Uintah Basin High Strangeness is a six-part investigative audio series from V6 Media that explores one of the world’s strangest landscapes—Utah’s Uintah Basin. From UFO sightings and cattle mutilations to Native traditions, government surveillance, and first-hand encounters, the series weaves together voices of experiencers, investigators, skeptics, and locals to uncover why this remote region has become a magnet for the unexplained. Uintah Basin High Strangeness is best enjoyed with headphones.
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Welcome to Raised by VHS – the podcast that rewinds to the glory days of late fees, staff picks, and the movies that molded us. From dusty action flicks to cult comedies and everything in between, we revisit the VHS tapes that raised us—one rental at a time. Hosted by Coby and Cam, two lifelong friends raised on a steady diet of 80s and 90s movies, this podcast dives into one film per episode with a mix of nostalgia, trivia, behind-the-scenes chaos, and ridiculous side segments. We’re not cr ...
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Go inside the stories of the documentary series Small Town Comeback. This original series, filmed in Vernal, Utah, follows a small town revitalizing its downtown to bring back its Main Street charm. Documentary director, Becca Summers, speaks with locals from the film about what it takes to create a thriving Downtown and diversify their economy. Their stories explore how innovation, grit, and community are crucial for rural success.
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The Online Electronics Apprenticeship
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The Karate Kid (1984) – RBVHS Ep. 2 Cam’s pick takes us back to 1984 for a VHS classic packed with awkward teen romance, Cobra Kai chaos, and the most memorable training montage of the decade. We kick things off with Memory Lane stories about backyard crane kicks and karate gi pajamas, then break down the film scene by scene — from Daniel’s rough C…
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Strange lights. Cattle mutilations. Government surveillance. And at the center of it all—Skinwalker Ranch. Uintah Basin High Strangeness is a six-part investigative series exploring why this remote corner of Utah has become ground zero for the unexplained. Episode one is coming soon (date TBD). Hit subscribe so you don’t miss the beginning of the s…
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🎬 Raised by VHS – Special Features #1 📄 Episode Description Between our regular movie breakdowns, we’re rolling out a new kind of episode — Special Features. These are shorter, looser shows where we update you on what we’ve been watching, talk upcoming releases, and throw in a fun segment or two. 🧱 Episode Breakdown 🎥 What We’ve Been Watching Coby …
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📄 Episode Description We’re fired up for Episode One of Raised by VHS and we’re kicking it off with pure early ’90s blockbuster energy – Days of Thunder (1990)! Tom Cruise’s NASCAR-fueled “Top Gun on wheels” was one of the defining movies of our childhood, and we’re talking about why it still slaps, where it doesn’t hold up, and the wild behind‑the…
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Raised by VHS – Official Trailer Step back into the glow of the TV screen and the hiss of the VCR with Raised by VHS, the podcast that celebrates the movies that shaped a generation. Each week, Coby and Cam rewind to a different film from the VHS era—digging into behind-the-scenes stories, ridiculous trivia, and the nostalgia that made these movies…
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Building Up Rural Tech: Vernal’s Innovation Hub
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Episode Synopsis: Watch the Documentary Series Watch this episode of Small Town Comeback, an original documentary series, at www.smalltowncomeback.org Show Notes & Links: Check out Vernal’s Innvation Hub: vernalinnovationhub.com Visit Vernal, Utah: dinoland.com Sponsors This episode is brought to you by: Uintah County Travel and Tourism Uintah Coun…
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Saving Mainstreet: Downtown Revitalization Episode Part 2
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Episode Synopsis: With an ambitious Downtown plan, demolition and construction kick off to revitalize Vernal’s Downtown Main Street. The momentum starts to bring new businesses and new nightlife to Main Street. Becca, the documentary series producer of Small Town Comeback, chats with Quinn Bennion, Vernal City Manager, and Gabby Hawkes Blackburn, f…
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Strengthening Rural Air Travel: Vernal Regional Airport
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Episode Synopsis: Rural air travel is growing! Ken Campbell, Vernal Regional Airport, and Quinn Bennion, Vernal City Manager, talk with Becca about the airport's updates, challenges, and future forecasts. Watch the Documentary Series Watch this episode of Small Town Comeback, an original documentary series, at www.smalltowncomeback.org Show Notes &…
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Episode Synopsis: The Buckskin Hills Drag Strip is the ONLY functioning Drag Strip in Utah. Two local racers, Bo Ellis and Dan Dilsaver, chat about the journey of creating the new drag strip and how it’s bringing in racers from all over the country. Watch the Documentary Series Watch this episode of Small Town Comeback, an original documentary seri…
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Utah & The Paranormal: The Rise of Rural Filmmaking
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Episode Synopsis: Come behind the scenes as we chat about the rise of rural filmmaking within our small town. Hit shows like The Secret of SkinWalker Ranch and Blind Frog Ranch have created an increase in film tourism in our town. It’s becoming a must-see paranormal hot spot for filmmakers and visitors from all over the world. Becca chats with Lesh…
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Building Up Rural Tech: Part 2 Episode Synopsis: Ted Munford (local business owner of Techris) has worked in the rural tech scene for almost 20 years. Kray Halsem (local Web Developer) found his tech career after a life-altering airplane accident. These two rural tech professionals share their journey into tech, lessons they’ve learned, and advice …
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Building Up Rural Tech - Part 1 Episode Synopsis: Finding talent to fill rural-based tech jobs is tricky. Our small town works with the program DevPipeline to train rural web developers and software engineers. Travis Campbell, Uintah County Economic Development Director, and Jason Fletcher, CEO of DevPipeline, share how this collaboration has creat…
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Saving Kids Canal Episode Synopsis: Kids Canal is a 100-year-old nature space in Vernal, Utah, where kids can freely play, swim, fish, and explore. Recently, the Kids Canal was in danger of being destroyed. As our small town grows, things inevitably change. But we don’t want everything to change. Today I’m talking with Sam Passey (Uintah County Lib…
