TWO OLD BUCKS

TWO OLD BUCKS

Author: David and Del Language: English Episodes: 100
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.
Episodes
145: Global Boiling, Del vs. U-EPh-Os, Almost Old, Two Good Books [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:39
Send 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 h…
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…