Ryan McNeil
Runtime
57 minutes
Show Contents
0:00 Introduction
1:36 The New Slang: BLITZ with guest Odie Henderson
Thoughts from your host…
In my introduction of this episode, I mention how the holidays are about spending time with people you haven’t seen in a moment. As I sit here and write this, I’m coming down from spending a weekend catching-up with dear friends I hadn’t talked to in months
It’s a beautiful feeling … and all the same, one that’s bittersweet.
Why does it take a holiday for us to spend time with each-other? True that we’re busy, but how did we all get so busy that we couldn’t find a little bit more time for each-other?
I don’t want to sound disappointed or sad – every moment that I get to spend talking with anyone I care about is a moment well-spent. I guess I just wish sometimes that we didn;t have to wait for the holidays to share thoughts and feelings between sips of coffee.
Like I say – bittersweet, but then again, my favourite holiday songs and films all have a touch of sadness to cut the merriment.
Perhaps that’s just the nature of the holidays as we get older – and if that’s the case, I promise that I won’t linger on the bitter…and instead say how grateful I am for the sweet.
Links Mentioned on Episode 338:
Odie’s book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras published by Abrams
Odie’s review of Blitz at The Boston Globe (paysite)
Odie’s review of Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Ana Gasteyer’s holiday song that I reference in the intro
Odie’s BlueSky can be found here. Comments and feedback are welcome and thank you very much for listening.
Enjoy!
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