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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

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Jane explains the miracle of sponges, Chris tells the tale of a mischievous elf, Emily has an incident on the monkey bars, and much more. Recorded live at the Black Knight in Yellowknife. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Yellowknife 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 Shelley was 12, she went on a trip to London, England, and she documented it in her journal.
0:08.6	I learned a lot of new things about England.
0:11.2	They don't take their shoes off in the house.
0:13.9	They build their cars wrong.
0:16.3	They call potato chips crisps.
0:19.8	And although it's the same language,
0:21.6	I can't understand very much of what they're saying.
0:28.6	That's Shelley.
0:29.6	Reading from her travel journal, I'm Dan Meisner, and this...
0:33.6	This, right now, is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:37.6	How are you doing tonight?
0:40.0	It's very nice to see you.
0:44.6	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:52.1	This time recorded live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, we have a mischievous elf,
0:57.1	a speech about sponges, an incident on the monkey bars, and much more.
1:03.1	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and, though it is all in English, some of it's hard to
1:09.5	understand.
1:10.0	So think about who you were, when you were a kid. And stick around.
1:18.4	When Jane was in junior high, she had an assignment in school where she had to write and then deliver a speech to the entire class. And at our Yellowknife show, Jane shared that speech.
1:31.1	Before she got on stage, I asked Jane, what was the topic of your speech?
1:35.0	What was it about?
1:35.7	And she told me, I'm not really sure.
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