Send us a text The Bucks interview Agnes Schipper, journalist, lawyer, mother, grandmother, daughter of a survivor. Listen as Agnes tells the story of her mother as a young girl in the 1930s-40s as she and her family are forced to flee Germany to escape capture by the Nazis. Sabine hides in nine different locations in Holland and England and fears she has been discovered when a strange man comes to the door looking for her. You can find the hard copy of Sabine's Odyssey here . Or here . We think...
Nov 17, 2023•37 min•Ep. 161
Send us a text VV1 a.k.a. Judith K. wonders whether movie trailers tell too much now. What do you think? Del expresses concern over the diminishing population of Rice's Whales in the Gul f. Another species will bite the dust but the boats won't have to slow down. He wonders what species we would want to disappear. Judith and Dave have answers. Judith reviews The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson. Highly recommended read on Great Britain and Churchill in the early years of WW2. This is an impo...
Nov 10, 2023•33 min•Ep. 160
Send us a text Pat Hays discusses his book, Silicon Planet:My Life in Computer Chips . It is available at Amazon and many other bookseller outlets. Pat talks about his career and the phenomenal growth of the chip industry. The last chapter of the book covers his analysis of the Boeing 737 Max issue. Will AI [artificial intelligence] be able to design chips? Maybe, according to fellow chip wizard Bill Dally of NVIDIA. Did you know the Apple M1 chip has 57 billion, that's with a B, transistors? As...
Nov 03, 2023•43 min•Ep. 159
Send us a text Bruce Rettig, author of Refraction , told us his book has now won eight awards and an excerpt is nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Go, Bruce! We lost Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers. Give a SHOUT Del endorses the return of cursive writing in California. Dave, a leftie, was tortured by cursive writing class in grade school. A pox upon you, P.O. Peterson. Del does NOT endorse the practice of quarterbacks l icking their fingers between every play. Dave saw Killers of the Summer M...
Oct 27, 2023•30 min•Ep. 158
Send us a text Del reminisces over his baseball days and wants a new glove but won't spring for the $500. Somebody send this boy a glove. Alert listener Lucy warns us of Jumping Worms, the nightcrawler's angry cousin from Asia. Another invasive species upsetting the apple cart. Lucy just stomps them. Dave reviews Machine Learning by Hugh Howey , a collection of short and not so short stories about aliens, artificial intelligence, and all things dystopian. Lots of food for thought here. Dave also...
Oct 20, 2023•41 min•Ep. 157
Send us a text Bucks discuss listener inputs on last week's topic of a sedentary lifestyle. Here's a link to more on the topic. Bucks stress the importance of having friends in your life. A rocket was launched today for 16 Psyche, a metallic asteroid that may tell us more about the earth's core. Get ready for a ring of fire tomorrow, Oct. 14 as an annular eclipse sweeps across parts of the US, including Roswell, NM. Del sees this as landing time for the aliens. Back from Benno. Scientists got th...
Oct 13, 2023•30 min•Ep. 156
Send us a text Good luck to anyone who had a birthday on Oct 2-Supermoon Day. Beams from the Bucks. Dave reviews a Wash Post article showing that people who are sedentary ten hours a day have a statistically higher chance of getting dementia, heart disease, and other illnesses. The article refers to the JAMA source. Speaking of illnesses, Del is recovering from what he calls a UVF- and Unknown Viral Fenomenon, Dave reminds him the last word begins with a P as in phenomenon. The Bucks gloat over ...
Oct 07, 2023•41 min•Ep. 155
Send us a text Del again determines he is old but not too old to eat a belly buster pizza. Del continues to be stymied by bed etiquette and Dave still doesn't get it. Dave gets a terrible haircut and offers a Public Service Announcement. Dave visits the National Aviary and the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, both in Pittsburgh. Both highly recommended. But why is there a sloth at the aviary? Del's wife, a bank employee, gives him a lesson on bank fraud. Discovering it, not committing it. Giv...
Sep 27, 2023•31 min•Ep. 154
Send us a text Life gets in the way sometimes, even for the Two Old Bucks. This is our shortest episode ever but we'll be back next week with more fascinating adventure stories for you. Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two Old Bucks on Facebook and YouTube Leave a Voice message - click HERE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?...
Sep 22, 2023•6 min•Ep. 153
Send us a text Tahoe Toogee, featured in our last episode, was a huge hit. Folks want to hear more from Toogee. Who else knew a bear could decide how many cubs she would bear? Dave announces an auction of the art collection of Jean-Luc Montois. Dave interviewed him in Episode 141 . Take a look at his collection HERE . It is amazing. Del recounts being a witness to a low speed fender bender that probably resulted in a total loss to one car and a quadrupling of the driver's insurance rates. Florid...
