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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 18: Lawrence’s Behind-the-Scenes of the Banner & Backbone 24-hour LiveThank you BJ Roberts , KB 🙋🏼♀️🧩🔍⚖️✨ , Brandon Ellrich , Brushy 🐺 📚 , Jeanne Elbe , Carrie , OldHenCharlie , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , @dunn647 , EBS , Mike Gagne , Elizabeth Newman , Frederic Poag , Gayety , Marney , judyth Watson-Remy , Karen Marie Shelton , Kevin , Kim Taylor , Kostadenos Priskos , Jo , Leo McChaser , Rich Kagan , The Momster 🧷 , Linda Low , The One Minute Daily Boost , Lawrence Winnerman , Mel , Sage’s Mom. (No DM’s) , MorganX , Peter William Murphy , MJM , Paul kirkpatrick , Phillip Sisson , Polly Walker Blakemore , Musings on Interesting Times , Ellie Leonard , Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA , Sally Costa , @dunn647 ,
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, August 16: Saturday Good News!It’s a lovely way to end the week by sharing the good news.We opened the show gushing about Taylor Swift. Not only the announcement of her new record—The Life of a Showgirl drops October 3rd!!!!!—but also her two-hour podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce to announce the release. They’re a charming couple. She’s brilliant. And we agreed, the best part of it all was watching Travis and Jason demonstrated the consummate living examples of the best sort of male allyship, as their love and admiration of Taylor shone through every mome...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 15: Fucked-up Friday with Wendy ParkerThank you Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 , Maria , Nick Paro , Craig Nixon , Kelly Aster , BiffBiff , Polly Walker Blakemore , Jeanette Wain , The One Minute Daily Boost , 🌀BentButTrue , Lawrence Winnerman , Dana DuBois , Patrick Hanley , Musings on Interesting Times , Victor Cardenas , Dr. Andy , Jennifer Winningham , Christiane mccafferty , Robin Wilding , Lisa Gonzalez , MorganX , Karen Marie Shelton , techwriter35 , Ayana Madrone 🌼 , Damon Kenner , The Momster 🧷 , Shannon Herrera , The Bathrobe Guy 👘 , Melissa Corrigan, she/her , Thomas’s Substack , Beth Cruz , Marcie , Jo , Lisa | We Are The Third Estate , Sandra Dingler , Jeanne Elbe , William , cynmac , NaluRyder , Matt Arnold ,
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 14: Doxxing and Internet Safety with The Opinionated OgreWe always have an amazing time when The Opinionated Ogre comes to visit at The Daily Whatever, and today was no different!Thank you GenAlbertWilliams , Karen Marie Shelton , Polly Walker Blakemore , MorganX , Dana DuBois , Lawrence Winnerman , Tee Ree , Life in The Upside-Down , Jo , The Bathrobe Guy 👘 , Robin Wilding , Damon Kenner , Kate , Lynda Blake , L Peters , Meghana Raipur , Jane Hendrickson , Deborah Stone , Kathleen Purdy, Eric Hagstrom , Yolanda D. , The One Minute Daily Boost , Steve Powell , Obladioblada , Elaine the Mean Old Feminist , PhemK , OldHenCharlie , Some Clear Dialogue , Musings on Interesting Times , The Momster 🧷 , Mondayswife , Mel , Artb3ing , Bud Jones , Chriss...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, August 13: The Quadruple Fuck and a Little (Legal) HopeHuge thanks to Sophia Kelly Grace and Melissa Corrigan, she/her for joining us in our last Restream for an amazing conversation.Thank you R.V. Hughes , Lisa Jensen , Brandon Ellrich , Carol Ann Power , OldHenCharlie , cynmac , Dale Scaringi , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Dan Houghton , David Caffrey , Gatto Sospetto , IncredibleHulka , julie elder , Karen Marie Shelton , Kimberly Finix , Kostadenos Priskos , Kothar Lai , Jo , The Momster 🧷 , Lawrence Winnerman , Margaret , Mandy Ohman , MorganX , Peter William Murphy , Polly Walker Blakemore , Rachel Hendricks , Musings on Interesting Times , Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA , Robin Wilding , Sacha Cohen , Julie Price Carpenter , Nick Paro , Soso , Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 , Tom Young , Victor Cardenas
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 12: Falling in Love Through My Thumbs, Part 1Today Dana DuBois shared her latest—a story from several years ago about falling for someone online, and the hopes and tribulations found therein. Check it out here:Thank you R.V. Hughes , Lisa Jensen , Brandon Ellrich , Carol Ann Power , OldHenCharlie , cynmac , Dale Scaringi , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Dan Houghton , David Caffrey , Gatto Sospetto , IncredibleHulka , julie elder , Karen Marie Shelton , Kimberly Finix , Kostadenos Priskos , Kothar Lai , Jo , The Momster 🧷 , Lawrence Winnerman , Margaret , Mandy Ohman , MorganX , Peter William Murphy , Polly Walker Blakemore , Rachel Hendricks , Musings on Interesting Times , Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA , Robin Wilding , Sacha Cohen , Julie Price...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, August 11: Plans and Plot TwistsGenX is scrappy, resilient, curious, and knows how to roll with the punches. When it comes to tech, we tend to be early adopters—and here at genXy, we resemble that remark.Dana DuBois and I are using a new tool called Restream (if you’re interested in learning more, go to Restream.io and check it out. Use code RESTREAM20 to save 20%, and tell them Lawrence Winnerman sent you!) to get more features and quality for The Daily Whatever, and our Saturday premier was rife with challenges. However, y’all stuck with us, offered some GREAT feedba...