{"id":10069,"date":"2019-11-11T07:40:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000004162"},"modified":"2019-11-11T11:32:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:32:02","slug":"podcast-radiolab-creator-jad-abumrad-mimi-mashers-roller-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/podcast-radiolab-creator-jad-abumrad-mimi-mashers-roller-dreams","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Radiolab creator Jad Abumrad; Mimi Masher&#8217;s roller dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/710882380&amp;color=%23d90033&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Episode #23 of \u201cCAN YOU HEAR ME, LONG BEACH?\u201d we&#8217;re thrilled to speak to &#8220;Radiolab&#8221; creator Jad Abumrad about creativity and his upcoming, one-man performance of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/carpenterarts.org\/2019-2020\/jad-abumrad.html\">The Miracle of Indoor Plumbing<\/a>,&#8221; Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts. Abumrad, along with &#8220;This American Life&#8217;s&#8221; Ira Glass is many times (dis)credited with birthing the podcast era. We paid tribute by ripping off everything we could about &#8220;Radiolab,&#8221; just listen to the closing credits<\/p>\n<p>Asia Morris speaks with one of our favorite people, Mimi Masher (below), about her quest to land the perfect place, and track, to bring banked track roller derby back to Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46628\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MimiMasher-700.jpg\" alt=\"MimiMasher-700\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>0:36 Does this new microphone make me sound better?<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>1:08 Jad Abumrad talks about his upcoming show and his journey as a radio and podcast creator<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>2:32 Jad\u2019s voice is meant for radio, even over the phone<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>7:50 The \u201cright place, right time\u201d moment that created Radiolab<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>11:10 How do you always sound so casual?<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>16:47 Jad shares about his new podcast, &#8220;Dolly Parton\u2019s America&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>22:20 Mimi Masher is trying to bring back roller derby to Long Beach<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>28:47 Male roller derby is controversial<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>34:40 How YOU can help bring roller derby back to Long Beach<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>36:56 Radiolab tribute credit reading<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Episode #23 of \u201cCAN YOU HEAR ME, LONG BEACH?\u201d we&#8217;re thrilled to speak to &#8220;Radiolab&#8221; 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