Family Ties, Positive Vibes

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In this episode, the Family talks about tech issues, watching films, and dealing with fame.

For this Artist of the Week, we focus on the musical styling of Rachel Platten.

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Okay, I KNOW we were uploading semi-regularly for a while, and I kinda dropped the ball on getting this one out on time. My bad. But hey, here it is!

In this episode, the Family talks about climbing trees, animated films, bad job interview etiquette, second place, modern children fantasy stories about kids learning they have magic powers and then go to a special school with other kids like themselves, and snap judgements.

For Artist of the Week, we're looking a little more in-depth at someone in a band we've talked about before, Freddie Mercury!

Welcome to April, everyone! Are you excited for Easter this year? Good news, even if you're not, that's not what this episode is about.

In this episode, the Family talks about Wordle, automobile maintenance, and Google Maps. They also try another round of Jon's game, Reach for the Stars. This episode's Artist of the Week is Taylor Swift!

We're getting back into it! I managed to upload this episode two weeks after the last one, let's see if I can keep this up...

In this episode, the Family talks about home maintenance, torn pants, and crime. This episode's Artist of the Week is Regina Spektor!

At least I'm uploading this episode on time! (Sort of, mostly.)

In this episode, the Family talks about bad days at work, card games, and local comedy shows.

Hoo boy this one's late. Let's pretend I uploaded this episode way back when I received it, alright?

In this episode, the Family talks about their goals for 2022. This time's Artist of the Week is John Denver!

Happy December, and happy holidays! Hope you're all having a good end of the year, let's celebrate with a new episode!

This week, the Family talks about Animal Crossing, Marzie, Pokémon, and a band that switched names a few times.

Whoopsy daisy, this episode was supposed to go up last weekend! Oh well, that's okay. Never fear, future episodes will continue to be uploaded on the correct dates.

This week, the Family talks about some stuff.

Good news everyone, we made it to November! Halloween has officially passed and we're moving into the holiday season, so it's time for another episode! (I know that didn't really make sense but I refuse to hit the backspace key)

In this episode, the Family disregards the standard rules of humor, talks about Baby Shark, sexy clowns, Kevin McLeod at incompetech.com, and the band Fall Out Boy.

Coming up with titles for some of these episodes is really hard... Oh well, someone's gotta do it, and I haven't gotten any critiques yet.

In this episode, the Family talk about Facebook (sorta), anime, some guys who make decent music, and neighbors who want cats.

Welcome to October, everyone! (Or, well, the second week of October I guess...) Let's celebrate the new month with a new episode!

This week, the Family talks about some movies of debatable quality and spend a lot of time talking about the musician Brendan Urie.

What better time for the twenty-fifth episode to go up than on the 25th of September! (I didn't plan for that, but wouldn't it have been cool if I did?)

This week, the family starts planning for Halloween, talk a little more about triathlons, reflect on some California-sound music, and stump each other with puzzling riddles.

Welcome to September everyone! It's hot as heck here, so let's cool down with another episode! (Does that make sense? Probably not)

This week, the Family spends some time discussing spoiler culture, and a LOT more time discussing the well-known British rock band Queen.

Consistent uploading schedule? What's that?

This week, the Family goes a little more in-depth while talking about their musical backgrounds, including instruments they've played and concerts they've gone to.

Whoops, this episode is being uploaded a little late! For this week, the Family talks about Billy Joel and tell each other some terrible jokes.

Goodness gracious it's hot this summer! This week, the Family is distracting themselves by talking about Weird Al Yankovic, other things they like, and sharing some tips on how to beat the heat!

To get back into the swing of recording a podcast, Jon, Michael and Lynelle ask each other random questions and try to come up with even random-er answers.

Family Ties, Positive Vibes is a podcast documenting the lives of a small family in Central California. Join us every other Saturday morning as we talk about our topic of the day and find some humor in our everyday lives.

For the season finale of Family Ties, Positive Vibes, the family decides to ask each other even more odd questions.

In this episode, the family discuss the best ways to run away from your problems, especially if those problems happen to involve something chasing you.

In this episode, the family talks about the possible meanings behind life, the universe, and some other stuff too.

The family talks about some dreams they've had, as well as the weird mechanics behind dream logic and what they mean.

The family discuss some weird stuff that Jon decided to spring on them, and then also talk about uncommonly-known facts from the internet.

This week, the family discusses weird problems they or people they know have had with technology. Funnily enough, this is also the only episode to give them trouble while trying to upload it as well, so there's that.

This week, the family is getting a new member! Along with their guest, Ashley, they share stories about past pets as well as figuring out how they're going to deal with a new cat in the house.

This week, the family tries out some interesting foods, and then plays a nice, family-friendly game of cards.

The family share some random trivia they found on the internet.

The family reviews some books that they've read.

The family talks about the best video game series of all time and their familiarity with it.

The family discuss restaurant etiquette, as well as the COVID-19 virus. Please note this episode was recorded on March 5, 2020.

The family discuss different kinds of fruit and foods, as well as board games, alongside special guest Ashley.

The family ask each other some pressing questions they'd like solved, and give some terrible answers.

The family talks about movies they've seen.

The Family talks about acronyms, then decides it's a better idea to talk about vacations.

Music used is Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Family talks about television.

Music used is Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kle85Z1dJ2g

The Family talks about what life was like growing up in their hometown of Bakersfield, California.

Music used is Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Family talks spends some time around the dinner table talking about their favorite things related to food.

Audio used is Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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