Daryl’s Back Pages
From the perspective and pen of California Newspaper Publishers Association Gold Medal winning journalist and writer Daryl Fisher, join us as Daryl talks positively about family, friends and the interesting people and places that have shaped his life. He does so with a gentle hand and a quirky sense of humor, drawing on the simple, joy-filled experiences of everyday living. He is interested in personal snapshots, not grand panoramas, although he’s not shy about trying to pass along a few insights into the human condition whenever the opportunity presents itself. Fitting into your busy day, lighthearted views of life around 5 minutes each.
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Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Christmas During the Great Depression”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"I sat there and tried to picture the looks on my kid's faces if they to were to tear into their Christmas packages this year and find oranges, apples and bananas."
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Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “It Really is a Wonderful Life”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Clarence, George’s guardian angel, who is desperately in need of acquiring his wings, grants George his wish and we begin to see just what a world without George Bailey would have really been like."
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Did Your Love for Someone Ever "Bubble" Over?." Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"It dawned on me that when children reflect back on the lives of their parents, the time frame that comes into play usually begins with their own birth, and more or less covers their year...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Remembering Walter - World War I Veteran”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"I bet you think that everyone in their right mind hates war, don't you, Sonny? Well, you're wrong. If everyone hated it, then we'd stop having them, wouldn't we?"
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Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Role Reversal Therapy”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Well," said Woody philosophically, "relationships are a lot like sharks. They either keep moving forward, or they die."
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Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Women Would Rather Shop Than Have Sex”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"But according to a recent study, given free time `for fun and enjoyment', 52 percent of male `home enthusiasts' prefer working in the yard, gardening and landscaping to having sex."
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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“My Sunday was right out of a Dickens’ novel,” said my friend. “You know, the best of times, and the worst of times. It started out so nice, with my friend Lynn and I taking a fantastic hike out in nature on trails that my fathe...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “How Often Do You Think About Sex? ”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"A friend of mine who apparently thinks I am interested in such things recently emailed me an article about how research scientists at Duke University have found out that it’s really not true that men think about sex every...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Deaf, Blind and Driving”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Almost two winters ago, with the help of a nameless friend with an extremely poor sense of direction, my poor little 21-year-old Toyota pickup truck found itself (with me at the wheel) up to our elbows on a flooded road off of High...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Writing a Romance Novel”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"It says here that a lot of writers are getting rich these days," she said, pointing to the article she was reading. "Do you want to know how they're doing it?"
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Eddie the Handyman Strikes Again”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Well, to make a long story short, I got Eddie to drive up the next morning and get started on the repairs, only to be called a few hours later at work by my youngest son who said, “Dad, it looks like Eddie hit a main pipe o...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Be Very Careful When Selecting a Hero”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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“I think the real heroes in our lives live much closer to home, and maybe all we really need to do is just spend some time now and then appreciating our loved ones and all the other ordinary people around us who give our li...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Country Western Romance”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Ma'am, if I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"
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Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “All Gave Some, Some Gave All”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"I came to understand that the real reason almost every new generation goes off to fight in some war far away from home is because many people, men in particular, actually like it. By that I mean that for many men thro...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Have You Ever Been Roto-Rootered?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"I have to be dragged kicking and screaming, having convinced myself long ago that when it comes to medical tests and procedures and surgeries, they usually do as much harm as they do good."
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Napoleon & Josephine Didn't Use Deodorants”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Did I ever tell you that I read a book on Napoleon that said every time he was about ready to wrap up a war, the very first thing he would do was send a message all the way back to France to tell Josep...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Have You Ever Been the Victim of a Scam? ”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Unfortunately, there is almost always a price to be paid for forgetting that old adage that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is!"
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “High School Graduations are No Fun". Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Well," I informed her as gently as I could, "you can definitely forget about sending everybody his baby picture," to which she quickly replied, "He's going to grow up to be sweet and gorgeous...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Can an Extra-crispy KFC Dinner Kill You?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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“Look, Dad, just because you’ve become a fanatic in your old age about eating all the right stuff doesn’t mean I have to,” he said with emphasis. “I’m still young, you know, and actually care about the way that food taste...
Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Men and Women Have Very Different Shower Routines”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.
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"Anyway, just when I thought there was absolutely nothing new to be learned about how men and women go about getting themselves clean, the following information was recently presented to the scientific showe...
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