Thee Professor Forever

What rituals, if any, do you observe during the days leading into Halloween? Professor Forever recalls the days when haunted attractions were more dangerous and personal. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

What is your favorite sense? What would you do with a whopping amount of money? Did you ever play Be a Piece of Cheese? Professor Forever answers these questions and imagines new possible careers. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Lon Chaney once said there’s nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight. Professor Forever thinks the same can be said of dolls. This podcast covers some of her doll scare history, plus some commentary on other kinds of dolls. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Sometimes it takes a half-century to learn the simplest thing, Professor Forever realizes. And how life limits art. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Take three random words, put them together in an oral narrative that’s spontaneous and free. You may find something; you may not find anything. But it’s a good dive in any case. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

One of Professor Forever’s many jobs was at a factory outside Columbus, OH. This cast takes you into that workplace, then back to a chaotic home, then back to work again. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Professor Forever began teaching long before she stepped up to the classroom podium. Join her on a blast from the 90s and her first Chicago “classroom.” Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

What hidden treasures do you have? What do you want? Professor Forever makes a revelation about her treasures. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Do you believe in UFOs?  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Recorded live at Tiger Tiger tavern, Professor Forever talks about a tryst that began at a bar, lasted a few months and landed on a very strange twist. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Professor Forever interviews "Magenta" about her time in prison. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Dorothy Parker was, and remains, one of the best American short story writers. One of the founding writers of The New Yorker (PF’s favorite magazine), “Just a Little One” is tragically comic both as fiction and as a metanarrative on Parker herself, who suffered from alcoholism for much of her life. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support h...

In this era, the smart phone takes up much of our waking life. Professor Forever lost her phone data for two weeks. This podcast is a rant about that experience and things related. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

What qualities make a great friend to you? Professor Forever treasures great friendships, but one friendship rises above the rest. Meet Tom. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Sometimes being a different size can mean you have opportunities for growth that others don’t have. In this episode, Professor Forever reveals some of these, and also coins the term “grandma allowance.”  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Professor Forever returns to her long, roundabout days of driving and delivering comedic bits of Chicago history. One day, a joke warped into reality.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Only when in a place of self-healing can patterns of romantic disasters emerge. In this episode, Professor Forever brings to you a metaphor about break-ups that always includes a baby—a break-up baby.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Sometimes, it’s good to get back into a classroom. If you want to learn to use complex punctuation via a few dramatic moves, Professor Forever thinks this particular episode is for you.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Professor Forever is now retired. She explains how retirement is changing her and how those changes feel familiar.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

You don’t have to love your relatives—-but sometimes you’d love them even if you never knew them. Professor Forever would like to introduce a relative whose integrity is beyond that of many.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Professor Forever rants about capitalism, the meaning of art, and creative ebb and flow.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Professor Forever thinks the world is a stage of subjective and self-directed fiction, with a dash on non-fiction. You can believe an objective reality exists (although some physicists don’t), but whatever you believe, can you really say that humans are objective vessels of information? Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Many of us work from before the time we leave school until well into our sixth decade or longer. Do you feel like your work is the place you should spend this amount of time? Professor Forever discusses ways in which work can, unfortunately, limit our potential. Dedicated particularly to the oddest of the group. Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show...

Professor Forever continues to mull over the ways we perceive, respect, disrespect, and transform work.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

Wander through some old-time TV shows and a sad pitch for a TV drama. Throw in some singing, and learn what Professor Forever thinks TV holds for humanity.  Support the show This podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.