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The Cool Grandpa Podcast

This podcast is about the relationship between Grandfathers and their Grandchildren. We focus on interesting stories to understand and grow our own relationships. This is the perfect podcast to understand how important the role of Grandfather is to the lives of the Grandchildren and Family in general.

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EP - 39 A Lieutenant General Becomes a Kid Again with...

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2021/07/09

Welcome back! In this episode of The Cool Grandpa Podcast, we are privileged to have Retired Lieutenant General Ralph J. Jodice II join us and talk about his experience with being a grandfather. Ralph is the father of one of our past guests, Brian Jodice (A link to Brian's conversation is down below). As you will learn, Ralph is a heck of a guy and another good example of someone who is "doing it right." If you thought that Generals could not get down and play with children and become children

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44:30

EP - 38 A grandson's passion for capturing a unique...

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2021/06/25

Capturing unique stories is what filmmakers do. Understanding and recognizing that your family has unique and impactful stories is an awesome insight and realization. Award-winning filmmaker Tyler Gildin sits down with us to discuss his grandparents and how lucky he has been to have known and experienced both grandfathers and grandmothers for most of his life. At the start of the conversation, we talk about Tyler's grandfather Kenny, a dentist and very active in his community. Tyler shares a great

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45:14

EP - 37 Talking Legacy with a World-Traveling Grandpa

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2021/06/18

Scott Paton is a world-traveling grandpa who, like other new(ish) grandfathers, thinks about the legacy that they will be leaving their grandchildren. Scott and I sit down and discuss his reaction to finding out that he became a step-grandpa and grandpa. Scott, like my dad, became a grandfather through marriage first, then through birth. I was introduced to Scott by former guest of the podcast, Marc Mawhinney. (Click Here to listen to Marc's conversation) We go through and talk about how

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43:09

EP - 36 A Victorian Grandfather Teaches His...

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2021/06/11

Children's Author Jeanne Willis sits down with us for a fun conversation about her wonderful grandfather, Fredrick Willis. Fredrick was born in 1895 and was a Victorian who served in the Army in Africa as a Sapper (Army Engineer). Jeanne talks about how her grandfather used to joke about losing his helmet while riding in a jeep in North Africa. The result, according to Fedrick, was his head becoming burned and his hair falling out. Jeanne, always trying to help and show affection to her

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49:14

EP - 35 A Case of Blue and the impact of a...

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2021/06/04

This is a fun conversation with filmmaker Dana Glazer. We start our conversation by discussing how his grandfather would work with Dana over multiple summer visits to create homemade claymation stop-action movies. We explore how his grandfather nurtured Dana's creativity and gift for filmmaking. The lessons learned about just diving in and doing a project and learning along the way is something Dana has passed on to his children. Dana and I talk about his children's projects, Blackhole Producers

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47:55

EP - 34 Live Right, Lead Right, Leave Right. A legacy...

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2021/05/28

In this exciting conversation with Brian Jodice, we talk about his grandfathers and the lessons he learned from them. Brain shares with us stories about Pop (Jim Lepis) and Granddad (Pat Jodice). Both of these outstanding individuals were former servicemen in WWII and continued to serve their communities throughout their lives. Both grandfathers were from New Jersey (we didn't get into what exit...New Jersey joke there). Brian's Pop was an aircraft mechanic in WWII and retired to the shore in

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37:21

EP - 33 Life is short, don't waste the moment

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2021/05/21

Marc Mawhinney sits down and has a fun discussion about his grandfather, George Mawhinney, and growing up in Atlantic Canada. Marc's grandfather was a fisherman and hardworking guy that taught Marc and Matt (Marc's twin) how to work hard and love baseball. Marc shares great stories about the connection that baseball has between family members and communities of fans. Through all the up-and-down years that George experienced with the Toronto Blue Jays, we learn that he could live to see the Blue

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49:17

EP - 32 Returning Time

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2021/05/14

Lauren Huff is returning time with her grandparents by showing curiosity and interest in their varied and exceptional lives. Lauren is a writer and businesswoman from the California Central Valley. She was fortunate that her grandparents, for the most part, lived close by, which resulted in a close and meaningful relationship. Lauren and I met in Dan Miller's 48days Eagles community (see link below). We get into the podcast by finding out about Lauren's Papa, whose family immigrated from Sicily

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37:24

EP - 31 How to Enjoy the Grandkids Through All Ages

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2021/05/07

Gordon Hunter sits down to talk to me about how to enjoy grandkids of all ages. Gordon Hunter is a good friend from here in the Atlanta, GA, area I have had the honor to know for about 16 years. We have a great conversation about Gordon's experience with being a grandpa and now great-grandpa to fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In our conversation, we learn about Gordon's reaction to becoming a grandfather and how he could use his position as a Delta pilot to be close to the

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40:41

EP - 30 Two awesome grandfathers, two different...

