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Failing Up

Life is improvisation! Observations from a regular guy on how with world around us impacts who we are and what we perceive. I explore how life is more about asking questions than accepting what is presented. In addition to my own reflections and experiences, I interview guests from the art, literary, music, cultural and political fields to gain insight as to how we all impact the world we share and our joint realities. We are all failing up!

comedy improv

All Episodes

15:55

Intelligent Extinction, ASI

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2025/10/27

I was listening to NPR, (while we still have it) the other day and the topic was ASI, Artificial Super Intelligence. Now mind you, AI fills a void that has been identified in the majority of our civilized species. A void we won't get back because we have become dependent on the technology. This next generation of Advanced Intelligence is still in the very early design phase. The result will be robots that are vastly more intelligent. In essence we are designing the alien&nbs...

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13:53

Real Cider

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2025/10/25

Nothing brings autumn to life like a fresh glass of real cider! Not that pasteurized juice you buy a the grocery store. Real apple cider that explodes with the tastes of fall. This takes me back to autumn when pumpkin seeds, were a dessert, and the blowing leaves and chilly nights brought created a comfort where time stood still. timothymahar.org

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19:27

The Children Are Watching

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2025/10/19

I was 9 years old in 1968 during all the chaos of war, riots, assassinations, the space race, a cultural revolution that had a tremendous impact on the misfit I have become and relish. Today information is everywhere and unavoidable, loud, threating and lacking virtue, what is the effect it is having on our children. Talk of war from within, masked men dropping from the sky, hate speech treated as just a joke, this is soaked up by our children daily. Building a new generatio...

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16:15

Tomato Soup

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2025/10/13

Nothing beats a nice warm bowl of tomato soup on a rainy autumn day in the Northeastern United States. As the rain falls on the vibrant leaves from a gray sky there is a sense of warmth and peace in that familiar bowl of soup. The changing of the leaves, a rich harvest and the comfort they bring is nature's way of saying goodbye to the year. It is always a time of reflection for me, not just of the current year, but also the previous years and all the people I was blessed to share...

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51:04

A Conversation with Rex Lyons from the Ripcords and...

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2025/10/09

In this episode I have an insightful and entertaining conversation with former international lacrosse player for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, founding member of the rock band The Ripcords and lecturer/mentor Rex Lyons. We touched on the legacy of his father Oren Lyons, a renowned lacrosse player and human rights advocate, the impact the that the Haudenosaunee Confederacy has had throughout our history, the origin and spiritualty of lacrosse, and of course the Ripcords and their ...

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39:51

A Conversation with Author Ava Zacardi

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2025/10/03

In this episode I have a conversation with author and renaissance woman Ava Zacardi. Ava has completed her final book in her Julia trilogy titled, 'Forever Julia, Bella's Journey." Her exploration of family, art and regional beauty through the main character, Julia is gripping, entertaining, and moving as she takes readers on an unforgettable journey with Julia. Ava is also an accomplished artists and was a regular character on a late night television movie and cooking...

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13:54

Autumn In New York

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2025/09/29

There is not a place on earth that can compete with Autumn in New York. From Manhattan, to Old Forge, the Great Lakes, the St Lawrence River, and Niagara Falls, Autumn in New York is a different experience to be cherished. Yes different, yet the same, a changing season with, crisp air, sweaters, cider and pumpkins, that gives us the flare of the Big Apple, or the quaintness of a country road; Autumn is a constant change that brings peace amongst panic. There is a ...

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15:56

Dirty Phone Talk

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2025/09/27

In a day and age when most of us are obsessed with washing hands in the bathroom and not having to touch anything, we carry one filthy item with us after we depart this public space of shared germs and no eye contact. It is our phone that one item we can't live without for one second of the day. We cross the street with it, walk into each other on sidewalks, refuse to shut it off on planes, and yes carry on conversations while in the public bathroom. You get out of a bathroo...

