Thee Professor Forever

Finale

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0800

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The Attraction Equation, Again

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:00:00 -0800

Making some updates to a FB discussion on the values of attraction in romantic coupling. What can you add to this discussion, scholars?

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Randonautica Review and Guy Debord

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever recounts her experience with the app and makes some new connections. Also, holiday angst.

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Fear

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0800

Have you ever wondered where your specific fears come from? Professor Forever tells you about a surreal theater play (which wasn't scary) and singing hymns before analyzing some fears of her own.

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YouView

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0800

YouView is Professor Forever's cheeky portmanteau for YouTube Viewing, which she has been doing a little too much lately. But she also shares info about two new trending subjects found there.

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My Sister

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:00:00 -0700

In one sense, Professor Forever's sister is just an ordinary person---living in a Chicago suburb, working day to day, and managing life like the rest of us. But there is something really special about Bonne.

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The Bog Girl

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever reads you a creepy story.

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W is for...

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 19:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever plays a word game (and encourages you to play it,too). Plus, some Emily poetry.

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October Blather

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever talks horror movies---two in particular---and recounts a story inspired by a book of dead classmates. Also, how about a friend-for-lease company?

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Shag and Shappy

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0700

Professor forever chats with an old friend about three performance poets from the glory days of the Chicago spoken poetry scene. Note: This episode is crass, uncensored, and rollicking fun.

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Starting Over

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever has some life changes that spark thoughts of starting over. She encourages you to consider ways you can refresh yourself.

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A Day in the Life

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever describes a typical day. Along the way, she explains two teaching prompts that worked well to inspire students' creativity.

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Erasers

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 19:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever reflects on the start of so many school years and folds those thoughts into a discussion of mindfulness.

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Apartment Lives

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever is back with stories of apartment living. The episode features adventures, scary moments, landlords who rule and who suck, and the joys of city living.

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Pray for Hawaii and All the Pys

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 14:00:00 -0700

Lahaina, Maui is burning. Professor Forever needs to read to you.

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Neighbors

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Over her lifetime, Professor Forever has written in the voice of neighbors, has had bonds with neighbors, and has had fights with neighbors. Lately, she has noticed a new phase of her interactions with the nearby.

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Old Soul Music

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:00:00 -0700

After seeing one of her favorite bands live, Professor Forever was inspired to listen back on some old tuneage. She encourages you to do the same for revelations.

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Plum, A Memorial

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever lost someone special to her yesterday. A difficult choice made the blow even more severe.

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Murder in the Family

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:00:00 -0700

Is one selfish if they don't push for details about a family member's demise? Professor Forever has been wondering about this on a hot summer day.

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Happy Camping

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 18:00:00 -0700

Do you go camping? Did you go camping in your youth? Professor Forever shares a few camping stories.

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Amateur Hour

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:00:00 -0700

Do you feel like an amateur? Join the club that Professor Forever belongs to and celebrate yourself!

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Oral Weave Six Words

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever thinks your words are so beautiful that she tried to make an oral present of them. Don't hear your words? You will...soon.

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A Healing Wish

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever sends out love to the world of all creatures today, be they bug or pet. And then: have you ever moved objects with your mind?

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Infrequent Flyer

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 14:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever has been gone on vacation. The vacation had ups and downs, but don't they all? Hear the score here.

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Sad Things, Practice, and Evil Dead Rise

Mon, 15 May 2023 21:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever reviews the horror film remake. But first she shares a few moments from her current life.

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Headlines, Accents, and Audrey

Mon, 08 May 2023 20:00:00 -0700

Professor introduces the life headlines idea, then reads you a sweet cat story in a weird accent.

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Off-the-cuff Vaudeville

Mon, 01 May 2023 21:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever discusses the inspiration of the original The Little Rascals and offers up a few stage play ideas.

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Outside

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0700

Do you enjoy being outside? Professor Forever always has.

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Bs and Flower

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever talks with one of her longest-time friends about his life with SCA8 and being a fabulous weed grower/entrepreneur. Meet Mr. "B" and hear all about the flower!

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Weight...Is That You?

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 21:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever provides her own skinny on the trend of new weight loss drugs. And yes, she's on one.

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Happy Birthday!

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:00:00 -0700

How much of your horoscope sign applies to you? What kind of birthday parties have you had? Professor Forever discusses some of the highlights of her birthday over the years.

