Dad Stories: a multi-generational podcast about childhood and growing-up
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA boomer dad and his millenial child compare and contrast childhood experience stories in order to better understand what is really different between generations.
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EP 49: Adulting Part 2, First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Eden in a Baby Carriage
April 01, 2024 01:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode continues the discussion about events that led us to becoming an Adult or, more accurately, becoming more like an adult. From when we were in our twenties going into the thirties, we both experienced a lot of growth based on being exposed to ‘adult life’. In this episode, we discuss topics centered around family situations such as partners, marriage and babies. We take a look at some of our more enlightening experiences as well as some sad and somewhat t...
EP 48: Adulting, It Is A Lot Different Than I Thought It Would Be!
November 14, 2023 23:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Eden turns thirty! Recently Eden celebrated their 30th birthday. In light of that momentous event, we thought we would discuss events that led us to becoming an Adult or, more accurately, becoming more like an adult. From the twenties into the thirties, we both experienced a lot of growth based on being exposed to ‘adult life’. This will be a two-part series. In this first episode, we discuss topics centered around work and society. Our second episode will focus on f...
EP 47: Fifth Grade, So If I Am Now the King of the Hill, Why Doesn’t It Feel Like It?
June 26, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the fifth and last episode on our elementary school years. With this episode, we share memories about starting school academically behind, coping with overcrowded schools and the changes that caused, senseless vandalism and other shenanigans, working for lunch money, being on safety patrol , spelling bees and school assemblies as well as other topics. Lastly, we talk about become aware of some of the social upheavals that were happening. We do a short recap o...
EP 46: Fourth Grade, The Universe Starts to Grow
April 25, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThis is the fourth episode on our elementary school years. With this episode, we share memories about our first memories of experiencing the natural world as well as realizing diversity in the classroom. We also discuss our special school pressures when it came to dealing with math especially math competitions and the pros and cons of counting with your fingers! We also talk about childhood role models. An unusual topic covered is our memories around childhood illnesses including unexpected...
EP 46: Fourth Grade, Now I Want to go Parachuting!
April 25, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the fourth episode on our elementary school years. With this episode, we share memories about our first memories of experiencing the natural world as well as realizing diversity in the classroom. We also discuss our special school pressures when it came to dealing with math especially math competitions and the pros and cons of counting with your fingers! We also talk about childhood role models. An unusual topic covered is our memories around childhood illne...
EP 45: Third Grade, ‘Shtuff’ Starts To Get Real!
December 29, 2022 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBSend us a Text Message. This is our third episode on our elementary school years. Unsurprising but just like our first episode, on First Grade, we covered several areas that were not part of the script! The review of our report card revealed to us that we were both under a more focused attention on books we were reading’. It was interesting giving how topical books and schools are in the US right now. Nevertheless and as you might expect, Eden was a far more accomplished reader than her ‘O...
EP 44: Second Grade is for the Birds!
October 03, 2022 01:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This is our second episode on our elementary school years. To keep us honest, we invited Mom back to join us for this episode. Just like our first episode, on First Grade, we covered several areas that were not part of the script! The review of our report card would suggest that we both had school in the second grade figured out. Our report cards indicated very little about little Tommy and Eden. However, that conclusion soon is modified as we dive into our first ta...
EP 43: First Grade: Exactly, What Did the First Grader Do to Earn An F- In Art?
June 18, 2022 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBSend us a Text Message. We have decided to go back further in time and explore stories from our elementary school years. We were a little worried that our memories couldn’t go back that far. After recording our first episode, on First Grade, we realized our worries were for naught. In this episode we explore our experiences from First Grade. As luck would have it, our moms had saved our report cards from our elementary school years. We start with a review of our report card highlights. That...
EP 42: So What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
April 03, 2022 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode takes us back to our original model of comparing and contrasting our childhood experiences. In this episode, we discuss a question that adults frequently ask children, “So, what are you going to be when your grow up?”. It turns out that we had a lot to talk about. While Fireman, Policeman and Nurse were the most common jobs for children in the 60s, it turns out that a lot has changed. For us, future job considerations i included Gas Station Attendant, P...
EP 41: Showing the Love at the Animal Shelter
February 02, 2022 23:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode takes some unexpected turns as we start out discussing our experiences travelling in the Pacific Northwest and end up spending most of our time talking about Eden’s experience working at Animal Shelters in Michigan and California. In this episode we discuss Eden’s time in the woods of the Olympic Peninsula and Tom’s experiences while on a sea kayaking trip in the San Juan Islands. This discussion quickly turns to the issues of traveling especially after ...
