HeyJaredSmall Town Scuttlebutt
Making sense of what’s happening in our society is complicated. From the perpetual virtue-signaling to the over-reliance on water bottles, small towns across the globe are facing serious challenges.
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E303: Lahna Turner — Come What May, Ralphie May & Pounds of Power (opens the original)
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Lahna Turner joins Rick while she’s in Boston for the screening of Come What May at the Boston Film Festival. The deeply personal documentary tells the story of her late husband, comedian Ralphie May, from his rise in comedy to his battle with addiction and the complicated reality of loving someone through it all. Rick and Lahna talk about grief, love, family, forgiveness, and her decision to tell Ralphie’s story honestly—both the good and the difficult. They also get into Lahna’s Pounds of Powe
E302: Rickey “Fish” Fennell — Maximum-Security Guard, Jamaica Plain & Childhood Close Calls (opens the original)
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Rickey “Fish” Fennell is a Massachusetts guy through and through—and if you somehow miss that fact, his accent should clear things up pretty quickly. This guy has stories! Rick can’t get off the subject of Rickey’s former career working as a unit guard overseeing 70 inmates at Boston’s maximum-security Nashua Street Jail. During his time there, the jail housed some nationally notorious inmates, including Aaron Hernandez, the Craigslist Killer, and the Killer Nanny. Needless to say, Rick has ques
E301: Mona Forgione, Singing Telegrams, Roller Derby & Stand-Up (opens the original)
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Mona Forgione enters the Scuttlebutt Studio for a conversation that proves stand-up comedy might not even be the most interesting thing she does. Mona performs singing telegrams, which can mean showing up to tap dance for a complete stranger or arriving dressed as Jesus and leaving an unsuspecting recipient dazzled, amazed. Then there’s her former life as a roller derby skater, where the list of injuries is so long it might have been easier to talk about what she didn’t break. We also get into t
E300: Good Vibes, Great Advice & the Man Behind the Character with Rodney Norman (opens the original)
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On a very special 300th episode, Rodney Norman sits down in the Scuttlebutt Studio for a wicked fun conversation. You might know him as that hippie on Instagram who interrupts your doom scrolling with daily affirmations delivered with equal parts sincerity and absurdity. Or maybe you’ve caught his stand-up somewhere around the country. Either way, if you’ve ever watched Rodney and wondered what he’s like when he’s not performing, this is the episode for you. Rodney talks about developing his cha
E299: A Coach’s Advice for Youth Sports Parents with PJ Thibodeau (opens the original)
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PJ Thibodeau returns to the studio, and things get weird right out of the gate with funeral plans and taxidermy—two topics that somehow become intertwined. From there, Rick and PJ talk about embracing ADHD, PJ’s liberating approach to getting things done without lists, and their very strong opinions on keeping a calendar. Then PJ gets down to business with some perspective from his years coaching youth basketball: let kids play and have fun, work with coaches instead of against them, manage expe
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