Beantown Podcast - 11232018_Quinn David Furness presents the Beantown Podcast (Thanksgiving)

Episode Date: November 24, 2018

Quinn comes to you live from both Hockessin, Delaware and Beantown, USA with special guests Auntie Anna and Jack Furness. Together, Quinn and guests discuss what we're thankful for, what Thanksgiving was like growing up in the Depression Era, and earning your Beantown Podcast five timers jacket #FriendsofthePodcast

Welcome to the Bean Town Podcast. Thanksgiving edition, how's everyone doing? This is Quinn David Furnace. This is my podcast also known as the People's Podcast, one of Baltimore City's top 500 podcasts. We are pretty lucky this morning to be joined by one of my much older aunts, Antiana. What's going on? How are you doing?

I'm doing well. We just had a great Thanksgiving, right? With 17 people around the table? I'd say it was good, yeah, it's a good thing. No, no, it was great, Quinn, it was great, yeah. Okay, well, Antiana, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. It's always a pleasure when we can get family on,

before people get too old, we want them to be able to experience everything that Beentown podcast has to offer. So, Auntie, I think you mentioned you were going to get us started with a song. No, I did not mention that, but I was singing this morning because I have a two-year-old grandson. So we were singing, Cucumberis hits on the old gum gum tree. Do you know that one?

That's a classic song. I think that was called Dylan. Are you ready? Yeah. Alright, give us a pitch. Mmm, okay. Cucumbericits on the old gum tree. Merry, merry king of the bush. You're not singing. Love, cook a bear, love.

Cook a bear again, your life must be. When you just mumbled to your love. About gay, cook a bearance? You could go to Baltimore. That means something completely different. I will leave that to your friends in Baltimore. It was an innocent childhood song. Classic anti.

Classic anti. Anti-Anna, you have mentioned before that you're going to be spending some time in the country of how are we going to pronounce it? Guiana, Guiana. Guiana, Guiana in the next couple of months here. So why don't you give us a quick little country profile. Most people don't know that Guiana exists in the world. So what's it like down there in South Africa where Guyana is? South America. Similar. South America.

Yes, I was recently there with my first visit to South America. And Guyana is the only English-speaking country on the continent. It's one of three Guyana. We have what was formerly British Guayana, which is the Guayana I visited, and then directly East of Guayana is Suriname, which is considered Dutch Guayana, right? And the language there is Dutch, right?

And then further East is French Guayana, which is actually part of France, and where French is spoken. So it's linguistically it's a really interesting area, and there's a fabulous Guiennese Creole, which I understand a word of. The people were warm as was the temperature. It's a developing nation that has recently discovered oil

and they're preparing for an oil boom. And there is one large federal university that's invited my husband to come and help them start a chemical engineering program So we spend a couple of days in the capital Georgetown, which is a lovely little colonial town Like most developing nations. It has some growing pains named after King George. I that's what I was told You know which one? No, I did pose that question to my guide and I asked if it was the same King George

that the colonies, the American colonies fought against and they kind of demurred. So I have yet to do my research to affirm my supposition. Sounds like corporate greed or something like that. Colonial greed. Colonial greed, definitely. But they have a really still intact Amerindian population and fairly pristine rainforest. So it's an ecotourism haven destination. So the next time I return to the country,

I'm looking forward to exploring the non-urban, the rural side of the country. And is there anything interesting or unique about the cuisine in Guyana that you'd notice when you were there? Yeah, well it was a really short stay, but I'm told they're famous for their pepper pot, which is, you know, stewed meat. There's a ethnically, it's very interesting country because there's still this large Amer Indian population, descendants of slaves brought from Africa,

a huge Indian population. So the food reminded me a little bit of South Africa, so there was this Indian influence. Lots of curries. Not really many colonial folks left, although now they'll be in influx with the interest in oil. And with you coming, that's gonna basically double the population.

