This week I am on vacation so I decided to bring you a special episode, courtesy of Allison Sheridan our guest from episode 14 who let me use audio from her Chit Chat Across the Pond podcast episode 463. Instead of interviewing a guest, this week's episode is a reenactment of a letter written by Allison's father while he was caught in a Typhoon off the island of Okinawa in japan during World War II. This was September 16th 1945 and he was a Chief Engineer aboard an amphibious ship there. For more details about this story, photos, and the transcript of the letter see Allison's original blogpost https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2016/11/ccatp-463-typhoon/

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Maggie was born in the Bronx to a rough childhood. She fled to LA to learn to act and find herself, which she started through yoga and meditation. We talked about how you become invisible as an older woman, and why its so hard to let go of toxic people. Maggie says when you give someone advice, you’re the one who needs to hear it, and she does just that! We end with a great tale about meeting a surprise shaman, but you’ll just have to listen to find out what exactly a cybercherry is!

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Theme song: Maple Leaf Rag, by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings

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This month we get to talk to Allison Sheridan, a former engineer turned techie and podcaster extraordinaire. She tells us about growing up spending her vacations on a sailboat, and how excited she got when the first computer arrived at her job. She has been hooked on tech ever since; in fact Allison was among the first podcasters and loves to teach people about tech to this day! She tells us tales of an eclipse chasing cruise, and the time she met Rod Roddenberry who is a fan of her show. We also discuss the feeling of being a grandparent, which gives me something new to look forward to. Slip on your 3D glasses and enjoy this month’s episode of SYGNT!

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Theme song: Maple Leaf Rag, by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Allison’s minisode on DTNS: https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2021/07/03/seniors-in-tech-allison-sheridan/

Find Allison at: www.podfeet.com/blog/

Scott is our youngest guest ever, but that doesn’t make him any less qualified to share his great stories. Founder of Frogpants studios and cartoonist extraordinaire, Scott talks about how his love for technology started with a Japanese boombox, and how he was the coolest kid on the block thanks to his dad’s arcade. We discuss how different kinds of tech have evolved over time, why it’s important to stay at the forefront of innovation, and how that has impacted the way he raised his kids. Although he started out in corporate graphics design, Scott took the leap to go solo and founded his own podcasting network, where he now harbors some of the kindest fans on the internet. We also get some of that hard-hitting advice only grandparents know how to dish out. This episode is a gem! Grab your sound cancelling headphones and tune in to this month’s episode of Stories your granny (or grandpa!) never told.

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Theme song: Maple Leaf Rag, by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Find Scott Johnson at https://www.frogpants.com/

Scott's newsletter: https://frogpants.substack.com/

Want to have a bit of wanderlust? Well hop on in for my third and final grandparent episode! We’re back after a short break. Tune in this month to hear my grandma Judy’s travel stories from all around the world. She moved every few years from England to Japan to Hawaii to San Salvador to Brazil to Miami... never a dull moment. We talked about camel riding, the family pet octopus and sewing with local fabrics in every country. We even dispelled a family myth about Jacques Cousteau. Grab your sharpest knitting needles and cast on for the latest episode of Stories Your Granny Never Told!

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Just an update to let you guys know that I'm not dead but have been competing on a podcasting reality show over at America's Next Top Podcaster! SYGNT will be back in about a month, so no need to worry! Please reach out on social media to suggest guests and give your recommendations about the show!
Big granny hugs to you all

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Pigeons, pigeons, PIGEONS! Welcome to 2021! Hopefully, the wackiness of this episode will be enough to distract you from current events. Mother Pigeon is a NYC performance artist who can often be found at Union Square feeding live pigeons and selling felt ones. She has been called “a beautiful witch”, to which I wholeheartedly agree. Mother Pigeon may not be a granny per se, but she definitely radiates strong granny energy, and that’s enough for me (plus it’s my podcast and I do what I want 😊). We talk about the pros and cons of being a performance artist in New York City, how crafting impacts her lifestyle, Nikola Tesla and his love for pigeons, Tina’s secret seed mix (made by the Amish), illegal pigeon netting, and her recently “viral” pandemic art piece which included masked rats with a sign saying “Eww Run! Humans are spreading disease!”. Tina and her husband also shared one of their puppet shows (which you can watch on my Instagram!) and music from their upcoming album, which I absolutely loved and can’t get out of my head. Thanks again to Mother Pigeon for inviting me into her studio for this (socially distanced) interview, it was very… coo-l.

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Youtube: Mother Pigeon's Impeckable Musical Puppet Show

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In this tumultuous holiday season, who better to interview than my own grandma! This episode sort of serves as a part two to episode 2 where I interviewed my grandpa, so you might want to listen to that first. Oma Marjolaine was born in a truck in the Netherlands during WWII. She hitchhiked her way to the South of France at 18 and never turned back! When she joined a hippie commune she had to learn how to grow her own vegetables, mill grain, raise sheep, tan hides, make cheese, spin yarn, and everything in between. She even had to send telegrams back in the day when she didn’t have a phone on her farm. Basically, she was homesteading before it was cool. We talk about her travels around the world, her friendship with the late Diana Ross, and visiting America for the first time. Pick the coziest bale of hay in the barn and gather round for this joyous episode of SYGNT that might just convince you to go live on a farm in the mountains... which honestly doesn’t sound half bad right now.

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