The Pastor and the Guy Next Door: Recent Episodes

Simon Chappell / Bill Wall

A couple of handsome guys sitting around a fire talking about life.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door start with a melodic seranade by Bill and then it gets less interesting from there.

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The pastor and the guy next door talk about random, yet interesting things.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door start out by talking about trees and how much they look forward to the fall foliage.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door are mentally on vacation.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss their plans for the summer.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss good handwriting among other things.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door deny that they have ever been in trouble.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door are joined by Anthony.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door finish their conversation from episodes 123 and 124.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door continue their conversation from episode 123.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss their lawn mowing strategies.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door indulge in their favorite competitive activity, satellite spotting.

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In which the guy next door listens to the pastor talking about his recent roadtrip to California.

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In which the pastor and the other pastor get together without the guy next door or a topic of conversation and still talk for an hour.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door outdo themselves with their random topic selections.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door offer various pitiful excuses as to why there was a more than two month gap in our podcasting.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door talk about Bill's new bike, pastor's experiences in training school bus drivers and the renaming of Bill's study.

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The pastor and the guy next door were both hungry at the time of recording, so the topic this time was food. We ran long and started to get off-topic, so I cut the end of the conversation off.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door catch up.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door swap notes about generations.

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In which the pastor feels tired after listening to everything that Bill has been up to.

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In which the pastor tells us about his near miss on the highway and Bill mentions his 50th Highschool Reunion a time or two.

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In which Bill talks (and talks) about his 50th High School reunion while the pastor nods and smiles.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door look for satellites while sitting and talking around the campfire.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door catch up over a Labor Day evening campfire.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door eventually talk about Bill's walk across the Mississippi river.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss the pastor's new additional responsibilities at the school bus depot.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door allow their minds to wander more than usual.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door congratulate the Milwaukee Bucks for winning the NBA Championship.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door ramble on.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door talk about the morning's parade celebrating Farmer Appreciation Day and a few other stories.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door catch up and contemplate the arrival of the Independence Day weekend.

Also, for some unknown technical reason Bill is extra quiet on this episode, but not because he stopped talking.

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In which the conversation continues from last week.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door and the guy next door's son-in-law sit under a canopy in the rain and enjoy their Father's Day evening.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door decompress around the fire after Bill had helped daughter #2 move and the pastor was glad that school busing was done for a while.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door talk about birthing stories (from the guy's perspective) and a few other important matters.

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In which the pastor discovers that the guy next door used to have a pet alligator.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door admire their yards and then talk photography and about the arrival of the new grandchild.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door eat a s'more or two.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door are joined by their family members who then proceeded to say very little.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss the possible launch of a new podcast by the pastor and the other pastor on the subject of drinking tea.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door bundle up warm and enjoy the first campfire of the year.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door talk about the church conference that the pastor had recently returned from.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door talk about his recent trip to Michigan to help his daughter and son-in-law pack and prepare to move back to God's country.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door continue their spring thoughts from the previous episode.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door think spring thoughts.

We had so many spring thoughts, that we've split this one into two parts.

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In which the pastor and the other pastor get together and drink tea.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss the spring thaw, amongst other matters.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door get excited about the temperatures being above freezing.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door look forward to the signs of spring.

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In the which the pastor and the guy next door declare that the outside temperatures are quite uncivilized.

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In which, shockingly, the pastor and the guy next door leap from random topic to random topic in their conversation. But, the upside is that we find out who owns Greenland.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss our recent snowstorm and the prospects of another one due in a few days.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door revisit the topic of New Year Resolutions.

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In which the other pastor shares the start of their family's journey to adopt.

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In which the pastor and the other pastor think deep and insightful New Year thoughts.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door attempt once more to discuss 2020 in review and get even more distracted than the first time.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door set out to review the first half of 2020 and get distracted somewhere between January and February.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door share Christmas shopping stories.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss Christmas decorations and preparations.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door reminisce about Christmas memories and look forward to the future ones.

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In which the pastor, the other pastor and the guy next door talk about their favorite movie soundtracks.

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In which the pastor and the other pastor discuss the delicate topic of the timing of when you can start playing Christmas music.

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In which the pastor and the other pastor talk about streaming services.

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In which the pastor, the other pastor and the guy next door steadfastly endeavor to not talk about movies.

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In which the pastor, the other pastor and the guy next door talk about movies and books.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss Bill's long bike ride.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door talk about a little of this and a little of that.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door talk about so many different things that it's hard to pick just one for the title.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss the cold wet weather, winter clothing and school bus routes.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss their enjoyable weekends.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door catch up after being apart for a week.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door keep randomly wandering into areas of political incorrectness. Listen at your own risk!