EP 40: “I ran into a bear the other day.” ...“Oh yea? How did that go?”
December 09, 2021 17:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBAfter taking a few months off we are back with a new season! During part of our time off we spend some time travelling and being out in the woods. In this episode, we discuss some ideas that bubbled up while we were communing with nature including some stories about our experiences with bears and inconvenient places to sleep. We share experiences regarding running into bears while camping and bike riding. We also discuss how we tried to prevent bears from getting into our food. Since we were...
EP 40: “I ran into a bear the other day.” ...“Oh yea? How did that go?”
December 09, 2021 17:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBSend us a Text Message. After taking a few months off we are back with a new season! During part of our time off we spend some time travelling and being out in the woods. In this episode, we discuss some ideas that bubbled up while we were communing with nature including some stories about our experiences with bears and inconvenient places to sleep. We share experiences regarding running into bears while camping and bike riding. We also discuss how we tried to prevent bears from getting int...
EP 39: What do the Pope, Formula Car Racing and a Skeleton have in Common?
September 05, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode is an old fashioned BS session. It has been awhile since we spent time discussing exploits from our past. For this session, we unintentionally focused on some of our lesser stories from our travels in Europe. We share such experiences as seeing John the Baptist’s Skeleton, driving tips and tricks while on a long drive, taking up-close pictures of the pope, and getting in an accident while driving an formula race care in Belgium. While none of these stor...
EP 39: What do the Pope, Formula Car Racing and a Skeleton have in Common?
September 05, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBThis episode is an old fashioned BS session. It has been awhile since we spent time discussing exploits from our past. For this session, we unintentionally focused on some of our lesser stories from our travels in Europe. We share such experiences as seeing John the Baptist’s Skeleton, driving tips and tricks while on a long drive, taking up-close pictures of the pope, and getting in an accident while driving an formula race care in Belgium. While none of these stories were significant enou...
EP 38: Concerts and Dances: A Civil Conversation Between the Parents and the Children
July 08, 2021 00:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBSend us a Text Message. This previously promised episode compares concerts and dancing between Boomer Parents and their Millennial Children. If one were to think that this topic is ripe for discomfort between generations or that participants would be talking right past each other due to complete unfamiliarity with each generation’s music and dance preferences, they would be partially right. If one were to suspect that this might lead to angst and anger resulting in argument and emotion, the...
EP 37: The Family Tree: The Oldest Branches
June 18, 2021 01:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode covers stories about the oldest members of our family that we personally knew, Eden’s Great Grandparents. This episode brings to light some of the most interesting personal stories of our family tree. As appropriate, mom joins us for this episode to represent her side of the family. It turns out that both mom and dad’s ancestral folks that grew up in the early 1900s had experiences that rivaled anything us youngsters could ever contrive. We learn about ...
EP 36: Washington D.C., Rubbing Elbows with Famous People
May 20, 2021 01:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBSend us a Text Message. With all of the excitement that happened in Washington D.C. this year, it reminded us of our time living in Washington D.C. To us, the most important thing was that is where we started our family. Of course, we were no D.C. movers and shakers, we were just working stiffs trying to raise a family. However, upon reflection, we were able to take advantage of quite a few opportunities to float amongst the ‘powerful and famous’. We just qualified as ‘fly’s on the wall’. I...
EP 36: Washington D.C., Our Family Begins and Rubbing Elbows with Famous People!
May 20, 2021 01:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBWith all of the excitement that happened in Washington D.C. this year, it reminded us of our time living in Washington D.C. To us, the most important thing was that is where we started our family. Of course, we were no D.C. movers and shakers, we were just working stiffs trying to raise a family. However, upon reflection, we were able to take advantage of quite a few opportunities to float amongst the ‘powerful and famous’. We just qualified as ‘fly’s on the wall’. In this episode, you will ...
EP 35: Bicycling! Get On Your Bikes and Ride
March 10, 2021 02:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Spring is right around the corner. For some of us that means bicycling is back. This episode was made in hopes of conjuring up your own memories of learning to ride a bike and the independence that cycling brought you. Do you remember your first bike? This episode discusses the difference between people that remember their first bike and those that don’t. We also discuss our personal evolutions with the bicycle. As we discussed our cycling experience we were surpris...
EP 34: Parent Report Card-You Got Some Splainin’ To Do
February 20, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBIf you ever reflected on your childhood and wondered why your parents did certain things, this may be the episode for you. If you are a parent of adult age children and you wondered how certain misadventures impacted your kids, this may be the episode for you. Mom and Bobby make what has become a regular visit to participate in the discussion. For this episode, we have taken the gloves off to discuss several sensitive topics that occurred in our family’s past. Topics like ‘why did you make m...
