How We Used to Talk Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/how-we-used-to-talk Connecting interesting individuals via the remaining international payphone infrastructure for unedited real conversation containing all the sonic action happening around the payphones-just like how we used to talk. @howweusedtotalk 7dd3ecbd-863b-5707-9fac-6211fa7b8251 yes en Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:30:10 -0700 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:31:18 -0700 http://howweusedtotalk.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/T7GYfw-I79xGwsob2JBG6ySCK7Ki3Me91Q4VUL2-_xo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMmFm/ZDZkMTU5MWM1YzQx/YzE4MjU4ZWE2N2U4/ZDAwYi53ZWJw.jpg How We Used to Talk http://howweusedtotalk.com episodic Nic Newlin Connecting interesting individuals via the remaining international payphone infrastructure for unedited real conversation containing all the sonic action happening around the payphones-just like how we used to talk. Connecting interesting individuals via the remaining international payphone infrastructure for unedited real conversation containing all the sonic action happening around the payphones-just like how we used to talk. digital, analog, payphone, anti-slop, mental clarity, enshitiffication, mix cds, popular culture, IRL communication, Nic howweusedtotalk@gmail.com No No Twenty Year Tokyo Back Alley Catch-up 12 12 Twenty Year Tokyo Back Alley Catch-up full ce4972f9-4bdf-4522-86f1-d0b41c7300ba https://share.transistor.fm/s/98118c7e Twenty years ago I said goodbye to a roommate who was a study abroad student from Japan as he left the university to open an ice cream truck in Tokyo. He was the wildest person I ever met and am positive didn't speak English at the time. I was able to get him to a back alley payphone in Tokyo to talk. Here it is-in all it's awkward glory.
He made a mini doc on the payphone and getting it fixed. It lives in my Patreon for now  until it's able to be publicly available. 

]]> Twenty years ago I said goodbye to a roommate who was a study abroad student from Japan as he left the university to open an ice cream truck in Tokyo. He was the wildest person I ever met and am positive didn't speak English at the time. I was able to get him to a back alley payphone in Tokyo to talk. Here it is-in all it's awkward glory.
He made a mini doc on the payphone and getting it fixed. It lives in my Patreon for now  until it's able to be publicly available. 

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:30:10 -0700 How We Used to Talk How We Used to Talk 2395 Twenty years ago I said goodbye to a roommate who was a study abroad student from Japan as he left the university to open an ice cream truck in Tokyo. He was the wildest person I ever met and am positive didn't speak English at the time. I was able to get him to a back alley payphone in Tokyo to talk. Here it is-in all it's awkward glory.
He made a mini doc on the payphone and getting it fixed. It lives in my Patreon for now  until it's able to be publicly available. 

]]> digital detox, study abroad, Tokyo, Japan, analog, Anti AI, Anti slop, payphone, vintage tech, communication, community, culture exchange, positive No Brotherly Love on Hotel Lobby Payphone 11 11 Brotherly Love on Hotel Lobby Payphone full 7823856d-2a25-4bdb-9e1c-e38da3190b6d https://share.transistor.fm/s/82e88453 Two brothers talk over a hotel lobby payphone in St. Charles, MO. about AA anonymity, their 24 hour phone free social club and the relentless generational shift in US culture. 

]]> Two brothers talk over a hotel lobby payphone in St. Charles, MO. about AA anonymity, their 24 hour phone free social club and the relentless generational shift in US culture. 

]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:03:26 -0700 How We Used to Talk How We Used to Talk 2147 Two brothers talk over a hotel lobby payphone in St. Charles, MO. about AA anonymity, their 24 hour phone free social club and the relentless generational shift in US culture. 

]]> digital detox, analog, payphone, anti-slop, real, anti-AI, communication, normal, reality, family No Rwandasnippet4 Artist Woes 10 10 Rwandasnippet4 Artist Woes bonus 846d1a7f-139f-4067-a5e5-2fda1d18f597 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6f0cdef3 Artists discuss the shipping frustrations of our current climate on payphones across the globe

]]> Artists discuss the shipping frustrations of our current climate on payphones across the globe

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:52:13 -0700 Nic Newlin Nic Newlin 106 Artists discuss the shipping frustrations of our current climate on payphones across the globe

]]> digital, analog, payphone, anti-slop, mental clarity, enshitiffication, mix cds, popular culture, IRL communication, No Rwandasnippet3 9 9 Rwandasnippet3 bonus 4c3d5912-9583-4c8e-ae19-b38147cf0859 https://share.transistor.fm/s/65c3453f Art is the same in America as it is in Africa. They will always be symbiotic. 

]]> Art is the same in America as it is in Africa. They will always be symbiotic. 

]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:03:02 -0700 How We Used to Talk How We Used to Talk 151 Art is the same in America as it is in Africa. They will always be symbiotic. 

