Interview with Doctor Techno of the Technomania Circus. We discuss his new product; he tells us what the Technomania Circus is, how Scott Nelson and Cheryl Lindley came to perform with the Technomania Circus; the Fern Street Circus; the Barnum & Bailey Circus; the Disappearing Technoman; vaudeville; the flea circus; Willy Bologna from the Vulgarian State Circus; talking in Vulgarian; black light puppetry; the giant bongo head; the Burning Man Decompression; Saint Cecilia's Playhouse/Sledgehammer Theatre; the energizer synapsis machine that enables you to posses clairvoyance and telepathy; how he started the Technomania Circus; the Clown School of San Francisco; performing music; upcoming shows November 19th and December 3rd; the Carnival Barkers; the La Jolla Playhouse; the Globe Theatre; The Center for Amusing Arts; the Robo Friends; his 11th time at Burning Man Featured song is the mashup "Should I Stay Or Should I Boogie" by Loo and Placido.

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Interview with Dave Hirschkop of Dave's Gourmet. We discuss his new product, the world's first adjustable heat hot sauce; will the market bear the price of the adjustable heat hot sauce; using his garden spray and hot sauce as an animal repellent; hot sauce used as removing barnacles off boats; how he started developing his hot sauces; learning about chiles; why people love hot sauces; how his Insanitiy Sauce was the first hot sauce was the first hot sauce to be banned at the National Fiery Food Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico; what makes hot sauces so dang hot; what the quickest way to recover from his hot sauces. Featured song is the mashup "Dirty Bottle" by Dsico.

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Interview with Neil Lemons of the Hot Bar Buddy dating service. We discuss how the Hot Bar Buddy service works; how his employees explain their relationship with the men they are out with; the rules for an eveing out with a Hot Bar Buddy; the cost of his service; where his employees come from; how he explains Hot Bar Buddy to potential representatives; where Hot Bar Buddy is located; expanding his service; hw sucesful his service is for his clients. Featured song is the mashup "Sexual High" Go Home Productions.

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Interview with Vernor Vinge. We discuss what his definition of the Singularity; why he calls it the Singularity (mathematical and gravitational); the difficulty describing the possible changes brought about by the Singularity; analogies to the Singularity; Moore's law; increased computation; wireless networking technology; artificial intelligence; mainframe computers; personal computers; robots; networked embedded processors; distributed intelligence; Karl Schroeder and his book, Ventus; valiance; RFIDs (Radio Frequency IDentification); intelligence amplification; David Brin's neo neocortex; Whole Earth Review; Gregory Stock's book, Metaman; hard science fiction; Charles Stross and Ray Kurzweil writing about the Singularity; Greg Egan's book, Diaspora; the diffrence between the hard and soft take off of the Singularity; Mark Twain; humans and the animal kingdom; the buffalo analogy; Hans Moravec; Greb Bear's book, Blood Music; why a hard take off would be such an extreme event; exponential growth; the arms race analogy; has the Singularity become a curse for Vernor; his novella, Fast Times at Fairmont High and his next novel, Rainbows End; why his new novel takes place in the near future; cell phones; Starbucks' hot spots; his story "Synthetic Serendipity"; is their anything to be optimistic embedded technologies in regards to privacy; Martin J. Rees' book, Our Final Hour; watching China; David Brin's book, The Transparent Society; where his character Pham Nuwen came from and the books A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness in the Sky; does he miss teaching at San Diego State University; retiring from teaching to write full time; what he does when he's not writing. Special thanks to Patrick from Mysterious Galaxy Books for putting me in contact with Vernor. Featured song is "Possibly" by Johnny Isbell.

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Interview with Clark Stiles and Nathan Khyber of The Good Listeners. We discuss how they recorded their CD, Ojai; using Pro Tools and Live recording software; knowing when to stop when recording; ambient sounds that appear on their CD; why the moved to Los Angeles from Oregon; how they break up sing writing responsibilities; recording their next CD in December; what they learned from recording Ojai that they will apply to their next CD; performing at the Tangier Restaurant November 11th and the 25th. Featured songs are "Sunbeam Smile", "Light from Sound" and "Condition Down".