Sep 15, 2023•32 min•Ep. 152
Send us a text The Bucks get educated by Toogee Sielsch, probably the world's leading authority on urbanized black bears. Tahoe Toogee, as he's called, has lived in the Tahoe area for forty years and has participated in hundreds of active bear evictions/aversions. He also has over a thousand hours of training in rehabbing rescued black bears. Toogee has been featured in a BBC wildlife documentary, an NPR podcast, and was the field guide for Corey Arnold, a National Geographic photographer workin...
Sep 08, 2023•46 min•Ep. 151
Send us a text Del reports from on the scene of Hurricane Idalia. Dave follows with some tornado news. [ Note that Dave's audio is below-par and will remain this way for the next several episodes] . Do not try to adjust your set. For the main feature of our sesquicentennial episode, we welcome back Frank Young who was with us for episode 135 to discuss his book, 47 Aerogrammes. Listen as Frank talks about life in the US foreign service and shares some of his most memorable and very personal expe...
Sep 01, 2023•50 min•Ep. 150
Send us a text The Bucks welcome back Bridey Thelen-Heidel and Bruce Rettig, two Lake Tahoe authors who shared their thoughts on their books with us early in the year. If you want to hear the original interviews, Bridey was episode 118 and Bruce was episode 125 . Bridey talked about the off-Broadway show in which she performed and also gave us the good news that her book, tentatively titled Bright Eyes, will be published August 27, 2024. You can check out her work at her blog, Bright Eyes. Bride...
Aug 25, 2023•39 min•Ep. 149
Send us a text Del highly recommends Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra. What do you think? Del has a craving for Sriracha Sauce but is unable to find the real thing for less than $42 so he buys a cheap imitation. Again, you get what you pay for. Listen to the link for the real story. Bucks apparently lose their Vintage Vixen copyright battle according to VV1. We're still first in our minds. Dave takes on a suitcase combination lock and loses. But his wife wins so all is well. Get well w...
Aug 18, 2023•27 min•Ep. 148
Send us a text Alert Vixen Mimi finds Vintage Vixen jeans for sale. Our legal department is on the case, filing copyright infringement charges. We're coming for you, Bann's Boutique. RIP Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter extrordinaire with The Band. Music from Big Pink was a landmark album. Listen to The Weight from their documentary The Last Waltz . It doesn't get any better than this. Several listeners claim to have seen aliens, know aliens or perhaps be aliens. Dave suggests trees ...
Aug 11, 2023•38 min•Ep. 147
Send us a text VV1 reminds us that Kecksburg, PA was invaded by a UFO in 1965. G-Men said it was a meteorite as they carted it off. Here's the rest of the story. A tip of the antlers to Pee Wee Herman , who grew up in Sarasota. He was one of a kind. Del notes that robotics are now being used to fight the dreaded Lantern Fly. Del badgers Cap'n Jim into telling him another sea story after badgering him about sailing ships. Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two Old Bucks on Facebook...
Aug 04, 2023•41 min•Ep. 146
Send us a text Del reflects on the state of the planet, the hottest month ever, and global boiling. Del discusses Unidentified Aerial Fenomena [UAFs] or something spelled similarly. Marjorie Taylor Greene interrupts House hearings to make a call to her home planet Zotoz. They refuse to take her back. In a Faustian bargain, Del's wife agrees to take care of him and protect him from UFOs if only he would shut up. Dave may need a new Buck. Birthday wishes to Mick at 80 and a much younger VV Jean, a...
Jul 29, 2023•35 min•Ep. 145
Send us a text Met Marie, an interesting person who works at Nyt restaurant in Tromsø. Made us great omelets, talked about her life, her father who is an ethnic Sami [indigenous people], and lives in North Cape/ Nordkapp , the northernmost point of continental Europe. Spectacular pizza at Casa Inferno in Tromsø. Definitely top three all-time. Bodø [pop. 50,000] is where the U2 spy planes refueled. Short flight to Svolvaer in the Lofoten Island s [pop. 4700]. Dave almost gets stuck at the airport...
Jul 22, 2023•39 min
Send us a text Dave flies from Brussels to Oslo via Helsinki and takes a train into town where he crashes at the hotel after a 9pm dinner. They didn't tell him a band was setting up and playing from 10 pm to 3 am, possibly outside his door. The next morning it is back to the train station for a 6.5 hour ride to Trondheim. Train ride was beautiful, gaining elevation to cross the mountain range and the back down to sea level in Trondheim. From Trondheim, Dave boards the Hurtigruten Polarlys runnin...
Jul 14, 2023•31 min•Ep. 143
Send us a text Paul Tregouet, another St. Omer angel, pinch hits for an under-the-weather Dave and delivers a very personal and bittersweet set of interviews at Mary Meaney's house with several of the Ukrainian women who fled with their children to France when the war began. Yulia is an accountant and lawyer, Olga is an accountant, and Dasha is a journalist and media creator. They talk about the hurdles they faced in being uprooted from their professions and communities and learning to adapt to ...
