Spilled Soup

Sir Joseph Vanpool joins us to discuss an extremely awkward moment that followed some visible impatience he demonstrated toward another driver on the road. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed and Diana share some hilarious missteps and foibles from jobs they held during their college years. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed recounts several mishaps that occurred when a Korean foreign exchange student stayed in his home over one summer, while Diana confesses to antagonizing her children at a carwash when they were toddlers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Diana and Ed exchange stories of when things got wacky or went wrong in water. Ed also recounts an experience in the air when he thought he was heaven-bound.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We've all had those moments as parents when we were unwittingly derelict in our duties. This episode is a tribute to parents everywhere whose kids survived their childhoods despite the haplessness of mom and dad. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Diana joins Ed to share some animal mishaps she experienced while growing up on a farm; Ed tells the tale of a restless pooch that ensured a backyard barbecue was a disaster. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed and Diana discuss his ill-fated attempt to impress a young lady at college intramural track meet. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Former marketing colleague Amanda Blackburn joins Ed to exchange stories of bumbling and bad judgment at high altitudes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed's daughter Courtney joins him to reminisce about an ill-fated choice of a beverage in a sidewalk cafe during their trip to France. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed and his brother, Byron, recount a couple of misdeeds from their teen years that went south and how their fair-minded father responded. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rick Gibson, VP of Public Affairs at Pepperdine University, recounts the time he was an assistant pastor and the head pastor unwittingly delivered a memorable encore to a powerful sermon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed's longtime friend Cotton Sears joins Ed to discuss an ill-fated joy ride in a work van on the last day of a summer job. Cotton also shares information on a charitable organization he's supported for almost 30 years that allows him to sponsor foster children in under-privileged countries. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Attorney Bryan Eisenbise recalls an event from his teens when some innocent fun nearly got him arrested. (The worthy cause he's promoting is The Innocence Project.). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Everyone has an embarrassing fart story, and we share ours. Ed's story happened at the workplace, while Diana's happened while she was entertaining guests in her home. Ed also shares why Pathways to English is an important cause, especially now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My brother, Mike, joins me and Diana to tell us why he's glad he didn't punch out a man he thought was eavesdropping on his conversation with his wife at a restaurant. He also shares why the Alzheimer's Association (alz.org) is a cause close to his heart and mine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed's longtime friend Mechelle Felsted of Flagstaff, AZ, recounts her clumsy moment as a wedding photographer that created the young couple's first marital challenge. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Keith Ozawa, a plumbing company owner, discusses an incident in his bedroom one night that made him curl up shamefully in the fetal position when his wife could've used some valor. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Best-selling author Janette Rallison tells us about her co-workers confusing her with another Janette on staff whose reputation wasn't quite as wholesome as hers. She also discusses her journey as a successful novelist and what it's like to have a famous son — YouTube star TheOdd1sOut (James Rallison). The charitable cause that's meaningful to Janette is Operation Underground Railroad, which rescues trafficked children and helps them transition to a new life. You can find Janette's books on Amazon.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tim Mauss, Ed's nephew and a fine lad, tells us about the time he went the extra mile at a job, only to discover he should have stopped at the bridge of mediocrity. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Actress, writer and acting coach Ria Pavia relives the horror of a high school improv performance that made her stand out for the wrong reasons. Learn more about the worthy cause she recommends at https://www.facebook.com/sagaftraFOUNDATION/. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed and Diana each share a story about baring more than their souls. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Musician Scot Bruce was driving to meet his girlfriend's parents when a honking car behind him got him worked up. That led to an unexpected turn at the meeting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ed Mauss, a marketing content manager, bravely reveals a secret he's kept for almost 40 years about a high school mishap that really stunk. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Diana Ranck, now a school teacher in Mission Viejo, California, was working as a nanny when she got a bit too comfortable in the warm, soothing waters of the family's jacuzzi as the mom of the three children looked on. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app