web01.fireside.fm Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:27:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Pete Brown Says - Episodes Tagged with “Spotswriting” https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/tags/spotswriting Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:30:00 -0400 Pretty good stories. Told by Pete. This podcast features creative nonfiction audio stories written by Pete Brown. They're pretty good stories, solidly GenX, works of memoir steeped in nostalgia. From a suburban Cleveland childhood in the 1970s and 80s up through today's modern parenting dilemmas, these stories are funny, poignant and a great listen. en-us episodic Pretty Good Stories. Told by Pete. Peter Brown Pretty good stories. Told by Pete. This podcast features creative nonfiction audio stories written by Pete Brown. They're pretty good stories, solidly GenX, works of memoir steeped in nostalgia. From a suburban Cleveland childhood in the 1970s and 80s up through today's modern parenting dilemmas, these stories are funny, poignant and a great listen. no Peter Brown petebrownsays@gmail.com Not Invited to the Party https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/023 796af972-5f0c-4756-9896-c4b44d9427db Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:30:00 -0400 Peter Brown full 2 Peter Brown 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, an old chair and a dead cat. 1:11:15 no 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. This 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. Read the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays *Music and SFX in this episode includes * "I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison) Selections from the website audionautix.com Selections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com Selections from Freesound.org, including: https://freesound.org/people/NathanLomeli/sounds/79190/ https://freesound.org/people/Jace/sounds/155310/ https://freesound.org/people/ImKoryu/sounds/171261/ https://freesound.org/people/jedspear/sounds/322921/ https://freesound.org/people/Bansemer/sounds/160494/ https://freesound.org/people/AlienXXX/sounds/347980/ https://freesound.org/people/shelbyshark/sounds/457730/ https://freesound.org/people/KieranKeegan/sounds/431477/ https://freesound.org/people/XfiXy8/sounds/467289/ https://freesound.org/people/toonothing/sounds/201534/ https://freesound.org/people/MyLittleAwesome/sounds/169574/ https://freesound.org/people/waveplayold/sounds/381353/ https://freesound.org/people/GowlerMusic/sounds/266566/ https://freesound.org/people/AlucardsBride/sounds/172738/ https://freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/9429/ https://freesound.org/people/TheScarlettWitch89/sounds/437612/ https://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/253458/ https://freesound.org/people/Simon_Lacelle/sounds/45654/ https://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/99635/ https://freesound.org/people/xtrsounder/sounds/202498/ https://freesound.org/people/contramundum/sounds/315758/ https://freesound.org/people/nigelcoop/sounds/210513/ https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/61311/ flood, tropical storm charlie, texas, central texas, san marcos daily record, new braunfels herald, del rio, san marcos, san marcos river, social media, facebook, twitter, instagram, sportswriting, swt, southwest texas state university, texas state university, pumpkins, chairs, dead cats, storytelling, narrative, creative nonfiction, 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.

This 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.

Read the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays

*Music and SFX in this episode includes
*
"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)

Selections from the website audionautix.com
Selections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
Selections from Freesound.org, including:
https://freesound.org/people/Nathan_Lomeli/sounds/79190/
https://freesound.org/people/Jace/sounds/155310/
https://freesound.org/people/ImKoryu/sounds/171261/
https://freesound.org/people/jedspear/sounds/322921/
https://freesound.org/people/Bansemer/sounds/160494/
https://freesound.org/people/AlienXXX/sounds/347980/
https://freesound.org/people/shelbyshark/sounds/457730/
https://freesound.org/people/KieranKeegan/sounds/431477/
https://freesound.org/people/XfiXy8/sounds/467289/
https://freesound.org/people/toonothing/sounds/201534/
https://freesound.org/people/MyLittleAwesome/sounds/169574/
https://freesound.org/people/waveplay_old/sounds/381353/
https://freesound.org/people/GowlerMusic/sounds/266566/
https://freesound.org/people/AlucardsBride/sounds/172738/
https://freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/9429/
https://freesound.org/people/TheScarlettWitch89/sounds/437612/
https://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/253458/
https://freesound.org/people/Simon_Lacelle/sounds/45654/
https://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/99635/
https://freesound.org/people/xtrsounder/sounds/202498/
https://freesound.org/people/contramundum/sounds/315758/
https://freesound.org/people/nigelcoop/sounds/210513/
https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/61311/

]]> 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.

This 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.

Read the original essay here: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays

*Music and SFX in this episode includes
*
"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)

Selections from the website audionautix.com
Selections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
Selections from Freesound.org, including:
https://freesound.org/people/Nathan_Lomeli/sounds/79190/
https://freesound.org/people/Jace/sounds/155310/
https://freesound.org/people/ImKoryu/sounds/171261/
https://freesound.org/people/jedspear/sounds/322921/
https://freesound.org/people/Bansemer/sounds/160494/
https://freesound.org/people/AlienXXX/sounds/347980/
https://freesound.org/people/shelbyshark/sounds/457730/
https://freesound.org/people/KieranKeegan/sounds/431477/
https://freesound.org/people/XfiXy8/sounds/467289/
https://freesound.org/people/toonothing/sounds/201534/
https://freesound.org/people/MyLittleAwesome/sounds/169574/
https://freesound.org/people/waveplay_old/sounds/381353/
https://freesound.org/people/GowlerMusic/sounds/266566/
https://freesound.org/people/AlucardsBride/sounds/172738/
https://freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/9429/
https://freesound.org/people/TheScarlettWitch89/sounds/437612/
https://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/253458/
https://freesound.org/people/Simon_Lacelle/sounds/45654/
https://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/99635/
https://freesound.org/people/xtrsounder/sounds/202498/
https://freesound.org/people/contramundum/sounds/315758/
https://freesound.org/people/nigelcoop/sounds/210513/
https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/61311/

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