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 6: Parenting Trans Kids With Melissa Corrigan & Sophia Kelly GraceBack in 2023, I launched a tiny publication on Medium to create a community for storytelling and advice for parents of gender-nonconforming kids.I hoped other writers would find it and want to share their stories.Not in my wildest dreams did I hope to find two amazing writer/editor/thinkers like I found in Melissa Corrigan, she/her and Sophia Kelly Grace, yet somehow, they found me—and together, we created Pink Hair & Pronouns.So much has changed since the summer of 2023, and not for the better for trans and nonbinary folks. Especially no...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 5: Little "r” RelationshipsThis morning on The Daily Whatever, Dana DuBois and I had a great conversation about her latest article, “I Had a Little ‘r’ Relationship”. It’s her fascinating take on a six-year relationship that met a lot of needs—but not all of them—and which never turned into a Relationship. Check out the article here:Thank you Amit Sen , Beth Cruz , BiffBiff , BJ Roberts , Brandon Ellrich , Cat , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Dr. Amber Hull , Jane B In NC🌼 , Füsun Aydın , John David 7, John Warrington , Joyce Reese , Karen Marie Shelton , Kimberly Finix , Kostadenos Priskos , Jo , Rich Kagan , The Mo...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, August 4: Light Shines Through, Ch. 4 | SharonHello, Whatevers!I did a reading from the latest chapter of my novel, and answered a few questions about what it’s like to write the future and then have it catch up with you! Read the full chapter here:Thank you Alexandra Sarafidou , April Mensinger , R.V. Hughes , Brandon Ellrich , Brushy 🐺 📚 , Jeanne Elbe , Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽 , Cat , C Wallis , Damon Kenner , BiffBiff , Dana DuBois , Jonathan Eddison , Dorothy Arney Yantis , Foye , Füsun Aydın , AlbertWilliams , Melissa Corrigan, she/her , Jon weston , Karen Marie Shelton , Kimmy Win , Jo , The Momster 🧷 , The One Minute Daily Boost , Lawrence Winnerman , Wendy Parker , Mel , MorganX , Peter...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 2: Karaoke Party 🎉We had the best time today, celebrating the milestone of hitting 50 paid subscribers with a good, ol’-fashioned karaoke party for the ages. THANK YOU to everyone who helped get us to this milestone, and who helped us celebrate today!We love this community, and we (tho’ highly biased) think that The Daily Whatever has the best Substack morning show community of anyone out there. Take that Coffee with the Contrarians!* Dana karaoked the classic Baby Got Back in the voice of Richard Nixon!* Lawrence sang Material Girl in the voice of Henry Kiss...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 31: Bathrobe Day with The Bathrobe Guy and Karen Marie SheltonWe’re in the throes of our genXy Summer Pledge Drive to reach 100 paid subscribers for GenXy by end of summer.We committed to planning a special celebration at each 10-subscriber milestone—and today, we celebrated 60 paid subscribers by podcasting Live in our bathrobes. Lawrence got a bit spicy on-air with his, so be sure to watch for the leg and nip flashes throughout the episode.The idea was proposed by The Daily Whatever regular The Bathrobe Guy 👘, so naturally we had to invite him on the show to chat. We also asked Karen Marie Shelton...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 30: Feminism Without Misandry With Dr. Amber HullYou know how sometimes you meet your online heroes and they turn out to be total disappointments?Today was the exact opposite.Because today we welcomed one of my Substack heroes— Dr. Amber Hull—to The Daily Whatever. And she was even more incredible in real life! While we originally invited her to the show to discuss her response to my sorta-viral story Middle-Aged Men Keep Ogling My 16-Year-Old, our conversation veered from expatriating to butt stuff to HRT to sex education to misandry to writing on the internet as a GenX woman, and...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 29: Lawrence’s Latest Novel ChapterOf the many joys I’ve found here on Substack (seriously, don’t laugh!) one of the most surprising to me is the elation I feel when reading excerpts of my novel out loud for the chat on our Lives. I had no idea how rewarding that would feel, but here I am, awash in the post-orgasmic glow of yet another successful read, and ladies and germs, let me tell you, it rivals sex. Today, I read from chapter 3 of Light Shines Through, my queer dystopian sci-fi novel that I’m serializing over on Lawrence Winner...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 28: Hit Me With That GLP-1 ShotThis morning on The Daily Whatever, Dana DuBois started by celebrating with the whole Chat: Lawrence, Dana, and Füsun Aydın got checkmarks, Nick Paro and The Bathrobe Guy 👘 placed on the charts, and more wins across our community. We love to see it! A rising tide lifts all boats, we like to say. Congrats to everyone, and thanks for your support and reader/viewership. It means the world to us!Dana wrote a powerful piece of memoir focusing on her family of origin programming around body and diet, and how taking a semaglutide GLP-1...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 22: Middle-aged men keep ogling my 16-year oldWhat conversation about the way men treat women in our society wouldn’t be complete without a living example in real-time? Dana DuBois featured one of her most compelling—and popular—recent pieces about how grown men are treating her teenage daughter, only to have the Chat invaded by an asshole who has been stalking women in our community. After re-blocking the schmuck, we had a chance to dive deep into Dana’s excellent story:The Chat was full of observations, love, and support. We had some truth and hardship shared, and the community responded with lov...