Beer:30 Live

Ep 49: Eastern Bloc Warmth

Pete — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:07:39 +0000

It’s all medical, all the time. Mark-o is back with a new baby story. Pete is going under the knife. Curt’s working to get those voices out of his head, and Matt is just trying to keep the choppers out of the classroom.

Ep 49: Eastern Bloc Warmth

Ep 48: Same Old Swill

Pete — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:00:09 +0000

New Voices.

New Bar.

Same old swill.

Beer:30 Live is back! First new episode in over six months, and we still don’t have anything smart to talk about. This week on the docket: Matt nearly looses his head in his first bike race of the season, Mark-o levels with us about his wife’s white hot rage, Boeing patents the Star Trek sling-shot ’round the planet technique, and do you know where your old girlfriends are? All that and more this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 48: Same Old Swill

Ep 47: When Lightning Strikes

Pete — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:00:24 +0000

This week, mean ol’ Uncle Curt Siffert from curtsiffert.com joins Shane and Pete to talk up the week of oddities. A man gets struck by lightning. In the penis. A University of Florida student is tazered on YouTube. The New York Times prints a story on how the Iranian President will not be allowed to visit Ground Zero on his up-coming trip to the UN, which he doesn’t want to visit. Congress overwhelmingly passes a resolution renouncing MoveOn.org as “mean”. All that and more this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 47: When Lightning Strikes

Ep 46: How to Win at Sports - By Bill Belichick

Pete — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:00:29 +0000

This week, we catch up. We catch up on news, on the good Senator Taps-a-lot. And then we cry like girls over Greg Oden. It’s all made a little better as we muse rhapsodic over Bill Belichick and his progressive coaching tactics. All that and more this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 46: How to Win at Sports - By Bill Belichick

Ep 45: The Mortgage Crisis and You

Pete — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:00:24 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, Jason Seibel from Greater NW Mortgage joins us to talk about the current mortgage crisis in the US. He fills us in on the loans to avoid, the loans to covet, and how to get out from under the weight of a heavy market. There’s light at the end of the tunnel, so says the expert, all this week on the show!

Special thanks to McMenemin’s, John Barleycorn’s, in Tigard, Oregon for letting us take up a booth of the place, with beer and tater tots, by the window.

Ep 45: The Mortgage Crisis and You

Ep 44: Tap, Tap, Tap…

Pete — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:00:28 +0000

It’s the Senator Craig show! Not to mention a full hour of unverified assertions and loosely annotated syllogisms that make up one of the most wholly uninformed shows on the Internet!

Special thanks to McMenemin’s, John Barleycorn’s, in Tigard, Oregon for letting us take up a booth of the place, with beer and tater tots, by the window.

Ep 44: Tap, Tap, Tap…

Ep 43: Sponsored by a New Global Economy!

Pete — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:00:22 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, still weather the summer vacation schedule, Pete and Jamie show up to have a fantastic talk with university instructor and Frenchman, Alain Gracianette. Alain is working on his doctoral research on China’s growing prominence in the global arena, and brings us up to speed on all the reasons we should be studying Chinese. All that, plus Jamie’s new — and ironic — flipflops this week on the show!

Ep 43: Sponsored by a New Global Economy!

Ep 42: Evolutionarily Speaking…

Pete — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:00:32 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, the crew the crew is still stuck in a rift in the space-time continuum. Joining Pete, Jamie and Mary this week is Mary’s super smart husband/scientist Phil Jones (hauntavirus hunter) to talk about evolution versus creation. He has a textbook — “science” textbook, that attempts to take on science from a creationist view — and he shows it off this week on the show.

Special thanks to McMenemin’s, John Barleycorn’s, in Tigard, Oregon for letting us take up a booth of the place, with beer and tater tots, by the window.

Ep 42: Evolutionarily Speaking…

Ep 41: Frank’s Brain

Pete — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:00:45 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, the crew ditches Pete, to spite him for his long vacation. Joining Pete and Shane for a beer, Frank Bender sits down to talk about the recent discovery of a benign tumor resting close to his brain, and the process he and his family have gone through in recent weeks to deal with it. Rather than spoil the punchline, we’ll leave it at this: the choice was between a drill into his skull to dig out the tumor, or 201 individual lasers pointed into his head. He’ll let us know what he chose and whether he’ll be developing any super powers as a result this week on the show.

