Best Dave Gagne Podcasts (2025)

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Midnight Oil Definitely Got Burned - Episode 29 2:26:37

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Midnight Oil Definitely Got Burned - Episode 29 Show Notes Welcome to Episode 29! – 3:27 Could there be a few more roadblocks set to getting this episode out in an already busy part of my calendar? Ep. 28 saw great numbers and a huge contribution to the recent surge was Denethar graciously interviewing me on Azeroth United and I am very grateful. A…

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Dr. Jess Mitchell 44:19

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Gettin' Air with Dr. Jess Mitchell. Get ready for some delicious mind delights as OCADu's Dr. Jess Mitchell joins the show to discuss her dissertation: A Pedagogy of One: Engaging the ‘Missing Middle’ Toward Inclusion in Education. If your brain is on the look out to entangle itself with some deeply human thinking, this dissertation is probably def…

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Natalie Kouri-Towe 47:03

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Gettin' Air with Dr. Natalie Kouri-Towe, Associate Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University. Natalie joins the show to chat about the creation of an excellent new resource for educators, Reading the Room - Lessons on Pedagogy and Curriculum from the Gender and Sexuality Studies Classroom, on which she served as editor. The bo…

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11.Who Cares, It's Almost Midnight! - Episode 28 2:25:03

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11.Who Cares, It's Almost Midnight! - Episode 28 Show Notes Welcome to Episode 28! – 1:45 There is so much to discuss as we are on the cusp of the eleventh expansion of World of Warcraft. Naturally, I suggestions for Blizzard for improving the game as the main topic “What have you done lately?” – 6:09 Holy crap, there is so much I have done. Buckle…

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Episode 27 – Gotta Collect Them All 2:43:36

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Episode 27 – Gotta Collect Them All Show Notes Welcome to Episode 27! – 2:59 A celebration in three parts, the first of which is celebrating my return to WoW and the SQ mic after an unforeseen absence. Big thanks to Ali for coming on for Episode 24 and to Ali and Gin for having me on Live, Laugh, Lore to talk starting zones! SQ Book Club – 8:11 A r…

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Episode 26 – HDYS Interview with Matt Rossi! 1:34:47

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Episode 26 – HDYS Interview with Matt Rossi! Show Notes Welcome to Episode 26! – 2:03 A wide-ranging interview with games journalist and fiction writer Matt Rossi! I’m not even going to pretend to make a list of topics, but we talk about starting hit WoW career with his wife, how to approach WoW when your job demands that you spoil all new content …

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Episode 25 – Celebration! Warcraft 30, Down Time, and the Best NPC is… 1:58:30

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Episode 25 – Celebration! Warcraft 30, Down Time, and the Best NPC is… Show Notes Welcome to Episode 25! – 1:54 A celebration in three parts, the first of which is celebrating my return to WoW and the SQ mic after an unforeseen absence. Big thanks to Ali for coming on for Episode 24 and to Ali and Gin for having me on Live, Laugh, Lore to talk star…

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Dave Cormier Gets COLD 33:50

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Gettin' Air with Dave Cormier. Dave returns to the show to chat about his new role at TRU, the trepidations of children with licenses to drive, and to scheme with Terry about starting a new cross-Canada instructional design/online learning community of practice. During the show these two quick thinkers could not think of a good name for it. However…

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An Oral History of the Friends Who Keep the UAC Humming 1:32:04

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The Utah Avalanche Center is more than just a corps of extraordinary forecasters. Since 1990, a group of dedicated, visionary, and hard-working people has helped the UAC expand its range and helped push it to the forefront of the industry. This episode, we're joined by all five men and women who have helmed the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center …

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Episode 24 – HDYS Interview with Ali! 1:34:43

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Episode 24 – HDYS Interview with Ali! Show Notes Welcome to Episode 24! – 1:45 An interview with the creator of the now-retired Dungeon Fables podcast and the current co-host of Live, Laugh, Lore, Ali Andras! A variety of topics listed below but beginning with the current game in Undermine, DRIVE, and 11.5. Talking some WoD – 28:35 How Does Ali Sol…

