Life's Learning Curve
Storytelling: How we became us! We take a look backward & find ourselves negotiating our LIFE EXPERIENCES, discovering life's various tones -comedy, drama, and nostalgia. Our podcast offers imagery of a documentary recreation, but for audio. Life happens in a heartbeat. Let's learn, thrive and love from our experiences while we're here. Cheers!
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 97
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Saint Martin BUNCO
It wasn’t the soft breeze and tropical sunny warmth that hooked Paul on St. Martin, it was the adventure. That is, until that adventure went off the rails. Break ins, theft, corruption,…
The Curve Ball
Life threw Bob a curve ball, misleading him at a young age. You can’t control the curve balls life throws at you. so you have to learn how to change or adapt, sometimes quickly so that …
Captain Video
Paul retells about a time a whipped cream bomb exploded in a nearby park, but the concussion was nothing next to Captain Video, a bright, yet self-centered man still wrestling with a ba…
Riders of the Desert
If you go where you’ve never been, you MAY just find yourself. The desert can be blazing hot, the desert can be freezing cold -A challenge to the human spirit. The human spirit needs to…
Just Like Riding a Bike
This episode presents Paul’s life adventures peddling a two-wheeler. -Just recently, riding his bike put Paul in a satisfied state of mind. Mentally Paul felt 18 years old again. Soon…
The Power Outage
We are so busy being busy that along the way we sometimes might loose ourselves in the process. What do a lineman, a weather event, and a power outage have in common? Episode 51 finds P…
Writer's Block
Celebrating episode number 50, Paul reminisces about times he was overcome with devastating creative / writer’s block. This allows Paul to look back on some favorite clips from the past…
The Perfect Bite
It was all of ninety-five years ago, when the world was the street where Gramma Ruth lived, and a young man named Harold sailed on a ship at sea carrying a picture of my Gramma Ruth. Ru…
Follow Your Heart
“Change is never easy for me. You fight to hold on. And you fight to let go.” This episode is Paul’s very recent self-indulgent take on a wedding that came off with love, happiness & f…
Big Sky Cold Smoke
After this encounter, Paul never skied again. There was a time when at the age of 19, Paul and his ski buddies rode a bus and headed out to Montana to Big Sky country. Their purpose: Sk…
Key Largo Reboot
This episode unfolds like a classic Bogart cinematic movie. Have you ever been with someone so inspiring that their enthusiasm rubbed off on you? In today’s episode this happens to Paul…
Waterman Road South
What took place on Waterman Road made Paul's life change. “Horses WILL step on your feet. You will work harder than you’ve ever worked before. You will rise at 4AM. You will be given re…
Invited Back Home
Ever been overwhelmed when trying to fall asleep? When this happened to Paul, he felt the old neighborhood was calling out to him. It wanted to be remembered. This type of personificati…
Left Me Speechless (conclusion)
“What you’ve done is so bad I can’t even talk about it! I have 30 negative letters in my drawer about you! I am so angry at you!” Imagine your supervisor exclaiming this to you, pushi…
Left Me Speechless (pt 1)
Ever been so passively aggressed that you become JUST PLAIN SPEECHLESS? There no words for some of life’s situations. In part one of this episode, Paul retells stories of being led do…
Sketchy Drum Stories
Ever played an instrument? Where did that instrument take you? On this episode, Paul retells stories of where playing drums has taken him. Not every band worked out well. Managing tal…
Heavens to Betsey, author Mary MacDowell
It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, there’s always forgiveness. Guest Mary MacDowell, shares her fictional book based on real life memories of a young woman, Mary Wagner, who was force…
Coast to Coast Analog to Digital
Sometimes it’s NOT the journey that makes an adventure, it’s the people you meet along the way that might re-ignite your life’s passions. Paul retells experiential stories of the gruff …
The Milt Shuffle
Alternate title: BURNS MALTS…. Paul remembers being told: ‘It’s a nice day outside. Why don’t you go out & enjoy it?” He heard this phrase throughout his years as a child from local ph…
Found Value: 2020
In studio 502, join our guest Heidi Hardt and Paul as they weed thru some of the best parts, of arguably, one of the worst tramatic years in US history. From quarantining while working …