Ethan Persoff

Episode 36, Side B: "White Man's Blues" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 18) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #35: Mr Rogers' Rare Words From 1983 on Death and Childhood Illness Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is a tribute to Mr Rogers. I have one rare tape on Mr Rogers in my library of unusual records, and when I share this with people I present it as "a side of Mr Rogers you may have never heard." Most listeners agree: This is a very incredible album. Speci...

HEALING WITH LOVE Gerald Jampolsky and Fred Rogers "A moving account of the healing roles love and support can play in children's critical illnesses" — made available to children and parents in 1983 for purposes of therapy, via cassette.

Episode 35, Side A: "Mister Rogers' Metaphysical Phone Hotline" (Do You Consider Death An Enemy?) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 35, BONUS: "Fred Rogers Soundboard" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 35, Side B: "DRINK ALL THE COFFEE" (Charlie Pickle, Part 17) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #34: Making Music with 2600 Hz Tones and Firmware Audio Update Files Number-based trivia: 2600, the hacker quarterly, is named after this 2600 hertz tone, which is a single tone that can override a payphone's pricing controls with one single command. Hi everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is about loud noises made by computers. Awful sounds like modems, faxes...

Episode 34, Demonstration: "Envelope Filtering Audio-Based Firmware Update Files" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 34, Side A: "The Roomba is Dreaming" (Music made from Firmware Update Files) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 34, Side B: "Happy Birthday, Susan" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 16) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #33: A BAKED HAM DINNER (Thanksgiving Special) Hear Betty Crocker's "Cooking for the Blind" series from the 1950's, and prepare a Thanksgiving Dinner with canned food. Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is our first Thanksgiving Episode, and with most of us opting to stay home and not travel this year, I thought I'd share one of my favorite records in my...

Episode 33, Discussion: "Betty Crocker's Good & Easy Cookbook, Cooking for the Blind Edition, 1956" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 33, Side A: "A Baked Ham Dinner with Dessert" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 33, Side B: "The Abrupt Decline of Clarence TX, 1965-1968" (Charlie Pickle, Part 15) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 32, Introduction: "Hi -- How's Everyone Doing?" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 32, Discussion: "Battery Eliminators!" (And Parallel Battery Adapter Holders) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 32, Side A: "The Treemont Family Trust" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Hi , everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week, a Nanoloop arrived from Germany. I was elated. It showed up with great timing, too, on the afternoon of the day of the Election. Not sure it's possible to describe how stressful that day felt, though I imagine it's relatable. A drum machine synthesizer that is built off of the sounds of classic Nintendo Gameboy circuitry was just what the doctor...

Episode 31, Discussion: "A Nanoloop FM Arrived on Election Day." by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 31, Side A: "Nanoloop FM Hardware Demo" (All Factory Sounds, No External Effects) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 31, Side B: "The Sunset Investors" (Charlie Pickle, Part 12) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is a precarious one, as we post the episodes on Monday. The Election happens on Tuesday, however, and that means the world might become a very different creature in the next seven days. So to anticipate GOOD or BAD, this week is all about jokes. For total distraction, I have 45 minutes of jokes that I will read to you this week. You can press play...

Episode 30, Good Distraction: "Kid Jokes and Bad Puns to Get You Through the Week" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Hear the entire QAnon Girl track on Youtube, with lyrics, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TCjiTtgugM

Hear the first half, A-L: "Adventures in Bondage" through "Lesbians Galore": https://soundcloud.com/eptc/episode-29-side-a