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Things That Matter with Martie McNabb

It may be true that the best things in life aren’t things…. Things have a way of holding onto the memories of some of the best things in life. Join me as I invite guests to share the stories of the Things that matter to them. Show & Tales was “born” in the backroom of Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn a decade ago. 160+ S&T’ later I’ve never tired of listening to the stories of the THINGS that matter. About me: I’m a personal historian/visual artist who creates visual narratives from my

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Minisode 17: A Button, L.E.G.A.L, & Coming Out in a...

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2023/11/23

Look &/or listen as my guest, house historian, Brian Hartig shares the story of a simple button that tells a BIG story. You see Brian had left the Marine Corp in his early 20's and settled in New Orleans, Louisiana. It's not that he didn't know he was gay, but he hadn't fully accepted, embraced or announced it. It was the early 1990's in the deep south & they had sodomy laws on the books, anti-gay marriage legislation & many hate crimes spurned on by laws like the "Justifiable murder of an AIDS

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Episode 23: An Unusual Gift & Marriage featuring Tim...

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2023/11/16

Look &/or listen to the story of an ordinary hiking boot or is it? For Tim & Helen, their love, life & marriage was anything but traditional or ordinary. What others might expect to receive from their soon-to-be spouse as a wedding gift, wasn't even on Tim's radar. He & Helen LIVED to & LOVED to hike! They were planning a trip to Patagonia, Chile & Argentina for their honeymoon and Tim knew that Helen's hiking boots (bought at REI's garage sale) weren't going to cut it. They were old AND ill

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Minisode 16: A Wynken, Blynken and Nod Journey with...

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2023/11/09

Look &/or listen as my friend & photo manager colleague Faith Van Wart takes us on a trip down memory river in her wooden shoe. Like Wynken, Blynken & Nod this tale connects her & us to the enchanting country of Holland and to our childhood. Faith received this wooden shoe as a graduation gift from her kindergarten teachers who owned the nursery school she attended 50 years ago. She has carried it with her all these years. This Thing that matters. She jokes that she got only one shoe but it was

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Episode 22: A Charm Necklace, Love, Life & Family...

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2023/11/02

Look &/or listen to my guest, fellow photo manager Ellen Massaro shares the story of a young girl coming home from the hospital after a two month post-surgery stay to celebrate her 6th birthday! As is customary in her home country of the Netherlands, girls get charms to celebrate each birthday & special occasion growing up. Ellen got 6 charms that 1st year! Unlike many of her fellow Dutch women, who stopped wearing their charm necklaces at an early age, Ellen wore hers throughout her teens,

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Minisode 15: A 1930’s Clock, Family & the Pandemic...

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2023/10/27

Look &/or listen as my guest the famous Doyenne of Death, certified thanatologist, Gail Rubin shares with us her frozen in time stories of this "broken" round brass clock she inherited from one of her aunts apartments in Philadelphia. I am reminded of the origin of this YouTube/podcast show (mentioned in the intro) & my guest Sharon Wunder from episode #19 who also collected clocks. Sharon embraced MAID (medical aid in dying) 2 weeks ago in her home state of Colorado to create a good death for

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Episode 21: A Father, a Ring & a Legacy of Gratitude...

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2023/10/19

Look &/or listen as my guest CGO (Chief Gratitude Officer) Noah G Press McIntyre shares his father's & his own legacy through the story of a turquoise stone. You see Noah's father had been on his healing journey ever since Noah was a child. In the 1970's he became deeply connected with a community of Navajo artists & spiritual teachers in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico. He had found this piece of turquoise along his journey... or as with my last guest Susan Maycock ... it found him. He had the

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Minisode 14: A Photo, a Teen & an International Move...

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2023/10/12

Look &/or listen as my friend & colleague Caroline Guntur shares the story of her 18 year old self through a photo she keeps.... a Thing that matters. You see Caroline was born & raised in southern Sweden. Though she had traveled often during her teenage years, at 18yo she decided to immigrate to the US. What do you pack for a move like that? With two bags, little money ($20), a family photo & a music CD, she arrived in Honolulu. Her initial excitement quickly faded away as she landed in Hawaii

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Episode 20: A Bowl, a Shaman & a Calling featuring...

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2023/10/05

Look &/or listen as my guest, author Susan Maycock shares the story of finding her sage bowl or it finding her. My guest lived in Santa Fe, NM for a decade. During her time there she studied many healing traditions and while apprenticing to become a shaman she was instructed to find HER sage bowl for smudging. While visiting the San Ildefanso Pueblo, just north of Santa Fe, she was on the look out for her bowl. As if she was being pulled to a corner of a potters shop, there she saw this bowl

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Minisode 13: A Program & a Las Vegas Showgirls Life...

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2023/09/14

Did you miss the Jubilee! show in Las Vegas? Sadly, this highly acclaimed show is now a thing of the past. Fortunately, my guest today, Athena Patacsil, former "dancing nude" then principal dancer, gives us an inside look as we preserve a bit of bygone history. Athena shares a unique program comp that features her in the stage setting while wearing her magnificent costume designed by Pete Menefee. As we learn in this mini-episode, photos of these costumed dancers on stage are extremely rare which

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Episode 19: An Art Studio & a Legacy with Sharon Wunder

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2023/09/08

Look &/or listen as my friend & photo manager colleague shares the story of her art studio that is the Thing that brings her joy, magic & meaning. I met Sharon during the 2020 first & all virtual conference of The Photo Managers conference. Just three weeks before the planned in-person conference in Atlanta our fearless leader, founder Cathi Nelson & team quickly & beautifully delivered an amazing conference online!!! At that conference I had the honor of introducing my friend Bill Shapiro as one

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Episode 18: 2020 & The Language of Art Featuring...

