Audacious Eleven

Welcome to the Podcast!

Wendy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 05:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our podcast website! This is our announcements post.

The podcasts themselves are in posts of category podcast (in order for our RSS feeds to work properly). If you want to discuss our podcasts for this month, Just add to the discussion in the podcast or program notes post. We have opened up comments. If things get out of hand, we may limit it to registered posters, but for now, let’s see how it goes.

If there is anything you want us to talk about, let us know!

How To Subscribe to the Podcast with iTunes

We don’t seem to be showing up in the iTunes store if you search on us, but you can automagically download the podcasts using these simple steps from your iTunes program:

Open iTunes
From the Advanced menu, select Subscribe to Podcast…
Enter the URL of the Audacious Eleven RSS feed into the dialog box:
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http://a11.moon-and-star.com/?feed=podcast
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Click OK, and you’re done! The Audacious 11 podcasts should show up in your Podcast list on iTunes for you to download and listen.

Show 27: Not Our Holiday Special

Wendy — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:00:52 +0000

This is not our “holiday special”, but we do talk about the fall and winter holidays – our favorite holidays, and what makes them so, and what makes them not so favorite.

Show 26: Gender Bending

Wendy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:00:28 +0000

In which we discuss Audacious Wendy’s experience dressing like her husband for a halloween party, Twelfth Night, and other cross-dressing experiments.

We’ve also provided some visual aids for you:

Default view of Audacious Wendy

Audacious Wendy dressed as Rich

Audacious Wendy and Rich

Show 25: Our First Records

Wendy — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:00:10 +0000

Today, we answer the question: “What was the first record you ever bought?” We also share a few of our holiday stories, and our vinyl fetishes, and how long it takes to go from Donny & Marie to David Bowie.

Show 24: In Support of Same-Sex Marriage

Wendy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:35:32 +0000

In this podcast, recorded shortly after the US elections, our audacious ones talk about proposition 8, same-sex marriage, truth versus belief, and reawakened activism.

We discover that same sex marriage is not about you, it’s about the couple in love.

We also discover that God is hard of hearing (that’s why we use a megaphone).

And finally, we discover that it all comes back to Babylon 5/Devo/Star Trek.

Show 23: Ask Robin Anything!

Wendy — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:00:31 +0000

This week, we are invited to ask Audacious Robin anything. We ask her about Sara Palin, “What is the Hardest thing about being Robin Renee?” and Wig-head Art. Listen to Robin bare her soul. Find out about “boiled frog syndrome” and Gary Wilson, and much much more!

Show 22 – Mary’s Got A Hangover

Wendy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:00:44 +0000

Mary’s got a hangover, and our helpful women offer suggestions so that she doesn’t need to suffer with another one in the future. We also find out the secrets of the Steely Dan Drink Quest, and discover that Audacious Robin has some nifty T-shirts for sale on her zazzle page!

Show 21 – We Finally Get Political

Wendy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:47 +0000

The Audacious 11 discuss the Vice Presidential debates, and our candidates for office for the upcoming election. Audacious Wendy gets emotional, and uses some harsh language.

We also talk about this video by the Onion, and the Don’t Vote video.

I never thought I’d miss Nixon.

— VOTE —

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Show #20: Mercury Retrograde and the Economy

Wendy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:00:20 +0000

Precipitate: to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.

In this podcast, we discuss the role of Astrology in the current economic crisis.

Some non-astrological background information about the economic issues the world is facing can be found on these NPR podcasts:

NPR has been running some VERY good explanatory podcasts on “Fresh Air” about the financial crisis for the past couple of weeks.

Fresh Air, Sept 23 – Wall Street Bailout, A conflict of interest?

Fresh Air, Oct 1 – A Long View of the Wall Street “Dream”

And a post on a LiveJournal blog, which explains something about international investment banking and why credit is drying up now.

Some data that we didn’t have when we recorded the podcast, but that we looked up later on:

The “Crash of 1929″, according to Wikipedia occurred on 3 dates: 10/24 and then 10/28-10/29 of 1929. Mercury was in Libra during this period. It went retrograde at 23Libra on 9/28, and went direct at 08Libra on 10/17. Mercury was in the “shadow” until 11/2. Venus was also in Libra during this time, and Mars was in Scorpio.

The “Crash of 1987″ was the next big one. This happened on 10/19/1987. Mercury went retrograde at 13Scorpio on 10/16 and went direct at 27Libra on 11/6.

There was another huge drop in the market on 9/17/2001 (as a reaction to 9/11). Mercury went retrograde in Libra on 10/1/2001.

Show #19: Large Vegetable Menace

Wendy — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:00:02 +0000

We’ve been finding that some of the funniest things get said when “the tape is not rolling” – when we’re not recording. Well, we tried to fix that with this ‘cast.

By request, we talk about Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. This brings up a lot of other vegetable menace films and cult movies that we’ve enjoyed, and some that you’ve probably never heard of (but should now go rent and watch!), like Earth Girls Are Easy, Head, 200 Motels, Privilege, The Thousand Fingers of Doctor Wu, and Mars Attacks.

Bombardment!

Trivia question of the day: What do the Monkees, Victor Mature, and Frank Zappa have in common?

Show 18: We Know What We Did Last Summer

Wendy — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:00:44 +0000

Devo
Plaxo
Elvis Costello

No, this is not some strange poetry, but it’s related to one of our audacious summer escapades. Listen now to hear about “My Dinner with Oprah” and “Riding the Chili Pepper”! Who are the Mutant Mountain Boys? Who went away for months? Who stayed home, chained to a sewing machine? Who spent the summer taking things personally? Who spent the summer NOT taking things personally? Download and listen now!

