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Thoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhen Faith Becomes a Wall: Choosing Peace Over Painful Family ReunionsWhen religion divides families, sometimes the kindest thing you can do is stop trying to fix what faith has fractured. As a chef living with chronic illness and a full plate of chaos, I’ve learned that peace is sacred—and you can’t pray someone into respecting your boundaries.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-2706 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisRoller Skating With Sarcoidosis: Grieving My Old Body (Without Turning It Into a Life SentencI saw a guy land a ridiculous roller-skating trick in a beach town and my brain immediately volunteered my body for a stunt it absolutely did not agree to. Living with sarcoidosis has taught me that nostalgia can be sweet, savage, and weirdly funny—and sometimes the bravest move is not proving anything at all.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-2314 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhen Strangers Grab Your Phone, And Take A Piece Of Your Life With ItEver had someone snatch your phone while you were just trying to show them a picture? Twice in one day, it hit me how much of my entire life—accounts, passwords, memories, even my brain power—now lives inside this little iPhone. As a chef with sarcoidosis and heart failure who once memorized entire bank account numbers and directions without GPS, I’m wrestling with the good, bad, and ridiculous sides of tech dependence.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-2008 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisHow Quitting the News Saved My Sanity (and Why You Might Want to Try It Too)After years of drowning in headlines, outrage, and “breaking news” pings, I finally unplugged—and discovered that peace, calm, and mental clarity are a lot more satisfying than doomscrolling. Here’s how quitting the news improved my mental health, lowered my stress, and helped me start living again.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-1606 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhy I Stopped Watching The Last of Us on MaxSend us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-1304 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhen Life Cancels Your Walk and Sends a Rainbow Instead.A chef living with chronic illness discovers that sometimes life’s soggy disappointments lead to unexpected beauty—like when a canceled dog walk turns into a rainbow moment that slaps you with perspective. A story about resilience, humor, and finding color in the drizzle.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-0905 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisSwimming with Jellyfish: A Childhood Memory of Risk, Wonder, and the SeaAs a child, I dove into a jellyfish-filled cove off the Atlantic coast, defying fear and instinct. In this personal mini memoir, I explore the unforgettable day the ocean chose not to sting me—blending themes of childhood courage, memory, and our mystical bond with nature.To Comment, please visit https://tatebasildon.com/2025/05/21/swimming-with-danger/Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-0608 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisStop Saying These “Compliments” — They’re Not Kind, They’re Just LoudSome of the most painful moments don’t come from cruelty, but from “kindness” said out loud without a second thought. Living with sarcoidosis has taught me that certain compliments land more like paper cuts than comfort—and once you hear them, you can’t un-hear them.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2026-01-0109 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisLearning to Sit With the Quiet: How Silence Became My Survival Skill While Living With SarcoidosisLiving with sarcoidosis has a way of changing how you hear the world. When your body is already loud with symptoms, appointments, and internal negotiations, silence stops feeling empty and starts feeling necessary. This reflection explores how quiet moments—unexpected, unplanned, and deeply human—became one of my most reliable survival tools.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-12-3009 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhen TikTok “Doctors” Go Rogue: Real Healing Isn’t a TrendHerbal and homeopathic medicine can absolutely help chronic illness like sarcoidosis and heart failure—but TikTok wellness hacks and unverified “miracle cures” are another story. In a world where influencers push detoxes, conspiracies, and half-baked science, it’s time to talk about what real healing looks like—and why you should trust research, not ring lights.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-12-2606 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisDear Prudence, Who Hurt You? When Online Advice Goes Off the Rails and Lands in a Pot of MushSome days, while easing into the morning and pretending the world makes sense, I stumble across online advice so astonishing it makes sarcoidosis feel like the most logical part of my life. And recently, “Dear Prudence” delivered guidance so unhinged—I had to sit there blinking like a confused owl, wondering who exactly we’ve trusted with our emotional emergencies.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-12-2310 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisThe “What If” Game and the Man Who Didn’t Know He Was Sick YetThere was a version of me in 2002—forty years old, a working chef, exhausted in ways that made no logical sense, and listening to doctors insist that every alarming symptom was “stress.” Now that sarcoidosis is a familiar part of my vocabulary, looking back on that time feels like watching a movie where you want to yell at the character to turn around. Revisiting that moment made me rethink the “what if” game entirely and wonder how differently life looks when you finally know what your body was trying to tell you.Send us a text...
