New Podcast Up: Special Guest – Patrick Hurd!

This week I am suffering from the throes of bronchitis, which would be awful if people had to listen to constant coughing into the microphone. So, my co-host Ryan McKinley managed to get veteran podcaster and Star Wars content writer for The Laughing Place, Patrick Hurd.  Patrick delivers some excellent advice to novice podcasters and

3 Ways to Keep Your Villain from Monologuing

When my kids were little, they loved watching the Disney Pixar film The Incredibles.  During this film there is a scene where the villain, Syndrome, defeats Mr. Incredible with his terrible machine and then when he’s telling Mr. Incredible about his evil plans Incredible throws a log at him.  Syndrome dodges it, traps Mr. Incredible in