To learn more about the Acoustic Neuroma — Frank’s condition — visit the House Ear Institute, or the Acoustic Neuroma Association.

Special thanks to McMenemin’s, John Barleycorn’s, in Tigard, Oregon for letting us take up a booth of the place, with beer and tater tots, by the window.

Ep 41: Frank’s Brain

Ep 40: The Show Goes Metaphysical

Pete — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:00:33 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, the crew is finally adjusting to Pete being gone, riding out the phantom pains and learning to live again. Joining them for a beer, Merrill Watts graciously sits down to talk about his journey from strict Mormonism, to angry observer of organized religion, to spiritualist, and back to Mormon over the course of about 40 years. It’s a fascinating journey and interesting discussion on the power of the collective and the role of believe in society… believe it or not. Check it out and write in with your thoughts!

Special thanks to McMenemin’s, John Barleycorn’s, in Tigard, Oregon for letting us take up a booth of the place, with beer and tater tots, by the window.

Ep 40: The Show Goes Metaphysical

Ep 39: Jamie Burns for his Global Warming Insolence

Pete — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:00:32 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, Shane is emotionally distressed about running the mixing board again, Mary openly disses the dead by slamming Pete’s equipment while he’s away, and Jamie serves his duty as the last man standing while the globe burns yelling a la Howard Beale, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more… and no new taxes!” This week, Jan Dombrowsk, mathemetician and scientist joins the crew to talk about the research and the myths surrounding current global warming theory. Finally… someone on the show who knows something about anything.

Special thanks to McMenemin’s, John Barleycorn’s, in Tigard, Oregon for letting us take up a booth of the place, with beer and tater tots, by the window.

Ep 39: Jamie Burns for his Global Warming Insolence

Ep 38: When the Cat’s Away…

Pete — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:00:03 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, Shane is emotionally distressed about running the mixing board, Mary shamelessly spoils the series finale of “The Sopranos” for all us DVD-only viewers, and Jamie ruthlessly insults all international listeners, by country, all while enjoying the political partnership of both Ron Paul and Mit Romney. The Beer:30 Live! curse is well in force this week, knocking both the A-list guest out of the show with a death in the family, and the B-list guest out with a concussion. If you’ve been approached by the show to be a guest, think twice, all this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 38: When the Cat’s Away…

Ep 37: It’s Good to be Blue

Pete — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:00:17 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, gracing the table is very special guest Kari Chisholm, co-founder of BlueOregon.com, one of the most prominent progressive political blogs in the nation. Kari is a wildly well-informed political strategist specializing in building grassroots support online through his company, MandateMedia. He’s a guru of political process and shares his thoughts on the system with us. We’re missing two regulars again, so back in the chair goes our guest host Curt Siffert to sit in and review the week with Pete and Mary. All that and more, this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 37: It’s Good to be Blue

Ep 36: The Emperor

Pete — Fri, 25 May 2007 23:00:04 +0000

This week on Beer:30 Live!, two of the four of us regulars have to bow out, so we grab guest host Curt Siffert (http://www.curtsiffert.com) to sit in and an review the week. Pac-Man gets skin-stripped, Emperor Palpatine teaches the Dems a few tricks from space, and our own little Emperor declares himself a dictator, all this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 36: The Emperor

Ep 35: “Homage”

Pete — Fri, 11 May 2007 23:00:14 +0000

This week, a show about nothing. Our guest of the week had a last minute conflict so we were left to our own devices. But we still had plenty to talk about: Martian Climate, the Fart Car, the network TV lineup and more, all this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 35: “Homage”

Ep 34: Entrepreneur

Pete — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:00:17 +0000

Direct from Barleycorn’s in Tigard, Oregon, it’s Entrepreneur Day! Our guest isn’t even thirty and is already responsible for a handful of technical start-up companies. We talk to him about what it means to start a business, to take responsibility for others’ welfare, and to shepherd a product to market, all this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 34: Entrepreneur

