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He’s a writer people are already calling the next Mark Twain. Author David Pierson offers listeners a humorous glimpse into the many minds of his imaginary friends. He and they touch on everything from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss, from education, politics, and culture to religion. Listen here to a funn…

David Pierson


    • Dec 31, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 6m AVG DURATION
    • 33 EPISODES


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    S02 EP33: New Year's Day Used to Be March 25th

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 3:21


    #33: Did you know that before 1752 New Year's Day in England and its colonies was March 25th, not January 1st? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-new-years-day-used-to-be-march-25th/

    S02 EP32: Who Dat

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 2:47


    #32: Did you know the phrase “Who Dat” was first used by Herman Melville in his 1851 novel “Moby-Dick?” Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-who-dat/

    S02 EP31: I Play Center Linebacker

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 9:43


    #31: When I was twelve, we moved from California to Louisiana. In California, I played baseball. I lived baseball. But in Louisiana there was no baseball. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-i-play-center-linebacker/

    S02 EP30: I step off the top of a football stadium

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 10:25


    #30: When I walk, my head is down, and I scour the ground for nickels, dimes and quarters. It’s a poor boy habit I developed when I was twelve, but that tendency to look down before I make a step almost resulted in my death when I took a dare and stepped off the top of a football stadium. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-i-step-off-the-top-of-a-football-stadium/

    S02 EP29: Jesus Lied

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 5:28


    #29: With my title — “Jesus Lied” — many Christians will probably presume this is yet another attack on their religious beliefs, while non-Christians will think this affirms what they already believe — that Jesus, if there was such a person, was merely a man and not God.

    S02 EP28: The Curse of the Frog

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 8:17


    #28: When I was in high school, I knew a boy who went by the nickname “Bwana” because he loved outdoor critters. He used to keep a pet snake, and every morning some of us boys would watch when it was feeding time. 

    S02 EP27: Money Games: How to Force the NFL to Play Their Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 4:39


    #27: When a company tries to sell at full price, a diluted version of its own product customers tend to react strongly. Sometimes even petitioning their elected representatives to exert regulatory pressure on the company.

    S02 EP26: A Confession: My role in last century’s tulipomania

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 5:26


    #26: This is, I guess, a confession of sorts about the role I played in last century’s video game fad. The years in question were 1978-1981.

    S02 EP25: The roll of the dice

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 5:32


    #25: Did you know it was Galileo (1564-1642) who first figured out the percentages for each roll of the dice?

    S02 EP24: The Tattle Tail Priest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 7:03


    #24: Bleach. The smell of bleach and pine. A lot of what I do in the classroom, when it's not grammar, when it's not composition, is intuitive.

    S02 EP23: I Have to Teach Kids How to Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 5:33


    #23: People spend most of their waking moments staring at their boxes. That is, their TV's, and when they venture forth, they fixed their eyes and even smaller rectangular boxes. Their electronic devices. 

    S02 EP22: George Washington was Born on Two Different Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 3:18


    #22: Did you know George Washington was born on February 11, 1732, and February 22, 1732?

    S02 EP21: Green Eggs and Ham Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 7:51


    #21: There's more to “Green Eggs and Ham” than is dreamt of in your philosophy.

    S02 EP20: Thank You for Your Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 15:45


    #20: Thank You for Your Service. The Federal Government reinstated its draft lottery during my senior year in college. It was based on the birth dates of young men born before 1950. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-thank-you-for-your-service/

    S02 EP19: Losing the Election to a Dead Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 1:56


    #19: How do you lose an election to a dead man? Did you know that the longest-serving member in the U.S. House of Representatives Donald Young of Alaska lost a congressional election to a dead man? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-losing-the-election-to-a-dead-man/

    S02 EP18: The Inventor of the Stolen Base

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 3:50


    #18: Did you know the stolen base originated because someone questioned authority? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-the-inventor-of-the-stolen-base/

    S02 EP17: Why lefties are called southpaws

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 1:54


    #17: Did you know baseball stadiums used to be constructed so that the pitcher was pitching from east to west. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-why-lefties-are-called-southpaws/

