We talk Knicks-Pacers series, give report on the Indiana Fever, Mission Impossible Final Reckoning, and talk second chances from Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 11 on this edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. You can click on the audio player above to listen to the episode, or you can watch it on YouTube at the … Continue reading "Knicks Pacers, Indiana Fever, Mission Impossible, and Ted Lasso Season Three, Episode 11"

We talk the highs and lows of sports, the NBA Playoffs, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 10 on this episode of the Torg Stories Podcast. Some of my lows in sports: High Moments in Sports: Question for discussion: Rebecca asks the owners how much money they really need? Some of the impacts of money … Continue reading "The Highs and Lows of Sports, NBA Playoffs, and Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 10"

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms! On this episode of the Torg Stories Podcast, Anne and I tell mom memories, we talk NBA Playoffs, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 9. A celebration of my mom Carol Sue and my wife Megan: Thanks to all the new subscribers last week. That made me think … Continue reading "Mom Memories, Maybe the Knicks Don’t Suck and Ted Lasso Season 3, Ep 9"

Thanks to the listeners who have recently read my novel Love on the Big Screen and took the time to write me about it. I appreciate you! Anne, the Kindle version is only $2.99! News from my house: -I did an enormous amount of weeding. Found and cooked some morel mushrooms. Classes are over at … Continue reading "Trying to Enjoy the Victories, NBA Playoffs, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 8"

Hi Everyone! Anne and I are recording this episode on the top floor of the Torg Family Vacation Rental in Duck North Carolina, a town in the Outer Banks. On this episode we’re going to use our powers of description to talk about the Outer Banks, a local favorite that made it big Duck Doughnuts, … Continue reading "The Outer Banks, Duck Doughnuts, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 9"

Welcome to the Torg Stories Podcast! In this episode, Anne is back from London. We’re getting ready to see her at the Outer Banks. We talk solo vacationing, and we get what amounts to a travel program on Amsterdam from the television series Ted Lasso. Anne, give us a story from London. On this episode, … Continue reading "Boone and LA Restaurant Recs, Report from London, and a Ted Lasso Tour of Amsterdam"

Welcome to the Torg Stories Podcast. I’m usually joined by my sister Anne from Los Angeles, but she’s in London and taking this one off. In this episode, I tell the story of how I came to use AI in the writing courses I teach at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Who is this … Continue reading "AI in the Writing Classroom with a side of Vonnegut"

It’s unanswerable questions, pie charts of our time spent, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 5 on this episode of the Torg Stories Podcast.. Anne, I’m coming off watching UConn hammer South Carolina. You’re coming off a big Fortnite win! In the show Ted Lasso, the great footballer Zava says this: if you put your … Continue reading "Unanswerable Questions, Where the Time Goes, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 5"

In this episode we’re pointed to the TikTok trend Romanticize Your Life, we talk working out, how to handle someone hurting you, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 4. Click above to listen to this episode of the podcast. Before we get to the podcast notes, I think through coaches calling late-game timeouts to advance … Continue reading "What do you mean Romanticize Your Life? When Someone Hurts You, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 4 on the Torg Stories Podcast"

Dear Readers and Listeners, We had snow on Thursday. Late March snow! This weekend we Torgs went to Wilmington, North Carolina to watch Kate Sears play in the Carolinas Classic All Start game that features North Carolina versus South Carolina. We stayed at a Holiday Inn on Wrightsville Beach that we recommend. I went from … Continue reading "Iconic Sports Venues, Wrightsville Beach, and Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 3"