Walter Rhein Podcast

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Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off Yesterday, I was outside playing cards with my daughters. We were listening to the radio, and a song came on that was so generic we couldn’t believe it was real. My eldest daughter, who has just finished her freshman year of high school, said, “Oh great, now we have to listen to AI music too?” That comment got me thinking about what modern time...

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Thanks for the TIPS! I was feeling a little shaggy, so I asked my kids to give me a haircut. My eldest said she wasn’t interested, but my youngest looked up at me with delight. There have been many times throughout the years when they’ve decided to do my hair. They’ll grab ribbons and bows and clips and go to work. Usually I can’t see what they’re doing. But I can see the mixture of delight and co...

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Hey Everyone! This was a big week of lives! I really love this collaborative aspect of Substack. I just wrote an article about it for The Writing Cooperative that should be published on Monday the 25th of August. This week we had Maggie Jon who had tons of wonderful insights! Also, Brandon Ellrich and Robin Wilding made an appearance. They came creeping in from real life to pester Ben, and it was...

Thanks for the TIPS! I recently sent out a review of a small press book to my newsletter. I wanted to place a purchase link at the end, but I found myself conflicted. Major online retailers are the most convenient, but they run contrary to the ideology of independent publishing. People often say, “Inquire at your local independent bookstore.” But how practical is that? As for me, I don’t have an i...

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Thanks for the TIPS! I used to work as the editor for a small expat web page. One day, my boss looked up from his computer and said, “Sometimes I get bizarre emails containing arrogant and entitled lectures on morality.” His face contorted into an expression of disgust, “And they’re always, always, always from Americans.” I wasn’t offended by this statement in the least. I’d moved to Peru to get a...

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Hello Everyone! I’m delighted to have Will Fullwood back after spending the last two months in Europe. To be honest, there’s never been a better time to take an extended trip away from the USA (at least in my lifetime). It’s close to a year that I’ve known Will. I’d done a handful of interviews/conversations, but Will is the one who really jumpstarted this impulse to collaborate with other curious...

Thanks for the TIPS! A reader started chirping all the nonsensical MAGA talking points that have become so normalized. He sounded like one of those annoying crickets that start making noise at 2AM and that absolutely won't shut up. “Chirp.” “Chirp.” “Chirp.” He left me a 2,000 word diatribe that he expected me to sit and read. Just that represents an enormous delusion in itself. His very first com...

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I always have a blast chatting with Nick and Fred. In this conversation, we take a deep dive into toxic masculinity, the patriarchy, and other false ideologies that end up destroying our lives. Fortunately we wade into these topics with a strong dose of humor to help fortify our courage. Nick was kind enough to highlight this note of mine: Actually, that idea has kind of been the backbone of my la...

Thanks for the TIPS! The summer is winding down, but the days are still hot. Yesterday, I managed to convince my family to go on my favorite activity, which is a trip down the river. The girls have gotten so big, they can no longer ride with me on one paddle board or with my wife on another. Instead, we're up to three boards with the girls going tandem. I have one more paddle board waiting for the...

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Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off During my days as a reckless youth, I once found myself riding a bus up a mountain in South America. Except for a tiny abandoned hut, the landscape consisted of nothing but rocks and sand as far as the eye could see. There were no people, no signs of civilization. You couldn’t even discern any lights on the horizon that might indicate the proxi...

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Your tips are greatly appreciated! Upgrade at 30% off Our entertainment is a reflection of our society. That’s why it’s disturbing to see so many shows that explore the drama that’s created by deteriorating relationships. We see toxic interactions between husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, and fathers and sons. In most cases, the men are shown to “mean well” even if their behavior is selfi...

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Hello Everyone! What a fascinating conversation this one turned out to be! I’m always delighted with the people Ben Ulansey manages to find for our movie talks. Peter Markham is an amazingly accomplished individual. You can check out his film credits on his IMDB page ! You can read his work here: I enjoyed how the love of film just rolled out of him, and the fact that he was one of Ari Aster’s tea...

Thanks in advance for your generous donations! You make this happen! Upgrade at 30% off Jenny always sat in the front row. She was to be valedictorian. In the final months of school, she was under such stress that she frequently burst into tears in the hallway. The rest of us watched and didn’t understand. In farm communities, when you see somebody crying, you’re taught to walk by and pretend it n...

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Your tips keep me going, thanks in advance! I wasn’t fully aware of what compelled me to get on a plane and move to Peru in 2001. George W. Bush was president and I perceived everything he said to be cruel, ignorant, and inaccurate. I got sick of listening to him, so it was a relief to go and live in a country where I didn’t know the language. That was a factor in my desire to get out, but I acted...

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