2025-12-1908 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisThe Vacation That Tried to Break Me (But I’m Still Here, Sarcoidosis and All)Living with sarcoidosis can feel like starring in a long-running medical sitcom where the plot twists pop up at the most inconvenient times, including when you’re on vacation trying to rest. Without giving too much away, let’s just say my quiet beach getaway took an unexpected turn—and you’ll have to read the full post to see how a simple trip turned into something far stranger.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-12-1610 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhat You Don’t See: A Chef’s Reflection on Living With SarcoidosisLiving with sarcoidosis is like starring in a medical drama no one else can see—one where you look perfectly fine on the outside while your organs do the cha-cha backstage. Back in 2011, when all of this felt new and terrifying, I kept most of it to myself. Now, looking back from 2025, I can’t help but revisit how invisible everything looked… especially to everyone who insisted I “didn’t look sick.” There’s a lot more to the story, but you’ll have to come inside for the rest.Send us a text Connect with me via Blue...
2025-12-1206 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisMaybe Your Life’s Purpose Isn’t Huge—But It’s Still EnoughBetween the dishes, the meds, and the chaos of chronic illness, it’s easy to wonder if you were meant for something bigger. But what if your true purpose isn’t grand at all—just one quiet, human act that changes everything? This heartfelt reflection explores finding meaning in small kindnesses while living with sarcoidosis and all of life’s messy imperfections.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-12-0907 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhy I Don’t Complain: A Chef’s Guide to Surviving Chronic Illness Without Losing My Mind (or My Manners).Living with chronic illness and heart failure has taught me one thing—complaining doesn’t fix a damn thing. As a chef juggling sarcoidosis, a leaky heart, and life’s general nonsense, I’ve learned that silence isn’t denial—it’s survival. Here’s how I stopped whining, started adapting, and found a strange kind of peace in just getting on with it.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-12-0506 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhy I Walked Away From Support Groups (And Found My Voice Instead)Living with sarcoidosis is already its own exhausting full-time job, so the idea of a support group sounded…promising. Or at least not disastrous. But back in the early 2010s, when my lungs and heart were misbehaving like rebellious teenagers, the search for “people like me” turned into something far stranger than comforting. I won’t spoil the whole story here, but let’s just say it involved Christmas ornaments, long train rides, and me realizing the person I actually needed to find was somewhere else entirely. Maybe someone like you.Send us a text Connect wi...
