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These United States Stories

What happens when college public radio becomes unhinged? Join Professor Gordon Pringle of La Brea Community College (“Where The Tar Meets The Sidewalk!”) for These United States Stories, as he interviews a man who lives in a whale, a consumer advocate for those who watch online porn, the proprietor of a family billy club business, and other craftsmen, crackpots and characters from across the country. A new interview each week, painting a picture of the USA, one disturbing story at a time. A C.O. Ates Production (Made up, on the spot…and it sounds like it….)
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Now displaying: November, 2017

What happens when college public radio becomes unhinged? Join Professor Gordon Pringle of La Brea Community College ("Where The Tar Meets The Sidewalk"), for These United States Stories, as he interviews a man who lives in a whale, a consumer advocate for watchers of online porn, the proprietor of a family billy club business and other craftsmen, crackpots and characters from around the country. A new interview each week, painting a picture of the USA, one disturbing story at a time.

Nov 29, 2017

Professor Pringle interviews a professional snow artist who shares the secret of making perfect snowmen, snow women, and, disturbingly, snow children.

Nov 21, 2017

Professor Pringle learns why Thanksgiving was originally called "the meal before the great die off," the perils of having a blacksmith dig out your tooth with a pair of pliers, and the trauma of alternating crippling constipation with blazing diarrhea as a result of a diet of pork fat and boiled corn mush, when he speaks with a living history reenactor at a re-created Pilgrim village.

Nov 15, 2017

Professor Pringle finds out that a cycle path is very different from a psychopath, which should not be confused with a sociopath, when he interviews a man who explains the benefits of living a life without empathy, remorse, or a conscience of any kind.

Nov 8, 2017

Professor Pringle discovers the thin line between collecting and hoarding, the true meaning of the "C" word, and that there is a place for everything, so long as you are willing to put everything into sealed plastic boxes, when he interviews the owner of a store that sells containers. (Nope, not THAT store....)

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