TWO OLD BUCKS
A frequently thoughtful and sometimes whimsical examination of the world around us as seen through the cataract-clouded eyes of two long-time friends and explorers. Sporadically funny, invariably insightful, sometimes we're not sure.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 224
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
144: Dave Does Norway-Part 2
Met Marie, an interesting person who works at Nyt restaurant in Tromsø. Made us great omelets, talked about her life, her father who is an ethnic Sami [indigenous people], and lives in …
143: Dave's Adventures in Norway
Dave flies from Brussels to Oslo via Helsinki and takes a train into town where he crashes at the hotel after a 9pm dinner. They didn't tell him a band was setting up and playing from 1…
142: Eurobuck Paul interviews Ukrainian women who fled to St. Omer, France
Paul Tregouet, another St. Omer angel, pinch hits for an under-the-weather Dave and delivers a very personal and bittersweet set of interviews at Mary Meaney's house with several of th…
141:Interviews with Jean-Luc Montois and Romain Saffre in St. Omer, France
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140: Interview with Leita Kaldi Davis, Pres. of the Retired Peace Corps Volunteers of the Gulf Coast
Leita talks to us about joining the Peace Corps at age fifty-five and spending three years in a village in Senegal, "where the Sahara meets the Atlantic." She shares some of her ex…
139: A Retrospective--The Sheet Show, Just Pay the Bill, I See Dead People
As The Bucks are both traveling in different directions over the next two weeks, We've recorded this early and are bringing you a reprise of three 2022 episodes.
The first is from the N…
138: Interview with Mother Mary B, a Longtime Friend and Teller of Tales
We interview Mary Bencivenga, longtime friend of Dave and his wife. Mary tells stories about growing up Catholic in a big Italian family. Plus, she gives some useful tips on ironing. …
137: Cross the Street, Lessons and PSAs, MAX?, Succession, Bliss
Del offers a cautionary tale about crossing the street in Florida.
Bucks discuss feedback on Valentin, Joel, Frank and more. Dave plugs Lessons from the Edge by Marie Yovanovich, which …
136: Interview with Valentin, a Russian Who Left His Country
Valentin, whom we've talked about before on TOB, joins us to share his story of growing up in Russia, living in East Germany for awhile, getting a good degree and a good job, and marryi…
135: Interview with Frank Young, author of 47 Aerogrammes - A Passage Through India 1969-1970
The Bucks interview Frank J. Young, a retired career foreign service officer who wrote a book about his sophomore year in college spent in India. The title is
47 Aerogrammes - A Passag…
134: Cinco de Mayo, Israeli Smugglers, The King and I, Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster
Dave recount his Cinco de Mayo dinner with Judge Clarence Jones and his wife Maureen. Judge Clarence Thomas the Disgraced was NOT in the building. The Joneses love listening to our pod…
133: Stumped, Theory of Bastards, Heart to Heart, AI Again, Wine Beer, Book Reports
Del and Dave try to stump each other. Mama Mia.
Dave's cardiologist offers him Concierge Service, where he will pay a premium for things like actually getting his calls returned. Dave st…
132: Coffee Talk, John Wick 4 and more, AI-Devil or Angel, The English, Stumping Del?
The Bucks have a successful coffee encounter with no car crashes or falls. Dave recounts a kitchen adventure.
Del gives the movie John Wick: Chapter 4 two thumbs up and Dave again promis…
131: Del's Enviro-warning, Nashville Recovery, Cap'n Jim Almost Cooked in Borneo
Del raises environmental concerns about phosphate depletion, a floating garbage patch that is becoming new ecosystem, and the dangers of rising ocean temperatures.
Dave recalls his week…
130: Best of the Bucks - Interviews with Gene and Dr. Vito
Due to our inability to both be on the same planet at the same time, we dig into the archives again to present excerpts from interviews with really old friend Gene and newer old friend …
129: A Bad Coffee Date, Dave Meets Muggy Lee Bearpaw, revisits to Loser Lotto, Weird Foods, Bolivia
A delightful coffee date goes terribly wrong when Dave finds his car is a crash victim.
Dave maneuvers the painful car repair process and in the process meets Muggy Lee Bear-paw, a membe…
128: GH, Baseball, Woolly Mammoth, Bots Gone Wild, Del Works, Ending Things
Created a ton of Gay Hat fans out there, many wanted pictures. Ask and we'll email you one.
Bridey Thelen-Heidel got a book deal and will be performing off Broadway on April 1.
You can …
127: Interview with Oldish Buck Joel and his Companion, Gay Hat
Bucks interview good friend and budding playwright Joel and his traveling companion Gay Hat, along with Teddy and Cocoa. Joel recently got lost on the interstate in Florida and wound u…
126: Near-Death Experiences, Trouble in Podland, Make a Friend, What's Bladder Time?
A discussion on Bruce Rettig's book Refraction, which YOU really need to buy, leads to a sharing of near-death experiences by the Bucks. Do YOU have a N-D experience you'd like to sha…
125: Interview with Bruce Rettig, author of Refraction: An Arctic Memoir
The Bucks interview Bruce Rettig, who talks about his experiences working 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the summers during his college years in the mid-1980s.
Bruce talks abou…