair this week as we plan out the new year's slate of guests. Thanks for hanging out!
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You win, Meghan Trainor! This week, the gang formally introduces our new name: Pig Iron. We also welcome new team member Lucy to the podcast to discuss some essential quarantine friendly outdoor activities. Jake hates camping, Ruben loves it. Eliza has many smart things to say about the value of outside. Michelle tries to keep us on target and we talk for several minutes about proper defecatioin etiquette. So all in all, not much has changed.
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In the midst of working on our grand re-naming scheme, here is something a bit different. Recorded after our tangent in episode 016, the gang unpacks the bizarre cultural artifact "Our Friend, Martin." Historically shown in grade schools around this time of year, hopefully no more, the film has some ... interesting takes on the life and death of MLK Jr.
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A very Happy New Year to all, now here's some tips on how to not die! Covid isn't going anywhere in the near future, we don't like it and we don't expect you to either, but we do want you to be as informed as you can about protecting your face! Eliza has been busy doing this already in the broader internet sphere, so we decided to address it here on the pod in audio format as well. Plus, a certain somebody decided to start another podcast with our name, what are we going to do?
Resources:
https://twitter.com/masknerd
https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg
Naomi Wu Mask Thead: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1480455810564063233
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/health/san-antonio-hospital-could-have-an-answer-to-the-ppe-crisis-elastomeric-masks/273-882e7ea3-e377-4776-906c-33ce89e193cc
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/05/long-covid-research-microclots
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It's the end of our first year as a podcast and also the solar year, so in the interest of keeping things light this week we're talking about one of the most DIY endeavors humans have in common - pet ownership! Come learn the origins of the pod's pets, Churchgrim, Bruce and Roux, and hear us talk about the logistics and fun parts of having a little guy who hangs out around your home.
We have a mailbag! If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to workinonitpodcast@protonmail.com
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The haus so nice we talk about it twice! This week the gang closes the book on Groverhaus, with Ruben back into the fold and alive from last week's tech difficulties. What can we learn from this madness? The gang examines Something Awful modship, the changes in posting behavior and the general fallout of Grover's journey from military-worshiping, corner-cutting forum mod to the embodiment of DIY nightmare culture. Also, the semantics of posting hole.
Groverhaus: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groverhaus
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The full house of buddies returns for more tales of DIY excess from the pit of the internet: the Something Awful forums. This time we discuss the house that gave us "load-bearing dry wall," the beige barn in the swampland: the mythical Groverhaus. We also touch on the recent death of Something Awful founder Lowtax. Join Michelle, Eliza, Jake and a dash of Ruben (lost to internet woes) for another peak back into the lives of Goons past and their echoes into the future.
Groverhaus: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groverhaus
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This week we welcome very special guest Sarah Hightower (@nezumi_ningen). Sarah has been working online as a terrorism/cult researcher and de-radicalization proponent for years, primarily through her popular twitter account and collaborations with other journalists and researchers. We discuss her pathway to her current work as well as the hows and whys of various cultic organizations. In regular podcast news, Eliza returns and Jake is late!
Sarah's Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nezumi_ningen
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nezumi_ningen
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Michelle and Jake are very excited to have author and critic Gretchen Felker-Martin join them on the show today to discuss all things disgust. Gretchen's debut novel MANHUNT, about a testosterone-fueled apocalypse scenario, is releasing in early 2022 on Tor's Nightfire imprint. We discuss the development process, going from critique to published fiction, and why all 3 of us seem to be on the same page with regards to the impact that consumer culture has had on fandom (hint: it's bad!).
Gretchen's Links:
Pre-Order Manhunt: https://tornightfire.com/catalog/manhunt-gretchen-felker-martin/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scumbelievable
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scumbelievable
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The show is haunted! The spectre of GHOST*FRUITS looms over the gang as 4/9 members of this elusive and eclectic art collective apparate into the digital studio for a sit-down. If you've never read a GHOST*FRUITS comic you've missed out on the potential for chaos that collectivist, digital art can bring to the medium. A single page is often filled to the brim with crackling energy and like eight art styles that still look good together. Listen in to find out how nine funky souls cast aside their egos to work as one, and get hip to these ghosts.
Ghost Links
https://twitter.com/GHOSTFRUITS
https://www.patreon.com/ghostfruits
Thee Ghost Fruits:
https://twitter.com/imthemango
https://twitter.com/puzzleroom_
https://twitter.com/Sleeper_Muscle
https://twitter.com/Personfaces
https://twitter.com/steamjamboree
https://twitter.com/ghbstfrbbts
https://twitter.com/Garbotrash3d
MICHELLE PEREZ x GHOSTFRUITS: SPIDERMAN
https://turtlemilitia.tumblr.com/post/174612924725/michelle-perez-x-ghostfruits-spiderman
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