May 8, 2024 • 23 mins
Every corner of our world is stained with the remnants of racism, a truth I've come to know deeply through the colors of my South Florida upbringing. The echoes of history resonate as we unpack the Amistad slave ship rebellion, revealing a past where the quest for justice found an unlikely champion in John Quincy Adams. It's a tale that weaves into the fabric of my own narrative, a childhood colored by racial divides and an adulthood marked by the challenging, sometimes painful journey toward empathy and understanding. As I bare my soul, I reflect on the influence of love in this transformation, a love that began with the woman who would become my wife and continues to shape the way I see the world.
Shifting gears, we venture into the realm of media and the future of this very podcast. I toss my two cents into the ring on recent shows and films that have caught my eye—applauding the gripping drama "Silo," while sparing no critique for others that fell short of their mark. My Audible adventures offer yet another layer of reflection, from the historical intrigue of "Folsom Untold" to the literary celebration of "Twain's Feast." And as the journey of our show unfolds, I extend an invitation to you, the listener, to shape its course. From the tantalizing teases of upcoming promotions to the valued treasure of your feedback and ideas, I welcome you into the heart of our podcast community.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey folks, this is your host, patrick the Alien.
Welcome to Fractured, where weconfront the ups and the downs
of life.
It's like therapy, without allthose silly certifications.
Welcome, my friends, to episodenumber two, burning the Bridges
.
At least that's the title untilmy wife proofreads.
We will get to that in a second, but first a brief recap of
(00:21):
last week's episode Shattered.
But first a brief recap of lastweek's episode Shattered.
I admit it was a bit of a roughstart but, like I told you, I'm
kind of new to this game and Iconfess, coming into this I'll
do the best I can do, but I'mgoing to need your support.
So what do you think about itso far?
(00:42):
You got to let me know, guys.
I thought I'd start with a briefpassage from a book I've been
reading Well, not really reading, listening to on Audible.
My short-term memory is kind ofrough.
The book's called I Wish I'dBeen there and it's edited by
Byron Holland.
The Amistad was a British slaveship carrying a cargo of 53
(01:06):
African captives to Cuba wherethey were to be sold as slaves
in 1839.
Before it could reach port, theAfricans imprisoned on board
seized the ship after murderingmany members of the crew.
But when the Africans attemptedto sail back to Africa, they
were shrewdly misled by whitesurvivors of the slaughter, who
steered the Amistad towards thecoast of the United States.
(01:29):
There, off Long Island, thevessel was taken into custody by
American Naval Cruiser.
The African captains werebrought into Hartford,
connecticut, and imprisonedunder federal custody while they
awaited a decision by theUnited States on their fate.
Would it be slavery or would itbe freedom?
Now, there's much more to thispassage, and I would encourage
(01:50):
you to read it.
It truly is a fascinating storyof resilience, and please don't
forget the part that JohnQuincy Adams plays in all of
this.
He's long been out of office atthis time as president, not
considered to be much of apresident.
He, however, goes on to serveproudly in the House of
Representatives.
He's 73 years old when he takeson this case.
(02:12):
He didn't even need to be doingall this Now.
Before I start, I need to keeprepeating myself.
I try my best, when I can, toprotect people's true identities
by giving them cover names.
Sometimes they're silly ones,sometimes they're cruel.
It's all with intent, though.
(02:33):
If people wish to have theirnames brought up, I will use
them in interviews as such, butI do not find it necessary.
I do, however, find itnecessary to throw out a warning
, a life preserver, an orangecone of sorts.
I'll be using a few words thatwere common in the 70s.
(02:58):
They're not vulgar or dirty,but some may find or take some
kind of offense to them.
They were words used at thattime.
I just wanted to throw it outthere ahead of time.
Somebody always tends to findsomething wrong with something,
so that's just me takingprecaution.
Now, this is for thoseold-timers out there in the
(03:21):
audience, like Paul Harvey wouldsay.
Now for the rest of the story.
How I got to where I am wouldbe thanks to a series of events.
Let's clear the board beforeany haters come crashing into
the party.
I take full responsibility forthe things of my life.
I also want to make clear I donot under any condition take
(03:47):
responsibility for what othershave done to me.
Those days are gone.
You can't hurt me anymore, eventhough sometimes I still
tremble.
Now.
I was raised in South Florida,to be exact.
Yes, north Florida in the 60sand 70s was a racist playground.
