In this episode: Eloy Escagedo’s quest to lose weight and get into shape after taking some less than flattering family pictures. Mark Lindsay relates his experiences in basic training, going from very little athletic activity to full blown Army Physical Training. They then discuss some of the more bizarre phobias, and end up with a…
Author and poet Edgar Allan Poe is the topic of this episode. But there are a lot of twists in the discussion, including Sylvester Stallone’s connection to the author. This is a really entertaining episode of Trampled Underfoot Podcast. Famous and historical figures like Poe, Van Gogh, and many more who didn’t make a penny…
This week we put on our exploration hats, and strike out for adventure! We get into the romanticized image of the Old American West, and look at our perception of the time versus reality. We take apart the sanitized version of the Old West that was fed to us by movies, radio, and TV, then…
Shining Like a National Guitar – Episode 76 The imagery that lyrics invoke in songs can be very powerful. They can take us back in time to the place we first heard them. They’re like an anchor or placeholder in a way, if you think about it. Lyrics set to music can also launch us…
Strange titles for songs, poetry, and our podcast. Why? Well… we don’t know, but we spend a little time talking about the topic. We talk about the lifetimes of our grandparents and all of the events that happened around them, and the inventions that came along as the world shaped itself into the modern era.…
New Year’s fireworks and celebrations are a little different in Miami, Florida, and Medford, Oregon. In Miami, the sounds of congas in the distance can be heard all around. Meanwhile, in Oregon, they start shooting off illegal fireworks early in the day, and continue all the way up to midnight. Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo…
“If you listen to the music, it will go through certain cycles…” – Lindsay “It was a town surrounded by fields, farmlands…” – Escagedo “You have to really plan ahead if you’re going to do something on the shady side…” – Lindsay “And some were waterworn, rotted…” – Escagedo What are they talking about? Well,…
What was the most memorable Christmas you had growing up? In this episode, Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo talk about their Christmas memories. They then go off on a few tangents, and get into more fun conversations on too many different subjects. Spend some time with them as they continue the Trampled Underfoot tradition of…
In this episode, everyone in this world has had stubbed a toe, taken a fall, and banged their head. Humans tend to be accident-prone. These incidents started when we were kids and we remember them well. Thank goodness these types of mishaps are the exception and not the rule! In this episode of The Trampled…
In this episode, what are the songs that you grew up with? The ones you consider classics and have stuck with you ever since? In this episode Mark Lindsay poses the question to Eloy Escagedo; If you were trying to describe the music you grew up with to someone unfamiliar with rock music, what songs…