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    <title>the Wikkid podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Neal Brennan”</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades.
contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson 
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    <itunes:subtitle>church upbringing gone wrong, depression... and music</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades.
contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson 
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  <title>Episode 53: Sara Jay</title>
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  <itunes:title>Sara Jay</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>This Wikkid Wednesday, we take a serious look at humour. Teasing: key relationship tool or a terribly dangerous thing to play with? The therapeutic powers of The Doctor Demento Show. Humour as shot of whiskey. Food sensitivities and emotional sensitivities.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:05:25</itunes:duration>
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  <description>This Wikkid Wednesday, we take a serious look at humour.Teasing: key relationship tool or a terribly dangerous thing to play with? The therapeutic powers of The Doctor Demento Show. Humour as shot of whiskey. Food sensitivities and emotional sensitivities.
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Evan Sauve: drums 
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  <itunes:keywords>Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, Exclusive Brethren, Susan Isaacs, Dr. Demento</itunes:keywords>
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  <title>Episode 52: Would That Make You Happy?</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>Would That Make You Happy?</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>A short one. Silliness and sour grapes.  "Treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen"? Clockwork lupines. Do people really want what they tell Cosmopolitan they want in a relationship? George adds a lot to this song. Basing expectations for men on 80s sit-com dads. Being good at stuff men around supposed to be good at. Do nice guys finish?</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>58:58</itunes:duration>
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George Turcotte: drums, banjo, bass guitar 
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  <title>Episode 50: (What To Do) With An  Angel</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>50</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>(What To Do) With An  Angel</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Kissing and telling. Michael Vedder and I discuss what it is to be a fundamentalist lad trying to navigate hookup culture without exactly hooking up. Wife application forms. Meghan tells us how things ended up with her Brethren paramour. Anson and I talk about being in the same room as people, but with your attention in cyberspace. Trucks get stuck in snowy laneways. It gets a little country in here.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:38:13</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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Evan Sauve: drums 
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  <title>Episode 48: Nortel Love Song</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</author>
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  <itunes:episode>48</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Nortel Love Song</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Trying to date irreligious or only semi-religious women without getting kicked out of one's church. A song written for a high tech honey, which was fairly well received. I turn my guitar amp all the way up to three (its highest setting is six). Meghan spills the tea on her secret trysts with a member of the mysterious Plymouth Brethren Christian Church/Cult. Susan and Anson weight in on workplace romances. Evan views bible conference dating as a flawed social system. Michael talks about his first kiss, which occurred a couple of years after his first serious relationship.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>2:04:23</itunes:duration>
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Evan Sauve: drums 
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  <itunes:keywords>Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, Exclusive Brethren, Louise Perry</itunes:keywords>
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  <title>Episode 47: Stranger Lady</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</author>
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  <itunes:title>Stranger Lady</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Flirting. With Christian girls? Can you win a woman's heart with a song? Michael Vedder shares some firsts, including first (church) girlfriend, and first dumping of a committed church girl so he could be free to get his feet dirty enough from walking around in the actual world to possibly need to wash them. Harold talks about how a man who was the only survivor of a car accident when he was five, and who grew up without a mother, grew up to be someone who goes around hugging and complimenting everyone he meets. Meghan talks more about being a "worldlie" having a secret relationship with a young Plymouth Brethren Christian Church guy.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:57:44</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Flirting. With Christian girls? Can you win a woman's heart with a song? Michael Vedder shares some firsts, including first (church) girlfriend, and first dumping of a committed church girl so he could be free to get his feet dirty enough from walking around in the actual world to possibly need to wash them. Harold talks about how a man who was the only survivor of a car accident when he was five, and who grew up without a mother, grew up to be someone who goes around hugging and complimenting everyone he meets. Meghan talks more about being a "worldlie" having a secret relationship with a young Plymouth Brethren Christian Church guy.
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Evan Sauve: drums 
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  <itunes:keywords>Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, Exclusive Brethren, Louise Perry, Susan Isaacs, Neal Brennan</itunes:keywords>
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