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Professor Forever S2 E52 Dance with Andre

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0700

Not an actual dance, of course, but a dance of dialogue with a friend who's primarily responsible for the making of this podcast. It's a bit longer than usual, so settle in...or listen in pieces.

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Assholes

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:00:00 -0800

We all know assholes. But have you ever really tried to define what the slur means to you? Professor takes a stab at coming up with a working definition of asshole for herself.

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Images of Vacation

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0800

What do you see, feel, or think while on vacation? Professor Forever recounts a few moments from some of hers, then asks you to share your vision of vacation.

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Goodbye, You

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0800

As we get older, our opportunities to connect with others typically decrease. Professor Forever tries to remind herself and others that "goodbye" is not always a negative action. She also gives us a primer (again) on how brainstorming connecting ideas can make a single thought bloom.

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Music's Arc

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever goes down memory lane along the inspirational path of music. What melodic paths accompany the footfalls of your life?

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DJ Blaze

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever chats with fellow McHats band member and turntable musician DJ Blaze. They discuss how this phenomenal local DJ got his groove and where he thinks the industry is headed.

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I Prefer Odd Numbers, a Poetry Reading

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever has been writing poems for more than 40 years, and performing them for more than 30. Here she shares nine of her poems: old, new, and in between.

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Everything's Relative

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever has too many cousins to count. Today, a musing on aunts, cousins, relatives, chosen families. Plus a bonus idea giveaway.

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Visual and Verbal Thinking

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0800

Are you a visual or a verbal thinker? Professor Forever mulls this topic for herself and others she has known or watched.

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Reviews! Avatar 2 and M3GAN

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 07:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever reviews (sort of) these two films and offers her take on literary films vs. general population films.

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Animals

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 14:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever thinks about how her relationship with animals has changed over the decades. And she also confesses that she is an HSP, like Alanis Morissette.

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Epic

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:00:00 -0800

A long, narrative poem is an epic. A life is a narrative poem. May your next life chapter be epic in scope and quality.

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Jesus and Emily Dickinson

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0800

Both people are historical mysteries, and Professor Forever has a crush on them. Hear some theories on perhaps who Jesus was, and why Thee Professor and Emily are similar. Plus a winter poem analysis.

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The Best Christmas

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0800

A recounting of my Christmas season, 1969, in three tales. Plus a 5-minute burst of excitement about The White Lotus finale. (Some spoilerage, but at the end, so you won't need to skip the podcast).

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Communication Theories

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0800

From speaking to the dead to friendship to the subsong of birds, Professor Forever shares some new and some borrowed theories on ways and ideas of communication.

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The Skinny on Teeth

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 07:00:00 -0800

In case you didn't know, Professor Forever has some unusual teeth. She talks about them and the state of dentistry with her sister-in-law, an impressive dental hygienist.

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Thanksgiving and Family Slides

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever recounts some Thanksgiving memories and offers some perspective. She also looks at randomly chosen family slides and analyzes them objectively and subjectively.

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S2 E35 Money and Dreams

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever has been very blessed this lifetime. But which came first: the sustenance or the essence of the sustained?

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King of Horror 2

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0800

In this episode, Professor Forever analyzes the Stephen King story she read last week. Plenty of topics in that story, from death to consciousness to marriage to religion to....What did you find?

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The King of Horror

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0700

In the first of a two-parter, Professor Forever reads a great Stephen King horror story, one she hopes you will enjoy and search for ideas on consciousness, religion, death, and marriage. Her analysis on those topics and more next week!

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Current Challenges

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:00:00 -0700

Poetry, Legacy, Business (???), and the Ponce de Leon obsession. Professor Forever hopes her talk today inspires you to take on a challenge...just not one a child would hate.

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Oral Weave Halloween Style

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever goes back to a favorite creative exercise, this time using words from the season.

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Pros and Cons of Sacrifice

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever is in a mood. Is she losing her obsession with horror films? And a possible future body.

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Halloween Should be a Summer Holiday

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0700

(Of course it should.) Professor Forever honors an acquaintance who died, explains something she knows how to do, and reads you a funny horror story.

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Non-Fiction (Again) and 1978

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever feels the need to clarify and extend her discussion about why she thinks reality is fiction or creative non-fiction. Also, a look at 1978 that may surprise some classmates.

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Remnants of the Falls

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0700

What's your favorite season? Other than finding the last bunches of Concord grapes, Professor Forever doesn't like Fall, particularly. The reasons why and Covid sensations.

