{"id":1300,"date":"2017-05-05T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T08:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:36","slug":"episode-240-bush-bachelor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-240-bush-bachelor\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 240: Bush Bachelor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Banner-240.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our second consecutive all-request episode kicks off in the <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong>, as Ray Slakinksi asks for tips on running Night\u2019s Black Agents at conventions.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>History Hut<\/strong> Andy Young wants to know about the Mythos truth behind the death of legendary Canadian painter Tom Thomson.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Neal uses the kind offices of <strong>Ask Ken and Robin<\/strong> to find out about geek-friendly destinations in Toronto and Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Then get ready to grab your picket signs as our <strong>Tell Me More<\/strong> segment enlists the <strong>Consulting Occultist<\/strong> for a look at the secret occult history of the epic battle between urban planner Robert Moses and the writer Jane Jacobs over the fate of Greenwich Village.<\/p>\n<p>Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/kenandrobin\">Support for the KARTAS Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Snag Ken and Robin merchandise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/kenrobin\">at TeePublic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Like Ken and Robin themselves, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/atlas-games.com\/thewhitebox\">The White Box<\/a><\/em>, from Atlas Games and Gameplaywright, is all about making games. Professor of the gaming arts Jeremy Holcomb gives you all the deep knowledge, wooden bits, plastic discs, and punchboard tokens you need to take the game that\u2019s in your head and make it a reality. Make it all the more awesome by supporting the White Box Kickstarter. <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/white_box.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to plunge headlong into Lovecraftian mystery, but lack a gaming group? Want to introduce a friend or loved one to the roleplaying hobby? GUMSHOE One-2-One has come to your rescue! Find this new system by some guy named Robin D. Laws, in the line\u2019s flagship title, <em>Cthulhu Confidential<\/em>. 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In the History Hut Andy Young wants to know about the Mythos truth behind the death of legendary Canadian painter Tom Thomson. Rick Neal uses the kind offices of Ask Ken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13,454,123,6,240,10,152,456,19,458,235,460,455,247,457,133,459,92,453,334],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-ask-ken-and-robin","tag-canada","tag-chicago","tag-consulting-occultist","tag-convention-gaming","tag-gaming-hut","tag-ghosts","tag-greenwich-village","tag-history-hut","tag-jane-jacobs","tag-ley-lines","tag-megapolisomancy","tag-nerd-tourism","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nights-black-agents","tag-robert-moses","tag-tell-me-more","tag-tom-thomson","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}