That's Life, I Swear

By Rick Barron

Every Wednesday, join Rick Barron as he unravels the intricate threads of life's most captivating stories. From heart-pounding political dramas to the awe-inspiring challenges of climate change, he

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February 20, 2024It’s The Little Things: Indie Power - Shaping the Presidential 2024 Race
Buckle up, folks, because the 2024 election is shaping up to be a wild ride. Forget "choose your fighter," this year it's "choose your poison" with Biden and Trump leading the way, but nobody actually wants seconds of either.
supporting links
1. What is the 2024 election all about, anyway? [NPR]
2. Third Way [website]
3. Chris Christie [Wikipedia]
4. A Timeline of Third-Party Events [PBS]
5. Green Party [Wikipedia]

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February 14, 2024Geddy Lee Auctions ‘Part’ Of His Baseball Memorabilia
There are baseball collectors and then there is Geddy Lee. He was the singer and bassist for the band, Rush. He’s pulling together about 300 items from his baseball memorabilia collection to set up for auction. His collection is very large. Some of the items are worth well more than $100,000 dollars!
supporting links
1. Interview with Dan Rather [AXS TV]
2. Bert Shepard [Society For American Baseball Research]
3. Selections from the Geddy Lee Collection [Christie’s]
4. Rock 'n' roll legend auctioning off his incredible baseball memorabilia
[Major League Baseball]
5. Fantasy Baseball [Wikipedia]
6. Baseball Hall of Game [Home]
7. Rush [Home]
8. Exhibition Stadium [Wikipedia]

9. My Effin' Life - book by Geddy Lee [Amazon]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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February 07, 2024Donald Trump’s [Revenge Tour Band] Mandate with USA
Imagine if you will, its noon January 20, 2025, Donald Trump places his hand on a Bible, takes the oath of office and delivers an inaugural address with a simple theme: retribution.
supporting links
1. Project 2025 [Wikipedia]
2. Agenda47 [Donald Trump website]
3. The Heritage Foundation [Wikipedia]
4. Center for Renewing America [Website]
5. America First Policy Institute [Website]
6. America First plans to perpetuate Trumpism beyond Trump [The Guardian]
7. Schedule F [AXIOS]

8. Trump’s extreme rhetoric to Strongman power [CNN]
9. Marc Lotter [LinkedIn]
10. Mark Meadows [LinkedIn]
11. ‘A revenge term’: what would another four years of Trump look like? [The Guardian]

12. How Haley could become the Trump alternative [CNN]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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18min
February 06, 2024It’s The Little Things: The D-Day Weather Report
An Irish postal clerk, played a very key role in helping save General Eisenhower’s, D-Day invasion from potential disaster.
supporting links
1. Maureen Flavin Sweeney [Wikipedia]
2. Operation Overlord [Wikipedia]
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower [Wikipedia]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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January 31, 2024Rolling Stones: New Tunes To 'Start Me Up!'
The Rolling Stones deliver their most dynamic list of musical work in 40 years with ‘Hackney Diamonds’. At their age, this might be ‘The Last Time’ album.
supporting links
1. The Rolling Stones through the years [Planet Radio]
2. The 10 best Rolling Stones songs of all time, ranked [Entertainment]
3. What Charlie Watts meant to the Rolling Stones [Entertainment]
4. Mick Jagger [Wikipedia]
5. Keith Richards [Wikipedia]
6. Ronnie Wood [Wikipedia]
7. Charlie Watts [Wikipedia]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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Twitter at @RedPhantom
Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social
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12min
January 24, 2024Book Review From Rick’s Library: The 1619 Project
The 1619 Project offers a new perspective that reveals a vision of the American past and present.
supporting links
1. Nikole Hannah-Jones [Wikipedia]
2. The 1619 Project [Wikipedia]
3. I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me. [Politico]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
Twitter at @RedPhantom
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8min
January 23, 2024It’s The Little Things: Working to 103 and Loving It!
How does one work, and love it, into your 80s and beyond? Meet Gladys McGarey, who at103, maintains a full schedule.
supporting links
1. The Well-Lived Life [Gladys McGary, MD; book]
2. Foundation For Living Medicine [website]
3. Flexibility for Workers [Future Forum]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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10min
January 17, 2024The Genius Who Sold America on Ugly Sandals
Margot Fraser played a pivotal role in making Birkenstock sandals popular. What's even more incredible, is that she knew absolutely nothing about shoes.
supporting links
1. Birkenstock goes toe-to-toe against counterfeiters [CBS Sunday Morning News]
2. The Man Behind the Luxury Sandals [Spiegel]
3. Birkenstock [Facebook]
4. Konrad Birkenstock [Inventor]
5. Steve Jobs' worn-out Birkenstocks sell for $218,000 at auction [NPR]
6. Steve Jobs and his Birkenstock sandals [Julien's Auctions]
7. Birkenstock Buyer's Guide [Birkenstock Information]
8. Birkenstock [Company Home Page]
9. Birkenstock lovers send their worn-down shoes to this Kansas cobblery [NPR]
10. Margot Fraser, of Birkenstock USA discusses her book, "Dealing with the Tough Stuff" [Youtube]
11. Over 45 Years of Comfortable Tradition [ShoeSurfing]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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15min
January 11, 2024The GOP Party is Morphing Into A Fascist Party
The modern Republican party is morphing towards fascism. We in the United States are witnessing the logical culmination of win-at-any-cost politics and Donald Trump has encouraged it. The 2024 presidential election is turning out to becoming the election ‘that will’ determine our democracy or our demise.
supporting links
1. Today’s Republican Party Follows a Familiar Fascist Model [The Progressive]
2. Trump and the Republican party exemplify these five elements of fascism [The Guardian]
3. Fascism [Wikipedia]
4. Abortion [Planned Parenthood]
5. Tom Cotton [website]
6. Josh Hawley [website]
7. Steve Scalise [website]
8. Mike Johnson [website]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
Twitter at @RedPhantom
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17min
January 10, 2024Interview #2: Judy Barron - Genealogy Isn't Just About Names and Dates
Genealogy isn't just about names and dates; it's about the people behind them. Listen to how Judy Barron started her dive into researching and building her family history.
Supporting links
1. Resources for Genealogists [National Archives]
2. Free Genealogy Resources [National Genealogical Society]
3. Your DNA is Amazing [23andme]
4. Ancestry [Website]
5. MyHeritage [Website]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
Twitter at @RedPhantom
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How many episodes does That's Life, I Swear have?

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