Pretty much, yeah. You mentioned South Africa where Guyana is located. How is your, how is your South African accent? My stuff, I don't think I have one. I think that's something worth practicing. So when you're in Guyana, you'll want to be able to converse, have conversations with people who live there.

But when you come from a geographically literate family, why do you keep mistaken South America for South Africa? Well, they're pretty close. Oh, really? Yeah. They're only on a map usually, you know, maybe like half a foot apart. Is that it? So really not too bad.

That works for you. This is our Thanksgiving episode and anti-U were growing up in kind of depression era. I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit more about what Thanksgiving's were like. For you growing up, you know, Hoover administration, Coolidge administration sort of back then. That was my mother and my father, no, growing up in the 60s in northern Wisconsin, which was not Hoover Coolidge. It was more Nixon and Watergate. So I grew up in a hunting family in the woods of northern Wisconsin. So Thanksgiving meant you hoped the hunters returned in time to enjoy the Thanksgiving feast.

And we often had to keep that turkey warm until they finally showed up, often with a towing a buck or a dough, right, and you'd have to quickly eat because then you'd have to dress the deer, right? That really dominated our Thanksgiving's, this whole hunting, we're recording a podcast. Oh, it's fine, We live the ambient noise. Yeah, we have, so we're having lots of fun because my two-year-old grandson is here. Yeah. Very good.

And he's got a couple different names. So I was under the impression that tsunami is what we were calling him. But when I showed up here, a new name emerged, something like chunky salsa, it means caterpillar, and see that again, I think. And I've heard Jebrio get tossed around. also, it means caterpillar in South African, I think. And I've heard Jabriil get tossed around.

I've heard Nugget get tossed around there some swear words I wasn't able to use on the podcast. I've heard tossed around later at night in attempt to get him to sleep. So lots of different names. Officially, his Yo-Rubo name is Shanumi, which Quinn has transliterated into tsunami, which we think is quite adorable. His nebele nickname, because mom's from Zimbabwe, is Trongololo, which means millipede,

that he does have another name, Gibral, and yeah, he's just adorable. He's over there playing the xylophone isn't that sweet? Whoever plays baseball, they're gonna have to give him a couple different jerseys to put his full name on. I think so. That'd be good. Yeah. Some soccer players just have one name like Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Dignol, and Chungo ever plays soccer. He's gonna be the opposite. He's gonna have 10 different names.

I agree. Well, he merits them all. He's adorable. Yeah, very good. Yeah. Hey, Auntie, you are in a EDD program. Is that correct? And that's not for erectile dysfunction.

It's something completely different. That's correct, Quinn, but you are an astute young man. So what are you studying in your researching in your EDD program? OK, so it's a doctorate in educational leadership. And I'm looking at the proficiency attainment of world language students here at the University of Delaware. And what we can do to help our students attain

the targeted proficiency level, which is advanced low. That's the level that has determined by actful. Our American Council, the teaching of foreign languages, has determined is the minimum level for the world language teachers. So that's in a nutshell what I'm working on. Does that make sense? What has your data collection been like? Well, you know, one of the problems is that there's very little

testing that goes on. The testing that has taken place at our university sadly shows that most of our four year language majors are not attaining that level. So it's pretty easy pickings. We're just trying to figure out what we can do, how we can alter our curriculum and our courses to make a proficiency attainment a more realizable goal. Exactly.

Excellent. And when are you looking to finish up your degree? I hope in about two years. I have a couple of courses left. We're going to pull due to that. Yeah, you'll be back and we'll have the conversation with my cap and gown. Yeah, absolutely.

The mortar board. That's it. Well, you have a couple of those. Yeah, so if I ever go get a doctor degree, it's not going to be further degree. It's going to be for the fun hat you get to. Well, then you have to choose your university carefully. I know, that's probably the biggest consideration.

