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Shortly after my mother’s funeral, my father and I started having weekly calls where we’ve been discussing family folklore, life lessons, and times past. Of my father’s 8 children, I am likely the one furthest from his political, theological, and personal life views, and yet each week we talk, and occasionally we post those conversations here.
Episodes
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Adam and Dad regale us with tales of mountain lions, bears, and the old Utah mountains. If you ever wanted to know what happened on those week-long 70-mile scouting trips, this is that conversation.
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Conversation 12: On backyards and satellites
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Stephen Hixon joins us to discuss what it was like coming over to the Poppletons. We spend most of the time in the old Brower backyard, but detour a bit to argue ice skating scores and east coast basketball feeds.
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Conversation 11: On loneliness
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Megan joined us this week to discuss loneliness. We discuss Pa and what his loneliness looked like, Megan as the youngest of eight children and five years from her closest sibling, and a poem written for Judie.
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Conversation 10: Firstborns and runaways
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Desiree and Tauni join us to discuss the chaos that was being the oldests. We talk early days, running away, cousin Julie, and take a moment at the end to listen to one of Travis' favorite poems -- "In Just" by e e cummings.
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Conversation 09: When we write music
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Abigail and Chip join us this conversation to discuss music, what it means, why we write it, and the influences that drive us to create. Our first introduction to the grandkids on my favorite ninth episode of a magic podcast.
Saturday Dec 21, 2024
Conversation 08: Look into the mirror
Saturday Dec 21, 2024
Saturday Dec 21, 2024
Where we discuss the song "Look Into the Mirror," 2024, and the value of grief.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Conversation 07: A ghost never leaves a haunted house
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tauni, Heather, Adam, Rachel, Ethan, and Megan join us to discuss what it was like to grow up in a haunted house. This is only half the conversation, and hopefully we release the rest soon.
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Conversation 06: What are we known for and what would we change
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
"Light and Darkness" is a poem Merlyn Poppleton wrote as a way to remind his grandchildren to always choose the right. We discuss that poem and the choices we make both as parents and as kids, with Adam Poppleton finally here to tell his side of the VW bus story.

Ye Old Magic
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