Welcome to Lifes 3x5s!

This is where we've been.

Feb. 9, 2022

S2 E1 As Rehearsal Snuck Up On Us at the Coronado Performing Arts Cen…

Season #2 Episode #1 – SPECIAL NOTE: A sampling of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra's show from February 12, 2022 can be heard immediately following our exit music. This is likely going to be one of our most unique shows. In t...

Listen to the Episode
Feb. 16, 2022

S2 E2 What You Paint is What You Get at 317 Art Collective

It was time for us to step out of our comfort zones and do some abstract painting. As usual the conversation “leaped off of the brush” into mistaken suspects, stick a fork in the grave, taboo on display, Babe Ruth’s bathtub, ...

Listen to the Episode
Feb. 19, 2022

S2 E3 This Show Went Right Down the Tubes at Alpine Hills Snow Park

We bundled up and headed down the hills on frigid tubes. Crazy winter fun in the Midwest. Once we warmed up by the fire with our hot chocolate, the conversation shot out of the gates again. From our underwear and childhood ca...

Listen to the Episode
Feb. 23, 2022

S2 E4 The One Two Punch at The Storytellers Studio

The phrase “once in a lifetime” often gets tossed around haphazardly, but today it’s rock solid. Twosday, February 22, 2022 at 2:22 pm! Liz celebrates and Tim learns its significance. Also…glaciers, angel numbers, conversat...

Listen to the Episode
Feb. 25, 2022

S2 E5 Lights, Camera, ACTION! at the Beloit International Film Festiv…

This very same kick off reception to the Beloit International Film Festival in 2020 is where Tim and Liz reconnected and was where the very first domino fell for their many projects. Learn their story, famous lines from film...

Listen to the Episode
March 9, 2022

S2 E6 Radio and Root Beer Ratings at the Storytellers Studio

Season#2 Episode #6 - A thorough explanation of our new project aimed at capturing audio history from former and current employees of WROK radio in Rockford, Illinois. The station’s 100th anniversary is in 2023! Also, unpred...

Listen to the Episode
March 23, 2022

S2 E7 Over the Road…Literally at the Belvidere Oasis

Season#2 Episode #7 - We were inspired by the interstate traffic under our feet. We talked about family car vacations, motorcycle trips, outrunning a tornado, kid car games, the epic sneeze, a true back-and-forth, state-b...

Listen to the Episode
April 6, 2022

S2 E8 Our Heads Were in the Clouds at WGN Radio in Chicago.

Season#2 Episode #8 - Tim and Liz spent an amazing day at WGN Radio in Chicago with our longtime colleague Lisa Dent. They met Bob Sirott, John Williams and Steve Bertrand. Their unpredictable conversation covered Ken Burns’...

Listen to the Episode
May 15, 2022

S2 E9 We Found a Distinctive Bean in Chicago and it Only Took a Mille…

A beautiful day in the Windy City. They arrived early for this episode before recording yet another show for their side project The Storytellers Studio at Newsradio 780 WBBM just a block away. It felt to be a stone’s throw fr...

Listen to the Episode
June 23, 2022

S2 E12 - It’s Time to Blow Your Own Horn at the Sinnissippi Music She…

Season# 2 Episode # 12 - The world renowned Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps played the Sinnissippi Park Music Shell in Rockford, Illinois. Illinois is truly in the middle of everything! Listen as our conversation d...

Listen to the Episode
June 29, 2022

S2 E13 Punch Air Holes For Us Before You Ship from Chicago Rockford …

Season #2 Episode #13 - While sitting on the tarmac of the airport’s cargo terminal at high noon! We chat about flying first class, the UPS plane that spun and swept everything off our table, and answer the question, “...

Listen to the Episode
July 3, 2022

S2 E14 Funny How Everyone Smells the Same in a Barn near Byron, Illin…

Season# 2 Episode # 14 - We hoisted our equipment up into a hay loft and began to chat. Why is there a kitten in the Tupperware? Animal Stories on WLS radio in Chicago. Parting gifts from the farm, Going down the rabbit h...

Listen to the Episode
July 11, 2022

S2 E15 When Nature Pulls You in and Keeps You For the Day at Canyon C…

Season #2 Episode #15 - This is the last episode of our second season. Thanks you for joining us at thirty very different locations. Today we’re at the Boy Scouts and Blackhawk Area Council’s Canyon Camp just outside Stoc...

Listen to the Episode