Social Media Timeline

  • Coast to Coast A.M. with Art Bell

    A radio call-in show, Coast to Coast show, which began in 1988, became a well-known for its discussions on paranormal topics and conspiracy theories.
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    Community Bulletin Boards

    Reading corkboards at coffee shops, bookstores, and bars to find out about concerts, events, classified ads, dating, and other ways of connecting with others.
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    Zines

    Creating or reading self-published magazines that were often distributed by mail or at local events. Favorite zines: Sheik, Bikini Kill, Maximum Rocknroll
  • MySpace

    a. Essential tool to discover who my top 8 “friends” are.
  • Facebook

    Reconnecting with everyone from high school I was never friends with.
  • The Bugle

    Starring John Oliver and Andy Zalzman, The Bugle was the first podcast I ever downloaded. My buddy, Dr. Phil Nielsen, turned me on it.
  • The Adam Carolla Podcast

    I discovered the Carolla podcast while working at a medical testing facility. Embarrassingly, I listened to the show for almost five years. Not a great use of my time.
  • Twitter

    Signed up for Twitter when I started working for the Salt Lake Tribune. My only viral moment was when I maniac threatened to blow up a bomb on his chest at Gallivan Plaza. I was at work, live tweeting the event, when the police shot him.
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    Salt Lake City PubCast

    My first podcast. Started it in the aftermath of my bar closing down. Mostly just interviewed friends of mine and talked about the bar business in Utah.
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    Tribune Sports Radio

    First paid podcast. Covered high school sports with my editor, Kevin Winter-Morriss, at the Salt Lake Tribune.
  • Deleted Facebook

    A project at work left so many cookies on my Facebook account that I deleted Facebook. I still have not been to the Hard Rock in the Dominican Republic.
  • YouTube Became Indispensable

    YouTube becomes a surrogate teacher, mentor, and entertainment platform thanks to the global pandemic.
  • Let's Go with USANA!

    Producer and host of USANA Health Sciences healthy lifestyle podcast. Won some awards, no big deal...
  • Instagram

    New way of connecting with friends—sharing BBQ videos with buddies living around the country.
  • The Brothers Raskin Podcast

    Podcast I host with my kid brother, Patrick. We talk everything: pop culture, movies, sports, politics, and whatever. It's a Hard R show but please subscribe, listen, review, and rate. New episodes drop every Thursday.