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss some of the challenges that technology brings into our lives.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door sit around the firepit talking to Dodgevillian Phil Heimerl, owner of 608 Custom Screen Printing.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door sit around the firepit talking to Dodgevillian Phil Heimerl, owner of 608 Custom Screen Printing.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door visit 608 Custom Screen Printing in downtown Dodgeville to visit, talk and have the guy next door help out during a busy spot.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door drive around Iowa county and talk.

I tried to reduce the wind noise as much as I could, so the conversation is reasonably clear although a little quiet a few places. All in all this was a fun experiment.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door start out talking about some of Bill's memories of his flying days.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door enjoy the first few logs from the old maple tree that was recently cut down.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss patriotic matters with a gentle background of neighborhood firework explosions.

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In which the pastor and the guy next door discuss patriotic matters with a gentle background of neighborhood firework explosions.

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In which the Pastor and the Guy Next Door exchange stories of their aches and pains after some vigorous efforts in the yard and the house.

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In which the Pastor and Bill cast their minds back over the highlights of the podcast so far with the occasion of it's 50th episode.

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In which the pastor is outnumbered by Loras College alumni. Bill and Simon are joined by returning guest Craig Schulte (episodes 8, 9 & 10) and new guest Nick Burrows who recounts stories from his days as a High School counselor, including a few about a young fellow named Chris Farley.

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In which the pastor is outnumbered by Loras College alumni. Bill and Simon are joined by returning guest Craig Schulte (episodes 8, 9 & 10) and new guest Nick Burrows.

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In which Bill and I opine on the necessity of naps.

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In which Bill and I enjoy our first post-lockdown chat around the campfire.

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In which Bill and I enjoy our first post-lockdown chat around the campfire.

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In which Bill and I enjoy a quiet Thursday afternoon in Dodgeville.

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In which Bill and I sit on his front porch and opine about things.

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In which Bill and I talk about life, the universe and everything.

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In which Bill and I sit around our first campfire of the year, enjoying the fresh air.

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In which I teach Bill how to use kettlebells safely.

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In which Bill and I discuss our current measures to improve ourselves.

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In which Bill and I talk about Bill's ukulele.

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In which Bill and I talk about the lamentable state of his computer and why he should download his updates regularly.

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In which Bill and I talk about British pub food and the importance of purpose for men when they retire.

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In which Bill and I sit down at Cobblestones and talk of this and that.

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In which Bill and I sit down at Cobblestones and talk of this and that.

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In which Bill and I sit in Cobblestones on a chilly day.

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In which Bill and I sit in Cobblestones on a chilly day.

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In which Bill and I welcome the month of February and wonder if we'll have our advertised snow storm.

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In which Bill and I talk about our college memories.

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In which we talk about Bill's adventures with visiting family and vacationing "Up Nort".

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In which I am joined by two other area pastors, Jim Droste and Mark Williamson, to fill in for the wandering Bill Wall. The topic was movies and much fun was had by all.

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In which Pastor Jim Droste sits in for the ever traveling Bill Wall and we discuss cats and dogs, and the impending snowpocalypse and then some pastoral inside baseball.

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In which Bill and I talk about New Year's Resolutions and are visited by our state Senator Howard Marklein.

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In which Bill and I talk about 2019 and have a few guests drop in on us while we're talking.

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In which Bill and I talk about the happenings downtown and are joined by our mutual friend John Christenson.

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In which Bill and I wax lyrical about peanut brittle and enjoy having a live audience.

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In which Bill and I update each other on how our Christmas preparations are going.

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In which Bill and I discuss his adventures with his Christmas tree in his front yard and preparing for Christmas in general.

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Bill and I talk about Dodgeville and Bill shares some history and stories.

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In which Bill and I take the podcast on the road to Cobblestones coffeeshop, talking about Dodgeville things, but then get a little distracted.

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In which Bill and I tell stories about Chicago and that strange land to the South of Wisconsin.

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Bill and I talk about this and that and a little of the other.

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In which Bill and I discuss the joys of watching and playing sports in the rain.

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In which Bill and I look for the Northern Lights and ramble on.

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In which Bill and I look for the Northern Lights and ramble on.

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In which Bill and I look for the Northern Lights and ramble on.

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We discuss some of the ways that mid-westerners prepare for the Fall.

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We discuss some of the ways that mid-westerners prepare for the Fall.

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Our first guest, Craig Schulte, joins us around the campfire. We even let him speak now and then.

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Our first guest, Craig Schulte, joins us around the campfire. We even let him speak now and then.

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Our first guest, Craig Schulte, joins us around the campfire. We even let him speak now and then.

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Bill is retired and I only work an hour on Sunday mornings. Thus we feel qualified to talk about retirement.

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Bill is retired and I only work an hour on Sunday mornings. Thus we feel qualified to talk about retirement.

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The conclusion of our conversation about weddings.

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Tonight's topic was weddings.

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More random conversation around the fire.

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Military time and school bus driving.

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In which we completely fail to introduce ourselves and end up talking about cricket.