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 21: Lawrence’s latest chaptersHappy Monday!Today Lawrence Winnerman shared the latest chapters from his novel, The Shattered World Series.Or more accurately: we explored Chapter 2: Jake. And Lawrence read it aloud, and we all reverted to small children, utterly rapt by storytelling because his voice is so meliflous and the story is so compelling.Here’s the chapter. But definitely listen to the podcast because it’s soooo gorgeous when Lawrence reads his own work.We decided we needed the full show to discuss Jake, and that we’ll talk about Chapter 3 - Jackie on Sat...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 18: Fucked-Up Friday with Nick ParoTGIF! The great thing about Fridays is that here at The Daily Whatever, we use it as a time to process how unbelievably shitty our descent into authoritarianism has become. It’s a celebration of the worst of the worst news.Welcome to Fucked-Up Friday!Dana DuBois and I were thrilled to welcome Nick Paro to the show, and get to know him as a community member (and a poet!) Nick shared his Kum ‘n’ Go tribute poem with us, and it was a great way to kick off our time with him. The Fu...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 16: Music and MemoirOne of the things I have always loved about Dana DuBois, my friend, Anam Cara, and co-founder of GenXy is her love for music — her deep and abiding passion for it —and her ability to use music to build community.This passion for music is innate for Dana, something she remembers from her earliest years. In the early 2000s, Dana co-founded Three Imaginary Girls, a Seattle indie-pop review site that got to the core of the local music scene with its upbeat and fan-fueled documentation of a resurgence of Seattle-centric music.From there, stepping into musi...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 15: Writers on writing with Diane GeurtsGreetings, Whatevers—and a happy Twat-tastic Tuesday* to all who celebrate!Today we welcomed author Diane Geurts to The Daily Whatever, to talk about her newly published novel, Still the Millers.We chatted about all the things: self- versus trad-publishing, inspiration and muses, horses and meth labs, and most of all, Diane’s sage advice for all of us multi-hyphenate busy writer Join utypes: write one sentence per day. Be sure to follow Diane on Substack and Medium!Huge thanks to Patrick Mill, Beth Cruz, BiffBiff, BJ Roberts, Brandon Ellrich, Mariellen, Cat...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 12: Weekend RecapOn Saturday’s show, we spoke about writing, worldbuilding, vexillology and focused on the latest chapter from my serialized novel, Light Shines Through. I read from the chapter, and was truly flattered by the great feedback.Check it out here:Thank you Beth Cruz, Brandon Ellrich, Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽, Cheryl Chevalier, Dana DuBois, Debra Groves Harman, Diane Geurts, Daniel Paden, Elaine the Mean Old Feminist, JOHNSON CRIFACI, Karen Marie Shelton, Jo, Lahboss, The Momster, Linda Blatnik, The One Minute Daily Boost, Mason/she/her/💛🤍💜🖤, Mojmír VEDEJ, Musings on Interesting Times, Noble Blend, Robin Wilding, Nick Paro, Nick Paro, tecolote42, The Bathrobe Guy...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 10: Finding the Rainbow Connection with Joe GuaySometimes you don’t realize how a song from childhood resonates until someone points it out years later. Joe Guay joined Dana DuBois and me this morning on The Daily Whatever to talk about the burden of surnames, the rise of AI, and the power of “The Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie.We recently published Joe’s story about his connection to the song:As usual, the chat was off the hook, where we learned about things like customer loyalty cards for sex workers (and sluts: mine is a complimentary blueberry muffin (it’s not just f...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 7: with Füsun Aydin and Stewart MasonPoor Lawrence Winnerman! He made it home from Seattle safe and sound—but sadly, with a stomach flu*. So today, I had to host it alone. But thankfully I had two amazing guests: first the incomparable Füsun Aydın shared how her brother’s wedding went, when she reunited with the family she hadn’t seen in 15 years, since she came out as trans. (Spoiler alert: it went really well, other than being mostly ignored by her mother, who clearly doesn’t understand what a gift to the world her daughter Fusun is).Then the deligh...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 2: Our college roommate spills the teaWe had the best time chatting with our college roommate Lisa today! Thank you, Chat, for being amazing as always! We can’t wait to see you tomorrow!Thank you Beth Cruz, BiffBiff, Bryan Hagerla, Brandon Ellrich, Carol Helbing, Cat, OldHenCharlie, Dana DuBois, Eileen Dougharty, Elaine the Mean Old Feminist, Füsun Aydın, Jeanne Elbe, JOHN ONEIL, John Pearce, Janet Scott, Karen Marie Shelton, KC, Kelly Mindiola, Lahboss, The Momster, Los Gatos Sin Madrid, Mason, She/her/enchanted beast, Rachel Hendricks, Musings on Interesting Times, Robin Wilding, Soso, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, Todd Goldin, William Mieras, You’re Right Get...
