Treeforts and Mixtapes
By Bret Nelson and Josh Brence
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Episodes: 103
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A fun and lively conversation between two guys that grew up across 4 decades through the analog phase of walk-talkie technology, climbing trees, playing outside, collecting trading cards and really cool action figure toys to today where they like to hang 10 on the wave of technology; now both are parents who now get to see the world through the eyes of our kids and love to reminisce about glory days of the world we grew up in…
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#103-Are we doing vacations wrong?
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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#102-Taylor Got Married. We Found Another Earth. Guess Which One Trended.
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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#101- By the Power of Grayskull… He-Man, HR, and Honestly... Not Bad
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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#100- We Made It to 100 (And We're Not Sure How)
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May 26, 2026 |
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#99- Nobody Taught Us This (And Yet We All Know It)
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May 16, 2026 |
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#98-Why Gen X Got Lied To About Health
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May 09, 2026 |
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#97-Phrases That Mean Nothing
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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#96-Why is everything an event?
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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#95- 3 Stars…Vibes Were Off
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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#94-Everyone’s Got a Take
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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#93-Do we really need a reboot?
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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#92-Did We Optimize the Magic Out of It?
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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#91-Predictable Isn’t Bad… Right?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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#90-The Myth of Catching Up
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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#89-You are not a loser
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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#88- Nobody Agreed to This
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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#87-Holidays! Why is so dark outside? Family and Friends, Full plates, Presents, & Twinkle Lights
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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#86-We spilled the beans: The Weird History of Everyday Sayings
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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#85 -Working 9-5 is absolutely bogus...
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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#84- All the Fs of Thanksgiving
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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#83 -Where did all the toy stores go?
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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#82-The Dad Joke: Part of the genetics and our most effective weapon to show love
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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#81-What happened to Saturday Morning cartoons?
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#80-The retirement of a huge piece of Gen X culture
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#79-I want my MTV
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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#78 -The Dad Dilemma Game: Every Choice Hurts
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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#77-Back to Campus: Older, Wiser, and Definitely Needing a Nap
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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#76-No Way, Man! Wrestling, Cartoons, and Conspiracies
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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#75- Freedom Isn’t Free: Raising Kids Tougher Than Evil and Brighter Than the Dark
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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#74- Everything I need to know about work…I learned in kindergarten-- Nap Time, Snack Time, Sharing is Caring and Stop Crying at Work
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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#73- Words That Stuck: The Best Advice We Ever Got
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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#72-Leaving the Nest: First Taste of Freedom (for Them and Us)
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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#71-8-Bit Morality: Life Lessons in Pixels-No Saves, No Shortcuts, Just Grit
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#70-Say It to My Face: Conflict, Closure, and the Lost Art of Confrontation
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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#69-We really ate that?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#68-The Movies that Raised Us: Rewinding the Some of Wisdom Hidden in Our Favorite Films
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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#67-Freedom Requires Friction
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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#66-Are you a fun Dad?
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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#65-Just chill, it will all work out: Troy Ita joins the Treefort...
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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#64-Is It Worth It… Or Are We Just Tired?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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#63-Why Is Everyone in Their 20s a Life Coach?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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#62- I’m Not Mad, I Just Have a Face Like This
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May 29, 2025 |
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#61-What does it even mean to be cool anymore?
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May 23, 2025 |
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#60-Dad Mode and the Politics We Didn’t Ask For
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May 17, 2025 |
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#59-Episode Title: Vinette Ice Cream and Moon Shoe Lies: What We Thought Was Fancy (and Totally Wasn’t)
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May 02, 2025 |
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#58-Beignets, Ghost Tours, and Gen X Codes No One Understands
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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#57-Home Sick, Runners High, and the Playlist That Got Us Through It
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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#56-Pills, Powders, and Pretending We’re Fine: Aging Like Gen X Legends
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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#55-Jet Lag, German Food, and Gen X Mischief We Totally Got Away With
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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#54-Gen X Wins Beast Games: What Happens Next?
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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#53-No GPS, No iPhone, No Problem?
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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#52-Feeling Old, Falling Apart, and the Virtual Work Trap
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#51-MovieFone, Phone Books, and Life Before WiFi—How Did We Even Function?
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#50-Night Owls, Morning Gym Bros, and Gen X Love Languages
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#49-Short Shorts, Suspenders, and Gen X Memes That Hit Hard
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#48-Winter in Florida, Cold Plunges, and Beast Games- Are We Living in a Dystopian Movie?
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#47-Stranded in Texas, Snow Driving Chaos, and Beast Games is the Real World
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#46-Trophy Husbands, Binge-Watching Regrets, and Why Gen X is Untouchable
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#45-Learning to Drive
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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#44-Playgrounds of our Youth
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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#43-From Cursive to Conspiracies
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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#42-Christmas Episode
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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#41-The Internet Ruined Sports
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#40-Thanksgiving Episode & Mandela Effect
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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#39-Why Growing Up the 80’s Wasn’t the Worst
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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#38-Helicopter Parents w/ Mieke
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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#37-That Halloween Episode
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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#36-Those First Jobs
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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#35-GenZ Struggles to Keep a Job
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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#34-Stuff that Costs too Much Today
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#33-G.I. Joe PSAs
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#32-NCAAF Talk & What We Never Anticipated As Parents
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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#31-Music-We Created a Playlist
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#30-Camping & Intro to Colt and Sean
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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#29-Not About Politics
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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#28-Mary Faulkner
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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#27-Mitch Lamb L9 Sports
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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#26-Go for the Gold
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#25- GenX Values save the world
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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#24-Is new tech always better?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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#23-Guest Peter and what do you do on holidays
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#22-Slang words through the years
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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#21- Our Friend TJ and Reboots
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#20-Getting Old and Being Old
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May 31, 2024 |
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#19-Guest Colt Heiden-Mascots, Coaching, Cars and Gladiators
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May 22, 2024 |
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#18-Prom, Moshing and Music
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May 15, 2024 |
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#17-Taking way too many pictures
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May 09, 2024 |
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#16-School, technology, kid Jobs and how to communicate
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May 02, 2024 |
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#15- Asking Directions, Mapquest and GPS
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#14-Comic Books and Super Heroes
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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#13- Video Games From Atari to Oculus and everything in between
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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#12-Family Vacations and Trips
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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#11- Remember the days of baseball cards and bubble gum
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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#10-How did you get a hold of someone to hangout?
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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#9-Let's Go to the Movies
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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#8-Saturday Morning Cartoons
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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#7-How did you know about the news
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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#6-Buying stuff online
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#5-Guest Juan Saavedra-What did you want to be when you grew up
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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#4- Technology in the classroom
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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#3-Lessons inspired from Jason Kelce and playing 500 in the street
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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#2-Who are Josh and Bret; learning to ride bikes
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#1-TFMT-The First One
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Jan 23, 2024 |