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Growing Up 8

by David Youngblood

Welcome to Growing Up 8, a podcast specifically set up for my family, but which you are free to enjoy listening to. This podcast centers around a series of stories about growing up in a large family in the 1960s-1980s. From the day to day struggles of growing up with seven siblings, to taking long road-trip vacations, filled with Stuckey's Stops, souvenir treasures, and driving adventures. If you are a little nostalgic for the wonderful years spanning that time period, these stories are for you.

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Episodes

  1. When and How and If: To a Parent

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 Podcast we look at the fundamental questions of parenting.

  2. On Receiving a Letter in June

    A poem to celebrate the 88th birthday of my father.

  3. To Mom In Celebration of Your Birthday at Four Score

    In today's episode of Growing Up 8, I pay tribute to a woman who managed and still manages to be a trusted and necessary presence in the lives of those who love her.

  4. Tribute

    Welcome to another episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast. Today's episode iis a poem poem that pays gratitude to the two people who managed to calm our fears and to keep us electric in our hopes and imaginings as well as our dreams. Thank you Mom and Dad.

  5. Silent Guardians: The Unspoken Solidarity of a Family

    In this episode of growing Up 8, we look at a poem that celebrates the wary watchfulness of family.

  6. A Climbing Tree: A Poem for My Brother Tom

    In the Episode of Growing Up 8, we look at a poem entitled "A Climbing Tree."

  7. Finders, Keepers: Our Adventures in Space

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at what happens when we rescue a small child who has lost her way.

  8. Cousin Billy: To Serve and Protect

    In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at our dad's cousin Billy, and how his life and love left a legacy.

  9. Sitting Among Souvenirs: Letting Go of the Sharks in Our Lives

    In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at the necessary role souvenirs play in our lives.

  10. Excess But Not Unnecessary Storage: The Unspoken Value of Furniture

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at how significant a role furniture can place in memory.

  11. If I get Murdered in the City: Mom Might Have Something to Say about That

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the wisdom and platitudes offered by our mother.

  12. Everyday Saints: The Story of Joseph and Mary Mercante

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the story of our father's ancestors, Joseph and Mary. We also learn of their lasting legacy.

  13. Nothing Gold Can Stay: The First One Leaves for College

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at what happens as the eldest moves on to college, a change which will affect all of us.

  14. I Am a Part of All That I Have Met: Drinking Life to the Lees and Learning How to Spit

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we learn how to clear a clover field of dangerous bees and the fundamental art of spitting.

  15. Midnight Mass: It Pays to be Early

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we take a look at arriving early to a Midnight Mass and how it reflects a story told to us by our grandfather.

  16. How Many Did You Count?

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 Podcast, we take a look at the number eight and what that might mean to the onlooker and the member.

  17. Walking on Sunshine: Romance After Forty

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we take a look at our parents and their daily ritual of taking walks.

  18. Working the Back 40 or Why are the Kids Turning Yellow?

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at Mom's love of gardening and our summer life in Illinois.

  19. Of Rituals and Lifting Cows: Life on a Farm

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we take a look at our Great-Grandparents' farm and the importance of sharing a ritual.

  20. Baking Gratitude with Mom

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we learn that gratitude is a learned behavior and can be realized through the simple act of giving.

  21. Grace

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at accident forgiveness and how through the simple gift of grace relationships can be healed and strengthened.

  22. Father Bill Dougal

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at faith formation and how a single, solitary person can leave a deep impact.

  23. State Champions

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the shared and rare joy of enjoying being a part of a state championship team.

  24. The Drop Leaf Table

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we turn to poetry to describe my father's vision and creation of a drop leaf table where all ten of us could share meals and stories and life.

  25. Everything You Could Ever Want: Waiting for the Sears and Roebuck Catalog to Arrive Part II

    In today's episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we continue to explore the wonder that was the Sears and Roebuck catalog. This time we look at the miracle of the wrist radio.