    S02 EP16: A Sin Against the Baseball Gods

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 2:08


    #16: Did you know the first time Major League Baseball committed the unforgivable sin of starting a baseball season in March (instead of April, as the baseball gods had always decreed it) a home plate umpire dropped dead on the baseball field? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-a-sin-against-the-baseball-gods/

    S02 EP15: The Priest’s Hole

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 6:41


    #15: Did you know there was a “priest’s hole” in many an old English manor house so that outlaw priests could escape undetected when the authorities came in search of them? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-the-priests-hole/

    S02 EP14: My love for a free press and a mimeograph machine, part two

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 5:39


    #14: After college, I was drafted into the U.S. Army. This was during the Vietnam War. Instead of being sent to Vietnam, however, I ended up in Germany as an army postal clerk. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-my-love-for-a-free-press-and-a-mimeograph-machine-part-two/

    S02 EP13: My love for a free press and a mimeograph machine, part one

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 7:17


    #13: I went to a Catholic seminary for high school. It was a boarding school, and there were only three times each year that we could go home -- Christmas, spring break and summer vacation. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-my-love-for-a-free-press-and-a-mimeograph-machine-part-one/

    S02 EP12: God versus Man: Who was created in whose image

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 6:00


    #12: Did God create man in God’s image? Or did man create his gods in man’s image? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-god-versus-man-who-was-created-in-whose-image

    S02 EP11: The Bat in the House

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 11:32


    #11: It is humbling when a man cannot protect his wife and home from an invading menace that’s smaller than a poodle. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-the-bat-in-the-house/

    S02 EP10: Wally Zeringue and the decentralization of Congress

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 6:29


    #10: In my novel And Lead Us Not, President Wally Zeringue proposes many provocative policies, among them, that members of Congress be housed in barracks. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-wally-zeringue-and-the-decentralization-of-congress/

    S02 EP09: The Crop Circle Squirrel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 7:08


    #09: You have probably seen aerial pictures of crop circles, strange patterns in wheat fields that appear to be deliberately made. No one knows who or what made them, though many educated people, like me, have jumped to the conclusion that they may be signs of a higher intelligence, possibly graffiti from aliens hovering above in their flying saucers.

    S02 EP08: The Longest Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 5:27


    #08: Did you know there was one year that was longer than all the others in recorded history? It’s true. The year was 46 B.C., and it was 445 days long! Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-the-longest-year/

    S02 EP07: Bayou-Picayune Reimagined

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 2:52


    #07: Welcome to Season 2. Last season I produced a handful of podcasts (“pilot episodes,” I called them) under the name of Bayou-Picayune. With this, the start of my second season, I plan on featuring a Bayou-Picayune podcast every Tuesday and Thursday. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-bayou-picayune-reimagined/

    S01 EP06: Coincidental Deaths

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 5:18


    #06: Horatio, I simply don’t agree with you. In this case, I happen to agree with Shakespeare when he said, “There’s more to heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-coincidental-deaths/    

    S01 EP05: The truth about the Horoscope Heist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 8:54


    #05: I suppose I should come clean about Dan Bitterman, the main character in my novel, And Lead Us Not. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-the-truth-about-the-horoscope-heist/

    S01 EP04: The Cuckoo in the Cuckoo Clock

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2018 5:43


    #04: Lots of people have asked me recently: What word or words would I use to describe myself? a writer? a southern writer? a humorist? a satirist? a social critic? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-the-cuckoo-in-the-cuckoo-clock/

    S01 EP03: Why Bayou-Picayune?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 4:34


    #03: Right now you’re probably asking yourself: “Why Bayou-Picayune? Why would David Pierson call his podcast channel Bayou-Picayune? Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-why-bayou-picayune/

    S01 EP02: My Clothesline Conversation with Mom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2018 11:59


    #02: My whole writing career has been guided by a promise I made to my mother. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-bayou-picayune-my-clothesline/

    S01 EP01: My Dark Wicked Secret

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2018 5:25


    #01: Welcome to the Bayou-Picayune Podcast. Author David Pierson offers listeners a humorous glimpse into the many minds of his imaginary friends. He and they touch on everything from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss, from education, politics, and culture to religion. Podcast show transcription available here: https://www.davidpierson.net/podcast-my-dark-wicked-secret/

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