Why Are We Still Doing This?

In episode #30, I have the unfortunate duty of sifting through dozens of comments by grown men who argue why they should keep a foul ball at a major league baseball game instead of making a random child’s day and passing it on to them.  This is in response to a TikTok I had made about how strongly I feel that making a kids day by gifting them a foul ball at a baseball game is by far a better feeling than keeping said ball, which will most likely end up in a random box in the far netheregions of the garage.  I’ll share a link to this particular TikTok in the show notes, but for now I’ll share my rebuttal to the ones that stuck out.  

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Re-Release of a bonus episode, "Why We Should Still Be Doing Pride Month", first aired on June, 18th, 2025.

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In Episode #29, “Why Are We Still Nostalgic For A Lawless Childhood?”, we dive into why most enjoyable activities of a 1980s childhood have an element of pain, the “Book It!” program and how many of those certificates we actually earned, being a public school teacher in the 80s and 90s and parent communication ending when you leave the building, and the lost art of “getting dressed for the day."

Why Are We Still Doing This? is a biweekly podcast that can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

If you’d like to support the channel, you can do so by buying me a coffee at:

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In episode #28, I'm joined by my good friend and award-winning writer, author, stand up comedian, and rapper Mr. Seth Brown. 

Seth and I talk about our early days of stand up comedy in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, and beyond, and the difficulty of keeping an open mic going, why “surprise comedy” is the worst kind of comedy and not good for anyone, some of the most dreadful experiences we’ve experienced in stand up, the process of joke writing, why some people think stand up comedy can happen anywhere (such as a chain restaurant), why a joke will destroy an audience one night and play to crickets the next, and so much more. 

You can find Seth's column, "The Pun Also Rises" every other Thursday in The Berkshire Eagle

www.berkshireeagle.com

His Website:

www.risingpun.com

His newsletter at:

https://buttondown.com/RisingPun

A Cheese Rap:

https://torrentz.bandcamp.com/track/the-big-cheese-feat-ham-star-johnny-z

A D&D rap video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzT7OlsKd2A

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In Episode #27, we explore scents of the 1990s that are both burned into our brain as well as our nose, major life events in our teenage years and the smells associated with such, keeping clothing items of those who have passed for a great big sensory hug when needed, smells from our past that can trigger a physical response decades later, the nostalgia of both cigarettes and marijuana and why I’d surprisingly rather smell one over the other, and how some of our favorite food and retail outlets have quietly changed their name and we didn’t even notice.  

Why Are We Still Doing This? is a biweekly podcast that can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

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In episode 26, we talk about the hilarity of SMOKING SECTIONS of our youth and how cigarettes are a nostalgic scent for kids of the 80s, Marlboro Miles and how our parents generation was slowly killing themselves to earn a cool leather jacket, cigarette vending machines and how sometimes all you needed was a note from your parents to buy cigarettes, the simplicity in the advice coming from a child regarding how to quit smoking for good, why sharing a meal at a restaurant while you’re already making six figures is bad policy, working in customer service and why everyone should work on Black Friday at least once in their life, and what year you’d need to have been born to officially qualify to be an “80s Kid.”

Why Are We Still Doing This? is a biweekly podcast that can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you’d like to support the channel, you can do so by buying me a coffee at:

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In episode 25, we’re discussing the excitement and sadness that millennials endure when buying clothing from the same place you buy a rotisserie chicken, buying food from TJMaxx why it should be studied, the disappointment of walking into an Abercrombie and Fitch in 2026 and expecting it took as it did in 2003, navigating the mall on a Friday night as a teenager in 2026 compared to 1996, competition and one upping each other and the blunt and unfortunate reason why kids put each other down, why we wait so long to pick up the phone to call someone from our past, and the greatest day I ever had doing absolutely nothing.

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In episode #24, I'm joined by my wife, Kristen, to talk about the little bit of good, the lots of bad, and the incredibly tragic of the early days of COVID-19.  We reminisce about the amount of time we spent as a family and how we’ll never have that much time together again, educators and families both trying to survive remote learning, having to parent both our children and our parents during the pandemic, the frustration with misinformation and conspiracy theories running amok on social media at the time, fostering a relationship with a family member due to the world slowing down, the selfishness and lack of empathy that was magnified from certain people, wiping down groceries, how COVID accelerated the demise of schools using paper and pencil, and above all…never getting to say goodbye to a parent who died alone but ultimately receiving closure through an incredibly vivid and unexpected way.

A deep, emotional, and difficult conversation, episode #24 is dedicated to the memory of Tony DeMarco, my father in-law.

Why Are We Still Doing This? is a biweekly podcast that can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  

If you’d like to support the channel, you can do so by buying me a coffee at:

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In episode #23, we’re talking about the stranglehold that movies like Home Alone have on our childhood and our desire as parents to share our childhood classics with our children, why were all still doing kids stuff as adults and don’t even realize it, why parents need to both show up and shut up to their kids sporting events, and the abusive relationship people in the Northeast have with its beaches.

In episode 22, Colin, Scott, and I touch on cigarette guy vs vaping guy…what kind of car they might drive, and how truck brands are ingrained in family lineage, mens groups and where men feel the most pressure in their lives, parents who think food, clothing, and shelter are all kids need, the dangers in finding solace in online men’s groups and why men can’t take accountability, the once attractiveness of smoking and the death of Joe Camel.

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“Why Are We Still Doing This?” can be found on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.