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2023/08/31

Look &/or listen as my guest shares a piece of her & her daughters pandemic history through a piece of flow art they created together. As word of COVID 19 spread across the USA in early 2020, everyone was called on to rethink, re-do & rearrange the year that they had originally planned to have. Like many of us we needed to... dare I say it again??? Pivot! One of my earlier guests, Michelle Fishburne, interviewed 100's of people during that historic year & a half and her book Who We Are Now

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Minisode 12: A Mother’s Death & Life Told Through an...

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2023/08/03

Look & listen as my guest, gay historian Andrew Lear, shares the unique, yet universal story of the cleaning out our loved ones home's after they die. He had taken on much of the responsibility of caring for his aging Mom for MANY years, but when his Mom finally died, he was teaching at Pomona College in Southern California. This left the major cleaning out of his mother's seventeen room Victorian mansion, which was built by Andrew's great grandfather and packed with family stuff, to his brother &

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Episode 17: Twenty-Two Moves, Hygge & a Loon that Saw...

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2023/07/21

Look & listen as my guest, memoirist & friend Sam Nace, shares the stories that this candle box could tell. Handmade of wood & glass with a painted inlaid "loon" with Mallard duck colors and a door that never shut. But it has been with her since she was a teen & she keeps it to remember how, with a candle inside, it brought light & warmth to the gatherings both she & her Mom hosted. Sam's parents received it as a welcome gift to their recently built cottage on a bluff overlooking a bay on Downey

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Minisode 11: A Journal, a Family Tradition & Why...

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2023/07/06

First, thanks so much Cathi for carving out the time to join us on your 30th Wedding Anniversary. Look & listen as my guest, friend & founder of The Photo Managers, shares the story of her & her husband's anniversary journals. So fitting to share this story surrounded by 30 roses her husband bought to celebrate their love. As newly-weds they decided to start the tradition of keeping a family journal. Once a year, on their anniversary they would go for a special dinner and bring their journal with

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Episode 16: Vietnam, a Button & Speaking OUT...

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2023/06/22

Anyone who visits museums & historical societies knows, every Thing has a story. Is it possible that such a small object like a button can tell the story of the Vietnam War? My guest, author Trudy Knowles, answers this question by sharing the story of her 1969 light blue Work for Peace Nov 13 & 14 button. She went to all the Chicago moratorium aka Peace marches in 1969 & has buttons from everyone. But she chose THIS one for show and tell. Sadly the November Peace march turned violent when the

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Minisode 10: Full-time travel… one bag… is the THING...

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2023/06/02

After traveling around the world full-time Nora had to replace the stuff she carried with her... so at this point every thing she owns is a souvenir of sorts. As my friend Bill Shapiro mentioned during this same event, sometimes Things have a story even before they come into our lives. Nora had learned of a store in Antigua Guatemala that carries colorful recycled fabric from the surrounding communities. They are used & many are woven. Nora picked this cloth to carry with her. Eventually she had

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Episode 15: A Teen, a Menorah & What We Focus on...

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2023/05/25

Look & listen as my guest Dr. Jeffery Levine aka Dr. Get in Focus shares the story of a special menorah he bought when he was a teen. He shares his experience of being a Jewish child surrounded by Christmas. He believed, at the time, that he wasn't good enough to celebrate Christmas. Hanukkah was his poor substitute. But when he was a teenager his parents took him to a Hanukkah fair where he found this menorah. He felt compelled to buy it. He wanted to contribute to his family's "Festival of

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Minisode 9: Weddings, Shoes & a Deceased Fathers’...

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2023/05/04

To the question "What should I keep?" Rachel, from her own experience of the loss of her husband when their daughter was only 2 years old answers "If it tells a story or provides a connection to a loved one KEEP IT." She keeps her daughters shoes from the day her husband died 28 years ago. It reminds her of the sweet family unit they had all made, though short... she cherishes them... In her shock when her husband died suddenly, she asked everyone in sight a question, that she vaguely remembers

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Episode 14: A Rock & A Mirror Box featuring Author...

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2023/04/13

Look & listen as my guest shares the tale of a perfect "skipping" rock. It tells his story of himself, as a young father, of two boys at the water's edge. He skipped a rock across the surface of the lake and his sons were in awe of their Dad. Wade taught his boys to skip rocks that day and kept a rock to hold onto the memory of the day he saw himself through his children's eyes. He keeps this rock, his gratitude rock, in his pocket. He holds it when he gets overwhelmed and needs a reminder of all

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Minisode 8: A Gaijin, a Sumo & a Gift of Connection...

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2023/03/30

Travis shares the story of connection, community and legacy through this Sumo handprint given to him as a gift from a Japanese colleague. He had accepted a job teaching English at a small high school in Japan. He and his wife didn't speak Japanese and most of his fellow teachers didn't speak English. This was daunting at first but they found their way through their two years there. Travis's love of sports connected him with one of the office staff there. They played soccer together and tried to

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