Now I know that's hard for someof you to believe.
(04:08):
Everyone wants to see MickeyMouse and palm trees, the beach,
but the Florida I grew up inwas much different.
Old wood plants made paper bagsand such.
We lived on the mighty StJohn's River.
Fishing was the pastime foreverybody.
I knew that N-word was ascommon as saying amen at church.
(04:31):
I was taught to believe by myfather that I was better than
the black children that I playedwith.
I remember as a kid in thehometown that I grew up in, the
snow cone truck would drive pastthe little black kids in my
neighborhood.
The driver's name was Roy, adisgusting little old man with a
(04:53):
yellow beard stained fromtobacco juice.
By the way, he also sold thatsame tobacco on the snow cone
truck that he drove.
I never thought anything ofthis at that time.
Hell, why would I?
I was just a kid in the late70s with my friends not thinking
about anything else, really.
I'm not saying every child wasracist That'd be ridiculous to
(05:17):
say but all the friends that Ihad were.
I ain't no scholar on thatsubject, though.
Hell, you can quote me on that.
Maybe I need a better friend,some would say.
One of my earliest memories,unfortunately for me, is one of
(05:41):
my dad telling me, at the age ofabout eight or nine I'd say
about my grandfather whoapparently hung a man who was a
member of his logging crew.
I don't know why, or if thisstory is true, does it matter?
What matters is he told his boylike this was some kind of
(06:02):
ancestral story to be passeddown.
Well, I continued growing and,of course, because I was some
kind of ancestral story to bepassed down, well, I continued
growing.
And, of course, because I was acountry kid, I felt like you
know, in this whirlwind ofstupidity called racism, nothing
changes.
I just continued and I alwaysfelt like it was us against them
(06:23):
.
I had my fair share of fightsin middle school and high school
, pretty much until I leftaround the age of 16.
A few years went by, I got older.
Then this remarkable thinghappened.
It wasn't like a hit on thehead, revelation or anything
like that.
Nothing overnight, nothing assimple as that.
(06:46):
It was just this little thing.
I met a woman.
She was my wife.
Slowly but surely, she starteddoing this crazy little thing
educating me.
See, she was intelligent.
She was intelligent and she waswell brought up in a stable
(07:07):
environment in New England.
I don't know if that matteredor not.
I think it did.
I'd be curious to hear youropinion on that, but it surely
helped me.
You know, not too long ago Iwas on a DNA site working on
(07:28):
some ancestry, family tree andsuch, and I discovered an
interesting fact that said thatall humans share 99.9% of their
DNA.
That doesn't really leave muchto be picky about.
It's 2024, folks, not 1824.
I can't seem to understand whywe're going backwards instead of
(07:53):
forward sometimes.
Education is a wonderful thingand we can get so much of it for
free, right at the end of ourfingers, at your local library.
Get a card, sign on to acomputer and away you go on a
journey.
Society has no excuses anymore.
We as parents have no excusesanymore.
(08:15):
We can teach our childrenproperly.
They can find out on their own.
And when they do, then what?
Here's just a few easy ways tomake a difference, without me
preaching on my little soapbox.
Make the effort to knowdifferent people other than you.
(08:37):
Two think before you speak.
I am so guilty of that.
Three learn about other peopleand their cultures.
Four be a role model to others.
Five explore the unfamiliar.
This is grade school stuff,folks.
(08:57):
We can all do more.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I'm sorry, sermon's over.
Can I get my amen now I'm no.
There's no doubt that littlebrother goose the preacher is
laughing his full head off at meright now.
I apologize, there's only roomfor one preacher now, so it's
(09:18):
him.
Okay, I'll lighten the mood alittle bit.
This segment I refuse to moveunder any circumstances because
it makes absolutely no sense atall and I can prove it.
That's a direct quote and youcan quote me on that.
It's called Pat Sponders, it'sdedicated to the G-Man and
(09:40):
Banana Pudding.
I hope you're listening, butthe credit goes to my wife, who
we will call the Dominator justfor this podcast, until I can
come up with a better name forher.
My daughter, skeletor, saidthat's not a good name, so we'll
work out a better name for herin the future.
The credit goes to her becauseshe had to remind me of it
(10:03):
because of my short-term memory.
This ponder will be the manyuses of the index finger.
That being said, there are manyuses of the index finger.
Folks, it's scientific, it'sintelligent design.
(10:25):
We're going to do a scientificstudy right now.
