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In this episode, Grandpa Pete explores the origins of the stories that would become Fiddler on the Roof and also shares his love of Klezmer music.

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In this story, Grandpa Pete explores the origins of Halloween through the eyes of a child and shares a story from one of his favorite books, Jacob the Baker.

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In this episode, Grandpa Pete talks with world-famous organist James Welch (https://www.welchorganist.com/home) They talk about their efforts to get a pipe organ in the LDS building in Palo Alto and how that is connected to the organ in the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City.

There are many concerts available on Youtube on Ken Allen Presents. Here is one of my favorites: https://youtu.be/kRZzYJZu3ow?si=_CmZtzg2Fztfm44I

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In this episode, we are continuing to look at what makes Grandpa Pete laugh. Today's episode introduces Bob and Ray and Jacob Collier.

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In this episode, Grandpa Pete will learn the power of a new smile, what it's like to attend Burning Man with Joan Baez, and learn to put service above self. His guest is a long-time friend, Joe Brennan.

If you're interested and able to help, please donate to any of these organizations:

For international cleft lip and palette repair;

The Alliance for Smiles

https://www.allianceforsmiles.org/

For aid to Nepal and the Himalayan area;

Nepal Seeds https://www.nepalseeds.org/

The American Himalayan Foundation;

https://www.himalayan-foundation.org/

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In this episode, Grandpa Pete talks about making plans as he graduated from high school. He brings in two granddaughters who are in the middle of making that decision now, and then shares a story about his own winding road. Then he shares a beautiful piano piece called "Liebestraum" by Franz Liszt.

To learn more about this song and the love poem that it was based on, here is a link: https://classicalexburns.com/2020/09/22/franz-liszt-liebestraum-no-3-the-purest-kind-of-love/

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In this episode, Grandpa Pete talks about some big decisions he had to make in his professional career and is joined by his grandsons Zachary and Jacob about big decisions they've made recently.

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In this episode, Grandpa Pete talks to his grandsons, Lincoln and Owen, about a game that he knows nothing about, but teaches a few important life lessons.

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Grandpa Pete sits down with Dr. Emily de Schweinitz Taylor and discusses an early conflict in his marriage and how he could have resolved it better. Dr. Taylor is the author of two books and teaches two courses at Brigham Young University. She is also the host of her own podcast on conflict resolution: https://www.byuradio.org/conflict-coach

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In this episode, Grandpa Pete talks about his early efforts at physical fitness, as well as interviews three of his grandsons, Alex, Joe, and Henry, about running in different stages of life and what secrets they've found that have made it worth it.