Best Chris Crofton Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 188: Undo Your Whole Childhood by Breathing Funny for Ten Minutes a Day! 1:22:07

1d ago1:22:07

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WE NEED A COLD BREW SPONSOR! A sailboat named "188." Bringing your A-game to the blog roll! ALSO: The truth is defintely not what people are interested in. PLUS: The dangerous hypocrisy of evangelical Christians, and a song of the week from John Cale!!!! John Cale - "NIGHT CRAWLING": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50X3_OpXZWg Cold Brew Patreon: Pa…

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Episode 187: Let Them Eat Milton Friedman 1:39:41

10d ago1:39:41

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"The Shock Doctrine" arrives in America. Now Americans have some idea of how Chileans felt in the 1970s. ALSO: Chris is still mad at Ezra Klein. PLUS: Zoloft VS one's sex drive. A song of the week from Sophia Corinne. Sophia Corinne - "Nursing the Wound": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pWjFwW1kcQ Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channe…

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Episode 186: Self-help in the Time of Cholera 1:24:52

14d ago1:24:52

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Greg vs naval radar. ALSO: Chris's ketamine update! Every economist is a corrupt clown. PLUS: The new Advice King, and a song of the week from Bruce Springsteen!! P.S. The comedy show already happened (Monday 4/21). Bruce Springsteen - "Blind Spot": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55xRLL3oSIE Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonf…

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Cold Brew Conversations VI: Author/Filmmaker Alex R. Johnson 1:17:48

17d ago1:17:48

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A conversation with one of my closest friends - writer, director, and now AUTHOR of the new book "Brooklyn Motto," Alex Johnson. Here are some links where you can purchase the book, watch his acclaimed feature film "Two Step" - as well as a beautiful short film ("Thanksgiving") Alex directed starring...ME. Plus, videos Alex directed for songs of mi…

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32: All-American Autism 14:15

21d ago14:15

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Robert F Kennedy Jr, our new HHS secretary held his first press conference yesterday and I have some thoughts. Here is a short documentary on Nazi treatment of disabled people during WWII

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Episode 185: Ketamine Meet-and-Greet 1:31:13

24d ago1:31:13

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Is the music industry truly "elevating" anyone if they're not paying them? ALSO: Ketamine update: everyone in the building has seen Chris freak out! PLUS: Blue Origin's celebrity passengers probably forget to look out the window, and a song of the week by Chris Crofton, Albert Hickman and Taylor Jones. Steve Martin - the stock martket bit (from "Co…

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Episode 184: Abundance?! How About We Start With...THE BARE MINIMUM 1:14:33

25d ago1:14:33

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Chris and Greg discuss the wrestling weight class of #CBGML. ALSO: An honest appraisal of a world (less than) half-empty. PLUS: A song of the week from Junior Kimbrough!! Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.comBy Chris Crofton

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Episode 183: Out-of-hand Amounts of Animosity Toward Political Consultants 1:24:14

1M ago1:24:14

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"The show now weighs as much as a small man - 183 lbs" -Greg ALSO: "I would not want to have sex with Marco Rubio" -Chris PLUS: "Balancing the budget" is code for violence againt the most vulnerable. A beautiful, upbeat song of the week from Frightened Rabbit!!! Frightened Rabbit - "I Feel Better": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooDZKpzb0T4 Cold B…

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31: Lessons in Leadership 16:03

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I wanted to share a particularly relevant leadership lesson I learned early on in my career. Find me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠IG⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you want to help the show, please follow/rate/review on your podcatcher of choice. It helps more people find us.

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30: Empty Words From Empty People 26:41

2M ago26:41

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There is a lot of noise out there, a lot of people trying to sell you answers they don't believe in. This week, I talk about some things I have seen recently that reminded me of the importance of the words we say and how we present ourselves.

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Episode 182: Curtis Yarvin and the Myth of the Benevolent Monarch 1:19:56

2M ago1:19:56

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Is Curtis Yarvin smart?? Of course not lol. ALSO: The deadly, juvenile dreams of the right wing. PLUS: Bill Burr rises to the occasion! A song of the week from Wintersleep! Wintersleep - "Amerika": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yik5P7Gcf2c Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com…

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Episode 181: The Mailman is F*cked Now That Every Building Looks the Same 1:38:13

2M ago1:38:13

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The President's caddy is inspecting beef. ALSO: Some guy who thinks he's Captain Ahab is building the shiniest building in Tennesee. PLUS: The Crofton Brush Company, and a song of the week from Talk Talk!!! Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G42rmPvbbU Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonficti…

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Episode 180: Let Them Eat Both-Sides Journalism 1:12:10

2M ago1:12:10

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Chris explains why he's not a professional audio engineer.Greg explains what happened in the Zelenskyy meeting. ALSO: Greg explains both-sides journalism. PLUS: A song of the week from Bill Fay!!!! And...LOVE! Thanks for listening. Bill Fay - "Be Not So Fearful": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJfca3ImjKc Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofto…

