61: The Pretender & The Godfather

Family Ghosts

Sam Dingman

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On the occasion of a major life milestone, Sam reflects on two of his wayward role models.

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0:00.0	You're listening to WLT.
0:02.2	Homegrown.
0:06.5	Homemade Radio.
0:09.5	Hello, Ghost family.
0:11.1	Welcome to family ghosts.
0:13.5	Sam here.
0:14.9	And I was thinking recently about this phone call
0:19.0	that I got from my best friend, Alan, about 12 years ago.
0:25.3	He called me and he said that he and his wife were expecting
0:29.7	their first child and that they wanted me to be that child's
0:34.5	godfather.
0:36.2	And I was so happy for them and I told him that and I enthusiastically
0:41.0	agreed to be this child's godfather.
0:46.6	And then when I hung up the phone, I stared out the window for
0:51.2	a little while and I thought, OK, let's take stock here.
0:56.9	Alan is like me, about 28 years old and he's got a house
1:05.9	and he's married to the love of his life and he's about to have
1:09.9	a kid.
1:13.1	And I live in a very cramped one bedroom.
1:18.8	I am in a relationship that is in its sixth year, the last two
1:24.4	of which we've both known, it's not going anywhere.
1:27.7	And last night for dinner, I took some frozen white castle
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