Extruding America
Extruding America
Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd
Won't you join me, Gerard Armbruster, as every week we take a wrong turn off life's interstate, and discover the straight story about the bend in the road, where nestle the small towns with big characters, to tug on the common thread that unravels the hand-me-down sweater of our national zeitgeist, and extrudes the truths of our lives. Perennial favorite: Postcard from Battersea, with Stetson Tudd.
Sidebar 5
Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd are unaware that their phone call has been recorded.
Jul 10, 2014
4 min
Contemplating Insomnia After Reading Rudyard Kipling
Photo by Moreau.henri.  Sound effects provided by Freesound Project contributors: laurent, reinsamba, ejazz215, promete, CGEffex. Unbeknownst to the chumps at Extruding America, this has appeared on their website.  (IDA Message #44937: Internet Detection Agency)
Sep 2, 2011
4 min
Empty Head: The Downside
The Wallflower 360, a premium received with Gerard Armbruster's workhorse handheld audio recorder, was introduced in the Extruding America episode entitled Preparation for a Journalistically Superior Report, and was described as "a recording device so sensitive it can even record your thoughts and dreams."  It promised the ability to "constantly record your entire life."  It was discarded on a scrapheap but is apparently still in operation, as evidenced here. - Editor*   *Note - The possibility of a listening device with the power of the Wallflower 360 was being investigated as early as 1949 and outlined in scientific literature (see AUDITORY NATURE IN MOLECULAR STRUCTURES by Folger Edelstein, Yuma University Press 1949) and in extrapolative classical works (e.g. THE BED CHAMBER DREAMS OF TIN TIN LIU by the 13th century Chinese poet Ben Joe).
Oct 16, 2010
8 min
Ghosts
Gerard is hungry and sees something out of the corner of his eye.
Mar 27, 2010
14 min
Extruding America 35: Marine Park, October 30th, 2009; Report or Poem or Not?
Somewhat amazingly, Gerard Armbruster, beset by what some individuals would consider to be emotional and financial difficulties, continues to work at what some professional broadcasters might consider to be an exhausting pace.
Nov 14, 2009
5 min
Extruding America 34: An Open Letter to the World from Battersea, Washington
Stetson Tudd delivers an open letter to the world from Battersea, Washington.
Oct 14, 2009
16 min
Extruding America 33: Gerard in the New Economy
Has Extruding America returned and is it new and improved and better than ever?  We're voting for "returned"!
Sep 8, 2009
12 min
Sidebar 4
Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd are unaware that their phone call has been recorded.
Jul 16, 2009
6 min
Gerard's Nightmare
Rejected Title: Disquietude Introduces Itself to Gerard Armbruster's Comfy Chair
Jun 4, 2009
8 min
Big Judy
Unbeknownst to a frustrated Gerard, his activities have been recorded.
Nov 3, 2008
13 min
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