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Lifes 3x5sS5 E4 - A Tiny Piece of the Peace Plaza in Rockford, IllinoisLiz and Tim spent a peaceful morning chatting with chai teas in hand and candy socks on feet. It's true. Liz is going to London and Tim is going to photograph a REO Speedwagon concert. It's all true.Recorded on June 5, 2025. 2025-06-0552 minLifes 3x5sS5 E3 From Fork to Frantic at NED'S DINERWhen we find nice people and good food we squat for a bit and do a show. Strap in for a huge array of topics and recorded inserts. From Paul Harvey and Gil Gross from 1983 to current songs from Tim Larson's pen. Liz takes us to Texas and we introduce our new website!Recorded at Ned's Diner (between Rockford and Belvidere on Business Route 20) May 15, 2025 2025-05-161h 17Lifes 3x5sS5 E2 - The Slow Brew at KATIE'S CUP in Rockford's Midtown DistrictThank you to Katie's Cup in downtown Rockford, Illinois for hosting us. They are a wonderful non-profit coffee shop that serves our community in so many ways. It's nearly impossible to go there and not run into someone you know. Liz and Tim did some major catching up on this episode. They redefined the podcast slogan of "unpredictable conversation."Recorded April 16, 2025.2025-04-161h 09Lifes 3x5sS5 E1 - Watching The Bread Rise at Panino's Italian restaurantMay Ann and Frank Savitski are celebrating their 35th year as owners of Panino's Italian restaurants in Rockford, Illinois. Liz and Tim chatted about everything under the sun after a wonderful lunch at the East State Street location. It's so great to see locals succeed on this level.Recorded on January 29, 2025. 2025-01-291h 01Lifes 3x5sS4 E 15 - Straddle Everything in the Building at KEGEL Harley-Davidson MotorcyclesFourth generation owner Katrina Kegel joins Liz and Tim for a bit sharing the company's history since 1909. Your hosts have hundreds of motorcycle related stories from their lives, family and friends. Even if you're not a rider, you're sure to enjoy the banter.Recorded at Kegel Harley-Davidson dealership in Rockford, Illinois on January 23, 2025.2025-01-241h 16
Storytellers StudioS1 E81 - RILEY O'NEIL - Veteran Morning show host at WROK radio in Rockford, IllinoisTim Larson and Liz Wylder have known Riley O'Neil since the 80's. He celebrated his twenty third anniversary as WROK's morning show host on Halloween 2023. We all grew up in the radio industry together...getting our feet wet, stumbling and setting several broadcasting milestones. Our memories of course are all contributions to the one hundred year history (est. 1923) and legacy of WROK radio in Rockford, Illinois. WZOK-FM still is the sister station and was established in 1949. Recorded at the Edgebrook studio in Rockford, Illinois on November 8, 2024.2024-11-091h 46Lifes 3x5sS4 E14 - Meet You at the Bleachers for BreakfastA beautiful Sunday morning finds us sitting on the bleachers at one of the many baseball diamonds at Rockford's Sports Core One. A special treat: The WROK/WZOK Wine Suck 2024 radio reunion aircheck plays at the end of this episode. Tim and Liz both worked for Nolte Communications in the 80's. Recorded September 15, 2024.2024-09-151h 34Lifes 3x5sS4 E13 - Trolls For The Day Under the Jefferson Street BridgeA beautiful noon hour spent over the Rock River and under the Jefferson Street Bridge in Rockford, Illinois. A light breeze, temps in the mid eighties, boats, geese and plenty of river stories.Recorded September 12, 2024.2024-09-121h 08Lifes 3x5sS4 E12 - UPDATE - The Busiest Summer on Record for Tim and Liz.Tim and Liz are in the middle of the busiest summers since they've known each other. We'll be back at making unpredictable conversation after Labor Day 2024. Stay tuned! 2024-08-1200 minLifes 3x5sS4 E11 On My Fingertip Courtside at UW Health Sports FactorySeason# 4 Episode # 11 - Sitting courtside of four basketball games was thrilling for Liz and Tim. They covered playing basketball since fifth grade, talking to strangers at the Bucks/Celtics game, hometown boy Fred Van Vleet, a lesson from the Harlem Globetrotters, the film Personal Foul was basketball themed, the baggers like Tim’s rice pudding, JuJu stopped by to say hi, Liz did “color” commentary, what we believe, eclipse viewing and a powerful lesson from podcaster Mel Robbins. Visit Lifes3x5xs.com and Buy Us A Coffee. Thanks!2024-04-181h 07Lifes 3x5sS4 E10 What a Racquet at the Rockford YMCASeason# 4 Episode # 10 - We’re always willing to try something old…again. Racquetball was great! Topics include poetry through photos, blue balls, getting the shots, he’s got an agent, getting into a friends group, breaking a record, bike week, “return your tray to its upright position”, duct tape, VIP tour among cars, protect your muzzle, you’ve lost it, gum in your hair, and the best candy ever. Also learn so much more about the Rockford YMCA from Development Director Michelle Gorham. Visit Lifes3x5xs.com and Buy Us A Coffee. Thanks!2024-03-091h 13Lifes 3x5sS4 E9 Wet Your Hands & Push Right Here at THREE RAVENS POTTERYSeason 4 Episode 9 - When Liz and Tim see people doing good things in northern Illinois and they're a new business, it's an opportunity to help them out. Tom at Three Ravens Pottery fits that bill. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.Recorded in Rockford, Illinois on January 31, 2024. 2024-01-3144 minStorytellers StudioS1 E59 RIK ANTHONY - Host of Someone You Should Know PodcastRik and Tim decided to "double dip" this episode by uploading the same show on both Storytellers Studio and Some You Should Know podcasts. We meet at Maxim's Diner in Merrillville, Indiana on January 23, 2024 during a day filled with freezing rain driving. These two guys had only known each other for about fifteen minutes after meeting at the Museum of Broadcast Communications and Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago, Illinois more than a year ago. Rik and his wife Leslie were visiting the museum while Tim and Liz Wylder were setting up for recording an episode of their Lifes3...2024-01-291h 17Lifes 3x5sS4 E8 A Full Load of Pinkies at ROCKFORD WASHER LAUNDROMATWhen you're willing to talk about anything while wearing no pants and delicates. You needed to clean a mascot, Isba Snabash, traveling the lower forty eight, uniforms at Disney World, judging another's character, boycotting, small that, make it yourself, and everything goes in one load. Recorded at Rocford Washer Laundromat on North Main Street in Rockford, Illinois on January 17, 2024.2024-01-181h 02Lifes 3x5sS4 E7 Get Pickled Both Ways at VictorySeason #4 Episode #7 - The Victory Pickleball Center in Rockford/ Loves Park, Illinois is a newly renovated 54,00 square feet. Owner Tim Ancona is our guest. Buckle up boys and girls, because this is the longest episode thus far. The segments are one week apart and with good reason. Hula hooping, Scottish trivia, giving babies away, sleigh bells, Air Force One, wheelchair softball, jobs we can’t do, bold face lies, sexy sunglasses, drinks on flights, Norman Lear, meteors, apps, throwing famous musicians under the bus, Fireside dinner theater, medicals records are overrated and…”What do the inside of our heads look like?”2023-12-132h 04Lifes 3x5sS4 E6 WGN RADIO's JOHN LANDECKER PLAYS 3x5s with TIM LARSONTim Larson donated to the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, Illinois during their 40 Experiences at 40 Years fundraiser in April of 2023. He won the bid to co-host John Landecker's show on WGN Radio. John immediately loved the idea of our 3x5s and wanted to play a couple of rounds. Recorded September 20, 2023 in Studio A at WGN in downtown Chicago during the 7pm hour.2023-09-2309 minLifes 3x5sS4 E5 At the Intersection of K & F – Davis Park in Rockford, ILSeason# 4 Episode # 5 - Davis Park is in downtown Rockford, Illinois. We chose this location to celebrate 815 Day (Rockford’s original area code). Here are some of the topics we tossed around. Autumn, clothing layering, birthdays, going shopping together, celebrity deaths, game shows, attitude, Rewound Radio, “trust me”, Polaroids, Angry by The Rolling Stones, our listeners around the world, Muskie fishing, Liz’s blog, no Twitter for Tim, being annoying, Fred VanVleet, items into space, Sunshine on My shoulders, weather at Sturgis, Coronado Theater, Rockford Symphony Orchestra, and On-The-Waterfront festival.2023-09-081h 19Lifes 3x5sS4 E4 Fighting Over Dessert at Lucha CantinaSeason# 4 Episode # 4 - Lucha Cantina at Edgebrook Shopping Center is the fastest growing Mexican restaurant in Rockford, Illinois. Josh Binning served us great food and drink for us to share with you. Just a few topics from this episode…Tim can’t even buy food correctly, Mariachi stamps, Tim raves about Liz’s buns, red-tailed hawk, epic dessert, painting murals, inside a diaper, gameshows, food trucks, going to Louisville, The ARC, the need for big hair, spending stupid money, radio in Mexico, speaking pig Latin, writing in code, non-exisiting office machines, and The Mouse Trap restaurant. 2023-07-2057 minLifes 3x5sS4 E3 The White Flag at the Rockford SpeedwayThe Rockford Speedway is waving the white flag during the 2023 season after 76 years. The memories are really revved up during their final season of stock car racing in northern Illinois. Just a few topics from this episode… custom sock monkey statue, why counter clockwise, Mr. Ford riding shotgun, the sheriff says “I know you!”, NASCAR in Chicago, demolition derby, Rick Nielsen’s puce jacket, first meeting Danica Patrick, seventy six years of pictures and videos of the speedway, Was that a fart?”, he spent the weekend with David Letterman and Paul Newman, Googling Gone Wrong, and racing wearing flippers. 