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Ep. 535 Today's Peep Asks "Who’s Listening" You Never Know Who Will Call After You Tell A Story On The Radio

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Ep. 534 Today's Peep Celebrates The Great Pumpkin Feeling! What Keeps A 1966 Cartoon Alive For Decades... Dolly Madison Cakes, Jazz, Introducing Patty, Peppermint Patty's Prototype, Snoopy Behind Enemy Lines, A Rock For Charlie

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Ep. 533 Today's Peep Brings Back Halloween Soundtrack Memories, Inside Disney's Spooky Sound Effects Record, And A Memorable Creepy Hijacking Of The TV Airwaves

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Ep. 532 Today's Peep When A Blockbuster Implodes, Why Tom Cruises Digger Is One Of The Biggest Flops In Movie History And Got Me To Thinking About A Couple Of The Worst Corporate Environmental Disasters In History

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Ep. 531 Today's Peep Has A Heapin' Helpin' of Moby Grape, Moby Grape’s Lost Masterpiece, How A Brilliant 60's Band Got Derailed By Labels, Lawsuits And Mental Illness

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Ep. 530 Today's Peep Wears Custom Jeans, How A Local 19 Year Old Creates Handmade Denim Jeans One Order At A Time From His Bedroom, And Bell Bottoms Are Back!

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Ep. 529 Today's Peep Celebrates Thirteen Years Of The Pat Walsh Show, How A Sports Guy Became A Nighttime Talk Host, From A Forklift To The Airwaves

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Ep. 528 Today's Peep Brings Halloween B-Movie Love, Bad Sci Fi Horror Movies, Gorilla Suit Aliens And Martian Boogie, Why Some Still Crave Safe Fear At Halloween And The 5 Blobs

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Ep. 527 Today's Peep Declares Iron Mike, Forever- How Mike Ditka Shaped The Bears Identity With A Cigar And A Swagger

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Ep. 526 Today's Peep Plays The Classic Electric Football Game, We Loved The Toys Even When They Failed, The NFL Feared "Juice Box" Celebration, How Families Stuck Together Once Upon A Time, And The First -Ever Steelpan Solo In A Pop Song

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Ep. 525 Today's Peep Brings Good Vibrations (Which Ends Up On A Very Weird Album) And Why Radio Vets Never Lose It As It's "Old Home Week" On The Pat Walsh Show

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Ep. 524 Today's Peep Eats Red Vines, Black Licorice Tastes Like Hate, Kamala Word Salad Tastes Like Dumb, The Freedom To Talk About What Matters and What Young Boy Didn't Have A Crush On This Artist Back In The Day?

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Ep. 523 Today's Peep Celebrates It's First Concert 50 Years Ago Tomorrow At Concord Pavillion, Cop Rock Should Have Stayed Arrested, Rotten Tomatoes Lowest Rated Movies Of All Time And Our Pick For One Of The Worst Movies Ever

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Ep. 522 Today's Peep Burns The Roof Of It's Mouth- Pizza Lava And Notorious Albums

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Ep. 521 Today's Peep Finds Unexpected Voicemails While Cleaning Out The Shed, Antique Answering Machines Bring My Parents Back For A Moment, And A Trip Through Cosmo's Factory!

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Ep. 520 Today's Peep Thinks About The People Who Still Hear You, You Never Know Who Your Voice Reaches, My Ex's Ex And Their Children Stopped By To Say Hello And Offer Praise, Small Kindness Can Last Decades

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCENT: JOIN US FOR OUR ROSE BOWL GAME & PARADE

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Ep. 519 Today's Peep Eats Tacos For A Cause- Pat's Peeps Founder & KFBK Talk Show Host Pat Walsh (me... hi!) Joins Other Local Media Celebrities For the Third Annual Jimboy's Taco Taco Eating Fundraiser

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Ep. 518 Today's Peep Gets Ugly & Violent- Sports Fan Rage, NFL Fans Destroying Their TV's (or their friends tv's) After A Loss, You Can Love Your Team Without Losing Control And Flesh & Blood

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Ep. 517 Today's Peep Brings New Favorites To The Turntable, A Music Lover's Tour Through Soul Deep Cuts & Vinyl Oddities, We Test A "Worst Record" Claim, Digital Romance, Who Doesn't Love Rocky & Bullwinkle & My Dad's Favorite Song

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Ep. 516 Today's Peep Is All Pumpkin Spicey, Happy First Day Of Autumn! Why A Change of Season Can Reset you, How Talk Radio Hosts Pat Walsh & Tom Sullivan Find Freedom In Podcasting And Fall Rituals, Autumn Music And Pigskin

