Podcast Meander

Podcast Meander

"Podcast Meander" is the semi-fictional travelogue of Dan Leone, a musician who abruptly left his hometown and started driving west - fleeing from something.

Episodes

May 21, 2016 8 mins

After a montage and a soliloquy, Dan departs.

(This episode is 15% fictional)

Produced and scored by Daniel Leone. 

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After successfully escaping Connecticut, Dan realizes that his project is being adversely affected by several nagging phobias. So, he attempts to overcome them. It doesn't go well. 

(This episode is 45% fictional.) 

Featuring Deann Baker as "The Actress from Episode 02" 
Drum and Percussion Samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine. You can find his music here: https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine
Produced and Scored by Daniel Leon...

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July 28, 2016 9 mins

In the first Digression, Dan presents an experimental piece of sound design which was composed by chopping up a recording of a panic attack. 

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August 27, 2016 34 mins

Dan - who identifies as politically liberal - unexpectedly falls in love with the deeply conservative state of Idaho. Hoping to understand his infatuation, he travels to a tremendously remote area of the state to speak with the gun-adoring, government-mistrusting host of the Youtube channel, "The Idahoan Show". 

(This episode is 15% Fictional) 

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 
Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos 
Much Gratit...

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September 26, 2016 10 mins

Dan receives a staggeringly confessional phone call from a man who may or may not be Donald Trump. 

(This episode may or may not be 100% Fictional.)

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 

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Returning to the podcast after two months of working on the presidential election, Dan scribbles in his journal and encounters a young woman who is in the process of making a very risky decision. 

(This episode is 50% fictional.)

Written and Scored by Daniel Leone
"Welcome to Podcast Meander" by Deann Baker  

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January 19, 2017 49 mins

Dan’s guardian angel attempts to guide him through a sudden, confounding spell of memory loss.

**This episode contains many sequences which are best enjoyed through headphones.**

Featured:

Dr. Lasana Harris is a psychologist at the University College London. He researches, among other things, a phenomenon known as dehumanization—which is the human tendency to completely ignore the minds of other people. For more information about ...

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March 6, 2017 41 mins

After a series of critical setbacks, Dan decides to suspend all fictional sequences and tell the whole truth of his first year on the road. It's a confessional involving madness, car problems, money problems, anti-authoritarianism, red wine, Vicodin, dental surgeries, a clinical drug trial for an experimental OCD medication, dissociation, mistaken identity, and the discovery of what he's truly been running away from.  

**The onlin...

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March 16, 2017 7 mins

After the difficult revelation at the end of the season finale, Dan winds up speeding down the interstate in a rage-fueled, drunken frenzy. Gabriella intervenes. 

**To experience the full effect of this episode, headphones are highly recommended.**


Credits: 

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 

(This episode is 95% fictional.) 

Like what you hear? Visit www.podcastmeander.com for information on how you can help support the sh...

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October 12, 2017 39 mins

 

Credits:

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone
With thanks to Dr. David Lisak and Steve LePore
Featuring samples of the unfinished track, “Sly’s Work”, composed by Daniel Leone and Tom MacLean.

(This episode was edited independently of 1in6.org and The Bristlecone Project, then released with their permission. The views expressed within do not necessarily reflect the views of 1in6.org or The Bristlecone Project.)   

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Options are weighed; conclusions are drawn. 

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 

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