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Peter Smith's Podcast

by Peter Smith

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Episodes

  1. Cobweb

    In which Margaret Mary Monahan goes to confession and Father Flynn tells all.

  2. Elephant In The Rowboat

    Last summer up at the lake... And summer starting to edge toward fall...

  3. Tomorrow and Tomorrow

    An old man and some old memories in the middle of the night.

  4. A Snapshot of the Grand Canyon

    In which Carl Spangler comes to terms with the one part of himself he can't BS.

  5. Kate

    The art of the sad stupid little midlife affair

  6. Back East

    Chicago guy. New York society gal. Summer afternoon by a pool in Connecticut.

  7. Dinner At Mayhew's

    Stump and Ev get a sitter and enjoy an evening out and some good news.

  8. The Des Plaines

    The spirit (and spirits) of the slowest river in Illinois.

  9. Delivery

    Young man helps old man with a few things.

  10. Our Journey To China

    Backyards and boyhood ala 1962.

  11. Soliloquy

    This episode is chock full of backstory... Including exactly where Stump Padgett came from.

  12. Beautiful And Happy

    Bitsy Bates living the good life... Sort of...

  13. A Letter From Back East

    Connecticut as seen from Union Valley.

  14. Russ Roberts

    Unhappy at work, unhappy wife at home, the quietly desperate Union Valley man with the perfect life.

  15. Doc

    Union Valley's old town doctor tries to create Union Valley's new town doctor -- and a legacy.

  16. Saint Wanda

    Margaret Mary rides the North Shore line to Union Valley to snoop around Turner's world.

  17. The Oracle At Grayslake

    A beautiful summer day, a beautiful baby and the start of a beautiful lifelong friendship at the Bide-A-While Trailer Park out towards Grayslake.

  18. Creeds and Absolutes

    Father Slaughter and his faith...

  19. At The Lake

    Harry Stroud opens the cabin for the summer. Fresh air, blue skies and some unwelcome news.

  20. A Drink After Work

    Margaret Mary thinks she's in a relationship with Turner. Turner is in a relationship with his writing.

  21. Marie

    Nice little story about not-so-nice Arlene Wallace. She's still got a little mischief going in her old age.

  22. Roscoe Bosco

    Once a mongrel infantry sergeant always a mongrel infantry sergeant. Part of Roscoe Bates can never come home.

  23. Writing Lesson

    Will Turner and Author -- two short story writers -- talk short story writing at Shawn's.

  24. Pumping Gas

    Red and white 55 Bel Air convertible. Red 61 650 BSA. Two men doing favors for one another.

  25. The Bart's Buick Line-Up

    "Author" as catcher. His notes on how to pitch the no-good bunch of punks playing on the Bart's Buick team.

  26. Solve For X

    An equation becomes an epiphany.

  27. In The Beauty Of The Lilies

    An afternoon in the life of Union Valley's undertaker.

  28. Orange

    Margaret Mary Monahan and Will Turner in the somewhat orange afterglow of they're-not-sure-what.

  29. Whither Destiny?

    Do we owe it to our community's past to keep it's secrets?

  30. In Some Other Life

    A glimpse into pharmacist Harry Shawn

  31. After The Baby

    A mother-daughter talk...

  32. Miss Lonely Hearts

    Meanwhile, downtown at the Chicago Daily News, a South Side Irish girl has her eye on a Union Valley boy.

  33. The 6:16

    Jerry Tate's big promotion. And his trip home in the Milwaukee Road smoker car.

  34. A Gentleman Caller

    Arlene Wallace entertains a guest.

  35. Moonlight On Elm Court

    In the spring, Harry Stroud's fancy briefly turns to thoughts of an old flame.

  36. Marvelous Me

    A mambos and memories after dinner.

  37. To Lawrence

    Four young men, (old friends), reunite, catch up and kill a bottle of bourbon out in Doc Spangler's carriage house-turned-garage.

  38. Confetior.

    In which 96 year old Robert Trebelman serves Tuesday morning low mass... and looks back on life.

  39. Main Street. A Walking Tour.

    Episode two from Peter Smith's Union Valley 1962.

  40. At The Drugstore.

    Inaugural Podcast from Union Valley 1962, short stories by Peter Smith

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