"P.S. I only love you for your money" (St. Albert)

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

🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Trisha writes an “ode to Steve,” Kate compares sex to pizza, Jennifer argues about her phone curfew, and much more. Recorded live at in St. Albert. Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our St. Albert eventRate or review GRTTWaK in iTunesJoin the email newsletterUpcoming live eventsMusic by Podington Bear and LullatoneClosing theme is “Oh Dear Diary” by SloanTwitterInstagramFacebook

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	When Kate was 13, she started to feel the beginnings of teenage angst and apathy.
0:08.0	And she wrote about those feelings in her diary.
0:11.5	Dear diary, I have started puberty, and I'm having mood swings.
0:16.4	I might be writing a lot more often now.
0:19.7	Maybe teens do all of the stuff they do because of all the stress.
0:23.7	Adults think they know what's going on, but they don't.
0:26.6	They just add to the stress.
0:28.7	Technically, we don't have to do what they say.
0:31.0	We could disobey, and if they hurt us, they could go to jail.
0:38.8	That's Kate.
0:39.9	Reading from her teenage diary.
0:41.6	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:43.7	This, right now, is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:47.7	How are you doing tonight?
0:50.2	Wow.
0:52.5	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:00.2	This time recorded live in St. Albert, Alberta.
1:03.0	We have diary entries about pizza and virginity, a short story about a vengeful Anukshuk, an ode to Steve, and much more.
1:13.8	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and like Kate's parents, technically, you don't have to do what it says.
1:20.9	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:37.9	Our next reader, Kate shared a few entries from the diary she kept as a teenager.
1:42.1	And before the show, I asked Kate what her diary entries were about.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dan Misener, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dan Misener and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.