The Pool Shark Podcast: Recent Episodes

Cole Bledsoe

I interview my grandfather Dr. Jim Bledsoe and he shares with me funny and kooky stories from his youth. "If it be chuckles that you seek, tune into our podcast every week!"

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In this episode, we talk about a bully with a knife that tormented my Grandfather.

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In this episode, my grandpa dives into his days as a substitute teacher in the Seattle Public school district and his frog puppet helper

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In this episode, Grandpa Jim and I talk more about Ed Ricketts and Cannery Row. We also discuss the Monterey Bay aquarium and its exhibits.

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In this episode, my grandpa talks about how he substituted a class at Franklin Highschool with the granddaughter of the Green River Killer. 

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In this episode, my grandfather and I interview my uncle, actor Neal Bledsoe, and ask him about his great white shark experience surfing in L.A

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In this episode I talk about unsustainable commercial fishing for my English Podcast project.

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In this episode some classmates and I interview some students on campus about earth day for an assignment.

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In this episode my grandfather talks about his first time taking my dad and his friend to go see the first Star wars. Also got a new microphone for the recording of this episode so the audio is a bit patchy in the beginning. 

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In this episode, my grandpa and I talk about the adventures of Ed Ricketts and John Steinbeck aboard the Western Flyer and compare them to Lewis and Clark.

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In this episode, my grandfather and I talk about some strange sea creatures that he found on the web.

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In this episode, my grandpa comes up to visit me at Western WA U and catch up on how school is

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In this episode my grandpa tells me the story about when Bob Owen and Don Stone fought it out in the fall of 1959.

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In this episode grandpa tells me a story of a woman that would sell alcohol that had a run in with a pit of rattlesnakes. 

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In this episode grandpa throws me a curve ball and interviews me instead.

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In this episode my grandpa shares with me the time he threw a party that got a little out of hand

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In this episode my grandfather goes to the movies

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In this episode my grandfather tells me about two different stories about revenge.

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In this episode my grandfather talks about how him and his mother pulled an April fools prank on his brother and a old tattoo of cartoon crows he once saw long ago.

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In this episode my grandfather talks about how one of his first jobs was working for the Washington State Ferries.

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In this episode my grandfather tells his story of a bike trip he took when he was young across Arizona and California. 

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In this episode my grandfather and I talk about the 33rd season of Shark Week being this year and the the USS Indianapolis. Fun fact Shark week did and episode in 2007 about the USS Indianapolis called The Ocean of Fear.

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In this episode we celebrate the 10th episode of our podcast by bringing on a special guest speaker, my dad. This episode we talked about how the native tribes are able to practice their ancient traditions with a modern twist.

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My grandfather got his wisdom teeth removed was trippen on laughing gas and ran into an old friend.

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My Grandfather tries acid in the rocky mountains with his buddies and sees a big toad.

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My Grandfather at a young age learns about the birds and the bees from watching a couple of cows get it on.

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My grandfather talks about the top 100 books to read before you go to college.

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Discovery has changed the premier date of Shark Week to July 11th 2021, which also happens to be Cole's 20th birthday. 

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My Grandpa is in Sunday school and is making trouble for the substitute teacher.

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My grandpa forged a hall pass from his mother