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Verge of the Fringe

Verge of the Fringe

Lance Anderson

Lance Anderson's raw storytelling podcast. Spoken word, music and weird phone ramblings to "Dude."
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Verge of the Fringe episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Verge of the Fringe for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Verge of the Fringe episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Verge of the Fringe - Remembering Thomas, Vin and Olivia
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08/10/22 • -1 min


Hey Dude, I fondly reflect on the passing of our beloved cat Thomas, the great Vin Scully, and the luminous Olivia Newton-John. I also find time to whine about not making it on the radio.
QUOTE: "A tear welled up in his left eye."AUDIO LINK
PEOPLE: Zane Grey, Vin Scully, Chick Hearn, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Jake Downey, John Rabe, John Doe, Petros Papadakis, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Farrah Fawcett
PLACES: Zane Grey Estate, Altadena, Burbank, Los Angeles, America, Dodger Stadium, Iowa, Pasadena City College
RADIO/PODCASTS: KPCC, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, NPR, Radio, LAist Studios, Imperfect Paradise, Off-Ramp
THINGS: Thomas (The Cat), pandemic, MLB All-Star Game, Facebook, Twitter, Dodgers, Lakers, Grease, If Not For You
SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, cars, train, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Thomas' Last Day in the Garden" by Marisol on her iPhone XS
RECORDED: August 9, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
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Verge of the Fringe - Rebel Without a Reunion

Rebel Without a Reunion

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09/02/23 • -1 min

Hey Dude, the brewing storm inside my sobriety kept me from going to my North Hollywood High School "rebel reunion" for the class of 1984. I also riff on the weather.

QUOTE: "The wind blowing kinda stirred my soul."

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PEOPLE: Sinéad O'Connor, Dean Whitbread

PLACES: North Hollywood High School, Walter Reed Junior High School

THINGS: Tropical Storm Hilary, History of Podcasting

SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, knee pop, motorcycle, helicopter, birds, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes

GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal

PHOTO: "Football Profile Pic" with my iPhone XS

RECORDED: September 1, 2023 from the "Lavina Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California

GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.

HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

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Verge of the Fringe - Cassavetes on Columbo

Cassavetes on Columbo

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11/02/20 • -1 min

Hey Dude, I express my deep love for the TV show Columbo after watching "pioneer of American cinema" John Cassavetes guest star alongside his friend and collaborator Peter Falk.

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QUOTE: "I started to measure time by how many Columbos"

PEOPLE: Howard Hughes

ACTORS/FILMMAKERS: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Blythe Danner, Myrna Loy, Martin Scorsese, Gena Rowlands,Wim Wenders, Joseph Dougherty, Ben Gazzara

TV/FILMS: The Rockford Files, Columbo, Husbands, A Woman Under the Influence, Wings of Desire, Monk, The Dick Cavett Show, Shadows, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

PLACES: Los Angeles, The Hollywood Bowl, Altadena, Burbank

THINGS: macaroni and cheese, Amazon Prime, noodge, independent film, DIY, New Yorker Columbo cartoon, Beat Generation, mail-in ballots

SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, birds, necklace, airplanes, hummingbird

GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal

PHOTO: "Cassavetes on Columbo Googled" shot on my "new" iPhone6

RECORDED: October 30, 2020 in the new "Cafe Cherie Studio" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California

GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.

HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwreckedand host of Create Art Podcast)

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.


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Verge of the Fringe - Bittersweet Sixteen

Bittersweet Sixteen

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03/09/21 • -1 min

Hey Dude, on my 16th anniversary of podcasting I remember my long lost buddy Joe and his tragic passing. I also trip on the brutal Allen v Farrow documentary.
QUOTE: "I'm ready to chase after Spalding Gray."

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PEOPLE: Woody Allen, Dylan Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Rat Pack, Spalding Gray, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, David Letterman
PLACES: Hollywood Burbank Airport, Universal City
THINGS: podcasting, Allen v Farrow, HBO, Vanity Fair, Healthy Human, Hanna-Barbera, Kinko's
SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, airplane, canteen
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Burbank Foothills from the Lookout Chair" Burbank, California
RECORDED: March 8, 2021 from the "Lookout Chair" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

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Verge of the Fringe - Howard Hughes and The Americans
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06/01/22 • -1 min


Hey Dude, I riff and ramble about Howard Hughes and his dirty fingerprints all over the 20th century. I also admit to going on a 48 binge of The Americans.
QUOTE: "Another time, another dime."