2025-12-0207 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhen Hospital Check-In Feels Like an Interrogation: A Chef, an MRI, and Too Many Personal QuestionsBefore my MRI next week, a simple online check-in turned into a bizarre quiz about my private life, sprinkled with the usual sarcoidosis-related precautions—but what came next left me blinking at the screen and wondering who exactly was getting scanned here. Let’s just say the questions took a turn I did not see coming.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-2807 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisLosing My Voice but Not My Humor: Living With Sarcoidosis, Symbicort, and a Stubborn Set of LungsSarcoidosis may steal your breath, your energy, and—if you’re lucky—your voice, but it can’t take your sense of humor. As a chef living with chronic illness and heart failure, I’ve learned to navigate breathing tests, inhalers, and vocal cord drama with sarcasm, garlic, and a pinch of grit. Here’s what happens when Symbicort and I go another round in the fight for air—and why I still keep cooking, writing, and laughing through it all.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-2506 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisThe New Trend in Unhygienic: 72-Hour Deodorant and the Death of Daily ShowersSend us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-2004 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisThe Night I Met My Inner Warrior: A Mini MemoirAt sixteen, a quiet walk home turned into the scariest night of my life — and the moment I found the fighter hiding inside me. What began as terror became transformation, proving that courage doesn’t wait for permission. This is the story of how I went from frozen in fear to running on pure fire.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-1704 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisThe $280,000 Question: Do I Change My Doctors or My Insurance?When your doctors of twenty years suddenly drop your insurance, sarcoidosis and heart failure become the least of your problems. Here’s what happens when loyalty meets bureaucracy, and why choosing between good doctors and great insurance feels like gambling with your health—and your sanity.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-1305 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisThe War After the War: A Chef’s Salute to Veterans, Especially the Forgotten Ones.On Veterans Day, I find myself thinking about the soldiers who fought in wars they never chose—especially the Vietnam vets who came home to rejection instead of honor. As someone living with sarcoidosis and heart failure, I understand battles that never really end. This is a personal thank-you to those who fought for a country that didn’t always fight for them.Comment hereSend us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-1006 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhy I'd Rather Crawl Than Ask For Help: A Chronic Illness RealityLiving with sarcoidosis and heart failure has taught me many things—chief among them? Asking for help often leads to more stress than it’s worth. If you’re chronically ill, fiercely independent, or just tired of being disappointed by well-meaning offers gone sideways, this one’s for you.Subscribe or comment hereSend us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-0605 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisI’ll Take My Coffee With Oat milk And Zero Judgement. Thanks.Coffee snobs may insist that “real coffee lovers” drink it black, but I’m here to say flavor and joy matter more than bitterness and bravado. Whether it’s a caramel macchiato, a hazelnut oat milk latte, or a straight-up espresso shot, coffee is personal—and your morning cup doesn’t need anyone’s approval to be real.Comments: https://tatebasildon.com/2025/05/09/coffee-love-oat-milk-vs-black-coffee-debate/Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-11-0305 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisBONUS: Why I Absolutely Can’t Stand Halloween (And What It Says About Us)As a chef battling sarcoidosis and heart failure, debris from a life that refuses to behave, I’m here to tell you why Halloween — creepy skeletons, gore-fest lawns, serial-killer mannequin dioramas and all — feels wrong in a way that psychology backs up. If you’ve ever felt alienated by the “fun” of Halloween or want to understand why it grates on your nerves (and mine), read on for a mix of sarcasm, heart, and insight into fear, ritual and chronic illness living.To leave a comment, please go to https://tatebasildon.com/?p=10824Send us a text
2025-10-3107 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisSilence, Sass, and Self-Control: How I Learned Not to Clap Back at Every Rude ReceptionistTired of rude medical staff and customer service that feels more like combat? As a private chef living with sarcoidosis and heart failure, I’ve learned that silence and self-control—not clapbacks—are my best defense against everyday negativity. Here’s how staying calm transformed my life, my work, and even landed me a management job.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-10-3007 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisRediscovering Joy: Why Asterix & Obelix Became My Unexpected Chronic Illness TherapyLiving with chronic illness can be exhausting—but sometimes, the best medicine isn’t in a prescription bottle. For me, it came in the form of two tiny Gauls named Asterix and Obelix. This heartfelt reflection explores how nostalgia, humor, and childhood comfort shows like Asterix & Obelix help me cope with sarcoidosis, heart failure, and the unpredictable chaos of chronic illness.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-10-2705 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisWhy I Ditched PillPack: The Truth About Mail-Order Pharmacies and Medication Chaos.After six months of delayed shipments, missing meds, and endless insurance headaches, I finally ditched Amazon’s PillPack and went back to my local pharmacy. If you live with chronic illness or juggle multiple prescriptions, here’s what you should know before trusting your meds to a mail-order pharmacy.Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-10-2705 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisCooking Through the Chaos: My Life With Sarcoidosis, Heart Failure & Debut Novel DreamsI’m a chef, husband, pet-parent, and emerging novelist living with pulmonary sarcoidosis, heart failure and the wild ride of long-term prednisone treatment. If you’re juggling a chronic illness, creative ambitions and ordinary life chaos—you’re in the right place. Let’s talk survival, cooking, writing and finding hope in the hidden kitchen of chronic illness.To leave a comment, please click hereIf the link is broken, copy and paste the following address into your browser: https://tatebasildon.com/2025/03/31/cooking-through-chaos-sarcoidosis-heart-failure-writing-life/Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky So...