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The Daily WhateverOlive The Above, Olivepalooza!!We had the best time eating FIVE types of olives and drinking rosé, y’all! Take a gander as we ranked Collossal Greek olives, Turkish Grilled olives, Castelvetrano olives, Morroccan Dry Cured olives, and Pepper Stuffed Green olives. Thank you tecolote42, Rachel Hendricks, The One Minute Daily Boost, Karen Marie Shelton, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.genXy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 28: What's Next with Wendy and Walter RheinSorry for the short wrapup, but I’m not even sure I could capture the full range of our convo. Huge thanks and love to Walter Rhein and Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 who were absolutely incredible on today’s show.We’re back on Monday, June 30th! Dana DuBois will be home, and I’ll get my first taste of a 7am broadcast time. Yikes! Our theme will be Reunited, and it Feels So Good.Thank you Polly Walker Blakemore, Karen Marie Shelton, Beth Cruz, Brianna, William Mieras, and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein and Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 26: Awakenings with Char SundustThere are many things I’ve gotten wrong in my life, but friends ain’t one of them. I am lucky and blessed to have several women whom I have known for years that I consider to be best friends. Today I was lucky enough to be on a Substack Live with two of them!Char Sundust joined me to cover for Dana DuBois, who, it turns out, completed her top secret mission early. Char and I started talking about our friendship and her work. Chat, I am here to tell you that she undersold the power of w...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 25: A Good Vintage with Sacha CohenDana DuBois and I were absolutely delighted to have Sacha Cohen from A Good Vintage on the show today, it soon became clear that if we lived closer, we’d be hanging out with her over long, lazy apéro afternoons! Sacha and her husband Jason are not expats—yet! They are taking slow and easy moves towards an expat life. The remarkably clever thing about this approach is that they get to live in various parts of France and experience the local culture along the way. Currently in Dijon, Sacha’s substack is awash in good bread a...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 24: Fuck Diabetes (and Israel and Iran too, apparently (and Trump))Sometimes our freeform days are the most fun; often they have some of the biggest news. Today was both, and a whole helping of kick in the pants, too.We started by debating the meaning of Trump’s on camera “fuck” at Israel and Iran. Is the world’s best negotiator all out of non-swear words?Furthermore—what is happening? Why is all of this unfolding the way it is, and why does it seem so…strange? Does nobody involved know what they’re doing? Or is there some overarching mysterious plot we’re all not privy to?
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 23: Iran and MomsI spent the past two days in a whirlwind of travel—like literal planes, trains, and automobiles—getting my child off to a pre-college camp and then driving all the way down the shaft of Florida to visit family.Disconnecting for a couple days can feel restorative. But in my hours offline, the US somehow managed to get embroiled in war. Because that’s where we are now as a country. And while the news is harrowing at best, it was great to catch up with Lawrence Winnerman today and hear his hot takes on the no...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 21: Happy Funtime Goodnews!Whew, that was fun! A huge, giant The Daily Whatever thanks to Karen Marie Shelton and Robin Wilding who helped me steer this ship while Dana DuBois is away on her top secret mission to dismantle the Iranian nuclear weapons program!Karen, Robin, and I had a fabbo time sharing the GOOD NEWS that is out there in the world, if only you look for it. We had so much good news, we did like seven rounds of sharing stories—so many I can’t list them all here!Giant thanks to our incredible chat—we’re...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 19: Expat Dads in France 🇫🇷 with Rich KaganChat, who amongst us hasn’t had a moment where they’ve thought “You know, fuck this America shit. I’m going to sell my things and move my husband and adorable daughter to quasi-rural France and ride this shit out while drinking some lovely wine with a nice baguette and brie.”?I have! Many times! And I don’t even HAVE a husband and an adorable daughter!But Rich Kagan does, and he and his family have been in Carcassone, France (it’s not just a game! It’s a real place!) We had a great c...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 18: Talking TaylorHuge thanks to everyone who tuned in for our Live chat with Steve Uppendahl today! It was a blast to talk about parenting teen daughters and traveling internationally to take them to see Taylor Swift—as well as the impact Taylor has had on them (and us).Here are links to the stories:Steve’s story is on Medium so the link won’t unfurl, but you can find it here.To the Whatevers—BiffBiff, Brandon Ellrich, Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽, Cat, OldHenCharlie, Craig Nixon, Damon Kenner, Dan Wann, DILLIGAF?IDO, Eileen Dougharty, Füsun Aydın, John saxon, Karen Marie Shelton...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 17: genXy meets Gen X CrisisIt’s not everyday you get to connect with an old friend from highs school, but today we were lucky enough to do just that. Dana DuBois and I went to school with our guest, Gen-X Crisis with Robert Guess, and it was excellent to reconnect.We started off reviewing some breaking news: Trump* left the G7 early for mysterious reasons, up to and including the possibility of a wider war with Iran. Additionally, I stumbled across this ‘stack this morning, and this post left me contemplating what any of it means if we’re predicting the collap...