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PEOPLE: Ray Liotta, Edward Albee, James Ellroy, Howard Hughes, JKF, RFK, Larry O'Brien, Richard Nixon, Robert Maheu, Blayney F. Matthews, J.L. Warner, Keri Russell
PLACES: Watergate Hotel, Iowa, California, Shoreline Village, Long Beach
THINGS: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia, American Tabloid, Watergate, Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, DNC,aviation
TV/FILM: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Licorice Pizza, The Sopranos, The Many Saints of Newark, The Americans,Mission Impossible, Warner Bros., Felicity
SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, jet, birds, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Shoreline Village Chimes" iPhone XS
RECORDED: May 29, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwreckedand host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

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Verge of the Fringe - Kerouac 100, Anderson 17

Kerouac 100, Anderson 17

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03/16/22 • -1 min



Hey Dude, I riff about the relative indifference to Jack Kerouac's 100th birthday by the popular culture, and how my 17th anniversary in podcasting was politely ignored.
QUOTE: "He loves the word sad, I love the word sad."AUDIO LINK
PEOPLE: Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Doors, Patti Smith
PLACES: Altadena, Zane Grey Estate, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Broadway
THINGS: #Kerouac100, Health-Ade Kombucha, spontaneous prose, Interstate Highways, Route 66, Academy Awards, manual typewriter, Talk Nerdy to Me, Let It Go
SOUNDS: wind, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes jet, airplane, virgin cocktail, footsteps
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Here Comes the Sun" iPhone XS
RECORDED: March 15, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwreckedand host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
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Verge of the Fringe - Rebuilding My Engine

Rebuilding My Engine

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07/02/23 • -1 min


Hey Dude, my life has been a real jigsaw puzzle, slowly put back together this past month. Not only does my truck have a rebuilt engine, I may have found my voice...again.

QUOTE: "At first I thought it was going to be a disaster, but in the end, it was perfect."

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PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, John in the UK, Father Time, Joseph Dougherty
PLACES: Altadena Library, Bob Lucas Branch, Bob's Big Boy (Toluca Lake), Yosemite, Fresno, Oakhurst, Frazier Park, Los Angeles County, Bakersfield, Central Valley
THINGS: Ford Ranger Truck, History of Podcasting, Facebook, Podcast Movement
SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, wind, birds, plane, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Intro Pod Tweet" with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: June 29, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

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Verge of the Fringe - Inspired by Annie Lennox (and Friends)
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11/27/22 • -1 min

Hey Dude, I was feeling deep blue until I saw a Facebook post from an old high school classmate, and later the video of Annie Lennox getting inducted into the Rock Hall.

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QUOTE: "Whenever I need to jump start my creativity, I watch it."

PEOPLE: Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, Edge, U2, The Tourists, Freddie Mercury, Queen, David Bowie, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Jack Kerouac

PLACES: The Valley, North Hollywood High School, Wembley Stadium, Universe

THINGS: ADU, Facebook, "California Girls", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Story Salon, "Under Pressure", Showgirls, Bound, Thanksgiving

SOUNDS: wind, birds, footsteps, gravel path, saw, dog bark, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes

GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal

PHOTO: "Google Lennox and Bowie" with my iPhone XS

RECORDED: November 22, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California

GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.

HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.


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Verge of the Fringe - Don Crackpot

Don Crackpot

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04/20/21 • -1 min

Hey Dude, while listening to a lot of mystery and conspiracy style podcasts, I've uncovered a host who has never seen the Godfather Part II.
QUOTE: "It's like saying you've never seen Star Wars."

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PEOPLE: The Black Dahlia, Howard Hughes, Scott Warmuth, Bob Dylan, JFK, RFK, Robert Maheu, Fidel Castro, Lee Harvey Oswald
PLACES: Sunset Blvd., Cuba, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Soviet Union
PODCASTS: Root of Evil, RFK Tapes, Crackpot Podcast
FILMS/FILMMAKERS: Mission Impossible, Godfather Part II, Al Pacino
THINGS: Watergate, FBI, CIA, Mafia, Citizen Hughes
SOUNDS: wind, birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, car horn
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Citizen Hughes"shot on my iPhone6
RECORDED: April 16, 2021 from the "Garden Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.


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How many episodes does Verge of the Fringe have?

Verge of the Fringe currently has 55 episodes available.

What topics does Verge of the Fringe cover?

The podcast is about Word, Art, Music, Anderson, Storytelling, Podcasts, Books, Arts, Fringe, California and Performing Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Verge of the Fringe?

The episode title 'Marc of the Joker' is the most popular.

How often are episodes of Verge of the Fringe released?

Episodes of Verge of the Fringe are typically released every 23 days, 6 hours.

When was the first episode of Verge of the Fringe?

The first episode of Verge of the Fringe was released on Aug 31, 2019.

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