2025-10-2706 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisNineteen Years Since Diagnosis: My Open Lung Biopsy StoryNineteen years after my sarcoidosis diagnosis, I’m finally sharing the story of my open lung biopsy—the surgery that changed everything. From failed bronchoscopy to five hours on the operating table, this brutally honest account reveals what recovery from an open lung biopsy really feels like. If you’re preparing for surgery or living with sarcoidosis, here’s the unfiltered truth doctors rarely mention.Please leave a comment hereIf the link is broken, please copy and paste this address into your browser: https://tatebasildon.com/2025/05/10/eighteen-years-since-diagnosis-my-open-lung-biopsy-story/Send us a tex...
2025-10-2706 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisAbout MeWelcome. Let’s get to know each other. First, I’ll tell you a little about me., and then it’s your turn to share in the comments. Send us a text Connect with me via BlueSky Social or at https://tatebasildon.com
2025-10-2705 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisTrailerIn this deeply personal and often darkly funny podcast, Tate Basildon shares stories about life, chronic illness, and the fragile art of keeping hope alive when the body doesn’t always cooperate. From hospital rooms to kitchen tables, each episode blends honesty, humor, and reflection — exploring what it really means to live fully when every breath is borrowed. Whether you’re living with chronic illness or just trying to stay human in a complicated world, you’ll find a mix of heart, resilience, and the occasional sarcastic laugh.VyF1dY4i9vcmTMeVdEjoTo contact me, please v...
2025-10-2701 minThoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With SarcoidosisTrailerIn this deeply personal and often darkly funny podcast, Tate Basildon shares stories about life, chronic illness, and the fragile art of keeping hope alive when the body doesn’t always cooperate. From hospital rooms to kitchen tables, each episode blends honesty, humor, and reflection — exploring what it really means to live fully when every breath is borrowed. Whether you’re living with chronic illness or just trying to stay human in a complicated world, you’ll find a mix of heart, resilience, and the occasional sarcastic laugh.Send us a textConnect...
2025-10-2001 min
The Luke and Pete ShowThe Beef Paste Andrew TateLuke is stunned and offended by Pete's bombshell revelation that he can no longer make their planned evening out at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon to see Kerry Katona and Katie Price in conversation. An emotional plea to the Luke and Pete Show community to step into the breach as replacements is the only logical solution.Elsewhere, there's strong opinions on the idea of pasta for lunch, the worst foods for burps, and Pete makes a strong case for being the nation's first beef paste ambassador. It's all in a day's work.Email...
