Growing Up Naked
This podcast is about not holding back anything. A kid and their dad trying to stay connected and explore their humanity, together. Milo is 17, Pearce is 62
Episodes
47 episodes
Aarne Lofgren: A Well Respected Man
Serendipity! We actually recorded this episode in August right before Milo moved back to NYC and before the election changed life as we thought we knew it. But it turns out there's no better tonic for the blues than a laugh filled swim in Hudso...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:09:51
THE ELECTION SPECIAL!
Ok, WE'RE BACK! Sorry about the delay.We (like everybody else in this country with a pulse) are having a lot of feelings (of course, Pearce is especially worked up). Join us we reconnect- Growing Up Naked style- with another pithy sit down ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:58:05
The Tables Are Turned!
Welcome back! (ok, we took a little summer vacation)But this time Pearce is on the east coast and Milo is in the Minnesota. Long distance, new mic, and...Life on the road and Shakespeareyness, stumbling around onstage during a heat wave...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:20:52
Just Friends
There's mayhem in the world and we're talking about it!Like a bat out of hell we go from war (oops- the "special operation") in Ukraine to war in Israel and Palestine to student protests, then segue (in our inimitable style) into dwarves an...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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2:18:24
April FOOLS!
For better or worse, imagine yourself a fly on the wall. Casually conversatin' about affairs of the heart (literally), staying in touch with the ones you love (and not waiting for a podcast),more understudy drama, Julian Lage,...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:58:43
Willis Ray
Welcome back to school everybody! High School, Music School and the School of Life.It's a little time machine for you back to last Thanksgiving, 2023, in which we sit down with Milo's band mate, Willis Ray. (yeah, we got episodes stoc...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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2:23:57
The Stories So Far...
Hey there, it's been a while 🤪!We're back with the Season 5 premier spectacular (!!!) where stories rear their pointy heads, from opening night anxiety to grace for a sick friend, rough encounters on the streets of New York, gender neutral ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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2:16:16
Sarah's in MN but Mo's still in NY
WORK WORK WORK! We're always working on ourselves and each other!Our final episode of Season 4- Episode # FORTY! And after taking MO to see a show in NYC, cousin Sarah came to MN a couple days later to see a live show of her favorite podcas...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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2:27:23
Back to Mo in NY
Milo's on their own in NYC, flourishing, struggling and wrastlin' with the good and the less good, magnificently. No context in this episode- just pure, raw conversation. If there's a theme, it's what's underneath.A conversation th...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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2:18:09
MOisinNY
Ok, it's not that hard to edit and put up one of these episodes, so why did this take so long? Well, life and how we do it is a little more confusing since Milo left the Minneapolis. But now he's in the BIG APPLE-ISS and THIS IS OUR FIRST LONG ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:39:56
Sigrid and Beckett (A Tornado of Victorious Beauty)
Sigrid Nielsen is a beautiful human and mom. She's brilliant, courageous, disciplined, supportive and adventurous. Her son Beckett is a 16 year old aspiring filmmaker and High Schooler, who although quiet, is fully present in the moment and kee...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:59:34
Lisa and Daniel (Truth, Beauty and Kindness)
Lisa Channer is a theater artist, teacher and filmmaker. Her 18 year old son, Daniel, is going to music school this fall, just like Milo, except in Chicago. We've known these guys for a long time-ever since Milo and Daniel were little pip squea...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:59:31
Yo YO Irve Dell!
It was always going to be like this- if we got together with Irve Dell in the cozy room it would no doubt be a nitro A.D.D. wildfire of a conversation that spins and digresses and changes on a dime faster than superman (creepy crawler variety) ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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2:02:49
Fourth of July
In which we return after a long hiatus (last episode-April-WTF???), recording late at night in the bouncy room with the window fan blowing and fireworks in the distance. Milo's move to NYC, family trips, Tedeschi Trucks, The Grateful Dead, rela...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:44:25
Grandpa Mike (no cussin' allowed)
Mike Halleen, Milo's Grandpa and Pearce's father-in-law, was born in 1938. He's a Minnesota boy who's witnessed the world grow up in the 20th century and beyond. As a Covenant pastor, he took up the calling of both his grandfathers and has alwa...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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2:24:58
Dotch
Darius Dotch- Minnesotan by way of Baton Rouge, Louisiana- hip hop artist, actor, life /fitness coach, podcast host and compassionate motivator is in the HOUSE bringing inspiration to the cozy room!Growing Up Naked theme by Isaac De...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:43:13
It's All Music In The End, and...
...WE BEGIN! It's a new season (that took forever to get it's ass going) and life for Milo and Pearce takes some AUDACIOUS turns. With a snap of the fingers we're reminded to be thankful for what life hands us, to load up on love bombs...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:03:19
Getting Schooled
Mo going to school, P. going back to school, both of us getting schooled, schooling ourselves, schooling each other - all tempered by the dead of winter, the smell of weed in the house, visits to Palm Springs and jumping in as THE VIBE AR...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:33:26
On Any Given Tuesday... It's Eric D and Giovanni!
Eric Howell and his 10 year old son, Giovanni, are in the house!It's holiday family fun time- father and kid sitting down with father and kid.Eric is a celebrated filmmaker and Giovanni is starting his own airline and trust us, the sky ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:38:39
Sione Manako
From climbing coconut trees on the island of Tonga as a boy, to hanging with gangbangers on the streets of South L.A., to preaching the word, to MMA fighting, from the dark to the light, Sione Manako has a story to tell. He's a good friend and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:28:17
Zwa
Benjamin Lloyd, aka Zwa, aka Sparky, aka Filberto Flatulenzia Promiscuo, aka runty Welsh bastard, is one of the greatest fathers we've ever known. He's also one of Pearce's very best friends, partner in crime, Mutt to his Jeff and sober buddy. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:27:06
Milo and Pearce Positively Post Bang Bang
Recorded about 30 minutes after we recorded our episode with Annie Enneking,we tramp back upstairs for a good hash out. Note to self- don't ever start another podcast without checking in!Anxiety, crazy dreams, the night before the midte...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:12:17
Annie of the Bang Bang
Minneapolis Goddess of Rock and sooooo many other things stopped by the rubber room for a visit and we talked about many things-the nature of kicking ass, creative flowing, overcoming hard life events, pooping in coffee cans and, of course,...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:36:29
Ansa Akyea, One on One on One
This is a big episode, our friend Ansa came to visit right after a show one night and hung out till the wee hours telling us all about his life- from Switzerland to the Ivory Coast to Liberia to Ghana to Canada to Iowa to Chicago to Minneapolis...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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2:00:22