Milo Time

Upper West Side, Studio Henry, Lisa swimming at the JCC, Drama, Swimming lanes, Slow lanes, Fast lane, Medium lanes, People in incorrect swimming lanes, Swimming etiquette, Relative speed?, Metropolitan Diary submission, No physical altercation, George Baruth is a name from a book, Matt Christopher, Very mundane books, Daryl wrote a letter to Matt Christopher, The Kid With The Golden Arm, The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, Title is exactly the plot of the book, Star of the book was named Sylvester, Shady old man named George Baruth give Sylvester advice, Moral of the story was very oblique for second graders, Reads like a pedophile hanging around youth practices, What lesson are the boys taking?, Book was old so it might have been suggesting taking advice from crusty old men, Maybe a series of books about The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, No George Baruth Chronicles, For many years Max and Milo would make George Baruth jokes, Random old guys as George Baruths, @milotimepodcast, Turn a heartwarming story into a cautionary tale  

Join us for one of Milo's favorites. We hope you find some place to listen, just quietly.

Lisa botched the subway ride to the studio, Atlantic Avenue, DeKalb Avenue, NYC Subway is extraordinary and safe, though there have been recent publicized incidents, Not Dot Fot was a refrain Max and Milo used to repeat, Our family loves racket sports, Tennis, Ping pong, Kadima, Makeshift ping pong table, We ultimately bought an outdoor ping pong table, We hired someone to build the ping pong table, Wouldn't it be great to have lights so we could play ping pong into the night,  Bike ride to Lowes or Home Depot, Purchase flood lights and the wrong bulbs, So distraught, Ordinarily the boys would have worked me over for this mistake, The boys took mercy on me and began the cheer Not Dot Dot, It was a refrain that the boys revived many times over the years, Daryl reveals some strategy, The Idea of Machines' Sweet Lefty

Lisa in the studio in Brooklyn, Julie Keil Riordan needed to help clean the clutter in the studio, Plea to audience for questions, information, discussion, beef, etc., Soccer-adjacent episode, Soccer players often wear nicknames on their jerseys, Pele, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, How does a soccer player receive his or her nickname?, Brazilian soccer name generator, We found the website when Milo was in second grade, Karen Bacall, Alana's Brazilian soccer name was Fishba, Daryl's was Daldo, Max was Mildo, Milo was Kessliano, Henry Hillman was Hezo, Same name generated every time, Karen Bacall, Milo's second grade teacher, was something like Hosta Da Costa, Adam Cherry was Adildo, Brazilian Soccer Name generator link on Linktree @milotimepodcast, Please share your Brazilian soccer names  

Milo's big brother and closest friend and confidante, Max, joins Milo Time this week to discuss Brooklyn Tech High School, the extraordinary Fellowship we have establish there in Milo's honor, and many other related matters. Thank you for listening to this deeply special episode.

Lisa back in the studio in Brooklyn, First episode of 2025, New Year's Eve, Jody, Debbie, Samantha, and Nora Brant, Alvin Ailey, Home on NYE before midnight, Samantha Brant an accomplished dancer, very self-effacing, Alana's birthday, Lisa has listener response and feedback of her own. Talking about talking about Milo, Lisa notes that a proper response to a grieving friend is not that complicated, Daryl concedes he has failed friends in his past and has empathy for others in our world trying to communicate with us,  Lisa's first reaction to news of our impending vacation, Lisa wants us to have moments, even though those moments will never balance out the loss, Lisa expresses frustration that more can't be done and that the loss impacts everything, Lisa has done tremendous good for our family, even though there is no solution to the ultimate problem, "You know that I know that the loss can't be balanced out" is a wonderful sentiment, Milo tapping on our shoulder anytime and always, Lacie Foreht joining us in Portugal, which will be great, Traveled to Copenhagen and Stockholm in the months after Milo died, Discussions about shock, Looking forward to traveling to Portugal but concerned about a misunderstanding by people who see photos of our traveling, Should we seek power over how we are perceived?, Experiences without Milo will always be difficult, It seems important to be connected to people who understand the depth of this loss and not misunderstand our smiles, If we had a visible injury, people would always be aware of it, Talking about the talking about is always a part of the challenge, The Idea of Machines, Sweet Lefty       

The most special Milo Time guest, Alana, and I discuss the joys and challenges of life events. Please join us for a listen and then join us in conversation.

Join me as we take a look back at the first two years of Milo Time. What have we learned? What have we accomplished? 

Upper West Side, Lisa and family traveling to Colombia, Shout out to Debbie Hillman Goldberg and Iris Hillman, Iris Hillman's 84th birthday, Cartagena, Isla Baru, Debbie's daughter danced at the Nets game, Bass-O-Matic, Strat-O-Matic, Stratocaster, Company in Long Island, Game for young sports fan nerds, Board game, Index card for each player on each team in Major League Baseball, Gateway drug for fantasy sports, The card for each player matched the performance in the previous year, Reggie Jackson, Joe Charboneau, Still making Strat-O-Matic cards today, Topps Attax, Wonder if the boys will like Strat-O-Matic, Enough baseball nerds out there, Max, Milo, and Daryl drafting teams and keeping stats, precursor to love for fantasy sports, Lovably analog, Parents never know what will stick for kids, Thrilled that the boys were interested in Strat-O-Matic, Milo always loved board games with friends, Monopoly, Catan, Risk, Loved the banter and loved that it was quiet, Intense data and baseball experience, Strat-O-Matic basketball and hockey, Any listeners ever play Strat-O-Matic?, Let's play!, Boys loved playing with the old cards, Pass the Poi "Milo"

Lisa hosting in Studio C, Henry, Isabel, Lisa's 11-year-old niece dancing at a Brooklyn Nets game, Westchester, Eastchester, Eric Adams former Brooklyn Borough President and soon-to-be former Mayor, G Train, Lisa used the G Train to watch a friend run the marathon, Daryl and Lisa ran the marathon the same year (1998) after training together, G Train runs directly from Brooklyn to Queens without going into Manhattan, Milo loved to watch and play tennis, Milo played tennis at the Prospect Park Tennis Center, then played tennis in Bay Ridge, then at the tennis program in Mccarren Park in Williamsburg, Milo played in the Williamsburg program for a number of years, G Train easiest way to get from Park Slope to Williamsburg, Milo's travel baseball career winding down at 11 or 12. 11 was a little young for Milo to be taking an unfamiliar subway himself, Milo hopped on a train before Alana did and the doors closed, Conductor refused to reopen the doors, Alana with many things running through her mind, Might not have been able to communicate with Milo, Alana got on the next G Train, Milo was waiting for Alana when she arrived at the proper stop on the train, Milo was probably thinking strategically about how best to handle the issue, Concerns of a parent with a young kid on the train, Pass the Poi's "Milo", The Idea of Machines "Sweet Lefty"