Talking Paragraphs

By Daniel P. Finney

The old Paragraph Stacker, an exiled newspaperman disavowed by his best friend, talks alone in a secluded Drake neighborhood apartment about news, sports, mental health, and the art of eating root bee... more

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How many episodes does Talking Paragraphs have?

The podcast currently has 151 episodes available.

Talking Paragraphs episodes:

January 25, 2023111: Laser-guided podcast
Topics of minor import that may or may not be discussed in this episode of Talking Paragraphs:
Lady sent to funeral home still alive

Laser-guided lightening

New Zealand President quits

Paul likes a Fallon joke

NFL playoffs

Amazon recommends
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1h 20min
January 19, 2023110: Dan's laundry is stolen and the internet is out at his work while Paul faces a flood at his office
Topics of minor import addressed by the dynamic duo of a Des Moines middle school teacher and a Memphis accountant:
Laundry stolen

Work Internet outage

Work flood

Lisa Marie dead

Jeff Beck dead

NFL playoffs

San Diego meerkats vs. Dallas Clouded Leopard
...more
1h 16min
January 10, 2023 109: NFL players are more important than you; Arsenal hates the color red; There's a movie called 'Plane'; and other musings
Topics of minor import discussed by an accountant and a middle school teacher.
1. Damar Hamlin
2. Arsenal
3. "Plane" the movie
4. Listener mail
5. Text-to-speech virtual voice of Alex Trebek
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1h 1min
January 02, 2023108: Old celebrities have died and people can't handle it; Big Ten crashes in burns in college football playoffs; and wouldn't be nice to be a guest on 'The Love Boat'
Items of minor import that may be discussed in this episode of Talking Paragraphs include:
You know it's going to be a good year when both Ohio State and Michigan both lose.

Pele is dead.

Barbara Walters is dead.

Gretta Thurnberg ends 2022 “with one of the greatest tweets in history,” per the Guardian.

Blockchain smartphone named "the FINNEY."

Coal Face

The Love Boat
...more
1h 5min
December 24, 2022107: Analyst predicts Disney dump of ABC/ESPN; winter weather talk; Iowa men's basketball's are gamblers' delight; and the voice of 'Doctor Who'
Topics of modest import that may be discussed on this podcast include:
Is Disney spinning off ABC/ESPN?

RIP Franco Harris.

Gambling odds ruin everything.

Little House on the Prairie.

Weather.

The disembodied voice of John Madden.
...more
1h 4min
December 19, 2022106: Cocaine Bear the Movie will be the next Sharknado? Paul goes to a gastro pub and it triggers Dan. Plus: John Madden.
Items of modest interest that may be discussed in this episode:
Cocaine Bear

Digital Trump cards sellout

Yankees Hot Stove

RIP Rockford Files character actor Stuart Margolin (Paul is going to hate that he’s from Davenport, Iowa.)

World Cup final

Bowl season

Shoutouts: Terrence Tobin, contribution to the podcast, G. Willard Finney, died 34 years ago today. I’d love one more game of checkers with you, Dad.
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1h 26min
December 12, 2022105: Which is worse: Bull in a China shop or cow in a doctor's office? Dan and Paul debate this and more in the latest Talking Paragraphs
The following topics may or may not be discussed in the episode. Expect many deviations and a lot of nonsense in between.
Wild cow in Virginia

Kirstie Alley dead

Mills Lane

Soccer talk

Cashman extension

Warner Bros. canceling DC Comics movies
...more
1h 9min
December 06, 2022104: Famed spitballer Gaylord Perry is dead while giant tortoise celebrates 190th birthday — 'What good amid these, oh me, oh life?'
The following topics may or may not be covered in this episode:
U.S. out of World Cup.

College football: USC, TCU shit the bed; Georgia and Michigan don’t.

Bot writes obit.

Gina Carano in a Hallmark movie,

Indiana Jones de-aging,

1 in 8 Brits want to fart in public without being judged,

Pepsi wants you to drink pop with milk?!

Gannett layoffs.

Dutch woman smiled at a gorilla/gorilla got out/ attacked her/snack,

Iowa QB transferred/Michigan QB comes to Iowa,

Velveta Mac and Cheese takes longer to cook and sues,

Gaylord Perry dead. Spitballer/Joe Niekro on Letterman in 87,

Seychelles giant tortoise called Jonathan turns 190.,
...more
58min
November 28, 2022 103: Self-order kiosk debacle at McDonald’s; US men’s soccer team vs. Taylor Swift fans
1. Self-order McDonald’s kiosk/tictok
2. US national team pisses off Taylor Swift fans
3. The mediocre seasons of Iowa and Oklahoma
4. Unreasonable UPS encounter
5. Netflix — CCR documentary and concert, Wednesday Addams show, and the documentary Hey Pepsi Where’s My Jet
6. Watched She-Hulk
7. Astros playoff shares
8. German win beer joke?
9. US vs England and James qCorridon
10. SPAM figgy pudding
11. Ronald Man U.
12. Burrito eating champ technique — July 4 hotdog
13. Hugh Jackman diet
14. 40 chickens in 40 days
15. Cocktail cookbook
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1h 5min
November 21, 2022 102: Qatar vs. Budweiser, Taylor Swift vs. Ticketmaster, and Dan’s new wheels
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022
1. New vehicle
2. Qatar vs. Budweiser
3. Man U. vs. Renaldo
4. Browns vs Bills game in Detroit
5. Bedlam
6. NIL rights for LSU gymnast
7. Michael Jordan is dead?
8. Taylor Swift Shakespeare class
9. Fox News and Taylor Swift
10. “Festive” season
11. Reddit on Sacramento Kings
12. 8 billionth person in born in Philippines.
13. “Observably stupid.” Kanye
14. Showboats return to Memphis
15. Spielberg “Bullit” spin-off
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1h 13min

FAQs about Talking Paragraphs:

How many episodes does Talking Paragraphs have?

The podcast currently has 151 episodes available.