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Episode 23 – The 10 Years Ago Thing 2:36:42

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Episode 23 – The 10 Years Ago Thing Show Notes Welcome to Episode 23! – 4:42 Another full episode as we dive into three areas! Best WoW NPC Tournament Coverage Rounds 1, 2, and 3 – 6:43 The upsets, the lopsided victories, and the first three rounds of this grueling six round tournament. Coverage by region. We end the segment with 8 NPCs left to fig…

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Episode 22 – Bookending Gallywix, Best NPC Tournament, and Putting Light into the World 2:24:41

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Episode 22 – Bookending Gallywix, Best NPC Tournament, and Putting Light into the World Show Notes Welcome to Episode 22! – 3:06 Big thanks to Ease, the host of Realm Maintenance, for interviewing me for that podcast a couple weeks ago; great conversation about WoW, 11.1, and Solo Queue; check it out on your podcast feed of choice or (hopefully) it…

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Episode 21 – Undermine, You Get My Drift? 2:20:11

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Episode 21 – Undermine, You Get My Drift? Show Notes Welcome to Episode 21! – 8:58 Busy world in life, in game, and in podcast. Lots of 11.1 going on! “What have you done lately?” – 16:17 Love is in the Air recap Library in our Player Housing when? Barely hitting the 2000 points for the Trading Post An unexpected and difficult adventure to earn the…

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Episode 20 – The 1st Annual State of the Warcraft World Conversation with Gershom! 1:47:19

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Episode 20 – The 1st Annual State of the Warcraft World Conversation with Gershom! Show Notes Welcome to Episode 20! – 3:10 Solo Queue welcomes back Gershom, co-host of the Thrall’s Balls podcast and a big early supporter of me and this show one year after being the first How Do You Solo? Interview guest. We are here to talk about the state of Worl…

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Brett Kobernick Knows It in His Bones: Nobody is Immune from Getting Killed in an Avalanche 38:22

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Brett Kobernick’s nickname may be “Kowboy,” but he’s actually something of a Leonardo da Vinci of the snow. A garage tinkerer who builds the tools he needs to better understand winter conditions, he’s also an early adopter of the snow bike, and he helped invent the split-board. True story. Kowboy joins us to talk about all of that, as well as the s…

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Episode 19 – Three Drinks in on Lunar Love, Confucianism, Socrates, 11.1, and a Meh Castle 2:02:57

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Episode 19 – Three Drinks in on Lunar Love, Confucianism, Socrates, 11.1, and a Meh Castle Show Notes Welcome to Episode 19! – 8:04 A few words from me on the guiding principles of Solo Queue and why consistent publishing is not really one of them. Sorry to miss the two episodes a month pattern on the very first month. I am okay with that and hopef…

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Dave Garcia on Having and Having Not Loads of Info 33:42

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If you were looking to move somewhere because you love to ski, Moab, Utah likely wouldn’t be anywhere near the top of that list. Dave Garcia loves to ski. It’s why he came to Utah in 2002. He spent 12 seasons skiing the Wasatch, then he moved to Moab, and not for the snow. But the thing is, there’s actually some pretty good skiing in the mountains …

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Ann Gagne 32:11

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Gettin' Air with Ann Gagne, Senior Educational Developer for Accessibility and Inclusion at Brock University. Ann shares her journey from studying Victorian literature to becoming a staunch advocate for accessibility in education. They discuss the importance of inclusive language, the challenges of maintaining a blog and podcast, and Ann's unique a…

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Episode 18 - How Do You Solo? Interview with The Snek of Vol'dun! 1:40:07

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Episode 18 – How Do You Solo? Interview with The Snek of Vol’dun! Show Notes Welcome to Episode 18! First episode of 2025 and Season 2 of Solo Queue is an interview with The Snek of Vol’dun, a vocal proponent of making the Sethrak a playable race. A chance social media encounter turned into a great conversation with a fellow solo player. Still plan…

