Podcast Meander Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:29:39 +0000 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:29:39 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 http://www.podcastmeander.com en http://www.podcastmeander.com https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/7/d/a/e7da84aaa006656e16c3140a3186d450/SERIES_FINALE4.jpg Podcast Meander Dan Leone no Dan Leone Danielphilipleone@gmail.com serial no "Podcast Meander" is the semi-fictional travelogue of Dan Leone, a traumatized musician who abruptly left his hometown and started driving west - fleeing from something. The show documents his frantic travels, the people he interviews along the way, and t Series Finale - Neither is the Underground Series Finale - Neither is the Underground Mon, 06 Nov 2017 07:22:33 +0000 Options are weighed; conclusions are drawn. 

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 

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]]> 20:13 true 1 11 full Daniel Leone Options are weighed; conclusions are drawn.  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone Options are weighed; conclusions are drawn.  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  The Bristlecone Interview The Bristlecone Interview Thu, 12 Oct 2017 06:05:16 +0000  

Credits:

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone
With thanks to Dr. David Lisak and Steve LePore
Featuring samples of the unfinished track, "Sly's Work", composed by Daniel Leone and Tom MacLean.

(This episode was edited independently of 1in6.org and The Bristlecone Project, then released with their permission. The views expressed within do not necessarily reflect the views of 1in6.org or The Bristlecone Project.)   

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Credits:

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone With thanks to Dr. David Lisak and Steve LePore Featuring samples of the unfinished track, "Sly's Work", composed by Daniel Leone and Tom MacLean.

(This episode was edited independently of 1in6.org and The Bristlecone Project, then released with their permission. The views expressed within do not necessarily reflect the views of 1in6.org or The Bristlecone Project.)

]]> 39:44 true 1 10 full Daniel Leone   Credits: Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone With thanks to Dr. David Lisak and Steve LePore Featuring samples of the unfinished track, "Sly's Work", composed by Daniel Leone and Tom MacLean. (This episode was edited independently of 1in6.org and The Bristlecone Project, then released with their permission. The views expressed within do not necessarily reflect the views of 1in6.org or The Bristlecone Project.)     Credits: Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone With thanks to Dr. David Lisak and Steve LePore Featuring samples of the unfinished track, "Sly's Work", composed by Daniel Leone and Tom MacLean. (This episode was edited independently of 1in6.org and The Bristlecone Project, then released with their permission. The views expressed within do not necessarily reflect the views of 1in6.org or The Bristlecone Project.)    S01 Epilogue - Two Arrows (Epilogue) - Two Arrows Thu, 16 Mar 2017 06:59:21 +0000 After the difficult revelation at the end of the season finale, Dan winds up speeding down the interstate in a rage-fueled, drunken frenzy. Gabriella intervenes. 

**To experience the full effect of this episode, headphones are highly recommended.**


Credits: 

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 

(This episode is 95% fictional.) 

Like what you hear? Visit www.podcastmeander.com for information on how you can help support the show. 

]]> After the difficult revelation at the end of the season finale, Dan winds up speeding down the interstate in a rage-fueled, drunken frenzy. Gabriella intervenes. **To experience the full effect of this episode, headphones are highly recommended.** Credits: Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone (This episode is 95% fictional.) Like what you hear? Visit www.podcastmeander.com for information on how you can help support the show.

]]> 07:30 true 1 9 full Daniel Leone After the difficult revelation at the end of the season finale, Dan winds up speeding down the interstate in a rage-fueled, drunken frenzy. Gabriella intervenes.  **To experience the full effect of this episode, headphones are highly recommended.** Credits:  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  (This episode is 95% fictional.)  Like what you hear? Visit www.podcastmeander.com for information on how you can help support the show. After the difficult revelation at the end of the season finale, Dan winds up speeding down the interstate in a rage-fueled, drunken frenzy. Gabriella intervenes.  **To experience the full effect of this episode, headphones are highly recommended.** Credits:  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  (This episode is 95% fictional.)  Like what you hear? Visit www.podcastmeander.com for information on how you can help support the show.  S01 Finale - The Linchpin The Linchpin Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:26:34 +0000 After a series of critical setbacks, Dan decides to suspend all fictional sequences and tell the whole truth of his first year on the road. It's a confessional involving madness, car problems, money problems, anti-authoritarianism, red wine, Vicodin, dental surgeries, a clinical drug trial for an experimental OCD medication, dissociation, mistaken identity, and the discovery of what he's truly been running away from.  

