Music Connects Us All E274 09/02/2026
What I think is remarkable about music: it reaches across families, generation, countries, culture, age, and of course languages.
The Cameras E273 08/26/2026
our film may be 24 exposures, or sometimes 36. And if you were going on vacation, you had to think about it. How much film do I bring? Do I have enough? Do I want to waste a picture? Because once you took it, you can’t go back and erase it. You were done. Then came the big change. Five or six days of waiting for your photos to come back turned into 24 hours developing. And then came the one-hour photo. One hour, can you imagine? We thought that was incredible.
The Sirens & the Songs E272 08/19/2026
Because we all have Sirens: temptation. It could be alcohol. It might be drugs. It might be porn. It might be a relationship that you know is bad for you. It might be money, gambling, attention, power, or simply the feeling of constantly needing to be desired. The Siren is anything that sounds so good in the moment that makes you forget what you already know.
The Freedom We Left Behind E271 08/12/2026
Watching those children waiting for the school bus, each one holding a phone with their parents right beside them, I start thinking about how much freedom we had when we were
8 and 9 years old.
Flavors of Italy (E257) 05/06/2026
I found my answer in my recent trip to Southern Italy. And it’s not just the stuff that you easily can see on a postcard. Southern Italy is where you want to be.,
Remembering My Dad (E249) 03/04/2026
I cherished my relationship with my dad. I never took it for granted. While I’m very grateful for my relationship with my dad, I know that it’s not everyone’s reality.
Life in a Shoe Box (E248) 02/25/2026
I started thinking again how music is so different. While photos are still, they stay where you leave them. If you don’t look at them, they stay dark. But music? Music fills the air