THE PRIMROSE CHRONICLES
A nostalgic look back into a magical time & neighborhood - Primrose Ave, 1950’s & 60’s through the recalling of the many experiences of the eldest child of one family, the Young’s, 4425 Primrose, Indianapolis Indiana.
If you want a break from the harsh realities of 21st century life, and desire a fanciful excursion into a simpler time;
if you're seeking a reason to smile and perhaps nod in appreciative agreement about "the good ol' days”, you might find a landing place here.
Give us a listen and see if you can stop with just one episode, but rather find yourself "hooked" on the peeks you'll get into a time long past but regularly yearned for.
Welcome to THE PRIMROSE CHRONICLES!!
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Episodes
64 episodes
ONE RINGY - DINGY… TWO RINGY - DINGY….
Episode 305 of The Primrose Chronicles introduces a new component to its story library - the first of several occasional tellings about “Things Only Baby Boomers Remember”.It’s a long way from today’s Smart Phones to Rotary Dial desk ...
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Season 3
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Episode 305
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30:22
A WHITE SPORT COAT
Episode 304 of The Primrose Chronicles has finally dropped, with a tale about 1950’s & 60’s teen dances & the brutal hesitance of gangly, awkward and self-conscious boys to learn the seemingly dance du jour, At leas...
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Season 3
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Episode 304
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28:48
Hoosier Prose Cuts Both Ways: A Follow up Chat With 5 am Stories Creator
A favorite TPC Episode of season two was the “Characters of the Chronicles” interview with Bob Basler, author of the online literary work, 5 AM Stories. He was one of The Chronicles creator& host’s closest childhood buddies f...
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Season 3
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Episode 303
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51:39
🎼Let’s Go To the Movies🎼
If you ask people who grew up in the 1950’s, 60’s about some their most vivid and treasured memories as children, the Saturday afternoon Kiddie Matinee at the has to rank high.In Episode 302 in the TPC project , host & narrator, M...
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Season 3
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Episode 302
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30:26
MY ICU ESCAPADE
It’s been 5 months since the host & narrator of The Primrose Chronicles brought the curtain down on Season Two. Questions surrounding the launch ofSeason 3 became multiple as new episodes were delayed & faithful listeners began...
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Season 3
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Episode 301
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35:21
Remembering Rock & Roll Radio Royalty
It’s another Character of the Chronicles conversation. This time We hear from a someone who knew one of Rock & Roll Radio Royalty in Indianapolis — the eldest son of WIBC’s Bouncin’ Bill Baker, Art Baker. Art shares stories & r...
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Season 2
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Episode 227
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41:37
SO, HOW’S THE PODCAST GOING? -Statistics & Findings & Insights, Oh, Yawn!
In response to inquiries by faithful fans, Episode 226steps away from tales and talks about the Old Neighborhood & takes a deep dive into the numbers that comprise the TPC fan base, & the possible places & personalities behind...
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Season 2
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Episode 226
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27:59
SIMPLY GIRL TALK
Episode 225 of The Primrose Chronicles takes the listener on a different kind of jaunt back to what some call “the Good Ol’ Days”. Three ladies, life long friends, who gather together, around a figurative “kitchen table” to talk about...
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Season 2
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Episode 225
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40:32
HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?
Everyone these days from Coast to Coast has a thought about the oppressive heat so many have been experiencing, but doesn’t that just come with the summer months?TPC episode 222, “HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?” Considers that thought, by recalling wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 221
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29:40
NOT IT - Primrose Night Games After the Street Lights Came On
Fun & activities for Boomer kids were almost from sunrise to sunset and after. Episode 223 takes focus on the games played after supper & in the front yards that entertained the many with their competition & strategy. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 223
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31:11
THE R&D BEHIND THE CREATION OF CLASSIC BOARD GAMES - The Full Interview With Brian Hersch
A lot of fascinating information about the creation of a popular board game had to be cut from the TPC Episode 221 due to time constraints. In this extended and unedited copy of the full interview with Brian Hersch, CEO of Hersch...
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Season 2
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Episode 220
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57:01
BOOMERS & BOARD GAMES - A Conversation With Brian Hersch, CEO of Hersch Games
If music of the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s was & is for Boomers the soundtrack of our lives, then games were our playground. Episode 218, BOOMERS & BOARD GAMES, unpacks the period when Monopoly, Clue, Sorry and the like were ...
