Podcasts by Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
Shag carpeting, talking dogs, grizzly bears and Emilio Pucci commercials. Jim Nolan has encountered them all and survived. These stories, most of which first aired on WBFO Public Radio in Buffalo, relate how his love for his hometown and family was able to overcome the obstacles they set in his way, for example, his father's scrambled eggs and offer to reveal "the secret of math." Warm-hearted and hilarious, Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry captures a city and era full of eccentricities, hidden dangers and the best local food east of Kansas City.
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Smokey the Talking Dog 19 from 2011-10-11T17:11:07
In which I recount my favorite sounds in “Now Hear This;” my not-so-unique talent for snow...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 18 from 2011-10-03T14:13:03
In which I recount the pain of losing to my son in “Madden 12, Dad 0,” and discuss my unabashed passion for potato chips,...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 17 from 2011-09-26T18:02:37
In which we learn about my grandmother’s scrapbook from 1929, now falling apart...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 16 from 2011-09-19T16:54
A special podcast for those who, like me, believe the holidays can never come too early: “Reindeer on the Roof” and “Happ...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 15 from 2011-09-12T17:44
In which we learn about my grandmother’s scrapbook from 1929, now falling apart, in “Scrapbooking...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 14 from 2011-09-07T19:09
Smokey the Talking Dog 13 from 2011-09-01T20:18
Listen to "May 28, 1917," an essay about my uncle, Lt. John V. Curry. He died in the first big U.S. engage...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 12 from 2011-08-25T20:43
In which I admit to occasionally--okay, frequently--lying to my children, in "Pants on Fire"; and take great pride in my "Three Typewriters."
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Smokey the Talking Dog 11 from 2011-08-25T20:32
In which I discuss my "Bittersweet Memories" of defoliation; and my concerns about my children's deathly nicknames for me, in "Dad, By Any Other Name."
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Smokey the Talking Dog 10 from 2011-08-22T17:53:56
In which I describe "A History of the World in 1 Object," with apologies to the BBC and British Museum; and remember the gustatory joy the neighborhood dogs once experienced on garbage day, in "...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 09 from 2011-08-18T15:36
In which I describe "My New Mentor, Sir Topham Hatt" of Thomas the Tank Engine fame; and bemoan the nightly "Battle of the Blankets" soon to begin again with the commencement of cooler weather.
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Smokey the Talking Dog 08 from 2011-08-08T14:17:47
In which I describe the perils of the rope tow, exceeded only by the T-Bar; and examine a 1946 newsletter from Pratt & Lambert Paints in Buffalo, NY, where my grandfather worked for 40 years.
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Smokey the Talking Dog 07 from 2011-08-01T13:58:20
In which I try to unload unwanted heirlooms on the rest of the family, including the life-size portrait of Uncle Elias; and describe ...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 06 from 2011-07-28T20:36
In which I discuss my wife's longing for A (Bath) Room of Her Own; and my mother's devotion to an unusual children's birthday game called "Bang the Pot" (which is not unusual in Germany). You ca...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 05 from 2011-07-11T13:03:37
Mamma Mia! that's a bad movie. My take on England's most popular flick ever; and a celebration of Buffalo...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 04 from 2011-06-27T17:43
The last and final podcast of Jim Nolan's humorous Buffalo stories, including the history of the world's coolest barbeque (seen only in Buffalo and atop skyscrapers), an encounter with a grizzly...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 03 from 2011-06-27T17:42
The penultimate episode of this humorous podcast series considers the world's greatest outlawed yard game, the author's unfortunate run-in with Cujo, and why Emilio Pucci, like Windsong perfume,...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 02 from 2011-06-27T17:40
Here revealed once and for all is the secret of math, or my father's version of it; advice to recent high school graduates from the Buffalo Central High Class of 1912; my father's recipe for vul...
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Smokey the Talking Dog 01 from 2011-06-27T15:41
A collection of humorous essays including my parents' experiment with going over Niagara Falls in a 30-foot Chris Craft cabin cruiser; my father's inexplicable outbust that led to a major fast f...
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