March 06, 2026

248: Adam fell during a phone call

1 hour 15 minutes

Sometimes, technology can almost seem like magic. That’s how I

think sometimes about cell phones.

mean, you can just pull a little device out of your pocket, tap a

couple of things on the screen, and suddenly you’re talking in real

time to some other person, who can be anywhere in the world? I know

we take this for granted now, but it’s pretty amazing.

There

was a little trick I used to do sometimes, with Skype. Remember

Skype? Back in the day, it was pretty cool to be able to use your

computer to actually make a phone call. Of course, now we do it all

the time with Google Voice. But Skype used to be pretty cutting edge.

Anyway,

one of the features of having a Skype account was 3-way calling. You

could have a 3-way conversation really easily.

what I would do is pull up the Skype app on my computer, and have my

list of contacts on the screen. I would click on my dad’s name, so

it would start dialing his phone number. Then I would click my

brother’s name, and it would start dialing HIS phone number. They

would both answer the phone, like “Hello?” and I would just stay

silent and enjoy the confusion. They each knew their phone rang, and

of course they recognized each other’s voices, but neither of them

had made the call so they had no idea why their phones rang. It was

always good for a laugh.

But

sometimes, a phone call can be traumatic.

guest today is Adam. He was enjoying some solo rock-climbing one day,

and was on the phone with his roommate, Rachel. That phone call

became one that neither of them will ever forget.

Adam

is on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aaiaiaaoui/

This

is Adam’s band, Birdnest -

https://www.instagram.com/birdnest.music/

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for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

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