Missing the Pointe

Jim and Roger regale Tom (and you!) with stories and hot takes from their recent return-trips home to Grosse Pointe. What did they miss? What's changed? What stays the same forever?

PLUS! Just in time for Christmas-shopping season, Joe Binkowski (GPN, '89), owner of Ridgecrest Outfitters (GP), joins the show to tell us all about what it's like to own a retail location in The Village.

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The Missing the Pointe crew take on the task of making a summer playlist ideally suited to those who miss the Pointes from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today!

It's a mixtape with a twist: Jim, Tom and Roger each present the others with a pairing of two songs, and the other two get to fight it out to see which song survives! Three rounds to decide a playlist that could fit onto one two-sided 60-minute Maxell XLII cassette tape to...

Tom, Jim and Roger welcome Steve Harwood (GPN '89) to the show to take a pub crawl back in time. Follow along as they go everywhere from the Park, Village and Mack Avenue...down to St. Clair Shores...and even across the river to Windsor.

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Curtiss returns, for a look back at what he misses the most about the Pointes in the 70s! With so much talk about the 1980s recently, Jim, Roger and Tom thought they'd move further back in the Grosse Pointe's timeline to hear about dances, music, products, school spirit and the television that the classes before ours miss from their youths.

Will Curtiss share another one of his radio personalities with the audience? Tune i...

What are the products you miss growing up? Toys? Games? First aid products? Action figures with edible filling?

Jim, Roger and Tom have their favorites that they miss while missing the Pointe. Don't worry, good lookin'...we'll be back to pick ya up later!

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Fellow missing-the-Pointe-er Kris Kubalak joins the podcast to reminisce about Grosse Pointe Little League growing up as kids in the 80s. What were the traditions? What were the post-game rituals? What was the on-field fare? And...we somehow can all draw the Matterhorn operator like it's a police sketch?!

Join Roger, Tom and Jim in welcoming Kris to the podcast, as this one goes into extra innings!

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"Where in Grosse Pointe can a man go to get a really good belt?" That phrase, uttered famously by local Grosse Pointe superhero Money Man, was never more prescient than today. Roger, Jim and Tom explore the state of men's fashions in the year 2024, as it relates to growing up in Grosse Pointe in the 80s. Things haven't changed a bit!

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Girl talk, slumber parties, and party lines...it's all part of a double-episode extravaganza in which Jim, Roger and Tom welcome a clique from GPN's Class of 1989 to give us the girls' take on growing up in Grosse Pointe.

Let's call them, "Lynn," "Julie," "Missy," and "Kristin." If you want to know their true identities, tune in now! (Or use your certified cootie catcher...

Tom, Jim and Roger are still missing the point as we continue our two-part season premiere of Season 2 of Missing the Pointe. It's more fun and games, as we recall what we all miss most about growing up in the Pointes....but what is this game, exactly, and how is it fun?

Tune in to find out who's going to win...you just might be surprised! (We knew we were.)

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We’re back! In more ways than one…

Tom, Jim and Roger are back for Season 2 of Missing the Pointe. And Jim and Roger kick off the season regaling us with their impressions of recent returns to the Pointes. 

What’s changed? What’s still the same? What do they miss about the Pointe they remember before they left?

Tune in to find out, and let’s all miss the point together!

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We couldn't let the holiday season come and go without doing a Christmas special! Let's look back at yules of yesteryear, growing up in Grosse Pointe and coming of age while celebrating the most wonderful time of the year!

Thanks to our sponsor: The Grosse Pointe Alumni and Friends Association. "Look back, come back, and give back to Grosse Pointe Public Schools." Learn more at ⁠gpalumniandfriends.org⁠.

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It's Thanksgiving season in the Pointes! Come celebrate with Jim, Roger and Tom as they reminisce about Thanksgivings past and present.

The guys are joined by Abigail Turnbull, Membership and Events Coordinator at the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce, to get a behind-the-scenes education about the annual parade in downtown GP.

Plus! - Listener Dennis returns to the podcast to represent the famous Big Heads and give us an ins...

Tom thought we were talking about playing hookey. Jim was practicing the Hokey Pokey. Roger lined up a guest to tell us what it's all about. And eventually, the guys welcome Bobby Alcott — GPN, class of '86 — to the podcast to talk about the rise of hockey in Grosse Pointe. Tune in to hear where you may have seen and heard Bobby before, and learn where he's missing the Pointe from today!

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It's Halloween season! Tune in, as Roger, Jim and Tom recall what they miss about Halloweens growing up in Grosse Pointe. From television specials to candies good and bad...and even an inside look at their ingenious trick-or-treat strategies, the guys have a lot to miss about Halloweens of yesteryear!

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It's Part 2 of our Back to School episode! This week's installment features school supplies, school lunches, school traditions, and some, er...interesting(?) commercials from back-to-school seasons of yesteryear.

Thanks to our sponsor: The Grosse Pointe Alumni and Friends Association. "Look back, come back, and give back to Grosse Pointe Public Schools. Learn more at www.gpalumniandfriends.org.

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Only Jim, Tom and Roger could spend a whole "Back to School" episode talking only about TV. But with the bad of going back to school, you got the good of a fresh fall TV season. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have....a new episode of Missing the Pointe, just in time for back-to-school season!

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Wrapping up their summer series, Jim, Roger and Tom welcome Katie and Kristin back from the Grosse Pointe Alumni and Friends Association to recall our-end-of-summer rituals and to provide their own perspectives on growing up frequenting the south-side parks.

Summer had to end some time, but why does it have to be NOW?!

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