EP 34: Parent Report Card-You Got Some Explaining To Do
February 20, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBSend us a Text Message. If you ever reflected on your childhood and wondered why your parents did certain things, this may be the episode for you. If you are a parent of adult age children and you wondered how certain misadventures impacted your kids, this may be the episode for you. Mom and Bobby make what has become a regular visit to participate in the discussion. For this episode, we have taken the gloves off to discuss several sensitive topics that occurred in our family’s past. Topics...
EP 33: Music in the Family: Turn that Darn Music Down!
February 02, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBSend us a Text Message. With winter here and lots of time by ourselves due to the pandemic, we realized that we were listening to a lot more music than we usually do. Just like with streaming video, we are expanding our music interests so we thought this would be a good time to do the music episode that we have threatened to do for quite awhile. Given that this is another family discussion, we invited Mom and our own music man, Bobby, to join the discussion. With this episode we discuss the...
EP 32: Space Garbage: Everyone Talks About It But Is Anyone Doing Anything About it?
January 17, 2021 17:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBSend us a Text Message. With this episode we go back to our pattern of talking about things we know very little about. For this episode we focus on our memories of the US Space Program. We will review memories about the “Race to the Moon” that occurred in the 60s and early 70s. The danger and consequences of travelling to space are highlighted. We also discus everything we know about space garbage which turned out to be more than we thought. In this episode, you will also get a chance to le...
EP 31: Everyone BEHAVE! Grammy and Grandpa are here!
December 21, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBSend us a Text Message. With this episode we add another generation to our multi-generational podcast! Because we have not been able to get out and visit friends and family, we have mostly been staying in touch by phone and video calls. We decided that we would add some spice to our phone calls to grandparents by recording a podcast with them. We convinced Eden’s grandparents to participate in a podcast where Eden could ask them questions from their past. Questions like how did you meet eac...
EP 30: After School Activities – Getting Comfortable Kicking and Hitting Strangers
October 27, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Since many kids of all ages are now getting their formal education remotely, we were wondering how they were going to do their extracurricular activities. It brought to mind many memories of the extracurricular activities that we participated in during college. Some activities centered around extending our knowledge of our chosen career choices, others were more athletic in nature. Club sports and intramurals were a common pursuit between both Eden and Tom. However, ...
EP 29: Amusement Parks! So What Does the Inside of Space Mountain Look Like. Special Guests Mom and Bobby
October 12, 2020 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Most of us have gone to Amusement Parks during our college years . In this episode, we share our memories and opinions of Amusement Parks based on our individual and shared experiences. While there are many similarities in our inter-generational stories one of the things that was definitely different is that Eden and Bobby had some of their college year Amusement Park experiences with their parents. In this episode, we discuss our many experiences both as a family a...
EP 28: Study Abroad-College Kids On Their Own in Europe. What Could Go Wrong?
September 20, 2020 23:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBSend us a Text Message. EP 28: Study Abroad-College Kids On Their Own in Europe, What Could Go Wrong? College is, theoretically, a place of higher learning and represents a period of time where one might learn many things. For some, college includes an opportunity to travel outside of their home countries resulting in meaningful experiences and memories that last the rest of their lives. In this episode, we explore the experiences that we had with our college aged international travel. We ...
EP 27: The Best Thing You Ever Learned In College
September 08, 2020 14:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBSend us a Text Message. College is a place of higher learning and theoretically represents a period of time where one might learn many things in the classroom. For this episode, we challenged ourselves to think about some of the best things we learned during our college experiences. As you might have guessed, none of them came from a classroom. We chat about Tom’s experience getting in trouble with a Sargent Major and Eden learning about what happens when you ask for help. Hope you enjoy! ...
EP 26: Things I Learned While in College Part 2 - Jumping Out of Airplanes and Yelling at People
August 12, 2020 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBThis episode continues our discussion of college and young adult years. This second episode discusses our unique experiences that occurred during our summers while in college. For Eden, the summers were all about internships. For Tom, it was military preparation. In both cases, summer experiences were about preparing for the first job after college. Having the most recent experience, Eden also shares information about internships in general including difficulties in finding an internship, i...
EP 26: College Internships - Good Thing or Bad Thing?
August 12, 2020 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBThis episode continues our discussion of college and young adult years. This second episode discusses our unique experiences that occurred during our summers while in college. For Eden, the summers were all about internships. For Tom, it was military preparation. In both cases, summer experiences were about preparing for the first job after college. Having the most recent experience, Eden also shares information about internships in general including difficulties in finding an internship, i...