**The online clinical trial resource mentioned in this episode can be found at www.jalr.org

This link is being provided for educational/informative purposes only and should not be considered an endorsement; the show's producer is neither encouraging nor discouraging anyone from participating in a clinical trial.**

Credits:
Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone
Featuring the poem, "Cellar Stairs"  by Hill Holland Sadler
Gratitude to Paul Clough for his interview
With thanks and apologies to Nicole Elizabeth

(This episode is 5% fictional)  

]]> After a series of critical setbacks, Dan decides to suspend all fictional sequences and tell the whole truth of his first year on the road. It's a confessional involving madness, car problems, money problems, anti-authoritarianism, red wine, Vicodin, dental surgeries, a clinical drug trial for an experimental OCD medication, dissociation, mistaken identity, and the discovery of what he's truly been running away from. **The online clinical trial resource mentioned in this episode can be found at www.jalr.org This link is being provided for educational/informative purposes only and should not be considered an endorsement; the show's producer is neither encouraging nor discouraging anyone from participating in a clinical trial.** Credits: Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone Featuring the poem, "Cellar Stairs" by Hill Holland Sadler Gratitude to Paul Clough for his interview With thanks and apologies to Nicole Elizabeth (This episode is 5% fictional)

]]> 41:53 true 1 8 full Daniel Leone After a series of critical setbacks, Dan decides to suspend all fictional sequences and tell the whole truth of his first year on the road. It's a confessional involving madness, car problems, money problems, anti-authoritarianism, red wine, Vicodin, dental surgeries, a clinical drug trial for an experimental OCD medication, dissociation, mistaken identity, and the discovery of what he's truly been running away from.   **The online clinical trial resource mentioned in this episode can be found at www.jalr.org This link is being provided for educational/informative purposes only and should not be considered an endorsement; the show's producer is neither encouraging nor discouraging anyone from participating in a clinical trial.** Credits: Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone Featuring the poem, "Cellar Stairs"  by Hill Holland Sadler Gratitude to Paul Clough for his interview With thanks and apologies to Nicole Elizabeth (This episode is 5% fictional)  After a series of critical setbacks, Dan decides to suspend all fictional sequences and tell the whole truth of his first year on the road. It's a confessional involving madness, car problems, money problems, anti-authoritarianism, red wine, Vicodin, dental surgeries, a clinical drug trial for an experimental OCD medication, dissociation, mistaken identity, and the discovery of what he's truly been running away from.   **The online clinical trial resource mentioned in this episode can be found at www.jalr.org This link is being provided for educational/informative purposes only and should not be considered an endorsement; the show's producer is neither encouraging nor discouraging anyone from participating in a clinical trial.** Credits: Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone Featuring the poem, "Cellar Stairs"  by Hill Holland Sadler Gratitude to Paul Clough for his interview With thanks and apologies to Nicole Elizabeth (This episode is 5% fictional)   S01 Episode 04 - American Sirens American Sirens Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:28:42 +0000 Dan's guardian angel attempts to guide him through a sudden, confounding spell of memory loss.

**This episode contains many sequences which are best enjoyed through headphones.**

Featured:

Dr. Lasana Harris is a psychologist at the University College London. He researches, among other things, a phenomenon known as dehumanization—which is the human tendency to completely ignore the minds of other people. For more information about his work, visit: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/lasana-harris/



Credits:
Gratitude to Dr. Lasana Harris for his interview.
Drum and percussion samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine; you can find his music at https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine
Additional city sound effects from cutestockfootage.com
Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos and Sandra Leone 
Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone

(This episode is 75% fictional.)

]]> Dan's guardian angel attempts to guide him through a sudden, confounding spell of memory loss. **This episode contains many sequences which are best enjoyed through headphones.**

Featured:

Dr. Lasana Harris is a psychologist at the University College London. He researches, among other things, a phenomenon known as dehumanization—which is the human tendency to completely ignore the minds of other people. For more information about his work, visit: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/lasana-harris/

Credits: Gratitude to Dr. Lasana Harris for his interview. Drum and percussion samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine; you can find his music at https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine Additional city sound effects from cutestockfootage.comSpecial Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos and Sandra Leone Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone (This episode is 75% fictional.)