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Ep. 515 Today's Peep Goes Down Nostalgia Rabbit Holes, Paul From The Diamond Center, Childhood Myths, Butt Dials, Genie Lamps, And Watch Out For Thorns In Today's Rare Record Spin

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Ep. 514 Today's Peep Rakes for Clarity, Quiet, Grounded, Turning a Run-Down Cottage into a Kinkade Cottage, My Ongoing Home Improvement Journey, The Success and Struggles of Placerville Artist Thomas Kinkade

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Ep. 513 Today's Peep Presents A Monday Pop Culture Mashup: Pumpkin Spice Diplomacy, Moron On The Field, Live Call In Talk Show Prank Calls, NFL Week One Reactions, And We Take A Ride On A Vintage Carousel (circa 1967)

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Ep. 512 Today's Peep Gets Bounced By The 49ers, A Stunned 916 Rams Booster Club From The Rock N Brew, Then Its Off To Colfax Kabobs As Darlyne "With A Y" Gets To Gloat And Share Early 49ers, Raiders, A's, Oaks & Seals Memories

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Ep. 511 Today's Peep Presents Kickoff Day Loyalty, How One Childhood Afternoon Turned A Nor Cal Boy Into A Ram Fan, No Naps When Roman Gabriel Is Throwing, What Makes A Fan Remain Loyal When Growing Up In Niner & Raider Land

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Ep. 510 Today's Peep Is Very Confused, A Day Of Pure Confusion Beginning With Forty Niner Head Coach Kyle Shanahan, Time Zones, Politics, Pop Culture Clips That Break Your Brain, A Big Ol' Ball Of Confusion

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Ep. 509 Today's Peep Introduces You To Cap'n Crunch, A 92 Year Old Immigrant Food Scientist Shares The Real Story Behind How He Helped Create Cap'n Crunch, Ranch Dressing & Funyuns, As We Visit De' Arie Winery In Plymouth

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Ep. 508 Today's Peep Presents Sacramento Wrestling Memories, When Big Time Wrestling Shared A Night With Batman, The Night A Villain Stole The Show At The Memorial Auditorium, Holy Moly, Did He Just Goose Step, And The "Crusher"

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Ep. 507 Today's Peep Presents Audio Time Capsule And Pop Culture Whiplash, From Deep Purple To Vintage Radio Oddities, Santa Sells Camels, Civil War Vets, Al Capone, And More As Pat Saves His Voice

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Ep. 506 Today's Peep Warns The World Ends At 4:30 PM, But First, A Radio Producers "Two Cents" Begins An On-Air Radio Blowup, Plus Porn On The Radio And Other Bad Ideas, We Took A Trip To The Drive-In That Was Not For Kids

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Ep. 505 Today's Peep Unretires... Aaron Donald Returns, We Can Love Women Broadcasters And Still Critique The Call, A Cup Is Not A Coffee Mug And A Classic From Andy Griffith

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Ep. 504 Today's Peep Marks The Return Of "The Beast" Sacramento Cruiserweight Boxer Blake "The Beast" McKernan Explains How He Fought Back From Surgeries And Sepsis To Get Back To Fighting In The Ring

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Ep. 503 Today's Peep Is Brought To You By K-Tel, Artesian Memories, The Flowbee, The "Hair Magician" A Hair Cutting System That Looked Smart On TV But Was Brutal In The Chair, and Forgotten Ronco Products, Plus A Dazzling Final Record Spin

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Ep. 502 Today's Peep Brings Sacramento Memories And Country Heartache, Connecting My Mother To Dolly Parton, Charlie Pride, Tammy Wynette And How It Affected My Childhood

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Ep. 501 Today's Peep Has A Conversation with MPG Publisher Group Founder Paul V. Scholl Who Saves Local Businesses And Jobs And Brings Hyperlocal News That Still Shows Up, How One Publisher Kept Sacramento Area Newspapers Alive

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Ep. 500- Today's Peep 500 Episodes Strong, A Daydream At An Olive Plant In Orland Turns Into A Career, Noah At 500 And Don't Forget About the Galaxy 500

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Ep. 499 Today's Peep Spins More Radio Magic- Celebrating National Radio Day (Everyday Is Radio Day) With Visits From Wolfman Jack, Dr. Don Rose, Paul Harvey, Rush Limbaugh, Tony Cox, Larry Lujack "Drooling Horse" & So Much More!