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Business Pitch Winner: Elite Equine Episode Synopsis: Rural Utah has thousands of horses. When you drive around our small town, you’ll see horse after horse in pastures. Two local women saw a huge gap in the equestrian industry and are working together to fill it. In this episode, you’ll hear the journey and lessons learned from business pitch comp…
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Dinah “SOAR Days Hot Air Balloon Episode Synopsis: Get a sneak peek into Utah’s Biggest Hot Air Balloon Festival! Event Director Lesha Coltharp (Uintah County Travel & Tourism Director) and Steve Jones (local hot air balloon pilot & local restaurant owner) share the strategy for growing this massive festival, its economic impact, and how events lik…
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Mural Magic on Main Street Episode Synopsis: Local artist Jordan Clark (owner of Ninty1 Designs) shares his journey of starting a spray paint mural company. Lesha Coltharp (Uintah County Tourism and Event Director) shares how murals and other local art efforts are elevating the look and feel of their small town. Watch the Documentary Series Watch t…
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Market on Main Street Episode Synopsis: Trisha Sorensen, creator of a local cookie empire, shares her journey of growing from a home baker to owning a downtown bakery and consignment store. Her dream was only made possible by a new local business pitch competition, Rise and Thrive. We speak with the pitch founder, Sylvia Wilkins, and hear how this …
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Saving Main Street: Vernal’s Downtown Revitalization (Part 1)
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Saving Main Street: Vernal’s Downtown Revitalization (Part 1) Episode Synopsis: How do you revitalize a crumbling downtown? Quinn Bennion (Vernal City Manager) and Gabby Hawkes Blackburn (Vernal City Assistant City Manager) share the community’s strategy and journey of bringing back a vibrant Main Street to their small town. Watch the Documentary S…
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CEP015 – Finishing Prototypes with Zack Freedman
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This is a crossover episode with The Amp Hour podcast (also made by Chris) Welcome, Zack Freedman of Voidstar Lab Zack Freedman is a prototyping engineer turned YouTuber who makes bombastic videos about 3D printed creations and getting projects across the finish line. He joins Chris to talk about his past hardware designs and what he will be buildi…
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CEP014 – Moving to KiCad V6 with Jon Evans
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Welcome, Jon Evans of the KiCad project! Jon Evans is a longtime developer on the KiCad project and practicing EE at Formlabs. He joins Chris to talk about the future of KiCad, including features that are coming in V6. Show Notes 0:00 Introduction 2:15 Making changes to the platform 4:00 History of the codebase – Chat with the KiCad team about V6 a…
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CEP013 – Open Source Robotics with Kat Scott
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Welcome, Kat Scott of Open Robotics! Kat is a developer advocate at Open Robotics, the company behind software like the open source Robot Operating System (ROS). Kat joins Chris to talk about how to create high complexity robotic creations and also how to create the lower level electronics that integrate into larger ROS systems. Kat is a member of …
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CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern
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Welcome, Becky Stern! Becky is an artist and content producer who works electronics into projects using a wide variety of media and construction techniques. Becky also teaches a class on electronics at SVA in NYC. She is a product manager at Instructables. Show Notes Her most recent project: Zodiac Embroidery Slack status updater Collaboration with…
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CEP011 – Environmental Monitoring with Conservify
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Welcome, Conservify! Our guests today Shah Selbe Jacob Lewallen Bradley Gawthrop Show Notes Conservify is creating the FieldKit, a new modular system for environmental monitoring for research scientists and citizen scientists. FieldKit goes arboreal Testing for wild hardware Open source! Check out the hardware and firmware on Github The hardware Fi…
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CEP010 – Low Volume and Low Cost with Timon Skerutsch
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Welcome, Timon Skerutsch (@timonsku)! Show notes Timon and Chris know each other from Twitter and from past Hackaday events (Timon won one of the Hackaday Prize awards for his Linux Tablet) Timon has been doing experiments with the recently released Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) This includes creating a carrier board using an Othermill circui…
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CEP009 – Meta Learning Electronics with Mike Cheich and Phil FitzGerald
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About the guests/host Mike Cheich runs Programming Electronics academy. He has also been on Chris’s other podcast in the past. Phil FitzGerald is an educational coach via The Compelling Message Chris teaches at Contextual Electronics Discussion topics Teaching how to make a sandwich Is the knowledge in reach and is it relevant? Most people that are…
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CEP008 – Building Rockets with Joe Barnard (Interview)
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Joe Barnard is a rocketeer who runs BPS.space Joe is helping to bring Thrust Vector Control to the field of model rocketry He got started wanting to work for SpaceX, but has expanded the scope of things he’s interested in doing long term The signal board is available for sale Check out the evolution of control electronics that have gone on his rock…
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CEP007 – Combining Art and Technology with Sarah Petkus
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Sarah’s personal site (shown throughout the video) She Bon is a project exploring human sexuality and helping people discuss it in a more healthy way. It has multiple smaller projects we discussed HotSpot PulsePack Sarah shows the hardware to different groups. The hackers at DEFCON are different than the artists at Ars Electronica Sarah entered the…
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CEP006 – Cellular Design Review with Roy Chen
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Today we’re talking with Roy Chen from Quectel. He is a field applications engineer and has been helping people design cellular modules into their designs. This is the PDF design review document that Quectel created This is the powerpoint based PDF document that Quectel created BG95 EG91 Quectel The ABC course for Contextual Electronics Contextual …
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