EP 26: Sooo … Was it an Ill-Spent Summer?
August 12, 2020 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode continues our discussion of college and young adult years. This second episode discusses our unique experiences that occurred during our summers while in college. For Eden, the summers were all about internships. For Tom, it was military preparation. In both cases, summer experiences were about preparing for the first job after college. Having the most recent experience, Eden also shares information about internships in general including difficulties in...
EP 26: Sooo … What Did You Do Last Summer?
August 12, 2020 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBThis episode continues our discussion of college and young adult years. This second episode discusses our unique experiences that occurred during our summers while in college. For Eden, the summers were all about internships. For Tom, it was military preparation. In both cases, summer experiences were about preparing for the first job after college. Having the most recent experience, Eden also shares information about internships in general including difficulties in finding an internship, i...
EP 26: Summer Jobs! It Was Just Like They Show It In the Movies
August 12, 2020 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBThis episode continues our discussion of college and young adult years. This second episode discusses our unique experiences that occurred during our summers while in college. For Eden, the summers were all about internships. For Tom, it was military preparation. In both cases, summer experiences were about preparing for the first job after college. Having the most recent experience, Eden also shares information about internships in general including difficulties in finding an internship, i...
EP 25: Living the Journey - Things I learned in College Part 1
July 24, 2020 21:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Heading into our summer season, we move from childhood stories to our college and young adult years. This first episode discusses our unique experiences learning about gender inequity through the lens of Tom’s experience in the first co-ed class at West Point, and Eden’s journey coming out as non-binary. We compare and contrast how our outlook on gender changed during our college years, and discuss how this impacted our understanding of systemic oppression and our an...
EP 24: Our First Anniversary!: A Year in Review
June 20, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Welcome to our anniversary special! This episode looks back over the past year of Dad Stories. We share behind the scenes thoughts and experiences. If you are curious about what it costs to get into podcasting and how difficult it is, this episode will help answer those questions. We share how we got into podcasting and how we came up with the idea for Dad Stories. Both Eden and Tom share which episodes were their favorite and least favorite and why. We also discuss ...
EP 23: Evil Insect Collector vs. Classy Clock Collector: Childhood Hobbies!
May 31, 2020 01:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode covers topics surrounding childhood hobbies. We discuss examples of what inspired us to start some of our hobbies including parents, school, scouts and even television. We discuss some of the good things that came from our hobbies. We also discuss some of the bad things around doing hobbies like not knowing enough to get started, inability to overcome difficulties, motivation to maintain a hobby, and reasons why we didn’t continue our hobby into adultho...
EP22: Eden and Dad's Excellent Adventures!
May 10, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBSend us a Text Message. We have been spending a good deal of time on our podcast talking about our different experiences over the past 20 some years. Today we are going to talk about the experiences that we had together - mostly good but some bad. The discussion dusts off some memories that we both had forgotten! Once such experience is Dad taking over primary caregiver responsibilities for infant Eden. We also talk about our times with the jogging stroller and early morning walks our first...
EP 21: I HATE MUSIC LESSONS!: How can something so bad turn out to be so good? (with Special Guest Bobby!)
April 27, 2020 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBMost people either took some kind of musical instrument or singing lessons as a kid or knew other kids that took lessons. For a great majority of us, we went into music lessons with great expectations and excitement. Unfortunately, for most of us we eventually realized how hard it is to really become a good musical performer. In this episode, we share some knowledge we learned about when music lessons are good and when they might be bad. Also, this episode explores our musical lesson experie...
EP 21: MUSIC LESSONS: I hate music lessons! (with Special Guest Bobby!)
April 27, 2020 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Most people either took some kind of musical instrument or singing lessons as a kid or knew other kids that took lessons. For a great majority of us, we went into music lessons with great expectations and excitement. Unfortunately, for most of us we eventually realized how hard it is to really become a good musical performer. In this episode, we share some knowledge we learned about when music lessons are good and when they might be bad. Also, this episode explores o...
EP20: The Tooth Fairy WIll Give You Money for Doing What?!!: Making Money as Kids
April 13, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBSend us a Text Message. How does taking your dog for a morning walk result in a podcast episode. When you see the early morning papers being delivered by an adult driving around dropping of news papers in people's driveways. Back in the day, newspaper delivery used to be the domain of paper boys and girls. It gets one to thinking, besides delivering news papers, what were some of the ways that kids made money. Also, what other changes to kids jobs have occurred over the decades (other than ...
