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The Setlist of Life

The Setlist of Life

De: Leslie Kirsten Christine & Aaron
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Four former members of the band “Dolly4Sue” reunite to give a witty personal account their cool, and not so cool, adventures over the last decade as musicians in a “Mom band”. Listen in as they lean on each other while balancing life, family, and music. You just might find yourself finding yourself along the way.

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  • 136 Crazy

    136 Crazy
    Mar 17 2026
    🎵 The Setlist of Life: "Crazy" – When Lost Luggage, AI Music, and Parenting Plot Twists Collide"THE SETLIST"0:00 – Track 1: Welcome to the Chaos – Why Your Podcast Guest Never Shows Up Consistently 2:03 – Track 2: The AirTag Chronicles – How One Lost Handbag in Spain Became an Obsession 6:00 – Track 3: Airport Security Fails & Taxi Driver Mysteries – Tracking Your Stuff 4,000 Miles Away 8:10 – Track 4: Should You Call the Lost & Found? \ 10:14 – Track 5: The Button Wars – Why Band Egos Fight Over Podcast Sound Design 12:23 – Track 6: Nostalgia Deep Dive – Laurie Berkner, the Wiggles, and Why Gen X Parents Are Obsessed 14:30 – Track 7: The Church Concert Nobody Came To – How Justin Roberts Changed Our Kids' Lives 16:56 – Track 8: "Beth's Dead" Unpacked – Parasocial Relationships & Why You Think You Know Your Favorite Hosts 19:23 – Track 9: Netflix Account Chaos – The Real Reason Your Family's Password Keeps Changing 21:44 – Track 10: TV Shows That Hit Different – Poldark, Water for Chocolate, and Why Masterpiece Theater Won. 24:02 – Track 11: The Madrid Hospital Text at 2:30 AM – When Your Kid Gets Food Poisoning Abroad 28:02 – Track 12: Bacterial Infections vs. Parasites – What Your Drunk Friends Get Wrong About Travel Medicine 32:31 – Track 13: Navigating Health Insurance Overseas – The Corporate Safety Net You Didn't Know You Had 35:34 – Track 14: AI-Generated Music Revealed – Can Machines Really Sound Like Bono Singing About Cows? 38:49 – Track 15: The Deepfake Problem – Why Your President's AI Voice Matters (More Than You Think) 41:25 – Track 16: Orson Welles, Radio Panic, and Modern Misinformation – History Doesn't Repeat, But It Rhymes 43:48 – Track 17: Why Humans Still Matter – How AI Can Only Remix, Never Create Something New 46:19 – Track 18: Aaron's Secret Studio – The Dad Who Multi-Tracks Real Music (Not AI Shortcuts) 50:56 – Track 19: "Playground in My Mind" Rediscovered – Why 1970s Kid Songs Still Slap 53:22 – Track 20: The Weather Whiplash & Dog Behavior – How Sudden Cold Affects Your Pets' Psychology 55:41 – Track 21: Books About Walking Across England – Why Strangers Hate Each Other Until They Don't 57:45 – Track 22: Leslie's Notebook System – Why Gen X Parents Still Trust Pen & Paper Over Apps 59:40 – Track 23: Breaking Bad, The Crown, and Why You Don't Have to Finish What Everyone Says You Should 1:02:04 – Track 24: The Outsiders Cast Was STACKED – Patrick Swayze, Young Tom Cruise, and Ralph Macchio Magic 1:04:17 – Track 25: Introducing Your Kids to Classics – The Parent's Dilemma Between Freedom & Guidance 1:06:25 – Track 26: Apartment Hunting in Boston – When Your Kid's Roommate's Mom Is a Real Estate Broker 1:08:18 – Track 27: The Parent's Panic Spiral – "What Else Didn't I Teach Them?" 1:10:24 – Track 28: Getting Hornswoggled in the Big City – Why Small-Town Trust Gets You Scammed 1:11:54 – Track 29: The Fake Cavities Dentist & Why Second Opinions Still Matter SEO-OPTIMIZED EPISODE SUMMARYTitle: "Crazy" – Lost Luggage, AI Deepfakes, and the Stuff That Actually MattersWhat happens when a podcast band is too busy living to show up on schedule? In this unfiltered episode of The Setlist of Life, Dolly 4 Sue unpacks the beautiful chaos of consistency (or the lack thereof), starting with Kirsten's obsessive AirTag journey tracking a lost handbag from Virginia to Seville—and ending at the office of lost objects.But the real adventure? Ava's emergency hospital visit in Madrid after a bad airport burger spirals into a drunk-friend diagnosis of parasites, leading to a 2:30 AM FaceTime from a Spanish hospital bed. Leslie navigates international healthcare, family health insurance, and the parent's eternal panic: What else didn't I teach them?The band then ventures into the AI rabbit hole—Aaron demonstrates voice-cloning tech generating Bono singing about cows (hilariously absurd, genuinely concerning). The conversation pivots to deepfakes, the Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" panic of 1938, and the unsettling truth: AI can only remix; humans create. Aaron counterbalances this by revealing his secret multi-track studio setup—real drums, bass, and guitars layered by hand.The episode circles back to where all good conversations go: streaming passwords, Netflix family plan chaos, Masterpiece Theater discoveries (Poldark, Water for Chocolate), and the book about divorced people walking across English moors.A love letter to Gen X parenting, analog notebooks, second-guessing everything, and why consistency—or lack thereof—is the real entertainment.COUNTERINTUITIVE INSIGHTS💡 Your AirTag Doesn't Work Internationally at 4,000 Miles – The tracking device everyone relies on becomes useless overseas. Real recovery requires human institutions (lost & found offices, taxi drivers who eventually clean their cabs) and patience, not technology.💡 Parasocial Relationships Work ...
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    1 h y 13 m
  • 135 Back In Black

