In this episode of Matthew Wayne Selznick Creates, I announce plans to revive a show from the earliest days of podcast, Five Minute Memoir.

Join me as I walk the dog in the neighborhood and reveal the history of the original Five Minute Memoir, a podcast in which listeners share brief true stories, anecdotes, and formative moments.

“It’s our lives, five minutes at a time.”

I also explain how and why I’m bringing Five Minute Memoir back, and how you can be part of it.

Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode

• Submit your true story, anecdote, or formative memory for a chance to be part of Five Minute Memoir
• My creative services for authors and podcasters. Can I help you? Book a free discovery call and let’s find out.
• My fiction and non-fiction.
• The original Five Minute Memoir podcast at the Internet Archive
• Support the Internet Archive with your donation
• The handheld digital video camera I was thinking of was the Flip
• I’m coy about it for some reason in the episode, but the start-up I digress about was Mahalo; it has long since morphed into other things
• As it turns out, I misremembered. Steve Martin didn’t come back from a digression; he was recovering from a baby making noises. It’s recorded on his album A Wild and Crazy Guy
• The late Steve Ledesma at a family gathering
• I did a lot of misremembering in the episode. Justin Macumber had recorded a five minute memoir, but ultimately withdrew it. He wanted to use his own music; that didn’t fit with the format of the show. Here’s one remembrance for him. ()
• P.G. (Patrick) Holyfield, the late author and podcaster. Patrick and I collaborated in my Sovereign Era storyworld; you can find his contributions in The Sovereign Era: Year One and in his novelette “Canary in a Coal Mine.”
• This episode was recorded using my Pixel 9a and Dual Pros Mini Mic Pro.
• Support the show with a one-time donation, with my thanks!

Thanks to the Patron Members of the Multiversalists Community

Thank you to J.C. Hutchins, thank you to Jim Lewinson, thank you Amelia Bowen, thank you Ted Leonhardt, thank you to Charles Eugene Anderson, thank you to Scott Roche, thank you to Harold Johnson, thank you to David Mackler, and thank you to Sam Cherubin.

Chapters / Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction
02:23 – Birthday Math
03:07 – Shifting to Audio Only
05:28 – Support the Internet Archive
06:03 – The Original Five Minute Memoir on the Internet Archive
06:26 – The State of Podcasting and Citizen Media in 2007
08:00 – Construction Noise is Noisy
09:25 – Back to the Original Five Minute Memoir Story
12:12 – A Digression on Early Twitter and a Sketchy Start-Up
15:29 – A Record of Those Who Have Passed
16:55 – The Time Has Come for What Was Once Ahead of its Time
18:40 – Ethically Monetizing Five Minute Memoir
23:35 – The Plan for the Launch of Five Minute Memoir
25:00 – How to Submit Your Five Minute Memoir
26:41 – If You’re Listening / Watching, You Should Submit a Five Minute Memoir
28:27 – Future Episodes of Matthew Wayne Selznick Creates
30:26 – Outro / Conclusion

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