The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #476: Reflections on Free Training Day Mid-Atlantic and Plans for The Thirteenth Hour Workout Deck https://archive.org/download/podcast-476/Podcast%20476.mp3 As mentioned last week, I attended a great event this past week put on by Whistlekick, Free Training Day Mid-Atlantic – took some great classes, taught a class, met…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #475: More on The Thirteenth Hour Workout Deck and Free Training Day Mid-Atlantic Preview https://archive.org/download/podcast-475/Podcast%20475.mp3 The Thirteenth Hour workout deck that I discussed last week consists of 52 exercise cards + 4 wild cards; it’s designed to be a pocket-sized deck of cards that can randomize…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #474: Updates on The Thirteenth Hour Workout Deck https://archive.org/download/podcast-474/Podcast%20474.mp3 The Thirteenth Hour workout deck that I have mentioned a few times on the show over the summer is done: 56 cards = 52 exercise cards + 4 wild cards + instructions have been completed; I’ve made a public Patreon po…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #473: Welcome back Jeremy and Chad Derdowski to Discuss Chad’s New Tome, The Thrillmarillion! https://archive.org/download/podcast-473/Podcast%20473.mp3 This week, my brother, author/illustrator Chad Derdowski (previously on episodes 107, 108, and 119), and I are discussing Chad’s new volume, The Thrillmarillion, which d…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #472: Reflections from an Aging Bboy https://archive.org/download/podcast-472/Podcast%20472.mp3 This week, I went for a walk with my dog (sorry in advance for the audio, which may have some cars and summer insects buzzing in the background) and was reflecting on a question I often get asked when I say that I still enjoy …

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #471: Updates on Logan’s Exercise Cards and Ideas for “Unset” Breaking Cards https://archive.org/download/podcast-471/Podcast%20471.mp3 This week, I’m giving an update on project I’ve been working on for much of this summer – a set of cards featuring illustrations of Logan from The Thirteenth Hour doing various exercises…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #470: Reflections on Olympic Breaking (Paris, 2024), Sixteen Candles 40 Years Later, and Travelling https://archive.org/download/podcast-470/Podcast%20470.mp3 This week, I’m discussing a variety of somewhat interrelated topics. One, breaking debuted this Olympics in Paris. It’s been disheartening to hear all the negative…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #469: Wrapping Up Two Paintings from The Thirteenth Hour Universe https://archive.org/download/podcast-469/Podcast%20469.mp3 This week, I’m wrapping up two paintings – one for a future Thirteenth Hour book showing the inside of Logan and Aurora house. An earlier version is on Instagram here. Next, I’m wrapping up a paint…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #468: My Brother, Jeremy, and I Play His Role Playing Game, Mappa Mundi Part 2 https://archive.org/download/podcast-468/Podcast%20468.mp3 This week, my brother and I are playing an early build of the ecology and exploration role playing game he helped develop with Three Sail Studios, Mappa Mundi. The idea is you (and you…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #467: My Brother, Jeremy, and I Play His Role Playing Game, Mappa Mundi Part 1 https://archive.org/download/podcast-467/Podcast%20467.mp3 This week, my brother and I are playing an early build of the ecology and exploration role playing game he helped develop with Three Sail Studios, Mappa Mundi. The idea is you (and you…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #466: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as We Talk about The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986) https://archive.org/download/podcast-466/Podcast%20466.mp3 This week, my brother and I are watching the 1986 TV movie, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. You can read the original Edgar Allen Poe short story here (it’s public domain) as w…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #465: Preview of a Thirteenth Hour Sequel – Aurora Hunting https://archive.org/download/podcast-465/Podcast%20465.mp3 This week’s podcast episode covers two things – I tried to make a Thirteenth Hour water game (one of those briefly entertaining / frustrating games where you have a little tank of water with a button you …

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #463: Update on “There’s a Wild Heart Beating” (acoustic) Live + More Work on “No Hero” https://archive.org/download/podcast-463/Podcast%20463.mp3 This week’s podcast episode follows up on what I started last week – I did end up playing “There’s a Wild Heart Beating” at a local restaurant that holds a monthly open mike f…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #462: Revisiting “There’s a Wild Heart Beating” (acoustic) in Guitar + Piano https://archive.org/download/podcast-462/Podcast%20462.mp3 This week’s podcast episode is a throwback to a song I did in 2017 – “There’s a Wild Heart Beating” that is to accompany a future Thirteenth Hour sequel soundtrack. I wanted to revisit i…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #461: The Hero’s Journey and Travelling https://archive.org/download/podcast-461/Podcast%20461.mp3 This week’s podcast episode was inspired by some recent travels and a few articles cited in the podcast that gave some helpful ideas on how to deal with the potential hardships that inevitably will occur when you are travel…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #460: Finding a Home at Princeton University Through Sympoh, the 25 Year Old Breaking Crew We Started https://archive.org/download/podcast-460/Podcast%20460.mp3 This week’s podcast episode is a bit of a trip down memory lane as I recently went back to my undergrad university, Princeton, where three friends and I started …