]]> 49:12 true 1 7 full Daniel Leone Dan's guardian angel attempts to guide him through a sudden, confounding spell of memory loss. **This episode contains many sequences which are best enjoyed through headphones.** Featured: Dr. Lasana Harris is a psychologist at the University College London. He researches, among other things, a phenomenon known as dehumanization—which is the human tendency to completely ignore the minds of other people. For more information about his work, visit: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/lasana-harris/ Credits: Gratitude to Dr. Lasana Harris for his interview. Drum and percussion samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine; you can find his music at https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine Additional city sound effects from cutestockfootage.com Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos and Sandra Leone  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone (This episode is 75% fictional.)Dan's guardian angel attempts to guide him through a sudden, confounding spell of memory loss. **This episode contains many sequences which are best enjoyed through headphones.** Featured: Dr. Lasana Harris is a psychologist at the University College London. He researches, among other things, a phenomenon known as dehumanization—which is the human tendency to completely ignore the minds of other people. For more information about his work, visit: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/lasana-harris/ Credits: Gratitude to Dr. Lasana Harris for his interview. Drum and percussion samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine; you can find his music at https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine Additional city sound effects from cutestockfootage.com Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos and Sandra Leone  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone (This episode is 75% fictional.) S01 Prologue to Episode 04 - Her Great Gamble Her Great Gamble Tue, 15 Nov 2016 06:42:46 +0000 Returning to the podcast after two months of working on the presidential election, Dan scribbles in his journal and encounters a young woman who is in the process of making a very risky decision. 

(This episode is 50% fictional.)

Written and Scored by Daniel Leone
"Welcome to Podcast Meander" by Deann Baker  

]]> Returning to the podcast after two months of working on the presidential election, Dan scribbles in his journal and encounters a young woman who is in the process of making a very risky decision. (This episode is 50% fictional.) Written and Scored by Daniel Leone "Welcome to Podcast Meander" by Deann Baker

]]> 12:01 true 1 6 full Daniel Leone Returning to the podcast after two months of working on the presidential election, Dan scribbles in his journal and encounters a young woman who is in the process of making a very risky decision.  (This episode is 50% fictional.) Written and Scored by Daniel Leone "Welcome to Podcast Meander" by Deann Baker  Returning to the podcast after two months of working on the presidential election, Dan scribbles in his journal and encounters a young woman who is in the process of making a very risky decision.  (This episode is 50% fictional.) Written and Scored by Daniel Leone "Welcome to Podcast Meander" by Deann Baker   (Digression) Donald Trump Opens Up? (Digression) - Trump Opens Up? Mon, 26 Sep 2016 05:02:06 +0000 Dan receives a staggeringly confessional phone call from a man who may or may not be Donald Trump. 

(This episode may or may not be 100% Fictional.)

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 

]]> Dan receives a staggeringly confessional phone call from a man who may or may not be Donald Trump. (This episode may or may not be 100% Fictional.) Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone

]]> 10:21 false 1 5 full Daniel Leone Dan receives a staggeringly confessional phone call from a man who may or may not be Donald Trump.  (This episode may or may not be 100% Fictional.) Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone Dan receives a staggeringly confessional phone call from a man who may or may not be Donald Trump.  (This episode may or may not be 100% Fictional.) Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  S01 Episode 03 - The Idahoan The Idahoan Sun, 28 Aug 2016 03:12:15 +0000 Dan - who identifies as politically liberal - unexpectedly falls in love with the deeply conservative state of Idaho. Hoping to understand his infatuation, he travels to a tremendously remote area of the state to speak with the gun-adoring, government-mistrusting host of the Youtube channel, "The Idahoan Show". 