We also are starting a new contest – details in the podcast (and the next blog post!)

The Audacious 11 Guessing Game

Wendy — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:06:53 +0000

People have been asking us Why Audacious Eleven? What does Eleven mean? What do you want for dinner tonight?

Rather than just telling you how we came up with this name, we thought it would be more fun for you to guess. We are much more interested in our listener’s opinions about what our name means.

We will read the answers on a future show, and pick a winner. We don’t know exactly what the winner wins, but it may have something to do with a video of a mechanical chili pepper…

Just comment to this post with your guess.

Show 17: Lights Out!

Wendy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:00:13 +0000

Our audacious podcasters discuss tropical storm Hannah’s visit to the northern Mid-Atlantic, and how the storm impacted their lives. (And all you folks living in the South and Gulf area can just laugh at us Northerners and how we can’t handle a little tropical storm). Hear how it takes an act of God for Audacious Wendy’s family to just sit and talk for an evening. The discussion ranges across a number of topics today, based around our dependence on technology for work and social interactions, and the demise of the RSVP.

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Show #16 – Tarot

Wendy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:14 +0000

This installment finds us discussing the Tarot; what we use it for, some experiences we’ve had for readers, and some advice for people starting out. We also talk a bit about the “Baseball Tarot” deck.

If you want to see what the Baseball Tarot is about, here’s the Amazon link.

Show #15 – The Science of Magic

Wendy — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:00:30 +0000

This week, we talk about changing the universe and ourselves using magic and ritual. We also discuss how we understand magic to work in the “mundane” world, our concepts of the Divine, seeing the Divine in everything, reincarnation, symbols in magic and ritual tools.

Show #14 – Procrastination

Wendy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:00:08 +0000

We finally did a show about procrastination – why we procrastinate, and what we can possibly do about it to be more efficient, and less guilt-ridden.

We procrastinate because we are afraid, or because we put ourselves second, or we might loathe the task facing us, or even it’s the procrastination fairy prevents us from getting things done.

What we can do about it is to schedule these tasks, follow through, and fit in small tasks in the bits of “down time” that you find during the day, and talk to people about what blocks you.

Take the Audacious Challenge with us!

Pick a project that you’ve wanted to get done, but the Procrastination Fairy has prevented you from starting.

Go to this page, and post what that project is, and we will all keep each other on track with monthly updates and encouragement.

Show #13 – Voiceovers

Wendy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:00:22 +0000

We get silly again, geeking out – Audacious Robin does an Axl Rose impersonation, Audacious Wendy sings like Cher. We talk about doing voiceovers in video games, IVR systems (“press 2 to continue”), and breaking in to the voiceover market.

We also invent a new religion, Continuism: Shit keeps happening!

Attention Benefactors or Animators/Cartoonists

If you would like to make the Audacious Eleven cartoon a reality, email us – we are looking for funding or an animator or cartoonist that is willing to work on spec and get famous along with us.

Show #12 “Meeting of the Minds”

Wendy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:24:35 +0000

In this podcast, Audacious Mary asks us all which historical figures we’d like to have dinner with and pick their brains. Audacious Wendy is more concerned about what she would serve them. Some of the notables include Harpo Marx, Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Carl Friederich Gauss, and Salvador Dali, inventor of the LOBSTER PHONE (Audacious Wendy Must Have This Thing!):

Our 11:11 Contest is still not over yet!

Audacious Eleven Celebrates Show #11 with the 11:11 Listener Drive!

Wendy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:59:05 +0000

The #1 Talk Show for Shakespearean Rock ‘n’ Roll Tech Geek Magic and Life Empowerment has just posted its 11th show on Sunday, July 20th. To celebrate this mystical milestone, Audacious Donna, Mary, Robin, and Wendy are holding a contest - The 11:11 Listener Drive!Our wordy tagline points to the fact that you never know what you’ll hear on Audacious Eleven, and it’s time for even more people out there to hear it. Will all you loyal and newly intrigued listeners help us out? Here’s the deal:

Tell all your clever, interesting, hip, and/or bored friends to do two little things:

Go to www.audaciouseleven.com and listen to at least one Audacious Eleven podcast.
Become a friend of Audacious Eleven on MySpace at www.myspace.com/audaciouseleven. (If your friends are particularly expedient or lazy, they can access our shows right on MySpace via our blog.) When they friend us, they need to let us know you sent them. That way, we can keep score.

The first 11 people to send 11 of their friends our way will win one of 11 fabulous prizes! Prizes include the chance to pick an Audacious Eleven discussion topic, your very own cartoon avatar a la Audacious Eleven, never-before-heard outtakes from the show, CDs, and curios from the homes of the four audacious women who are Audacious Eleven, and more. We won’t tell you what the “more” consists of yet, but rest assured, those prizes are fabulous, too.

So have at it. Thanks for playing!

Love,

Audacious Eleven

Show #11: Metaphors in the Pagan Community

Wendy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:11:09 +0000

This is our 11th podcast! (see the contest announcement)

Today our Audacious Women get serious and discuss metaphors, symbolism, psychology and the state of the New Jersey Pagan Community. This ‘cast is a bit longer than our usual broadcasts, but that’s because we had a lot to say about this topic.

Here are some of the things we said in the podcast:

Family are those who really have your back.

The NJ Pagan Community is in its spiritual adolescence.

If you want to get in on the discussion, please leave a comment.

For further reading about metaphors, visit http://www.adrr.com/adr4/metaphor.htm

and now, the podcast itself: