A collection of vignettes written while sitting with my Dad over his last few months. Happy Father's Day, everyone.
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\n\nEbay Auction Listing (now expired):
\nhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1970s-NHL-Cleveland-Barons-Winter-Knit-Hat-Hockey/323966571446
Music and SFX Credits
\n\nSFX sourced from Freesound.org, including:
\n\nHi! I’m Pete. I’m a middle-class father of two who lives in the comfortable ‘burbs of Central Ohio.
\n\nMost of my life takes place within this suburban bubble, a fact that I’m never more aware of than when a Presidential election rolls around and Ohio is overrun with candidates and pundits all speaking about an electorate that I don't recognize.
\n\nAnd I want to change that.
\n\nThis is Ohio 2020 is a both a podcast and a documentary film project chronicling my efforts to escape my bubble in the year leading up to the 2020 election, to meet and interview my fellow Buckeyes from all walks of life – especially those most different from my own. I want to hear your stories: how you grew up and came to be the person you are today. And I want to understand how those stories influence how you think politically.
\n\nThe portrait of the Buckeye electorate that we create is one that begins in the personal and leads to the political.
\n\nYou can subscribe to This is Ohio 2020 now, wherever you get your podcasts.
\n\nMusic:
\n"Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Pete welcomes a guest storyteller for the final Season 2 episode...you'll learn how to tell good biker gangs from bad biker gangs, how to gouge a guy's eye out and buy cigarettes at age 10, the greatest Christmas card in history and the secret meaning of the phrase "stinky on you." Plus, Pete shares some insights on Season 2, his plans for Season 3 and a whole new podcast project that's launching soon.
\n\nLinks:
\n\nThe Jesus Gerbil: Life is Funny: https://thejesusgerbil.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/the-jesus-gerbil/
\n\nThe Nest Theatre: https://nesttheatre.com/event/word-live-literature-oct-10-2019-7pm/
","summary":"Pete welcomes a guest storyteller for the final Season 2 episode...you'll learn how to tell good biker gangs from bad biker gangs, how to gouge a guy's eye out and buy cigarettes at age 10, the greatest Christmas card in history and the secret meaning of the phrase \"stinky on you.\" Plus, Pete shares some insights on Season 2, his plans for Season 3 and a whole new podcast project that's launching soon.","date_published":"2019-10-07T00:15:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/bb79aa15-915d-41c2-8c03-83db58f19b9d/2f50d6a3-0124-4f46-b09a-5f4183e09176.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":22669314,"duration_in_seconds":1412}]},{"id":"710f380c-d65b-4815-954a-3b8374b6feec","title":"The Song Remains the Same","url":"https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/025","content_text":"Pete goes in search of a song he heard a local band play on a rainy Thursday night in 1993 at a bar called Ruby Tuesday. And, dropping his son off at college for the first time sparks Pete's memories of his first few months away at college in 1989 in all of his be-mulleted, hacky sack playing glory. Plus, an extended rant on the spelling of band names.","content_html":"Pete goes in search of a song he heard a local band play on a rainy Thursday night in 1993 at a bar called Ruby Tuesday. And, dropping his son off at college for the first time sparks Pete's memories of his first few months away at college in 1989 in all of his be-mulleted, hacky sack playing glory. Plus, an extended rant on the spelling of band names.
","summary":"Pete goes in search of a song he heard a local band play on a rainy Thursday night in 1993 at a bar called Ruby Tuesday's. ","date_published":"2019-09-02T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/bb79aa15-915d-41c2-8c03-83db58f19b9d/710f380c-d65b-4815-954a-3b8374b6feec.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":78014633,"duration_in_seconds":4871}]},{"id":"796af972-5f0c-4756-9896-c4b44d9427db","title":"Not Invited to the Party","url":"https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/023","content_text":"A Meditation on Posterity...One of Pete's old friends is not invited to a party. Dusting off his investigative reporting skills, Pete traces this back to a pair of a purple socks, a flood and an old chair. \n\nThis episode heads down to Central Texas, where I drive my editor crazy as a budding sportswriter, take umbrage with a publicity stunt from the local university, learn first-hand how flooding impacts a community, before returning back to Ohio where Pete notices a chair on the verge of setting a world endurance record, comes clean to his wife about a future museum, and thinks for a bit about the relaionship between social media and posterity.\n\nRead the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays\n\n*Music and SFX in this episode includes\n*\n\"I'm Not Myself\" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)\n\nSelections from the website audionautix.com\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com\nSelections from Freesound.org, including:\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Nathan_Lomeli/sounds/79190/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Jace/sounds/155310/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/ImKoryu/sounds/171261/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/jedspear/sounds/322921/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Bansemer/sounds/160494/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/AlienXXX/sounds/347980/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/shelbyshark/sounds/457730/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/KieranKeegan/sounds/431477/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/XfiXy8/sounds/467289/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/toonothing/sounds/201534/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/MyLittleAwesome/sounds/169574/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/waveplay_old/sounds/381353/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/GowlerMusic/sounds/266566/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/AlucardsBride/sounds/172738/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/9429/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/TheScarlettWitch89/sounds/437612/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/253458/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Simon_Lacelle/sounds/45654/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/99635/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/xtrsounder/sounds/202498/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/contramundum/sounds/315758/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/nigelcoop/sounds/210513/\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/61311/","content_html":"A Meditation on Posterity...One of Pete's old friends is not invited to a party. Dusting off his investigative reporting skills, Pete traces this back to a pair of a purple socks, a flood and an old chair.
\n\nThis episode heads down to Central Texas, where I drive my editor crazy as a budding sportswriter, take umbrage with a publicity stunt from the local university, learn first-hand how flooding impacts a community, before returning back to Ohio where Pete notices a chair on the verge of setting a world endurance record, comes clean to his wife about a future museum, and thinks for a bit about the relaionship between social media and posterity.
\n\nRead the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays
\n\n*Music and SFX in this episode includes
\n*
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org, including:
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Nathan_Lomeli/sounds/79190/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Jace/sounds/155310/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/ImKoryu/sounds/171261/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/jedspear/sounds/322921/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Bansemer/sounds/160494/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/AlienXXX/sounds/347980/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/shelbyshark/sounds/457730/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/KieranKeegan/sounds/431477/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/XfiXy8/sounds/467289/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/toonothing/sounds/201534/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/MyLittleAwesome/sounds/169574/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/waveplay_old/sounds/381353/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/GowlerMusic/sounds/266566/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/AlucardsBride/sounds/172738/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/9429/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/TheScarlettWitch89/sounds/437612/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/253458/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Simon_Lacelle/sounds/45654/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/99635/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/xtrsounder/sounds/202498/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/contramundum/sounds/315758/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/nigelcoop/sounds/210513/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/61311/
In the fall of 1989, new radio DJ Pete inexplicably and uncharacteristically turns against Aerosmith's song "Love in an Elevator." Here's the whole story, and it's as ludicrous as late 80's hair metal lyrics can be.
\n\nRead the original essay here.
\n\nVisit [ColumbusCalling.com](columbuscalling.com)
\n\n*Music and SFX in this episode includes
\n*
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
\nExcerpts used for further commentary from "Love in an Elevator" and "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith, "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake, "Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard and "Angela" by Motley Crue, "Most of the Time" by Bob Dylan, as well as the film "Aerosmith: The Making of Pump."
Selections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org
Millenial bashing is popular among the grouchy old white guy set, and Pete says it's complete and utter bullshit, laying out the argument that those who are bashing Millenials as the everybody-gets-a-trophy generation are hypocrites at best and unloveable assholes at worst. A Gen-Xer stands up for his Millenial colleagues, even as they stand accused of killing everything from breakfast cereal and divorce to car ownership and wine.
\n\nAlong the way, he touches on technology, Santa, Imma Keep It Real With u Chief meme, tae kwon do, rotary telephones, mimeographs, The Print Shop, spirit awards, drugs, coaching tee ball, snack schedules and Jesus.
\n\nRead the essay version over on Medium.
\n\nMusic and SFX in this episode includes
\n"I'm Not Mysefl" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website [audionautix.com](audionautix.com)
\nSelections licensed from the website [podcastmusic.com](podcastmusic.com)
\nSelections from[ Freesound.org](freesound.org)
Pete explores his fears around his son's imminent departure for college, reflecting on teaching, teenagers, oil changes, work ethics, shitty rakes and cheap tacos along the way.
\n\nRead the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays
\n\n*Music and SFX in this episode includes
\n*
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org, including:
https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/398194/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/kaponja/sounds/54255/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/freefire66/sounds/175954/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/329949/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/z2cradio/sounds/426406/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/thefsoundman/sounds/118513/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/orangefreesounds/sounds/329855/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/DCElliott/sounds/381453/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/NenadSimic/sounds/169086/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/NenadSimic/sounds/169086/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/luminadii/sounds/336754/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/405561/
\nhttps://freesound.org/people/ahill86/sounds/207145/
We were already full-up on dogs when my wife and kids asked if we could adopt a disabled labrador retriever. When we did, my daughter asked if we could make a movie about him, and over the past ten years, we shot footage and interviews every few months or so. This episode draws from all of that material, and we used it to create a short companion video for this episode:
\n\nI did not foresee how much our lives would be impacted by Timbuktu. Here's his story...
\n\nRead the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays
\n\n*Watch the Short Film: *
\nThis episode has an accompanying short film...check out Timbuktu in all his glory.
\nhttps://vimeo.com/321262030
*Music and SFX in this episode includes
\n*
\n"I'm Not Mysefl" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org, including:
I revisit some of the dicey decisions I made in my early 20s, and as my son prepares to head off to college, I wonder how I can help him not do the same. Along the way I touch on the burrito buggy, selling plasma, drink-and-drown, quad night at the Junction, French class, spring training, hoodoos at the Grand Canyon, taco eating contests, getting lost,saying cool beans, 8 am classes, Whoppers, Ogre and Mrs. Ogre, the London tube, french fries and the only truth I can seem to grasp after 25 years of beating myself up over one bad choice made in a hot basement corridor.
\n\nRead the essay on Medium:
\nhttps://medium.com/@petebrownsays/sleeping-late-and-speaking-french-81daf82b14de
Music and SFX in this episode includes:
\n\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
\nSelections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org, including
From the 1978 Chevy El Camino to Popeye's 'roid rage to Barack Obama to Notting Hill: I walk you through a series of phrases that I struggle to understand, ending, inevitably, at Whoomp! There it is! Along the way, an almost-selfie teaches me something weighty about myself.
\n\nYou won't believe what it is.
\n\nRead the essay on Medium:
\nhttps://medium.com/@petebrownsays/whoomp-there-it-is-f90ca0389f46
Risk! Live Show, Cincinnati: http://risk-show.com/
\n\n*Whoomp, there he is: Obama lookalike in Tag Team's 1993 video: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/07/obama.music.video/index.html
\n*
Music and SFX in this episode includes:
\n\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
\nSelections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org, including
What's missing between WTH and WTF? The answer involves death metal, the Super Bowl Shuffle and an actual telegram from Western Union.
\n\nRead the original essay: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/wth-vs-wtf-5bb19e5097e5
\n\nRisk! Live Show, Cincinnati: http://risk-show.com/tour/
\n\nCleveland Scene, "Bad Apples" 2002: https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/bad-apples/Content?oid=1483545
\n\nMusic and SFX in this episode includes
\n"I'm Not Mysefl" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org, including
\nNenadSimic: https://freesound.org/people/NenadSimic/sounds/169086/
\nDW: https://freesound.org/people/D%20W/sounds/151985/
I explore the connection between social media, my teenagers and my blood pressure. Along the way, I discover what connects J. Alfred Prufock, Snapchat, Instagram, beastiality, cat-eating aliens, blue monkeys, spam and ferrets. Believe it or not, the answer is Bon Jovi.
\n\nRead the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/the-context-crisis-4846e734d713
\n\nMusic and SFX in this episode includes
\n"I'm Not Mysefl" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org
When was the last time you flipped someone off? Or were on the receiving end of the bird? From Improv class to creative writing workshops to parking lots to bossy drivers and hammer-wielding tweens, I explore my evolving relationship with this most basic form of communication.
\n\nRead the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/flippin-the-bird-84276282aa3d
\n\nEpisode Photo "126/365 F You (but with a smile)" by Flickr user stuartpilbrow
\n\nMusic and SFX in this episode includes
\n"I'm Not Mysefl" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website audionautix.com
\nSelections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
\nSelections from Freesound.org, including:
Everything from unholy doggos to the windy coast of Ireland to outlaw dirt track racing...Get a sneak preview of Season 2 in this trailer.
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","summary":"In this bonus Season One episode, Pete faces his greatest challenge yet: buying a set of tires at Costco. Can he do it, or will it devolve into an absurdist folly? I think you know the answer to that. Plus: Reflections on Season 1.","date_published":"2017-12-28T16:30:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/bb79aa15-915d-41c2-8c03-83db58f19b9d/468b73fc-e32d-4f0a-aa6f-dc190c973e0d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":30739195,"duration_in_seconds":1896}]},{"id":"dde5c308-e92e-49f6-adbc-3c34afc7a6e3","title":"Cut to the Chase","url":"https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/010","content_text":"Did you ever have a ready-to-retire teacher who was pretty much done with the bullshit? In this episode, I tell four quick, funny stories about some weird assignments I was given during seventh and eighth-grade religion class, my equally odd responses to them, and whether they were due to a poorly conceived curriculum, or just because the teacher was wrapping up her career. \n\nRead an essay version of this show over on Medium.com.\n\nMusic and SFX Credits\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison\n\"I'm Not Myself\" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison\n\nSome SFX sourced from Freesound.org\nAdditional SFX and music licensed directly from podcastmusic.com","content_html":"Did you ever have a ready-to-retire teacher who was pretty much done with the bullshit? In this episode, I tell four quick, funny stories about some weird assignments I was given during seventh and eighth-grade religion class, my equally odd responses to them, and whether they were due to a poorly conceived curriculum, or just because the teacher was wrapping up her career.
\n\nRead an essay version of this show over on Medium.com.
\n\nMusic and SFX Credits
\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
Some SFX sourced from Freesound.org
\nAdditional SFX and music licensed directly from podcastmusic.com
This episode features a connect-the-dots of pop culture essay that runs from Napoleon Dynamite to David Puddy to Buckwheat to Brooklyn Nets power forward Luis Scola, to the Superfriends to Chief Wahoo. I step through the logic that connects each of these things to arrive at a relatively unpopular conclusion, at least among the denizens of the 2-1-6.
\n\nRead an essay version of this show over on Medium.com.
\n\nMusic and SFX Credits
\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
Some SFX sourced from Freesound.org
\nAdditional SFX and music licensed directly from podcastmusic.com
Do you remember your first job?
\n\nI've been telling a pretty lame joke about golf for years. In this episode, I trace it back to the summer I spent caddying at a country club. In the process, I dig up some strong feelings about hazing, bullies, wealth, learning to curse and standing up to one's father.
\n\nRead an essay version of today's episode over on Medium.
\n\n*Music and SFX Credits
\n*
\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
Some SFX sourced from Freesound.org
\nAdditional SFX and music licensed directly from podcastmusic.com
Pete explores what it means to be the cool parent: from couch forts and pets to fireworks and Humans vs. Zombies. Can he keep up with the kids across a long weekend on a college campus? How many dogs is too many dogs? Plus Jodie returns to the podcast to explain what 'Busties' is and why it was banned for life in the Brown household. All this and more in this exciting episode that you don't want to miss.
\n\nWant to read the essay this episode is based on? Head over to my page at Medium.
\n\nLearn more about the HvZ EndWar.
\n\nMusic and SFX Credits
\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
Some SFX sourced from Freesound.org
\nAdditional SFX and music licensed directly from podcastmusic.com
How do we get to know who are parents really are, when they're not all parenting it up? In this episode, an item from my childhood resurfaces, fully awash in mystery. As I get to the bottom of the Pillowcase Mystery, I learn all about my Mom and a true Olympic hero.
\n\nYou can read an essay version of this show over on Medium.
\n\nFollow me on Instagram and Twitter!
\n\nMusic and SFX Credits
\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
SFX sourced from Freesound.org,
\nReferee Whistle by JoeDeshon
\nBleep by ermine
\nQuarterTone by tt18x16-mp-hdv04
\nPiano Improvisation by Bradovic
Additional SFX licensed directly from podcastmusic.com
","summary":"An item from my childhood resurfaces in my adult life, awash in mystery. I attempt to get to the bottom of the Pillowcase Mystery.","date_published":"2017-11-13T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/bb79aa15-915d-41c2-8c03-83db58f19b9d/9f209c9c-49b5-4ffd-b361-3688c74866c0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":34426912,"duration_in_seconds":2127}]},{"id":"8a6b2579-7a8f-40c7-ab24-93b8ba3e8da2","title":"I become *that* Dad.","url":"https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/005","content_text":"Pete wrestles with an unruly essay about soccer, wonders why he can't seem to let anything go and explores whether or not he has passed on his cursed memory to his son. With: Parken Brown.\n\nRead an essay version of this show over on Medium.com.\n\nMusic and SFX Credits\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison\n\"I'm Not Myself\" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison\n\nAdditional music and SFX licensed from podcastmusic.com.","content_html":"Pete wrestles with an unruly essay about soccer, wonders why he can't seem to let anything go and explores whether or not he has passed on his cursed memory to his son. With: Parken Brown.
\n\nRead an essay version of this show over on Medium.com.
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\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
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\n\nIs there something you always thought you’d be good at, but never have actually tried? Well, there was something I thought I’d be good at, and finally went out and tried it. Results were...mixed.
\n\nWant to read the essay this episode is based on? Head over to my page at Medium.
\n\nMusic and SFX Credits
\n\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
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\nRowing Boat by Wim
\nVolleyball Game by involipa
\nChaChing by guest
\nRimshot by jmayhoff
\nSlap Bass.wav by Mr. Wolk
\nOpen-Close Car Trunk by jrssandoval
\nReferee Whistle by JoeDeshon
\nBleep by ermine
\nQuarterTone by tt18x16-mp-hdv04
\nPiano Improvisation by Bradovic
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\nWildcat 1 - No Copyright
\nAmateur Football Game
\nHuman Gurgle
\nFootball Block with Grunt
\nCrowd Angry
\nWhistle Referee 6ext8-11527
\nCarStartFourCylinder
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Why do we tell lies? And once you tell a lie, can you just move on with your life? Or does the canard continue to haunt you?
\n\nIn this episode, I explore lying by diving into a few corkers that I've told over the years. Plus, what it takes to get hit by a pitch in baseball, and listener stories about a basketball career that should have been and a man who may or may not have believed himself to be Jon Bon Jovi.
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\n\nWhen is something an homage to source material, and when is it plagiarism? I explore this line, plus fan fiction, junk drawers and the time I came this close to winning a contest. This show includes an interview with my 14-year-old daughter that proved to be one of the top-5 toughest interviews I've ever had.
\n\nRead an essay version of today's show at Medium.com
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\nMusic and SFX Credits
Intro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
\n"Big Horns Intro" by Audionautix.com
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\nRimshot by jmayhoff
\nSlap Bass by Mr. Wolf
\nBrush Loop by Vincent Sermonne
\nChaise Glisse by maxdemianagl
\nDrawer Open Close by ediecz
\nGas Station Driveway Bell by Milton
\nGas Station Pump Filling by Nebulae
\nFlute 3 by MadMerv
\nSteady Highway Driving by Joe Deshon
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Do you have a word that's unique to your family only? Or maybe a funny pronunciation that's carried through from you or your kiddo's childhood? Most made-up words have unique backstories just below their surface.
\n\nIn this episode, we explore a made-up word that made its way into a high school English class, as well as one from my own childhood that I've been trying to reclaim. Along the way, you're going to hear about a very odd poster hanging in a child's room, swirlies, Russian babushkas, the lamination machine and the Peanuts gang.
\n\nRead an essay version of today's show on Medium.
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\nIntro and interstitials by Brian Hake
\nAdditional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
\n"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
\n"I Like Peanuts" by Audionautix.com
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\nSounds of Record Player by luffy
\nRimshot by jmayhoff
\nRedial Landline by mshahen
\nFlush by phreaksaccount
\nSchool Ambient by cones
\nCrickets by Frus
\nHorn fail wah-wah by taranp
\nDinner table by malden
\nAccordion by lepolainyann
\nRussian Babushka performed by Jodie Brown
In Episode 0, you'll hear what PeteBrownSays is all about:
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Read Homecoming, plus the View from Under the Bus on Medium.
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