    135 Back In Black
    Mar 3 2026
    What happens when your best friend loses her passport in Seville, Spain — and has to spend four extra days navigating police stations, the U.S. Embassy, and a purple temporary travel document just to get home? That's where this episode of The Set List of Life begins.Kirsten, Leslie, Aaron, and Christine — the bandmates of Dolly 4 Sue — are all back in the same room, and the stories are flying. From a medieval UNESCO town with no rideshare app, to a tiny Lisbon restaurant where Kirsten somehow runs into a girl from her hometown, to the time Leslie accidentally scared an EPA director into thinking she was mob-connected — this episode has no shortage of "you cannot make this up" moments.Then there's the American Pie revelation. A listener shares a first-hand family story connecting Don McLean's "sacred store" lyric to a real music shop in New Rochelle, New York — and the whole group loses it.Plus: the live Google rabbit hole that confirms cows genuinely struggle with stairs, how wild turkeys are apparently easy to catch, and why one band member still firmly believes in dragons.Classic rock fans, road-trip survivors, and anyone who's ever had a trip go sideways — this one's for you.Subscribe to The Set List of Life for new episodes every week.InsightsLosing your passport abroad is less catastrophic than you think — if you know the steps. Most people assume it ends a trip. Kirsten's story shows the U.S. Embassy emergency passport process is faster (about 1.5 hours) and more accessible than the panic suggests. The real challenge is the weekend gap — and knowing to file a police report immediately.A 50-year-old lyric mystery can still yield new information. In 2026, most people assume everything about "American Pie" has been analyzed to death. The Frank's Music Store story — told from direct family memory — proves firsthand oral history still creates new semantic layers that even the most saturated search topics can't fully capture.Takeaways✅ Actionable Steps(What the listener can do)Before international travel: Photograph your passport, carry your passport card separately, and know the address of the nearest U.S. Embassy. File a police report immediately if anything goes missing — don't wait.For road-trippers with kids: Leslie's childhood trauma-by-car-door is funny in retrospect, but the underlying insight is real: setting clear, communicated expectations before a long trip (stops, snacks, bathrooms) dramatically reduces in-car stress for everyone.🧠 Conceptual Insights(How to think differently)Language fluency isn't about grammar — it's about dreaming. Kirsten's realization that she was rehearsing her Spanish explanation in her sleep is a recognized cognitive milestone. Functional survival in a foreign language is often triggered by high-stakes necessity, not study.The "coincidence" of running into someone you know abroad says less about luck and more about how small the interconnected world of a mid-sized American social network actually is. Lisbon, a city of 550,000, still managed to put a hometown face two tables away.The stories we think are "too small" often contain the most specific, searchable truth. Leslie's nut roll neighbor turning out to be an EPA official isn't just funny — it's a perfect illustration of how our childhood geographies follow us into our professional identities in ways we rarely anticipate.🎸 Backstage Wisdom"We left for Portugal with a carry-on and came back with a painting, a purple passport, and the unshakeable knowledge that cows can't see their own feet. Growth."0:00 – Track 1: Welcome Back — Why This Band Picked "Back in Black" as Their Theme Song 2:10 – Track 2: Tids & Bits with Kirsten — The Sound Effect Origin Story 3:45 – Track 3: Lost Passport in Seville — What Actually Happens When You Lose Your ID Abroad 6:00 – Track 4: Dreaming in Spanish — Is This the Real Sign You've Learned a Language? 8:30 – Track 5: The Tiny Town With No Rideshare — When Google Maps Completely Fails You 11:00 – Track 6: Moorish Palaces & Medieval Walls — Discovering UNESCO Sites You've Never Heard Of 13:15 – Track 7: The Bathroom Door Hall of Fame — Road Trip Rules, Childhood Trauma & Why Leslie Won't Pee Outside 18:00 – Track 8: Purple Passport — How the U.S. Embassy Actually Gets You Home (Step by Step) 22:30 – Track 9: "I Know Where You Live": The Time Leslie Accidentally Terrified an EPA Director She Grew Up Next To (While Connected to the Mob Was Involved) 29:30 – Track 10: The Frank's Music Store Story — The True Origin of "The Sacred Store" in American Pie (You Won't Believe This One) 33:45 – Track 11: The Rain, The Restaurant & The Girl From Home — Running Into Someone You Know on a Tiny Side Street in Lisbon 38:30 – Track 12: Library Door Crisis — When Your Whole Day Goes Sideways at Work 42:45 – Track 13: Preschool Story Time & The Art of Doing Voices — Why Effort Changes Everything 46:00 – Track 14: ...
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  • 134 Baby's Got Back

