Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins took full ownership of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) on October 1st, 2017. In this special report, Adam Spring sat down with Billy and David Marquez (Championship Wrestling From Hollywood) to discuss TV studio wrestling.This included a new show called NWA Powerrr.The first set of tapings for Powerrr too…

Dr R. Tyson Smith PhD is the author of Fighting for Recognition. Released through Duke University Press, the book was a result of a long-term ethnographic study that examined the “indy” wrestling scene in New York. That was, in the mid-2000. Tyson sat down with the Remotely Interested podcast to discuss his past work in this extended discussion of …

Michael Cuellari made his debut as a professional wrestler in 2004. In-ring career includes Ring of Honor, World Wrestling Entertainment and Impact Wrestling. Michael is currently Head Couch at 1 Fall Power Factory and Associate Producer for All Elite Wrestling. Cuellari is more widely known by the ring name Q.T. Marshall. He was also the subject o…

Ed Catmull has been at the forefront of computer graphics since his time at the University of Utah. His position as CTO and one of the two founding members of Pixar - which later evolved into a role as President of Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios – is just the tip of the ice berg when describing Ed’s career.It is no exaggeratio…

Ed Catmull has been at the forefront of computer graphics since his time at the University of Utah. His position as CTO and one of the two founding members of Pixar - which later evolved into a role as President of Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios – is just the tip of the ice berg when describing Ed’s career.It is no exaggeratio…

John Markoff is a Pulitzer Prize winning technology journalist, who retired from his position at the New York Times in 2017. He grew up in the Bay Area of California, and was one of the first journalists to write about the World Wide Web. This interview includes a discussion about Silicon Valley as an idea and workplace; counter cultures and techno…

The Remotely Interested Podcast (RiP) enters a new phase with a new co-host. Adam P. Spring introduces Ravi Abbott - long time listener and friend of RiP - as his new partner in the remotely interested journey.This episodes outlines things to come. Ravi also gets Adam to talk about himself for once - on his own podcast.…

James Rolfe, an independent filmmaker from New Jersey, became an accidental pioneer on YouTube when he created an Angry Video Game Nerd. Rolfe took some time away from his busy schedule to answer questions for Remotely Interested Podcast 20. The episode includes Crowd-Sourced Production, Cinemassacre and AVGN The Movie. Guest soundbites include Kev…

Ed Fries worked on Excel and Word at Microsoft. That was, before leading the development of the first Xbox video game console. RI Podcast 19 discusses the relationship between hardware / software and life after Microsoft. Topics include the 3DO and Sega connection to the first Xbox; better understanding design processes to better understand product…

Carl Bass is the former CEO of Autodesk - a 3D design company located in San Francisco. As of the time of this interview, Bass was a special adviser to Larry Page and his team at Alphabet (including Google X), as well as adviser to a number of startups working to improve the physical world.Carl Bass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_BassAutodesk:…

Part one of this RI Podcast interview with Lee Felsenstein includes the years leading up to the development of personal computers; the Homebrew Computer Club; community learning and the origins of social media.Lee Felsenstein was made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum in 2016. He was moderator of the Homebrew Computer Club - the hobbyist grou…

Glenn Keller became a chip designer under the guidance of Jay Miner – father of the Amiga computer and a chip developer for the Atari 2600 / 8-bit range of computers. Keller’s life in computing includes the Paula sound chip for the Amiga computer; contract work with Commodore for the AAA chipset, as well as helping RJ Mical and Dave Needle bring th…

RIP 15 VIVA AMIGA Exclusive: Zach Weddington – Community Sourced Documentary MakingZach Weddington has a well-established background as a professional video maker. VIVA Amiga is his first documentary film, and it tells the story of the people behind the Amiga computer.RIP 15 covers a range of topics – from crowdfunding a film to accidentally levera…

Chris "C.J." Romer has been studying the paranormal since the 1980s. He has worked on 13 different televised series - from Ghost Hunters to Most Haunted.This episode discusses the paranormal, technologies used to try and document the unusual, as well as the Sinclair ZX 81 fuelled ‘Spontaneous Psychophysical Incident Data Electronic Recorder’ (SPIDE…