EP20: The Tooth Fairy WIll GIve You Money for Doing What?!!: Making Money as Kids
April 13, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBHow does taking your dog for a morning walk result in a podcast episode. When you see the early morning papers being delivered by an adult driving around dropping of news papers in people's driveways. Back in the day, newspaper delivery used to be the domain of paper boys and girls. It gets one to thinking, besides delivering news papers, what were some of the ways that kids made money. Also, what other changes to kids jobs have occurred over the decades (other than adults taking over the ne...
EP19: SuperHeros, SuperPowers and Heros: What is your Superpower?
March 28, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode was inspired by a recently read novel about a young girl who goes through a series of life events and meets people along the way with whom she identifies their superpowers. For this episode we identify the differences between millennial and boomer superheros and the perceptions of superheros between genders. We debate the various superpowers and which ones to have and why. Lastly, we discuss our own real-life heros including why they were our heros. Ir...
EP19: SuperHeros, SuperPowers and Heros: What is your Superpower?
March 28, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBThis episode was inspired by a recently read novel about a young girl who goes through a series of life events and meets people along the way with whom she identifies their superpowers. For this episode we identify the differences between millennial and boomer superheros and the perceptions of superheros between genders. We debate the various superpowers and which ones to have and why. Lastly, we discuss our own real-life heros including why they were our heros. Ironically, we are also abl...
EP 18: Flying Asparagus and other items from the Family Dinner Menu (with family chef mom!)
March 05, 2020 02:00 - 37 minutes - 26.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Projectile Vomiting and other items off of the Family Dining Menu. Every family has a story or two involving a family meal. We cover many family dining topics such as informal meals, vacation meals, meals during international travel, prayers before meals, meals with infants and small children, feeding the dog at the table and Christmas Eve meals. This somewhat irreverant trip through family dining provides suggestions for the times when you might ask yourself quest...
EP 17: Misadventures, Food, Fun and Foreign Language: Family Vacations!
February 05, 2020 15:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Whether it is the annual trip to grandparents or an epic trip to some forsaken corner of the world, family vacations are sure to bond, teach, test, fascinate and entertain everyone in the family. After a long break, which included a family vacation, we are back at it! This episode discusses family vacations from the annual trips to visit distant family members to more exotic trips. Unexpected events, how to stand in line, food and using our rudimentary foreign langua...
EP 16: Christmas Music: Batman Smells and Other Pertinent Holiday Music Topics
December 12, 2019 01:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode discusses several important topics around the sounds of the holiday season. Pagans, kid’s parodies, the discomfort of Christmas caroling, picking favorite and least liked holiday music, and throwing mom under the bus are covered. An air of academia is presented as both broadcasters actually did some research and do their best to summarize their findings in this episode of Dad Stories. This is a not to miss episode for anyone who has ever heard Christmas...
EP 16: Batman Smells and Other Pertinent Christmas Music Topics
December 12, 2019 01:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBThis episode discusses several important topics around the sounds of the holiday season. Pagans, kid’s parodies, the discomfort of Christmas caroling, picking favorite and least liked holiday music, and throwing mom under the bus are covered. An air of academia is presented as both broadcasters actually did some research and do their best to summarize their findings in this episode of Dad Stories. This is a not to miss episode for anyone who has ever heard Christmas music. Email us at DadS...
Batman Smells and Other Pertinent Christmas Music Topics
December 12, 2019 01:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThis episode discusses several important topics around the sounds of the holiday season. Pagans, kid’s parodies, the discomfort of Christmas caroling, picking favorite and least liked holiday music, and throwing mom under the bus are covered. An air of academia is presented as both broadcasters actually did some research and do their best to summarize their findings in this episode of Dad Stories. This is a not to miss episode for anyone who has ever heard Christmas music. Email us at DadS...
Batman Smells and Other Pertinent Holiday Music Topics
December 12, 2019 01:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThis episode discusses several important topics around the sounds of the holiday season. Pagans, kid’s parodies, the discomfort of Christmas caroling, picking favorite and least liked holiday music, and throwing mom under the bus are covered. An air of academia is presented as both broadcasters actually did some research and do their best to summarize their findings in this episode of Dad Stories. This is a not to miss episode for anyone who has ever heard Christmas music. Email us at DadS...
EP 15:Thanksgiving - Over the River and Through the Woods!
November 26, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Most of us think of Thanksgiving as a day of eating and watching parades and football with friends and family. But there is so much more to this celebration that can be good and bad depending on your perspective. This episode covers some Thanksgiving history (we did our research!), traditions, financial motivations, imperialism, Black Friday, foods we like and dislike, the kickoff of Christmas Season, field mice and other topics once considered taboo as we wrap up ou...