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Low Orbit Promo
Hi! Denver Orbit is changing! A little bit. We’re now Low Orbit. We’re still featuring voices, stories and sounds from Colorado’s creative community but we’re also opening up to voices, stories and sounds from anywhere in the world. Same show! Just slightly different. The voices you hear in this promo are Tom Murphy, Josh Goldstein …
Episode Forty: The Void
Today I’m getting out of the way and letting the podcast The Void take over. Sarah Dealy and Jamie Billings are Denver locals and the producers/hosts of The Void. Music and Sound Design by Brady BillingsOriginal illustrations for each episode by Taylor Turnbull can be found on instagram @thevoidpodcast Editing help by Arielle Milkman Subscribe to The Void on iTunes here. Their …
Episode Thirty-Nine: The Order of Death
Today we are featuring the first episode of a documentary project we’ve been working on called The Order of Death. It’s about the murder of Denver area talk radio host Alan Berg and the people and ideology behind it. Listen to the rest by subscribing to The Order of Death in whatever podcast app you …
Episode Thirty-Eight: Life in Miniature
Shannon Geis brings us a story about utopia from artist Becky Wareing-Steele. You can view Utopia: A New Society for All until November 3rd at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Find more from Becky at her facebook, instagram and website. Find Shannon Geis here at her website. The Order of Death can be found …
Episode Thirty-Seven: From the Nineties
We’ve got Brandi Homan reading from her novel Burn Fortune. She’s on twitter! Buy Burn Fortune here. And then there’s Christopher Rosales. Find his website here. Buy Word is Bone here! And that’s it! More soon friends. Contact Denver Orbit – Email | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Episode Thirty-Six: Deep Listening
Only one thing this episode! Writer Mairead Case reads her essay Pauline Oliveros, Wilma Deering and Deep Listening. Find more of her work here and Entropy Magazine Here. Contact Denver Orbit – Email | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Episode Thirty-Five: A Little of Everything
Graham Lau tells us how all of it began. He’s got a website here. Twitter is here. Instagram is here. Blue Marble Space is here. He’s also the co-host of the NASA-funded show Ask an Astrobiologist. Jenny-Lynn Ellis tells us that Nothing Bad Happens. You can find her writing here. An 11 year old Jack …
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Episode Thirty-Four: Nine Zero Six Six
Producer Shannon Geis talks to Sarah Fukami about her art. You can find Sarah’s art here. Shannon Geis has a website here and you can find Art Gym Denver here. Producer Rae Solomon talks to Bonnie Clark about Amache. Bonnie Clark is here, Rae Solomon is coming soon here. The music of Lee Rosevere and …
Episode Thirty-Three: Days, Hours, and Minutes
Author and arts Journalist Deanne Gertner tells a story about estrangement. Find more of her work here. Writer Jason Arment reads an excerpt from his memoir Musahaleen. Find his work here. Buy his book here. Find the 100 Colorado Creatives series here. Contact Denver Orbit – Email | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Special Episode: 2018 Year In Review
Dr. Graham Lau brings us a story. His Blog is here and here’s Blue Marble Space. Shannon Geis brings us a story about Death Cafes. John Cotter tells us about his hearing. Here’s his Twitter. You can find more of his writing here, here and here. Jenny-Lynn Ellis reads her essay fighting woman. Her blog is …
Episode Thirty-Two: Pure Gold
Amanda EK brings a diary entry. It’s an excerpt from a book about purity culture due from Suspect Press in 2019. The Picture Tours brings their song I’ve Found The Light. Their Bandcamp is here, Facebook here. Emerald Siam is here. Mairead Case reads an essay about Judee Sill. Her website is here. The music …
Episode Thirty-One: All Grown Up
Rae Solomon and I made the piece Heidi and Pearl and Heidi produced for KCRW‘s 24 Hour Radio Race. Rae’s upcoming workshop is here. Bevin Luna lent us the song Volatile or Stable. Instagram is here. CPR’s OpenAir Performance Studio is here, here, here and here. Hodi’s Half Note show is here. Elisa Gabbert reads Time, …
Episode Thirty: 2018 Halloweeeeen! Part Two
Laura Bond brings us a smurfing good trick or treating story. Laura Porritt from the Colored Red podcast brings us the story of Alferd (or Alfred) Packer. They’re on iTunes and all the other podcatchers. Denver Orbit is on Facebook and Instagram. Email us at denverorbit@gmail.com
Episode Twenty-Nine: 2018 Halloweeeeeen! Part one
We’ve got Misha Fraser from the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys talking about why dolls can creep us out. And we’ve got Ren Manley as Lizzie Borden from Audacious Theatre‘s play Lady Killers. Their facebook is here and instagram here. Follow Denver Orbit on Instagram and facebook. You can reach us at denverorbit@gmail.com
Episode Twenty-Eight: Making a Study Of It
Dr. Graham Lau brings the science. His twitter is here. Instagram here. The Far Stairs brings the music. Bandcamp is here. The Blue Room site is here. Watch the preview here. Zo Murach brings the words.
