{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Getting Nerdy In Your 30s","description":"Greta Johnsen talks with caller Joe about the sprawling wooden town of the Maryland Renaissance Faire, his new life as a stone-giant magician in a virtual D&D group, and the search for a hobby that won't leave him talking to himself.
What You'll Hear:
The Wax Hand That Started It All: Greta opens with a childhood memory of dipping her hand in colored wax at the Renaissance Faire, and wonders aloud why that particular kind of magic sticks with us.
A Town Built Just for Jousting: Caller Joe describes the enormous, semi-permanent Ren Faire town outside DC, complete with ninja stars, real jousting, and costumes way more ambitious than his own.
Desk Monkey by Day, Stone Giant by Night: Joe opens up about his surprisingly wholesome virtual D&D group, the mysterious character he can't quite control, and the search for a hobby that scratches a very different itch.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Wax hands and Ren Faire memories
02:04 Welcome, caller Joe from the DC area
03:08 Inside Maryland's sprawling Renaissance Faire
07:16 Joining a D&D group as a desk monkey
14:38 How Dungeons and Dragons actually works
17:09 Weighing pottery, cello, and other hobbies
20:53 Goodnights","author_name":"Hatch Podcasts"}