2023-06-231h 10Lifes 3x5sS4 E2 Prime Time Picnic at Rock Cut State ParkSeason# 4 Episode # 2 - Just a few topics from this episode… First time picnic ideas, walking barefoot in the grass, food that’s bad for dogs, car meets deer, move before the ice melts, cooking outdoors when it’s ninety degrees, cooler thieves, hummingbirds vs. turkey vultures, hammocks, dumpster diving, you made my day, hey Larry and Fabio, Tim googles an old girlfriend, artificial intelligence, speeding tickets and warning the police that you have to pee.2023-06-021h 13Lifes 3x5sS4 E1 The Scents of Accomplishment at AR WorkshopSeason# 4 Episode # 1 - Just a few topics from this episode… Pouring custom candles, gift giving rules, senior class pranks, 90th birthday, “that’s your porn name”, when Tim runs for office, slowest & fastest talkers, cold throw, the rich & the homeless, Disney ties and the Coronation party. Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee.2023-05-0857 minLifes 3x5sS3 E15 Deeper Than The Game of Baseball with the Beloit Sky CarpsSeason# 3 Episode # 15 - Just a few topics from this episode… Old Fashion slushes, Billy Williams, baseball themed movies, triple party day coming up, superstitions, the Jeep wave, sports communities, big league announcers, John O’Leary & Jack Buck, fish slime or dog slobber and our new pets. Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee. 2023-05-041h 33Lifes 3x5sS3 E14 Vintage is Sexy for Antique at Best of Beloit MallSeason# 3 Episode # 14 - Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee. Just some of the topics in this episode – humping Liz’s leg, muscle cars, trains, cereal boxes, difficult names for specific collectors, coyotes, going through Liz’s purse, Tim’s new puppy, Airheads and “shoplifting.” And, many stories connected to what we saw and what we have at home. March 16, 2023 at Best of Beloit Vintage Mall 1019 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois. 2023-03-171h 09Lifes 3x5sS3 E13 First Anniversary Episode RecapTim Larson mentions some of the highlights from Lifes3x5s podcast's first 42 episodes. It may be time for you to catch up on missed shows, listen again, or jot down a location suggestion and submit it to Lifes3x5xs.com on the Contact tap. Please consider supporting our project for as little as $5 and Buy Me A Coffee through our Tip Jar tab.2023-03-0704 minStorytellers StudioS1 E37 SCOTT Mc MAHON - Former WZOK Sales ExecutiveScott McMahon worked with Liz Wylder at WZOK Rockford, Illinois in the late 80's and early 90's. You'll find his stories about his radio days in Wisconsin entertaining as well. Scott joined us in Rockford, Illinois on February 28, 2023.2023-03-011h 44Lifes 3x5sS3 E12 Mentally On Stage with the Legends at Nitelite PromotionsSeason# 3 Episode # 12 - Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee. A full blown two hour conversation with our lifelong radio friend Don Kronberg of Nitelite Promotions. We mentally and verbally rubbed shoulders with hundreds of rock stars and comedians spanning his 33 years. Drinking wine in the morning, love for comedians, nervous on stage, B.B. King’s Lucille guitar, showing off the lobby of the Rialto Theater in Joliet, Illinois, a banjo on the wall, The Walking Dead, they cuffed her, Mr. Warmth, they met backstage an...2023-02-162h 00Lifes 3x5sS3 E 11 We Too Are Aged at Whiskey AcresSeason# 3 Episode # 11 - Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee. Whiskey Acres provided a great backdrop for many stories today…bourbon slushes, drunk stories from the 70’s, betting on Gatorade, the best bar slogan ever, “it tastes like booger”, “Who puked on me?”, the party backwash looked like it was drinkable, shipping corn to Kentucky, running moonshine, farm-crafted and approachable, Tim’s drinking ploy, bungholes galore, bourbon balls, the evilness of sisters, fishing trip vomit, if it could only be easier, if WD40 and Duct Tape had a baby, Foste...2023-02-0951 minLifes 3x5sS3 E10 Cold Enough to Carve at Lake Geneva’s WinterfestSeason# 3 Episode # 10 - Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple! Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Buy Us A Coffee Tip Jar. Here’s a some of the topics from this episode. The National Snow Sculpting Competition, dueling toasts, ice maze, sand sculpting, lending your home to charities, banana peels for your plants, city versus country, creative team names, Tim’s new dog is coming, “Here eat this”, snow ice cream, the Snow Weasels, Braille Playboy magazine, Groundhog Day film celebration, and ch...2023-02-061h 01
The Someone You Should Know PodcastEpisode 036 - Cliff LongToday's podcast guest has done everything from museum tour guide and musician to puppeteer, teacher, and even a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown. He's my friend, Cliff Long, and his stories will have you in stitches. You won't want to miss this episode of Someone You Should Know. BUY RIK A COFFEEMuseum of Broadcast Communications in ChicagoCliff's FB pageOur friends Tim Larson and Liz Wylder (in the photo with Cliff) podcastSomeone You Should Know 2023 // CatGotYourTongueStudios 2023Feedback: Send us a text.Ho...2023-01-3034 min