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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

🗓️ 7 May 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Sarah makes rules for her future children, Val recaps the early 1980s, Cody reads a spooky Choose Your Own Adventure-style story, and much more. Recorded live at The Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. Show notesCody's story: Haunted HouseSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Saskatoon 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 Crystal was eight, she made a Mother's Day card, and inside she wrote a very special message.
0:10.9	Dear Mom, I hope you have a happy day, and you can do as you want. You can stay in bed, and we'll serve you in bed.
0:20.0	We all love you very much.
0:22.7	And then we'll do some tricks on you.
0:26.8	And then dad can sleep with you for as long as you want.
0:31.2	And we'll go to the park again and play.
0:37.2	That's Crystal with a special Mother's Day message.
0:41.0	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:43.1	This right now is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:47.1	How are you doing?
0:49.4	It is so nice to see you.
0:53.2	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:59.8	This time, recorded live at the Broadway Theater in Saskatoon, we have an act of resilience,
1:05.4	a choose-your-own-adventure-style story about a haunted house, poetry about the bubonic plague, and much more.
1:12.9	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and like Crystal's Mother's Day card, this stuff
1:18.0	often has more than one meaning. So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick
1:23.6	around.
1:37.7	A natural part of growing up is imagining what life will be like when you're older,
1:42.4	what you'll do for a living, whether you'll have a family or kids of your own, that kind of thing.
1:43.1	When our next reader, Sarah, was 15, she wrote a list.
1:47.6	And she titled it,
1:48.8	Things I Must Never Forget to Do With My Children, Needless to Say, 30-something Sarah, does not agree with 15-year-old Sarah.
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