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Curmudgetante Podcast

Martell Stroup

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

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8:34

Prologue - Epilogue

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/10/09

This week’s episodes are something different. The Prologue and Epilogue to the Curmudgetante: Unawares series. These two entries are a wrap for the series. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

14:55

Episode 135, The End of the Beginning, Part II

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/10/02

The thought of getting a BFA in Furniture Design both pleases and calms me, in a way a lot of my choices in life to this point have not. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:24

Episode 134 - The end of the beginning Part I

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/09/25

The many moving parts of my life are finally heading towards relocating from Abington to Savannah and pivoting from full-time work to full-time student. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

10:30

Episode 133 - Moonlighting

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/09/18

A welcome distraction at work. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

12:05

Episode 132- Crash and Burn

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/09/11

I was so close to the brink, all it took was one poorly thought through phone call to push me right off the edge. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:28

Episode 131 - Jolly Ol’ London, Part II

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/09/08

I start the weekend terrified, and end it teetering on the brink of sudden singledom. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

12:51

Episode 130 - Jolly Ol’ London, Part I

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/08/28

I’m back to my M.O. of trying too hard to make a relationship work. This time, it’s helping the girl in London move flats. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

12:42

Episode 129 - Bouncing back

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/08/21

It’s early 2000, and big give and take is afoot! Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

11:52

Episode 128 – Spice Girl

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/08/14

it’s the week before Christmas 1999, or, with the specter of Y2K, a couple of weeks before the collapse of civilization. Either way, I find myself at an all-inclusive resort in Cancun, Mexico, drowning my sorrows in cheap tequila. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

12:59

Episode 127 - Cut Loose

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/08/07

Maybe cheap tequila in a foreign land will lend some clarity to my life going forward. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

14:52

Episode 126 - Meanwhile, Back in Boston

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/07/31

When I didn’t make any plans for myself, this opened the door for someone else to make plans for me. Plans I didn’t care for at all. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:02

Episode 125 – Selfless, Cold and Composed

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/07/24

Problem-solving mode is not exactly the headspace you want to be in going into a honeymoon. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

12:08

Episode 124 - Too Busy to Notice

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/07/17

It’s spring and summer 1999, and everything for a destination wedding in Las Vegas is ready to go. Well, everything except the bride. But I’m too focused on getting the wedding across the line that I don’t realize the depth, or truth behind her reluctance. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:17

Episode 123 – Somebody Stop Me

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/07/10

I was barreling toward 1999 in my usual M.O.: making decisions in the moment and not worrying about the ramifications or consequences. Sometimes this would somehow work out, but most times, it was a tried-and-true recipe for disaster. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

10:55

Episode 122 - The Weekly Week

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/07/03

1998 was a sweet spot of a year. No Y2K worries yet. 9/11 was still three years away. No financial bubbles bursting or killer pandemics. By today’s standards, it was extremely chill. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:12

Episode 121 - A Proper Home

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/06/26

I even have an official Massachusetts driver’s license. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

12:20

Episode 120 - Commuter Friends

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/06/19

Making friends on my daily commuter train ride home from Boston. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

11:42

Episode 119 - Adulting 101

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/06/12

After six-years in the Army, three years of college, a divorce, and not getting fired on my second day at a new job I moved across the country for, I thought I knew what adulting was—until I bought my first home near Boston. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

10:24

Episode 118 - Undo! Undo! Undo!

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/06/05

Before I’m even completely unpacked, I make a really, really bad mistake at work that could get me summarily fired. I know, you’re thinking HR violation, but surprisingly it’s not that. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

13:18

Now Episode 117 - Moving Parts

Curmudgetante Podcast ·

2025/05/29

It’s late March 1998, and I’ve accepted a job 2,500 miles away in Boston with a very short window to wrap up things in Reno and start work. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

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