You may need your uh, youriphone, your android, a mirror.
I encourage you to post this tofacebook, uh, youtube.
Whatever you need to do, I, Iam a scientist, I'm an alien.
(10:49):
Believe me, it's all factual.
Take your index finger on yourstrong hand.
It has to be your strong hand,by the way.
I've proven this to you.
It's got to be your strong hand.
Take the index finger on yourstrong hand, cram it into the
(11:09):
nostril on your strong side ofyour nose, stick it in there.
You will find that that indexfinger on your strong hand fits
that nostril perfectly.
That is not a coincidence.
Now, if you take that indexfinger and put it in anybody
else's nostril, it will not fitproperly, but it does fit in
(11:33):
your nostril perfectly.
That is not a coincidence.
That is intelligent design.
Okay, folks, that is notcoincidence.
All right, now, while you havethat finger pointing straight up
in the air, take the samefinger, hold it in the air, bend
(11:56):
it around to the back.
Notice it reaches perfectly,perfectly, to the crack of your
rear end.
Not a coincidence.
So all those years that yourparents and society have been
(12:17):
telling you that it's wrong foryou to be picking your nose and
picking the crack of your butt,I am here to tell you that it's
proven scientifically by PatrickAloysius McGillicuddy, the
alien.
They are wrong and I am right.
I will print a certificate toprove it, post the video, show
(12:42):
them.
I'm with you on this.
Folks Moving on, don't get meworked up.
Moving on Music, can you dig it?
What makes you move folks, getsyou inspired, pulls you out of
(13:07):
that rut you're in.
You know, what gets you in thatkind of mood is that time.
I've got some go-tos in myrotation that I want to share,
but I'd love to hear what you'vegot spinning.
You know, for that occasionthat you're celebrating, I've
got some songs for you.
Skeletor is in the house.
(13:29):
She helped me change this abouta bit.
So I've got four songs that Iwant you to listen to, and I got
one new one that I want you tolisten to.
I'm trying to open up yourhorizons a little bit, so
remember I'm an old timer and Ithrew in one new one for you.
So I want you to tell me whatyou think of these.
(13:53):
Okay, number one, jim Croce.
I'll have to say I love you ina song.
Number two, leonard Skinner.
I knew a little.
Number three, rod StewartTonight's the Night.
Number four are you ready?
(14:18):
Anything?
Anything by Mr Barry White,because when you play Barry
White, everything's alright.
That's my four and, by requestby Skeletor.
(14:39):
Are you ready, folks?
The artist is Teddy Swims andthe song would be 911.
Those are your four oldies andone new.
And the song would be 9-1-1.
Those are your four oldies andone new.
That's your music for thispodcast.
Please critique me, dog me.
(15:02):
If you will Give me your ownselections, let me know what you
think.
I never said these were great,by any means.
Now, moving on to good news,folks, a cafe staffed by people
with disabilities opens.
Fair shot cafe, which isopening in London's Mayfair.
(15:25):
November, is a socialenterprise that offers training
and future employment to youngdisabled adults.
In partnership with West LondonCollege, 14 trainees will spend
four days working in the cafe,preparing and serving delicious
beverages and refreshments, andone day at the college.
Set up by Bianca Tavella, thecafe aims to remove the barriers
(15:48):
that prevent young people withdisabilities from finding paid
work and opportunities.
This is certainly nice.
We need more of this in theworld.
I hope you agree.
How do you feel about thisarticle?
Give me your two cents on thematter.
Your thoughts count.
I'd like to continue with thissegment on the podcast, if you
(16:10):
like it.
Same with the music books, youknow.
So on, this is all experimental.
Right now.
Your guidance is what's goingto make this show work or not
work.
Hopefully, if you don't like it, change it.
Tell me what you want, what youdon't want.
Hopefully it isn't me that youdon't want.
We're going to move on, folks.
(16:32):
Now on to Patrick's World of TVand Movies.
All reviews folks are from a55-year-old space alien with a
brain injury.
I just realized I'm using theword folks way too many times.
Got to work on that.
First is Silo it's on Apple,Season number one.
(16:57):
It's worth watching.
I'd give it a 7.5.
Shogun it's on Hulu, worthwatching.
I'd give it an 8.
Not as good as the original ifyou're as old as me.
Fallout Season one Excellent.
1, excellent.
I give it a 10.
It's on Prime.