(This episode is 15% Fictional) 

Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 
Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos 
Much Gratitude to the Friend from Washington 

Check out "The Idahoan Show" on Youtube for gun reviews and engineering experiments: www.youtube.com/user/theidahoanshow

]]> Dan - who identifies as politically liberal - unexpectedly falls in love with the deeply conservative state of Idaho. Hoping to understand his infatuation, he travels to a tremendously remote area of the state to speak with the gun-adoring, government-mistrusting host of the Youtube channel, "The Idahoan Show". (This episode is 15% Fictional) Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos Much Gratitude to the Friend from Washington Check out "The Idahoan Show" on Youtube for gun reviews and engineering experiments: www.youtube.com/user/theidahoanshow

]]> 34:46 true 1 4 full Dan - who identifies as politically liberal - unexpectedly falls in love with the deeply conservative state of Idaho. Hoping to understand his infatuation, he travels to a tremendously remote area of the state to speak with the gun-adoring, government-mistrusting host of the Youtube channel, "The Idahoan Show".  (This episode is 15% Fictional)  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos  Much Gratitude to the Friend from Washington  Check out "The Idahoan Show" on Youtube for gun reviews and engineering experiments: www.youtube.com/user/theidahoanshowDan - who identifies as politically liberal - unexpectedly falls in love with the deeply conservative state of Idaho. Hoping to understand his infatuation, he travels to a tremendously remote area of the state to speak with the gun-adoring, government-mistrusting host of the Youtube channel, "The Idahoan Show".  (This episode is 15% Fictional)  Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos  Much Gratitude to the Friend from Washington  Check out "The Idahoan Show" on Youtube for gun reviews and engineering experiments: www.youtube.com/user/theidahoanshow (Digression) - Freeze, Fly, or Fight (Digression) - Freeze, Fly, or Fight Thu, 28 Jul 2016 04:44:15 +0000 In the first Digression, Dan presents an experimental piece of sound design which was composed by chopping up a recording of a panic attack. 

]]> In the first Digression, Dan presents an experimental piece of sound design which was composed by chopping up a recording of a panic attack.

]]> 09:11 false 1 3 full Daniel Leone In the first Digression, Dan presents an experimental piece of sound design which was composed by chopping up a recording of a panic attack. In the first Digression, Dan presents an experimental piece of sound design which was composed by chopping up a recording of a panic attack.  S01 Episode 02 - In His Usual Insulated Form In His Usual Insulated Form Wed, 29 Jun 2016 02:31:53 +0000 After successfully escaping Connecticut, Dan realizes that his project is being adversely affected by several nagging phobias. So, he attempts to overcome them. It doesn't go well. 

(This episode is 45% fictional.) 

Featuring Deann Baker as "The Actress from Episode 02" 
Drum and Percussion Samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine. You can find his music here: https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine
Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone 
Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos
 

]]> After successfully escaping Connecticut, Dan realizes that his project is being adversely affected by several nagging phobias. So, he attempts to overcome them. It doesn't go well. (This episode is 45% fictional.) Featuring Deann Baker as "The Actress from Episode 02" Drum and Percussion Samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine. You can find his music here: https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos

]]> 37:49 true 1 2 full Daniel Leone After successfully escaping Connecticut, Dan realizes that his project is being adversely affected by several nagging phobias. So, he attempts to overcome them. It doesn't go well.  (This episode is 45% fictional.)  Featuring Deann Baker as "The Actress from Episode 02"  Drum and Percussion Samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine. You can find his music here: https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos  After successfully escaping Connecticut, Dan realizes that his project is being adversely affected by several nagging phobias. So, he attempts to overcome them. It doesn't go well.  (This episode is 45% fictional.)  Featuring Deann Baker as "The Actress from Episode 02"  Drum and Percussion Samples provided courtesy of Tom Machine. You can find his music here: https://soundcloud.com/tom-machine Produced and Scored by Daniel Leone  Special Thanks to Nicole Panteleakos   S01 Episode 01 - Work is not Noble Work is not Noble Sat, 21 May 2016 06:04:48 +0000 After a montage and a soliloquy, Dan departs.

(This episode is 15% fictional)

Produced and scored by Daniel Leone. 

]]> After a montage and a soliloquy, Dan departs. (This episode is 15% fictional) Produced and scored by Daniel Leone.

]]> 08:41 true 1 1 full Daniel Leone After a montage and a soliloquy, Dan departs. (This episode is 15% fictional) Produced and scored by Daniel Leone. After a montage and a soliloquy, Dan departs. (This episode is 15% fictional) Produced and scored by Daniel Leone.