Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 9

Hilary's MountainCast!

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A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies
Day 9: Postscript: Return To Civilization As We Know It

· Happy Dog

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 8

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 8: Hiking Out By The Iceline Trail

· Last Morning

· Tea Stop #6 (Referred To Incorrectly As Tea Stop #5)

· Last Leg On The Road

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 7

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 7: Actual Rest Day

· Morning, Babbling Hilary And Brook, Garlic Pudding

· Nostalgia In The Meadow

· Napping

· Saturday Night

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 6

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 6: Isolated Peak

• Summiting Isolated
• Arrival Of Last Member Of The Climbing Party: My Father
• On Descent: Bottom Of The Glacier
• Logistics Of Privacy On The Scree Slope
• Torrential Rain
• Half-Naked Men And Lasagne
• Liar Dice, Stars, Lightning And A Cylon

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 5

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 5: Pseudo Rest Day
· Hiking To Catch Up With Dad
· Tea Stop #4
· Descent And Mountain Views
· Waiting And Worrying
· Return

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 4

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 4: Aborted Presidents

· Wardrobe Malfunction And Retreat
· Lunch And Traffic Jam
· Salsa Music Clip
· Timing
· After Dinner
· Late After Party And Salsa Lesson

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 3

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 3: World's Best Ridge Walk: Whaleback

• Tea Stop #3 By Twin Falls
• Summit Waiting For The Crew
• After Dinner

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 2

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 2: First Summit; Mount Kerr
· Morning/Breakfast
· Tea Stop #2 Summit Of Mount Kerr
· Top Of The World Warbling
· Dying Glaciers
· Sound Of Water
· After Dinner

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 1

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 1: Hiking into the Little Yoho Valley

• Tea Stop #1/ Lunch Break
• Arrival
• After Dinner

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 0, Part 2

Hilary's MountainCast!
A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies

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Day 0, Part Two: Border Crossing (17')

• Wendy's versus DQ
• The Philosophy Of American Wanderlust
• Approaching The Border
• On Vacation With My First Boyfriend
• Urban Versus Rural Meets My Bad Sense Of Direction

Year-End Podcast Extra - Dec 31 09 - Day 0, Part 1

Year-End Podcast Extra: Hilary's Mountain Audio Journal!

A Special Year-End Podcast, From Hilary’s Trip To The Canadian Rockies Last Summer, August 16^th Thru The 23^rd, 2009, Our New Year’s Gift To You!

Week-Long Alpine Club Fall Hiking Camp at the Stanley Mitchell Hut in Little Yoho Valley (Canadian Rockies)

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From the urban wilderness to the actual wilderness and back again.

Almost every year from the age of six to sixteen, Hilary spent a week of her summer vacation in the northern Canadian Rocky Mountains with her sister and parents at the annual Family Camp run by the international mountaineering organization known as the Alpine Club.

They would hook up with other ACC-affiliated families, drive out to the middle of the Rocky Mountains, hike in with enough food and gear for a week, and live communally in a rustic log cabin. Days were spent hiking, nights eating, playing cards, and sitting by the wood stove with friends.

The very first of these trips took place in 1977, shortly after Hilary's family moved out west to Edmonton for her dad's new government job as a computer systems analyst.

The camp that year was in the Little Yoho Valley, one of the most scenic and hikeable areas in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and the group stayed at the Stanley Mitchell Hut; many similar cabins owned by the Alpine Club are found throughout the mountain range, and serve as staging points for mountaineers to take hiking, climbing or skiing day trips deeper into the wilderness than is possible if they had to start from a parking lot near the freeway.

Thirty-two years later, this August, Hilary met up with her dad and sister to participate in the adult Fall camp organized by the Alpine Club at the same hut – the Stanley Mitchell in Little Yoho Valley.

Listen in as Hilary shares daily highlights from her audio diary, reflects on how that early wilderness experience shaped her life and comments on how the area has changed in the past three decades.

Day 0: On The Freeway: Seattle to Abbotsford (Two Parts)

Before you can hike, you have to drive; Hilary drives across the Canadian border to pick up her father and sister from a rural BC airport.

To hear the other segments, go to the other days listed above this post!

