Failing Up
Life is improvisation! Observations from a regular guy who always turned left when told to go right and has spent his life with improvisation, his safe place. Exploring the relationships between crisis and creativity. Life is improv. We are all failing up!
Episodes
183 episodes
Truth Decay
In a day and age when the truth is becoming a novelty and our leaders can say what ever they want without consequences, we are indeed walking on thin ice. Those that question the message and check it for accuracy are the called fake...
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Season 5
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Episode 230
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13:31
Fresh Cut Grass
After a long cold snowy winter in the Northeastern part of the United States, there is nothing better than the aroma of fresh cut grass to let you know spring has arrived. This magical fragrance transforms me into a different time, memori...
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Season 5
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Episode 229
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11:10
Faith no Fear
As a week of celebration for an extraordinary leader and pastor, Pope Francis, the peoples Pope comes to an end, I am once again overwhelmed with the power and peace for faith. Not faith defined by a certain denomination or particul...
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Season 5
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Episode 228
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12:51
Scary Easter Bunny
Unlike Santa Clause the Easter Bunny is an animal. While growing up and still to this day when I see Santa in the mall, at brunch, or ringing a bell on the street I can make the connection, he is a nice plump man with a beard. The E...
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Season 5
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Episode 227
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13:15
Convenience vs. Community
In our current day, I can run errands, go to work, and visit the doctor without any real interpersonal interaction. I get gas with my card at the pump, bank at the ATM, groceries at the self checkout line, telemedicine with the doctor, Zo...
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Season 5
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Episode 226
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9:45
Fifteen Items or Less!
Well, let me tell you back in my younger days if there was a rule to be broken, I broke it. Tell me to go right and I go left. Now that I am in the Autumn of my life, (ok early autumn like Labor Day) I find myself obsessed with cert...
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Season 5
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Episode 225
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11:28
GOAT Obsession
Our society seems to be obsessed with who or what is the GOAT, greatest of all time, in what ever category you want to pick. Greatest, band, basketball player, quarterback, late night host, it goes on and on. These discussions ...
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Season 5
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Episode 224
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11:49
The Drive-Thru
As I find myself rushing from point A to point B, there are times I think I'll just stop at a drive-thru and grab something to eat. As I approach the drive-thru I see a long line of car just waiting and herding through. It the...
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Season 5
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Episode 223
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13:23
Essential Workers, Always Essential
Five years ago we went into lock down. All except for the "essential workers". Those selfless heroes at times taken for granted until a crisis occurs and they rise to the occasion. In this case, nurses, doctors, truck dri...
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Season 5
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Episode 222
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11:27
The Fish Fry
One sure sign that spring is around the corner and winter is melting away is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. This is season where the "Fish Fry" rules! I love going to the local fish fry's in church basements or cafet...
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Season 5
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Episode 221
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10:34
Green Beer
Pennsylvania has Punxsutawney Phil, to forecast when spring will arrive, New Orleans has Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, heck we even have lent, all to let us know that spring is on the way. In the central part of New York State, USA, in city na...
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Season 5
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Episode 220
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12:48
Snowy, Cozy Comfort Food, Sunday
Unlike the "Dog Days" of summer we are now in the "Dead of Winter" here in the northeastern portion of the United State. February in Upstate, NY, cold and snowy, dark and cozy. Yes, cozy. Nothing liked a grey snowy Sunday to p...
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Season 5
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Episode 219
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13:36
Valentine's Day Massacre
I despise Valentine's Day! It's a holiday of pressure, stress, forced love, and embarrassment. Designed to kick start sales and post holiday spending in the dead of winter. Ok, I have a few issues that have never been resolved...
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Season 5
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Episode 218
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14:03
1000 "Likes" And All Alone
The United States Surgeon General reported earlier this year that loneness is at a all time high. How can the be in a world that is so connected by technology. A world that is connected yet disconnected. Where communications on platforms ...
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Season 5
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Episode 217
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10:37
Reality TV Our New Reality
Reality TV has crossed over into the real world. Values are based on entertainment, voting is a ratings war, and fantasy valued over facts. Of course it is not a reality program, and it is not my intend to demean the genre by compar...
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Season 5
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Episode 216
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13:38
Sample Saturday
I was on my way into the grocery store, (which are now little communities that go way beyond just groceries) to pick-up my prep prescription for an upcoming colonoscopy. The procedure no one wants to admit they get. "The proce...
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Season 5
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Episode 215
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11:02
The Truth Hurts
In a day and age when there is a constant bombardment of messaging through vast channels of communication, the casualty has been the truth. Those who grasped this new reality have been able to motivate and persuade by delivering me...
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Season 5
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Episode 214
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14:50
The Kitchen Table Heartbeat Of The Home
In the home, whether it be a mansion, house, apartment, flat, log cabin or a small shack, the kitchen table was the place where the pulse was. It was at the table where debates occurred, homework was done, sorrow and joy shared, the day d...
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Season 5
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Episode 213
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10:57
Fear is Man Made
2025 a new year with many changes ahead. As in most cases uncertainty can fuel fear. Most fear is created to motivate, manipulate, and control. Now, this will sound cliché, but the way to overcome fear is through love. Love of your ...
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Season 5
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Episode 212
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9:32
Christmas Eve Special
In this podcast we are celebrating Christmas Eve in the studio. Merry Christmas!
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Season 4
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Episode 211
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12:07
In The Holiday Zone
As I entered the parking lot to the grocery store what did I see, a mass of zoned out shoppers in a frenzy. All in a hurry to get in the store, in hopes their special items were not there no more. Items required for the traditional ...
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Season 4
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Episode 210
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13:29
Yes, Timmy Toboggans Can Fly
Growing up when and where I did, the winters could be very cold and snowy.To take advantage of this season I found myself participating in winter sports along with friends. My three favorite's were: throwing snowballs at cars, Ski-Doo...
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Season 4
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Episode 209
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12:30
Christmas, THE CLOCK IS TICKING!!!!!
The minute the last trick-or-treater put's down their bag for the night, the clock begins ticking for Christmas. We are reminded of the number of days left beginning November 1st. Black Friday is everywhere you go, there is no escap...
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Season 4
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Episode 208
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15:06
Unwrapping Christmas Music
The holiday season is upon, and Christmas is at the forefront with decorations, the tree, cookies, drinks, shopping Santa, Christmas programs, and specials, it goes on and on. There is one thing that holds the season together like a bow o...
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Season 4
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Episode 207
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13:25