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All's Fair Where Fair Is 2

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0700

Visiting a place of your past can never be the same, Gertrude Stein thought. (She wrote: "There is no there there.") Professor Forever found that some things didn't change, while others changed into invisibility.

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All's Fair Where Fair Is (1)

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Can you think of a fair or festival that defined the end of your summers when you were young? Professor Forever takes you on a stroll down the midway of The Canfield Fair...in the 1970s.

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McHats por Vida

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever unmasks another persona. This character pounds the skins!

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Why Am I Morbid?

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever is morbid, like it or not. What makes someone morbid? Is it nature, nurture, or a demonic possession? (JK on the last one.)

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Conjunctions and Motorcycle Memories

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:00:00 -0700

Did you ever have an obsession with wanting some particular gift? It used to be motorbikes for Professor Forever. Oh, and check your writing skill.

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Yep

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0700

***SPOILER ALERT***

Professor Forever reviews Nope, Jordan Peele's latest film. She says: GO SEE IT.

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Don't Tell Them That!

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:00:00 -0700

Do you know what your college kid is talking about in class? If you (or your kid or your parent) were a student in Professor Forever's class, you'd realize that the discussion topics were a little less mainstream than those in other classes...

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Got Coke?

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0700

In part 2 of a two-episode recounting of a wilder life, Professor Forever encourages you to rethink some judgments you may have made. We are all here to experience life; just don't hurt others while you're at it.

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Got Crack

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever reveals a past habit that changed her life.

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Waning Talent

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever used to be a crackerjack sports photographer. And then someone told her her action photography sucked. And now she seems to be finding talent with the camera again. Does talent change over time? Is it specific to a time and place?

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The List: Schedules, Insects, Going Abroad

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever has been shackled to a schedule for a few weeks. She breaks free and dies sone free association today.

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Arting

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:00:00 -0700

Today, Professor Forever has a special guest!! We talk about artistic philosophy and our collaboration, and we recount an incident with an interrupter.

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Poetry, Sound, The New Yorker, and Me

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever recounts a recent article that explains how rhyme and rap are important to the American literary canon. Then she asks educators to please not kill love of the spoken word, no matter the format.

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The Garden

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever looks at her life in terms of friendship. She finds different perspectives about friendliness and survival tactics, ways to build close relationships, and tips to share about cultivating a garden of friends.

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SoHigh Stories (Not What You're Thinking)

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever is adept at a few things, but managing money isn't one of them. Some classic tales from an inept gas station employee/manager.

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To Bring Forth 2

Wed, 25 May 2022 16:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever brings mom back to life a la a New Yorker-style profile sketch. She hopes you do the same with someone you've known.

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My Sabbath Place

Thu, 19 May 2022 12:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever meditates on birds and church.

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Acting Lessons

Wed, 11 May 2022 13:00:00 -0700

Ugly actors need a new John Waters. Professor Forever explains this idea and offers up other lessons learned from being on stage and in front of the camera.

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Work Stories: SCREEN Magazine

Wed, 04 May 2022 12:00:00 -0700

SCREEN Magazine was an iconic Chicago trade mag, maligned by many traditional journalists. PF is happy that she worked there: for the people, the lessons, and the glimpse into a spiritual realm.

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On Being Sick

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0700

Do you ever enjoy being sick? Are you a daydreamer or an ambitious sick person, perhaps a John Keats ambitious? Professor Forever has been sick and has longed to tell you some things about it.

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Beauty, a Social Construct

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0700

The old adage states that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” But how true is that statement in a societal context? Professor Forever ponders this question through stories of casinos and advertising.

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Lucky Sucker

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0700

If you're going to be a frequent drinker, you'd better be as prepared to lose as a gladiator, and as lucky as a four-leaf clover. That's how Professor Forever sees it now...after a drinking career.

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Got Quantum?

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever shares a bit of what she knows (well...what she thinks she knows) about intersections of magnetism, Skinwalker Ranch, quantum science, migration, Deepak Chopra, and COPD. Dive in if you dare!

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My Men

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever has six special men with the morbid assignment of being future pallbearers. Here, she reminisces on men throughout her life, and shares how an encounter with one young man, in particular, led her to the path of her lifestyle.

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Time Thinking

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:00:00 -0700

What does time mean to you? Do you fear time? Praise time? Professor Forever tells a story of a past time; recounts some personal theories of time; describes some planning for when her time comes.

