PROLOGUE — Ep. 002 — The Story of Me, Part II

Quote:

“I felt like there was a dark piece of you that was under there.”

-Rachel Crowe

About:

For Part II of this four-part podcast prologue, we return to the school years. It’s a life experience most people can relate to—good or bad—in large part because of the amount of time spent.  

If you’re in your mid-20s and graduated from a four-year college or university, there’s a fair chance that you’ve spent almost one-third of your life waiting for some sort of bell to ring.

(You can do the math—[(# of semesters attended *~70 days per college semester)+(# of years spent in primary education*~180 days per primary school year) / [(# of years on Earth * 365 days of the year)]])*

So for this episode, I went back to school. I’ve interviewed long-time friends and folks that I haven’t spoken to in a long-time. I reached out to professors, classmates and foes. And a high-school coach who once taught Ralph Macchio—the Karate Kid.

How much have I changed? What did people think of me? Do people even remember who I am?

*P.S. You should know I’m bad at math, so if the above formula is suspect, please tweet it out. And then share the episode with everyone you know.

Notes:

[00:05] “Talk in Circles” by Barone
[03:38] Dix Hills, Long Island [Wikipedia, 2015]
[04:32] Half Hollow Hills High School West [U.S. News, 2013]
[06:15] “Clint Eastwood” by the Vitamin String Quartet
[10:00] More on Mario
[11:22] “A Poor Man’s Memory” by Explosions in the Sky

6a. ^^^ This was the song I listened to before I broke my five-minute mile

[12:08] On Ralph Macchio [USA Today, 2014]

7a. Coach Finn was Mr. Macchio’s health teacher at one point

[13:00] “Chariots of Fire” by Vangelis
[13:05] Roger Bannister running the first ever four-minute mile
[14:20] On Kyle Merber (@therealmerb)
[16:45] Stony Brook Fight Song
[17:03] What’s a Seawolf? Still unclear.
[17:35] Stony Brook University [Wikipedia, 2015]
[18:16] U.S. News Review 1942, Issue No. 3
[19:00] A documentary worth watching on Heinrich Himmler [Salon, 2014]
[19:20] “SS Marschiert in Feindesland”
[21:00] More on the history of cakewalking. [NPR, 2013]
[21:55] “You’re Driving Me Crazy” by Charlie and His Orchestra

18a. ^^^FYI, this is a Nazi propaganda song

[22:55] Newspaper Production, An Educational Documentary 1937
[24:25] Harvey Aronson who co-edited “Naked Came The Stranger”
[24:55] Irene Virag and some of her writing
[26:20] Newspapers, Behind the Scenes, 1970
[26:50] The Stony Brook Press
[27:20] “A Tale of Two Cities”
[27:40] @vinbarone, who is also part of the band Barone
[29:00] The Story of The Press
[30:40] @RossBarkan
[32:45] “Ringer” by Barone
[36:50] @CarolinaHidalgo