Digging in Our Dirt
Two best friends wrestle with the ghosts of their fathers. After the eerily parallel, tragic decline and deaths of their respective alpha dads, Maryll and Culley attempt to untangle a wide web of family dynamics – with the comfort and familiarity of a decades-long friendship…
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Ep. 13: Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight/ The End (opens the original)
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In this episode, Culley and Maryll let the dust settle to look back on their fathers’ final moments, examine the wake they left behind, and honor the unflappable bond that carried them through it all.
Ep. 12: Man in the Mirror, Pt. 3 (opens the original)
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In this episode, Culley and Maryll try to wrap their brains around the age-old refrain: it was a different time. As old lives, unspoken truths, and unexpected additions converge to say goodbye, they reckon with what it means to be the final keepers of a father's legacy.
Ep. 11: Man in the Mirror, Pt. 2 (opens the original)
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In this episode, Culley and Maryll prove that things have a way of finding you. Just as their fathers' health and minds began to slip away, they are hit with a wave of parallel revelation, startling discoveries from the past coming to light in rapid succession. With their fathers unable to clarify or answer for the sudden shifts in their timelines, the questions are left hanging in the air.
Ep. 10: Man in the Mirror, Pt. 1 (opens the original)
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In this episode, Culley and Maryll reckon with their fathers’ curated personas as the iconoclasts lose their luster. Moving past the myth, they chart the parallel decline of their fathers' health and minds toward their eventual demises. It’s a candid look at what each adult child had to endure to shepherd them through their final lap of life while navigating their reality.
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