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Students in Every Sense

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever recommends some ways to immerse yourself into life. Remember: we are all here to learn.

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Happy Birthday PF

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:00:00 -0800

A look back at the last year of the podcast through the lens of a tarot card reading. Also, PF remembers a few birthdays and sings a birthday chorus.

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Maui Vacation and Thoughts of the Deep

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0800

Thee Professor Forever recounts some challenges and lessons of going on vacation with friends. Also, a sea turtle changes her life.

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A Saga Ends and Begins

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Have you ever been to rehab? Professor Forever tells you of the many surreal events that came her way while she was in a drug facility.

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Sing and Play and School

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:00:00 -0800

In such a good mood this day, Professor Forever sings, then introduces some games for you to try before diving into some recollections of school.

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Squish and BingBong

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800

This episode recounts a love story between an imaginary Romeo and his unflinching suitor. Professor Forever dubs this story Thee Story of her childhood, one that she only shares with compassionates she can trust.

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Vocal Bytes

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever really wants to play! Please listen to these story bits and let her know which ones you love! Email her at theeprofessorforever1@gmail.com or on her FB page, Thee Professor Forever Podcast.

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Changed POV

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:00:00 -0800

If you change something as simple as your seat in a room, you can see brand new things. Professor Forever discusses how several people changed their perspectives…and hers.

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Guilt, Jesse Plemons, and Emily

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever apologizes, then offers a theory about two actors, then turns to Emily Dickinson for some great moments of a poetic flood year.

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Dads

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0800

How deeply do you think about the term "dad"? Professor Forever offers up some thoughts and stories about dads---in your imagination, on TV, in real life, and then some.

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Transformation

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

The year’s end offers a good time for reflection, then change. Professor Forever shares two fairytales of transformation.

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Barsaholic 2 Lesbian Lounges

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:00:00 -0800

No one fits in everywhere at all times. But everyone wants to fit in somewhere, sometime. Professor Forever recalls a few dark moments at gay bars and urges you to prevent those sad times from happening to those you love.

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Barsaholic

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever thinks many actions come and go as cycles within a life cycle. Going to the bar was definitely a wild ride for her. What cycles do you recognize?

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A Lingual MishMash of Forty

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever constructs a new system for an oral weave. The result includes trumpets, Godard, Tipper Gore, extreme running, and smiling at strangers.

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Cheetah

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0800

Have you ever thought deeply about things you've put in the wrong place? Professor Forever has thought about this concept literally and figuratively and challenges you to try the same.

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Sound Trail

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0800

Professor Forever offers some tips on how to play with sound. A French person with the unusual moniker of Hanrahan even makes an appearance. There is a shift, so be aware.

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Lamb

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0800

Have you ever felt pangs of love for a film? Professor Forever has felt them several times, and is feeling them again for the apocalyptic, “w-t-f-have-we-done-to-the-planet" folktale Lamb. Some spoiler alert.

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Oral Weave 2

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:00:00 -0700

It’s a wonderful activity to take yourself through a free association trip—good for snippets of inspiration, innovation, and insight. In this episode, Professor Forever visits past backyards, hospitals, math classes, and small plane rides.

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Haunts

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 21:00:00 -0700

What rituals, if any, do you observe during the days leading into Halloween? Professor Forever recalls the days when haunted attractions were more dangerous and personal.

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Open Book

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 21:00:00 -0700

What is your favorite sense? What would you do with a whopping amount of money? Did you ever play Be a Piece of Cheese? Professor Forever answers these questions and imagines new possible careers.

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Lost Time

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever rants about capitalism, the meaning of art, and creative ebb and flow.

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Matt

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

You don’t have to love your relatives—-but sometimes you’d love them even if you never knew them. Professor Forever would like to introduce a relative whose integrity is beyond that of many.

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Ferdinand

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever is now retired. She explains how retirement is changing her and how those changes feel familiar.

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Professor-y Episode

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Sometimes, it’s good to get back into a classroom. If you want to learn to use complex punctuation via a few dramatic moves, Professor Forever thinks this particular episode is for you.

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A Tale of Most Breakups

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Only when in a place of self-healing can patterns of romantic disasters emerge. In this episode, Professor Forever brings to you a metaphor about break-ups that always includes a baby—a break-up baby.

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Work Stories: Scary, the Tour Guide

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever returns to her long, roundabout days of driving and delivering comedic bits of Chicago history. One day, a joke warped into reality.