  26. Everything You Could Ever Want: Waiting for the Sears and Roebuck Catalog to Arrive--Part I

    In today's episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at shopping on a budget and how Sears helped a large family out.

  27. Food for Thought: On Second Thought, I Will Try the Eggplant

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we take a look at our mother's systematic method of preparing meals and how a visiting guest managed to add a new wrinkle to our Sunday meals.

  28. The Dynamic Duo: Having Fun with Your Younger Siblings

    In today's episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at how to successfully break a habit.

  29. Let's Take the Go-Kart to Confirmation

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at making a rite of passage, an event often made easier if you have someone trusted nearby to be a witness and a support.

  30. All the World’s a Stage

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the roots of the collective sense of humor we seem to all possess.

  31. The VW Bug and the Beginning of Freedom

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the quirkiness of a gifted car and its bonding powers.

  32. A Powerful Odor

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at how memory can be triggered by a familiar scent.

  33. Oh, the Inhumanity: Tevya and the Afterlife

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look and a young boy struggling with thoughts of the afterlife.

  34. Climbing Trees with My Brother Tom

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at siblings sharing the common space of a treetop.

  35. Running with My Brother

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we look at the idea of fidelity and what it means to have a guardian angel.

  36. To Cher with Love

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a loving look at our grandmother and the miracle that was her love of beauty.

  37. Mom and the First Law of Thermodynamics

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at how the creative process of making art can serve as a gift of love, especially from Mom.

  38. Pairing Up with the Underdogs: Our Sister Katherine

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the most competitive member of our family.

  39. Crime and Punishment

    In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast we take a look at consequences for actions and a unique method for determining whether or not to proceed with a choice.

  40. The Code

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the unspoken agreement that exists between siblings with regard to being hurt while playing.

  41. The Buddy System

    In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at the ingenious system our parents used to keep us from too much harm when we were out of their sight.

  42. The Neighborhood Watch

    In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at living in Baton Rouge under the vigilant watch of neighborhood moms.

  43. Football: No, You Don’t Understand

    In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at the influence football had on our childhood experience. I also learn something about my dad.

  44. The Only One in the Stands

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, I tell the story of my father watching one of the many games we were involved in. This time, an unexpected rain storm creates a unique moment in family lore.

  45. Our Eyes Were Watching God: Church on Vacation

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, God never takes a holiday and neither did we as attending church service while on vacation was a given for the tribesmen.

  46. Urine at 60 MPH

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we look at the inevitable call of nature that takes place on the open highway.

  47. The Gift

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we hear the story of my little brother's amazing power as well as listen in on "the station wagon medley."

  48. "Lord, Please Give Me a Window Seat": The Midnight Blue Chevy Impala Station Wagon

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at traveling on vacation and what it was like to experience a road trip in a station wagon.

  49. Bwana and the Eight Tribesmen

    In this episode of Growing Up 8, you'll hear a story about transformation as the family prepares to take one of the annual rituals we enjoyed in the summer: the road trip.

  50. Introduction to the Growing Up 8 Podcast

    Growing Up 8 is a podcast filled with stories about what it was like to grow up in a family with eight kids in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. This is David Youngblood, and I'll be your host as we explore the often comic dynamics of childhood and growing up in a large family. Each episode in this series...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to Growing Up 8, a podcast specifically set up for my family, but which you are free to enjoy listening to. This podcast centers around a series of stories about growing up in a large family in the 1960s-1980s. From the day to day struggles of growing up with seven siblings, to taking long road-trip vacations, filled with Stuckey's Stops, souvenir treasures, and driving adventures. If you are a little nostalgic for the wonderful years spanning that time period, these stories are for you.

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David Youngblood

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Welcome to Growing Up 8, a podcast specifically set up for my family, but which you are free to enjoy listening to. This podcast centers around a series of stories about growing up in a large family in the 1960s-1980s. From the day to day struggles of growing up with seven siblings, to taking long...

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