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Daryl’s Back Pages
by Daryl Fisher
From the perspective and pen of California Newspaper Publishers Association Gold Medal winning journalist and writer Daryl Fisher, join us as Daryl talks positively about family, friends and the interesting people and places that have shaped his life. He does so with a gentle hand and a quirky sense of humor, drawing on the simple, joy-filled experiences of everyday living. He is interested in personal snapshots, not grand panoramas, although he’s not shy about trying to pass along a few insights into the human condition whenever the opportunity presents itself. Fitting into your busy day, lighthearted views of life around 5 minutes each.
Episodes
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Should Women be Allowed to Fight in a War?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Should Women be Allowed to Fight in a War?". Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “A lot of female soldiers were killed in Iraq, and I think that is simply awful! A great...
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A Few Thoughts on the Passing of Another Labor Day
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “A Few Thoughts on the Passing of Another Labor Day". Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: " The history of the labor movement in this country is a long and complicated story,...
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The Awful Roar of Politics
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “The Awful Roar of Politics”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Listen to all episodes on your favorite podcast platform or visit our website at https://darylsbackpages.com Here’s a preview:...
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I May Have Found My Dream Job
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “I May Have Found My Dream Job”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Awhile back I was trying to figure out which online news story I wanted to click on first when off on…
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The Truth
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “The Truth”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Well," he said, looking directly at me, almost through me, "when I look up into the sky on an incredible night like this, I...
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Like Father, Like Son
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Like Father, Like Son”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Well, after a few beers, we both thought we were a lot braver than we actually were.” Listen to all episodes on...
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People You Don’t Even Know Can Change Your Life Forever
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “People You Don’t Even Know Can Change Your Life Forever”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "When my wife called me and gave me an update on Kyle's condition, she said,...
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Going Walkabout
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Going Walkabout”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "For as long as I can remember, I have always enjoyed going walkabout, but since there is no Australian Outback in or...
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No More McDonald’s Cheeseburgers for Me
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “No More McDonald’s Cheeseburgers for Me”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "I leaped out into the traffic, raced an old jalopy for the right to be the first one to wheel...
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A New Study Shows Women Love Housework
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “A New Study Shows Women Love Housework”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Boy, Mary, this article is just full of information. For instance, did you know that you can...
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Shopping for New Clothes Can be Pure Torture
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Shopping for New Clothes Can be Pure Torture”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Anyway, over the years, I have found it much easier and less time consuming to simply…
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Mikey's Weekly Bath
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Mikey's Weekly Bath”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Mikey's bathing routine is always the same. To begin with, he somehow knows when it’s bath time, and he…
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A Few Hints on Avoiding `the Bowels of Hell’
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “A Few Hints on Avoiding ‘the Bowels of Hell’ ”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Well," I said in Don Juan's defense, "maybe the poor guy just never bumped into the…
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No Rest for Working Moms
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “No Rest for Working Moms ”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "The problem is that America has somehow turned into a place where it takes two people working fulltime to...
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Stay Out of Your Kids' Love Lives
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Stay Out of Your Kids' Love Lives”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "As I fumbled around in the utensils-drawer looking for the right sized spoon, I also observed that...
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Always Wear Your Seatbelt!
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Always Wear Your Seatbelt!”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "No, Daryl," said my wife, her expression suddenly anything but loving, "I can't seem to find the car...
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Christmas During the Great Depression
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Christmas During the Great Depression”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "I sat there and tried to picture the looks on my kid's faces if they to were to tear into their...
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It Really is a Wonderful Life
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “It Really is a Wonderful Life”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Clarence, George’s guardian angel, who is desperately in need of acquiring his wings, grants George his...
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Did Your Love for Someone Ever “Bubble” Over?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Did Your Love for Someone Ever "Bubble" Over?." Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "It dawned on me that when children reflect back on the lives of their parents, the time...
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Remembering Walter, the World War I Veteran
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Remembering Walter - World War I Veteran”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "I bet you think that everyone in their right mind hates war, don't you, Sonny? Well, you're...
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Role Reversal Therapy
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Role Reversal Therapy”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Well," said Woody philosophically, "relationships are a lot like sharks. They either keep moving forward, or…
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Women Would Rather Shop Than Have Sex
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Women Would Rather Shop Than Have Sex”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "But according to a recent study, given free time `for fun and enjoyment', 52 percent of male…
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No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “My Sunday was right out of a Dickens’ novel,” said my friend. “You know, the best of times, and the...
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How Often Do You Think About Sex?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “How Often Do You Think About Sex? ”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "A friend of mine who apparently thinks I am interested in such things recently emailed me an…
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Deaf, Blind and Driving
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Deaf, Blind and Driving”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Almost two winters ago, with the help of a nameless friend with an extremely poor sense of direction, my poor...
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Writing a Romance Novel
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Writing a Romance Novel”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "It says here that a lot of writers are getting rich these days," she said, pointing to the article she was...
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Eddie the Handyman Strikes Again
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Eddie the Handyman Strikes Again”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Well, to make a long story short, I got Eddie to drive up the next morning and get started on the...
