Welcome to the Petzinger Brothers Podcast website. The five of us were raised on a 5 acre plot of oddly shaped farmland outside the small city of Caldwell, Idaho. We were raised by our father, a German immigrant, and our mother, daughter of an Air Force family.
Dad worked as a German, Drafting, Russian, and Math teacher at the local high school, but was actually an abstract artist whose canvas was the farm, whose paints were construction materials and livestock, and whose brushes were shovels, trowels, buckets, tape measures, and hammers.
Mom worked to keep the gears of the family running as smoothly as possible, but was actually a runway model with great fashion sense whose wardrobe was conjured up from thrift store shelves and hangers, and whose catwalks were the hallways of church, sidewalks in the park, and the aisles of markets.
It has been decades since we all lived together on that small patch of land in the countryside of western Idaho. We have all gone our separate ways. So, to not lose to the inescapable passage of time, the memories, stories, mishaps, and adventures that formed our unique upbringing, we have set about to make permanent our recollections, thoughts, and experiences in the form of these podcasts.
Technology has rendered the distance between us immaterial. The five of us gather together as though around a virtual dining table and commit our conversations to digital permanence. It is our sincere hope that hearing our podcasts will be as much fun for listeners as it is for us making them. To our posterity we say, this is your heritage. To our friends, family, and listeners we say, enjoy.
Monday, August 10, 2009 at 12:21PM Our first guest celebrity--Mom! The woman who brought all five of us into the world shares some stories from her youth as well as some of her thoughts about raising us boys.
Monday, August 3, 2009 at 8:46AM Legacy, expectations, embarrassing moments, and triumphs. All key elements in our experiences as students who, one after the other, made our way through the public school system.
Monday, July 27, 2009 at 9:26AM This week's podcast starts with the root cellar, but doesn't stay there for long. Listen as we recollect some of the things we would do for fun on the farm. And, for the first time ever in our podcasts we mention a goat.
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As mentioned in Episode 3, an aerial view photograph(courtesy of Google Earth) of the farm has been added to the photo gallery. The irrigation canal referenced in the podcast forms the curved eastern boundary of the property. |
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 12:07PM Sit back and enjoy our recollections of the many cars that played their parts in our driving misadventures.
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 12:30PM Welcome to the Petzinger Brothers Podcast website. This posting marks the inaugural podcast--our first attempt at sharing our treasured memories, interesting stories, and random thoughts with you. Enjoy!
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