O Dark 30

Friday Podcast 5/11/12

May 11, 2012 7:33 am by: Mike Lee

Photo by Michael Lee.

We're podcasting live from the KUT Capital Campaign Command Center, which is the name I just came up with for the room where all the volunteers sit and answer phones during our current drive. We're in the last day of our special five-day Capital Campaign drive, raising the last bit of money we need to pay for the groovy new building we're about to move into. Or perhaps I should say the new building KUT is moving into -- we're still not sure if they're going to let O'Dark 30 into the new place. Things are hopping in here; the coffee's brewing and our great volunteers are starting to take calls. But enough about all that. You're here for some hot podcast action, and we aim to deliver. We've got three pieces from our most recent episode, in which Hawk completely indulged himself and spent the entire three hours talking about his bike-riding friends. Fascinating stuff, if you're Hawk or one of Hawk's friends. We'll start off with two, count 'em two, installments of Two Wheels to...
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O Dark 30

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O Dark 30

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