Day 0, Part One: Hitting The Road (15')

· Escape From Seattle
· Lesbian Cat Litter Wars
· Old School Mountaineers And Their Gear
· Stuck In Everett Traffic
· Falling Asleep At The Wheel
· Musical Rant
· Speeding

Episode 12.5 - Dec 24th 2009 - Fans Extra

I DREAM OF MOTORCYCLES...AND SLEEPING...AND MASTURBATING?

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Time: 1:07:00

Back by no one's demand except for Edward T and Hilary's own inability to stop talking, another fan's extra podcast!

This time, Hilary and Edward T talk about ETM's transportation woes, dreams and their purpose in our lives, Hilary's psychic abilities, and masturbation.

Would you expect anything less?

Edward T's "Just a little too small" 1982 Honda CB900F Super Sport (Picture from 1985).

This Episode's References Include:

The City of Seattle's Fantastic Transportation Plan for the Future, Pedestrianism:

http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/pedestrian.htm

"The Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan is a long-term action plan to make Seattle the most walkable city in the nation."
"Walking is the basic form of transportation and one that most people rely on every day."
(Really? Gee, and I could swear I was driving my car from the kitchen to the living room every night. Nice job Seattle, great transportation planning - etm).

NOVA show about dreams from PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dreams/

Galileo Galilei, who regardless of what Edward T thinks, was NOT put to death:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

LIVE - Saturday the 19th of December!

OUR FIRST LIVE PODCAST IS NOW RECORDED AND IN THE CAN!

Look to your right!

Or go here for the show: 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edwardtmartin/2009/12/20/edward-t-and-hilarys-first-live-podcast

Episode 12 - Dec 17 2009 - This Canadian's American Life

THIS CANADIAN'S AMERICAN LIFE!

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Hilary thinks Ira Glass's "This American Life" is the greatest radio show ever. Edward T decided to sample it and found it wanting, to say the least. What to do? Argue, of course.

And of course, Hilary comes to the discussion with facts and a whole bunch of examples and evidence to back her up. Edward T comes with his opinion. Will Hilary win him over? Or will he remain blissfully stubborn? Find out!

In the Science Minute, Hilary has information about fruit bats and fellatio. Say what? It's true, find out how!

And in the Media Minute, Edward T introduces you to the film "The Last Picture Show", a truly brilliant work from 1971.

This Episode's References Include:

This American Life:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Specific shows:

Shows about the Economy: Radio Episodes 355, 365, 390

Show about Fear of Sleep: Episode 361

Show about Julia Sweeney: Episode 9

The Moth, a storytelling organization in NYC:

http://www.themoth.org/

Beth Lapides' Un-Cabaret, Original Source Material by Comedians, Where Julia Sweeney First Performed the Pieces Referenced in the Show:

http://www.uncabaret.com/

The Last Picture Show:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Picture_Show

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/

Peter Bogdanovich:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bogdanovich

Preview of Our First VIDEO Podcast!

OUR FIRST VIDEO PODCAST IS COMING SOON!

Here's a preview!

(Don't worry, the camera work gets better).

Stay tuned for more!

Episode 11 - Dec 03 2009

I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU!

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Time: 61:20

What is that weird and kooky feeling you get in your gut when you see someone for the first time, or when you're around someone a lot, and you just feel dizzy and lightheaded and wish you could just float off in a boat with that person?

Well, Hilary and Edward T call it a CRUSH and they explore their life experiences, past and present, with this mood-altering 'thing' that seems to happen to all of us at one time or another.

In her own brilliant way, Hilary informs us that a crush may not just be in our minds - that there is (you guessed it), science going on here!

Also, Edward T presents another Media Minute. This time around, he introduces you to a radio show about the media - the media looking at media. Huh? Tune in and find out.

More Information On Items Referenced In This Podcast:

Tim "The Prophet" Malloy and Friends Live Comedy Show:

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com

• Saturday, December 12th, 2009 at 10:30 p.m.
• The Odd Duck Studio (Theatre), Seattle
• Capitol Hill, on 10th Ave Between Union St and Madison St
• How 'bout a Map?: Click Here

Rain Country - The Gay Country Dancing Social Organization:

http://www.raincountrydance.org/index.asp

The Cuff - Seattle's Gay Leather Bar

http://www.cuffcomplex.com/

Link to Scientific Article Hilary Quoted About the Science of Love and Crushes (from the February 12, 2004 edition of The Economist):

http://www.oxytocin.org/oxytoc/love-science.html

WNYC's "On The Media" Radio Program Can Be Found:

• In Seattle, on KUOW 94.9 FM, Sunday Nights at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
• Or online at http://onthemedia.org/

Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Original Sound Track", Including the Song "Christmas Time is Here":

Episode 10.5 - Nov 19th 2009

HOLIDAY SPECIAL, 2009! - PART II

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Time: 52:36

The special holiday edition of the show continues! Hilary and Edward T continue kicking off the 2009 holiday season by going insane - getting together with their family!