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Be Very Careful When Selecting a Hero
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Be Very Careful When Selecting a Hero”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “I think the real heroes in our lives live much closer to home, and maybe all we really need to…
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Country Western Romance
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Country Western Romance”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Ma'am, if I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?" Listen to all episodes on your...
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All Gave Some, Some Gave All
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “All Gave Some, Some Gave All”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "I came to understand that the real reason almost every new generation goes off to fight in some war far...
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Have You Ever Been Roto-Rootered?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Have You Ever Been Roto-Rootered?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "I have to be dragged kicking and screaming, having convinced myself long ago that when it comes to...
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Napoleon & Josephine Didn’t Use Deodorants
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Napoleon & Josephine Didn't Use Deodorants”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Did I ever tell you that I read a book on Napoleon that said every time he was about ready…
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Have You Ever Been the Victim of a Scam?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Have You Ever Been the Victim of a Scam? ”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Unfortunately, there is almost always a price to be paid for forgetting that old adage that...
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High School Graduations are No Fun
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “High School Graduations are No Fun". Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Well," I informed her as gently as I could, "you can definitely forget about sending everybody his...
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Can an Extra-crispy KFC Dinner Kill You?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Can an Extra-crispy KFC Dinner Kill You?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “Look, Dad, just because you’ve become a fanatic in your old age about eating all the right...
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Men and Women Have Very Different Shower Routines
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Men and Women Have Very Different Shower Routines”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Anyway, just when I thought there was absolutely nothing new to be learned about how...
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We’re Just Not as Important as We Think We Are
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “We’re Just Not as Important as We Think We Are”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Not only was I stranded inside a locked elevator all by myself, but the gods decided to...
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Are You and Your Partner Astrologically Compatible?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Are You and Your Partner Astrologically Compatible? ”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “I’m a Leo,” I answered, and the smile on her face slowly disappeared. “Well,” she...
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The Champ is Dead
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “The Champ is Dead”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Men and women of all ages were shouting out bloodcurdling encouragement to the last of the preliminary fighters,...
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Sweet Smelling Feet
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Sweet Smelling Feet”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "As I impatiently waited for Pepe to wrap up his computer game I couldn’t help but notice the very same limburger...
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The Dance Chaperon
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “The Dance Chaperon”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “You’re going to do what?” screamed my daughter, her facial expression full of terror. “I’m going to help chaperon...
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New Year's Resolutions
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “New Years Resolutions”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "I’m going to try to do a better job of remembering that, “If there is any kindness I can do, let me do it now…
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The Evolution of the Female Body
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “The Evolution of the Female Body". Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "We used to have these really big fights about it all the time. When I started throwing Christmas...
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Men Aren’t All That Helpful During the Christmas Season
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Men Aren’t All That Helpful During the Christmas Season”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Later that evening, as I sat comfortably in my rocking chair admiring all the...
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Do Men and Women Behave Differently When Sick?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Do Men and Women Behave Differently When Sick?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "Once good and sick, people seem to deal with illness in very different ways. There are...
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Is the Woman You’re Living with Moist Enough?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Is the Woman You’re Living with Moist Enough?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "As I think I mentioned in an earlier column, my particular shower routine demands that I...
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What Frightens You?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “What Frightens You?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: "When a human being is suddenly scared, his or her senses and intuitive skills are immediately heightened. Our...
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Have You Ever Dreamed About Being Rich?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Have You Ever Dreamed About Being Rich?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “You can tell me, but it better not end up with some multi-fanged creature previously unknown…
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We Need to Bring Back Full-Service Gas Stations
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “We Need to Bring Back Full-Service Gas Stations”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “Did you know that New Jerseyans – and I think Oregonians, too – are the only Americans...
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What Kind of Garbage do You Have in Your Head?
Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “What Kind of Garbage do You Have in Your Head?”. Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes. Here’s a preview: “Well,” I said, “to tell you the truth, it’s pretty much all garbage up there nowadays,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
From the perspective and pen of California Newspaper Publishers Association Gold Medal winning journalist and writer Daryl Fisher, join us as Daryl talks positively about family, friends and the interesting people and places that have shaped his life. He does so with a gentle hand and a quirky sense of humor, drawing on the simple, joy-filled experiences of everyday living. He is interested in personal snapshots, not grand panoramas, although he’s not shy about trying to pass along a few insights into the human condition whenever the opportunity presents itself. Fitting into your busy day, lighthearted views of life around 5 minutes each.
HOSTED BY
Daryl Fisher
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How many episodes does Daryl’s Back Pages have?
Daryl’s Back Pages currently has 182 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Daryl’s Back Pages about?
From the perspective and pen of California Newspaper Publishers Association Gold Medal winning journalist and writer Daryl Fisher, join us as Daryl talks positively about family, friends and the interesting people and places that have shaped his life. He does so with a gentle hand and a quirky...
How often does Daryl’s Back Pages release new episodes?
Daryl’s Back Pages publishes regularly with 182 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
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Who hosts Daryl’s Back Pages?
Daryl’s Back Pages is created and hosted by Daryl Fisher.
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