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Kick off the weekend by kicking out the james with the first installment of the small WORLD Weekend Mix! This edition of the small WORLD Weekend Mix features the following artists... The Bentleys | For the MassesProbity | Red RiverJonathan Coulton | Baby Got BackVincent Manimal | September RainThe Good Listeners | Light from Soundi am jen | At the Same TimeStephen Kent | Khoomei Song

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Interview with Marcia Z. Nelson, author of The Gospel of According to Oprah. We discuss why she decided to write The Gospel of According to Oprah; seeing Oprah as a spiritual leader; Proah's interviews as a form of confession; Oprah's show as a church experience; Oprah's book club; how Oprah teaches generosity; how Oprah teaches gratitude; Oprah's lessons of forgiveness; fundamentalist Christians who disagree with Oprah's acceptance of homosexuals, bisexuals and transexuals; her book The God of Second Chances and Come and Sit: A Week Inside Meditation Centers; how she began writing about faith and religion. Featured song is "Full Circle" by Allan Richard Feliciano.

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Interview with Margaux Laskey. We discuss her blog; making fun of the diet industry; what is an emotional diet; the reason she deciced to perform her show; being anorexic; studying acting under Elizabeth Browning; the theme of the show; the bread basket experience; how she refines her performance; responses to her blog; incorporating music, dance, poetry and free candy into the show. Theatre on 5 (formerly Mint Space)11 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor/between 8 + 9 Avenues/New York CityTickets are available for purchase online at Theatermania.com or via phone at 212-352-3101 or 1-866-811-4111 Featured song is "That's Enough of that Stuff" by Marcia Ball as covered by Mama Roux and the Greasy Skillets.

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Interview with Carly Milne, author and editor of Naked Ambition, a collection of personal essays by Jenna Jameson, Theresa Flynt, Violet Blue, Holly Randall, Tristan Taormino, Tera Patrick, Danni Ashe, Nina Hartley, Jane Duvall and Rachel Kramer Bussel. We discuss what led her to write and edit Naked Ambition; how women are empowering themselves in the porn industry; Jenna Jameson blazing a trail as a business woman in the porn industry; Theresa Flynt launching the Hustler Hollywood; Jennifer Martsolf of Pipedream Products; Violet Blue writing about pornography; men who run the porn industry and the feminist academics who don't understand what woman really want; why feminists and social activists are just as reluctant as the religious Right about women taking power in the porn industry; why she thinks men make more money as porn stars than women in Europe; how she selected the essays that appeared in Naked Ambition; what surprised her about the essays; the stereotypes of people who are in the porn industry; what the appeal of Stuff and Maxim magazines is; working for Stuff magainze, Sin Spin, Pornoblography and Adult Video News; how she got into the adult entertainment industry; what her favorite genre of porn video is; having a favorite porno when your friends work in the industry. Featured song is "Emma Rose" by Downright.

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A special Halloween edition of the Small World. Shimran shares his spooky story from India; Chad from Podcast Rant tells us about the specter he saw when he was a child; Anonymous shares his U.F.O. story; Charlotte tells her and her sister's tale of the mysterious, shrouded figure; Cecilia Tan shares her story of "Goody Goody Gal". Special thanks to Eric of the Vox Monitor podcast for reading the emails aloud. Featured song is the mashup "Belalugarage is Dead" by Pilchard.

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Interview with percussionist extraordinaire, Z'EV. We discuss his involvement of the second wave of punk; Rhythm and Noise; The Residents; The Mutants; The Avengers; The Nuns; creating new musical instruments; what made him choose to play non-traditional instruments; how people reacted to his early performances; what atracted artists to punk; punks reaction to musicians and bands like The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor and Jackson Browne; how he started playing drums; playing on titanium tubes from the Trident submarines; where he has performed at recently; what his live performances are like; how he believes hear music; the experience he tries to give the listener; collaborating with such artists as Johanna Wendt, Rudolph Grey, Lydia Lunch, DJ Nelson, Christian Fennesz, David Jackman, K.K. Null, Chris Watson, Francisco Lopez, Peter Rehberg, Pita; Nigel Ayers, one of the members of the Temple ov Psychick Youth and Hati. Featured songs are "Live at Mabuhay", "Titanium Tubes" and an unnamed collaborative effort with K.K. Null and Chris Watson.