2025-09-2230 min
Pan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastBonus: Author Interview With Contessa ThorntonSend us a textToday, we interview Contessa Thorton, the debut author of the audiobook "It's In The Bio." The book is available on Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, or from Contessa's Website.Contessa can be found on Facebook, Instagram, X, and BlueSky Social.The link to her YouTube page is here.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-12-1123 min
Pan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastQucikCast: Share Your VoiceSend us a textNothing helps us grow more than your opinion and ideas. Tell what you like or don't, what you want to see added or removed from the podcast. Please take our short survey and help us tell you what you want. You can take the survey here.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-11-2101 min
Pan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastBONUS: Why We Use AI NarrationSend us a textDue to recent pushback by a few listeners regarding using AI voice generation to narrate the stories on the podcast, Tate decided to explain why he chose that. To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-11-2002 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastBonus: The Audio Version of The Pan To Pen Newsletter November EditionSend us a textThis is the November edition of the Pan To Pen newsletter, where we tackle AI. The print version is available for download in PDF format at www.tatebasildon.com/newsletterTo leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-11-1521 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastBonus: An Interview With Charnaye Connor, Author Of The Vindication SeriesSend us a textToday, we are doing something a little different. I am interviewing an author about her writing process and her book. Join me while I chat with Charnaye Connor, the newly published author of Initiation, the first in The Vindication Series. Charnyae's book can be purchased here.Follow Charnaye on Instagram and Facebook.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-11-1321 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastThe ChangeSend us a textIn today's story, we meet Aaron, who sees the world as something to be fixed. Despite the negativity of those around him, he resolves to always remain true to himself.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-11-0612 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastBONUS: The Audio Version Of The October 2024 Issue Of The Pan To Pen NewsletterSend us a textThis is the audio version of the Pan To Pen Newsletter, released on the 15th of the month. If you would like toread past issues or to subscribe to the newsletter, please click here, or go to https://tatebasildon.com/newsletter/To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-10-3011 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastA Chunky Monkey Friendship: A Story Of SupportSend us a textA story of ice cream and the true meaning of friendship.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-10-2309 min
Pan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastSnapCast: A Moth Story To Listen ToSend us a textWe are not back as yet, but until we are, we want to share this story with you. The story can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth/id275699983?i=1000654758401To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-05-1501 min
Pan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastQuickCast: Introducing An Easy Way To Interact With The PodcastSend us a textWe have a new, easy way to be in touch with the podcast. It's that link right at the top of the show notes. Listen to the episode to understand how it works To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-05-0701 min
Pan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastWe Are Taking A Short BreakSend us a textWe will take a short breakTo leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-03-2700 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastThe Gas Canister: A Story of Mystery and SuspenseSend us a text"The Gas Canister" is a mysterious and suspenseful story about a stranded traveler on a dark, lonely road without cell service. He has to decide whether to wait or walk through the darkness to find help. Along the way, he encounters the unexpected and learns about the secrets that lurk in the shadows. This is a work of fiction.Podcast websiteTo leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-03-1316 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastThe Tracks of Empathy: A True Story of Kindness, Skepticism and the Intersection of LivesSend us a textIn this true story, we embark on a mundane train ride Tate took from New York City. Amidst a carriage filled with strangers, a chance encounter unfolds that reveals the layers of our humanity often taken for granted and overlooked in the passage of our daily lives, where compassion and skepticism regularly overlap. To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-02-2109 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastThe Fence: A Story of Reflections on Time, Identity, and the Fragility of MemorySend us a textIn this story, we venture into the life of Alison, an older woman whose seemingly ordinary day takes an unexpected turn, revealing layers of memory and the profound impact of time.Alison's story unfolds against the backdrop of her lifelong home, where familiarity meets the unknown. As she approaches her neighbor's fence, anticipation and trepidation mingle, hinting at the mysteries beyond. This is a work of fictionTo leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at h...