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Puiyin Wong 30:27

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Gettin' Air with Puiyin Wong, Head of Digital Education at the University of Birmingham and a trustee of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). Puiyin shares her journey from a closed, monetized approach to education and art to embracing openness and community in educational technology. Throughout the chat, Puiyin emphasizes the value of co…

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Episode 17 – The Real Anniversary Episode 2:12:27

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Episode 17 – The Real Anniversary Episode Show Notes Welcome to Episode 17! First year of Solo Queue in the books and stumbling into some creative WoW-adjacent media got me thinking about all the value added to WoW by content creators outside of Blizzard. Four Tanks and a Healer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A47d3fjDNSQ Stormwind University: htt…

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Dr. Nicole Johnson 33:03

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Gettin' Air with Dr. Nicole Johnson. In this episode, host Terry Greene chats with Dr. Nicole Johnson, Executive Director of the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. Together, they explore the evolving digital learning landscape in Canada, touching on the impacts of the pandemic, the role of OER, and the importance of professional develo…

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Episode 16 - How Do You Solo? Interview with Josh Allen! 1:29:37

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Episode 16 – How Do You Solo? Interview with Josh AllenShow Notes Welcome to Episode 16! Not a lot in the way of show notes for this episode. There is an intro with me trying to dream up the perfect person to talk about the past, present, and future of the Warcraft universe in the wake of Warcraft Direct. Then… Interview with Josh Allen, aka Lore, …

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Catherine Cronin & Laura Czerniewicz 38:48

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Gettin' Air with Catherine Cronin & Laura Czerniewicz. In this episode we discuss the process of crafting an audio-book version of the multi-award winning open book Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures. Editors Cronin and Czerniewicz facilitated the creation of the audio-based chapters with care and intentionality, resulting in …

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Episode 15 - Princes and Paupers 2:26:01

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Episode 15 – Princes and PaupersShow Notes Welcome to Episode 15! Anniversary Trivia returns, it is good to be in game and behind microphone again, hanging at the 20th Anniversary event, and so much going on! November News at the 20th Anniversary Celebration – 13:50•07 is coming, including Siren Isle zone.•Classic News – Cata Classic gets the Firel…

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Episode 14 - Losing the War Within My Schedule 1:50:12

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Episode 14 – Losing the War Within My ScheduleShow Notes Welcome to Episode 14! Getting the episode started, an apology for how I got it started, and can I mention my busy schedule any more times? Hold my Thunder 45… September News – Where better to do the news than at Brewfest! 15:131.RWF is over. Nuf said.2.Getting into Raid Story Mode and Max Le…

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Kimberlee Carter 27:08

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Gettin' Air with Kimberlee Carter. The road to becoming an award winning Open Education catalyst is best travelled on roller skates. In this episode we chat with Conestoga College's Kimberlee Carter about her journey into Open Education and all the people she brought along with her.By Terry Greene

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Episode 13 - Early or Not, Here It Comes 1:32:32

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Episode 13 - Early or Not, Here it ComesThe War Within launchesFull episode notes to come after I get a little sleep and get bored during a meeting at work.DaveBy Dave Gagne

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Episode 12 - You Still Want to Start WoW NoW? Part 2 1:33:35

1y ago1:33:35

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Episode 12 - You Still Want to Start WoW NoW? Part 2Show NotesOpening Bit•Official Apology letter from Solo Queue HQ for the delay of Part 2 A Few More Words on the WoW Map•The whole screen map, zooming in and out•The quest log and small map, explanation of different types of quests and all the new symbols added to the map legend A Few More Words o…

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Episode 11 – Up All Night 1:51:58

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Episode 11 – Up All NightShow Notes Welcome to Episode 11! – 3:25 (10:00 pm)The goal of this episode was to throw age to the wind and unwisely pull an all-nighter enjoying the final days of Dragonflight and recording an episode. The segments of the show are broken up by hours in the all-nighter! Stick around to find out how it goes. July News – 7:4…

