I was lucky enough to catch my Aunt Linda while she was in town for the LeBaron family reunion! I hauled my studio out to my dad's house in Polo, IL and got a chance to catch up and talk about her interesting life (like growing up in Italy??). We're joined by her twin girls, Megan and Mary and my paternal unit (and Polo Methodist Pastor), Brian LeBaron as we discuss the importance of a supporting each as a family, as well as reminisce about those no longer with us. Linda takes us through her extensive traveling as a child and talks about the origin idea to have Grandpa LeBaron make a record of some of his stories (heard in their entirety in the previous two episodes). Other Links: www.anchor.fm/heroworshippodcast www.twitter.com/heroworshippod www.twitter.com/revoloveraudio www.ko-fi.com/revoloveraudio

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107 Aunt the Waterfront

In this episode, we conclude the recording of my Grandpa, Keith LeBaron's document "A Father's Legacy," originally typed up with his daughter (my Aunt) Linda in mind. With this half, Grandpa gets into heavier details about his life, including his deteriorating relationship near the end of his marriage to Linda's mother, Marge, as well as his fondest memories about his family growing up. Look forward to hearing Aunt Linda talk about this, when I interview her on the next episode of Hero Worship!! Show some love for Jojo at: https://www.instagram.com/vividjojo/ Other Links: www.anchor.fm/heroworshippodcast www.twitter.com/heroworshippod www.twitter.com/revoloveraudio www.ko-fi.com/revoloveraudio

106 Grandpa LeBaron and the Readers of the Lost Doc - Part 2

In this episode, my sister, Mel and I together read a questionnaire that my Aunt Linda sent to my Grandpa Keith LeBaron a long time ago. Mel voices Linda's questions and I voice my Grandpa. In it, my Grandpa lays out his family's challenges making it work in the Great Depression, talks about his love of the railroad, shares some ideas on his Christian faith, and gets into some everyday wisdom. A big thanks to my Aunt Linda LeBaron for writing out this thoughtful questionnaire in the first place. Links: www.anchor.fm/heroworshippodcast www.twitter.com/heroworshippod www.twitter.com/revoloveraudio www.ko-fi.com/revoloveraudio

105 Grandpa LeBaron and the Readers of the Lost Doc - Part 1

This week, my brother, Scott, returns to tell me about his trials facing bullies and other adversities as a semi-only-child in Freeport. I'm joined once again by my brother, Kevin as we discuss proper autistic terminology, divorce, parenting Scott, the joys of Saturday Morning Cartoons, breaking into musical theatre at Beloit Memorial High School, and a whole lot of Transformers (and there will be a quiz)! We talk about all that and how important it is to let your freak flag fly! Links: www.twitter.com/heroworshippod www.twitter.com/revoloveraudio www.ko-fi.com/revoloveraudio www.twitter.com/rollingstonedpd www.facebook.com/BeloitMemorialHighSchoolTheatre/ (BMHS Theatre Facebook page) www2.unicron.com/characterlist.html (list of Transformers) Music: kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygond…dex.html

104 Scott LeBaron vs the World

Over the weekend, I had the chance to interview one of my biggest personal heroes, Mel LeBaron, my sister, and I was joined by my brothers Kevin LeBaron & Ben Colby as well as the person that we all owe our very existence to, our loving matriarch, Pamela Siemens Voegeli. Join us as we talk about Mel's action packed adventures and her brazenly positive outlook on life as she beats every challenge that comes her way. And to top it off, we discuss one of Mel's favorite things: the cinema, as we make our best guesses for Oscar predictions (with only Mel as our guide). See how well we did on this episode of Hero Worship!!! Links: @RevoloverAudio www.twitter.com/HeroWorshipPod www.ko-fi.com/RevoloverAudio www.fnms.org (The Foundation for Nager & Miller Syndromes) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductive_hearing_loss www.rileychildrens.org/support-servi…mp-about-face (Camp About Face) youtu.be/aO9fnBUeSK8 (RJ Mitte on Speakeasy) www.stitcher.com/podcast/cadence1…es-with-mo-rocca (Mobituaries) www.democracynow.org/2019/2/22/the_…ide_to_freedom (Democracy Now piece on the Green Book) goo.gl/images/tZgqFf Music: kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygond…dex.html

103 Mad Mel - Fury Road

In this episode, I am joined by my brother Scott LeBaron for cohosting duties while we interview my Grandma, Joann LeBaron about what it was like growing up in northwestern Illinois towns. She tells us about becoming a nurse and shares some interesting details about my late Grandpa, Keith LeBaron, and his temporary gig working at an Italian mafia family's pizza joint?? All this, and Burma Shave jingles on the first full episode of Hero Worship! Links: @RevoloverAudio www.twitter.com/HeroWorshipPod www.ko-fi.com/RevoloverAudio www.burma-shave.org Music: kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygond…dex.html

102 2 Talk. 2 Grandma.

This is just an introduction episode to let people know the premise. In this episode, you get a glimpse into Brad's backstory and why he feels the need to broadcast stories into your ear-holes. Links: @RevoloverAudio www.twitter.com/HeroWorshipPod www.ko-fi.com/RevoloverAudio Music: kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygond…dex.html

101 Episode 1: The Phantom Premise

In this podcast, Brad LeBaron interviews big heroes from small places, starting with his family. Every episode he will be interviewing another person in his life that has inspired him and the people around him and gets into who or what inspired them to be so inspirational!

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