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 16: Weekend Review & Human SovereigntyKeeping this writeup short, Chat! It was a jam-packed episode, with so much to cover from the weekend. We talked about the assassination of MN lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the attempted assassination of State Senator of John Hoffman and his wife—and the sheer lack of surprise that the gunman was a disgruntled MAGA fool.The No Kings protests were huge, and Trump’s parade was bust. Meanwhile…Israel and Iran are trying to wipe each other off the map. Kiss your ass goodbye, maybe?We wrapped up talking about my pie...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 13: Fucked-up Friday with Ossiana TepfenhartThank you Amy Beeman, Andrew, Stephanie Beauvais, Beth Cruz, BiffBiff, Brandon Ellrich, Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽, Carolina Baffigo, Cat, Cecily Wilson, OldHenCharlie, Chris Esko, Claire at Backpacking Bella, Random_Crow, Craig Nixon, Dale Scaringi, Damon Kenner, Eileen Dougharty, Everett Taasevigen, Füsun Aydın, GenXcellent, Greg, Sarah, Ira Krakow, Jeremy George, Jon Michael Ahrens, Joseph Tucker, Karen Marie Shelton, Victoria Quinn Quinn Stephens, Keith Lowell Jensen, Lahboss, Lee, Linda k Messamore, The One Minute Daily Boost, Melissa Mazzei, Corey L. Jackson, Mondopopsickle, Cary, MorganX, Murle Scrutchin, Peter William Murphy,
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 10: Sea Glass in the Womb with Füsun AydínIt’s no secret that Dana DuBois and I are fans of Füsun Aydın. What’s not to love? She’s smart, funny, and has a rapier wit so scathing and funny that you have to laugh, even if it’s impaling you. But what brought us together to begin with—and what keeps us enraptured—is her writing.Füsun has announced an ambitious plan to write and publish her first memoir on Substack—an autobiography of her first fifteen years, wherein she will publish a chapter each week on Sundays.Her first chapter dro...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 9: LA: The Beginning of the EndgameThanks to our amazing The Whatevers crew for another fun day in the chats, even as we were discussing serious topics.We covered both of my recent articles about the situation in LA:andWe’re keeping a watchful eye, and hoping for peace and healing for everyone in LA. Fuck Trump!Thank you Barbara , BiffBiff , Brandon Ellrich , Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽 , Cat , Craig Nixon , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Füsun Aydın , Sarah , Jennifer Karger Lange , Karen Marie Shelton , Kevin Alexander , Lahboss , LetsGetIntoIt2025 , The Momster , The One Minute Daily Boost , Lorraine Gaudet , Timothy Massey , MorganX , Peter Wil...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever: June 7 - Saturday Grab BagWe here at The Daily Whatever try to run a tight ship, with planning and production values and whatnot, but sometimes things don’t go according to plan—a lesson we’ve learned a lot this week!Today, Dana DuBois was going to ask me about the story I was supposed to have just published—but I collapsed into bed at 8:30pm last night, and never got to finish it. The joys of working two jobs, and co-hosting an every day podcast, I suppose.But hey, we’re scrappy GenXers, and so we winged it, and it end...
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Walter Rhein PodcastTalking Movies, Bob Dylan, Kubrick, Horror, and Sailing Around the WorldHey Everyone!I keep saying that one of the joys of Substack is that it allows the opportunity to have conversations with writer friends I’ve known only through their work. It’s really cool to read somebody’s articles and then discover how much they exceed your expectations when you have a conversation with them.I wish I lived in a town and had all these people as my neighbors. Imagine that! Imagine if we could go for coffee and there would be Cory Vinny or Brandon Ellrich or Sarah Paris or all the other...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 5: Parenting and politics with Melissa CorriganMelissa Corrigan, she/her and her publication CounterStory Media are on a mission: to use storytelling to change the world—and people’s votes.Melissa is multi-hyphenate as a writer and podcaster: A veteran. An adoptee. A mom of a trans son. Her voice is powerful and she’s not shy about raising it, especially to champion for others.In short: she’s spectacular. Having her on the podcast was such an honor.Here are a few of Melissa’s stories you should check out.The first is my origin story with Melis...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 4: GenX sex & relationshipsI was so excited to discuss today’s topic.I made an outline and a plan. And you know what happens when you make plans…?Yeah. Today Lawrence Winnerman and I demonstrated our GenX resilience, as we dealt with repeated fuck-ups for the first 15 minutes of the podcast—starting with when I stepped in the dog mess my darling dog left under my desk during the night, continuing with Lawrence power going out, and ending as Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 heroically stepped up to co-host with us. Hot damn, what a shit-show, um, literally.We’re so thankful so many of y...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 2: Parenting with Pride!Happy Monday, and more importantly, Happy start of Pride Month!It’s a challenging time for Pride. I have my apprehensions the US will remain a relatively safe place to gather and celebrate Pride. I hope I’m wrong,Today I perused LinkedIn ahead of the podcast and checked for the rainbow logos we’ve all grown so accustomed to in June. And I saw literally none. Wait, I take that back. Grindr has a rainbow logo. But I barely think Grindr counts, not for this. It’s not like they can hide their Pride any day...
