Burn the Instructions: Recent Episodes
Kelly Bancroft
Following directions has never come easy to these two Midwest friends and writers. But embracing the unexpected is often the best part of the journey. Join Kelly and Colleen as they share comical stories, think out loud, and occasionally call on experts to back up their theories.
Take a match to life's instruction manual. When the smoke clears, you’ll find things get a whole lot more interesting.
Colleen and Kelly talk how magical thinking has affected their lives.
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Kelly and Colleen discuss how fairy tales impacted their childhoods and informed their life choices.
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Colleen and Kelly discuss dying, the afterlife, grief, Batman's skin, and JoBeth Williams' moving performance in "Poltergeist."
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Kelly and Colleen discuss haunted places in Ohio.
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Seances, tarot, and ghosts. Colleen and Kelly discuss their mutual fascination with the supernatural, paranormal, and mystical.
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Colleen and Kelly discuss memorable costumes they've worn and how Halloween costumes have evolved over time.
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Colleen and Kelly welcome listeners back to school with stories of their own early days in the hallowed halls of learning. Or at least trying to learn.
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What outfits in your past can you still feel on your skin? What clothing will you never, ever, EVER forget? Colleen and Kelly talk about the lucky shirts, gorilla suits and velour dresses that made them feel alive. Or maybe not.
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Colleen and Kelly discuss painful crushes, romantic obsessions, and the unyielding pursuit of impossible love.
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What does a massive bell collection, a Christmas tree fire, a cowboy shirt, and the Iran Hostage Crisis have in common? Find out when Colleen and Kelly discuss how garbage picking and collectibles have affected their lives.
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Join Kelly and Colleen as they discuss their most memorable part-time jobs and the economic, psychological, and social impact of being chronically underemployed.
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Colleen and Kelly attempt to define "bad therapy" while sharing their most memorable (and not in a good way) therapy experiences.
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Kelly and Colleen discuss Pandemic Hair, the Perm-Mullet, and Farrah Fawcett's supreme nipples.
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Pilot episode! Kelly and Colleen get to the bottom of why we involuntarily slip into using false accents when talking to non-native English speakers.
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Kelly and Colleen discuss how their childhood career dreams panned out.
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