]]> digital, analog, payphone, Rwanda, art, cowboys No Rwandasnippet1 8 8 Rwandasnippet1 full 0f7c8459-bf23-449a-bae9-661062b7b377 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2be92aaf Political pendulum swings on a payphone in Kigali 

]]> Political pendulum swings on a payphone in Kigali 

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:42:20 -0700 Nic Newlin Nic Newlin 144 Political pendulum swings on a payphone in Kigali 

]]> digital, analog, payphone, anti-slop, mental clarity, enshitiffication, mix cds, popular culture, IRL communication, No Osakasnippet1 7 7 Osakasnippet1 full 612c02ee-0aa3-48de-924b-841703591aaa https://share.transistor.fm/s/731eace2 Clip from my white lotus winter man of mystery from Portugal on a payphone in Osaka 

]]> Clip from my white lotus winter man of mystery from Portugal on a payphone in Osaka 

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:39:47 -0700 Nic Newlin Nic Newlin 89 Clip from my white lotus winter man of mystery from Portugal on a payphone in Osaka 

]]> digital, analog, payphone, anti-slop, mental clarity, enshitiffication, mix cds, popular culture, IRL communication, No Sanjuansnippet2 6 6 Sanjuansnippet2 full 8d6bc015-ecb1-40af-8cc8-0d9728f1ad01 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c1e2f509 Checking in our San Juan Springbreak troublemakers 

]]> Checking in our San Juan Springbreak troublemakers 

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:36:50 -0700 Nic Newlin Nic Newlin 67 Checking in our San Juan Springbreak troublemakers 

]]> digital, analog, payphone, anti-slop, mental clarity, enshitiffication, mix cds, popular culture, IRL communication, No Sanjaunsnippet1 5 5 Sanjaunsnippet1 full 1f11b109-36dc-401f-9d80-a8ace6a64b53 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c98a55fa Clip from our Springbreakers in San Juan 

]]> Clip from our Springbreakers in San Juan 

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:33:43 -0700 Nic Newlin Nic Newlin 51 Clip from our Springbreakers in San Juan 

]]> digital, analog, payphone, anti-slop, mental clarity, enshitiffication, mix cds, popular culture, IRL communication, No Kigali, Rwanda-University Corner 4 4 Kigali, Rwanda-University Corner full 15ef7ecd-10d3-40ea-801c-a7f81d366958 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9ff3ffe8 Today we connect with an artist in Rwanda I have never spoken to. Him and I have been involved in an international art scheme and will tell you all about it. Also, what it truly is like to make art nowadays.

]]> Today we connect with an artist in Rwanda I have never spoken to. Him and I have been involved in an international art scheme and will tell you all about it. Also, what it truly is like to make art nowadays.

]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:16:06 -0700 Operator: Nic N Operator: Nic N 2533 Today we connect with an artist in Rwanda I have never spoken to. Him and I have been involved in an international art scheme and will tell you all about it. Also, what it truly is like to make art nowadays.

]]> analog, payphone, tactile, real, artist, art, international, travel, communication, artifact No Osaka Street Corner 3 3 Osaka Street Corner full 398045bf-beb6-449a-a258-e5b58715875e https://share.transistor.fm/s/f8e2fa42 We connect to a payphone on an Osaka street corner in Japan to touch base with someone I met briefly only once in Porto for a coin fueled conversation about Hokkaido's version of perfect peace to Wu- Tang covers just like how we used to talk. 

]]> We connect to a payphone on an Osaka street corner in Japan to touch base with someone I met briefly only once in Porto for a coin fueled conversation about Hokkaido's version of perfect peace to Wu- Tang covers just like how we used to talk. 

]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:15:48 -0700 Operator: Nic N Operator: Nic N 1211 We connect to a payphone on an Osaka street corner in Japan to touch base with someone I met briefly only once in Porto for a coin fueled conversation about Hokkaido's version of perfect peace to Wu- Tang covers just like how we used to talk. 

]]> payphone, analog, culture, Osaka, Japan, lifestyle, international, No San Juan Court Spring Breakers 2 2 San Juan Court Spring Breakers full 3c75f6da-67aa-4dc4-9e4e-3caf7d6eb3c8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/59dff0a6 Today we connect to a payphone locked inside the Funciona building in San Juan Court. Photography not permitted (the pictured payphone was outside San Juan Court) but connection was made with first time spring breakers in Puerto Rico for a conversation about being ok with acting your age and falling out of windows.

]]> Today we connect to a payphone locked inside the Funciona building in San Juan Court. Photography not permitted (the pictured payphone was outside San Juan Court) but connection was made with first time spring breakers in Puerto Rico for a conversation about being ok with acting your age and falling out of windows.

]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:14:54 -0700 Operator: Nic N Operator: Nic N 3059 Today we connect to a payphone locked inside the Funciona building in San Juan Court. Photography not permitted (the pictured payphone was outside San Juan Court) but connection was made with first time spring breakers in Puerto Rico for a conversation about being ok with acting your age and falling out of windows.

]]> analog, payphone, culture, lifestyle, Gen z, ennui, travel, international, communication No