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Walter Rhein PodcastWhat's New On Medium, My Summer Reading List, and How to Save More MoneyThis newsletter is made possible through the generous support of my readers.Hello Friends!I’ve already got four books lined up to read this summer. They are:* Blue Hours by Alison Acheson * Finding My Own Gold Star by Suzanne Whitaker * In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me by Courtney Sender * My Curious Life by Robert Danna Isn’t it cool that all these writers are on Substack? I’ve always said that supporting other writers is one of the best growth t...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 28: GenX PrideWe had such a blast chatting with our new gay bae Brandon Ellrich! We covered a range of topics ranging from challenging fathers and families of origins, early iconic queer characters in film, and Brandon’s forthcoming Pride tour throughout the midwest. We’re hoping he and Lawrence Winnerman can meet IRL, so stayed tuned into June to find out—Kansas City may never be the same.Huge thanks to Füsun Aydın, Jim Dandy, Karen Marie Shelton, Robin Wilding, Peter William Murphy and all the “Whatevers” for tuning in. Join us every weekday at 10am ET/7...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 27: The Dating Show with Frederic PoagThere’s no business like show business, amirite? And what a show we had today! Thanks to the always loquacious and irresistable Frederic Poag whose wild hair presaged a wild time talking about dating, sex, desire, and a whole lotta nonsense!If it ain’t clear, Frederic is ALWAYS welcome to talk to us, and when the topic is as spicy as today—well, we might just have to make that a thing! “The GenX Dating Show with Frederic, Dana, & Lawrence!” Smash the heart button ❤️ on this post if you’d like to see that weekly show, friends!W...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 24: AUA (ask us anything!)Welp, that was a blast!It’s the holiday weekend, so I’m gonna keep this short. When you’ve been best friends for over 40 years, turns out you’ve got a lot of goods to share about each other during an “ask us anything.”What questions did we answer? You’re gonna have to listen and find out.Thank you John Pearce, Cat, Peter William Murphy, Lahboss, Karen Marie Shelton, Robin Wilding, The One Minute Daily Boost, Brandon Ellrich and so many others for tuning in!We’re taking Sunday and Monday off f...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 21: Protecting our trans kidsIn the days following the election, as I grappled with the enormity of what Trump 2.0 would mean, I had a personal struggle as well: what to do with Pink Hair & Pronouns, my publication for parents and caregivers of trans and nonbinary kids?I researched the risks by reading Project 2025. I reached out to the CEO of Medium to ask him about guardrails and protections. And in the end, I realized—it was risky to leave my content up. And even riskier to keep writing.But in the end, I knew: I couldn’t obey in adva...
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Walter Rhein PodcastHow Short Videos and Live Conversations Have Become Useful Growth ToolsHello Friends!When I was in school I wanted to be a cartoonist. This was back in the era of the Sunday morning comics and that seemed like the best thing in the world to me. I used to sit in my classes and doodle in my notebooks. This annoyed the teachers even though I always got my work done and got good grades.When I became a father, I realized how good kids are at listening even if they’re apparently engaged in some other task. I found this out after reading a chapter of...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 18: Char Sundust on Writing, Sanctuary, and SubstackToday we had the joy of hosting Char Sundust of Spirit Sanctuary on The Daily Whatever, for a soulful and deep conversation about writing and safety and showing up with our words in the world.Char read her award-winning poem I Want to Move Things with My MindWe had the best time—a fun reunion of Seattle friends and writers. Yay!We love sharing the love of Substack on Sundays, and here’s who we recommended:* Char suggested reading Andrea Gibson for their gratitude work at Things That Don’t Suck.
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 12: Medium in Memoriam with Walter Rhein & Patrick StewartFellow Medium mourners,Thank you all for joining me and sharing your memories both fond and frustrating of what Medium has meant to you—with extra special huge thanks to Walter Rhein and Patrick B. Stewart for being such incredible guests.This was exactly the cathartic moment I was hoping for. We shared our stories, our joys, our laments, all of it. We have loved Medium. We continue to love Medium. We hope Medium gets it together, because we’d love to keep writing and thriving there, going forward.Thank you Robin Wilding, Füsu...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 7: The Cure and music memoir writing 🖤Today we discussed one of my favorite stories I’ve written, about one of my very favorite bands of all time: The Cure. 🖤🖤🖤I adore music memoir. For a music super fan like me, observing how songs have intertwined themselves into my lived experiences and using them as a narrative arc to tie a story together is a thrill.This is especially true as we age, and have the perspective of decades worth of memories and listens. Plus, we all know GenXers have the very best taste in music…The Cure is that band for me...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 5: Cinco de Gato 😻Huge thanks to Karen Marie Shelton for joining us on The Daily Whatever!I believe Karen is the one-and-only person who’s attended every single The Daily Whatever podcasts, so it was a thrill and an honor to have her on. The fact that we spent most of the hour talking about our cats? That was a bonus.I was so inspired, I posted this for you, Karen:If anyone has photos or stories about their cats, please feel free to share them in the comments! Most days we’re gonna be talking abou...