2024-02-0708 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastFish Kitchen Courage: A True Story of How a Broken Sauce Reshaped the Dynamics of the KitchenSend us a textIn this true story, Tate takes us into the heart of a culinary storm, where a broken sauce becomes the catalyst for a high-stakes confrontation in the unforgiving realm of the fish kitchen. Join me as we navigate through the kitchen's heat, the pressure of perfection, and the unexpected twist that transforms a culinary disaster into a triumph.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-01-2411 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastChasing Raindrops: A Story About Gesture Redefining Love's ExpressionSend us a text**Listener Favorite**In this story, Tate takes us on a quest for a single gesture that transcends the ordinary and delves into the profound. Amidst the chaos of an unforeseen incident, a moment emerges that would define the depths of love, commitment, and the unspoken connection between two souls. This is a work of fictionTo leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2024-01-1008 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastVisiting Mr. Fitzwilliam: A True Intergenerational Story of Friendship and LegacySend us a textIn this true story, we'll be taken on a journey of innocence, curiosity, and intergenerational bonding with a young Tate as he sets out to explore a new neighborhood. As he wanders the streets, he encounters an unexpected encounter that leads to an unlikely friendship. To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2023-12-2724 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastBe Patient, Tom Cruise: A True Story Of A Celebrity Encounter (Sort of)Send us a textIn this true story, we'll dive into a unique New York City encounter where the glitz of a Hollywood premiere collided with the everyday lives of a regular couple. Join us as we unravel a captivating tale where the boundaries between celebrity glamour and everyday experiences blur against the enchanting backdrop of the city that never sleeps.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2023-12-1308 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastThe Sunday Lunch: A True Story of GratitudeSend us a textThis week’s true story portrays unspoken tensions, traditions, and the explosive power of unspoken words. Through the lens of Tate's family experience, we delve deep into the complexities of how shared meals, implicit conflicts, and unexpected actions can profoundly shape our perspective on life.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2023-11-2915 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastThe Gate To My Little Brother's Heart: A True Stoy Of Difficult ChoicesSend us a textIn this true story, we bring you a powerful, personal tale of an encounter between Tate, his father, and his little brother. We explore a poignant story of family sacrifice and the weight of difficult choices in a moment that changed their relationships forever.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2023-11-1510 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastChasing Time: A Story Of AppreciationSend us a textIn this episode, we embark on a poignant journey through the seasons of life, promises made, and the enduring beauty of the present moment. Join us as we explore the bittersweet tapestry of the farmer Jonathan's life. It is a story of dedication, unfulfilled promises, and the timeless wisdom that teaches us to savor the beauty of the present moment. This is a work of FictionTo leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2023-11-0107 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastThe Burning Man: A True Ghost StorySend us a textIn this gripping true tale, a young Tate is engrossed in washing dishes when a blood-curdling scream pierces the air from his mother's room. Slowly turning towards the source of the sound, he is confronted with a sight so inexplicable and terrifying that it leaves him utterly bewildered.To leave a review, comment, or idea, access transcripts, and communicate with Tate, please visit us at https://www.pantopen.com
2023-10-3123 minPan To Pen: A Storytelling PodcastTrailerSend us a text In a world where a chef trades the sizzle of pans for the power of the pen, comes a captivating journey of tales and emotions. Welcome to "Pan To Pen - A Storytelling Podcast," crafted by Tate Basildon, a private chef and aspiring memoir author.Tate serves as the creator, writer, producer, and editor of this unique podcast, bringing you stories straight from the heart. The magic of storytelling is enhanced with the use of cutting-edge AI text-to-speech technology.Dive into a world of fiction a...
2023-10-1801 min
Terry Stone ConnectionEpisode 1: Bernard O'Mahoney (Essex Boys, Carlton Leach, Rise of the Foot Soldier & MORE!)Welcome to the first ever episode of The Criminal Connection Podcast with your host, Terry Stone! This week we are joined by Bernard O'Mahoney for his first ever podcast appearance! Bernard shares stories from his childhood, his time in South Africa to how he ended up on the door at Raquel's nightclub in Basildon. Bernard reveals the details of his relationship with with The Krays, Tony Tucker, Pat Tate, Craig Rolfe and many more. In this episode Bernard shares his side of the story from Leah Betts's tragic death, the Essex Boys shootings, history with Carlton Leach and much more...
2023-09-151h 31
Strange Stories UKStrange Stories UK: Rettendon 'Essex Boys' murders part 1Send us a textThis is the first of three podcasts on the Rettendon, aka Essex Boys murders which are to finish off the Canning Town Crime and Corruption series of podcasts.I go straight into the story so to aid understanding, The three men that were shot were called Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe (TTR) who ran a criminal gang in Basildon, Essex.They supplied an ecstasy tablet which was responsible for the death of a girl called Leah Betts, during November 1995.TTR were shot on 6 December 1995 and Michael Steele and...
2022-03-141h 09