I revisit some of the dicey decisions I made in my early 20s, and as my son prepares to head off to college, I wonder how I can help him not do the same. Along the way I touch on the burrito buggy, selling plasma, drink-and-drown, quad night at the Junction, French class, spring training, hoodoos at the Grand Canyon, taco eating contests, getting lost,saying cool beans, 8 am classes, Whoppers, Ogre and Mrs. Ogre, the London tube, french fries and the only truth I can seem to grasp after 25 years of beating myself up over one bad choice made in a hot basement corridor.
Read the essay on Medium:
https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/sleeping-late-and-speaking-french-81daf82b14de
Music and SFX in this episode includes:
"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious (feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison)
Selections from the website audionautix.com
Selections licensed from the website podcastmusic.com
Selections from Freesound.org, including
* https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/405249/
* https://freesound.org/people/ahjteam/sounds/202671/
* https://freesound.org/people/Podsburgh/sounds/370710/
* https://freesound.org/people/CyrileneRossouw/sounds/407577/
* https://freesound.org/people/Ev-Dawg/sounds/346772/
* https://freesound.org/people/Duesenbert/sounds/404430/
* https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454389/
* https://freesound.org/people/wdmatheson/sounds/341181/
* https://freesound.org/people/BiancaBothaPure/sounds/365711/
* https://freesound.org/people/mario1298/sounds/155778/
* https://freesound.org/people/meggiepie/sounds/389678/
* https://freesound.org/people/ciccarelli/sounds/135447/
* https://freesound.org/people/JSC2011/sounds/347743/
* https://freesound.org/people/johnnypanic/sounds/350305/
* https://freesound.org/people/LittleRainySeasons/sounds/335906/
* https://freesound.org/people/SMATTS/sounds/443002/
* https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/445978/
* https://freesound.org/people/rodincoil/sounds/271945/
* https://freesound.org/people/Rocotilos/sounds/341488/
* https://freesound.org/people/NenadSimic/sounds/169086/