Just seen the trailer for theboys trailer on Prime.
(17:19):
It looks good.
Anybody that knows me knows I'ma Godzilla fanatic.
Anything about Godzilla I willwatch till the cows come home.
Unfortunately, I believe they'retrying to turn this into a
Marvel franchise.
I don't really like the wayit's going.
I would give this a 7.
It's entertaining.
(17:42):
The sleeper movie for me isOrdinary Angels.
The main character is the Ibelieve his name's the guy that
plays Reacher in the TV show.
He does an outstanding job inthis movie.
It's based on a true storyabout a child that needs a liver
(18:04):
transplant.
It is an excellent movie forthe whole family.
It's just a great movie.
I encourage anybody to watchthis right now.
Fantastic, I really enjoyedthis.
I would give it an 8 or a 9.
And then you know the Beekeeper.
I am not a Jason Statham fan,but I would say this is one of
(18:27):
his better movies.
I'd give it a seven.
And then, unfortunately, in theworld of Marvel, that spider
chick movie I guess they call it, madam Web.
I fell asleep about 18 times onit.
I wouldn't watch it, for, oh myGod, it was terrible.
That movie was so horrible.
And that's where we're at forTVs and movies.
(18:48):
Just curious, what have youbeen watching that's good or bad
?
Let mes and movies.
Just curious, what have youbeen watching that's good or bad
?
Let me know.
Let me know what you think ofmy reviews.
Let me know what you've beenwatching.
I'd like to know because I needto watch something new myself.
I'm really can't find much outthere right now.
Uh, let me know what you thinkabout all this.
I I think we're getting closeto the end.
(19:13):
We're going to move on to bookreviews, my book reviews for me
now, unfortunately I can't readanymore because of this short
term memory thing I have.
I now have to do everything youknow audible, wiseudible-wise.
And Audible doesn't give me anykickbacks, unfortunately, but I
(19:36):
wish they did.
Audible, audible, audible,kickbacks.
But I've learned one thing, andlisten to me on this one Before
you download Audible books,listen to who the narrator is
Really important, because ifthey're not really good, you
(19:58):
don't want the book because itmay sound like your 10th grade
English teacher and they'll putyou to sleep.
That's really important.
I chose three books for you,three I think you'll find
interesting.
They're completely differentand I really enjoyed all three
of these for different reasons.
Folsom Untold the strange truestory of Donny Cash at Folsom
(20:24):
Prison, narrated by Sam Shepard.
I really enjoyed Sam Shepardand the way he told this story.
Nothing really shocked me aboutJohnny Cash.
I've read and seen so manydocumentaries about him, but I
just really enjoyed the way SamShepard told the story.
It was fantastic.
(20:45):
Twain's Feast, narrated by NickOfferman Nobody handles words
like Nick Offerman and it had todo with food, so who could beat
that?
That was excellent.
My third choice was Tuesday atMaury's.
I forgot to write down theauthor and the author was also
(21:09):
the narrator.
I apologize for that.
I am sorry, but it's easy tofind.
I put this book down because Iwas told to read this book by a
close friend and that's all I'mgoing to tell you, because
that's all you need to know.
It was an excellent read.
(21:30):
It's not a big book.
It's worth the read folks.
It's just a great book to read.
It's fantastic.
Those are my book choices forthis podcast.
Let me know what you think.
If you have some choices,please let me know.
I have a lot.
I listen to a lot of books, soplease let me know I have.
I have a lot.
(21:50):
I listen to a lot of books, soplease let me know what you're
listening to, what you know,what you're reading.
This is uh we're gonna move onto.
This is a part of the show whereI can tell you about what's
coming up, what's going on, youknow, so forth, so on.
We're in the process of havingsome decals made, uh, something
(22:13):
into the effect of uh we'relistening to Patrick the Alien
on Fractured the Podcast, youknow, with that alien logo, with
a, with a QR code you know.
That way you can come right tothe the site.
Uh, so we can distribute thoseout some kind of way.
I'm also working on a possiblealien head giveaway at some
(22:33):
point, if we can get to aparticular number of downloads.
We got to work that outlogistically.
Let me know what you thinkabout that or some other
promotional ideas.
Please remember I'm from animpoverished planet, as always,
folks, you can reach us inseveral different ways.
Our podcast website isfracturedalien at buzzsproutcom.
(22:55):
On Facebook, you can locate usat facebookcom slash
patrickaloysiusmcgillicuddy.
