All The Brians

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Bryan* The Beer Writer

All The BriansJun 21, 2017

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Brian The Creator of Gritty

Brian interviews Brian Allen, the Brian behind the monstrosity known as Gritty. Hear about the crazy ride Brian’s been on with the notorious Flyers mascot (26:02) — from its humble origins to its global domination with even Le Monde asking, “C’est quoi Gritty?” Plus what all goes into running an independent design studio in Bellefonte, PA. Universal Brian Questions at (55:06)

Feb 12, 202101:04:28

Brian The CDC Communicator

Brian interviews Brian Katzowitz, a health communications specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta who works to get information from researchers to the general public in an understandable way. Find out what goes into media training an epidemiologist, and which disease started the agency in this conversation from much more than 6 ft apart. Universal Brian Questions at (52:56)

Jul 05, 202001:01:36

Bryan* The Onion Director and Producer

Brian interviews Bryan Petcoff, a director and producer who recently spent over 3 years helping make The Onion, well, The Onion, or “America’s Finest News Source.” Hear how the Bryan boyfriend character of the murdered girl in A Very Fatal Murder is most likely named after him, and which piece of satire he worked on “died because it was real” in this episode from the Before Times at Tuman’s Tap in Chicago. Universal Brian Questions at (50:25)

*This podcast is forging an alliance between Brians and Bryans

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May 01, 202056:50

Brian The Gaming Store Owner

Brian interviews Brian Roberts, an owner of The End Games, which specializes in collectible card games, board games, RPGs, and tournaments (when there’s no quarantine) in Charlottesville, VA. Find out what the game “Dude” is, along with what it’s like running gaming competitions and creating a niche social club in this episode from Brian’s massive store in Cville. Universal Brian Questions at (33:40)

Mar 27, 202040:30

Brian The Taiwan Journalist Covering The Hong Kong Protests

Brian interviews Brian Hioe, an editor at New Bloom Magazine and writer for Popula who covers geo-political issues and youth culture in the Asia-Pacific region from Taipei. Get a quick primer on the complex relationships between Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China, and what’s at stake in the escalating protests. Universal Brian Questions at (34:35)

Jul 31, 201942:54

Brian The First Down Virtual Yellow Line Operator

Brian interviews Brian MacDonald, operator of the beloved virtual yellow line in the biggest football broadcasts (or broadcasts period), including the Super Bowl and Sunday Night Football. Hear what this crazy niche job at Sports Media Technology entails, and where the future of sports broadcasts might go in this episode from The PIT Theater in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Universal Brian Questions at (52:50)

May 25, 201901:01:43

Bryan* The Shipwreck Diver

Brian interviews Bryan Reyna, a deep sea shipwreck diver and the paint foreperson at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Learn all the bounties and pitfalls of diving wrecks like the USS Oregon and San Diego before Bryan paints us a picture of being the museum’s head painter and now the paint foreperson (42:40) in this double episode recorded at MoMA. Universal Brian questions at (1:17:05)

*This podcast is forging an alliance between Brians and Bryans

Apr 27, 201901:25:50

Brian The Nashville Zombie Band Bassist

Brian interviews Brian Williams, the bassist in Resistance House Band, a zombie band in Nashville. Hear how Brian goes against the honky tonk grain in Music City, and how he’s even more familiar with brains than most Brians in this episode from The Pub Nashville. Universal Brian Questions at (27:18)

Mar 16, 201938:51

Aug 08, 201836:54

Brian And Brian The Animated Filmmakers

Brian interviews Brian Padilla and Brian Baxter, the Brians behind animated films like Despicable Me and The Grinch from the French studio Illumination Mac Guff. Hear how they work as compositors and surfacing artists to bring these films to life in the very first 3-Brian, “Briangle” episode from Celtic Corner Pub in Paris. Universal Brian Questions at (31:25)

Note: The mic setting for 3 Brians let in more background noise than usual, so hopefully you're the type that enjoys some "ambient" sounds.

Jul 15, 201840:23

Brian The Election Rigging Expert

Brian interviews Brian Klaas, the author of “How to Rig an Election”, Washington Post columnist, and fellow at the London School of Economics. Find out all the ways a Brian can rig various types of governments and become The Ultimate Authoritarian Dictator of Briantopia, formerly known as Earth in this episode recorded at the London School of Economics. Universal Brian questions at (23:18)

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Jun 08, 201833:36

Brian The Beer

Brian interviews Monty Python’s “Brian” in beer form in the form of an interview with Black Sheep Brewery's head brewer, Phil Douglas. Hear about the creation and character of Brian, and how the collaboration with Monty Python came about in this very naughty episode from the brewery in North Yorkshire, UK.

End track taken from the album Monty Python Sings, Track 15. I don’t own the copyright.

May 17, 201809:07

Brian The Jibo Robot Designer

Brian interviews Brian Skuse, a UX designer in Boston for Jibo, the home robot companion. Hear his Rochester accent, his non-robotics background with Brian and Brian going way back as Brian comrades, and what really dumb name Brians should be glad they don’t have to respond to… from Mugs Ale House in Brooklyn. Universal Brian questions at (20:30)

Jan 26, 201829:36

Brian The Wrigley Field DJ

Brian interviews Brian Hlavacek, the ballpark DJ at infamous Wrigley Field for the Chicago Cubs home baseball games. He plays all the player walk-up music, along with whatever gets the crowd going during inning breaks. Hear the crazy reason he got this job and find out which superstitious player only enters the batters box on a specific beat in this episode from Happy Camper in Chicago. Universal Brian questions at (22:45)

Oct 06, 201728:53

Brian The MTV Promo Guy

Brian interviews Brian Havig, a brand writer/director at MTV and comedian who makes all sort of offbeat promos for his job and funny social experiments for himself. They include being a Comic-Con man on the really wrong street and seriously committing to a Thunderstruck dance routine around NYC while wearing a “Brian” shirt. Universal Brian questions at (25:45)

Aug 12, 201738:10

Bryan* The Beer Writer

Brian interviews Bryan Roth, the director of the North American Guild of Beer Writers and writer for publications like All About Beer, Beer Advocate, etc. and his own site, thisiswhyimdrunk.blog. Find out which beer would most represent a Brian in this episode from Fullsteam Brewery in Raleigh, NC.

*This podcast is forging an alliance between Brians and Bryans

Jun 21, 201745:29

Brian The Turtle Caller

Brian interviews Brian Spaeth, the proprietor of turtlecalls.com, a business where he gets paid to call people and pretend to be a turtle.

Apr 30, 201758:45

Brian The Public High School Teacher

Brian interviews Brian Cohen, a Brooklyn public high school math teacher who’d give up pie before pi. He’s also an avid travel hacker so after he gives us a lesson on the New York public school system, he tells us how to beat the system when it comes to travel.

Aug 16, 201601:08:38

Brian The Novelist

Brian interviews Brian Olsen, an author of hard-to-label novels who details what you need to know about the business of self publishing, and how to stop naming every character “Brian” by using a random name generator.

Jul 25, 201647:43

Bryan* The Construction Manager

Brian interviews Bryan, a construction company project manager who knows all too well the changes on the ground in Brooklyn, plus the craziness of The Diamond District from a past working life. He just happened to be walking down Bedford avenue when Brian was set up with a microphone and a sign that read, “If your name is Brian, get interviewed for a podcast.” Despite the chance encounter, it turned into a fuller interview. *This podcast is forging an alliance between Brians and Bryans for the betterment of BRY-uhns everywhere

Jun 29, 201619:24