Ric Chetter - From Radioland

Episode 42: Criminally Famous

Imagine the predicament Bill Cosby must find himself in at the moment. Ric does. In this episode, Ric will take a look at the situation from the point of view of the media. Is there such a thing as fair coverage of a story such as this? Also, Ric will ask a couple of difficult questions in regards to the situation and what it means to the people who were once fans of someone famous and those that still are. It's a heavy topic, but Ric felt it needed to be addressed.

Episode 41: Keep Your Hands Off My Internet

With more and more talk of the U.S. government getting involved in some sort of regulation of the internet, Ric felt he had to speak his mind on the subject. In this episode, he will explain what net neutrality is and how it would affect you and the websites you enjoy including internet driven services like Netflix. Ric also explains just what the FCC was all about during the heyday of radio and TV. Just what is the cost of saying a dirty word under the FCC's watch? Ric will tell you exactly what that is.

Episode 40: A Kick In The Balls (Season Four Premiere)

Life is tough. It can be even tougher if you are constantly being kicked in the balls. It happens to all of us at one point or another in our lives. Here of late, Ric seems like he's been kicked in the balls on a daily basis. In this episode, Ric talks about the scenarios regarding such instances and how he deals with it. In other words, there are good days and bad days. This is the season four premiere and it takes place in Studio A. The studio home of the podcast. When you think about the real place called "Radioland", it's in Studio A and Ric will explain.

Episode 39: The Music Industry (Season Three Finale)

Hunter S. Thompson famously spoke of the music business. This quote is often attributed to other businesses, but the original quote is as follows. "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." In this episode, Ric elaborates on this adage and takes a look at the business at the very bottom level.

Episode 38: The Big Move

For the past three years, Radio Memphis existed in the back of a house in midtown Memphis. Not any more. The station has now moved into a really special place. This episode was recorded in the new spot just before the station itself was physically moved into this new spot. There was quite a bit of history recorded in this spot. Ric talks about some of the history that has occurred here and the look forward to the new things about to happen in one of the coolest spots a radio station could ever exist in a place such as this.

Episode 37: It's A Conspiracy

This episode follows directly the previous episode about being watched. The difference here is that Ric goes into the whole conspiracy theory people who hold their truths so close, they can be quite dangerous. Are you going to die of ebola? Probably not. Was 9/11 an inside job? Nope. Is Alex Jones the savior we are all looking for? Definitively not. He is a clueless fear monger who is leader of the whack jobs who stand at busy intersections trying to make you believe that the U.S. government exists specifically for some nefarious means.

Episode 36: I'm Watching You

Ric has his eye on you. He may be judging you as well. Hey, we all do it including the federal government. They are watching you, they are recording you and they are tracking your every online move. Is it paranoia? Not really. If you are looking to live "off the grid", you might be surprised to find out that is an impossible dream anymore. Especially if you can't live without any modern conveniences. Think of this episode as part one of a two part series. Next week, Ric takes the concept of being watched to the level of a conspiracy.

Episode 35: Eat Me

What we perceive in this world rarely matches up with think about a certain thing. In this episode, Ric talks about what happens when we try to imagine something and then what we deal with in reality. It's a rather powerful concept. So powerful in fact, that Ric will play with your perception while you are listening to this episode.

Episode 34: Welcome To The Beach

The "beach" in this particular case is not necessarily a good thing. It is a place where broadcasters wind up when their services are no longer required. A broadcaster will often find him/her self "on the beach" when the station they are working for flips formats. It is something that happens fairly often and when it does, it affects the lives of not only those who are fans of said station, but also those who work there. It just happened here in Memphis at one of the stations and in this episode, Ric talks about the theories behind format flipping how it can work and what ultimately happens when this form of station management occurs.

Episode 33: I'm Not Supposed To Be Here

It's your new go to line. Ric talks about where it came from and how he has used it in the past and how you should use it as well. Aside from this, Ric also wants you to know that Monday doesn't really suck. He'll tell you what sucks and explain it to you in the only way he knows how. Also in this episode, Ric pulls the curtain back, just a bit, on some big changes coming to Radio Memphis.