Dane and Stella talk to James Kim about his decades-plus career in podcasting, reasons for optimism, and his insistence on working with collaborators who don’t fuck around and want to push the boundaries. Kim also shares his perspective on The Industry™ and why he’s motivated to make work that forces audiences to question the prevailing definition of what a podcast is.Discussed from this episode:”A Closer Look at Aphantasia”20 Years of Podcasts: “Moonface” (Apple Podcasts)The Independent Media Initiative (IMI)Gawx Art: Your Space Reflects Who You Are“The Plot Thickens: John Ford”“You Feeling This?”AudioFlux, Written In Air, and Signal HillCindy Lee’s "Diamond Jubilee" Tribeca Audio FestivalFor more, follow us on all platforms at @thisistvnow; watch us on YouTube; and subscribe to Good Tape Magazine to support independent podcast journalism. “This Is TV Now” is coproduced by Good Tape Studio and Tiny Legends Productions; mixed and edited by Fred Muñoz; engineered by Thomas Ouellette; artwork designed by Sami Wittwer for Good Tape Studio with photography by Maggie Shannon; clips design by Andrew Callaway; and our theme song "Knew Me When" by Bryan B. Stray. — —See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.