Podcast episode 304ish: Monica Hamburg

I had a good time talking with the Vulgarian Monica Hamburg. Or I mean Hungarian. Actually, both. She's one of the hosts of the Dazed and Convicted podcast and a self-described "weirdo magnet." In an earlier post, I wrote about her morbid fascination with porn. Find out if I was out of line in writing that (hint: she once worked as a projectionist in a porno theatre/bakery in her hometown of Montreal.) We also play a few clips from her show. Given its name, it's perhaps no wonder the podcast is a hit in Australia.

Have a listen right here or download it however you choose to. Personally, I use iTunes, but whatever works for you.

Jan. 27: Monica Hamburg

Monica "Cold Bum" Hamburg

Our 2013 continues to be a year of firsts. Granted, we're only three episodes in, but a pattern is a pattern. Tonight marks the second week in a row we have a first-time guest who also happens to be someone I've never spoken to before. So I'll be full of questions. And like last week's guest, Shirley Gnome, tonight's guest also seems to have a certain morbid fascination with porn. At least judging by her tweets. But not only porn. She scours the internet for all matter of darkly hilarious criminal behaviour.

Monica Hamburg isn't a comedian but she's the host of the comedy podcast Dazed and Convicted. As you can see if you follow the link, the show won "Most Vulgar Canadian Podcast" from some organization I never heard of. And recently it was listed as "New & Noteworthy" on iTunes Australia. Go figure. We'll find out all about it tonight.

We're on the air, as usual, at 11 pm precisely (or thereabouts) PST on CFRO, 100.5 FM. Not in Vancouver, you say? No problem. If everything's running as it should (which is never a given at co-op radio) you can listen live on your computing machines. You'll have to do the math for your own time zone, but the live stream is at coopradio.org.