You visit the huge town park at the end of your block, and find yourself racing grown-up sized big wheels with some Dads.

This episode originally aired in May of 2025.

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This episode was inspired by⁠ ⁠"The Case for Pool Party Progressivism"⁠⁠ by Kate Aronoff at The New Republic, Aug 2023.

Special thanks to freesound_community at⁠ ⁠Pixabay Sounds⁠⁠ for numerous contributions to the soundscape of this episode. Additional sounds from Freesound, licensed under Creative Commons 0 or Attribution 4.0:

⁠⁠city ​​park birds background atmo without people⁠⁠ sound effect by Garuda1982

⁠⁠Squirrel.wav⁠⁠ by PhilllChabbb

⁠⁠ForestDay_BW.66.wav⁠⁠ by sonidosreales245

⁠⁠group people outdoors calm 150108_00.wav⁠⁠ by klankbeeld

⁠⁠chatter in a large tent.wav⁠⁠ by Kyster

⁠⁠Small Crowd Walla⁠⁠ by IENBA

⁠⁠kids fooling around outside shouting ohhhh India.flac⁠⁠ by kyles

⁠⁠20160503_rowdy.kids.wav⁠⁠ by dobroide

⁠⁠PickleBall.m4a⁠⁠ by fkunze

⁠⁠roller coaster field recording⁠⁠ by Garuda1982

⁠⁠Inside a traditional Dutch windmill, 2⁠⁠ by pcwvdmark

⁠⁠S12-03 Small group men cheering; encouraging.wav⁠⁠ by craigsmith

⁠⁠breeze.wav⁠⁠ by keweldog

⁠⁠thunders and crows⁠⁠ by trainloop0

⁠⁠Soccer Match⁠⁠ by RandomRecord19

⁠⁠R08-41-Small Gathering of Friends.wav⁠⁠ by craigsmith

⁠Rain Slowly Passing TREATED LOOP_Edgewater_06192020.wav⁠ by speakwithanimals