Life As We Know It with Tom Walton

By WGTE Public Media

A weekly series of four-minute essays from commentator Tom Walton, retired editor and vice president of the "Toledo Blade." Covering an array of topics, from the intricacies of the English language to... more

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How many episodes does Life As We Know It with Tom Walton have?

The podcast currently has 425 episodes available.

Life As We Know It with Tom Walton episodes:

June 26, 2017 An Actual Letter in the Mailbox
Most days the mailbox at my house yields a mix of mail that probably looks a lot like yours.
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June 19, 2017 Nature Abhors a Vacuum. It's Not Alone.
Nature, it is said, abhors a vacuum. I’ve got news for nature. So do I.
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4min
June 12, 2017 No More Key Tags Please
Take a look at your car keys. I’ll bet you’ve got several key tags identifying you as a lucky rewards program participant for a whole bunch of merchants.
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4min
June 05, 2017 Another Survey? It’ll Just Take a Minute
HARDLY A week goes by that I don’t receive a survey request from a merchant or company I’ve done business with.
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4min
May 29, 2017 A Memorial to a True Fighter
THIS MEMORIAL Day is the day the nation sets aside to remember our fallen heroes in wars and conflicts past.
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4min
May 01, 2017 Click-bait-and-switch
If you spend any time on the Internet, you’ve been subjected to marketing tactics that can make it almost impossible to ignore the bait.
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4min
April 24, 2017 A nice quiet job: funeral greeter
A Blade obituary a while back noted that the deceased had taken a rather unusual occupation late in his life: funeral greeter.
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4min
April 17, 2017 Blade trivia column
One of the most popular features of The Blade is the daily trivia challenge compiled by a friend and former colleague, Mike Kelly.
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4min
April 10, 2017 Pennies from Heaven
Guided by the philosophy that good people doing strange things makes a great story, I was steered to Steve Agler’s quest for a million pennies.
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April 03, 2017 Music to his ears
Nobody has to tell Zak Vassar the challenges he signed up for at the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.
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4min

FAQs about Life As We Know It with Tom Walton:

How many episodes does Life As We Know It with Tom Walton have?

The podcast currently has 425 episodes available.