"We played strip poker and held a private séance" (Fredericton)

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

🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Marsha plays strip poker, Genevieve solves a mystery, Julia hates her entire family, and much more. Recorded live at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton. Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Fredericton 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 Julia was eight, her life was tough, and she wrote about it in her diary.
0:09.0	Dear diary, I hate my whole family. Everybody. Evan has been teasing me, Ken bugging me. Dad and I had only half a math question left and he wouldn't let me finish it.
0:23.9	Mom made me wear my pajamas. I just hate them all.
0:33.5	That's Julia reading about just how difficult life can be. When you're eight, I'm Dan
0:39.4	Meisner, and this... This right now is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids. How are you doing?
0:46.3	It is very, very, very nice to see you. This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good,
0:53.7	the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:57.3	This time recorded live in Fredericton, we have a mystery about an invisible man, a cautionary tale about who you invite over when your parents are away, an unusual take on sex ed, and much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it can help
1:14.8	us understand who we are today. So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick
1:20.5	around. One of my favorite things about kid writing is often the spelling of kid writing. And our next
1:31.6	reader, Hillary, brought along a really fun example of that. When she was in grade five,
1:36.9	Hillary kept a private diary, a Harry Potter diary. And in it, she recorded what she was
1:43.1	learning at the time about puberty.
1:46.2	But the thing is, Hillary didn't spell puberty with a P. Instead,
1:52.1	she spelled puberty with an H. Please welcome Hillary to our stage.
2:07.2	Thank you. to our stage. So I should warn you as well
2:09.0	that this Harry Potter diary
2:10.7	comes with some security features,
2:13.7	including an owl.
2:15.1	Sometimes it likes to screech
2:16.2	when you open the pages.
2:17.2	Mind you, it's 15 years old, so sometimes it's temperamental, but just in case you hear a screech,
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