In this episode, starting right at their – 3, 2, 1! – countdown, Tom and Julee launch headlong into covering significant basement ground. Julee comes in hot with a story about a robin.  Tom uncovers some memories of a project he did in college -- inspired by Sesame Street -- spurring some spot-on impressions. They open Tom’s old catch-all drawer bursting with ancient notes from way back in school days as well as (likely) love letters and (definitely) a healthy dose of painful breakup letters. They reminisce about some old TV shows, visit some vintage Star Trek action figures and ponder about you:  the listeners -- our Keepers.

Now in their forties, Julee and Tom are reconnecting as brother and sister in THE MOST distant a socially-distant podcast can be in the United States.  While recording on each coast (and seeing each other over FaceTime) all the way from Los Angeles (Tom) to Boston (Julee), they start unearthing the core lessons, laughs and connections of their childhood.  Plus, Julee has to fight her fear of cobwebs while Tom enjoys the comfort of his office -- yet he CAN'T touch his beloved toys like she can.

As their Instagram bio indicates --  @backthroughthebasementpod   -- you can follow them there to see pictures of everything they unearth -- Tom & Julee (actors, comics, voiceover artists & siblings), children of the 80s, must go through all their toys and belongings in their parents’ basement. Oh boy.

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