Grownups Are Lucky

Jason Porter, author of the novel Why Are You So Sad?, brings you a new story every week, each about two minutes in length, because who has time for anything longer than that?

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Episodes

Manage

Life is a long slog leading up to the enviable retirement where we hold our partners hand while listening to the soft sounds of landscaped idyll .

Sep 09, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 34

Relax

Being told to relax is not relaxing.

Sep 02, 2019•3 min•Season 2Ep. 33

Brake

Traffic is a condition. Cars are not people. Roads are not for people. People run out of gas. People are not cars. Roads are not metaphors for life. Life is always eventually over.

Aug 26, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 32

Tickle

You never know which new buzzing current may or may not be responsible for your recent loss of eyelashes.

Aug 19, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 31

Surf

The television viewing couch is a place where things sometimes almost never happen.

Aug 12, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 30

Knife

If this podcast doesn’t cut your dinner preparation time in half we’ll give you your money back no questions asked.

Aug 05, 2019•5 min•Season 2Ep. 29

Teach

Kyle has gone and learned stuff in places we prefer he not reside unless it is to buy us some tax free paper towels and batteries.

Jul 29, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 28

Linger

Embracing one’s inner old man is an often neglected opportunity and privilege.

Jul 23, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 27

Care

The secret to what makes robots such good listeners is that they don’t have to listen.

Jul 15, 2019•3 min•Season 2Ep. 26

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