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Despite big names like Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow and Marc Maron hosting their own podcasts—internet radio shows, often independently produced—it’s still a creative medium reserved mostly for nerds or groups of friends with a niche interest. Anyone with a computer and something to say can make a podcast. But as Reno’s podcast hosts will tell you, you better make sure you say something interesting. And it helps if there is drinking involved. Here are some of the more popular Reno podcasts. by Ashley Hennefer
ashleyh@newsreview.com photos by Amy Beck
Crazy Reno Podcast Benita Camarena, Stanley Neill, Erik Peterson, Charles “Nemis” Wellington II and Henry Barnhart make up the Crazy Reno Podcast. The podcast operates under the moniker “ADHD podcasts,” which Barnhart hopes to use for a full podcasting network in the future. The name is fitting, as the hosts jump from topic to topic, often without a discernable segue. It takes some getting used to, but after a few episodes, individual personalities start to emerge—Nemis is softspoken but opinionated. Camarena holds her own against the men when they dominate the conversation. Neill is reserved but chooses his words wisely, and Barnhart sets the tone by directing the conversation toward topics. Mostly it’s a show about their lives and their experiences, and it’s often funny. “It was a chance for us to just be ourselves,” says Nemis, who was unfamiliar to the podcasting scene until he was recruited by Barnhart, who has previous broadcasting experience. With an uneven gender balance— Camarena is the only female presence—the show is sometimes reminiscent of the Rob, Arnie and Dawn show on Rock 104.5. But don’t tell them that. “We’ve gotten comparisons like that before, and we’re trying to not be that kind of show,” Barnhart says. “We don’t want it to seem like we treat our female host badly. We have to be conscious of how we’re coming across to listeners.” www.facebook.com/CrazyRenoPodcast
Living Stones Living Stones Church gets a few cool points for their well-produced podcast, 14
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which are recordings of live sermons given by Living Stones pastors. LS has a reputation for being a hip place of worship, and its pastors give some rousing and often funny talks. For the techie disciple, the episodes are worth downloading from iTunes and listening to on the go. www.livingstonesreno.com/podcast.html
News & Views Jim Scripps and Ryan Jerz host News & Views, which they say is “everyone’s most favorite podcast about Reno and a lot of other stuff.” The two discuss what they’re eating—
including a discussion on Otterpops and the benefits of Taco Bell while drunk—but they also tackle current events in depth. www.mrjerz.org/newsandviews/
Reno Ramblecast According to Reno Ramblecast’s website, it’s “a crappy podcast about crappy stuff.” Despite the self-deprecation, it’s an enjoyable show with more than 20 regular hosts, including comedians Alyssa Cowan, Tim Dufrisne and Matt Wiegand. Occasionally, an entire episode feels like an inside joke that the rest of us aren’t in on, but most of
