Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHalloween From Candy to Toilet Paper and Back Again
Season 2 Episode 105
Halloween changes as we change. What began as fun costumed adventure for candy, became a night of eggs, toilet paper and shaving cream, parties, and…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Cuban Missile Crisis. 60 Years. The Only Thing Changed Is Time
Season 2 Episode 103
Sixty Years have passed since the world almost was destroyed by nuclear weapons.
What has changed? Not much. Give peace a chance.
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4 years ago
'CB" Radio, The Social Media Of My Youth
Season 2 Episode 102
During the mid-1970's a phenomenon captured the country. It was the Citizen Band radio, better known at the "CB". This form of communication was u…
4 years ago
Let's Pick Apples! Isn't That Work?
Season 2 Episode 101
Autumn in the northeast region of the continental United States, a beautiful season indeed! In Upstate New York it is all about the apples. Appel,…
4 years ago
I'm a Tail End Baby Boomer, But Really Never Felt I Belonged
Season 2 Episode 100
1946-1964 are considered the years of the "Baby Boomers". I was born in 1959 and never really felt associated with "Baby Boomers", although I reaped…
4 years ago
Contentious Confession at Saint Patrick's Cathedral New York, NY
Season 2 Episode 99
Growing up a fine Irish Catholic altar boy' the sacrament of confession was just one of the activities that was required on a regular basis to get in…
4 years ago
My Mind, A Dangerous Neighborhood to Walk Alone In
Season 2 Episode 98
As I decided to take a nice four mile walk to work the other day, I passed through many neighborhoods. Although the most dangerous neighborhood of a…
4 years ago
All I Ever Had to Learn Was to Type!!
Season 2 Episode 97
To quote Paul Simon: "when I think back to all the crap I learned in high school" or, in my case revolted against, the most important lesson was typ…
4 years ago
My Brief Time In SEMI-pro Football
Season 2 Episode 96
I have always loved football and felt I had left some unfinished business on the field. (that can be taken a few ways) So, at 37 years of age I deci…
4 years ago
The Mall, Once a Place of Adventure, Now a Place of Doom!
Season 2 Episode 95
In my teens there were strip malls and one enclosed mall, Fairmount Fair, a place of adventure and mischief. Now, malls have expanded, swallowing up…
4 years, 1 month ago