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Ep. 498 Today's Peep Presents The Bad And Ugly Side Of Radio On National Radio Day (Since We Discussed The Good Side On My Radio Show)

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Ep. 497 Today's Peep ISSUES A WARNING: TURN BACK NOW... DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DON'T APPRECIATE OR CAN'T TOLERATE BAD LANGUAGE (not from me of course 😊) It's "Rant" Wednesday- Classic Broadcast Meltdowns And Why They Stick

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Ep. 496 Today's Peep Deals With Workplace Stress, When Mandatory Training Makes You Want To Scream, A Rare John Lennon Bed-In Interview And A ZZ Top Farewell To Frank Beard

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Ep. 495 Today's Peep Enjoys A Perfect Northern California Drive And Doesn't Take It For Granted, We Take The Top Down And Then Head Into The Loudest Corner Of The County Fair For Rough Truck Racing

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Ep. 494 Today's Peep Stops The Hammering And Drops The Needle! Hard Hats For Radio Hosts And What If The Hit Was The Only Good Track On The Album? We'll Find Out Together

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Ep. 493 Today's Peep Talks To Bruce Davis' Who Describes His Life In A Model A: From East Oakland To Around The World In His Model A Ford, Taking The Swingin' A's Through A Victory Parade To Booing The Governor's Guy

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Ep. 492 Today's Peep Presents Headlines We Couldn't Get To, From Thanksgiving Backlash to Phone-Free Schools... We Argue With The News So You Don't Have To, And National Lampoon Radio Hour Starts Things Off With The Hollywood Gay Alliance

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Ep. 491 Today's Peep Walked Into A Mental Hospital, How That Childhood Visit and a Related Movie Never Left Me

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Ep. 490 Today's Peep Checks In on a Friday with Real-Life Stuff On My Mind, Football Season Kicks Off, Update On My Missing Wallet, My Personal Evolution in Music and How One Sax Hook Changed Everything

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Ep. 489 Today's Peep Recaps Last Night's AC/DC Concert at Levi's Stadium, Rock And Roll Is Alive & Well, What A Stadium Full of Devil Horns Says About Us, Then the Misery... I Go for the Highway To Hell and Leave Without My Wallet

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Ep. 488 Today's Peep Sees It's Live Feed Fail, Behind the Scenes of a Radio Host's VPN Glitch, Turns a Planned Night Into a Mic Drop, A Train Whistle, Burning Fields, And Trump Shoots a 70

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Ep. 487 Today's Peep Features A 1976 Classic Rock Time Capsule Presented By Pat Walsh, What Songs Would Take You Back 50 Years

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Ep. 486 Today's Peep Has All-Star Memories- From Bob Uecker to Larry King, Frank Robinson and "Hammerin'" Hank with a Detour Through Youtube

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Ep. 485 Today's Peep Experiences Online Shopping Meltdowns, Orders Gone Wrong & the Customer Service Trap, Seven Relationship Personas that Start Sweet But End Sour, Dockers, Fonzie, and an F Rating

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Ep. 484 Today's Peep Brings Vinyl Memories, How Dickie Goodman Made 1970's News Sound Funny, When the B Side is Two Seconds, And A Flamboyant Record from Sir Monte Rock lll

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Ep. 483 Today's Peep Takes Yet Another Fuzzy Snapshot of Bigfoot, Oh, and Day-After Reactions to the Rams New Throwback Uniforms

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Ep. 482 Today's Peep Unveils New Uniforms and Presents When Ads Age Badly, The 1970's Commercials That Would Never Air Today, Ball Busters And Bad Coffee Husbands

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Ep. 481 Today's Peep Visits Secret Town Arcade Packed With Mechanical Magic, A Hidden Collection of Vintage Arcade Wonders, The Jukebox is from 1906, One of the Few Remaining of It's Kind and Still Works!

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Ep. 480 Today's Peep Has An Intimate & Interesting Conversation With Our AI Guest, Alexa- Talking Music & Technology with a Voice Assistant, Eight Voices One Coffee Cup and a Burned Pizza, Plus Alexa's Choice for Today's Music

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Ep. 479 Today's Peep Has No Producer Yet Produces Marathon Radio. What Exactly Is A Producer? Driving In Traffic While Building A Personality-Driven, No Niche Radio Talk Show

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Ep. 478 Today's Peep Is A Mini-Pod, One of Seven Shows I will Host Over The Next 48 Hours, Renewed Warnings of Lizard People, Richard the "Pest Control Guy" Stops By, Weird Things People Believe In

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Ep. 477 Today's Peep Has Prime Examples of when Jokes Become Hits- Accidental Anthems and the Strange Way Songs Catch Fire, The Playlist that Proves Musicians Were Kidding

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Ep. 476 Today's Peep Spins Rare Vinyl, What Makes Music Collectible When Nobody Remembers It, The Beach Boys Got Weird and I'm Confused