Ep 33: Jamie and the Angry Spartans

Pete — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:00:19 +0000

Direct from Barleycorn’s in Tigard, Oregon, on this week’s show, we talk to one of our own: James has a new book! “Duty, Honor. & Glory: Leadership Secrets of the 300″ sets modern leadership to the tune of the film “300″, and takes on modern guffaws of corporate leaders as lessons that should have been learned long ago. Long, long… long ago. We’re celebrating one of our own this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 33: Jamie and the Angry Spartans

Ep 32: The Ghost Hunters

Pete — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:00:00 +0000

Direct from Barleycorn’s in Tigard, Oregon, on this week’s show, we sit down with Todd and Martina: Ghost Hunters. These paranormal investigators have searched the country to document the spectors around us, and today, they let us in on all the secrets. Number one: Crossing the Streams doesn’t matter all that much, as it turns out. All that this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 32: The Ghost Hunters

Ep 31: Immigration and stuff…

Pete — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:00:19 +0000

Direct from Barleycorn’s in Tigard, Oregon, on this week’s show, we spend some quality time with Hector Ariceaga, Mexican immagrant turned professional technologist and banker. We had these great intentions about getting Hector’s opinions on the state of the immigration debate, and then promptly sidetracked ourselves and got his opinions on a whole bunch of other things. Hector is a great and generous soul to put up with the likes of us, and he gave us a slew of new things to think about as well. All that this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 31: Immigration and stuff…

Ep 30: Iran II

Pete — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:00:23 +0000

Direct from Barleycorn’s in Tigard, Oregon, on this week’s show, we hang out with our old friend Mike Mostafavi and talk about Iran. Again. Remember the good old days when all we had to talk about was the HauntaVirus and good music? We do, too. But this whole build up to another war has us exercising our inner Jane Fonda so we need to bounce this around a bit more. People: get involved. All that this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 30: Iran II

Ep 29: Phil Jones Hunts Hantavirus

Pete — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:00:54 +0000

Direct from Barleycorn’s in Tigard, Oregon, on this week’s show, we hang out with Phil Jones and talk about his research on Hantavirus. You know, that virus that makes your lungs melt from the inside out so that you drown in your own cellular fluid? Oh, THAT Hantavirus, you say? That’s right, all that and the leftist last word syndrome this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 29: Phil Jones Hunts Hantavirus

Ep 28: Alex James

Pete — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:00:19 +0000

Direct from the Big Horn Brewery in Lake Oswego, Oregon. On this week’s show, Yep-Rock recording artist Al James from the band Dolorean joins us to talk about his music, shunning the Internet, dismissing piracy, and records… all his glorious records! Plus, hear three live solo acoustic tracks of the new CD, “You Can’t Win”, all this week on Beer:30 Live!

Ep 28: Alex James

Ep 27: Stood-Up

Pete — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:00:17 +0000

Direct from the Big Horn Brewery in Lake Oswego, Oregon. On this week’s show, we were stood up! That’s right, our scheduled guest aced us. But don’t fear, we had a good old chat with Michael, a prospective med student, about his trials and tribulations and fantasies of saving the world, one virus at a time.

Ep 27: Stood-Up

Ep 26: WarMedia

Pete — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:00:03 +0000

Direct from the Big Horn Brewery in Lake Oswego, Oregon. On this week’s show, Gary Mortensen from the National Combat History Archive joins us to talk about his group’s collection of thousands of hours of historical battlefield film and the changing tide of war as soldiers in Iraq upload their daily lives to YouTube.

Ep 26: WarMedia

Ep 25: The Holiday Show

Pete — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:00:19 +0000

This week, no guests. Just us, the news, the year in review, and the long-awaited introduction of Bar Boy!

Ep 25: The Holiday Show

Ep 24: Iran

Pete — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:00:38 +0000

This week, our most popular guest from the old show joins us to school us on Iran. It’s the great Mike Mostafavi, everyone! He’s back and brilliant as ever!

Ep 24: Iran

Ep 23: Life as a Comedian

Pete — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:00:21 +0000

Direct from the Big Horn Brewery in Lake Oswego, Oregon. On this week’s show, Rob Lewis regales us with tales from the road, his Chris Rock impression, and his thoughts about working in the Bunny Suit at Intel. Apparently, it’s not that cool.

Ep 23: Life as a Comedian

Ep 22: It’s Big Pharma

Pete — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:00:04 +0000

Direct from the Big Horn Brewery in Lake Oswego, Oregon. On this week’s show, “Dick” and “Jim” join us to give us their perspective on big pharma marketing and the pharmaceutical mafia industrial complex.