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Episode 179: The Spotify Approach™ to Ending Wars 1:14:17

2M ago1:14:17

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Venture capital has replaced culture. Its aesthetic is an urgent care waiting room. Fine art is a fake neon sign that says "Living Your Best Life." ALSO: Chris reads his new column! PLUS: Song of the week from John Conlee! John Conlee - "Rose Colored Glasses": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnhka__ZtQA Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton C…

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Episode 178: Spineless Democrats and Self-Driving Hotels 1:15:40

3M ago1:15:40

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The nightmare's here! So what are we gonna do about it? Chris and Greg are sending out a call to the #CBGML street team. ALSO: Bill Burr has his head on straight. PLUS: A topical new song from Loudon Wainwright III. Loudon Wainwright III - "President's Day 2025": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QTERG7yUvc Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofto…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 2/10/25 17:11

3M ago17:11

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Jonathan Richman - "It's You": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai7kk4K8Zmk Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Episode 177: The Banality of Blinken 1:01:19

3M ago1:01:19

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We're back!!! Summary: A journalist is dragged out of a Blinken press conference - and his "colleagues" don't lift a finger to help him. Song of the Week - Here We Go Crazy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9WNAhNrmEM Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Try to stay strong, and we will too! Love, Chris and Greg…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 2/3/25 15:11

3M ago15:11

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The Bee Gees - "Country Lanes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-26DNb27QQ Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton THE LAST SUNSET -for Sam Armstrong I missed it I missed the last sunset I even knew it was gonna be the last one - it was on the news and everything but I was worrying and running around like always and I lost track of time but…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 1/31/25 12:49

3M ago12:49

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Eric Bachmann - "Belong to You": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbgOPVdCN84 Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton “SHOCK AND AWE” HITS AMERICA and we get the PG-13 version but with the same aim: frighten everyone maim the poorest and while we’re tending to the wounded steal all the moneyBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 1/17/25 14:29

4M ago14:29

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Tom T. Hall - "I Couldn't Live in Southern California"::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3HvfSy0f7M Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 1/15/25 11:14

4M ago11:14

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Elliot Smith - "L.A.": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLn44KhFrc Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 1/13/25 13:17

4M ago13:17

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Pozo Seco Singers - "Time": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YYQEdcMDAg Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 1/8/25 16:28

4M ago16:28

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Warren Zevon - "The French Inhaler": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzZQdzx-xI Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like RIP Richard Foreman 18:55

4M ago18:55

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Silver Apples - "You and I": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBlQAqILK0 Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Richard Foreman Interview (2009): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lne3qGLXlQBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 1/3/25 8:20

4M ago8:20

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VST & Company - "Ikaw ang Aking Mahal": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wxELWC90Ps Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton POEM TOPICS PLEASE!!!!By Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like HAPPY 2025!!! 8:33

4M ago8:33

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ABBA - "Happy New Year": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JAUWijM Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!By Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/30/24 11:06

4M ago11:06

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Dan Fogelberg - "Same Old Lang Syne": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsvZ8P1QNk Good morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton JIMMY CARTER I grew up in a Republican home so I was told he was a "disgrace" and a "weakling" I was 10 years old and had food on my table and a backyard to play in so I believed it. Now I know that anybody a Republican t…

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Good Morning Got Me Like Christmas 2024 3:47

5M ago3:47

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The Wedding Present - "Step Into Christmas": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0xcHISktAA Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!By Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/23/24 8:34

5M ago8:34

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Billy Squier - "Christmas is a Time to Say I Love You" (MTV video,1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn9uBDUOcU Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton LEFTOVER AMBROSIA SALAD -for Alicia Scott ohhh leftover ambrosia salad. you don’t say! how much is left? or wait, don’t answer that. let me guess! is it…ALL OF IT?!!! the whole 55 gallon…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/20/2024 10:54

5M ago10:54

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The Tragically Hip - "Fireworks": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9wW9ENBPlQ Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton “The Importance of Getting a Physical When You’re Like 35” -for Tim DeClerck yeah, get a physical at age 35 but treat the doctor as an adversary don’t admit how much you drink don’t admit how much you smoke say stuff like “Ho…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/18/24 9:30

5M ago9:30

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The Tragically Hip - "Ahead By a Century": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fbGFO1EaAE Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton CAFFEINE-FREE (poetry window 2020) a car with no engine a boat with no sail a poet without access to the crazy wordsBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/16/24 6:37

5M ago6:37

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Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDP8OoTlrIk Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton GARGOYLE PRACTICE -for Mariah Jensen look at us crouched on the ramparts of our own lives making faces, shouting profanities strutting self-consciously on our filthy little ledges reducing mysterious miracles to investment…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/13/24 8:08

5M ago8:08

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Barry Manilow: "Mandy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvGpvQbkccE Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton CONSENSUS REALITY -for Ian Pope still-living stragglers from past generations insisting that their reality’s not dead the last few living corporatists grasping at all the things they treasured: racism, the Cold War, The Eagles but the …

