Passages

The guys talk about a new crime fighting tactic in Birmingham, climate change, and Tim's childhood TV habits. Also, they discuss this week's passage by Albert Camus: "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

A man tries (and fails) to rob an Arby's in Gulf Shores with a BB gun, the Boy Scouts are no more, Jason almost dies, and RFK has a dead worm in his brain. Also, the guys discuss this week's passage by Frederick Douglass: "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

As a service to their beloved passengers, the guys return with more Gen Z words. Also, they discuss this week's passage by Nick Saban: “If you want to make everyone happy, don’t be a leader, sell ice cream.”

Jason and Drew propose an idea for making the most out of the arrival of trillions of Cicadas. Also, they unpack NPR's Katherine Maher's comments about truth. And this week's passage by Harper Lee: "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”

Weekend at Bernie's in Brazil, the Olympics 2024, and a helpful Gen Z glossary to help parents communicate with their kids. Also, this week's passage by Antoine de Saint Exupéry: "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

One more golf story, psychedelics in the Bible, smuggling prairie dogs into foreign countries, and cruise ship abandonment. Also, this week's passage by Confucius: "We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.”

The guys discuss their golf game and talk about this week's passage: "Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk."

Tim breaks down Nick Saban's statement on NIL, ducks at Buccees, and this week's passage by G.K. Chesterton: “To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."

Fast food updates, gas station glitches, and more Rock News! Also, the guys discuss this week's passage by James A. Garfield: "I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else."

Passages has gone international! Drew and Tim reach across the equator to talk to Jason, who is braving the Inca Empire. Also, the guys discuss this week's passage by Haruki Murakami: "Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting."

This episode is "Tiffany twisted"! The boys are back this week to discuss a new strategy at Wendy's, innovations they have seen in their lifetimes, and Rock News! Also, they talk about this week's passage by Robert Louis Stevenson: "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

Tim's back! There's a debate about French fries, and the boys discover Hawaiian Pidgin. Also, they discuss this week's passage by Epicurus: "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

Jason explains why you're not supposed to look at a solar eclipse, and the fellers discuss this week's passage by P.T. Barnum (or Hugh Jackman): "No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else." Also, as a bonus, listen to the end to hear "Different" by Drew's college band, Terraplane.

Drew and Jason tackle Taylor Swift, Bonnie and Clyde strike again, and the guys discuss this week's passage by Fyodor Dostoevsky: "The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison."

Jason and Drew think about taking Tim's keys away, and the guys discuss this week's passage by Viktor Frankl: "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

Things have been weird in Leeds, and Tim mourns the resignation of Coach Saban. Also the guys discuss this week's passage by Robert Louis Stevenson: "You cannot run away from a weakness; fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand."

Talk turns to favorite video games in days of yore and the fellas discuss this week's passage by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing...

It's Christmastime! What's your preference: live trees or artificial ones? Also, this week's passage comes from the late Cormac McCarthy: "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."

The boys imagine what it's like for a wolf spider to take shelter in a person's big toe and discuss this week's passage by Booker T. Washington: "A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good just because it's accepted by a majority."

Watch the skies! David Copperfield promises to make the moon disappear. Also, Tim corrects ten myths you thought were true, and the guys discuss this week's passage by Sonia Ricotti: "Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be."

The guys talk about Halloween, bad team names, and this week's passage by Elbert Hubbard: "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."

Drew, Jason, and Tim talk about the world's oldest human and dog. Also, They discuss The Chosen and this week's passage by John C. Maxwell: "A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

Drew, Tim, and Jason discuss Drew's new book, available now at www.riddlecreekpublishing.com. Also they discuss a passage by Epictetus: "It's not the events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them."

Drew, Tim, and Jason discuss their new podcast. A man baptizes himself at a church in Florida, and the guys discuss a passage by Ben Franklin: "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."