Boring Is A Swear Word

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Outrageous adventures, personal failures, rants, and bad book reviews from bestselling author and sponsored outdoor athlete Pete “Pedro” Hoffmeister.

Boring Is A Swear Word


    • Aug 21, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 34 EPISODES

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    Latest episodes from Boring Is A Swear Word

    Podcast Episode 35

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 34:27


    Freeway shooter, my friend lost on the river, car accidents, and a meth addict next door? Three wild stories.

    Podcast Episode 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 34:01


    I tell the stories of the first dead body I saw—a baby—plus the first murdered person, deaths of friends, colleagues, students, my favorite dog, and what it all means to me.

    Podcast Episode 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 13:01


    The bears are being weird this year...what kind of a bear are you?

    Podcast Episode 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 23:06


    My new book release episode—American Afterlife—plus author fails, and is it crazy to be a writer these days?

    Podcast Episode 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022 25:33


    Prosuming vs Consuming. How we can buy back time through selective freeganism.

    Podcast Episode 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 41:32


    The Uvalde school shooting. The dysfunctions of being a public school teacher. Rules that don't make sense. Setting up the next tragedy.

    Podcast Episode 29

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2022 25:36


    Mental Health Month: Reading As A Mental Health Practice. Entertaining poems and essays.

    Podcast Episode 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022 38:20


    Control your destiny, have an internal locus of control, make choices that determine a better future, and therefore the life that you want. Don't settle for a boring, monotonous life that brings you no joy. Go out, work hard, adventure, and take risks!

    Podcast Episode 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022 29:15


    Researching fertilizer bombs on a school computer and other funny stories, found poems, and essays.

    Podcast Episode 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 30:59


    Rotten goose eggs, being stuck in Reno, and two pieces of New Years inspiration.

    Podcast Episode 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 18:55


    Kyle Rittenhouse trial and aquittal—thoughts and connections.

    Podcast Episode 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 40:53


    When I stole a car, awkward hugging, my traumatic brain injury, and struggling to believe in constructs.

    Podcast Episode 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 32:44


    Ideas, good and bad. Failed humor. Assignments gone wrong. And what language does your car speak?

    Podcast Episode 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 28:17


    Watching a drowned girl pulled from the river makes me think about life.

    Podcast Episode 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 26:53


    Why getting punched in the mouth is a good thing. True stories. Fists to my teeth. Also metaphors for the same thing. Are you a hero? I know I'm not.

    Podcast Episode 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 33:43


    Controversy over my short film "Climbing At Night," addiction, bear encounters, philosophy, and cultural critique.

    Podcast Episode 19

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 29:06


    Nature as a language, go outside, and don't date your cousin.

    Podcast Episode 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 31:40


    "The Good News Episode" - Off-topic dentists, what it will be like after the big earthquake, geeking out, good friends, book deals and the writer's life.

    Podcast Episode 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 32:23


    "On second thought...I'm the jerk."

    Podcast Episode 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 34:16


    All poop stories. Nothing more.

    Podcast Episode 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 28:39


    "Flow" - An ode to MF Doom, Daniel Dumile, stories and poetry from Earl Sweatshirt, Night Comes Early These Days, and a friend cancelling you in 2020.

    Podcast Episode 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 26:56


    The "All Tricks Episode" in which I prove - once a gain - that am not a good person. Check out the pandemic pro-tip at the start of the episode, or listen for other stories of tricks, bad ideas, and dubious decisions.

    Podcast Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 37:38


    Discovering a woman on the bridge with a noose, the Gold Standard, our education system, insiders vs. outsiders, and other constructs.

    Podcast Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 36:21


    "The Apologies Episode": Choking a student, smuggling an item onto an airplane, my drunken friend, and other stories that require an apology.

    Podcast Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 31:56


    "How To Fail In Sports": Cheat, Make Excuses, Don't Put In The Work, Don't Trust Your Instincts, and Let Fear Control Your Mind.

    Podcast Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 35:32


    "The Complicated Gifts Episode": Examining conspiracy theories, the Coronavirus, Trump versus Lincoln, Breitbart's America's Frontline Doctors, riding motorcycles, Black Lives Matter, and our call to action.

    Podcast Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 39:18


    "The Gratitude Episode" - Being a homeless teen in Dallas, Texas, a Greek tragedy, how I became an adventurer, and a message from Bob Dylan.

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    Podcast Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 28:40


    "The Daughters Episode" - When you lose your kids in the woods and other stories.

    Podcast Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 40:01


    The Coronavirus Episode + I'm the last man on earth without a cell phone. Basically, this is the end of the world.

    Podcast Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 32:50


    Trying to kayak an unkayakable creek, people hating my second novel, other stories, and a Colorado River Toad.

    Podcast Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 29:29


    "The Ugly Truths" Episode: Rock climbing failures, me being culturally incompetent, a poem on personal weakness, fragmentary geeking out, people hate my memoir, mistakes and outtakes, plus a note from the rattlesnake I ate last summer.

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    Podcast Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 33:38


    "My First Arson," "Trump Fans Hate My Romance Writing," "I Break Down Tyga's Rap Lyrics," "Geeking Out With Bats," etc.

    Podcast Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 36:46


    "More People Who Hate My Writing," "A Ridiculous True Story...From Europe," "The Best Thing I've Read This Week," "Geeking Out With Elevators," "Ayuda Me," and "A Dedication Plus A Message From My Frontyard Squirrel."

    Podcast Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 29:37


    Personal journals podcast episode that includes "People Who Hate My Writing," "A Ridiculous True Story," "The Best Thing I've Read This Week," "Geeking Out," "Journal Lists Y Gente Loca," and "A Message From My Dog."

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