A collection of vignettes written while sitting with my Dad over his last few months. Happy Father's Day, everyone.

A years-long ebay quest for a specific cap has me wondering why we hang on to negative stories. Plus, a mini-history of the long defunct Cleveland Barons and the kind of shit that went down on school buses in the 1970s and 80s.

Ebay Auction Listing (now expired):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1970s-NHL-Cleveland-Barons-Winter-Knit-Hat-Hockey/323966571446

Music and SFX Credits

• Intro and interstitials by Brian Hake
• Additional Interstitials by Kevin Davison
• "I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
• "I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison
• "I Will Be There For You" by Alibi, licensed via podcastmusic.com

SFX sourced from Freesound.org, including:

• Sounds of Winter Jacket rustling by rightaway: https://freesound.org/people/rightaway/sounds/394026/
• Scratchy Record by bone66638 https://freesound.org/people/bone666138/sounds/198855/

Hi! I’m Pete. I’m a middle-class father of two who lives in the comfortable ‘burbs of Central Ohio.

Most of my life takes place within this suburban bubble, a fact that I’m never more aware of than when a Presidential election rolls around and Ohio is overrun with candidates and pundits all speaking about an electorate that I don't recognize.

And I want to change that.

This is Ohio 2020 is a both a podcast and a documentary film project chronicling my efforts to escape my bubble in the year leading up to the 2020 election, to meet and interview my fellow Buckeyes from all walks of life – especially those most different from my own. I want to hear your stories: how you grew up and came to be the person you are today. And I want to understand how those stories influence how you think politically.

The portrait of the Buckeye electorate that we create is one that begins in the personal and leads to the political.

You can subscribe to This is Ohio 2020 now, wherever you get your podcasts.

Music:
"Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/