Listen "Episode 41 - It's Not A Goodbye, It's A See You Later"
Episode Synopsis
Show Intro: Aj dedicates Episode 41 to his late grandfather, Thaddeus "Ted" Szotko. 1:30: Grandad Bourbon and grandad Szotko's favorite drink. 3:17: Drinking just a LITTLE too much church wine. 4:41: Natty Ice guy. 6:32: Drinking grandpas Baileys and Wang take a sip of grandma's "apple juice." 8:00: Janet Mohr convinces Aj not to drink black coffee, and Wang's grandpa reads the paper and sips on his coffee and ridiculous hours of the morning. 9:24: The Grand Rapids Press lost a valued customer and the joy of Aj's grandpa when he saw him in the Grand Rapids Advance. 12:35: Trying to zoom call grandpa. 13:45: Going to polka dances and how to polka - "Like a gangster two-step with a hop." 15:07: Playing spoons with grandpa in the Pulaski Day Parade. 17:51: The drunker you get, the better you feel - so eat your beans in every meal? 19:25: Grandpa chillin' in heaven and how grandparents can talk until they are blue in the face. 20:59: Wartime stories and the questions Aj wishes he could've asked. 22:19: Children (our grandparents) being sent to war and how life today is as good as it has ever been. 25:15: Wang's grandpa worked as a mechanic during the Vietnam war and the lasting effects of PTSD. 30:13: The difference with Vietnam. 31:40: Desperate times call for desperate measures. 33:13: Governments have the capability of destroying the whole world. 34:02: Grandpa Ben teaches young Wang how to go to his "happy place" and the loneliness of having a spouse die. 35:50: Maintaining a positive attitude through disease and death... finding your peace with the inevitable. 40:22: Find what you like to do and just do it. 41:28: The time West Catholic High School gave aj's grandparents the #1 Fans Award for being tailgating legends and attending every single Falcon football game. 44:30: Wang's grandpa Mort helped build the Mackinac Bridge. 45:05: Aj's challenge to himself and how people react to different things differently. 46:53: Aj recalls saying goodbye to his grandpa. 49:20: It's not goodbye; it's see you later. 50:20: Aj is getting closure with his grandfather and how much that means. 53:07: We don't have any conception of death until we face it. 56:17: You never know the right words until it's too late. 58:21: Grandparents and their infinite knowledge. 1:00.42: Receipts from the '70s and Aj forgetting grandpa's receipt. 1:04.25: Grandpa Szotko tries to make his grandson drive him to the hardware store just to save 79 cents. 1:06.53: Sorting through allllllll the stuff. 1:12.00: Give your family something to listen to forever. 1:15.10: Show wrap up, and Aj talks to gramps one last time.
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