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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Hannah asks God an important question, Chris’s brother comes home, Marta loses her virginity, and much more. Recorded live at the Leacock Theatre at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Calgary 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 Hannah was in grade nine, she wrote a letter to God to ask a really important question.
0:08.4	Dear God, are songs sinful?
0:16.9	What is so wrong with not wanting to show your underwear line?
0:22.2	If you're just wearing it so your underwear line doesn't show, it's not scandalous.
0:27.1	Isn't it okay?
0:28.3	Doesn't a big fat underwear line attract more guys to your butt?
0:32.5	Than a subtle thong?
0:35.3	Oh, and why is my mom the only one who even cares about this stuff?
0:40.0	Is a thong that bad?
0:42.9	That my mom and I have to fight endlessly over it?
0:46.3	So, God, isn't it sometimes okay
0:49.4	in certain circumstances to wear a thong?
0:53.9	That's my question for the evening.
0:55.8	Chat later.
0:56.7	Hannah.
1:04.2	That's Hannah, reading a letter she wrote in grade nine.
1:07.8	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
1:10.1	This right now is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
1:12.9	How are you doing tonight?
1:19.0	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:26.6	This time recorded live in the Leacock Theater at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
1:31.6	We have brotherly love, a story about the beginning of the world, sadistic short fiction, and much more.
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