Episodes

  • Making a New Friend and Other Stories
    Nov 1 2023

    We have a new episode this week, as mom looks back at some past trips overseas, including one where she got to know the woman who would become one of her closest friends. We also pull the curtain back a bit and reveal some recent health developments, and learn how it has impacted some of our past episodes.

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    20 mins
  • Hosting Costume Parties and Other Stories
    Jul 12 2023

    Photos were our prompt this week, as we look at how Mom would entertain friends. Plus. we take a trip to the ballgame. Actually, several ballgames, and hide from dad on the way home.

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    17 mins
  • Going to the Drive-in and Other Stories
    Jul 5 2023

    Mom liked the drive-in as a kid, and Studio 54 as an adult. Life means changes, and we hear about all sorts of changing entertainment this week, from the movies, to dance clubs, to hallucinogens.

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    17 mins
  • Adjusting to Suburbia and Other Stories
    Jun 28 2023

    Mom's mom moved her with Mom's dad after the war, and it was an adjustment. We look at the war from various stops in time, as we learn how her mom adjusted to life in the U.S., and how her dad got involved in the war in the first place.

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    20 mins
  • Smuggling Hash into Canada and Other Stories
    Jun 14 2023

    Mom ran into the New York Jets while attending college. As you do. She also brought drugs across international lines. So, she's practically an NFL player. We also learn which sport she didn't like. And more about how her brother hated her dad.

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    21 mins
  • Losing the Last Quaalude and Other Stories
    Jun 7 2023

    Mom threw away a bag of really good weed. That leads to a full on drug talk. Plus, more on Bob and his patchwork boots, and the fashion industry in the 60s.

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    25 mins
  • Turning Down Mick Jagger and Other Stories
    May 31 2023

    This week, it's mob shakedowns and the Rolling Stones, as Pop's business gets some "protection" and Mom runs into Mick Jagger for the second time. Can she resist his charms? Yes, yes, she can.

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    24 mins
  • Playing Records and Other Stories
    May 10 2023

    From the basement to Vietnam and back again. This week, Mom talks about the music she heard growing up, her parent's reaction to the war in Vietnam, and her first jobs. Plus, we manage to meet a famous person along the way, because of course we do.

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    24 mins