WINNETKA: A Memoir Podcast
1) 10. Corrections
While going through our father’s files after the funeral, Sam finds stunning information about Dad’s ancestry that bounces crazily off of our mother’s. But Dad had altered his legacy. Also, his overt ...Show More
2) Bonus Episode: A Preface To Revelation
Dad's presence would be more keenly felt after the revelations that followed his funeral...
3) 9. The Ice Storm
I regret missing Woodstock, and resolve to tune in, turn on and drop out. Soon, all but one of us have left or been expelled from school. Dad melts down, then rebounds and moves his family to New York...Show More
4) Bonus Story: Drug Reboot
You really want to smoke pot? It's strong as f**k these days!
5) 8. Strange Land
Just as Papa Harper dies of alcoholism, Dad gets promoted and moves his reluctant family to the east coast. Billy and Diana and I go to college, seeking sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, while the younger ...Show More
6) Bonus Story: What We Wore
You could just hear their golf clubs rattle as their parents realized their daughters were sleeping with hippies.
7) 7. Faith
JFK’s assassination in ‘62 marks a sea change. I lose faith, while big sister Diana finds it, and marches for civil rights. My brothers commit a string of petty crimes, and Billy becomes the first to ...Show More
8) Bonus Story: Dancing School
I had crossed a threshold, and Mom was on the other side.
9) 6. Survival
By 1962, my little brothers emulate their father’s work ethic while they fear his unpredictable rages. But the Cuban Missile Crisis makes us aware of greater dangers in the world outside our home.
10) Bonus Story: Colorado
As was customary in our family, I opted out of confrontation in favor of the harbor-resentment-for-life plan.