Instagram is instagramcom.
Slash patrickaloysiusysiusMcGillicuddy.
At Twitter, it's twittercom.
(23:15):
Slash PM McGillicuddy.
Yahoo, you can reach me atpangillicuddy at yahoocom.
I am gillicuddy at yahoocom andI think that's pretty much
everything.
(23:36):
I'm looking over all my notes.
Yeah, that's everything I havefor this episode.
I sure hope it was better thanthe last one.
I hope you stick around andwatch it grow.
I'm kind of like one of thosejungle viruses Once I latch on
to you, it's hard to shake meoff.
Until next time.
Folks remember, be good toyourselves.
Hey folks, this is your host, patrick the Alien.
Welcome to Fractured, where weconfront the ups and the downs
of life.
It's like therapy, without allthose silly certifications.
Welcome, my friends, to episodenumber two, burning the Bridges
.
At least that's the title untilmy wife proofreads.
We will get to that in a second, but first a brief recap of
(00:21):
last week's episode Shattered.
But first a brief recap of lastweek's episode Shattered.
I admit it was a bit of a roughstart but, like I told you, I'm
kind of new to this game and Iconfess, coming into this I'll
do the best I can do, but I'mgoing to need your support.
So what do you think about itso far?
(00:42):
You got to let me know, guys.
I thought I'd start with a briefpassage from a book I've been
reading Well, not really reading, listening to on Audible.
My short-term memory is kind ofrough.
The book's called I Wish I'dBeen there and it's edited by
Byron Holland.
The Amistad was a British slaveship carrying a cargo of 53
(01:06):
African captives to Cuba wherethey were to be sold as slaves
in 1839.
Before it could reach port, theAfricans imprisoned on board
seized the ship after murderingmany members of the crew.
But when the Africans attemptedto sail back to Africa, they
were shrewdly misled by whitesurvivors of the slaughter, who
steered the Amistad towards thecoast of the United States.
(01:29):
There, off Long Island, thevessel was taken into custody by
American Naval Cruiser.
The African captains werebrought into Hartford,
connecticut, and imprisonedunder federal custody while they
awaited a decision by theUnited States on their fate.
Would it be slavery or would itbe freedom?
Now, there's much more to thispassage, and I would encourage
(01:50):
you to read it.
It truly is a fascinating storyof resilience, and please don't
forget the part that JohnQuincy Adams plays in all of
this.
He's long been out of office atthis time as president, not
considered to be much of apresident.
He, however, goes on to serveproudly in the House of
Representatives.
He's 73 years old when he takeson this case.
(02:12):
He didn't even need to be doingall this Now.
Before I start, I need to keeprepeating myself.
I try my best, when I can, toprotect people's true identities
by giving them cover names.
Sometimes they're silly ones,sometimes they're cruel.
It's all with intent, though.
(02:33):
If people wish to have theirnames brought up, I will use
them in interviews as such, butI do not find it necessary.
I do, however, find itnecessary to throw out a warning
, a life preserver, an orangecone of sorts.
I'll be using a few words thatwere common in the 70s.
(02:58):
They're not vulgar or dirty,but some may find or take some
kind of offense to them.
They were words used at thattime.
I just wanted to throw it outthere ahead of time.
Somebody always tends to findsomething wrong with something,
so that's just me takingprecaution.
Now, this is for thoseold-timers out there in the
(03:21):
audience, like Paul Harvey wouldsay.
Now for the rest of the story.
How I got to where I am wouldbe thanks to a series of events.
Let's clear the board beforeany haters come crashing into
the party.
I take full responsibility forthe things of my life.
I also want to make clear I donot under any condition take
(03:47):
responsibility for what othershave done to me.
Those days are gone.
You can't hurt me anymore, eventhough sometimes I still
tremble.
Now.
I was raised in South Florida,to be exact.
Yes, north Florida in the 60sand 70s was a racist playground.
Now I know that's hard for someof you to believe.
(04:08):
Everyone wants to see MickeyMouse and palm trees, the beach,
but the Florida I grew up inwas much different.
Old wood plants made paper bagsand such.
We lived on the mighty StJohn's River.
Fishing was the pastime foreverybody.
I knew that N-word was ascommon as saying amen at church.
(04:31):
I was taught to believe by myfather that I was better than
the black children that I playedwith.