Ep 22: It’s Big Pharma

Ep 21: Tim Philips on Emergency Services, Military, and the War

Pete — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:00:19 +0000

Tim Philips joins the roundtable today to discuss the war machine, his perspective coming from a military family, and the role of emergency services in our communities.

Ep 21: Tim Philips on Emergency Services, Military, and the War

Ep 20: Nancy Mac Issac on her book, “Healing the Hole in a Heart”

Pete — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:00:16 +0000

Nan Mac Issac gave her daughter up for adoption in 1966. She was 16 at the time, her child born out of wedlock, and she picked her daughter’s new family out of a line up of photographs. Her book, “Healing the Hole in a Heart”, chronicles her nearly two-decade drive to reunite with her child through the emotional and social barriers of adoption.

Ep 20: Nancy Mac Issac on her book, “Healing the Hole in a Heart”

Ep 19: Shabbir Karim and Socialists, Communists, and Brigands

Pete — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:00:38 +0000

This is the first of a series of Tuesday, Noon shows that never aired on their original air dates. The project had been canceled the prior week and our hosting space had been locked up. We’re pleased to be able to bring the show to you now.

Shabbir Karim is in the import/export business. While his career sounds like the stuff of after-midnight B movies, he brings to the table a wealth of understanding in the international marketplace, manufacturing, and cultural savvy.

Ep 19: Shabbir Karim and Socialists, Communists, and Brigands

Ep 18: The World According to Nathan Kositsky

Pete — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:00:09 +0000

Nate Kositsky is an activist. He’s a revolutionary. And he has branded some of the most notable products and companies on the airwaves in his years as a marketer. He’s called “The Experience” by those who know him, and today, we get to find out why. Marketing legend Nate Kositsky on Tuesday, Noon for October 31, 2006.

Ep 18: The World According to Nathan Kositsky

Ep 17: Mary Fine on People Management Part 2

Pete — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:00:59 +0000

Mary Fine joins us to talk about her business as a headhunter for lawyers. She’s been holding the line as an HR specialist in the legal field and has a special bent for the ethical woes plaguing our working world.

Ep 17: Mary Fine on People Management Part 2

Ep 16: Linda Croner on People Management

Pete — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:00:04 +0000

Human resources, a department lauded in most organizations as cops on the block. What’s it like to work in the field? On today’s show, the delightful Linda Kroner joins us to talk about life as an HR professional, the sometimes fine line between employee and employer balance, and what it takes to succeed in the field.

Ep 16: Linda Croner on People Management

Ep 15: Arnold Candray and the International Marketplace

Pete — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:00:39 +0000

On today’s show, Arnold Candray joins us to take on globalization and international trade. Candray’s years of military service have taken him around the world, giving him a distinct expertise in the military’s role in commercialization of developing markets to trade in a global economy.

Ep 15: Arnold Candray and the International Marketplace

Ep 14: Clay and Cindy Cooper on Speakshop.com

Pete — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:00:19 +0000

Clay and Cindy Cooper join us to introduce us to their new company and website, Speakshop.com. They’ve been partnering Spanish language students with instructors in Guatemala through their site and walk us through the perils and pitfalls of new product development, start-ups, and being do-gooder in the era of globalization. All that on Tuesday, Noon for October 3, 2006.

Ep 14: Clay and Cindy Cooper on Speakshop.com

Ep 13: Fernando Casafranca and Latin America

Pete — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:00:30 +0000

With so much focus on the Middle East in the media today, it’s easy to minimize the political, geographical, social, and economic turmoil that’s happening right across our boarder to the south. How do we step up as good neighbors in the politically charged, economically driven hornet’s nest in Central and South America?

Ep 13: Fernando Casafranca and Latin America

Ep 12: Mark Alexander on Teaching Gen Y

Pete — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:00:47 +0000

What is it about the “Echo Boomers” that we don’t understand? How do demands on time, work, education, and technology define this generation, and what are we doing to help? This week, Mark Alexander of University of Phoenix joins us to take on the next generation and the fantastic challenge this poses on institutions to step up and meet their needs.