I would agree. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Anti, in finishing up here, it is our Thanksgiving episode. So what are a couple of things that you're thankful for this year? This year. I'm really grateful for that sweet little boy who just slammed the door in the cupboard

because he's got a cinnamon roll in his hand. And sugar high. Yeah, he's on a sugar high. No, so this weekend I'm especially grateful for family. I turned 59 this year and I- Again. No, no, for the very first time. But as you know, that was the age at which my own mother passed, and so I consider

every day a gift, and every moment I can spend with people as quirky and lovable as Quinn, just a huge gift. That's high praise. That's what it is. Well, Auntie, this is your first time and probably last, coming on the Bean Town podcast. You just can't help that dis me, can you? on the bean town podcast. You just can't help that dis me, can you? Is there anything else you want to kind of leave us with, in closing here? Yeah, Carpe Diem and support Quinn Davis in the bean town podcast.

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podcast on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, all that good stuff. Again, we are on Twitter at Beentowncast. We're on Facebook and find us on email, beentownpodcastyahoo.com. That's BeentownBEA and Tudan podcastyahoo.com. Welcome to the podcast, Chungulolo. Do you have anything you would like to add to the podcast? Say hello.

Hello. Good one, Chungu. Boy, you really get straight into the mic there. He's a natural. Yes. Good one, Chungu. Say thanks, Chungu. Can you say thank you?

Yeah, that one might be tougher to pick up, but we'll see. We'll get that in the editing room maybe. Thank you to everyone. This is part one of our Thanksgiving episode. We'll be coming to you a little bit later, although the sound break won't sound any different for you guys.

So we'll catch you up with part two later. Antiana, thanks again so much for coming on the podcast. You're most welcome, Quinn Davis. Quinn Davis, nice. All right, we'll see everyone a little bit. And as we hit halfway point in this bean-tong podcast, Thanksgiving special, and while we're getting set up here, I want everyone to imagine that there was a 90-minute bus ride

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We are very fortunate to be joined by the bean town third timer Jack furnace first joined us in the spring. Actually kind of three and a half because we did our first ever bean town unplugged. Wonderwall, check it out. It was amazing and we played a game of cribbage before we had two microphones. So it was a little bit difficult to hear everything that was going on. And then Jack was the roast master at my own roast when we came to you live from the Pacific Northwest And now we're fortunate enough to be joined once more by Jack for any Jack. How are you doing today? I'm doing all right. Thanks for having me on the show now catch us up a little bit on what's been going on in your life since

Last July when we heard from you last Yeah, so I moved to the East Coast in August and started law school. So I'm living up in New York and enjoying that and happy to be back in Baltimore. And I realized that you came on the Anchorage podcast as well, a life from the airport. So somebody I'd even call you a five-timer. We got to get to one of those jackets that they do on SNL. So thank you to my auntie Anna and little jungle mango earlier on this episode.

We actually recorded that yesterday in Delaware. That was a lot of fun. Thanks again to some of my extended family for coming on in our, coming to you live the day after Jack is going to be our special holiday Correspondent moving forward on the rest of this episode. So I think we're gonna go ahead and jump right in with some holiday questions, so number one Jack a lot of people will be on the road to see friends and family this holiday season.

What are some of your favorite U.S. interstates? I'm a big fan of Highway 80. Tell us more about that. Yeah, Highway 80 runs right from downtown San Francisco through South Platt, Nebraska, to TNIC, New Jersey, on the east coast. So right through the, right through the Heartland. A lot of people don't know this, but when you time you have an interstate or a US highway that ends and is zero, it's supposed to run from coast to coast. I know growing up we lived right along US Highway 20 and my parents who live out in Oregon now, they still live right

along US Highway 20 and I believe Highway 20 runs all the way to Boston. So that's a good tip or trick if you're ever on the West Coast and you're thinking to yourself, I need to be on the east coast quick. Find one of those roads that ends in a zero. Any other favorite US interstates there, Jack? I like 97. And it goes right through Bendore again. It's some pretty country.

