Episode Two.Eighteen

Ravi and Sonia ponder possible "game-changing" events on DriveTime for May Sweeps before welcoming photographer Abe Morell, who is the subject of the film Shadow of the House, directed by Allie Humenuk. Abe describes how the film came to be and gives Ravi a quick Camera Obscura 101.

And if that weren't enough -- a DriveTime Remote Segment to preview the World Premiere of the film.

(QuickTime, 09:43, 46 MB)

Episode Two.Seventeen

It's multi-studio madness as Ravi and Sonia kick-off the Boston Cyberarts Festival with founder and director George Fifield. George previews this year's festival, armed with a clip from the Visual Music Marathon. After successfully shuttling their guest from Studio-V to Studio-A, Ravi and Sonia discuss a potential adolescent page-turner caper, "The Case of the Missing Fitness Water."

(QuickTime, 08:56, 36.5 MB)

Episode Two.Sixteen

It's a Patriots Day Holiday Special as Ravi and Sonia unveil the DriveTime Running Cam, employed to accommodate the first-ever out-of-car guest: marathon runner, David Allman. As he tunes up for the Boston Marathon, David shares how people can follow his progress on the official Boston Athletic Association web site. Plus, the DriveTime GloveBox is cracked open to reveal a letter from... Ravi Jain?!

(QuickTime, 08:50, 36 MB)

DriveTime is a Webby Nominee

DriveTime has been nominated in the 11th annual Webby Awards, in the Online Film/Video: Music/Variety category (now that's a mouthful.) A tip o' the DriveTime Hat to Steve and Derek at the Webbys who helped facilitate a scholarship for the entry fee (thus accommodating the "empty set" DriveTime Budget!)

You can check out all the nominees and vote for your favorites in each category.

Update:
I've posted a higher quality version of the three-minute highlight reel that voters can watch on raviblog (the version on the Webbys site seemed a little choppy to me).

Episode Two.Fifteen

It's T.G.I.G.F. for Ravi and Sonia as they prepare for Greek Easter... and Lamb Lip Soup? Ravi also officially unveils his new weekly sartorial enterprise before welcoming DriveTime Cultural Critic Peter Bebergal back to Studio-V for some politically themed DriveTime Cultural Minutes:

• The Death of Captain America
• Rome
• Person Pitch by Panda Bear
• The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander

(QuickTime, 09:23, 39 MB)

Episode Two.Fourteen

Ravi and Sonia return after a Heroes-like hiatus for an Opening Day Edition of DriveTime. Boston Phoenix writer Mike Miliard climbs into Studio-V to talk about his Red Sox blog and the star pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. As "Dice-K" always has a translator near at hand, Ravi provides Mike with his own Japanese translator: Momo Shinzawa. Together the foursome stumble upon THE catchphrase of the year, which Ravi quickly trademarks in the best interests of DriveTime.

And if that wasn't enough, Ravi dips into the trunk to fetch a bonus guest in an impromptu edition of "What's in the Trunk?"

(QuickTime, 09:28, 38 MB)