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Ep. 475 Celebrates Cereal Box Records (I may have accidently referred to this episode as 478)

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Ep. 474 Today's Peep Features Mashups And Madmen, James Brown Mashed with Led Zeppelin, Chicago Mashes With Black Sabbath, What if Vanilla Ice Was from the '50's and Mad Man Markhum the Time Traveler Joins Art Bell

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Ep. 473 Today's Peep Has Textbook Blood Pressure, How Exercise & Diet Paid Off At My Physical Earning High-Fives from the Doctor, Also, Something Wonderfully Odd: A Rare 78 RPM Record from 1946 called “Flutter Blast Contest" And Our Rare Record Spin

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Ep. 472 Today's Episode Takes A Walk, Reflects On Independence Day Weekend, Fireworks and Frightened Pets, The Celebration of our Country and Small-Town Pride, Johnny Cash Makes Our List, and We Shine a Light Philadelphia Freedom

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Ep. 471 Today's Peep Celebrates America's 250th Anniversary & Reminds Us That Liberty Costs, The Forgotten Price Paid By The Declaration's Signers As Presented by Paul Harvey, Also Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, & the Movie Avalon's Beautiful Opening Scene

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Ep. 470 Today's Peep Judges A BBQ Rib Cook Off at the Placer County Fairgrounds, Learning to Judge Ribs Without Comparing Them, We Answer the Question, Do Malls Still Matter as we Visit the Roseville Galleria Mall, It's Charcoal, Ribs, and Mall Memories

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Ep. 469 Today's Peep Explores A California Bonsai Nursery With Owner/ Expert Scott Chadd, Bonsai As Living Art And The Day Tommy Lee Haggled Over A Bonsai, Oh, and One Badass Cobra

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Ep. 468 Today's Peep Presents An American Satire Montage, America Can Feel Like a Nonstop Channel Flip: Grief, Jokes, Outrage, Speeches, Slogans, and the Occasional Moment that’s Unexpectedly Sincere. This Episode Captures that Whiplash

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Ep. 467 Today's Peep Explains How Talk Radio Topics Are Born, A Working Host's Method For Building A Nightly Radio Show, Hitting the Post and a Rare Record Spin from '80-81

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Ep. 466 Today's Peep Tosses Logs, Car Conks Out In The Quick Quack Car Wash As Anxiety Builds, Everything Goes Black, You're Boxed In & The Countdown Timer Is On, Chili Burger, Beer & Patience On Father's Day

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Ep. 465 Today's Peep Uses It's Head- Algebra For A Stronger Brain, Music Trivia, Humming Science, Where Did Juneteenth Come From and A Showdown At Big Sky

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Ep. 464 Today's Peep Attends the 51st Annual CBA Father's Day Bluegrass Festival- Day One, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, Field Notes and What a Jam Circle Teaches About Community

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Ep. 463 Today's Peep Celebrates Father's Day & Finds Voices From An Old Answering Machine, Baseball Gloves, Bean and Bacon Soup with a Side of Tears, And "Stardust" Memories

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Ep. 462 Today's Peep Tried to Save My Desk Stuff but the Elevator Bit Me, Thanks to Two Kind Strangers for Their Kindness and Ointment, Meeting Musician/Target Cashier Luke Feece, We'll Share His Unique Music, And A Summer Classic from '70

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Ep. 461 Today's Peep Prepares A Healthy Meal to Compliment Yard Work Fitness, I Share the “Common Sense” Workout That’s Been Working For Me, Baggy Shorts & Hoping to Avoid Embarrassment at the Grocery Store, And "I Haven't Got Time For The Pain"

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Ep. 460 Today's Peep Is A Random Wednesday Reset- We Refuse to Get Mad Today, French Accent School & BBQ Foot Massage, Nail Salon Story, Drugs In Mayberry, My Wife Left Town With A Banana and More Randomness

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Ep. 459 Today's Peep Travels from Mudville To The DMV, A Perfect Day with a Hot Rod and a Baseball Rant On Salary Caps. What Could Be More All-American?

