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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Carley writes a postcard to a famous musician, Rheannon gets her heart broken, Sara shares a moral tale about wishes, and much more. Recorded live at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Winnipeg 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 Carly was seven, she wrote a postcard to a famous musician.
0:08.4	Dear Chuck Barry.
0:12.0	How are you?
0:16.8	I'm fine.
0:19.9	I really like your songs.
0:22.1	My favorite is my dingling.
0:27.3	I know it by heart.
0:30.1	Love Carly.
0:35.9	That's Carly, reading a short message to Chuck Berry, written when she was seven. At the time
0:41.2	she told me she did not know what a creep Chuck Barry was. I'm Dan Meisner and this, this right now,
0:49.3	is grown-up three things they wrote as kids. How are you doing tonight? It's very, very nice to see you.
0:57.4	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of
1:03.7	growing up. This time recorded live in Winnipeg, we have Heartbreak on an anonymous blog,
1:09.9	flirting tips from an 11-year-old, a witch, a queen, and seven magical rocks, and much more.
1:16.7	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and by looking back at it, this stuff can also help us understand who we are today.
1:25.5	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick her out.
1:35.4	When Sarah was growing up, she was determined to be an author.
1:39.3	So she wrote a lot of short stories, and at our Winnipeg show, she shared one of them.
1:44.4	Now, the thing you need to know about Sarah's short story is that she wrote it at a time
1:48.1	when she believed that it was really important for every story to have a strong, moral lesson.
1:55.5	Live on stage, here's Sarah reading her story called Pam's Trouble Wishes.
2:01.3	One day, Pam went to play with her cat.
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