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On Being Fat

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Sometimes being a different size can mean you have opportunities for growth that others don’t have. In this episode, Professor Forever reveals some of these, and also coins the term “grandma allowance.”

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BFF

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

What qualities make a great friend to you? Professor Forever treasures great friendships, but one friendship rises above the rest. Meet Tom.

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The Unbelievable Cull

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

In this era, the smart phone takes up much of our waking life. Professor Forever lost her phone data for two weeks. This podcast is a rant about that experience and things related.

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Just a Little One

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Dorothy Parker was, and remains, one of the best American short story writers. One of the founding writers of The New Yorker (PF’s favorite magazine), “Just a Little One” is tragically comic both as fiction and as a metanarrative on Parker herself, who suffered from alcoholism for much of her life.

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Thorazine Shuffle

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever interviews "Magenta" about her time in prison.

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Donna

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Recorded live at Tiger Tiger tavern, Professor Forever talks about a tryst that began at a bar, lasted a few months and landed on a very strange twist.

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UFOs (and a Little Dentistry)

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Do you believe in UFOs?

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Obsessing on Treasure

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

What hidden treasures do you have? What do you want? Professor Forever makes a revelation about her treasures.

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YAMMER

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever began teaching long before she stepped up to the classroom podium. Join her on a blast from the 90s and her first Chicago “classroom.”

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Factory Tales, or the Fish

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

One of Professor Forever’s many jobs was at a factory outside Columbus, OH. This cast takes you into that workplace, then back to a chaotic home, then back to work again.

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Oral Weave

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Take three random words, put them together in an oral narrative that’s spontaneous and free. You may find something; you may not find anything. But it’s a good dive in any case.

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Fragmentary

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Sometimes it takes a half-century to learn the simplest thing, Professor Forever realizes. And how life limits art.

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Riff on Dolls

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:00:00 -0700

Lon Chaney once said there’s nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight. Professor Forever thinks the same can be said of dolls. This podcast covers some of her doll scare history, plus some commentary on other kinds of dolls.

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Horror Film 2

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever theorizes on the horror genre post 9-11. And gives a mini-review of Them. Trivia: There are three films titled Them: Besides the current Amazon Prime series, there is also THEM! the1954 sci-fi gem with giant ants and the French film Them (2007) about some mean kids. (It’s scary!)

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Horror Film 1

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever discusses some watershed moments of horror films, beginning with Tod Browning’s inimitable Freaks. Trivia: She first encountered the word on a Snap Wyatt banner in a sideshow at her hometown fair.

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Signs of Life

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

In one of Rick and Morty’s universes, Professor Forever is playing in the orchestra pit on Broadway. The question is: Would that scenario be better?

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Carrier Tales

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever shares some stories from the front lines of carrying mail while part-time.

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Sunrise Poetry

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

You may not know if you like poetry or not. Professor Forever suspects that we all do if given the right environment.

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Invisible Attraction

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever picks up on different types of “ghosts.” And her recorder picks up the proof. Have you heard them, too?

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To Bring Forth

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

In the tumult of day-to-day life, it’s good to slow down and remember some things and people. Professor Forever shares a personal story of someone she loves.

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Another TV Guide

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Wander through some old-time TV shows and a sad pitch for a TV drama. Throw in some singing, and learn what Professor Forever thinks TV holds for humanity.

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A Last Look at Work (for Now)

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever continues to mull over the ways we perceive, respect, disrespect, and transform work.

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Why Doesn’t Work Work for Everyone?

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Many of us work from before the time we leave school until well into our sixth decade or longer. Do you feel like your work is the place you should spend this amount of time? Professor Forever discusses ways in which work can, unfortunately, limit our potential. Dedicated particularly to the oddest of the group.

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Non-fiction: It’s a Non-Starter

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Professor Forever thinks the world is a stage of subjective and self-directed fiction, with a dash on non-fiction. You can believe an objective reality exists (although some physicists don’t), but whatever you believe, can you really say that humans are objective vessels of information?

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Play

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:00:00 -0700

Someday you might be able to play in the yard with Professor Forever. Until then, be a giraffe at a grocery store.

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Somebodies in One Body

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:00:00 -0700

Who are the many “yous” in your life? Professor Forever believes Emily Dickinson probably had more than previously imagined…because multiplicity is the human experience.

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Failure: It's What's For Breakfast

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0700

From the film Dogma to made-up songs, Professor Forever forges some new perspectives on one of the oldest problems of mankind.

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