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Ep. 458 Today's Peep Connects "Pop" Culture: How A Lost Flintstones (Flagstones) Pilot Sparked A Soda Time Machine

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Ep. 457 Today's Peep Visits With Academy Award Winning Actor Bruce Dern Who Turns 90 Today, The Movie Nebraska, The Quiet Power of a Life In Northern California, and the Ramifications of Shooting John Wayne in the Back

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Ep. 456 Today's Peep Remembers June 3rd and a Song That Still Haunts All These Years Later and The Mystery of What Ever Happened to the Artist? My Son's Baseball Card, Mic Foam and Fan Mail

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Ep. 455 Today's Peep Supports California Card Rooms Under Pressure, My Conversation with Rob Lindo- VP of Casino Matrix Discussing a Political Power Play by Indian Tribes Targeting Local Card Rooms, Why the Attorney General Is Coming For Poker Night

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Ep. 454 Today's Peep Presents A Random Friday, Sharp Takes, Lunchroom Manners, Coach Likes Coke, Donny Osmond Revealed, Rosie Still Hates Donald and Stairway To Stardom

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Ep. 453 Today's Peep Experiences Fitness Memories, Jack LaLanne & the Birth of Home Workouts, Gym Culture, The Era of Richard Simmons, Susan Powter, Tony Little, That Makes Us Do A Double Take Today, and Don't Forget Girl Scout Cookies!

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Ep. 452 Today's Peep Craved A Donut, CBS News Radio Signs Off After Nearly A Century, Radio Feels Immediate When History Breaks, Listener Content Includes Stan Getz & The 3 Stooges and Linda Stops By In Today's Rare Record Segment

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Ep. 451 Today's Peep Visits the Owner of a Local Chevron Station for a Candid Conversation Regarding Gavin Newsom's Bashing of Local Chevron Owners, We Talk Techron & Taxes, Also an Interesting Conversation with Alexa and Remembering Our Fallen Heroes

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Ep. 450 Today's Peep Is a Milestone: What Happens When A Fan Turns Your Stories Into Art, The Stories Behind Each Patch On A Quilt Of Memories, The Meat Tree, Dark Side Of The Moon, Pineapple On Pizza and More

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Ep. 449 Today's Peep Remembers Ike Willis & Clarence Carter, Ike, a Zappa Guitar & Vocal Master & My Backstage Story with Band From Utopia, And Farewell Clarence Whose Catalog Swings from Heartfelt Storytelling to Classic Innuendo

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Ep. 448 Today's Peep Pops A Top To Schlitz, Why Schlitz Beer is Disappearing, Nostalgia Hits Hard With Memorable Ads & Jingles of Brands "Slip Sliding Away"

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Ep. 447 Today's Peep Drives to the Voting "Box" to Cast It's Vote for a Mini-Pod! No I.D. Required, Voting and Responsibility, What A Ballot Box Reveals About Trust

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Ep. 446 Today's Peep Asks the Question, What If The Answer Is Still Blowing In The Wind? A Windy Walk and Birthday Gratitude, A Real Local Slice of Americana, A Turkey Bit My Finger and Other Life Lessons

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Ep. 445 Today's Peep Is Joined By Robin "The Interupter" for a Front-Porch Conversation (while listening to music), Getting Ambushed by the Yard Enforcer, A Garden Built By Hand, What One Date Can Change Forever and The Grateful Dead

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Ep. 444 Today's Peep Finds Encouragement in Numbers and Everyday Hard Work, What to do with a Ragged Old Flag, Do Small Signs Help Keep Us Stay Aligned, Supertramp for "Socially Awkward" Rock Fans

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Ep. 443 Today's Peep Issues A Fair Warning

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Ep. 442 Today's Peep Offers the Power of Nostalgia- Olds 4-4-2- From A Muscle Car Legend to Romper Room and Local Captains (The Magik Mirror was Kinda Creepy), Remembering Ted Turner and what 24 Hour News Became

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Ep. 441 Today's Peep Celebrates Cinco De Mayo... Well... Sorta, Thoughts on a Walk, From Gratitude to Loss, I Still Feel Like A Kid At Heart, What If Getting Older Made You Notice Life More and War... This Is What it's Good For?

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Ep. 440 Today's Peep Feels The Need For Speed: The Sound Of Speed, From A 440 Magnum to the Run For The Roses, A Stormy Monday Turns Into a Fast-Moving Ride, My Wife Knows Everything and the Wife Doesn't Know

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Ep. 439 Today's Peep Brings May Day Kindness: The Story Behind May Day Doorstep Flowers that can Change a Neighborhood, Doorbell Ditch with Good Intentions, What If Tradition is Just Practiced Joy and Just Like A Yo Yo

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Ep. 438 Today's Peep Is A Nostalgia Radio Grab Bag: Superman Eats Cereal While the Antichrist Buys Gold, Art Bell Revisited, And A Heartfelt Goodbye to a Pop Icon

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Ep. 437 Today's Peep Looks Back At The Day Before The Disaster: What News Looked Like Before Everything Changed, The Scariest Part of History is How Normal it Sounds Right Before it Happens