Episode 53 – Being S.A.D. is Human
It’s been weeks since the sun peaked through the clouds. It won’t be over 20 degrees for a fortnight and the massive piles of snow at the end of the driveway has hardened, making it impossible to put the trash can in the right place. Yes, winter can be depressing, but O.W. reveals there’s a […]
Episode 52 – The Guy Who Hypes the Weather
If you live where it snows in the winter, you know this person. He’s the guy who always says that every snowstorm is definitely going to be a blizzard. For those who’ve been around the block, you know it’s all hype, but what about the winter newbies who don’t know any better? Plus, O.W. loves […]
Episode 51 – We Miss the Old Pizza Hut
Does November get overlooked in the autumn shuffle? The leaves have already fallen, and Halloween is long gone, so what’s left? Once again, O.W. finds the nuance in this often overlooked month. Plus, remember going to Pizza Hut as a kid? The red plastic cups, the lamps, the Book-It Program, it was all so glorious. […]
Episode 50 – America’s Dog Poop Crisis
There’s no getting around it. Your dog is making a mess and you’re probably not cleaning it up. Kudos if you do, but the dog poop is piling up because so many others aren’t as decent. It doesn’t have to be this way. Plus, join O.W. on a journey to Hemingway’s Two Hearted River in […]
Episode 49 – First Snow, New Baby
For O.W., the first snow of the season doesn’t just bring beautiful scenes of white wilderness. That first dusting or storm has coincided with new life at the Root household, and it just happened again! Plus, he’s one of the most prolific kid’s authors in the world, and his spooky headquarters is located just off […]
Episode 48 – Leaf Blowers Actually Suck
O.W. pits noisy leaf blowers against the soulful scrape of rakes, celebrating autumn’s quieter rhythm and human-nature bond. He then unveils a 1970s eastern Upper Peninsula UFO cult, where Warren Gates crafted a barn-born saucer to flee apocalypse via Lake Huron’s mothership. O.W. ties it all to Michigan’s remote wilds, where isolation sometimes sparks strange […]
Episode 47: The Tourism Epilogue
O.W. Root takes a fall road trip through northern Michigan’s “Tunnel of Trees,” fueled by cider, color, and a touch of melancholy. Then it’s south to Mount Pleasant, where he asks: how “Indian” is a town with a casino, a university, and a Starbucks on reservation land? The answer lies in the quiet corners—the Ziibiwing […]
Episode 46 – Trunk Or Treat: Harmless or Harbinger?
O.W. shares what he believes is one of society’s greatest failures: the ability to wear an appropriate, stylish jacket. He has some fail-safe recommendations to get you through to winter coat season. Plus, have you noticed Trunk Or Treat on the ascent while Trick Or Treat gets smaller every year? Is it just a harmless […]
Episode 45 – Make Halloween Tasteful Again
Have you noticed Halloween decorations going from spooky and scary about 20 years ago, to gory and downright terrifying nowadays? Corpses hanging from trees, pour souls being disemboweled on your neighbor’s front yard. Why has our PG holiday suddenly become rated R, and why are people so touchy when you bring it up? Plus, the […]