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50:57

A Conversation with Frank Malfitano

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2025/09/05

In this episode I have a conversation with the one and only Frank Malfitano the founder and Executive Director of the Syracuse, N.Y. Jazz Fest. We explore Frank's vast musical and cultural experiences and reflect on the impact earlier artists had on the evolution of Rock and Roll, Jazz, and Blues. Artists who's music is just as important and vibrant in today's scene. Frank is a true treasure and continues to bring incredible artists and music to this region! timothymahar.org

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56:56

Art Talk with Stephen Butler

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2025/08/28

In this episode I have a conversation with Stephen Butler the former Executive Director of CNY Arts, actor, and playwriter. Our conversation touched on the impact the arts have played throughout history. We also discussed the evolution of the creative process through times of crisis, and Stephen's new play. timothymahar.org

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11:55

The New York State Fair

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2025/08/25

The end of summer tradition, the New York State Fair. Most states have a fair and in the case of New York it takes place at the end of August and ends on Labor Day. Once the clock strikes midnight a switch is flipped and it is autumn in New York. The Fair is an annual touchstone of fried food, rides, cows, horses, music, all kinds of exhibitions, sweating people, games and more. If you it can be fried it's at the Fair. The constant and comfort is that no matter what is going...

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20:06

Job Description for President of the United States of...

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2025/08/22

Almost all jobs whether it be a counter position at fast food restaurant, or CEO, of a large company, coach, university president, plumber etc.. has a description, qualification for the position sought. They fall into the areas of experience, education, character background, have you ever been convicted of a felony bankrupted a business, because why would you hire them to lead your business. Yet, the President of the United States the leader for the free world does not have a descriptio...

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11:41

Fake History

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2025/08/19

When the government decides they would like to recommend the displaying and telling of history in a narrative that is beneficial to them, it is no longer history, it is propaganda. Propaganda is intended to communicate a message through multiple platforms attempting to pursued the audience for the benefit of the sender. When history becomes tainted and fake, we live in a dangerous reality, where truth is fabricated and events of the past will repeat themselves. Fake History ...

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11:40

Slow the F%#* Down!

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2025/08/14

Here we are in the Dog Days of summer, and as I approach the grocery store with heat and humidity at 95% I am greeted by a display of ceramic Jack O Lanterns!! What the Hell?? No wonder people say summer a time flies. We are always looking two months in the future, dictated by advertising and marketing. Halloween in August, Christmas in October, Valentines Day in December, stop the madness!! Screw the ceramic Jack o Lantern, and grab some sunscreen! timothymahar.org

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17:13

Knowledge is Power

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2025/08/11

One of the reasons, an administration will attempt to control universities, media, news, and other messengers is that an informed public is a threat. Instead of addressing the message, they address the messenger to divert from information they do not want to get out, such as a jobs, report, or other outcomes that are not beneficial to them. Take away the avenues of information and knowledge then individuals operate on blind faith, in regard to health, the economy, you name it. It ...

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13:12

Taking the Public out of Broadcasting

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2025/08/04

Public broadcasting is truly the last bastion of principles, and services to those they reach. I have always felt that it was on a different plain then the commercial, networks and cable stations. PBS provides world views, and entertainment, outstanding educational programing through The Children's Television Workshop. These stations in many regions are the only links to information, and life saving warnings of impending threating weather conditions. I have found NPR t...

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43:23

Behind the Mask of the Dome Ranger

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2025/07/27

In this episode I have the pleasure of talking with the former Dome Ranger, Dennis Brogan, who was seen roving the court and in the stands for Syracuse University basketball and Football during the glory years of the Big East of the 1980's. Dennis is a true renaissance man, in addition to being the Dome Ranger, he is an actor, former radio personality, political veteran who onetime held a high level position in a former city of Syracuse mayors office, and is an author. ...

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25:34

CBS, Coward Broadcasting Network.

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2025/07/21

Political satire has been around as long as time, from Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and in my life-time, the Smothers Brothers, Rowan and Martin, Laugh-In, Saturday Night Live, all entertaining and informative, it goes hand in glove with politics. So, when CBS does cower, shrink like pair in a speedo coming out of the cold pool, and cancel "Late Night with Stephen Colbert" stating it is for financial reason, well the scent of limburger cheese is in the air. It is not the first t...

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14:30

Grill Baby Grill

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2025/07/14

From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the outdoor grills come out and cooking outside mostly over a gas fabricated fire is the thing to do here in the Northeastern part of the U.S. From the time humans were able to control fire some 2 million years ago, outdoor cooking became a survival tool, than through our evolution a recreational activity. Make no mistake a man is king when cooking his meat over a fire! Yes, it is mostly a man thing around the grill just like millio...

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11:05

The Party is Over!

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2025/07/06

There longer are two political parties in this nation. What was once the Republican Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and the Bush's is now a movement called MAGA. Oh yes, there are republican's in title that currently are the majority in the House and Senate, but make no mistake they are controlled by MAGA. They vote for self survival and not the interests of the nation. On the other side there is no longer a Democratic party. The party of FDR, Truman, JF...

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