Part 90: Dream On
They told their mother in Spanish "we brought home a stray dog." I didn't speak Spanish, but much later, the sisters told me...
Part 80: Good Riddance
In 1977, I met my half-sister for the first time. She was seventeen, I was twelve.
Part 61: Riley's Diner, Plus The Time He Wanted Me To Pretend I Was His Receptionist
Today is Sunday, January 17, 2021. Trump has been impeached for inciting an insurrection. The 45th president has been quiet, many of his...
Part 54: The Riley Shepard Show
Today is Sunday, November 29, 2020. On Friday, the outgoing POTUS tweeted these theories about voter fraud: "Biden did poorly in big...
Part 51: I Heart Researchers
Today is Sunday, November 8th, 2020. Yesterday at around 8:30 AM the media called the 2020 election. Kamala Harris will be the first...
Part 46: The Curated Letters of Riley Shepard, With Redactions.
I would compare my "knowing" to how a smoker "knows" that smoking causes lung damage and even cancer, and yet if they really knew...
Part 41: Inspiration in All The Wrong Places
Dad was pacing the room, saying what a great concept the scam was in the film.
Part 23: Fact Checking, & Lying Liars, & The Lies They Tell, & Why They Lie
Here's what I grapple with. Did my father believe his lies sometimes, or lie so often that he became confused about reality?
Part 22: Making A Brand New Start of It, New York, New York
If I had to point to a time when my father had some prestige and success, it would've been the years from 1944-1948. He was young, talented,
Part 20: WWll, Chicago, and Those Wacky Lectures
Dad was in his early 20s when the war broke out, healthy as a horse, tall, handsome, articulate. So why didn't he serve in that war?