On this, their tenth (and a half) podcast, they talk to Edward T's mom in Phoenix, Arizona. We get to know her a little bit, then Edward T pushes her to tell embarrassing stories of his youth. Turns out he was a little bit of a comic book fan - and a grocery store hustler.

And be sure to catch the first part of the show, which is on Episode 10 (Click Here), in which Hilary and Edward T call her parents in Canada.

Above, Clockwise from Upper Left: Edward T's mom, Ruthann, his dad, George Michael "Mike" Martin, Edward T, and his older brother, Daniel Floyd Martin, in 1968.

Right: Edward T. and his mom, Ruthann, in June 2007.

Right: Edward T. and his older brother Dan, a.k.a. "Marty", a sweet and lovable guy, yet sometimes known as the grouchiest man in the world.

Episode 10 - Nov 19th 2009

HOLIDAY SPECIAL, 2009! - PART I

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Time: 54:20

A special holiday edition of the show! Hilary and Edward T have decided to kick off the 2009 holiday season by doing what most insane people do - getting together with their family!

On this, their tenth podcast, they talk to Hilary's parents via Skype internet phone, in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada - that's right, a big international phone call! They get to know her parents a little bit, especially how they met, and find out that Hilary was a car model (kind of).

Edward T asks Hilary's mom how she met her husband; she then shares with them a story she wrote. Then Hilary's dad comes on & tells them about his upbringing. They find out that he took Hilary all over the place when she was a baby - even skiing! Zoiks!

The show continues on Episode 10.5 (Click Here), when Hilary and Edward T call his mom in Arizona.

Left: Hilary strikes a Madonna-esque pose in front of the hot, new Pontiac Fiero GT at the GM Pavillion at Expo '86, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Above, Upper Photo: At the wedding of Hilary's Mom & Dad.

(L-R): Hilary's Grandmother, Anne Fergusson; Hilary's Grandfather, James Fergusson; Hilary's Mom, Marian Isabelle (nee Fergusson) Kemp; Hilary's Dad, Philip Andrew Kemp; Hilary's Aunt, Joan (nee Sweet) Fergusson; and David Kirkham, best man at the wedding.

Above, Lower Photo: Hilary's Mom & Dad sign a marriage register in the vestry of the church after the ceremony.

Above: Hilary's Dad, with none other than Hilary (and a piece of bologna).

Episode 9.5 - Nov 05 2009

FANS' EXTRA PART DEUX!

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Left: Edward T as Dr. Phil

Right: Hilary as Shotgun Wedding Barbie

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Time: 1:01:47

You asked for it - you got it! Back by popular demand, a fans' extra podcast. Alright, well maybe it's because we talk too long and have to bust it up into two podcasts, but still, we listened and we responded!

In their own inimitable fashion, Hilary and Edward T catch up on their last two weeks, including Hallowe'en. They discuss costumes and the cultural impact of the doll Barbie.

Hilary has been getting to know her new job, and Edward T dropped by Hilary's work for lunch.

This launches them on a conversation about science, science labs, junior high school desires and wondering what they wanted to do with their lives, compared to what they did with their lives, and what they've done/what they are doing to change that.

They also discuss communication and its purpose in our lives, especially when used in a certain context, which drives Edward T crazy and sometimes Hilary too!

And Edward T breaks out his Dr. Phil McGraw impersonation...

Video of Louis C.K. on Conan O'Brian - Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN0MpBQG3-E

Take a peek at the place that Hilary and Edward T go Salsa dancing - The Century Ballroom! (A most excellent place):

http://www.centuryballroom.com/

And this is where Edward T went to lunch - Hilary's work! Check out what the The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) is all about:

http://www.fhcrc.org/

Snap Custom Clothing

http://www.companycasuals.com/snapshirts/start.jsp

The online book of C elegans biology, "WormBook"

http://www.wormbook.org/

Book: Stumbling on Happiness

Enjoy!