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Interview with Moe, Lee and Charlie and radio personality, Mister Mark. We discuss who Mister Mark was, how he got his start as a DJ at WMUH, Allentown; Bill Sheridan on Radio 23; the format of WMUH; what The Mister Mark Show sounded like; bogus public service announcements; Orson Wells and the War of the Worlds; the Allentown Zoo; the underground subterranean train; sinkholes; people's expectations of Mark Klee; the Mister Mark persona; his toughskins and Members Only jacket; slander and libel; giving out phone numbers over the air; how long Mister Mark was on the air; Joe Swanson and the Mister Mark archive; Mister Mark's Halloween birthday; WZZO, Allentown; the Big Book of Lies play; aliens abduct God and give God an anal probe; God as Tootie from the Facts of Life; his libertarian friends; using The Mister Mark Show as a test for students; what was in Mister Mark's box; his love of dinosaurs; the Odd Couple; the artwork of Mister Mark; his greeting cards; his love of The Simpsons; Shelbyville, Ohio; the music of Mister Mark; King Crimson; opening for Trey Gunn; John Carpenter; The Thing; Mark Klee's suicide; possible murder; the Mister Mark children's televisiion show; his acceptance of people; helping people move, his role as best man; his wedding toast; The Mister Mark Show web site. Featured song is the mashup "The Doors Take A Walk Down Sesame Street and Learn to Spell the Macarena" by Pilchard.

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Interview with Stuart Shapiro, editor of The Belleville Recorder. We discuss how Belleville, Wisconsin became the UFO capitol of the world; UFO sightings in 1987; Big Foot; the Lake Serpent; why strange things happen in Wisconsin; why UFOs appear in Belleville; UFO groupies; how UFO Day started; UFO Day events; the effects of masks and costumes; Bellevile Chamber of Commerce; problems with urban sprawl; why he moved to Belleville; other things Bellevile is know for; Green Bay Packers; how he is spending Halloween; Wisconsin beers. Featured song is the mashup "Let's Get This Supernaut Started" by Soundhog.

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Interview with Greg Rivera of Mr. T and Me.com. We discuss the Mr. T and Me web site and Mr. T memorabilia; how he and Mike Essl met; eBay; the A Team; the most he and Mike have bid for a Mr. T item on eBay; how his passion for Mr. T began; what his friend's and family think of his obsession with mr. T; his favorite piece of Mt. T memorabilia; meeting Mr. T; taking pity; the Mr. T book they are working on; the Folk Art and Black American exhibit; Cabbage Patch Kids; American Cancer Society; Mr. T tattoos. Featured song is the mashup "Ain't No Sunshine In My Closet" by Go Home Production.

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Interview with Dave Devries, author and writer of The Monster Engine. We discuss taking children's art and painting them realistically; illustrating and painting for DC and Marvel comics; interviews with the kids who created the monsters; the inspiration behind the book; how kids draw; how drwaing monsters help kids deal with their fears; the two approaches kids take when they draw monsters; adults who find the drawings more scary than the kids; what he was a fraid of as a kid; Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein"; Aurora Famous Monsters model kits; Godzilla; Dracula; Werewolf; the Gorn from Star Trek; the sanitization of Sleestacks on Land of the Lost; adult humor on kid's shows; Bugs Bunny; Lost in Space; how The Moster Engine has been received; going to Japan to appear on a quiz show about the book; Canadian parenting magazine Rue Morgue magazine; G4TV; how blogs helped promote the book; Book Expo; upcoming events; Kustom Kulture Ink Gallery in Baldwin, New York; Juxtapoz magazine; the kid's television show he's working on; tattoos; how he's spending Halloween; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; camping and parties on Halloween; my best Halloween. Featured song is "Crossed Over (Dance Remix)" by Kama Linden.

