Breakfast With Barry Lee

The 'leftovers' season has begun, and so has the holiday shopping season.  Join Barry for his salute to turkey sandwiches, weight gain and National Flossing Day!  

Barry gathers his podcast family together for a Thanksgiving Day celebration filled with humor, history and gratitude.

Barry's getting ready for Thanksgiving and shares audio from a 2016 interview with Jay Leno, and chats with community members about what food item from the Thanksgiving feast they would choose if they could only eat one thing from the table. Barry also offers fun suggestions for creating an 'attitude of gratitude' amongst the gathering of family and friends.

Barry's special guest is the new Police Chief of Winchester City, Amanda R. Behan.  The conversation covers what influenced Chief Behan to pursue a career in law enforcement, how she balances family and police work, and what she wants the city to understand about Winchester's law enforcement family. Barry poses the question to the chief if she could only eat one food item from the Thanksgiving Day...

Barry's guest on today's episode is the President and Founder of 'Dakota's Dream Animal Rescue', Alicia Aston.   Alicia shares the mission and story of this amazing all volunteer organization.  Today is also National Stuffing Day (or is it 'dressing'?).  

Joining Barry on the podcast today is Ashley Ferguson with Frederick County Parks and Rec.  "Walking In A Winter Wonderland" at Clearbrook Park is one week away!  Come enjoy the thousands of lights and on opening night, 11/25, support the Chain of Checks.

It's National Homemade Bread Day and National Butter Day ... what a combo!  Barry shares the story from one of his listeners about her tradition of delivering homemade bread on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and why she did it.   It's also Chain of Checks time and collection canisters are in businesses all over the community.  

It's National Fast Food Day and Barry dives into our French fry frenzy including why we poke around in the bag for fries when leaving the drive-thru. It's also 'Education Support Professionals Day' and Barry looks back on the day in first grade that he ran away from his bus driver ... (spoiler:  not a happy ending).

It's National Clean Out Your Refrigerator, Raisin Bran and Recycling Day.  By the way, what was it that Barry saw outside the grocery store that stopped him in his tracks in the parking lot?

The smells and sights of Autumn, and on today's podcast, the sounds of Autumn.  Barry shares his awe of the geese on their flight pattern over his woods as they head south.  What are they saying (honking) to each other?  

On this Veterans Day, Barry salutes all veterans on the podcast and then gets personal with a confession of his feeling guilty for using free return-address labels that he didn't send a donation for.

Today is 'Forget-Me-Not Day', Vanilla Cupcake Day and the Birthday of the U.S. Marines.   Barry also shares a true story of why it's important to tip if you are running for office, and announces the performances of "Buddy The Elf, The Musical " by the Allegro Community School of the Arts in Warrenton. 

Today's podcast salutes a breakfast staple (for some folks) ... scrapple, which then leads into a sampling of 'blood pudding'.  Barry extends warmest thanks to all those fellow paper napkin collectors who are gathering them as gifts for his 'handkerchief' supply.  His wife says 'you can stop now' ...  

It's Election Day, and Barry's guest on the podcast is Jim Moyer of the French and Indian War Foundation.  Jim shares George Washington's plan to get out the vote in the 1758 election to win a seat in the House of Burgesses representing Frederick County.  The plan revolved around food and booze. 

Barry 'falls back' with some musical references to the switch back to Standard Time, a little time-change history, and laments that 'happy hour' will now take an hour longer to get here ...  

It's National Candy Day and Barry celebrates his number one weakness:  SUGAR! (especially Peanut M & Ms).  He also looks into the history of some of our favorite sweets, and then shares an article he came across about the most disobedient dog breeds.  

Today is National Sandwich Day and Men Make Dinner Day, but  Barry sets time aside to take a stroll back in time to share a sentimental walk with his daughter.  

On this episode Barry observes 'National Deviled Eggs Day', 'Stress Awareness Day' and Taylor Swift doing something no other music artist has done in the history of Billboard record rankings.

It's National Brush Your Teeth Day, always the day after Halloween, and Barry addresses the double standard when it comes to candy and kids versus adults. On the Brain Buster:  18% of married people say this is the #1 thing they would change about their spouse if they could ...  

It's all about 'All Hallows Eve' on Barry's podcast today including the candy-corny jokes, how old is too old to trick-or-treat and tips on ordering pizza delivery tonight.

It's National Chocolate Day and Frankenstein Friday, and Barry turns his attention to the bowl of candy by the front door in anticipation of trick-or-treaters.  What candy is most desired by little goblins (and adults)? ... plus a confession that he wasn't crazy about his mom's choice of 'peanut butter taffy kisses' ...

Barry revisits horror movies on this episode and shares the life-lessons that they can provide us with.  He also talks about coming out of his 'comfort zone' in 2015 to sing a short duet with Lee Greenwood (today is Lee's birthday). 

It's 'National Pumpkin Day' and Barry shares some history as well as the health benefits from this fruit (yes, a fruit, not a veggie).  This is also the perfect day to recite the old comparison women like to share at this time of year:  Why pumpkins are better than men!

With Halloween approaching, and on "Chucky, The Notorious Killer Doll Day", Barry shares one of his favorite scary movies from 1974.  He also goes into the science of why people like to watch horror movies.  

Lynda Tyler of the '2 For 2 Foundation' is Barry's guest as the big day to attempt two world records is coming up Saturday, October 29th.  The Guiness Record for the World's Largest Human Ice Cream Cone and Most People Eating An Ice Cream Sandwich At The Same Time are at stake to focus attention on the campaign to bring an indoor swimming pool and ice rink to our community.