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January 28 2012
Transmedia Talk 40: Snow Town
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Jan Libby, the creator of Snow Town, talks with us about story, immersion, and her plan to turn her short ARG into a replayable app.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Special Guests:
Jan Libby, creator of the Snow Town I-Fi App currently up for contributions on Kickstarter.
From This Episode:
About the Snow Town I-Fi App
ARGN on the Snow Town ARG
January 21 2012
Transmedia Talk 39: Clockwork Watch
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Yomi Ayeni, creator of Clockwork Watch, talks about how he built his team, developed his vision, and what we can expect to experience in Clockwork Watch, a steampunk transmedia project that was recently named one of IndieGoGo’s top projects of 2011.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Special Guests:
Yomi Ayeni, creator of Clockwork Watch.
From This Episode:
The Clockwork Watch IndieGoGo page.
The Anachronauts Digest, the blog chronicling the production.
WBP Exclusive: Christopher Rice interviews Yomi Ayeni on “Breathe”
December 14 2011
Transmedia Talk 38: Storyworld Conference 2011
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Lucas J.W. Johnson joins the Transmedia Talk crew for a review of StoryWorld Conference 2011.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Special Guests:
Lucas JW Johnson of Silverstring Media joins us for a recap of the first Storyworld Conference held in San Francisco this Halloween.
From This Episode:
ZoeTrap, an ARG created specifically for StoryWorld Conference
Dr. Henry Jenkins’ Confessions of an Aca-Fan
Intel’s Inside Experience
Carrie Cutforth-Young’s article on Canadian transmedia funding
November 21 2011
Transmedia Talk 36: Alison Norrington at DIY Days
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Storyworld Conference chair Alison Norrington sits down with us at DIY Days to talk about the conference and what it means for the future of transmedia.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media)
About Our Guest:
Alison Norrington is a novelist, playwright, and journalist. She the founder of storycentralDIGITAL and Conference Chair for StoryWorld Conference.
November 11 2011
Transmedia Talk 35: Henry Jenkins at DIY Days LA
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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USC provost professor Henry Jenkins joins us at DIY Days LA to talk about introducing new creators to transmedia, and the connection between its study and practice.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media)
About Our Guest:
DIY Days speaker Henry Jenkins is a Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is also author of several books, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. His upcoming book, with Sam Ford and Joshua Green, is Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Society.
He also writes the popular transmedia blog, Confessions of an Aca-Fan.
September 29 2011
Transmedia Talk 33: ARGFest Special with JC Hutchins
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Author and transmedia creator J.C. Hutchins joins us as we recap ARGFest-o-Con 2011.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guests:
J.C. Hutchins, author of Seventh Son and Personal Effects: Dark Art, and keynote speaker at ARGFest.
From This Episode:
ARGfest Keynote 2011: “Getting To Good” from J.C. Hutchins on Vimeo.
JC’s podcast novel Seventh Son, and his transmedia novel Personal Effects: Dark Art with Jordan Weisman.
We usually don’t link guests’ twitter feeds, but we’re linking JC’s here since we talked about it quite a bit on the show.
The Darkest Puzzle, and Andrea Phillips’ response
Awkward Hug’s game The Wisconsin Hustle opened ARGFest for attendees at the opening night cocktail party.
JC’s and Violet Blue’s unboxing videos of a handmade scent kit, released earlier this year for Campfire’s experience for Game of Thrones.
Our episode featuring Steve Coulson, about the Game of Thrones campaign the Maester’s Path.
JC wrote animated videos for Smith and Tinker’s game Nanovor
Video games from JC’s rundown include Mass Effect, Dragon Age, God of War, Uncharted, Heavy Rain, and Fable.
Rob Jagnow of Lazy 8 Studios, who contributed to the Potato Sack ARG for Portal 2, is in pre-launch for his game Extrasolar
Balance of Powers, an extended story from many of the creators of Perplex City, has been funded on Kickstarter.
Zombies, Run! by Six to Start and Naomi Alderman, has now raised $50k of its $12k goal, with over a week left open on its campaign.
The steampunk comic, theater and film experience Clockwork Watch, created by Yomi Ayeni, is still accepting backers on IndieGoGo.
DIY DAYS LA will be held on the UCLA campus on October 28. Tickets are free.
Story World Conference will be held in San Diego October 31-November 2.