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Interview with Katie Davis. We discuss Bob Dylan's "Lovesick"; MySpace as a way to connect with listeners; her email list; Nick Drake; Elliott Smith; Jeff Buckley; Janis Joplin; what she loves about sad songs; if her life could sing; the influence of Seattle weather on her sing writing; autobiographical and fictional songs; the saddest song on her EP, Jeff Buckley; Terrible, Terrible; songs that made her audience cry and songs that make her cry when she performs; recording the EP with Garth Parker and Andy Greg from the Phantom Center; her next album; being an independent musician; albums as a document of work; what made her pursue a career as a musician; where she will be performing in October and November; why "Los Angeles" is her most requested song. Featured songs are "She Hates Love Songs", "Movie" and "Los Angeles".

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Interview with Eric and Cohry of The Vox Monitor Podcast Review Podcast. We discuss why they began Vox Monitor; jay, the co-owner of the IdiotVox podcast directory; the Pop Goes Lethal podcast; not following the rules; music production; podcasting as a social medium; networking; their strengths and weaknesses; analysis and goofing around; the Illuminati; character voices; Smokey the she-male, the mock David Lee Roth podcast; how long they have known each other; how they became friends; what cemented their friendship; Cohry's home recording studio; conversations about art; what makes good art; honesty in podcasting; the format of Vox Monitor; the criteria for their podcast reviews; how they prepare for their shows; the Capitol Radio podcast; what they have learned from podcasting; editing shows; what podcasters can do to make their shows more successful; what is Pop Goes Lethal and Komputadora; Mateo Kates; the most bizaare code ever produced; the Casual Artscast podcast; the Portable Media Expo; the WhyMe podcast; the Portable Media Expo; the Obtuse Angle podcast; Nobody Likes Onions podcast; Getting A Leg Up podcast; Creepy Sleepy Show podcast; podcasts they enjoy; the Air Ferg podcast; Tracks Up the Tree podcast; Mink and Rook Rum and Coke Show podcast; Fosco & Jack's Kick Ass Podcast; Phish, the Grateful Dead; Media Arts Secrets podcast; the future of terrestrial and satellite radio and podcasting; blogs; will podcasting kill the unscripted unedited radio shows?; what they do when their not reviwing podcasts or making music; ozone machines; parenting; wood carving; Mr. Strauss; the brave little mugs Featured songs are "Rock and Roll" by Mateo Kates, "Everything" by Komputadora and "Rappin' Eric" by Mr. Strauss.

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Interview with Fred Foy. We discuss his upcoming appearance at The 2005 Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention, October 20-23; some acts that will be featured at the convention; the Lone Ranger; Noel Neill as Lois Lane in Superman; The Shadow; how long the conventions have been taking place; how he got his start in radio; Al Reibling; The Old Opry House; Time Turns Back; Kerns Department Store; working for WMBC and WXYZ; the Lone Ranger, Green Hornet and Sergeant Preston radio shows; joining the service in World War 2; how he became the announcer for the Lone Ranger radio program; the skills he needed to develop as a voice actor and narrator; people he has worked with; Brace Beemer and Paul Hughes; the radio dramas he enjoyed listening to; Jack Benny, The Lux Radio Theater; Cecile B. DeMille; how the web has helped people who enjoy old-time radio dramas; what he feels radio is lacking in today; The Adventures of Dr. Floyd podcast. The 2005 Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention30th Friends of Old-time Radio ConventionOctober 20 - 23, 2005Holiday Inn - North, Newark New Jersey Featured song is "Hanging Pictures" by Robert Jordan.

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Interview with artist, Bobbie Pires. We discuss her George Bush voodoo dolls exhibit at the STUDIO Gallery in San Francisco, California; why she chose to make voodoo dolls of George Bush; keeping her sense of humor; the portraits of President Bush that were sent to schools by the White House; New Orleans; getting back to hand sewing; how much the pieces are going for; examples of the exhibit, Bushisms; how many dolls she creates, how long it took to create the exhibit; press reactions to the exhibit; why Studio Gallery announced the show so late; the next project she'd like to tackle; what she's doing for Halloween. STUDIO Gallery 1718A Polk Street (between Clay & Washington) San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 931-3130 Featured song is "Like A Drug" by Second Day.