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Episode 10 – How Do You Solo? Interview with Gin! 1:31:25

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Episode 10 – How Do You Solo Interview with Gin!Show Notes Welcome to Episode 10! – 3:25Introducing…Gin! – 4:37 1.Finding WoW2.Warcraft II music holds up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwWh1xy6gvU 3.History as a raider and social aspects of WoW – 15:304.How does Gin solo? Story or single-player challenges, like Delves – 28:305.Delves as the evolut…

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Episode 9 - First Raid Clear of…Dazar’alor? 1:09:51

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Episode 9 – First Raid Clear of…Dazar'alor?Show Notes Welcome to Episode 9! – 3:27•Sound issues lately - I think I have them resolved.•Goodpods listed Solo Queue was as a Top 50 video game podcast last month!•Upcoming episodes: 10 will be an HDYS interview with Gin of Live, Laugh, Lore podcast. Ep. 11 will be just the second half of the introductio…

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Episode 8 – So You Want to Start WoW NoW? 1:31:26

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Episode 8 – So You Want to Start WoW NoW?Show NotesThe Basics of WoW •What is an MMORPG (and why is this a solo podcast?)•What is WoW?◦Scene - Azeroth, Draenor, Argus and other planets in the universe◦High-fantasy world of physical combat, magic, cosmic forces, politics, conflict, and the lives of various everyday characters of many races◦Timeline …

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Episode 7 - The Just Barely Not April April Episode (Oops I…) 1:01:17

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Episode 7 - The Just Barely Not April April Episode (Oops I…) Welcome to episode 7:I started with good intentions of hitting the main topic of how to start playing WoW in 2024.Well, news swallowed up most of our time, so that topic is coming to a special episode soon! The all-new “I Was Wrong” segmentA healthy mea culpa for various incorrections in…

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Episode 6 - The Just Barely Not March March Episode 1:24:00

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Episode 6 - The Just Barely Not March March EpisodeWelcome to episode:Odd time in WoW for me, vacation, time away, busy, end of expansionBack to some basics. We are in one of my favorite Horde starting zones, MulgoreWhat did I accomplish in WoW last month?•Vacation stuff•No SoD•Did rip out the Hearthstone event•Did my March Trading Post and 1000 te…

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Dave Kelly on the Nuances of Public Forecasting 37:07

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Dave Kelly’s career on snow has included stints forecasting for a remote narrow-gauge, trans-national railroad on behalf of the Alaska DOT. He’s also put in time at Turoa, one of the largest ski areas in New Zealand. And for 16 years, he worked as a ski patroller at Alta. He joined the Utah Avalanche Center in the 2022-23 season as a forecaster for…

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Jeff Gallant 35:46

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Gettin Air with Jeff Gallant. Jeff is the Program Director of Affordable Learning Georgia, which promotes student success and fosters educational equity through its programs to boost the use of affordable and open educational resources. Jeff joins the show to tell us how his journey to saving students in Georgia millions in textbook costs all start…

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Episode 5 - What to Expect When You’re Expecting (a new expansion) 1:06:36

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Episode 5 - What to Expect When You're Expecting (a WoW expansion) Show Notes Welcome back for episode 5 of Solo Queue and welcome to you if this is your first time listening. 1. Opening thoughts Coming to you from the westernmost island of Pandaria, in the Townlong Steppes and looking for any sign of a land mass that could host The War Within. I a…

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Craig Gordon and the Zen of Solo Touring 41:19

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More often than not, UAC forecaster Craig Gordon heads into the backcountry alone. He loves it. the solitude. Moving at his own pace. Spending as much time as he wants, as much time as it takes to understand the snowpack. He also understands the risks involved in touring alone. Craig joins us to talk through two of his most memorable solo backcount…

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Blair Niblett 27:24

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Gettin' Air with Blair Niblett. Dr. Niblett is Associate Professor in the School of Education at Trent University. This episode was brought to you by Trent University's Centre for Teaching and Learning. The CTL produces a wonderful monthly newsletter called Teaching Notes and February's newsletter is focused on care and kindness in education. We th…