September 12 2011
Transmedia Talk 32: GoBZRK and the Future of Publishing
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Rich Silverman, Alex Lemay, and Transmedia Talk host Dee Cook discuss the future of publishing and talk about GoBZRK, the experience they have created for an upcoming novel by prolific young adult author Michael Grant.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media, Experience and Community Moderator for GoBZRK
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guests:
Rich Silverman, Writer/Producer, GoBZRK
Alex Lemay, Executive Producer, GoBZRK
From This Episode:
Silverman and Lemay are members of The Shadow Gang.
Borders closed almost 400 stores in July.
Egmont UK, the publisher of BZRK
Nexus Humanus, the first in-game site for the experience.
Why So Serious, the ARG experience for the Dark Knight. ( player forum )
Publishers Weekly’s interview with Michael Grant
ARGNet’s coverage of the experience
August 25 2011
Transmedia Talk 31: Evan Jones, Suspending Disbelief in Interactive Stories
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Stitch Media partner Evan Jones talks about the role of the audience in transmedia storytelling, suspension of disbelief, and Stitch’s new project, the Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Evan Jones, partner at Stitch Media
From This Episode:
Jones’s TEDx Halifax talk, “Belief is Not Binary”
The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour
Him, Her and Them, and our episode on the project
The film Catfish
Stitch Media’s web series Moderation Town
June 29 2011
Transmedia Talk 29: Lost Zombies
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Skot Leach, creator of Lost Zombies, talks about crowdsourced film, monetization, and building an online community.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Skot Leach from Lost Zombies
From This Episode:
Skot solicits some of the final submissions for Lost Zombies.
Max Brooks’ zombie short story collection World War Z.
Lost Zombies’ community is hosted by the social network building service Ning
Lost Zombies stickers are posted to mark the sites of zombie outbreaks.
The ad that Lost Zombies ran on Adult Swim through Google TV Ads. Leach said the site’s traffic jumped from roughly 1,200 visits a day to around 3,500 after airing the ad.
Austin’s KXAN reports on the Lost Zombies booth at SXSW Interactive 2009.
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter is the Lost Zombies scrapbook. It will be released September 21.
Academy Award winning site Star Wars Uncut introduced many audiences to the idea of a crowdsourced film project.
June 16 2011
May 25 2011
Transmedia Talk 26 – Dave Szulborski Memorial Show
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Mike Monello, Brian Clark, Michelle Senderhauf, and longtime ARG player Roxanne (Enaxor) join us to honor the life and games of indie ARG creator Dave Szulborski.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guests:
Mike Monello, Founder and CEO of Campfire
Brian Clark, CEO of GMD Studios
Michelle Senderhauf of Dog Tale Media
Roxanne, also known as Enaxor
From This Episode:
Dave Szulborski’s personal site with his biography, game descriptions and puzzles.
Dave Szulborski’s book This is Not a Game
Varin’s guide to Chasing the Wish
Dee’s guide to Dread House
EA’s game Majestic
Art of the Heist cube word search puzzle, aka The Evil Cube
The Strange Creatures video from Monster Hunter Club, currently at over 4,700,000 views on YouTube.
Cryptid Love, a video from Monster Hunter Club.
Dave’s character stringsends at Top Secret Dance Off
April 26 2011
Find Out How To Monetize Transmedia Storytelling And ARG On Hollywood 2.0!
My co-host Rich Silverman (Emmy-winner writer) and I (producer/neurocinema innovator) will tell you how…Welcome to Hollywood 2.0, a new podcast that covers innovation in the entertainment industry.
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March 22 2011
March 17 2011
March 04 2011
Transmedia Talk Podcast – Episode 20
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a new podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Running Time: 1:15:03
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Special Guest:
Independent transmedia creator Andrea Phillips
Andrea Phillips joins us to talk about transmedia ethics, a topic she will discuss at SXSW Interactive next weekend, and at DIY Days in NYC this Saturday.
From This Episode:
(0:01:30) Magda, the vulcanologist from Ready for the Big Chill, makes her introduction.
(0:02:22) NASA’s “Ask an Astrobiologist” column addresses the 2012 Experience. An illuminating quote from a transmedia outsider:
I learned from Wikipedia that creating this sort of fake website is a new advertising technique called “Viral Marketing”, by analogy with computer viruses.
(0:10:20) The interactive web series Lonelygirl15
(0:12:20) Game creator Steve Diddle reveals the nature of his character, Martin Aggett.
(0:15:35) Player wiki for Brian Bricker’s meta-ARG, “I’m Sorry.”
(0:17:00) ‘girl quits job on dry erase board’
(0:17:40) Catfish, as discussed in Episode 6 of Transmedia Talk.
(0:21:30) Eyjafjallajökull
(0:25:00) The Game
(0:29:10) Yomi Ayeni’s experience Breathe.
