Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW

     Our lives can become very clear, when we see something traumatic happen to someone else.  Our SONG TO CHEW this week is OUR DOG BIT OUR CAT, based on an actual true event that happened in my home.  Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

       This week’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast takes us back to my 1977 version of the “Young Woman Disco”, based on Meredith Tax’s feminist parody of the old folk song, “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly!”  This is our 65th episode, ... and it’s free!  (So far!). Subscribe/follow  at peteralsop.podbean.com for more episodes.  Bye for now! Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop....

The SONG TO CHEW this week, from my River Of Life album, ... is “GMO Cafe’” ~ When we buy food, we have no way of knowing if the products have GMOs in them or not, because big Ag companies stop laws that require proper labeling!  That got me thinking, ... if there’s really no public harm involved in the consumption of GMO foods, ... then why would the big food companies bother to do this?!   Get f...

Today is Valentine’s Day, so we’re going to listen to a song from my "Disciples Of PerFection" album, … “Hard Love”.  There’s plenty for us to “chew on” in this song!  ~ “Hit songs are all easy love songs, lovers fight, they make up, they rejoice.  But I never knew what hard love was, ‘til I had to make that hard choice." ~ Hard love helps us find our heart.  Please “follow/subscribe” at peteralso...

  This episode of SONGS TO CHEW, is a satirical song  I wrote in 2005 called “I’m Lucky”, ... dedicated it all of us pragmatic, entitled white guys who just want to call 'em like we see 'em!  (Even without witnesses!). For more,  ~   peteralsop.podbean.com ~ hit “follow” and my catalogue is yours.  Thanks for stopping by.  Please share this weekly podcast with anyone you know who might want to che...

  The song we’ll “chew on” in this episode is “Just Capital”, about looking closely at our capitalistic financial and economic system, …  to see if we might want to make some changes there that will benefit us humans living together here on this planet.   For FREE access to all my songs, click on: peteralsop.podbean.com , and hit “follow/ subscribe”.       Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack...

For this week’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast I’ve picked a song that’s a bit different than what I usually write.  It’s from my RIVER OF LIFE album, “Topanga”.  The chewable question to ask, is “can we allow ourselves to feel happy in our geodesic dome house, living in our predominantly white village, even though we know how the rest of the world struggles to survive on less than one tenth of the resourc...

Today’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast is about my song “Me And You” from my RIVER OF LIFE album.  People don’t like to be told how or what to think.  I believe that’s one of the reasons we’re so politically polarized in our country these days.  So if someone asks me why I do what I do, I start off by sayin’, “Now you don’t need to ‘see it my way’, if you can, ‘see my way’, … and I’m interested in ‘seeing...

     This week on my SONGS TO CHEW podcast, I’ve got a song about a young activist named Emily May and her group of friends who work to Stop Street Harrassment and Bullying all around the world.  They’re called Hollaback, … and so’s this song!   Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

     On my SONGS TO CHEW podcast this week, we’ll hear a song from my RIVER OF LIFE album called “Good Book”.  It’s a very useful book for all of us here in the United States, and it’s not about the Bible.  It’s a book written by Dr. Gene Sharp, called “How Non-violent Struggle Works.”  It’s a step by step explanation of how to overthrow a dictator, especially useful in our world now, where strong...

     This week’s SONG TO CHEW is “We’re Here For You”, from my River Of Life album.  It’s inspired by the courageous and caring women I know who work at the National Women’s Health Network and in various FWHC’s ~ Feminist Women’s Health Centers around our country, caring, supporting, protecting and promoting all women’s right to quality health care in our society.  It’s a PSA ~ public service anno...

     Hi, … I’m Peter Alsop.  On my SONGS TO CHEW podcast this week, we’ll play the title cut from my RIVER OF LIFE album.  So many of the projects we take on in our lives, work better when we do them with other people; not always easier, but with better results. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

     On this week’s SONGS TO CHEW podcast, we’ll play “Handful Of Moonlight”, … especially appropriate in this holiday season, when our world desperately needs to heal divisiveness and encourage much more kindness and love.  I wrote this song for my wife about ten years ago in the middle of a warm summer night. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

   This week our SONGS TO CHEW podcast covers the title cut from my DISCIPLES OF PERfECTION album.  It’s wonderful when people come up with insightful analyses and extraordinary solutions to solve overwhelming problems, but when people in power, with wealth or in privileged political or military positions, or religious leaders, or captains of industry, … (usually men), when these people believe th...