2025-05-0558 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 3: a very GenX job hunt updateAs Robin Wilding said, today’s The Daily Whatever felt like catching up with our besties.We talked about Lawrence’s long and winding road back to employment, as after ten months and 700 interviews, he got not one but TWO job offers this week. What a thrill! But in true GenX multi-hyphenate fashion, that’s not all the work he’s got. He’s also a writer and podcaster here on Substack, of course. He’s also got a snarky political t-shirt side hustle at Alpaca Lunch, and as of this week, a burgeoning career as Santa Law...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 2: Fucked-up FridayThank you Walter Rhein, Debra Groves Harman, Polly Walker Blakemore, Karen Marie Shelton, Lahboss and so many others for tuning into The Daily Whatever: Fucked-Up Friday with Lawrence Winnerman and Dana DuBois featuring our guest Kevin Alexander! Y’all! I (Lawrence) got a job! Huzzah! Also, I’m planning a new side hustle as Santa Claus. Read Santa Lawrence’s origin story here: Today we had a battle royale for the most fucked-up thing that happened this past week. We agreed that deporting kids with cancer without their meds is by far the worst thing, but it...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 30: My damn internetThank you Karen Marie Shelton, techwriter35, Sarah, Obladioblada, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dana DuBois! Join us tomorrow for “Writers on Writing with Walter Rhein” for The Daily Whatever! Get full access to genXy at www.genxy.io/subscribe
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 29: It’s the end of the ports as we know itFirst of all, CONGRATS to Canada and the Liberals and Mark Carney! The liberals will form a minority government (meaning they don’t outright have 172 seats to form a majority government; they’ll need a junior party to team up with.) AND, Pierre Poilievre has lost his seat. The power of Trump—to kill everything he touches, again!Brace yourselves, word on the street is that Carney has a bigger tariff retaliation plan, and was waiting until he had been elected to a full term to impose them. Here he is sounding tough on ‘Merica to the Beeb.
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 28: Substack friendsToday was a groggy Monday morning Live, but we still had a blast.Why were we groggy? Well, I am trying to adjust my circadian rhythms to adjust to this daily 7am podcast. Good thing I love it so much, it’s like a jolt of energy that sustains me through my day.Lawrence? He was up half the night battling with Descript, trying to make our pre-recorded podcast with Jonathan Small work. It appears Descript won, mostly, as multiple versions of me appear in place of Lawrence or Jonathan in the video. ...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 27: GenX AnthemsNow this was a lively Live, wasn’t it?Lawrence Winnerman and I hosted Jonathan Small on the weekly GenXy recorded podcast (going live tomorrow), and we had so much fun, we decided to continue to conversation Live. We were joined by about 30 of our favorite Substack pals as we explored the quintessential GenX anthems.Some songs and artists we discussed: the Beastie Boys (“Fight for Your Right” versus “Sabotage”), Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”), a slew of one-hit wonders (from “Take on Me” to “Tainted Love”), and a lively conversation about Prince, whereby Lawrence and I...
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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 25: Fucked-up Friday with Walter RheinToday was the debut of “Fucked-up Friday,” where we discuss the most fucked-up news of the week in friendly competition. We were joined by the incredible Walter Rhein for an engaging, earnest conversation about the reality that we’re facing down is ethnic cleansing—or more simply put, genocide— Walter’s suggestion as the most fucked-up news of the week. And really, all the fucked-up news really rolls up to that, doesn’t it?Dana DuBois’ contribution was this horror: Barnard College staff alarmed by federal survey asking if they’re Jewish—and during Yom HaShoah, no less.Lawrence...
2025-04-2556 min
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Walter Rhein, Ben Ulansey, and Courtney SenderHello Everyone!Thank you Peter William Murphy, Karen Marie Shelton, Yolanda D., Joe Walker, Brandon Ellrich, and many others for tuning into my live video with Courtney Sender and Ben Ulansey!This is the first time doing our movie talk with a guest and I hope Courtney can become a regular contributor. She’s very insightful and I look forward to reading more of her work.As always, we hope this discussion gave you a much needed break from the issues we currently face as a nation. Thanks for tuning in!“I'd...
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Check The Locks: A True Crime PodcastA Bloody ValentineA doctor in Oklahoma arrives home from work on Valentine's Day to find his wife murdered. Police immediately begin looking for a suspect, but a strange message in a Valentine's card provides a dark clue. And detectives start to think the good doctor may be hiding something. Join Olivia Cornu and John Conner as they dive deep into the dark to discuss the murder of Susan Hamilton. Will this case be enough to make you check the locks?Follow Us:Instagram Twitter Join Our Facebook Group
2024-02-1226 min
True Crime CreepersThe Murder of Lisa PattisonIt seemed like a tragic accident, the day 39 year old Scott Pattison rushed his wife, Lisa, to the hospital after finding her at home on their weight machine with the barbell crushing her throat. But the more detectives looked into the case, the more things just didn’t fit. This particular machine had safety mechanisms in place that should have prevented an accident like this, but as much as they tried, they couldn't find any evidence to prove what happened. And then they found the surveillance cameras.Sponsors: NomNomNow Go Rig...
