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Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW

Humor, wisdom & commentary by Peter Alsop on his award winning songs and stories; some for kids & families, some for teens and adults! peteralsop.substack.com

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09:41

Hyperactive

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/09/30

This week’s SONG TO CHEW is called HYPERACTIVE, from my “Pluggin’ Away” album. This song is a satire. The chorus says "Sugar's good for me and you!", but the verses point out that refined sugar is not healthy for our bodies. Kids understand satire, and know that sugar is not healthy for them. They have heard their parents say it a million times, "No! You've had enough sugar!" This song is actually a way for children to relieve some of their stress and frustration about the parental

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09:33

If I Was In Charge

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/09/23

Our 'Song To Chew' today is IF I WAS IN CHARGE. Have you ever seen someone do something, and you thought to yourself, "I think I could do a little better than that!" Even when we were kids, we could see grown-ups around us messing things up. We could have handled it! Except that when we grew-up and we finally had a chance to be in charge, we found out things are a lot more complicated and difficult than we thought they were! My daughter Willow sings with me on this song. When we find

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06:13

You Are My Spoon

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/09/16

Today's SONG TO CHEW is written and sung by Amy Fix. 'YOU ARE MY SPOON' is part of my "Ebenezer's Make Over" album; a feminist version of Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol". His story is actually a 'make over' about how crochety Ebenezer Scrooge changed his stingy ways after being visited by three spirits during the night. I use that story along with songs from the feminist men's and women's movements to awaken Ebenezer to the errors of his sexist and patriarchal ways! With songs

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04:34

I Need A Hug

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/09/09

Our SONG TO CHEW this week is "I NEED A HUG” from my “UH-OH!” album. When we get older, we're not supposed to need as much 'emotional support' as we did when we were kids, but there are lots of us walking around who 'just need a hug' to help us keep going! It's a physical message that we're loveable, and that we're doin' okay! It's called reassurance. All over the world different cultures and religions have their own different rules and regulations that load up the simple hug with all sorts

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04:39

Roots And Wings

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/09/02

Our SONG TO CHEW this week is 'ROOTS AND WINGS' from my “Grow It At Home” album. I took the imagery from watching trees and birds in nature. In order to 'stay in balance' as we move through our lives, we need to be 'realistic and grounded' at times, (roots), and still be creative enough to sail out on the wings of our imagination. Of course, it's only possible to pass these skills on to our children, if we adults have these skills in 'balancing' things in our own lives. Some of our 'tools for

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08:14

I Can If I Wanna

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/08/26

This week our SONG TO CHEW is from my “Pluggin’ Away" album. It’s called I CAN IF I WANNA. The chorus is 'call and response' with a little character we call the 'Neggy'. It's that little 'voice' inside us that undermines our self-confidence and says "you'll never accomplish what you're trying to do!" It's different than hearing 'an opinion' from someone who thinks we ought to change something so it will work better. When we hear Neggy comments that are not helpful, like "that will never

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08:08

Shoulder To The Wheel

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/08/19

Our SONG TO CHEW today, SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL, was written and performed by Geof Morgan, from my “Ebenezer's Make Over” album. It came out on his Flying Fish recording, "Finally Letting It Go" in 1981. I named this podcast 'SONGS TO CHEW', because if we listen to a song and just 'swallow it' without 'chewing it' a bit, we don't really get to 'taste it' or savor its nuances. I heard Geof sing this one at the 5th Annual Conference on Men and Masculinity in Los Angeles back in the early 80's.

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09:29

I Love My Family

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/08/12

Today's 'Song To Chew' is "I LOVE MY FAMILY" from my 'Grow It At Home' album. Many kids say they're "embarrassed by their parents", or "my brothers and sisters are soooo annoying!", and yet after all the complaints, they still love their family! When a family has a healthy sense of humor, we laugh WITH each other about some of the ridiculous things we do as human beings. This helps us see a 'bigger picture' of life going on around us. And it's a healthy 'laughter of recognition' that happens,

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07:43

It’s My Penis

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/08/05

This week’s SONG TO CHEW was written by Geof Morgan. It's known as THE PENIS SONG or IT'S MY PENIS. I met Geof many years ago at one of the National Association of Men Against Sexism Conferences. He's one of the main voices of the feminist men's movement. We toured together a while through California with Kate Wolfe and Nina Gerber. His songs are wonderful and insightful. I do my 'sing-along' version of this song on two of my albums, "Songs On Sex & Sexuality" and "Ebenezer’s Make Over”. The

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08:11

Pluggin’ Away

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/07/29

This week’s SONG TO CHEW is the title cut from my “Pluggin’ Away” album. It's a song about, 'having persistence'; about finding the will to 'keep on trying' when we want to accomplish our goals. The hard part of persistence is figuring out 'how long should we keep on trying', before we decide that we're beating our head against a wall?! As the song says, "People who keep pluggin' away, they're the ones who get things done, 'cause they keep pluggin' away!" There are always tasks to be done

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07:52

What Kind Of Brother?