Episode Twenty-Seven: The Road Goes Ever On
Ryan Connell talks about his travels. You can find his writing here, and the Gofundme for The Unapologetics tour here. Jenny-Lynn Ellis reads her essay fighting woman. Her blog is here. Bear Brilliant brought the song Good Gawd Golly. Their Facebook is here, and their Bandcamp is here. Lonnie MF Allen reads his comic A …
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Episode Twenty-Six: There’s Paint on the Walls
We talk to Adam Lerner from MCA Denver about contemporary art museum’s relationship to street art. We hear a song from Machu Linea Shannon Geis takes a tour of street art in the RiNo district in Denver with Cori Anderson. You can find her Instagram here, her writing at 303 Magazine here and the Street …
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Announcement! Late Summer Break!
We’re on a late summer break. We’ll be back at the end of the month of August. Meanwhile, listen to this trailer for the Mile High Hustle. See you soon!
Episode Twenty-Five: Blurring the Digital Analog Line
We talk to the Shadowtrash Tape Group about what they do. We hear a song from Nature called Nootropicalia. We hear a short story from Nate Ragolia called A Companion Piece (performed by Rachel Trignano). You can find Spaceboy Books here, Boned: A collection of skeletal writings here, The Illiterate Badger here, and The Right Corking Adventures …
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Episode Twenty-four: Looking at the Stars
We bring you some stories from Jordan Knecht and Daisy Corso recorded at the Denver Zine Fest. The band Marcus Church lent us their song Tonight. Author Jason Heller reads from his book Strange Stars. The music of Podington Bear, Amon Tobin, Glynis Jones, Delia Derbyshire, and Seam was used to score the pieces in …
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Episode Twenty-three: Breaking Down and Building Up
Skyler Heck of f-ether breaks down his new track Song Exploder style. Here’s his Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We hear the song Still as Ice. Rachel Trignano tells us a story. You can find more of her work at Write Club.
Episode Twenty-two: The In Sounds From Way Out
Shannon Geis brings us her piece Run. John Cotter tells us about his hearing. Here’s his Twitter. You can find more of his writing here, here and here. Diablo Montalban shares his audio piece Extreme Danger. You can find Hypnotic Turtle on Facebook, Etsy, Instagram and Twitter. The music of DASK, Lee Rosevere, and Chris Zabriskie was …
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Special Episode: Shut Up and Listen: Live at MCA Denver
This is a special live version of the show! Straight from the cafe of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Mary McHugh helped out with hosting duties. Kelly Shortandqueer from the Denver Zine Library read a story (with Jake McWilliams). Karl Christian Krumpholz narrated some comics (with Kelly Bearden and friend). See his work in Westword, at twitter, facebook and instagram. …
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Episode Twenty-One: Science and Poetry
Dr. Graham Lau brings us a story about science at the edge of the world. His Blog is here and here’s Blue Marble Space. The Far Stairs does their song Figure One. Here’s their Youtube, Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Facebook and Twitter. Joy Sawyer from The Lighthouse Writers Workshop tells us some poems. And the music of …