TWO OLD BUCKS

Send a text The Bucks interview Bruce Rettig, who talks about his experiences working 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the summers during his college years in the mid-1980s. Bruce talks about his roots, the work ethic instilled in him by his father, and arriving at Prudhoe Bay as a total greenhorn to work 12-hour days doing monotonous and sometimes treacherous work in support of the Alaska...

Send a text The Bucks slow down to a trot [do bucks trot?] to review recent episodes.   #118 with Bridey Thelen-Heidel reading We Owned the Night   from her upcoming memoir, Bright Eyes garnered the most listener feedback of any episode and is on the way to being our most downloaded episode ever, as well. You can catch Bridey’s upcoming off-Broadway performance on April 1 in NYC. You can purchase...

Send a text We interview Laura Hayes, who works for  World Central Kitchen, the organization founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés to provide meals in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti and soon expanded to cover natural disasters globally. Since then, WCK has served over 250 million meals around the world, including 200 million in Ukraine, arriving there Feb. 24, 2022. They served 15,000 meals in...

Send a text The Bucks are fortunate to be able to interview "Phoenix," a frontline Doctor/Medic in Ukraine who is presently recovering from wounds sustained during a recovery operation. It's a powerful story of the determination of the Ukrainian people in defending their country and their way of life against the Russian aggressors. Phoenix has had to watch good friends die while sav...

Send a text In our continuing effort to look at the personal stories of hope coming out of the war in Ukraine, the Bucks are proud to interview Mary Meaney and Annie Tregouet, two residents of St.-Omer, France who are among the many townspeople of this beautiful village who have opened their hearts and homes to over 500 Ukrainian refugees. Mary has spearheaded this all-volunteer effort simply beca...

Send a text Ranger Rick sent us some background info on Buckminster Fuller , who apparently invented a lot of words when he wasn’t designing geodesic homes or Dymaxions. https://ade3.medium.com/three-words-invented-by-buckminster-fuller-d8002645226d  Bridey Thelen-Heidel, who you heard two weeks ago, just announced she has been selected to read her works on Listen to Your Mother , which is playing...

Send a text Bucks share some of the terrific feedback on Bridey Thelen-Heidel's story We Owned the Night from her upcoming memoir , Bright Eyes. The response was dazzling and we plan to have more author interviews  in the future. Bucks are wishing Bridey the best as she navigates the challenging route to publication. A listener in Switzerland sends a news story saying the Ukrainians are, in f...

Send a text WARNING. This episode deals with domestic violence. There is brief use of strong language. The Bucks welcome Bridey Thelen- Heidel,  author and award-winning teacher, who reads her wonderfully-written true-life story, We Owned the Night . This story was published this month in Mutha Magazine and you can read the story here . Her story relates her growing up in an abusive household and...

Send a text Got our 2022 stats from Buzzsprout this week. Seems we have listeners in eighteen countries. Whudda thunk it! Thanks to all who took a chance. Only 180 countries left before we conquer the world. Del and Dave have mini-rants  on doctors and dentists. Nothing new here, just old guys whining again. Dave discusses linking up with a French  fellow he met on LinkedIn who shared how his comm...

Send a text Bucks break the artwork budget with new logo and music as we ring in 2023. Del thinks we look mahvelous now the we've shed our antlers . . What do you think? Del is frightened by AI artwork, perhaps thinking he'll be replaced by a really ugly machine. Dave interviews his grandsons, now 6 and 8 [technically almost 9].  He's pretty sure he didn't know what they know a...

Send a text Del wants to change his name. Send in your nominations for his new name. We have a few NFTs left to offer as the top prizes. Dave's son plugs him into DALL-E2 , which can generate pictures from your text instructions.  Last week all the writers were put out of business, now the artists bite the dust. The fun never ends.  Remember, the Bucks warned you first. We review the top epis...

Send a text Dave reads Del excerpts from three prose poems, one of which was written by a machine. Incredibly, Del correctly guesses the insta-poem written by the grandson of Hal from 2001: A Space Oddity. We wonder how our listeners did on this one.  You can read the human-generated poems written by Joshua Weiner and Donna Stonecipher as well as other poems here in Body . Del gives Dave a multipl...

Send a text Del continues to rally from his bout with covid. His sense of taste has still not returned.  Does that make him tasteless? Listeners seemed to enjoy last week's AI segment on bot-writing.  We love to get those Letters From Afar so let us know what you think.  As Del appears intrigued by GRAVITY, Dave had the bot create a prose poem of sorts on the subject. Here's what we got...