I remember as a kid in thehometown that I grew up in, the
snow cone truck would drive pastthe little black kids in my
neighborhood.
The driver's name was Roy, adisgusting little old man with a
(04:53):
yellow beard stained fromtobacco juice.
By the way, he also sold thatsame tobacco on the snow cone
truck that he drove.
I never thought anything ofthis at that time.
Hell, why would I?
I was just a kid in the late70s with my friends not thinking
about anything else, really.
I'm not saying every child wasracist That'd be ridiculous to
(05:17):
say but all the friends that Ihad were.
I ain't no scholar on thatsubject, though.
Hell, you can quote me on that.
Maybe I need a better friend,some would say.
One of my earliest memories,unfortunately for me, is one of
(05:41):
my dad telling me, at the age ofabout eight or nine I'd say
about my grandfather whoapparently hung a man who was a
member of his logging crew.
I don't know why, or if thisstory is true, does it matter?
What matters is he told his boylike this was some kind of
(06:02):
ancestral story to be passeddown.
Well, I continued growing and,of course, because I was some
kind of ancestral story to bepassed down, well, I continued
growing.
And, of course, because I was acountry kid, I felt like you
know, in this whirlwind ofstupidity called racism, nothing
changes.
I just continued and I alwaysfelt like it was us against them
(06:23):
.
I had my fair share of fightsin middle school and high school
, pretty much until I leftaround the age of 16.
A few years went by, I got older.
Then this remarkable thinghappened.
It wasn't like a hit on thehead, revelation or anything
like that.
Nothing overnight, nothing assimple as that.
(06:46):
It was just this little thing.
I met a woman.
She was my wife.
Slowly but surely, she starteddoing this crazy little thing
educating me.
See, she was intelligent.
She was intelligent and she waswell brought up in a stable
(07:07):
environment in New England.
I don't know if that matteredor not.
I think it did.
I'd be curious to hear youropinion on that, but it surely
helped me.
You know, not too long ago Iwas on a DNA site working on
(07:28):
some ancestry, family tree andsuch, and I discovered an
interesting fact that said thatall humans share 99.9% of their
DNA.
That doesn't really leave muchto be picky about.
It's 2024, folks, not 1824.
I can't seem to understand whywe're going backwards instead of
(07:53):
forward sometimes.
Education is a wonderful thingand we can get so much of it for
free, right at the end of ourfingers, at your local library.
Get a card, sign on to acomputer and away you go on a
journey.
Society has no excuses anymore.
We as parents have no excusesanymore.
(08:15):
We can teach our childrenproperly.
They can find out on their own.
And when they do, then what?
Here's just a few easy ways tomake a difference, without me
preaching on my little soapbox.
Make the effort to knowdifferent people other than you.
(08:37):
Two think before you speak.
I am so guilty of that.
Three learn about other peopleand their cultures.
Four be a role model to others.
Five explore the unfamiliar.
This is grade school stuff,folks.
(08:57):
We can all do more.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I'm sorry, sermon's over.
Can I get my amen now I'm no.
There's no doubt that littlebrother goose the preacher is
laughing his full head off at meright now.
I apologize, there's only roomfor one preacher now, so it's
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him.
Okay, I'll lighten the mood alittle bit.
This segment I refuse to moveunder any circumstances because
it makes absolutely no sense atall and I can prove it.
That's a direct quote and youcan quote me on that.
It's called Pat Sponders, it'sdedicated to the G-Man and
(09:40):
Banana Pudding.
I hope you're listening, butthe credit goes to my wife, who
we will call the Dominator justfor this podcast, until I can
come up with a better name forher.
My daughter, skeletor, saidthat's not a good name, so we'll
work out a better name for herin the future.
The credit goes to her becauseshe had to remind me of it
(10:03):
because of my short-term memory.
This ponder will be the manyuses of the index finger.
That being said, there are manyuses of the index finger.
Folks, it's scientific, it'sintelligent design.
(10:25):
We're going to do a scientificstudy right now.
You may need your uh, youriphone, your android, a mirror.
I encourage you to post this tofacebook, uh, youtube.
Whatever you need to do, I, Iam a scientist, I'm an alien.
(10:49):
Believe me, it's all factual.
Take your index finger on yourstrong hand.
It has to be your strong hand,by the way.
I've proven this to you.
It's got to be your strong hand.
Take the index finger on yourstrong hand, cram it into the
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nostril on your strong side ofyour nose, stick it in there.
