"Puberty has taken her" (Montréal)

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

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Nisha gets drunk, Danielle falls in love on the bus, nobody eats the fish Jonah caught, and much more. Recorded live at La Sala Rossa in Montréal. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Montréal 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 Sophia was eight, she learned where her sister kept the keys to her diary,
0:08.0	and then she wrote about it in her journal.
0:11.2	November 1st, 2004, Dear Journal, I know where the key to Colette's two diaries are.
0:17.5	They're in the flower box behind her bed.
0:20.6	May 6, 2005.
0:22.9	But now I know not to invade her privacy.
0:28.0	It is none of my business.
0:33.3	That's Sophia, reading from her childhood journal.
0:36.6	I'm Dan Meisner, and this... This this right now, is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:42.5	How are you feeling tonight?
0:44.8	It's very, very, very nice to see you.
0:49.8	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:57.2	This time, recorded live in Montreal, we have love on the city bus, facts about ghosts, a list of summertime grievances from a 10-year-old, and much more.
1:08.4	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and like your sister's private diary,
1:13.8	a lot of this stuff was never intended for you to hear. So think about who you were, when you were a kid,
1:21.2	and stick around.
1:32.9	Do we have folks in the room who are users of public transit?
1:34.6	Do we have bus people in the room?
1:35.0	Yeah.
1:37.0	Great enthusiasm for the bus. So in the year 1996, Danielle was in grade 9 and took the city bus every single day. And one of the things that
1:47.5	happens when you're in grade nine and you take the city bus every single day is that you fall in
1:51.4	love with some of the other bus riders. Danielle fell in love with a guy named David, who she never
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