Ep 12: Mark Alexander on Teaching Gen Y

Ep 11: Charlita Shelton and Race and Diversity in America

Pete — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:00:51 +0000

Threats of terror and cultural bifurcation in our country call to question just how diverse a nation we really are. Are We The People really able to understand one another for our differences and move forward together, or are we embroiled in a demographic quagmire at home, work, and in the media?

Ep 11: Charlita Shelton and Race and Diversity in America

Ep 10: Dr. Stephen Kahn and Dissecting the Sociopath

Pete — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:00:39 +0000

Dr. Steven Kahn joins us to talk about his life’s work with child molesters, sociopaths, and serial criminals. These are the characters that come together in his new book, and we’ll invite them to the round table this week.

Ep 10: Dr. Stephen Kahn and Dissecting the Sociopath

Ep 09: Michael Leifer and Tim Mantz on the Changing Face of Marketing

Pete — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:00:07 +0000

We’re inundated with images, brands, signals, pitches – thousands of them every day. Today, we talk to two experts in the field about how marketers are finding new ways to find and push your buttons.

Ep 09: Michael Leifer and Tim Mantz on the Changing Face of Marketing

Ep 08: Linda Fischer Lewis, Crime, Cops, and Politics

Pete — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:00:19 +0000

On today’s show, Linda Fischer Lewis joins the roundtable to talk about law enforcement, the role of policing in our communities, the politics of rehabilitation, and being the bearer of bad news.

Ep 08: Linda Fischer Lewis, Crime, Cops, and Politics

Ep 07: The Mysterious “Dr. Ernest” and a Schooling on Cuba

Pete — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:00:19 +0000

On today’s show, Dr. Ernest joins the roundtable to educate us on the state of affairs in Cuba. The propaganda machine today on Tuesday, Noon.

Ep 07: The Mysterious “Dr. Ernest” and a Schooling on Cuba

Ep 06: Bob Hamm and the State of Education

Pete — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:00:56 +0000

On today’s show, Bob Hamm joins us to talk up the state of education. What is No Child Left Behind doing to our kids in the classroom? How do the bad seeds of violence, drugs, and bad teachers influence the common perception of today’s classroom teacher? What’s a community to do with under-funded schools? All that and more today on Tuesday, Noon.

Ep 06: Bob Hamm and the State of Education

Ep 05: Mike Mostafavi, Iran, and World War III

Pete — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:00:44 +0000

On today’s show, author and Iranian media expert Mike Mostafavi joins the roundtable to take on the current crisis, Iran’s role in it, and the hybrid vehicle. Curious? Stay with us for Tuesday, Noon for July 18, 2006.

Ep 05: Mike Mostafavi, Iran, and World War III

Ep 04: Dan Denorch and the Civics Machine

Pete — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:00:19 +0000

This week on Tuesday, Noon, part two of our conversation with attorney and political scientist Dan DeNorch who shares his experience running for county commissioner and weathers the politically cynical firestorm from the roundtable.

Ep 04: Dan Denorch and the Civics Machine

Ep 03: Dan Denorch and the Politics of Tech

Pete — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:00:08 +0000

This week on Tuesday, Noon, part one of our conversation with attorney and political scientist Dan DeNorch who joins us to take on patents, copyright, the Internet and other things used for good and evil.

Ep 03: Dan Denorch and the Politics of Tech

Ep 02: Steve Burt and Tech in the Classroom Part 2

Pete — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:00:19 +0000

This week on Tuesday, Noon, part two of our conversation with Steve Burt: are teachers keeping up with technology in the classroom? With the largest highschool class since the baby boomers entering the higher ed system, do our faculty members have the tools and the skills to keep up with them? Guest Steve Burt from Clarity Innovations and co-host of Ed Tech Coast-to-Coast joins the roundtable this week.

Ep 02: Steve Burt and Tech in the Classroom Part 2

Ep 01: Steve Burt and Tech in the Classroom Part 1

Pete — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:00:00 +0000

This week on Tuesday, Noon, are teachers keeping up with technology in the classroom? With the largest highschool class since the baby boomers entering the higher ed system, do our faculty members have the tools and the skills to keep up with them? Guest Steve Burt from Clarity Innovations and co-host of Ed Tech Coast-to-Coast joins the roundtable this week.

Ep 01: Steve Burt and Tech in the Classroom