Burning Bridges Media

Tad Runkle

Tad — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:25:13 +0000

Tad is a web designer and front-end web developer by trade and founder of Burning Bridges Media. He is a self proclaimed geek and an avid wine enthusiast.

Tad is the producer and co-host of the Don’t Fear the Grape, Animation Station and Crash! Bang! Pow! podcasts.

Don’t Fear the Grape is an informative, no nonsense wine blog and weekly podcast for people who are interested in wine but are intimidated by it and the wine culture. It features discussions on the fundamentals of wine and wine tasting, as-well-as wine reviews.

The Animation Station podcast discusses and reviews classic animation shorts from the 1920s though the 1970s, as-well-as other animation topics.

Crash! Bang! Pow! rebroadcasts vintage pulp fiction serials from the golden age of radio five days a week.

Exciting changes coming to Don’t Fear the Grape

Tad — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:23:02 +0000

It has been a exciting week in the Burning Bridges Media studio and we are pleased to announce that John Glas has agreed join Don’t Fear the Grape as a contributing author. John is the owner of Wine Glas professional wine tastings and a wine educator in the Twin Cities area. He will be a valuable resource for us all at Don’t Fear the Grape.

Also, we have a programming change to announce. We have decided to make the Don’t Fear the Grape podcast weekly instead of bi-weekly. We will be alternating between educational and wine tasting episodes.

We hope you are as excited about these changes as we are.

Control Chat joins Burning Bridges Media

Tad — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:12 +0000

We are proud to announce that Andrew Wachholz and Control Chat have joined Burning Bridges Media.

Control Chat is THE site for the new and aspiring RC pilot.

Animation Station Reboot Launches!

Tad — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:25 +0000

After an extended hiatus the The Animation Station is finally back. The Animation Station is bi-weekly (at least that’s the plan) podcast that discusses and reviews classic animation shorts from the 1920s though the 1970s, as-well-as other animation topics.

Don’t Fear the Grape goes live!

Tad — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:55:28 +0000

Don’t Fear the Grape, the wine blog and podcast for people who don’t drink wine, joins the Burning Bridges Media family. Don’t Fear the Grape is an informative, no nonsense blog and bi-weekly podcast for people who are interested in wine but are intimidated by it and the wine culture.

It features discussions on the fundamentals of wine and wine tasting, as-well-as wine reviews. Every episode will explore a different aspect of wine, such-as: wine “rules”, wine etiquette, food paring and wine regions. Also, in each episode a different wine will be tasted and discussed.

Crash! Bang! Pow! launches!

Tad — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:55:09 +0000

Burning Bridges Media is proud to announce that Crash! Bang! Pow!, the vintage radio serial podcast has gone live. Crash! Bang! Pow! rebroadcasts vintage pulp fiction serials from the golden age of radio five days a week.

Their starting line up is:

Monday: The Avenger
Tuesday: The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon
Wednesday: Tarzan and the Diamond of Asher
Thursday: The Blue Beetle
Friday: Captain Midnight: The Mysterious Voice