# Kevin Bacon

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Do Kids Still Work? First Jobs, Graveyard Mowing & Dad Economics | Professional Dads Ep. 5

Brent and Donald ask whether life is too expensive or kids just aren’t being taught to work, from $8 lawn jobs to dad economics. From mowing a graveyard for $20 to washing dishes at 14, we compare our first jobs with what our kids face now: free-range childhoods, no cell phones, gravel roads, and p…

172: Connectivity - 6 Degrees of Community Connections

"A person is a person through other persons" Ubuntu, an African proverb. Reflection question: Where do you already see the web of connection around your organization? Reflection on generosity:  As a blessing or curse, people are more connected in a rural area. This month, we are starting a four-we…

The Mini: Which Witch?

In Episode 91: The Mini, Joe, Nick, and Georgia recap Episode 90: Witch Please, Joe explains to Nick and Georgia why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky and what does the Last Supper, Loki, and Kevin Bacon have to do with it? In the Science Holes: Georgia talks about a viral Facebook post that c…

Ep. - 1763 - BEHIND THE SCENES OF FOOTLOOSE WITH SCREENWRITER DEAN PITCHFORD

Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford joins Kate to discuss writing the screenplay and co-writing the songs for Footloose. He shares how an Oklahoma town's dancing ban inspired the film, the casting of Kevin Bacon, Rob Lowe's audition injury, and why the final dance sequence had to be reshot. Dean al…

Flatliners (1990) - S17 E134

Welcome back to Shoot the Hostage, the movie podcast where hosts Sarah and Dan unpack cinema eight themed films at a time! For the 4th episode in our “After Death” season, we are dissecting director Joel Schumacher’s sleek 1990 gothic medical thriller, Flatliners – a film Sarah fondly remembers fro…

The Geometry of Just About Everything

What does Pixar, snow shoveling, and AI have in common? Geometry. At MIT CSAIL, Prof. Justin Solomon puts geometry at the center of his research, and it’s a lot more than shapes and angles. He explains how the same mathematical ideas can help self-driving cars recognize pedestrians, make computer g…

B&S Movies - Diner- Mitch Teich And Tom Schuler

This week, longtime guests and cycling experts, Tom Schuler and Mitch Teich join us for a movie review as we take a look at the 1982 film Diner! Mitch picked the movie and we chat about why he considers it the inaugural hangout movie, its classic Baltimore setting from director Barry Levinson, and …

A Strip Club, Chili Dogs & Kevin Bacon

Nashville has given me some stories. This episode I’m sharing some of those adventures along with stories from Jen Schott and Heather Morgan at my Listening Room residency.

1058: Oz Mentalist, 6 Degrees of Hollywood, & Animal Feelings

We hear about Susie and Sarah's reunion, and share tales from their Denver adventures. We discuss how losing your ID and/or phone is a miserable experience, and reminded us the importance of memorizing phone numbers. Sarah says her (deceased) grandma came to visit her. Susie discusses a podcast abo…

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles": Goodpain presents The Tell Show, Ep. No. 02 | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S03E12

What does it mean to lose control of your schedule, surrender your certainty, and discover that home is found in the mess of human connection? In this Thanksgiving installment of The Tell Show, hosts Heidi and Tyler break down John Hughes’s 1987 holiday classic, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Sta…