The Best Day of My Life: Patch Adams' Journey to the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

The Best Day of My Life: Patch Adams' Journey to the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

Intimate conversations with Dr. Patch Adams and his son Lars, dive deep into Patch's true not-Hollywood lifestory as Lars and producer, Rainbow Valentine, uncover how Patch, once a suicidal misfit, started a revolution for Love and Joy and ended up a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.

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Trailer for Psychedelic Women: Conversations with the Women of the Counterculture

April 26, 2025 • 5 mins
Producer/Host, Rainbow Valentine was born into the inner circle of the San Francisco counterculture which didn’t seem unusual until she grew up and discovered not everyone’s family and friends were  pot smugglers, rock stars and artists activating for peace, justice and equality.  Rainbow Valentine’s mom, her friend’s moms and her mom’s friends were the bedrock of the world famous 1960’s counterculture - they were the first women i...
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Tune Tales: Trailer

February 8, 2023 • 4 mins
Tune Tales with Kit’n’Tenders is musical story-based podcast for kids exploring the world of classic kids songs. Each episode, our heroes, the girlband, Kit’n’Tenders aka Gabby La La and The Ukulady, meet famous characters from the classic kids songs, like, the Muffin Man, Twinkle the Little Star, Miss Mary Mack, etc… all played by real celebrities! Tune Tales is chock-full of songs, jokes, trivia and fun for the whole family! Lear...
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10: The Relentless Optimist: The Nobel Peace Prize is announced…

October 22, 2021 • 50 mins
The Nobel Peace Prize is announced… Does Patch win or lose?  Does it matter?   Lars and his dad discuss the journey of the podcast, the meaning of the Nobel Peace Prize plus we hear from Patch’s life-partner, Susan and Lars shares what it was like growing up with Patch Adams as his dad. Thanks for listening! Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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09: Warrior Clowns

October 1, 2021 • 47 mins
Shortly after 911, Patch & his friend, Ginevra, brought clowns to war-torn Afghanistan, where they infused bombed-out hospitals, orphanages & prisons, with joy & play, bringing relief from suffering to countless Afghanis caught in decades of war. Plus the story of combat war veterans with PTSD transformed by Patch’s Clown Trips. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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08: Cold War Clown

September 24, 2021 • 51 mins
The origin of Patch’s humanitarian clown trips to the most dire places on Earth starts in the former USSR, once America’s number one enemy. Lars talks with Maria, the orphan advocate who organizes Patch's clown trips to Russian orphanages, prisons, mental hospitals & the school in Beslan, Chechnya, where in 2004, terrorist killed over 330 people, mostly children. Plus, we hear from the woman who joined Patch's clown trips at age 93...
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07: Patch Goes to Hollywood

September 17, 2021 • 50 mins
Lars and Patch discuss the making of the Patch Adams movie, Patch’s friendship with Robin Williams & Patch reunites with Mike Farrell (of the TV show MASH), who was instrumental in shepherding Patch’s story to the big screen; plus we hear about the murder of Patch’s dear friend whose death was repurposed to fit into the Hollywood version of Patch’s story. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
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06: The Gesundheit Institute

September 10, 2021 • 46 mins
Lars dives into Patch’s Free Hospital: the one at the commune and the future dream hospital (whose plans feature a giant communal Whoopie Cushion room), plus stories from a Yale-trained psychiatrist who, after meeting Patch, became a tutu-wearing humanitarian clown & Truth Fairy. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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05: The Zanies

September 3, 2021 • 47 mins
Lars delves into his parent’s Hippie Commune, which doubled as a free hospital, nestled amongst radical hippie parties. Patch & Lars’s mom, Linda, tell us about absurd DIY projects, performance art films, hippie roadtrips, arrests & encounters with motorcycle gangs. Plus, Patch’s patented sensory invention for extreme bliss. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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04: The Monkey-Suited Med Student

August 27, 2021 • 50 mins
The Monkey-Suited Med Student : Lars chats with Patch’s BFF, Lewis, unfolding the birth of Patch’s public clowning, wearing costumes to work in corporate America. Plus the true story of Patch’s Medical School adventures where he formed his philosophy that laughter is the best medicine & began plans to build a free hospital, enraging the med school administration, who told Patch’s mother her son was unfit to be a doctor. Learn more ...
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03: The Son of a War Vet

August 20, 2021 • 51 mins
Lars talks to Patch & Wildman about their teen years moving from 1950's Germany to segregated America, the death of their war veteran father & Patch’s 3 suicide attempts before Martin Luther King Jr's impact led to Patch's transformation into Radical Love Clown dedicated to being 6 Qualities all the time: Happy, Funny, Loving, Creative, Thoughtful & Cooperative. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
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02: Nerd Dweeb Dork Sissy Boy

August 13, 2021 • 51 mins
Patch has his foot amputated & Lars dives into Patch’s earliest memories of growing up in post-atomic-bomb Japan. Weaving conversations with Patch and his older brother, Wildman, Lars learns about his subversive great grandfather, an anti-establishmentarian Victorian-era writer whose writing echoes Patch’s inflammatory ethos on mental health, compassion & capitalism PLUS Lars digs into Patch’s youthful same-sex adventures in a repr...
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01: The Disgustingly Happy Revolutionary

August 6, 2021 • 50 mins
Meet the real Patch Adams, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. In episode 1 Patch’s son, Lars, explains what podcasts are to his 75 year old dad and begins unfolding the true- not-Hollywood story of how a suicidal misfit became a revolutionary clown doctor obsessed with love, mental health & the transformation of despair in all humans. https://www.rainbowvalentine.com Proud part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
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Trailer: The Best Day of My Life: Patch Adams' Journey to the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

July 20, 2021 • 5 mins
The trailer for the upcoming podcast series - The Best Day of My Life: Patch Adams' Journey to the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination. Intimate conversations with Dr. Patch Adams and his son Lars, dive deep into Patch's true not-Hollywood lifestory as Lars and producer, Rainbow Valentine, uncover how Patch, once a suicidal misfit, started a revolution for Love and Joy and ended up a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. Proud part of Pantheon...
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