Denver Diatribe Podcast

Denver Diatribe Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 91: On geeky hiatus with Machine Readable
August 18, 2012

We the Diatribers are hard at work finalizing a whole new slate of ranty goodness for you starting next week. In the meantime, we're featuring another friendly, local podcast: Machine Readable.Creators Nick Taylor and Mark Mullis convinced their employer,

Episode 90: On hiatus with These Things Matter
August 12, 2012

After Jared dishes on a few deets about our two-week hiatus, we drop in TTM episode 11, in which co-hosts Kevin O'Brien and Taylor Gonda talk with local musician/comedian Sam Tallent about "touring, punk rock, and the proper protocol for splitting Oreos o

Episode 89: Laugh Track Live Edition
August 05, 2012

In this week's episode, we step away from Denver news to bathe in the sweet rain of comedy that was the Laugh Track Comedy Festival. Three filmmakers and four standup comedians joined Ron and Vanessa to debate a few 21st-century avenues for comedy success

Episode 88: Comedy Relief with Mara Wiles and Chris Charpentier
July 29, 2012

This week, Vanessa, Josh, and Ron welcome local funny folk Chris Charpentier and Mara Wiles, who graciously agree to some heavy conversation about the tragedy in Aurora before we get their insider takes on comedy in Denver and the upcoming Laugh Track Com

Episode 87: Denver’s dark side edition
July 20, 2012

This week, Jared, Josh, Vanessa and Joel take a long, hard look at violence in Denver: random community violence, gang violence, even violence stemming from the cops themselves.Joining them are Terrance Roberts, a former Denver gang member who founded the

Episode 86: The Nut Job, Nut Tap, Legal Beagle Edition with TJ Miller & Company
July 15, 2012

This week, Ron, Josh and Vanessa are joined in the pod by comedian/actor TJ Miller, filmmaking bros Adam and Evan Nix, and local comedy insider, radio executive (and sometimes Tom Wolfe impersonator) Andy Juett.We examine the legal distinction between

Episode 85: Brewpub, AV Club, Spiral Hotdog Edition
July 06, 2012

Jared, Vanessa, Ron and Joel talk about KHOW’s pick to fill their conservative v. liberal afternoon talk radio slot with David Sirota and Michael "Heck'va Job Brownie" Brown.Then we share the wacky invention ideas each of us will be calling dibs on once

Episode 84: Fire and Demons with Ben Roy
June 29, 2012

Josh, Ron and Jared are joined by Denver comedian Ben Roy. Together, we discuss the rumored deletion of The Onion AV Club's Denver/Boulder archives, where best in Denver to build an Olympic village,  whether the weather is making people bat-shit crazy,

Episode 83: Pop Fly Edition with John Reidy
June 22, 2012

Ron, Vanessa and Joel talk Colorado Rockies ridiculousness, summer movies and pop culture with fellow Denver podcaster and writer John Reidy, host of the South Stands Denver Fancast and Pop Autopsy.We discuss the recent CU-Denver study that show no correl

Episode 82: Denver Cruisers Circle of Death Edition
June 15, 2012

Ron, Josh and Jared (via a Yemeni satellite) are joined this week by Bradferd K. Evans and Damon the Demon from the Denver Cruiser Ride, talking about cruiser bicycle subculture, mob mentality, and Colorado's bike-friendliness (or lack thereof).We review