You will find that that indexfinger on your strong hand fits
that nostril perfectly.
That is not a coincidence.
Now, if you take that indexfinger and put it in anybody
else's nostril, it will not fitproperly, but it does fit in
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your nostril perfectly.
That is not a coincidence.
That is intelligent design.
Okay, folks, that is notcoincidence.
All right, now, while you havethat finger pointing straight up
in the air, take the samefinger, hold it in the air, bend
(11:56):
it around to the back.
Notice it reaches perfectly,perfectly, to the crack of your
rear end.
Not a coincidence.
So all those years that yourparents and society have been
(12:17):
telling you that it's wrong foryou to be picking your nose and
picking the crack of your butt,I am here to tell you that it's
proven scientifically by PatrickAloysius McGillicuddy, the
alien.
They are wrong and I am right.
I will print a certificate toprove it, post the video, show
(12:42):
them.
I'm with you on this.
Folks Moving on, don't get meworked up.
Moving on Music, can you dig it?
What makes you move folks, getsyou inspired, pulls you out of
(13:07):
that rut you're in.
You know, what gets you in thatkind of mood is that time.
I've got some go-tos in myrotation that I want to share,
but I'd love to hear what you'vegot spinning.
You know, for that occasionthat you're celebrating, I've
got some songs for you.
Skeletor is in the house.
(13:29):
She helped me change this abouta bit.
So I've got four songs that Iwant you to listen to, and I got
one new one that I want you tolisten to.
I'm trying to open up yourhorizons a little bit, so
remember I'm an old timer and Ithrew in one new one for you.
So I want you to tell me whatyou think of these.
(13:53):
Okay, number one, jim Croce.
I'll have to say I love you ina song.
Number two, leonard Skinner.
I knew a little.
Number three, rod StewartTonight's the Night.
Number four are you ready?
(14:18):
Anything?
Anything by Mr Barry White,because when you play Barry
White, everything's alright.
That's my four and, by requestby Skeletor.
(14:39):
Are you ready, folks?
The artist is Teddy Swims andthe song would be 911.
Those are your four oldies andone new.
And the song would be 9-1-1.
Those are your four oldies andone new.
That's your music for thispodcast.
Please critique me, dog me.
(15:02):
If you will Give me your ownselections, let me know what you
think.
I never said these were great,by any means.
Now, moving on to good news,folks, a cafe staffed by people
with disabilities opens.
Fair shot cafe, which isopening in London's Mayfair.
(15:25):
November, is a socialenterprise that offers training
and future employment to youngdisabled adults.
In partnership with West LondonCollege, 14 trainees will spend
four days working in the cafe,preparing and serving delicious
beverages and refreshments, andone day at the college.
Set up by Bianca Tavella, thecafe aims to remove the barriers
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that prevent young people withdisabilities from finding paid
work and opportunities.
This is certainly nice.
We need more of this in theworld.
I hope you agree.
How do you feel about thisarticle?
Give me your two cents on thematter.
Your thoughts count.
I'd like to continue with thissegment on the podcast, if you
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like it.
Same with the music books, youknow.
So on, this is all experimental.
Right now.
Your guidance is what's goingto make this show work or not
work.
Hopefully, if you don't like it, change it.
Tell me what you want, what youdon't want.
Hopefully it isn't me that youdon't want.
We're going to move on, folks.
(16:32):
Now on to Patrick's World of TVand Movies.
All reviews folks are from a55-year-old space alien with a
brain injury.
I just realized I'm using theword folks way too many times.
Got to work on that.
First is Silo it's on Apple,Season number one.
(16:57):
It's worth watching.
I'd give it a 7.5.
Shogun it's on Hulu, worthwatching.
I'd give it an 8.
Not as good as the original ifyou're as old as me.
Fallout Season one Excellent.
1, excellent.
I give it a 10.
It's on Prime.
Just seen the trailer for theboys trailer on Prime.
(17:19):
It looks good.
Anybody that knows me knows I'ma Godzilla fanatic.
Anything about Godzilla I willwatch till the cows come home.
Unfortunately, I believe they'retrying to turn this into a
Marvel franchise.
I don't really like the wayit's going.
I would give this a 7.
It's entertaining.
(17:42):
The sleeper movie for me isOrdinary Angels.
The main character is the Ibelieve his name's the guy that
plays Reacher in the TV show.
He does an outstanding job inthis movie.