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Episode 176: Adult Jungle Gyms and Cursed Chicken Fingers 54:43

5M ago54:43

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RFK Jr. is a Kardashian. ALSO: Adult jungle gyms, and late-capitalism's horrible aesthetic. PLUS: Chris hates chicken fingers, a new Can Do Cold Brew ad - and a song of the week from Tom Waits!!! Tom Waits - "Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MegTgHW6sg Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction:…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/11/24 7:40

5M ago7:40

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Leo Sayer - "More Than I Can Say": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HhYHLq7V2M Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton A FAINTLY FAMILIAR SONG -for Sam Armstrong I can’t let anything remain faintly familiar I have to track it down no help! don’t tell me! I’m pretty sure this dogged pursuit of musical memories negatively affects my annual inc…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/9/24 7:46

5M ago7:46

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Glen Campbell - "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in LA)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw_virLYhHs Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton EXPOSURE I spent 20 years chasing exposure it was so upsetting that I had to drink myself silly now I concentrate on the work no money in either but dignity in one…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/6/24 8:56

5M ago8:56

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Graham Nash - "I Used to Be a King": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5A1P6zlmRs Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton HAZELNUTS THAT SHINE LIKE JEWELS I can picture them on the table in the servants' quarters in the medieval dusk dazzlingBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/4/24 7:15

5M ago7:15

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Father John Misty - "Mahashmashana": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_JHlxfFDA Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton END OF THIS GODFORSAKEN YEAR I talked to a tree frog about this year and he said he enjoyed it immenselyBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 12/2/24 7:38

5M ago7:38

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Crooked Fingers - "Call to Love": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8HlCaahO8M Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Episode 175: COLD BREW CONVERSATIONS with special guest - Comedian Blake Wexler!!! 1:03:46

5M ago1:03:46

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*COLD BREW CONVERSATIONS*: Chris Talks with a Special Guest - Comedian Blake Wexler!! Blake's Comedy Special - "Daddy Long Legs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEnGRBHbyw4 Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Can Do Cold Brew: CanDoColdBrew.comBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/29/24 10:16

5M ago10:16

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Teenage Fanclub - "Planets": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1COS11T8X8 Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/27/24 10:13

5M ago10:13

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Ride - "Vapour Trail": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NrGCLSlMj0 Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton DARK AT 4:30 -for Benjamin Hayes here we are shivering on the surface of the earth already shattered by indignities like burst water pipes and Instagram and then some fool turns the lights out? here we are, though lighting candles and w…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/25/24 7:06

6M ago7:06

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Bread - "Lost Without Your Love": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nhcwtS9xUM Good Morning Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/22/24 10:21

6M ago10:21

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Bob Dylan - "Where Are You Tonight": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVRt3FU6As Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton BISCUIT KING -for Matt Gifford he’s got chicken fingers for fingers and wears a steaming ten pound biscuit on his head he sneezes gravy he has an angry little dachshund made entirely of butter, but somehow alive with a bacon leash so… …

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/20/24 8:00

6M ago8:00

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Jeff Buckley - "Morning Theft": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1ygFXUe6k4 Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton JONI MITCHELL -for Simon Workman I wish I had a river I could skate away on me too, Joni I can feel the ice under my feet and see the snowy trees go by and maybe I’ll end up in a town I love far away and I’ll learn to love myself the way I’…

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Episode 174: First Cup of Coffee After the Election 1:25:03

6M ago1:25:03

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The history of "Best of Bread." ALSO: A Republican trying to do a college radio show. PLUS: The REAL election fraud - getting rich by pocketing campaign cash. Song of the week from Buffalo Tom!! Buffalo Tom - "Wiser": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDDNH7GwAWM Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com Ca…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/18/24 8:27

6M ago8:27

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Oasis - "Stop Crying Your Heart Out": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZUsNJ Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCroftonBy Chris Crofton

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/15/24 7:10

6M ago7:10

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Oasis: "Little By Little": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM1RS_5IAiE Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton ART SUPPLIES -for Marcus Fessler art supplies new paths forward new languages, bridges, comfort, shelter, respite, release art can also stultify like a comedian reinforcing stereotypes a band playing an oligarch’s wedding or a vase in a bank mak…

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Episode 173: COLD BREW CONVERSATIONS - with Special Guest - Writer/Comedian Jamie Loftus! 1:00:23

6M ago1:00:23

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*COLD BREW CONVERSATIONS*: Chris Talks with a Special Guest - Writer/Comedian Jamie Loftus! Jamie's "Raw Dog" Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62039305-raw-dog Jamie's "Sixteenth Minute (of fame)" Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sixteenth-minute-of-fame/id1743960803 Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton Can Do Cold Bre…

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Good Morning Got Me Like 11/13/24 8:18

6M ago8:18

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Hayden - "Nowhere We Cannot Go": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWr9zYvCkEU Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS -for Benjamin Hayes the sound of my heart closing after too much hope too many false starts missed boats but then the sound of the announcement itself reminds me of those years in New York when I was up for…

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