That's a classic one. That's a classic one. That's a good one. It's common knowledge that the 80s classic trains planes and automobiles. It's one of the greatest Thanksgiving films of all time. So Jack, what are some of your favorite Steve Martin movies? Any of the sequels really pink Panther 2 cheaper by the dozen to be for the bakers doesn't apparently.

Father of the bride too. Is there a father of the bride too? I don't know. I never saw the first one. We always had that button or pen whatever going up in Wallsroom. Novocaine too. I remember watching as a kid and really enjoying the three amigos. It's a good one. I have a feeling that I would be disappointed if I went back and rewatched it so I might just leave it on the shelf and

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You really led me to believe there that we were going to be talking about food. Well, I wanted to mention it. Okay. Well, I like the Christmas holidays because we're able to get the whole family together typically. But as a kid growing up, always really liked Easter because I like the concept of the Easter basket and really just everything that goes along with that. Yeah, Easter was a clutch holiday growing up. I can recall when I was very little

waking up and there'd actually be a trail of jelly beans leading to the Easter basket. I think once we started to get pets that might have went away, but Jack, you're kind of infamous in our family for struggling a bit when it comes to Easter basket. They used to be hidden around the house and some years our parents would get very creative, other years not as creative, but regardless of how difficult the hiding spot was, Jack, you were known to struggle a little bit here and there with finding your Easter basket. What do you think is to blame for that?

Lack of discipline, mostly. I'd wake up and I'd really have my eye on the prize and burn out within the first five minutes. We lived in kind of a big house and once all of your other siblings start finding there, but sometimes I'd wake up and everyone else would already have their baskets and that kind of took the wind out of my sails. So it was it was hard to stay focused. Plus we always had to get ready for church too and just seemed like a lot of work. So yeah it often dragged on throughout the day but always paid off me. I can recall one infamous Easter morning video

with the camcorder, and I think there's a raw footage of me getting dressed in the living room, but in addition to that video, I recall your basket one year being hidden in the swim basket. The basket, yeah. And it took a couple peaks in there before he actually

discovered the gold. I think actually what happened was I was reaching down in there and I somehow managed to tip my basket upside down without finding it. So when I eventually got in there and found that there were jelly beans everywhere. That's good stuff. Quickly on this topic of holidays, I do want, because I'm sure the listeners are going to be crying out in the comments. Yes, we didn't forget President's Day.

We wouldn't really have mattress sales without Presidency. So I think that's a sneaky dark horse to throw in there, but I think Easter is a solid choice. Not to mention, it's a different, not only a different day every year. Sometimes it's a completely different month. And I think that's the only major US holiday we have. That's like that. So, Easter flying under the radar, but I think that's a good choice.

Jack, who do you think the real hero is in Rudolph, the Red Nose Reindeer, and how do you respond to allegations of racism against Santa Claus. No comments and for the first part of the question, definitely Yukon Cornelius. I think that was the obvious choice but I think everyone just wanted to hear it feel justified in their own convictions. So if you haven't seen the classic Rudolph from I believe the 1960s, you're gonna wanna check it out.

You can't corneal this, not only a great name, but one of the greatest cinematic heroes of our time. We've got one final question here as part of our interview. Jack, what's one racial stereotype you're thankful for this Thanksgiving? The good news is we were doing very well on time, so we can let this question sit for a couple of minutes. Yeah, someone might have to marinate for a bit. Going back to the previous question, what's the name of the lion with the wings from the island of Miss Fitton?

Is it moon raker? Something like that. Skyfall. Let's do a little laugh. I always read time research. I mean, he's kind of the unsung hero. Because you know, he could have... Moon racer perhaps.

Moon racer. Moon racer, yeah. Is it really? He could have locked up Hermi and and just kind of kept him on the island and the movie would have taken a different direction. But yeah, he was a good guy. Yeah.

