Chiggerticky

Chiggerticky chronicles his unending struggle to shut up and listen.
 
OPENING VOICES: 
Trigger warning 
by Rick Dietrich; 
“For the love of everything sacred….” 
by Simon Thompson; 
“Why don’t we listen to THEM?” 
by Ernesto Sirolli 
from his 17-minute TED Talk
which  is well worth viewing. 
I vibe with Sirolli.
As he says in the talk, 
Africa changed the course of his life
for the better,
as it did mine. 
Watch Sierolli’s talk here: 
https://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen?language=en
 
MUSIC: 
Intro: “Yice Hole!” by CHIGGERTICKY
Outro: “Closin’ Time at Nyrene’s” by CHIGGERTICKY

A TRUE STORY OF RACE & RELIGION IN THE 1960s DEEP SOUTH
 
MUSIC 
Intro: “Yice Hole!" by CHIGGERTICKY; 
“Jesus Loves the Little Children” music by George F. Root, words by C. Herbert Woolston [public domain]
“Praise Him, Praise Him! All Ye Little Children” words and music: Anonymous [public domain]
Outro: “Jesus Loves the Little Children” performed (poorly) by CHIGGERTICKY
FUN FACT: The melody to “Jesus Loves the Little Children” was composed by George F. Root as a Civil War song titled “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching.” Root is also credited with “The Battle Cry of Freedom,” and “Just Before the Battle, Mother” (I’d love to hear that one!). 
Rev. C. Herbert Woolston apparently found “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp” a catchy little ditty;  and, inspired by Matthew 19:14 “But Jesus said, ‘Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven,’” Woolston appropriated Root’s melody to the words I learned to sing in Sunday School. 
 
So now you know!

About the time an Ape Man aimed the A-bomb at Chiggerticky. 
MUSIC: Intro: “Yice Hole!”; Outro: “Mile-Long Midway.” ALL MUSIC BY CHIGGERTICKY.

There he was, a minister of the gospel, then the church sent him to Africa which led him out of the ministry!
 
This is a soft-opening preview of a podcast series that will begin on June 13, 2022. 
 
MUSIC - Intro: "Yice Hole!"  Outro: "Five Points to Bessemer". ALL MUSIC BY CHIGGERTICKY.