    134 Baby's Got Back
    Feb 24 2026
    What happens when your brain decides it's Thursday — twice — and your family just watches you leave the house anyway? That's the kind of beautifully unhinged realness that makes The Setlist of Life feel like the podcast your actual friends would make if they had microphones and a serious love of classic rock.This week, Leslie is back (a day late, technically), Christine is hosting from her own table, Kirsten is somewhere in Portugal, and Aaron is holding down the guitar chair with characteristic calm. Together, they dig into one of the great Gen X dinner table debates: which songs from 1976 — the ones that literally raised them — are quietly turning 50 this year. Hotel California. Bohemian Rhapsody. Dancing Queen. More Than a Feeling. The list hits different at this age.From there, it's full bracket mode: two one-hit wonder tournaments — one for the 80s and 90s, one for the 60s and 70s — that somehow become a conversation about sorority formals, Steve Perry reunion rumors, why Paul McCartney works better with John Lennon, and what it actually feels like to visit your kid at Berklee College of Music.There's also a pickleball tournament postmortem, a Winter Olympics deep-dive (Snoop Dogg in a bobsled, and yes, "Penisgate"), and an honest look at what it means to still be playing, still be showing up, and still be figuring out what day it is.Tracks:0:00 – Track 1: Welcome Back (Sort Of) — What Happens When You Show Up to Podcast Night a Day Early2:15 – Track 2: Mom Brain Is Real — The Wednesday/Thursday Confusion That Almost Derailed Everything4:30 – Track 3: The Bathrobe Restaurant Story — Why Leslie's Family Let Her Leave the House Like That6:50 – Track 4: Steve Perry & Journey Reunion Rumors — Should You Get Excited Yet?8:30 – Track 5: Why the Keyboard-Driven Sound of the 80s Didn't Hit Everyone the Same Way10:45 – Track 6: Emoji Therapy — Kirsten's Ongoing Resistance to Non-Text Communication13:00 – Track 7: Songs Turning 50 in 2026 — The Classic Rock Class of 1976 That Shaped a Generation19:00 – Track 8: One Hit Wonder Bracket (80s & 90s) — The Ultimate Tournament Begins27:45 – Track 9: The Toughest Matchup — "No Rain" vs. "What's Up" and Why One of Them Will Never Sound the Same33:00 – Track 10: Funky Town Wins Everything — Why This One Outlasted Every Other 80s One-Hit Wonder39:30 – Track 11: One Hit Wonder Bracket (60s & 70s) — Ooh Child, American Pie & the Songs That Refused to Die57:00 – Track 12: American Pie Takes the Crown — The Three-Way Final That Got Complicated1:01:10 – Track 13: The Band Origin Story — First Gigs, Bulldog by Beatles, and the Songs They Can Never Un-Play1:09:40 – Track 14: Berklee College of Music Visit — What It's Actually Like When Your Kid Attends a Music School1:11:50 – Track 15: Pickleball Tournament Debrief — What Competing Against 20-Somethings Teaches You About Leveling Up1:13:15 – Track 16: Winter Olympics 2026 — Snoop in a Bobsled, Penisgate, and the Sports You'd Actually TryInsightsForgetting what day it is might be a sign you're fully present — not falling apart. Leslie's "mom brain" confusion isn't cognitive decline; it's the tax levied on people running on too many tabs. The episode frames it as chaos, but it's really a portrait of a life that's full enough to overflow the calendar.One-hit wonders often win because they're complete — not despite their brevity. The bracket consistently favors songs that say everything in one track (American Pie, Funky Town, Bohemian Rhapsody) over artists with larger catalogs. There's a creative lesson buried in there: a single well-aimed thing can outlast a whole catalog of fine ones.The musician who "doesn't really like" a famous song is often the most honest critic in the room. Aaron's measured take on Journey — neither dismissive nor fawning — reveals more about how musical identity actually forms than any nostalgic top-ten list. We love what we love for reasons that have almost nothing to do with quality.Key Takeaways — Three FormatsActionable Steps (What the listener can do)Build your own one-hit wonder bracket with friends or family — it's a genuinely great way to reconnect with music and spark conversations about where you were when those songs hit.If you're a musician or creative in midlife, take stock of the songs or projects that shaped you when you were 14. Aaron's story about performing "Spirit in the Sky" at his first gig is a reminder that your origin story still matters.Before your next family dinner, test the "bathrobe theory" — notice how many things your family notices but chooses not to mention. It's either love or chaos. Possibly both.Conceptual Insights (How to think differently)Nostalgia isn't just sentiment — it's a sophisticated map of identity. The songs that were on the radio when you were 11 or 15 aren't just memories; they're the coordinates of who you were becoming. Revisiting ...
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    1 h y 24 m
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