Inappropriate Conversations

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Inappropriate Conversations episodes

December 06, 2019 TalkBack 29: My Prayer for a Football Game
As far as I can tell, Inappropriate Conversations #29 is the most downloaded episode in the history of this podcast. I'm not sure why a wide-ranging perspective on the concept of school prayer would get such a response, but I'm pleased to share it here.
This episode also qualifies under the heading of topics too large for one recording, so I'll share #IC 30 next, soon, to complete the thought.
I describe myself as a radical moderate, using terminology very loosely, and this topic provides a pretty good example. This first episode in particular shares a counterpoint to my position, and most of the 2-part arc is me providing information and criticism to what might be considered my own camp. I believe I have credentials as a Christian to share what Jesus taught to other Christians, for example.
And this was just the beginning of the podcast, from the first year in 2010.

http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/29-my-prayer-for-a-football-game/

49 min
November 28, 2019 TalkBack 38: Thanksgiving Paper Football Classics
When Inappropriate Conversations #38 was recorded 10 years ago, the annual Paper Football Classic in my family was still a nearly annual event, with 31 consecutive years of record keeping and bragging rights. I was not anticipating a long hiatus, but life as a parent has included high school and college graduations, young adults buying and moving into first homes, marriages, etc. In my mind, the TPFC is still a thing and may resume once again.

Happy Thanksgiving with a TalkBack episode to this holiday season, both now and in years past!

http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/38-thanksgiving-paper-football-classics/

52 min
November 12, 2019 221: Echoes via TalkBacks
Inappropriate Conversations and Walk The Earth podcasts are now available on Spotify. It's a transition that will include reintroducing some of the oldest episodes of each, over time, in a process I've called TalkBacks.

Different Drummer: Johann Sebastian Bach

56 min
October 30, 2019 220: Mirror Universe Different Drummers
What if I go low instead of high? The named Different Drummers might be people like:
Mitch McConnell
Rick Wiles
Franklin Graham
Candice Keller
As opposed to the real answer this time.
Different Drummer: Michelle Obama

1 hr 12 min
October 16, 2019 Promo for Inappropriate Conversations podcast
Sharing a short promo for the Inappropriate Conversations podcast.
1 min
September 26, 2019 219: Proud To Know You 4 - Gregarious
For two consecutive years now, the Pride48 podcasting expo in New Orleans has been a landmark in summertime vacation plans. Each year has been a combination of seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. These are conversations I intend to continue.

Different Drummer: Bernie Taupin

"He's my brother. Let us live in peace." (Taupin)

51 min
September 02, 2019 218: Why We Watch
Spoiler alert regarding Avengers and Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of the Life In Hell strips Matt Groening wrote years ago featured his criticism of film critics. One-liners included newspaper critics writing tight capsule reviews and more serious magazine critics wearing sweaters and giving away endings. I don't often wear sweaters, but I do struggle with how to openly discuss subtext without spoilers. For the movie The Sixth Sense, I ended up writing two reviews, one for before you've seen the film and one for after. That seemed to work. At the #p48EXPO #p48NOLA #p48LIVE event this year, I didn't have the time to offer such a dual perspective. If you are behind (as I was until this summer) on Infinity War and Endgame, you've been warned.

The primary focus of this episode was looking more deeply at what draws us into the popular art we consume. With movies, for example, the impetus seems to be different for comedy, horror, documentary, etc. What occurred to me about the draw of characters, regardless the actor or director, seemed most significant within the superhero genre. The tie-in with the Different Drummer seemed obvious.

As a live show, the format of this one is appropriately different. We dive right in, for one thing, with introduction and theme music coming along the way. For another, I've bookended this file with interstitials from the podcasting suite. Since it takes a few minutes to move one podcast off-stage and another one on, these interstitials tend to focus the audience toward something other than headphones being plugged in and drinks-of-choice being poured. The opener is the intro to Inappropriate Conversations this year, and the closer is one from the next day when I was invited to participate. There is more after the #IC live outro music.
Thanks to Taylor and Taffy from Pod Is My Copilot. Bookends, indeed.

Different Drummer: Stan Lee

"Life's an essay test; we're obliged to give essay answers." (The Author)

1 hr 7 min
August 03, 2019 Walk The Earth 56
Whether "ghosting" is an appropriate alternative to an exit interview when severing ties?

Pride48 2019 NOLA Schedule
49 min
July 17, 2019 217: Right Reasons
The fear that dearest friends would not be close to us anymore is real. So is the burden.

Different Drummer: Alan Parker
1 hr 40 min
June 17, 2019 216: Third Person
Odds and ends include:
* How to interpret the role of Congress with Mueller Report.
* Whether Missouri leaders are conspiring to commit sexual assault.
* If Fred Rogers isn't my all-time favorite "Fred" ... who is?
* "Third Person" from Manifestos Of Neosurrealism.
Different Drummer: Vincent Kompany

58 min

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