It's based on a true storyabout a child that needs a liver
(18:04):
transplant.
It is an excellent movie forthe whole family.
It's just a great movie.
I encourage anybody to watchthis right now.
Fantastic, I really enjoyedthis.
I would give it an 8 or a 9.
And then you know the Beekeeper.
I am not a Jason Statham fan,but I would say this is one of
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his better movies.
I'd give it a seven.
And then, unfortunately, in theworld of Marvel, that spider
chick movie I guess they call it, madam Web.
I fell asleep about 18 times onit.
I wouldn't watch it, for, oh myGod, it was terrible.
That movie was so horrible.
And that's where we're at forTVs and movies.
(18:48):
Just curious, what have youbeen watching that's good or bad
?
Let mes and movies.
Just curious, what have youbeen watching that's good or bad
?
Let me know.
Let me know what you think ofmy reviews.
Let me know what you've beenwatching.
I'd like to know because I needto watch something new myself.
I'm really can't find much outthere right now.
Uh, let me know what you thinkabout all this.
I I think we're getting closeto the end.
(19:13):
We're going to move on to bookreviews, my book reviews for me
now, unfortunately I can't readanymore because of this short
term memory thing I have.
I now have to do everything youknow audible, wiseudible-wise.
And Audible doesn't give me anykickbacks, unfortunately, but I
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wish they did.
Audible, audible, audible,kickbacks.
But I've learned one thing, andlisten to me on this one Before
you download Audible books,listen to who the narrator is
Really important, because ifthey're not really good, you
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don't want the book because itmay sound like your 10th grade
English teacher and they'll putyou to sleep.
That's really important.
I chose three books for you,three I think you'll find
interesting.
They're completely differentand I really enjoyed all three
of these for different reasons.
Folsom Untold the strange truestory of Donny Cash at Folsom
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Prison, narrated by Sam Shepard.
I really enjoyed Sam Shepardand the way he told this story.
Nothing really shocked me aboutJohnny Cash.
I've read and seen so manydocumentaries about him, but I
just really enjoyed the way SamShepard told the story.
It was fantastic.
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Twain's Feast, narrated by NickOfferman Nobody handles words
like Nick Offerman and it had todo with food, so who could beat
that?
That was excellent.
My third choice was Tuesday atMaury's.
I forgot to write down theauthor and the author was also
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the narrator.
I apologize for that.
I am sorry, but it's easy tofind.
I put this book down because Iwas told to read this book by a
close friend and that's all I'mgoing to tell you, because
that's all you need to know.
It was an excellent read.
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It's not a big book.
It's worth the read folks.
It's just a great book to read.
It's fantastic.
Those are my book choices forthis podcast.
Let me know what you think.
If you have some choices,please let me know.
I have a lot.
I listen to a lot of books, soplease let me know I have.
I have a lot.
(21:50):
I listen to a lot of books, soplease let me know what you're
listening to, what you know,what you're reading.
This is uh we're gonna move onto.
This is a part of the show whereI can tell you about what's
coming up, what's going on, youknow, so forth, so on.
We're in the process of havingsome decals made, uh, something
(22:13):
into the effect of uh we'relistening to Patrick the Alien
on Fractured the Podcast, youknow, with that alien logo, with
a, with a QR code you know.
That way you can come right tothe the site.
Uh, so we can distribute thoseout some kind of way.
I'm also working on a possiblealien head giveaway at some
(22:33):
point, if we can get to aparticular number of downloads.
We got to work that outlogistically.
Let me know what you thinkabout that or some other
promotional ideas.
Please remember I'm from animpoverished planet, as always,
folks, you can reach us inseveral different ways.
Our podcast website isfracturedalien at buzzsproutcom.
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On Facebook, you can locate usat facebookcom slash
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Instagram is instagramcom.
Slash patrickaloysiusysiusMcGillicuddy.
At Twitter, it's twittercom.
(23:15):
Slash PM McGillicuddy.
Yahoo, you can reach me atpangillicuddy at yahoocom.
I am gillicuddy at yahoocom andI think that's pretty much
everything.
(23:36):
I'm looking over all my notes.
Yeah, that's everything I havefor this episode.
I sure hope it was better thanthe last one.
I hope you stick around andwatch it grow.
I'm kind of like one of thosejungle viruses Once I latch on
to you, it's hard to shake meoff.
Until next time.
Folks remember, be good toyourselves.
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