(0:29:35) The Florida Film Festival’s filmmaking experiment The Voice.
(0:30:25) Routes
(0:33:13) Editor’s Note: I did, in fact, register argtropes.com. Wiki upcoming.
(0:36:50) The 1997 film The Game
(0:44:03) Wonderland receives some weird ARG mail.
(0:44:40) John Scalzi’s rant about mysterious game mail.
(0:46:55) Perplex City, Edoc Laundry, Cathy’s Book, and Personal Effects: Dark Art
Winter Is Coming – 1 of 2 from J.C. Hutchins on Vimeo.
(0:49:25) JC Hutchins unboxes an awesome game artifact for HBO’s campaign The Maester’s Path for Game of Thrones.

(0:51:40) The lion statue gifted to the moderators of the Cloudmakers, the player group for The Beast.
(0:54:33) Tiger Puff is a Sew By Numbers doll.
February 20 2011
Transmedia Talk Podcast – Episode 19
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a new podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Running Time: 1:15:03
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Special Guest:
Mike Monello, Executive Creative Director of Campfire.
Campfire’s Mike Monello joins us for a discussion of transmedia approaches in the music world.
From This Episode:
(0:02:47) 12 laptops synchronize to play The Flaming Lips’ Two Blobs F**cking
(0:12:00) The Brady Bunch’s cover of “American Pie”
(0:13:35) Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, a manga retelling of the Robert Johnson legend by Akira Hiramoto
(0:16:10) Madonna’s book, Sex, her documentary, Truth or Dare, and the story of her music video that was banned from MTV, “Justify My Love”.
(0:24:10) The Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
(0:24:52) Kiss: Psycho Circus the 1997 comic by Image Comics and Todd McFalane.
(0:25:43) The Kiss Kasket.
(0:25:51) Garth Brooks covers Kiss’s ‘Hard Luck Women.’
(0:27:20) American Idiot on Broadway
(0:27:48) Year Zero The alternate reality campaign for Nine Inch Nails’ album of the same name.
(0:32:18) Year Zero is currently being produced as a series for HBO.
(0:35:50) A quick link dump of the things we mentioned in this minute: Rhapsody, Grooveshark, Die Antwoord, The Twilight Singers, Sub Pop Records, eMusic, Janelle Monae The Archandroid.
(0:39:27) Kevin Smith’s Red State.
(0:46:00) Brooklyn Vegan and Pitchfork
(0:52:33) The controversy over Bob Dylan going electric
(1:00:45) An opening for a fictional childrens’ show created by fans of MS Paint Adventures’ latest story, “Homestuck”. More fan videos http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=homestuck”>here.
(1:03:18) Jay-Z’s transmedia campaign, Decode.
(1:05:15) Beyond music: Pop stars in the transmedia age from The Guardian
(1:06:01) The E! series Married to Rock
February 13 2011
Transmedia Talk Podcast – Episode 18
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a new podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Running Time: 55:24
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Special Guest:
Lance Weiler creator of Pandemic 1.0.
Filmmaker and story architect Lance Weiler joins us to talk about his transmedia experience Pandemic 1.0, which ran during this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
From This Episode:
‘Pandemic 41.410806, -75.654259′, the short film shown at Sundance alongside the Pandemic 1.0 experience.
How I Learned to Start a Pandemic -Lance walks us through the Pandemic 1.0 experience.
Lance gives us a tour of the “memorial room” in the basement of Pandemic’s headquarters at Sundance.
Lance talks about his approach to storytelling in an interview with Christine Vachon and Ted Hope.
Note: We were unable to record the show last week due to inclement weather and blackouts, so in the audio of Episode 18, we accidentally refer to this as Episode 19. We apologize for the error.
January 21 2011
January 13 2011
Transmedia Talk Podcast – Episode 15
Welcome to Transmedia Talk a new podcast covering all things story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia and Robert Pratten and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
NB: If you’d like to give us feedback, recommend yourself as a guest or suggest topics to cover – please email us at talk@workbookproject.com or Tweet away with the hashtag #tmediatalk
Regular Hosts and Contributors
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Robert Pratten from TransmediaStoryteller.com
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
Special Guest
Andrea Phillips
This show talks about Andrea’s work on a range of ARG and transmedia projects and discusses staffing for participation, developing narrative that allows for participation, editorial control & ethics/responsibilities of producers.
Projects mentioned include:
Cloudmakers for the movie AI
Routes - including the game Ginger Dawn!
And of course I managed to get in another plug for Lowlifes
January 08 2011
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