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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Em explains the perils of pornography, Wendy writes long-distance love letters, Chet imagines villainous owls, and much more. Recorded live at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall in Charlottetown. Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Charlottetown 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 Nicole was 13, she went swimming at her local pool, and she wrote about it in her diary.
0:09.1	March 15, 1998.
0:11.7	Today, Emily and me went swimming at Northcliff.
0:14.9	It was so funny.
0:16.7	This guy had a huge boner for almost an hour.
0:22.1	It was so funny.
0:25.6	That's Nicole.
0:26.7	Reading from the diary she kept as a teenager.
0:29.2	I'm Dan Meisner.
0:30.4	And this?
0:31.4	This right now is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:34.4	How are you doing?
0:36.2	It is very, very nice to see you.
0:40.6	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of
0:46.2	growing up. This time, recorded live at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall in Charlottetown.
0:50.9	We have long-distance love letters, the perils of pornography, the true definition of tacky art, and much more.
0:59.2	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and like an hour-long erection at a public pool, it can be a little embarrassing.
1:06.5	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:20.2	Music So think about who you were, when you were a kid. And stick around. Our next reader, Ali, shared a number of diary entries she wrote when she was 14 and 15.
1:26.7	And before the show, I asked Alie if her diary entries had
1:30.2	anything in common, if there was a narrative thread running through the selections she chose.
1:35.1	And she said, yes, sorry, mom. It's about her sexual awakening. Please welcome Allie to our stage.
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