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2021/04/23

Victoria was blessed to have two awesome grandfathers that were from two very different worlds but enjoyed the love of them equally. In the fun conversation with Victoria, we learn about her early years growing up in New Mexico on a farm across from her Grandpa Ben Gomez. We learn how industrious and fun Grandpa Ben was and how he would look for ways to include Victoria in the chores and the fun of the farm. As Victoria was growing up, her family lost their farm in New Mexico due to the

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47:07

Ep - 29 Root Beer Floats and Slush Funds

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2021/04/09

Root beer floats and slush funds two valuable lessons that we learn about from Ted and Bob's experience with their cool grandpa. In this episode, we learn about how Ted and Bob's grandpa worked hard to connect with his grandsons. The biggest takeaway from this conversation is how much my friends loved going to Malibu, CA., Oregon, Montana, and other places to spend time with their grandfather and have the adventure of a lifetime each year that they were together. Their grandfather was open to

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01:24:58

EP - 28 Maj. General Rupertus Pt. 2

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2021/03/26

Welcome back! This is part 2 of my interview about Maj. General Rupertus, USMC. In this episode, Heather, Kim, and Amy join me to talk more about their extraordinary grandfather. If you haven't heard the first episode, I strongly recommend that you go back and listen to it. In fact, Click Here for the link to that first episode (26). In the first episode, we spend a lot of time going over the sisters' motivation to dive into their grandfather's story and connect with him even though they never

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44:26

EP - 27 Encouraging your grandchild's design

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2021/03/12

Encouraging his grandchildren's innate design is what Frank Sinclair is all about. Frank is one cool grandpa and shares his insights into encouraging and leading his grandchildren with love and respect. I was lucky to meet Frank through our mutual friend James Devine. After talking with James, he said that Frank had to be a guest and share his infectious personality and experiences with being a cool grandpa. Frank takes his hard-won life lessons and his design to build others up into all

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EP - 26 Maj. General Rupertus Pt. 1

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2021/02/26

In this episode, I talk with Heather, Kim, and Amy about the research and their drive to document and write about their grandfather, Major General William Rupertus, USMC. This is part one of a two-part series. With this episode, the four of us dig into the methodology and research of their grandfather. In part two, we spend time going through the General's life before joining the military and his time serving in the Marines. (William H. Rupertus on Wikipedia) This is a great episode where we

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48:14

EP - 25 A Grandfather and a Godfather raise a boy to...

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2021/02/12

In this episode of the Cool Grandpa Podcast, I discover how a grandfather and a godfather raised a boy to be a man. Ronnel Blackmon shares with me his powerful stories of his grandfather, Robert Hale, working with him at a young age to learn to be a man who walks with integrity and with a heart to serve others. Ronnel's grandfather worked full-time at the Firestone plant in Akron, OH, and then spent his downtime as a full-time pastor serving his congregation and community. Ronnel shares with us that

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37:40

EP - 24 The importance of growing your relationship...

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2021/01/29

In this conversation, Alexis helps us understand the importance of growing with your grandchildren. We mean by this, and what Alexis helps to explain is that as our grandchildren grow and develop, it is important to recognize them at each development stage. This may seem like a "no duh" idea, but as parents and grandparents, it can be tricky to know when to adjust the relationship and how we interact with our grandchildren. As much as we want to keep hanging on to those grandbabies, they eventually

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44:36

EP - 23 The impact of an aviator on his grandson

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2021/01/15

This conversation is about the impact a self-taught aviator had on his grandson. My guest for this episode is Bryan Kirkpatrick. Bryan grew up in Wyoming and shared his grandfather's memories, Jim Good. Bryan describes how his grandfather enlisted in the Army at the age of 15 and was discharged at 18. Bryan's grandfather immediately served in the occupation forces after the Victory in Europe. Once he returned home, Jim cowboyed for a while, became a welder, and started working for Amoco upon

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41:27

EP - 22 Learning about a strong relationship with...

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2021/01/01

In this conversation, we are learning about a strong relationship with Adrienne's grandfather. Adrienne sits down with me to discuss how she came to live with her grandfather starting at the age of one year old. Adrienne walks us through how her grandfather helped to raise her while her mom was driving a truck on national and regional routes. We learn how important it is that when grandfathers share little things like playing checkers or pulling a youngster in a wagon while cutting the grass

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50:57

EP -21 Creating costume fun and memories with...

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2020/12/18

In this conversation with Harold, we dive into his passion for his grandchildren and costume building. Harold shares his experiences with living with his 22-month-old grandson and his mom and dad. Harold and I discuss how he and his grandson have developed a bond whereby the grandson is happy to comply with what grandpa wishes him to do like be still for diaper changes and going down for naps. The secret Harold says is to simply love them and make sure that THEY know they are loved and safe. The

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50:47

EP - 20 Memories of strong and loving Italian...

The Cool Grandpa Podcast ·

2020/12/04

In this episode, Vinnie Tortorich shares his memories of his strong and loving Italian grandfathers. Vinnie and I dive into how his family immigrated to Louisiana from Italy. What his great-grandfathers and grandfathers did for a living in the bayous of Louisiana and how in just one generation the family moved from sharecroppers and immigrant fishermen into the middle class. Vinnie talks about how one of his grandfathers used to work as a janitor doing the work of three men and then on the weekends

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