Send a text Del the trouper shows up while still positive with Covid and thanks our loyal listeners for their patience and well wishes.  He's presently overdosing on placebos, hoping something will work. We wonders why water tastes funny. Any clues? Dave stumps Del on an emerald recovered from the Atocha, which sank in 1622.  Four hundred years later, it was auctioned off to support the Ukrai...

Send a text Del succumbs to Covid 19 but feels the show must go on, trouper that he is. The good new is he now sounds like Barry White , who has probably assisted in more egg fertilizations than anyone on the planet. Yuks aside, Del gives a graphic description of his symptoms  and issues an earnest warning to take Covid seriously. Send him some love, or at least an email, to buckstwoold@gmail.com....

Send a text Del has post-Thanksgiving blues, or at least recollections and observations about the parade, the meal, the beaching of whales. Dave recounts a TG tradition with a British couple from Leeds, followed by three stories of thankfulness. He first recommends Mission Joy, a documentary with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.  A friend relates a story of unexpected help from the othe...

Send a text Del explains the proper way to lick a knife. Is any way the proper way? Don't try this at home. Dave is unable to stump Del about the FTX debacle and SBF, the latest billionaire whiz kid who was not as smart as everyone thought he was. Caveat emptor.  Bucks forecast this on June 9, 2021 episode [sort of]. Go back and listen, send us your thoughts. Del ups the ante as he quizzes Da...

Send a text Bucks play Stump the Buck and Del figures out the correct answer. He now bats .333, all-star material. Del's question to Dave is more complex, dealing with addiction and compulsion. Del may be addicted to David's Cookies , especially Butter Pecan Meltaways.   You decide. Del laments shrinkage and is concerned about oversize holes. It's complicated. Bucks celebrate the en...

Send a text Bucks try to stump each other, semi-successfully. Did you know the answers? Can you stump the Bucks? Hit us with your best shot. Del takes on four lanes of oncoming traffic. Will he survive? He finds another podcast for geezers: Growing Bolder . See  what you think. Or hear what you think. ??? Del discovers a new way to fold a fitted sheet. Warning: Don't try this at home. Dave ha...

Send a text We interview J.R. Stoffel [and he interviews us] in this special episode of TOB. JR has his own podcast, THREE THINGS WITH JR ,  and we highly recommend you subscribe to it. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or RadioPublic. JR talks about his new acting career, doing standup, and being the drummer in the band, ToBe Fare. He has a day...

Send a text Dave plays Stump the Buck with Del. Better luck next week.  Letters from Afar from Lithuania, Philadelphia, and Hollidaysburg. Beyond Meat COO gets fired for taking a bite of meat-somebody's nose. Del recounts personal achievements, including fixing a possessed doorbell, and cutting the tops off his socks, which he sees as a logical step to building his own mattress. That Rolodex...

Send a text Dave survives another booster shot. GET YOUR BOOSTER Goodnight Moon is 75 years old, almost as old as the bucks. Del makes an unfortunate hotel choice. Sometimes retro is just old and crummy.  Dave has ants. He's saved by a Nightingale on a white horse. Remember milkweeds?  They're scarce and so are the monarch butterflies.  Del awaits a reply from Elon, who is busy buying or...

Send a text Del recounts living through Hurricane Ian, one of the worst storms ever. Moscow listener Valentin successfully flees Russia to escape the insanity of Putin. Congrats to Valentin and Nata. Dave offers a public service announcement: Don't take your meds in the dark. Del develops crusty liver spots. Dave gets crusty about on-the-road urinal manners. Three old geezers win the Nobel Pr...

Send a text Del is unable to link in today so you're stuck with Dave of the tiny rolodex.  Our hearts go out the victims of Hurricane Ian. Many letters from afar. Where's del when you need him? Dave reads Chasing the Wind   by VV1, Judith. Sweet story. Asteroid crash a success .  These folks are the real heroes. Dave interviews Grayson for the third time. He's a first grader now. Gi...

Send a text Dave admits to fudging his Centennial predictions as he sold his place in Pittsburgh. He'll miss the 'burgh but vows to come back for visits.  Listen to what another podcaster says about Pittsburgh in his opening.  Dave also admits to being the reason the episode is late. Del reflects on his days as a truck driver, when life was simpler yet harder. Del waxes poetic over the J...