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Interview with Adeo Adressi of The Game Trust. We discuss my interview with Stacey Tearnes of Space Adventures; the Game Trust's prize of a trip to the edge of space in a supersonic Russian MIG-25; the X Prize Foundation; SpaceShipOne; the effects of g-force; why The Game Trust chose the MIG-25 offering; how long the trip will last; how the winner will be determined; adding The Game Trust video games to you web site or blog; travelling to Moscow; their video games 8-ball, Secret of Maya, Free Cell Solitaire, Chess; selling Total New York, Inc. to AOL; how he became the founder and CEO of The Game Trust; games as the future of entertainment; space as the final frontier; the video games he likes to play; the Xbox; Pinball Escape; the LaunchNow program. Featured song is "Let Me Set You Free" by Oxygen.

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Interview with Michael Stanat, author of China's Generation Y: Understanding the Future Leaders of the World's Next Superpower. We discuss the Chinese youth movement; how Western businesses are losing out by not recognizing the differences in values between Chinese and Americans youth; Pizza Hut's failed commercial; dating in China; marketing trends in China; intergenerational conflicts; celebrity endorsements; marketing trends in China in the next 10 years; Super Girls television show; generational pride; KFC's Chicky; why he decided to write China's Generation Y; stereotypes of China; how he feels about being called the "Doogie Howser" in international marketing; pop culture and transvestites in China; helping America prepare for China's rise. Featured song is "Dream to Extremes" by Karli Bonné.

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Interview with Michael Trifunovic of Aqualash. We discuss his 10 year working relationship with Sarah Lorien; performing live with other musicians or by themselves; what their stage shows are like; incorporating multimedia into their performances; where the name Aqualash came from; Sarahs lyric writing style; making om words; splitting up song writing responsibilities; the advantages and disadvantages to being independednt musicians; where they perform in Sydney. Featured songs are "L'edge", "Daezy" and "Spring Tango".

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Interview with novelist and popular science writer Rudy Rucker. We discuss his recently released book, Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy; the universe as different types of computation; his six teachings that came from the book; his book The Hacker and the Ants; going native in California; teaching computer science at San Jose State University; working as a computer programmwer at AutoDesk; determinism versus free will; Stephen Wolfram and cellular automata; his belief in God; the influence of his great, great grandfather, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; the dialectic: thesis, synthesis and antithesis; how gnarly computation taught him how to be writer; what he discovered while writing his latest book; Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem; A New Kind of Science; is artificial intelligence possible; Ray Kurzweil; Moore's law; how philosophy has changed in the 20th century; Daniel Dennett; science fiction as philosophy; Accelerando by Charles Stross; the singularity, Vernor Vinge; Accelerating Change conference; how is style of writing developed; counterculture values; his novel Software; Olaf Stapleton; Zap Comix; artist Pieter Brueghel; his podcasts; his blog; Boing Boing. Featured song is "No Better Place To Live" by Criste & Gifton Saizi.

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Interview with Leo Benjamin Director of Adrian's Hair Center. We discuss Chief Justice John Roberts losing his hair; hereditary hair loss and hair loss caused by stress; what Chief Justice Robers can do to prevent further hair loss; Rogaine; Folligraft; high profile clients; famous people who could benefit from hair treatment; accepting hair loss; statistics of hair loss in America for men and women; hair loss treatments to be avoided; what led him to this career path; has he suffered from hair loss. Featured song is "Always Love" by Scott Turchin.

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Interview with Mike Treder, Executive Director for the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. We discuss the three kinds of nanotechnology; Michael Crichton's "Prey"; practical applications of nanotechnology today and in the near future; nanofactories; the impact of nanotechnology on the economy; military and terrorist use of nanotechnology; dealing with the risks of nanotechnology so we can also reap the benefits; Eric Drexler, "The Engines of Creation" and the backlash he has received; the National Nanotechnology Initiative; those who want to keep nanotechnology appearing as non-threatening; the possible threatening and disruptive aspects of nanotechnology; the misunderstandings of the effects of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and Brownian Motion on nanotechnology; the IBM logo made from xenon; Nanorex, Inc.; how he became involved in nanotechnology; Chris Phoenix, Director of Research for the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. Featured song is "Urban America" by Chiba-Ken.

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