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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Todd worries that he’s sitting next to a corpse, Rose reads poems about unrequited love, Diane wishes upon a star, and much more. Recorded live at Yuk Yuk’s in Ottawa. Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Ottawa 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 Chemia was in grade 8, she knew she wanted to change the world.
0:06.0	So, she made a list.
0:08.0	If I could change the world, I do so many things.
0:12.0	Clean the air, for one.
0:14.0	I would invent a giant air vacuum and clean the air of dirt, pollution, and any other harmful sort of thing.
0:23.7	I'd create peace and end war. I would stop bullying, so nobody would ever feel threatened.
0:30.9	I would make everybody happy. If I could change the world, I'd make Ron Wiesley real and marry him.
0:45.1	That's Kemia, reading her plan to make the world a better place.
0:49.6	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:51.8	This is grown-ups, three things they wrote as kids.
0:53.8	Hello, how are you doing?
0:55.5	It is very, very, very nice to see you. This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good,
1:03.5	the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time recorded live in Ottawa, we have poems
1:09.1	about unrequited love, a big move to a very small
1:13.1	town, and an old man in a library who may or may not be alive. This stuff is weird, it is
1:20.8	wonderful, and it can help us understand who we are today. So think about who you were, when you
1:26.9	were a kid, and stick around.
1:28.8	When Diane was 15, she kept a diary, and at our Ottawa event, she shared a couple of excerpts.
1:43.8	Now, just before the show, I asked Diane what her diary entries were about.
1:49.3	She said, early spiritual thoughts and early carnal thoughts.
1:55.1	Please welcome Diane back to the grown-up street things they wrote us kids' stage.
2:05.5	Thank you. back to the grown-up suit things they wrote as kids stage. So, yes, as Dan said, these are experts from my ultra-super-secret journal that I kept under my
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