This episode discusses the perceived divide between universities and businesses. It discusses how startups come out of disciplines like anthropology; the long term preservation and concerns associated with digital information, as well as the ways in which people are at the heart of this.Michael Ashley received his doctorate and PhD from University …

Kim Justice is a storyteller, video documentary maker and guest journalist for Retro Gamer Magazine. Her YouTube channel had almost 20,000 subscribers when RIP 12 was recorded. Her videos have firm roots in retrospective computing and gaming. They also serves as good examples of how following your interests can lead to great content with long term …

Nicholas Briggs is an Executive Producer at Big Finish Productions. He is also the voice of the Daleks on Doctor Who.We talked about numerous aspects of Nicholas’s career when he was at Time Game in Atlanta, May 2016. The conversation included his work at Big Finish Productions; how Briggs followed his passions in order to become the voice of the D…

Gregory C Walsh was a tenured professor at the University of Maryland before working at a startup called Cyra Technologies. Greg currently helps to develop software and hardware dedicated to working with 3D images known as point clouds. His current title is Director of R & D for TLS software at Leica Geosystems. Prior to this, he was the system arc…

Bil Herd is a computer engineer. His CV includes being the principal engineer on the Commodore Plus/4, C16/116, C264, and C364. He also designed the Commodore 128. Herd worked for Hackaday, and had also narrated the “8bit Generation” documentary, by the time of RIP 9. Herd’s interview included memories of Jack Tramiel and Dave Needle; Sinclair’s im…

Jerry Manock is considered the father of the Apple Industrial Design Group - best known in recent times because of Sir Jony Ive. Manock was the key industrial designer on the Apple II, Apple III and the original Apple Macintosh. He was with Apple from 1977-1984. Manock talks about Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and his career in industrial design. Insig…

Tim Urbaniak is a Professor Emeritus at Montana State University (MSUB). He started his career as a draftsman working in construction based industries before moving into higher education. Tim taught a variety of hardware and software techniques in this part of his career.This one is a must for anyone interested in as built based design and unique p…

Dave Needle passed away in February 2016. He was a humble yet brilliant man. Needle was part of the original Amiga development team, and went on to co-creator the Atari Lynx and 3DO with RJ Mical. There were also many unsung accolades that could be put against his name.This interview with Dave Needle vwas recorded in January of 2015. We discussed t…

John Mathieson talks about his amazing career in micro electronics. At the time of interview, he was a system architect at Nvidia. Prior to this, John had worked at Sinclair Research on the Spectrum computer; co-formed Flare Technology which would evolve into the Atari Jaguar and was then part of VM Labs. This interview is a must for anyone interes…

Larry Kleinkemper and Sheri Blackford are both architects. They head up a company called LANMAR Services operating out of Austin, Texas (http://lanmarservices.com/). In this interview, Larry took some time to talk about several topics when we were at Autodesk University 2015 in Las Vegas.This one is a must for anyone interested in documenting and m…

Aaron Ruscetta is a videographer, artist and community taught professional. He is also a self described "techy".His interview covers topics based around his professional life in video making. This includes his extensive use of Amiga computers in the 1980s and 1990s. Aaron's interview is a real must listen for anyone interesting in peer to peer lear…

Howard Rheingold is a self described communicator and artist. He is also the author of Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology, The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution and Net Smart: How to Thrive Online . The podcast explores the theme of digital literacy…

Part 2 of the interview with Greg Dykstra talks about Paleomill. This startup company has provided Greg with a way to document and print dinosaur fossils in 3D. Much like practitioner’s in other disciplines, paleontologists are still trying to figure out how to best use tools like 3D laser scanning and imaging. Greg is proving to be a guiding force…

Greg Dykstra is part of the character design process at Pixar Animation Studios, California. His sculptures in clay help build the worlds seen in films like Finding Nemo and Up. Other credits include Ghostbusters II, Robocop 2 and The Nightmare Before Christmas.Part 1 of the interview discusses life at Pixar. It also touches upon key figures in the…