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #459 and Like a Hood Ornament #57: Using Twine to Make “The Rocketeer vs. The Third Reich” into a Text Adventure Game https://archive.org/download/podcast-459/Podcast%20459.mp3 This week, I’m discussing the use of the program, Twine, to turn the Choose Your Own Adventure Rocketeer story I recently finished into a text ba…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #458: Welcome Author, Painter, and Archeologist Alexandra Chan to the Show to Discuss “In the Garden Behind the Moon” https://archive.org/download/podcast-458/Podcast%20458.mp3 This week’s episode welcomes archeologist, painter, martial artist, mother, wife, and author (among other things) Alexka Chan on her upcoming mem…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #457: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as we talk about Kull the Conqueror (1997) https://archive.org/download/podcast-457/Podcast%20457.mp3 This week, my brother and I are watching the 1997 film, Kull the Conqueror, very loosely based on the original stories of Kull and Conan by Robert E Howard. The film is partly based on a…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #456: Making a Thirteenth Hour Exercise Card Deck Part 2 https://archive.org/download/podcast-456/Podcast%20456.mp3 This week’s podcast episode follows up on episode 450, which talked about making a Thirteenth Hour exercise card deck. In the intervening weeks, I’ve been working on the animations for the cards and now hav…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #455: Enlarging Resin Hoverboards https://archive.org/download/podcast-455/Podcast%20455.mp3 This week, I’m using a technique I learned from the Crafsman Youtube on the use of mineral spirits to enlarge silicone molds, which essentially allows you to enlarge resin pieces you have to sizes that are about 30 % bigger. The …

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #454: Working on a Thirteenth Hour Piano Medley Part 2 https://archive.org/download/podcast-454/Podcast%20454.mp3 Today’s episode follows up on episode 447, which took six Thirteenth Hour soundtrack pieces and worked them together into a flowing piano medley. With more practice, it’s gotten easier to have them flow from …

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #450: Remembering The Easy Exercise Plan and making a Thirteenth Hour Exercise Card Deck https://archive.org/download/podcast-453/Podcast%20453.mp3 Lately, I have been making animations for the Logan prison cell workout I talked in episode 450: While making them, I thought back to the first time I tried to do something s…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #452: Experimenting with AI Vocals to See IF I Can Turn My Male Voice Female https://archive.org/download/podcast-452/Podcast%20452.mp3 This week, I’m experimenting with artificial intelligence for music. There’s this one track that’s been holding up the final stages of the latest Thirteenth Hour soundtrack LP – it’s wri…

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #451: Welcome, Fantasy Author Melinda Kucsera to the Show https://archive.org/download/podcast-451/Podcast%20451.mp3 This week, prolific fantasy author and podcaster Melinda Kucsera joins the show. We first talked not long ago when I came on her show, and I wanted to have her back on mine to continue the conversation. We…

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Comedian Chris Mejia joins the show to talk Left Behind, growing up in the church, and Zoophilia! El tells about pretending to speak in tongues! Original theme song by the incredible Mal Blum! (http://www.mablum.com/) SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/howbadcoulditbe BUY A SHIRT: https://teespring.com/stores/how-bad-could-it-be S…

RETURN OF THE KING! Well, Producer Doug at least. Josh, El, and Doug dive into the weird, rage-inducing world of Gwyneth Paltrow's "The Goop Lab" (Available on Netflix). Original theme song by the incredible Mal Blum! (http://www.mablum.com/) SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/howbadcoulditbe BUY A SHIRT: https://teespring.com/sto…

RETURN OF THE KING! Well, Producer Doug at least. Josh, El, and Doug dive into the weird, rage-inducing world of Gwyneth Paltrow's "The Goop Lab" (Available on Netflix). Original theme song by the incredible Mal Blum! (http://www.mablum.com/) SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/howbadcoulditbe BUY A SHIRT: https://teespring.com/sto…

This week Josh and El are joined by they're famous/celebrity pal Mal Blum for some psychic readings! Are psychics real? Did the gang get cheated? How Bad Coud it Be?? SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/howbadcoulditbe Original theme song by the incredible Mal Blum! (http://www.malblum.com/) Subscribe, Rate, and Review! Follow us o…