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/07/22

Our SONG TO CHEW this week is written and performed by Joe Jencks. It's on my “Ebenezer’s Make Over” album, and it's the 'title cut' from his album, "WHAT KIND OF BROTHER ARE YOU?". Joe's song models how men and boys do not have to make jokes at the expense of women and girls, just to 'fit in with the guys'. That stuff's been going on for thousands of years, and it is way past time for a change. Every man knows that if we speak up to a group of men or boys, and go against the accepted

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08:46

Courage

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/07/15

Today's SONG TO CHEW is called COURAGE. We'll listen to the version I recorded for my live “Wake Up!” video with John Ritter, and my friends Irene van der Zande and Timothy Dunphy from Kidpower. They have an organization that teaches kids and families how to keep safe, and out of dangerous situations. We need 'courage' to face something or someone who scares us. 'Courage' comes from the french word 'couer' which means 'heart'. If we pay attention, our heart tells when we're scared, sad,

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08:03

Slap Hands

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/07/08

This week’s SONG TO CHEW is SLAP HANDS, from my “Wha’D’Ya Wanna Do?” album. Giving someone "five"; slapping hands with them is an extension of the more formal 'handshake' between two people. It comes from the age-old practice of offering another person our hand, empty and extended in friendship, to show that we're not holding a weapon and have no intent to harm or injure them. We 'shake hands' to confirm or seal an agreement with another person. It's been used for centuries as a way to show

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06:54

I Believe You

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/07/01

This week’s SONG TO CHEW, from my “Chris Moose Holidays” album is 'I BELIEVE YOU'. It models how to be a safe place for loved ones and anyone else who might need 'a good listening to'! Did someone ever say to you, "Don't be scared!" Did that really help? It never worked for me! I just knew that person wasn't a 'safe person' to talk to about my fears. I certainly want to be a safe place for my family and friends when they're upset. I learned that if I just listen and BE WITH THEM; give

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06:30

Use It Again

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/06/24

Our SONG TO CHEW this week, USE IT AGAIN, is from my “Grow It At Home" album. Scott Walker, a social activist from Santa Barbara, called me to see if I had any songs about 'stopping the use of plastic bags in stores'. The City of Santa Barbara wanted to pass a law to eliminate the use of plastic bags, and encourage shoppers to bring our own cloth shopping bags to the store. Waste from plastic bags creates serious environmental danger for humans, animals and even plants! They block stormwater

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06:04

You’re Okay

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/06/17

Today’s SONG TO CHEW is “YOU’RE OKAY!” from my “Stayin’ Over” album. Each of us have been teased and told that we have something ‘wrong’ with us. Usually when people say "wrong" they mean "different". Most of us want others to like us, but we're afraid that if we're different, other people will avoid us. We'll be ridiculed and isolated, so we try to hide our differences. It's wonderful to be accepted the way we are! The things that embarrass us are the same things that others feel

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09:44

Bigger, Bigger, Bigger

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/06/10

This week’s SONG TO CHEW from my “Stayin’ Over” album is BIGGER, BIGGER, BIGGER. In our families, the ‘big’ people are the adults, and the ‘little’ people are the kids. ‘Big’ people have more power and we often use it to make the ‘little’ people do what we want. But before long, all ‘little’ people get to be ‘big’ people, and we start pushing the new ‘little’ people around. More and more these days, we see ‘big’ people pushing their version of the world onto the ‘littler’ people around

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07:36

I Wanna Try It

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/06/03

This week we'll ‘chew’ on a song from my “Stayin’ Over” album, I WANNA TRY IT. This song was prompted by one of my ‘parental learning moments’. It was a holiday, and I’d purchased a toy for my daughters, who tore off the wrapping paper, but they couldn’t get the box open. It was stapled shut. I heroically took out my Swiss Army knife and told them to “Stand back!” I removed the staples, opened the box, cut the bags, and poured the pieces onto the rug. I searched for corresponding numbers

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11:44

Logical

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/05/27

This week’s SONG TO CHEW comes from my “Family Roles” album, recorded live with my daughter Willow at our presentation for about 600 human service professionals at a national “Laughter & Play” conference. The song is called LOGICAL. Us parents do our best to use this with our children, but sometimes, us ‘logical thinkers’ get carried away trying to convince others that our ideas are the best ones. When we do this, we can miss that other people’s input needs to be considered and validated,

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08:01

Chromasoma Phobia

Peter Alsop‘s SONGS TO CHEW ·

2022/05/20

For our SONG TO CHEW today, Alan Arnaboldi sings CHROMASOMA PHOBIA, written by my old friend Bob Blue. It’s from my “Ebenezer’s Make Over” album and it gives us a glimpse into Bob’s creative ability as a songwriter. He weaves specific scientific information into a poetic description of how our chromosomes determine our biological gender. Us humans are ‘very interested’ when we see someone who’s gender isn’t instantly recognizable. We’ve been trained to pick up any signals about gender so we

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