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Jon Dron 33:21

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Gettin' Air with Jon Dron. Professor Jon Dron is the Associate Dean, Learning & Assessment in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Athabasca University and a British National Teaching Fellow. Dr. Dron joins the show to chat a little bit about how education works via his latest book: How Education Works: Teaching, Technology, and Technique.…

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Dr. Verena Roberts 31:29

1+ y ago31:29

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Gettin' Air with Verena Roberts. Dr. Roberts joins the show to chat about Open Education in K12 vs. Higher Ed, PhD learning journeys, and learning designers in the margins. Oh and we also accidentally ruin the Oilers almost-record-breaking winning streak with our predictions.By Terry Greene

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Toby Weed on Sharing the Joys of Powder Snow 33:16

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If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's snow. In his 20-plus years as a UAC forecaster for the Logan region, Toby Weed has seen snow's uniting effects. The Logan mountains boast an abundance of terrain, and for years, motorized and non-motorized users battled for the best slopes. But, Weed says, these days, things have changed. He joins us t…

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Episode 4 - The First ”How Do You Solo?” Interview featuring Gershom! 1:21:13

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Show Notes for Episode 4:I hope you enjoy this first attempt to interview members of the World of Warcraft community about how they play, the role WoW plays in their lives, and issues around the game.For a first interview subject, the choice was obvious. As co-host of the Thrall's Balls podcast, Gershom was the first WoW content creator to reach ou…

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Paige Pagnucco on Effective Messaging in Culturally Complex Terrain 33:02

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There isn’t any hard data on this, but it seems safe to say that Paige Pagnucco is one of very few people who are both full-time avalanche forecasters and MBAs. In fact, she may well be a group of one. Pagnucco, who forecasts for the Logan region, says that, while it may not seem like it at first, there’s actually some significant overlap between b…

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Episode 3 - Are the Seeds of Renewal Worth Planting? 1:15:36

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Episode 3 is up and focused on the breadth of features in 10.2.5. Are you liking the breadth or wishing for more depth? Ever completed a Superbloom but forgot to pick up the quest first? Comments, answers & help for all of it, along with an expansion announcement! (SQ, not WoW) SQ Ep. 3 is on your podcast platform of choice. I'll see you out there!…

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Eric Trenbeath on the Communal Impact of a Tragic Avalanche 39:50

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The La Sal Mountains of southeastern Utah erupt out of the surrounding red rock desert. They sport steep slopes and big alpine lines that just beg to be skied. But this is expert terrain, says UAC forecaster Eric Trenbeath. It’s highly avalanche prone, especially in the heart of winter, when the coverage is thin. Trenbeath is based in Moab, and he’…

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Episode 2 - Is This the Golden Age? 1:19:33

2y ago1:19:33

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Ep. 2 Show NotesNews: 2024 Roadmap; Community Council Interview, 10.2.5 soon!Side Quest: PTR Follower Dungeons reviewMy Month in WoW: Many levels from XP boost, trivia; breaking down & joining SoDQuestion of the Month: What excites you about WoW’s future?Next Month: What are you using your boost on?Main Topic: Is WoW entering a Golden Age? YES!Cont…

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Greg Gagne on Developing a Conservative Mindset and Cultivating Community 50:10

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Greg Gagne is a self-described conservative backcountry skier. His greatest satisfaction comes from putting in the work before entering avalanche terrain. He wants to know, as well as he possibly can, that the snow he’s traveling on and around is stable. Greg joins us to explore how we grow our knowledge and experience in avalanche terrain, and we …

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Nikki Champion on Forecast Accuracy and Finding Your Way 30:35

2y ago30:35

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UAC forecaster Nikki Champion knows first-hand the challenge of charting a career path in snow and avalanche science. She joins us to talk about how having role models and mentors that looked like her helped her find her way. We also talk about her recent ISSW paper evaluating the accuracy of the avalanche center’s forecasts in the last few years.…