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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

Kids, Grown Up, Society & Culture, Grown Ups Read Things They Wrote, Grown Ups, Journals, Juvenilia, Performing Arts, Children, Young, K-12, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Cbc Radio, Education/k-12, Education, Diary, Adults Read Things They Wrote As Kids, Things, Grownups, Cbc, Stuff, Read, Kids & Family, Gurttwak, Grttwak, Grown-ups, Comedy, Personal Journals, Adults, Diaries, Arts, Arts/performing Arts

4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Brittany investigates a bank robbery, Mike can’t do yo-yo tricks, Ashley wants to pierce her tongue, and much more. Recorded live at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Fredericton eventRate or review GRTTWaK in iTunesJoin the email newsletterUpcoming live eventsMusic by Podington Bear and LullatoneClosing theme is “Oh Dear Diary” by SloanTwitterInstagramFacebook

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0:00.0	When Ida was 16, she had a sleepover, and she wrote about it in her diary.
0:06.6	Monday, January 14th.
0:09.2	Kathy missed her bus and stayed over.
0:11.6	It was nice.
0:13.4	I hope she likes it here.
0:15.8	Apparently, her mother lets her sleep anywhere, just like that.
0:23.8	She's lucky.
0:28.2	That's Ida, reading from her teenage diary.
0:30.8	I'm Dan Meisner, and this, this right now, is growing up street things they wrote as kids.
0:36.5	How are you doing tonight? It's very, very nice to see you.
0:43.5	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:51.2	This time recorded live at the Charlotte Street Art Center in Fredericton, New Brunswick,
0:55.2	we have a coded crush, a passive-aggressive letter about body piercing, a robbery at the local bank,
1:03.0	and much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and by looking back at it, this stuff can
1:10.2	help us understand who we are.
1:12.8	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:23.7	When Ashley was 16, she really, really, really wanted to get her tongue pierced.
1:30.1	But her parents didn't approve of the idea.
1:33.5	So, in an effort to persuade them, Ashley wrote her parents a letter.
1:38.7	And we're going to hear it tonight.
1:41.1	Please welcome Ashley to the grown-ups who you think they wrote us kids' stage.
1:52.2	February 13, 2003.
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