web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:02:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Pete Brown Says - Episodes Tagged with “The Tube” https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/tags/the%20tube Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:30:00 -0500 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 Sleeping Late and Speaking French https://petebrownsays.fireside.fm/017 11c08bba-c1cb-493c-b817-15fa921a71bb Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:30:00 -0500 Peter Brown full 2 Peter Brown 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. 1:02:19 no 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. Read the essay on Medium: https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/sleeping-late-and-speaking-french-81daf82b14de 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/klankbeeld/sounds/405249/ * https://freesound.org/people/ahjteam/sounds/202671/ * https://freesound.org/people/Podsburgh/sounds/370710/ * https://freesound.org/people/CyrileneRossouw/sounds/407577/ * https://freesound.org/people/Ev-Dawg/sounds/346772/ * https://freesound.org/people/Duesenbert/sounds/404430/ * https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454389/ * https://freesound.org/people/wdmatheson/sounds/341181/ * https://freesound.org/people/BiancaBothaPure/sounds/365711/ * https://freesound.org/people/mario1298/sounds/155778/ * https://freesound.org/people/meggiepie/sounds/389678/ * https://freesound.org/people/ciccarelli/sounds/135447/ * https://freesound.org/people/JSC2011/sounds/347743/ * https://freesound.org/people/johnnypanic/sounds/350305/ * https://freesound.org/people/LittleRainySeasons/sounds/335906/ * https://freesound.org/people/SMATTS/sounds/443002/ * https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/445978/ * https://freesound.org/people/rodincoil/sounds/271945/ * https://freesound.org/people/Rocotilos/sounds/341488/ * https://freesound.org/people/NenadSimic/sounds/169086/ college, 90s, plasma, burrito buggy, athens, ohio, ohio university, pawpurrs, the junction, drink and drown, foosball, whopper, burger king, grand canyon, hoodoos, technical writing, software, code, coding, french class, the tube, london, french fries 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.

Read the essay on Medium:
https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/sleeping-late-and-speaking-french-81daf82b14de

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

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Read the essay on Medium:
https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/sleeping-late-and-speaking-french-81daf82b14de

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

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