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Writers Drinking CoffeeEpisode 192 – Interview with Karen Marie SheltonKaren Marie Shelton has a long and storied career started in technical writing that has spanned Medium, Quora, ghostwriting, and most recently a VERY useful self-help book explaining how to avoid murder while using dating apps. Karen and Chaz caught up with her to ask about her path to writing, her favorite tools, and other paths to avoiding being murdered. All very useful input, if you ask us! … Continue...Episode 192 – Interview with Karen Marie Shelton
2023-12-1130 minWriters Drinking CoffeeEpisode 192 – Interview with Karen Marie SheltonKaren Marie Shelton has a long and storied career started in technical writing that has spanned Medium, Quora, ghostwriting, and most recently a VERY useful self-help book explaining how to avoid murder while using dating apps. Karen and Chaz caught up with her to ask about her path to writing, her favorite tools, and other paths to avoiding being murdered. All very useful input, if you ask us! … Continue...Episode 192 – Interview with Karen Marie Shelton
2023-12-1130 min
Cosmic TuesdaysKaren Marie Shelton returns to Cosmic Tuesdays to discuss her latest bookWe discuss Karen Marie Shelton's new book "How to Avoid Murder While Using Dating Apps"Please be aware, some of this discussion might be a little triggering. We discuss some pretty awful crimes, as gently as possible.
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Murder With My Husband135. Ronald Sisman and Elizabeth Platzman - The Halloween MysteryOn this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett discuss the murder of couple Ronald Sisman and Elizabeth Platzman back in 1981.LIVE ONLINE SHOW TICKETS HERE! https://www.moment.co/murderwithmyhusbandhttps://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband Case Sources:https://www.metv.com/lists/10-extremely-eighties-products-introduced-in-1982https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_in_the_United_StatesNytimes.com, “Police Seek Motive in Deaths of Student and a Photographer,” by Les Ledbetter, November 2, 1981Nytimes.com, “The Region...
2022-10-2443 min
Cosmic TuesdaysKaren Marie Shelton: Living Along A Spiritual Path PART 2Karen Marie Shelton has lived a richly spiritual life, learning and practicing astrology, reiki, shamanic healing, rebirthing, tarot, crystals etc... and she has stories to share. This is Part 2https://karen-marie-shelton.square.site/s/appointments
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Cosmic TuesdaysKaren Marie Shelton: Living Along A Spiritual PathSo far Karen Marie Shelton has lived a richly spiritual life, learning and practicing astrology, reiki, shamanic healing, rebirthing, tarot, crystals etc... and she has stories to sharehttps://karen-marie-shelton.square.site/s/appointments
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The Yule Log From HellThe Yule Log From Hell 2019 - Episode 5 - A Wonderful LifeFor this episode we pay tribute to those we have lost over the past year. We have dispensed with our usual format and this show is presented without any interruptions.
1) Hotel Christmas – Ray Sawyer – 1937-2018
2) WWF Christmas 1990 – Bobby “the brain” Heenan / “Mean” Gene Okerland – 1942-2019
3) Santa Claus Boogie – The Tractors – Steve Ripley – 1950-2019
4) Daryl of the Bells – Capatain & Tennille – Daryl Dragon – 1942-2019
5) Les Trois Cloches – Ben Keith / Neil Young / Pegi Young – 1952-2019
6) Merry Axemas – Ice Nine Kills – Shane Bisnett (gtr) – 1987-2019
7) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlmen – Stephen Alcorn – All...
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Black-Eyed N BluesPercolate | BEB 332Playlist:
Tas Cru, Grizzle N’ Bone,
Billy Price, No Time,
Tom Guerra, The Lyin’ King,
Mike Crandall Band, 20 Miles,
Kat Riggins, Kitty Won’t Scratch,
Dennis Jones Band, Enjoy The Ride,
Karen Lawrence and Blue By Nature, Fun And Games (Live),
Billie And The kids, I Won’t Be Your Fool,
Velvet Starlings, Sold Down The River,
Brigitte Purdy, Hoodoo,
Little Victor, My Mind,
Benny And The FlyByNiters, Huckle Boogie,
Eliza Neals, Love Dr. Love,
The Little Red Rooster Blues Band, Pitchin’ Woo,
Big Apple...
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The Doctor of Music's Country Music HourThe Doctor of Music's Country Music Hour: February 3, 2017Gary Van Zandt -- The Doctor of Music, playing about
an hour of your favorite contemporary country music from the 80's, 90's and today
(about the last 40 years), the songs that have helped define country music!
In this show The Doctor of Music plays some of his favorite contemporary country duets: Brooks & Dunn w/Reba McEntire -- "Cowgirls Don't Cry"Dierks Bentley & Elle King -- "Different For Girls"Luke Bryan & Karen Fairchild -- "Home Alone Tonight"Dan Seals & Marie Osmond -- "Meet Me In Montana"Chris Young & Cassadee Pope -- "Think of You"Tim McGraw & T...
2017-02-0459 min