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Curmudgetante Podcast

Martell Stroup

Unawares. Tales from my early years of oblivion. curmudgetante.substack.com

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8:45

Episode 119 - The last days of Rome

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/01/02

I was living like it was the last days of Rome—if Rome was the two main bars across from campus. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

11:34

Back catalog episode 56 - "Sent to the Land Down Under"

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2024/12/20

It’s June of 1983 and not screwing up during my first six-months in Hawai'i have paid off. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

9:20

Episode 118 - All the wrong reasons

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2024/12/19

I simply don’t have the wherewithal to own up to these feelings and stop the insanity. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

15:13

Episode 54 - “Running from? Or running towards?” and...

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2024/12/13

I’m on my first international deployment to South Korea. And life for a private in the field artillery is very cold and unusually dangerous. Even for the Army. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

9:20

Episode 117 - Firk ‘em!

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2024/12/12

I have the misfortune of being cast in another original play. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

11:27

Episode 52 “A little too present”. And Episode 53,...

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2024/12/06

In today’s back catalog episodes, 1982 is all but over and so is my time at home. In episode 52 “A little too present” Christmas, my birthday and New Years are a blur. And in Episode 53, “Fresh Meat” the reality of being in the Army comes into focus. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

8:09

Episode 116 - It’s not a problem until it is

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2024/12/05

I’m deep in denial, and the girl is leveraging her youth and good looks to get a great theater scholarship and work study job. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:27

Episode 50 - “GI Party” and Episode 51 - “The end of...

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2024/11/28

In today’s back catalog episodes, it’s late 1982 and my Army training moves from basic to advanced, but not before I learn the Army's standard for clean. In episode 50 “GI Party” I learn when a party is not a party. And in Episode 51, “The end of the beginning” my nerves and body survive basic and advanced training, and I’m headed back to Carson City for two weeks. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

16:06

Episode 48 - “Hurry up and wait” and Episode 49 -...

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2024/11/22

In today’s back catalog episodes, my Army career has begun! Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

9:55

Episode 115 - From Bad to Worse

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2024/11/21

School is out and we’re on our way to Reno for summer jobs in the casino industry. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:51

Episode 46 “Step on a Crack, break your mother’s...

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2024/11/15

It’s time to start my Army career Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

8:40

Episode 114 – “Diggin’ a hole”

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2024/11/14

It’s another semester of academically limping through my courses and being completely oblivious to the very red flags in my relationship with the girl and her family. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

12:16

Episode 44 “Nevada Day” and Episode 45 “School's out....

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2024/11/07

In today’s back catalog episodes, we visit a unique northern Nevada celebration, and jump forward to my last month’s in Carson City. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

8:28

Episode 113 - I Digress

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2024/11/06

I’d be remiss not to go back and include some of my favorite memories from my brother-in-law’s visits to College Station. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:57

Episode 42 “By the way” and Episode 43 “Well, that's...

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2024/11/01

High school’s wrapping up, but not before I piss off the faculty and find a girlfriend the week after I join the Army. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

7:24

Episode 112 - So Much Talent

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2024/10/31

I was very fortunate in the Texas A&M Theatre department to be surrounded by some of the most talented set, lighting, and sound designers, costumers, prop masters, and stage managers I’d ever met. Their tireless work to make me look good really paid off, until I opened my mouth and started “acting.” Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

8:09

Episode 40 “Shock and Meh”, and Episode 41...

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2024/10/25

It’s early 1982, and I’m a senior in high school. In episode 40 “Shock and Meh” I’m sharing the news that I’ve joined the Army with my classmates and co-workers to mixed reactions. And in episode 41—“Unorthodox, but effective” I finally learn how to ski. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

9:19

Episode 111 - “Gordon-ee”

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2024/10/24

In the fall of 1987, a wondrous thing happened in the Theatre Arts Department at Texas A&M. I met Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Gordone and his partner Susan. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

14:18

Episode 38 - “Edge of the cliff” and Episode 39 -...

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2024/10/18

It’s the fall of 1981 and winter of 1982, and in episode 38 - “Edge of the cliff” I’m very excited about one upping an inappropriate high school tradition with some questionable behavior of my own. And in episode 39 - “Seemed Like a Good Idea at the time”, I finally make an irrevocable decision about my immediate future. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

9:55

Episode 110 - “Endless Summer“

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2024/10/17

It’s summer 1987. The girl and I have landed in Tonopah to spend the summer living with my parents and working to squirrel away money for our sophomore year at Texas A&M. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

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