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SILY 680- The Root of My Gray Hair
In that moment, I knew how Al Bundy from “Married with Children” must have felt every time Kelly brought home one of her boyfriends. I never expected that coping with the idea of my daughter having...
TSTP 83- Listener Feedback Part 2 for The Rightside Up
The conversation continues! Welcome to Part 2 of our listener feedback extravaganza for "The Rightside Up," the Stranger Things series finale that gave us so many emotions we're still processing....
TSTP 82- Listener Feedback Part 1 for The Rightside Up
The series finale dropped and you had SO MUCH to say that we couldn't fit it all into one episode! "The Rightside Up" brought the Stranger Things saga to its emotional conclusion, and our inbox was...
SILY 679- Hope in the Unseen
Near the end of "The Shawshank Redemption," Andy Dufresne has escaped from prison and made his way to freedom in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. He leaves behind a letter for his friend Red, who's still...
TSTP 81- The Rightside Up
After four years of fighting monsters from another dimension, the the Hawkins heroes face their final battle—one that will determine not just the fate of Hawkins, but whether Eleven can ever escape...
TSTP 80- Listener Feedback for The Bridge
Will Byers came out to his friends and family, Max woke up from her coma, and the Party discovered "The Abyss"—and YOU had ALL the feelings about every moment! "The Bridge" delivered the most...
S4E22 Brave New World Part 2
We are ringing in 2026 with our discussion of the Fringe season 4 finale! We discuss the powerful character moments and great performances from some of the cast in this episode and how, were it not...
TSTP 79- The Bridge
On the four-year anniversary of Will Byers' disappearance, the Party reunites for a final battle—but first, Will must confront his deepest fear to overcome Vecna. Join hosts Darrell and Addi as they...
TSTP 78- Listener Feedback for Escape From Camazotz
A black hole threatening to consume humanity, an "un-proposal" that broke our hearts, and Max on the cusp of escaping Vecna's mind—and YOU had SO MUCH to say about all of it! "Escape From Camazotz"...
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S5E2 Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11
We are now, technically speaking, OFFICIALLY into season 5, cortexifans, and we are so excited! We are joined by Geoff (xforce11), a familiar voice to the podcast as he has not only co-hosted before...
SILY 689- Does College Matter
For generations, the path to success seemed clear: graduate high school, go to college, get a degree, land a good job, climb the corporate ladder. But what happens when that formula stops working?...
SILY 688- Two Roads
I recently finished watching the final season of Stranger Things. Without spoiling anything for those of you who haven't seen it yet, there's a profound conversation near the end of the season. One...
S5E1 Letters of Transit
Welcome back, cortexifans, to our fifth and final season! We are kicking things off a tad unconventionally by starting off season 5… with a season 4 episode! “Letters of Transit” was Fringe’s...
SILY 687- I’ve Got This
In The Office Season 4's "Dunder Mifflin Infinity,” Michael Scott grabs a rental car to deliver client gift baskets. As he drives, he blindly and stubbornly obeys his GPS's command for a right...
Face the Truth
Can the truth be both our salvation and our damnation, depending on how desperately we need to escape ourselves? "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" follows small-time hood Jackie Rhoades as he...
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SILY 692- Burying Your Best
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I love that the audience of this podcast is filled with many of those who consider themselves Christians and many of those who do not. Regardless of where you fall within those two categories, today’s episode is for you. Today we’ll be looking at a story Jesus told in Matthew chapter 25, and the lessons found in that story are ones that all of us can benefit from.

S5E3 In Absentia
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Join us this week as we, along with special guest Danielle (DillyDilly), discuss “In Absentia” – an episode that shows us somewhat of a dark turn for Etta as she captures and tortures a Loyalist. We see Olivia’s empathy and compassion shine through brighter than ever, and this is also the episode that kickstarts this season’s treasure (scavenger?) hunt.

Pulling Back the Curtain
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What happens when the monsters we fear most turn out to be the ones staring back at us in the mirror? This month’s episodes use the lens of fear and pride to pull back the curtain and reveal the truth of human vulnerability. Whether it’s a man who fancies himself the judge of all evil or two people undone by their own panic, the Twilight Zone reminds us that our greatest threats often come from within

691- Monday Mailbag
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Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, I am looking forward to covering the Stranger Things spinoff, “Tales from ’85” next month with my daughter, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. This quarter we have three mailbag contributions: Ryan, Upside Down, and Jason. Here they are:

SILY 690- Message in a Bottle
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Some evenings you take a walk and wonder if the tides are listening. In today’s story, the shore holds more than shells and driftwood. A mysterious traveler drifts ashore in a tale older than sand, bringing with him a question every one of us has asked themselves: If you could rewrite the past, what would you change? Three choices flicker like lanterns in the dusk, each one a doorway for you to walk through. What would you gain? Perhaps more importantly, what would you lose?






