It’s time for another episode of Peter Alsop’s SONGS TO CHEW.  This week’s song is “Breath”, from my adult album, DISCIPLES OF PERfECTION.  It ponders a simple questions, … about what we choose to value as important in our lives.  As life cycles around us, each new breath brings us another opportunity to reflect on our decisions and change our behaviors. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack a...

Hi! … It’s me, Peter Alsop with my SONGS TO CHEW podcast for this week!  Another song for adults from my DISCIPLES OF PERfECTION album; “The Bank”.  We’ll take a look at one of the complex social systems within which we live, …  the concept of money and the bizarre logic we find when we wander into some of banking’s mysterious protocols!  Please tell your friends and family about this podcast, and...

It’s Peter Alsop, back again with my SONGS TO CHEW podcast with a song for adults and teens, called  “Let’s Not Do This Anymore” about men who are violent with women.  It’s from my RIVER OF LIFE album, and based on a real life experience I had while camping with my family. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

     This week on  my SONGS TO CHEW podcast we have a song for adults from my DISCIPLES OF PERfECTION album called “The Guitar”.  I wrote it for PIE IN THE SKY, a musical we did at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in 1987 about the dangers of nuclear energy, based on the old fable about “The Pied Piper of Hamlin”. Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

     Peter Alsop here, with my Songs To Chew podcast with our final episode of “Family Roles”, my live concert at the “Power Of Laughter & Play” Conference in Anaheim, CA.  Here’s three more classic songs to help us make more conscious choices about how we want to live our lives; “It’s Only A Wee-Wee, So What’s The Big Deal”, “My Body” and “Take A Step”.  C’mon by! Get full access to Peter Alsop’s...

Today on my SONGS TO CHEW podcast we’ll pick up with Chapter 4 of my live Family Roles concert at a “Power Of Laughter & Play” conference for human service professionals. We’ll look at the Lost Child and the Mascot roles with “My Little Clock” (sung by my daughter, Willow Geer) and “If You’ve Got Something Wrong With You, Then You’re Okay!”  Bring friends! Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack...

We’ve been listening to FAMILY ROLES, my live concert at the “Power of Laughter and Play” conference, and this week we’ll hear Chapter 3, with a song for perfectionists, and one of my favorites, …“Don’t Put Your Hand In My Pants, Just ‘Cause We’re In Love”! Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

            Hi.  Peter Alsop here with Chapter Two of my live concert, FAMILY ROLES for this week’s episode of my SONGS TO CHEW podcast.  We’ve got a Bob Blue song, “High Standards” about a Dad who demands “A’s” from his kid, and a slice of my presentation for 800 human service professionals.  This podcast opens a free door to all of my albums and new songs. Click on: https://peteralsop.podbean.co...

This week’s “SONGS TO CHEW” podcast is Chapter One of my FAMILY ROLES concert presentation for 800 people at a “Laughter and Play” Conference with my daughter Willow.  Come laugh with us! Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s Peter Alsop’s SONGS TO CHEW features “If Jesus Had A Gun”.  Would that be a bad thing if He never shot anyone?  How would God feel about Jesus packing side arms?  Wonder how God feels about us and our nukes?  Sometimes it helps to ask the “grown-ups” questions from a kid’s perspective.  See what you think! Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe

      Hi.  I’m Peter Alsop, and this is my SONGS TO CHEW podcast.  Today is our 5th & final Chapter of  “In The Hospital”.  @Bill Harley tells his “Castle Dream” story, and we chew on songs about sleeping and healing.  To get your own free weekly episodes, just click on:   https://peteralsop.podbean.com  a35nd hit follow!  Next week we’ll be back with another song just for adults.  Okay, … you rea...