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This is episode 3 of 3 in a series about Richard Wagner's collection of German Operas, "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (the "Ring Cycle" in English). In this episode, I share about the overall experience—what it was like spending six days in San Francisco watching a massive, luxurious, expensive show split up into four parts and spread over six days. It was an amazing show worth going to, without a doubt. 

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This is episode 2 of 3 in a series about Richard Wagner's collection of German Operas, "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (the "Ring Cycle" in English). In this episode, I share about just how the Ring Cycle is superlative in every way: monstrously expensive, notoriously difficult to stage, ridiculously hard to sing. Why? How? And who was the secret patron that made it all possible, when it would have otherwise failed due to the composer's ...

This is episode 3 of 3 in a series about my time working in the food service industry. In this episode, I'll share about the time I spent working as a bus boy at an Italian restaurant. In my final attempt at making a career in food service, I spent my days cutting bread, filling water glasses, and turning tables, until I had an existential dilemma, realizing that I was stuck in a dead-end job in an industry that had no apparent fut...

This is episode 2 of 3 in a series about my time working in the foodservice industry. In this episode, I'll share about the time I spent working as a banquet server at a hotel and conference center. It was a pretty great gig, where I met a lot of nice people and learned quite a bit of Spanish. I stayed for a few years until one day; it all came to a shocking end, and I never went back. Come with me as I lift the tablecloth and show...

For my final semester of college, I had to create a "capstone project" in order to graduate with my bachelor's degree in Storytelling. I decided to use the opportunity to fly from Colorado to Pennsylvania to discover who my Irish ancestors were. I visited churches, schools, birthplaces, and cemeteries, collecting dates and locations. But the best answers I got about who they were were and what their lives were like came from a phon...

As a lifelong observer of the sport, an occasional participant, and sometimes a coach for my son's baseball teams, I've noticed that baseball (sometimes called one of "America's gifts to the world" ) has a lot to teach us. Through baseball, we learn about sportsmanship, teamwork, and athleticism, of course, but also about life ourselves, and how we can accomplish goals. Episode transcript: https://micronpodcast.com/episodes/pl...

For the past decade or so, my facial hair has fluctuated back and forth between being neat and trim, and fully grown and bushy. As any man who's taken the time to grow a full beard knows, the strangest part about having a beard isn't your facial hair itself but everything else that goes along with it. Here are seven observations I made while undergoing a social experiment called "growing a beard." Episode transcript: https://micron...