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Season 2
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Episode 221
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40:53
THE MAD SCOT UNLEASHED: The unedited director’s cut of the TPC Conversation With Derek Wallace
As promised in Episode 219, here is the full conversation with 1960’s & beyond Indianapolis Youth Leader, Derek Wallace. His providential journey from his homeland to Africa to Kentucky before reaching Indiana is shared as he affirms ...
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Season 2
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Episode 220
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1:00:11
CONVERSATION WITH THE MAD SCOT - An Interview With Derek (Not William) Wallace- FREEDOM!!
Many Teens living through the 1960’s were richly benefitted by those adults who gave of their time, talent and even some of their treasure, investing in programs & activities that could provide hope, offer purpose and create a vision for th...
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Season 2
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Episode 219
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43:04
FINS, ‘PHIBIANS, FEATHERS, FUR & FEELERS- To All The Pets I Tried to Care for
Do you remember the critters you took as pets growing up?Do you even recall their names & even their untimely demises?If so, Episode 218 of TPC may strike several familiar chords. If you’re a little fuzzy on those in your c...
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Season 2
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Episode 218
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33:53
A FOURTH OF JULY REDUX
At the beginning of a 4-day weekend celebrating the birthday of the US of A, The Chronicles offers a revival of a 1st season recounting this national holiday with an episode, “A FOURTH OF JULY REDUX”.New intro, new closing, original materia...
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Season 2
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Episode 215
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34:59
THE WHITE SHIRT DIRECTIVE
Episode 216 of the Chronicles assumes the same role as the earlier TPC audio installment, 211. That story, “Mabel, Mabel… “, gave the project’s host an opportunity to honor HIS Mother and by extension, Mom’s everywhere, All th...
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Season 2
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Episode 216
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27:32
THE REST OF THE STORY - The Unedited, Director’s Cut of the Dick Summer Interview
A Fort-five minute episode was not enough to include all the stories, anecdotes & observations Dick Summer shared about his days in the Indianapolis Radio scene during the late 50’s & early 60’s.He had a lot to share about East Coas...
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Season 2
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Episode 213
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1:10:01
THE VOICE FROM THE GLASS BOOTH ON HIGH
In an era known for its Rock & Roll music and performers, many Boomer teens were even more connected to the on air radio personalities who spun the platters on the top radio stations across the nation. These “disc jockeys” had thei...
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Season 2
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Episode 214
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46:17
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE LOUD, FAST THINGS -1st impressions of the Indy 500
With Memorial Day upon us, we turn the only way appropriate for a Hoosier storyteller- toward the Indy 500 & memories therein. The discoveries of an 11year old as he takes in his first Greatest Spectacle in Racing, albeit as a lowl...
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Season 2
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Episode 213
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31:18
THE 5 am “PRIMROSE” STORY - A Crossover Event
THE MOST ENTERTAINING CROSSOVER EVENT!!Okay, admittedly, that’s an exaggeration regarding this week’s TPC episode. What is true is that two old friends come together and compare notes on their recollections of their shared neighbor...
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Season 2
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Episode 212
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32:51
MABEL, MABEL, STRONG & ABLE
This episode brings the TPC back around the kitchen table @ 4425 for a look at etiquette and manners deemed necessary by 50’s Moms to take a family out in public. It’s a tongue in cheek account, but speaks to the very real efforts of p...
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Season 2
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Episode 211
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30:54
THE PREACHER’S KIDS INTERVIEW-The Director’s Cut
As promised, the full conversation with Phil & Paul Blowers, sons of Northside preacher, Russ Blowers, now appears as a bonus episode on TPC, complete & unedited, a 1st for The Primrose Chronicles podcast project. Hopefully it ...
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Season 2
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Episode 210
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1:11:57
PKs ARE PEOPLE, TOO
Episode 209 is this month’s TPC Interview offering a fresh perspective of the Old Neighborhood NE Side, Indianapolis . Our guest(s) can certainly see The community around Primrose with a different type of nostalgia. They are ...
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Season 2
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Episode 209
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46:58
HOOK, LINE & SINKER - Fishin’ Fall Crick Down From the Nickelplate
Episode 208’s title changed slightly from the FB posts that teased its content earlier, but not its recollections of a favorite summer diversion of many a Boomer youth - FISHIN’So imagine your bare feet dangling from the bank , your f...
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Season 2
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Episode 208
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28:24