This episode we have a long-awaited guest on the podcast... the long-haired beautiful face of Josh Levi and his artistic manifestation as Radiator Greys. Josh is about to head on tour on 4/8/17. We chat about the development of the 'Noise' genr

SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 "How to Advice: Strangely Familiar Conversations" w/ Emily Riehl-Bedford

Mar 22nd, 2017 1h

The Station chills out on the topic of sharing advice, trusting others, and the introspection of the self. Getting a true taste of the inside-life of an indie bookseller and the power of book suggestion and beyond, we invite our fellow co-worke

SEASON 2 EPISODE 3 "Thoughts on Tyranny, Authority, and Power: (Dis)Obey in Advance."

Mar 14th, 2017 59m 8s

We welcome "the new Mick" as a co-host, the former guest and illustrious Charlotte Pattison. Spaceman pushes the new Dirty Projectors album. Greggs reads us a full *paragraph* chapter from Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny." Charlotte breaks down th

SEASON 2 EPISODE 2 "Trappist 1, Habitable Planets, and the Prime Directive of Humanity"

Feb 28th, 2017 58m 50s

Greggs and Spaceman go at this episode solo, recalling the recent NASA announcement on the discovery of habitable planets. The station reaches the edge of the universe and wonders what it means for us regular creatures on earth. How do we proce

SEASON 2 EPISODE 1, "For Electronic Musicians, Is Piracy Equity?" w/ Randall Turner

Feb 22nd, 2017 1h 5m

Spaceman brings a friend from his past life, Randall Turner, on the podcast to share with us the world of sound design from SCAD to the dance floor. Ableton Live dukes it out with Pro Tools as we discuss how access has affected the sonic univer

HPMS Season 2 Intro, "Loves Me Not" with Charlotte Pattison

Feb 14th, 2017 1h 29m

WHAT?! We're back! We are surviving in 2017. Greggs talks about meatloaf. Spaceman introduces some of our new projects. And we get schooled by our guest, Charlotte, on the ins-and-outs of immigration and the life of an expat. Basically, why ame

Season Finale - Episode 11, "Election Aftershock"

Nov 10th, 2016 44m 33s

It's the HPMS season finale. The station is a little thrown off course by the recent election. Christopher and Davis struggle to articulate and unpack the shocking election results and provide a vision for the next steps of the podcast. A big a

Episode 10, "Childhood Fears" feat. Nneoma Amadi-Obi

Oct 28th, 2016 52m 42s

We welcome our first guest on the podcast! Nneoma guides the station toward the land of childhood fears to wonder how and why we learn about fear so early. Mick shares his favorite holiday, Davis turns out to be the quote *weird-ass* friend, an

Episode 9, "Curation or Serendipity?"

Oct 21st, 2016 58m 8s

In the wake of the final presidential debate, Christopher's rockets the station over to algorithm land to question how we experience new ideas or opposing viewpoints via social media. Mick apologizes to his Mom, and Davis wonders if it's even p

Episode 8, "Privilege"

Oct 14th, 2016 1h 8m

Davis docks the station docks at the most difficult location of all: Privilege Bay. The guys talk about what privilege is and they try to figure out exactly how to deal with it. Tough stuff. Also, Christopher and Mick briefly talk about their e

Episode 7, "Birthdays"

Oct 4th, 2016 56m 14s

In the seventh excursion, Mickey vents about how much he hates birthdays. The boys also give their takes on the first presidential debate...we getting political.

Episode 6, "Affordable and Chic"

Sep 30th, 2016 1h 1m

In the sixth journey of the HPMS, Christopher lets his Fashion Killa out to talk about why high fashion can't be affordable. Mick struggles to grasp fashion in general (sad), and Davis does his damn thing!

Episode 5, "Awful People Making Great Art"

Sep 16th, 2016 1h 3m

In episode 5, Davis takes the gang down Guilt Trip Lane to talk about the moral consequences to liking an artist who does awful things in real life (we're looking at you, Breezy). Also, ruminations on the iPhone 7!

Episode 3, "Do Movies Expect Stupid Audiences?"

Aug 30th, 2016 54m 40s

The answer may surprise you, after a word from our sponsors. Christopher was pretty let down by Suicide Squad, so he wonders if that experience is indicative of major studios' expectations of the mass audience. Mick tries and fails not to be to

Episode 2, "Pokemon Go"

Aug 23rd, 2016 1h 8m

In the second voyage, Davis steers the Heroes towards the cultural phenomenon that is (was?) Pokemon Go, where they talk about which Pokemon is the most likely to get high and how the game might change the way we use the internet. There's also

Episode 1, "Maiden Voyage/Diversity & Tokenism"

Aug 16th, 2016 59m 11s

With the prologue(s) written, the guys pen the first official chapter of the Hero Philosophers' Motherland Station. Mickey wants to talk about the line between diversity and tokenism, Davey struggles with Pokemon GO servers, and Christopher kee