207: Del & Amor Towles, Flamboyance, Conclaves and Republics, Scary Spoon, Hearing Doug

207: Del & Amor Towles, Flamboyance, Conclaves and Republics, Scary Spoon, Hearing Doug

Author: David and Del November 19, 2024 Duration: 34:36
Send a text Our trailer on YouTube Del meets Amor Towles at a book signing and asks him if he can be a gentleman in Moscow, too. Dave reads the best ever book opening,, and on thermodynamics, no less. Del and THE WIFE see Conclave and learn how to elect a Pope. Political intrigue ensues. Dave talks about the lifespan of republics. Can't happen here, though. Dave gets shingles again. But he still enjoyed the James Museum in St. Pete. Superman Terry pays the Bucks a visit and electromec...

Join David and Del, two long-time friends with a shared history of curiosity, as they navigate the strange and familiar territories of modern life in their podcast, TWO OLD BUCKS. This isn't a structured lecture or a frantic news recap; it's the sound of two companions thinking out loud, pulling threads from society, arts, books, and culture to see what unravels. You'll hear the easy rhythm of a deep friendship, where a documentary film might lead to a personal memory, which then sparks a commentary on something read years ago. The perspective is uniquely theirs-a blend of earned wisdom and a refusal to take anything, including themselves, too seriously. Expect conversations that are frequently thoughtful and sometimes whimsical, sporadically funny, and invariably insightful. They examine the world through cataract-clouded eyes, which seems to grant them a focus on what actually matters, even if, as they admit, sometimes they're not quite sure. Listening to this podcast feels like sitting in on a great talk between two explorers who have seen a lot but haven't lost their taste for the journey.
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144: Dave Does Norway-Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:41
Send 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, t…
143: Dave's Adventures in Norway [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:44
Send 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…
137: Cross the Street, Lessons and PSAs, MAX?, Succession, Bliss [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:27
Send 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…
136: Interview with Valentin, a Russian Who Left His Country [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:34
Send 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…