Just wanted to throw that out there. No, I didn't get to do a question. I think that's good. I can recall watching that as a young child and always being a little on edge when he flies onto the island, not really sure where it's going to go, but it turns out to be a good guy. So yeah, that's a deep hole, King Moon racer. All right.

That's good stuff. That's good stuff. That's good stuff. That's good stuff. That's good stuff. That's all right. And a more serious note, Jack, what are some of the things that you're thankful for this holiday season?

Yeah. Family is always a big one for me. And I know that's kind of stereotypical, but it was really nice to spend Thanksgiving with family this year. It's my first time in the States for Thanksgiving since 20, 20, 14 years. He's aging himself. This year is my first time in the States for Thanksgiving since 2020. He's aging himself.

That's never good. 2014 was the last time I was in the States for Thanksgiving, so to be able to spend the day around family was really nice. And yeah, to be able to be hosted here in the great bean town is Just another another example of that And the kind of one last thing while we have a multi-time Fancy football champion live on airwaters some of your tips and tricks for coaches as we move into the fantasy

Playoff season provided that you're in the playoffs. So if you're into the fantasy playoff season provided that you're in the playoff. So if you're happened to be Abby Furnace and you're listening to this right now, that's kind of all the information we've got for you. The rest will be for more elite level coaches. So what are what are you really focusing your attention on as we move towards the playoffs this year? Yeah, always go with your gut. That's my big one. And he doesn't mean put your own bettis in your lineup. He's mean trusting your kind of your instinctual gut.

That's right. So if you see a guy whose name you recognize, always go with that one, even if some other guy has much better stats. That's one of my personal rules. Something I learned along the way is always check before you trade for someone to make sure that they're not on IR, because that can come back to bite you. Never underestimate a good smile. So when you look at the guys' pictures, you're trying to choose if you want to pick up someone or drop someone.

You can often tell just by looking at them, you know, if they're going to be the right fit for your team. Have you seen Tyree Kills picture this year? No, I haven't. Oh, I'll pull it up. I think there's a reason why he's leading a wide receiver. Well, yeah, I've known to blame but myself then Because these are things that a lot of coaches don't really look into

but oh boy Well, I don't know if you would have made the bet for my Anyone has the opportunity to scoo Tyree Kills 2018 team photo. He's a gem. Not the most. Love that guy. He's like five feet nine, but runs a pretty quick 440.

Jack, do you ever run a 440 in any time in your life? I know you're used to run track. Yeah, I know. Is that 440 yards? in your life, I know you're used to on track. Yeah, I know is that 440 yards. No, that's a, but it's a 40, 40 yards or 40 meters,

excuse me, but 440 is like a really good time to get on the 40 meters. A four second 40 meter. Yeah, four four seconds and four point four seconds. And it's one of those two. We'll do some research on this after. No, I used to, I ran the, what did I, I guess I ran the 400. I wasn't very good at track. So I doubt I ever did that.

Well, you only had one year of experience. You were the rookie. Yeah. And coming off an ACL injury, they should have made a 30 for 30 about you. Or a 40 by 40, apparently. All right, good stuff. Well, that's all the time we have for our Thanksgiving

special I want to thank Antiana and Chungo Mungo and Jack and the double happiness bus for getting us from Wilmington back to Baltimore. Thank you to our sponsors, Home Pride Organ, go check them out. Good stuff. Thanks everyone for listening to Rem reminder to use the hashtag friends of the podcast. We are talking about us on Facebook, Twitter, at Twitter where we are at bean town cast. And you can always email us beantownpodcastyahoo.com. It's beantown, B-E-A-N-T-U-D and podcasts at yahoo.com. We'll come to you live next week. No big plans as we finish out the month, but December should be a lot of fun,

got some surprises, some Christmas presents coming up throughout that month. So thanks everyone for listening and thanks again, Jack, for coming on the podcast. Happy to be here. Alright, everyone, have a good week. Happy Thanksgiving, we'll check in any next time. All right everyone have a good week. Happy Thanksgiving. We'll check in any next time.