Our Little Talks Podcast

Episode 24: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Disappointment

This week we discuss our thoughts on the new Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Episode 23: NYC, Attend the Tale, and Mayor of Noodletown

In our longest episode ever, we discuss our latest trip to the greatest city in the world, New York City. We talk about our two days of exploring the city including visits to Governor's Island, Chinatown, Central Park West, and Grant's Tomb. We also give our thoughts on seeing the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and read one star customer reviews of some of the places we visited.

Episode 22: Annoying Podcasts, Moby-Dick, and Memberberries

In our historic 22nd Episode we discuss a list of 10 things podcasters do that supposedly annoy their listeners, high school graduation, and we get highfalutin as Dad talks about reading Moby-Dick and other classic novels and we read a few poems. Next we talk about seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark at a local movie theater and how movie making has changed in the last 40 years. Then we wrap things up with Dad getting depressed, because he is sick of Star Wars finding its way into our conversations. 

Episode 21: We Are Back, Slime Tutorials, and Dumb Phones

Surprise! We are back! After a four-month hiatus we return with our longest episode ever! In this episode we discuss why we have not been recording We talk about our various illnesses, reading War and Peace, Roald Dahl and censorship, Prince Harry's audiobook, and the Beetlejuice musical. We also discuss efforts to reduce screen time and live in the real world. We finish the episode also covering other topics as they cross our minds.

Episode 20: We Voted, Chimpanzees, and Yardbirds

It's our 20th episode and our third annual Thanksgiving Eve episode. In this episode we go off the cuff and cover numerous topics. We talk about Corinna's first trip to the voting polls during the mid-term elections, what fans of the TV show "Glee" should be called, and how awful the Saturday morning shows from Dad's childhood were. We then talk about humans' false belief in the nobility of wild animals, how there used to be only one notable tap dancer at a time, and the names that celebrity characters were given on "The Flintstones." We then wrap things up with a discussion of the movie The Bishop's Wife, everyone's belief that the decades they grew up in were the best, and a discussion on whether calling chicken "yardbirds" is a cultural or regional creation.

Episode 19: Halloween, Frankenstein, and Jumping the Shark

In this episode, we discuss Halloween and what we like and do not like about the holiday. We also talk about the 1931 version of Frankenstein and movie remakes. We wrap up the show with a talk about Cobra Kai season five and TV shows needing to be cancelled after their fifth season.

Episode 18: Maverick, Treebeard, and The Least of These

After a three month hiatus we return with a lot of random discussions, but specifically talk about the museum exhibit "The Art of the Disney Costume," Dad talks about cutting back his mobile phone use time, and tries to praise "Top Gun:Maverick" before blowing a gasket over the absence of USB ports on his computer. There is some discussion about "Lord of the Rings" and "Rings of Power" and a few concerts. Dad gives a short Bible study about the treatment of the poor, and then he praises the writing of Cormac McCarthy and reads a portion of "Blood Meridian"

Episode 17 : Rick Rolled, Big Tanks, and Obi-Dumb Kenobi

In our long awaited 17th episode we discuss going to a lot of concerts this summer, we give a rundown of our Spring Break trip from March, we endure technical difficulties, and then we briefly discuss Disney's "Obi-Wan Kenobi" show.

Episode 16: Gretamania, Oscarmania, and I Write the Songs

On this episode we talk about a Greta Van Fleet concert we attended, talk briefly about the 2022 Oscar nominations and how Dad is the only person in the world to not hear the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno." Then we talk about how it's weird to think of your parents having girlfriends/boyfriends before you were born and the blessing of not having had social media in the 1970s and 80s. 

Episode 15: Delays, West Side Story, and Boring Fett

In our first episode of 2022, we discuss how hospitalizations and surgeries delayed our recording any episodes for two months, share our thoughts on Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, and lament having watched the dreadful Star Wars series "The Book of Boba Fett."