Echo 44 – Portland Transit to the MAX!

Erk — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:38:26 +0000

Welcome to episode 44 of Echo Romeo Kilo. This episode was recorded on the Portland Light Rail system. Erk is joined by special guest of Strange Love Live fame, Dr Normal. Dr Normal shows Erk around and points out some local points of interest. We go through the city of Portland and then through a mountain!

Visit Dr Normal and follow him on Twitter @drnormal and Strange Love Live every Friday night (10pm Pacific)

Echo 43 – Echo In Echo

Erk — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:35:58 +0000

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Welcome to episode 43 of Echo Romeo Kilo recorded in the town of Echo, Oregon. This was an unplanned episode as Erk was driving down Interstate 84 between Boise & Portland when he saw a sign heading towards a town of Echo. And what did I do? You’ll have to listen and find out as Erk takes a walk around Echo!

For more information about the city of Echo, click here.

Echo 42 – San Francisco Transit. Show Notes

Erk — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:02:01 +0000

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Welcome to this episode of Echo recorded in San Francisco, CA. Erk went for a ride on the Muni Light Rail and Streetcar systems. He also recorded part of this episode on BART but due to recording FAIL, it does not make it onto the episode.

Erk rides the Red line on the Light Rail system and a couple of short trips on the F line Streetcar. Due to the massive amount of people, Erk didn’t ride but saw the famous San Francisco cable cars.

Echo 41 – San Francisco Protest

Erk — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:26:40 +0000

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Echo 41 – 40 minutes

While Erk was walking in downtown San Francisco, I walked into a protest. Normally I steer clear of such protests or don’t have time to stop. But today I decided to stop and get out my camera and Zoom H4 recorder.

The protest was about the current global financial situation and the bailout of various banks here in America. I wasn’t there for the start of the protest that was held outside the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco that was closed over the weekend.

I missed most of the speeches but I did get to observe the performance of the Raging Grannies whiich included street theatre and singing. I then got to speak with a few of the Grannies as well as a couple of other people in the crowd.

Echo 40 – Blue Line Train (LA). Show Notes

Erk — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:10:41 +0000

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Echo 40 – 57 minutes

Welcome to episode 40 of Echo Romeo Kilo. This was recorded on a Blue Line Metro Train in Los Angeles as it ran from 7th Street/Metro to Long Beach. Erk tells you about this interesting train line and shares some stories about his time in LA.

To hear podcasts in the order they were recorded to date from Erk’s US trip, subscribe to the Channel Erk 4 in 1 Combined Feed at www.channelerk.com

Podcast episodes recorded so far from the US in order: Erk Pod 176, Echo 40 (this one) then Erk Pod 177. If you subscribe to the 4 in 1, you will get them in the correct order.

Echo 39 – Erk Goes Geocaching

Erk — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:16:56 +0000

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Echo Romeo Kilo episode 39 – 80 minutes

Welcome to (the long delayed) episode 39 of Echo Romeo Kilo.

On this episode, Erk is joined by Channel Erk guest and friend Squeak as we go out geocaching in north-western Sydney. Together, Erk and Squeak explain what geocaching is as we go on a modern day treasure hunt. So how did we go? You’ll have to listen and find out!

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Echo 37 & 38 – Mr Shed (parts 1 & 2). Show Notes

Erk — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:00:26 +0000

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Echo 37 – 62 minutes

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Echo 38 – 70 minutes

Welcome to episodes 37 and 38 of Echo. This recording was originally of an episode of Hyper Nonsense (episode 133) that was recorded while Erk was at work as Mr Shed. Erk joins Hyper Nonsense host Shawno for an afternoon at work (Erk) and an evening of podcasting (Shawno).

The episode is unedited to show you how it was recorded on the day. This episode actually predates Echo. If you have heard Erk on Hyper Nonsense, you may have heard this episode but this is the first time it has been available on an Erk feed.

During the episode, Erk and Shawno talk about trains (of course) and a lot lot more over an episode that goes close to 2 hours. Erk is at work and work has to come first but due to the wonders of technology, you can actually hear what is going on. Shawno did the recording and Erk was using his mobile phone with Skype. Hands free was used when required.

Welcome to Channel Erk!

Erk — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:03:38 +0000

In an exciting move, there is a new way to access all of Erk’s podcasts! You can now visit Channel Erk (www.channelerk.com) and you can see the latest episodes for all 4 podcasts that Erk produces. You can also subscribe to one or more of the podcasts from the same page, download the latest episodes or indeed subscribe to all 4 podcasts in one feed. You can still access each site at the current addresses as well.

Previously, there were separate subscriptions for each podcast. This will continue and the feeds have not changed if this is the way you prefer to subscribe. But if you want to listen to all of Erk’s content, you can do it on the Channel Erk Combined Feed. On this feed (available here via RSS and coming soon via iTunes), you will get all 4 podcasts on the one feed as they become available.

“Did I read you correctly, Erk? Did you say 4 podcasts?”

That’s right, there are now 4 Erk based podcasts! Joining Erk Pod (talk), Erk FM (music), Echo Romeo Kilo (outdoor/mobile) is a new podcast called “Erk’s Blast From The Past”. Episode 1 for this show will be recorded and released very soon. You can visit the website here and you can either subscribe to the show on its own or it will be part of the Channel Erk Combined Feed.

Have you ever heard your parents say “back in my day, ………..” Indeed, you may be that person who says that they walked 6 miles up hill to school and then after school, they walked 6 miles up hill to walk home. In this new podcast (Erk Blast for short), Erk is joined by his mum and they discuss things “back in my day…….” and compare it to the current day. Even Erk finds himself saying to people like Erk Pod co-host Drue “I remember when ………….”

So come and visit Channel Erk! It will really be a case of “All Erk, all the time ……. and then some!”

Echo 36 – Level Crossings

Erk — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:37:44 +0000

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Echo 36 – 59 minutes

Welcome to episode 36 of Echo Romeo Kilo One One. In this episode, Erk is on location at the Garfield Road level crossing adjoining Riverstone railway station. He later moves to the Level Crossing Road level crossing between Vineyard and Mulgrave railway stations.

Erk talks about some of the history of the Richmond line. Also learn about some of the development of level crossings over time as trains have got faster, longer and heavier. Of course over time, the amount of road traffic has exploded as well.

While Erk moves between level crossings, there is a public service announcement that was a part of a recent anti-trespass and level crossing safety here in NSW (source: NSW Level Crossing Strategy website).

Echo 35 – Monster Truck Pod

Erk — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:56:31 +0000

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Echo 35 – 71 minutes

Join Erk as he has a monster experience with Monster Trucks, jets and a lot more. Erk even does some commentary!