Jul 07, 2023•36 min•Ep. 142
Send us a text Notes to come... Give us your thoughts: [email protected] Find Two Old Bucks on Facebook and YouTube Leave a Voice message - click HERE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
Jun 30, 2023•27 min•Ep. 141
Send us a text Leita talks to us about joining the Peace Corps at age fifty-five and spending three years in a village in Senegal, "where the Sahara meets the Atlantic." She shares some of her experiences there and reads an excerpt from her book, Roller Skating in the Deser t , which is currently out of print but may be available through book resellers such as Abe Books. Leita also discusses winning the Lilian Carter Award in 2017 and meeting Jimmy Carter. Leita promises to come back to talk abo...
Jun 23, 2023•40 min
Send us a text As The Bucks are both traveling in different directions over the next two weeks, We've recorded this early and are bringing you a reprise of three 2022 episodes. The first is from the Nov. 24, 2022 episode where Del instructs us in the fine art of folding fitted sheets. Next, Dave admits to impatience in checkout lines from the May 19, 2022 episode Finally, we hear a clip from our first live show where OB George tells us about transporting dead people. You'll die laughing. Ouch! N...
Jun 16, 2023•21 min•Ep. 139
Send us a text We interview Mary Bencivenga, longtime friend of Dave and his wife. Mary tells stories about growing up Catholic in a big Italian family. Plus, she gives some useful tips on ironing. Mary will be back to tell more stories so if you have any questions, send us a note at the email address below or send us a voice message. In other news, Joel sent us a picture of his Matador wagon. Let us know if you want one. We got some medical advice on cotton ball removal from "Dr D", someone who...
Jun 09, 2023•37 min•Ep. 138
Send us a text Del offers a cautionary tale about crossing the street in Florida. Bucks discuss feedback on Valentin, Joel, Frank and more. Dave plugs Lessons from the Edge by Marie Yovanovich, which he is now reading. Del is stumped as to why HBO would change their name to MAX. So are a lot of other people. Del offers critical advice on how to take the cotton ball out of a jar of aspirin. Too much time on his hands? Maybe, but still a true story. Dave lauds the Succession finale and lauds himse...
Jun 02, 2023•34 min•Ep. 137
Send us a text Valentin, whom we've talked about before on TOB, joins us to share his story of growing up in Russia, living in East Germany for awhile, getting a good degree and a good job, and marrying his sweetheart, only to see Russia evolving into something else under Putin. In 2013-2014 he began formulating a plan to leave the country and eventually was able to do it. Listen to one man's story. Val also, amazingly, stumped Del in a round of Stump the Buck. Last week's episode with Frank You...
May 26, 2023•45 min•Ep. 136
Send us a text The Bucks interview Frank J. Young, a retired career foreign service officer who wrote a book about his sophomore year in college spent in India. The title is 47 Aerogrammes - A Passage Through India 1969-1970. I t is a beautiful coming-of-age story about his experiences, his learnings, the wonderful people he met at every turn, and immersion in a foreign culture in ways that shaped the person he would become. You can buy a copy at the usual places: Amazon , or Barnes & Noble ...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 135
Send us a text Dave recount his Cinco de Mayo dinner with Judge Clarence Jones and his wife Maureen. Judge Clarence Thomas the Disgraced was NOT in the building. The Joneses love listening to our podcast even though the content is mindless according to Maureen. She's got a point there. Afterward they all people -watched at the excellent Ukrainian coffee shop in town. Del and Jim somehow missed the coronation of King Charles while Dave, never a fan of the dysfunctional royal family, admitted to w...
May 12, 2023•37 min•Ep. 134
Send us a text Del and Dave try to stump each other. Mama Mia. Dave's cardiologist offers him Concierge Service, where he will pay a premium for things like actually getting his calls returned. Dave sticks with the overpriced standard service. Del wants to borrow Dave's cardio monitor for a day to see if they can tell the difference. Del struggles with AI [ Antiquated Intelligence] as he tries to order from am machine at McDonalds. Then his pants fall down. Dave plugs the podcast THE REST IS HIS...
May 06, 2023•36 min•Ep. 133
Send us a text The Bucks have a successful coffee encounter with no car crashes or falls. Dave recounts a kitchen adventure. Del gives the movie John Wick: Chapter 4 two thumbs up and Dave again promises to watch it even though he won't. Guns, shooting, blood, death-defying stunts...and that's what Del encountered before he even got in the theatre. Dave gives 2 of 5 stars to Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley. Dave loves his short stories but found this to be over-the-top silly. His fans love it, tho...
Apr 28, 2023•37 min•Ep. 132
