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Hard to believe but the Bucks are galloping (hobbling?) into the sunset. After 225 shows, thousands of laughs and more than a few tears, Dave and Del are headed for new worlds to explore, new mountains to conquer, and new coffee shops.

It really has been a fun journey and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We've created our own little community of loyal listeners (that's you) and we've always appreciated your insights and opinions. As Del often said, "It's all about friendship." As John Lennon said, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

Here are some of our most popular episodes if you're a new listener or even an old listener:

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So many episodes, so little time.

We couldn't patch this onto the end of our recording but it is worth as listen. It was written by Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby. Tell us what it means to you. It's called The End of the Innocence.

If you need a mellower song to drift away on, try Groovin'

Call a friend today. Better yet, hug a friend today.

Best from the Bucks.

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The Bucks interview Dr. Craig Benjamin, historian, jazz musician, cruise lecturer and much more. Stay with us for the entire hour to hear about a life well-lived.

HERE'S A LINK TO A 6-MINUTE VIDEO CLIP OF THIS INTERVIEW.

A 2-minute video about three bears.

Books recommended by Dr. Benjamin:

Traditions and Encounters; A Global Perspective on the Past Comprehensive, 8th. Edtn, by J. Bentley, H. Zeigler, H. Streets Salter, C. Benjamin, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2025. This is the top selling world history college-level textbook in the US. It literally covers the history of human societies from the stone age to the present.

Empires of Ancient Eurasia. The First Silk Roads Era 100 BCE – 250 CE, C. Benjamin, Cambridge University Press New Approaches to Asian History Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. This book discusses the history of ancient Eurasia during the first great era of Silk Roads land and maritime exchanges. It focuses on the four great empires that made the Silk Roads possible – the Han Chinese, Kushan, Parthian and Roman empires.

Big History: Between Nothing and Everything, D. Christian, C. Stokes Brown, and C. Benjamin, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014. The only college-level textbook available on big history; this literally tells the story of the cosmos, our planet, life on earth and humanity from the big bang to the present.

Craig recommends KE Adventures if you are interested in adventure travel.

In other news, Dave reflects on his time at Black Mountain, including his first bear encounter while Del dodges the 93F Florida heat.

We'll leave you with a couple history-related songs. Which one gets your vote?

Who started the fire?

Who saw it all?

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Del panics over losing his phone and blames the heat. Is Del acting like a teenager or is it really the heat?

Del pays for another year's tuition for his dentist's child. But he looks mahvelous.

Dave nods the antlers to Rewen, Francis and Harriett, and Buck and Linda from the Baltic cruise. He also recommends seeing Joshua Jay, the magician performing on the ship. Here and here are videos of a couple of his routines.

Dave tours London and finds the people there extremely kind and helpful. He also determined he had Mal de Debarquement Syndrome from the cruise. It was not fun but it was only for a few days.

Dave recommends a dazzlingly good play he saw: Stereophonic. It's not about the music.

Shoutouts to old friends Michael and Rose, with whom we spent a wonderful afternoon and evening.

Here's a little more traveling music.

Speaking of Traveling

Next episode is Dr. Craig Benjamin, historian extraordinaire.

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Del has a good purchasing experience and a less than good follow-up with AI.

Dave discusses his 15-day Baltic cruise, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

What are your AI experiences? Have you been to the Scandinavian and Baltic countries Dave visited? What were your impressions?

What is MdDS? Find out next episode.

Dick Clark introduces the bonus track.

Or, do you like this one?

And finally, Dave forgot to give a shout-out to Rewen, another new friend from the trip.

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Dave manages to get to Copenhagen in one piece after nearly melting in Boston. He met one nice folks over there and highly recommends the city.

In the battle of the bonus tracks, listen and tell us which one you like the best.

1. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

2. Monster by Steppenwolf

3. Land Down Under

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The Bucks whine about the weather again...and again.

Do you have a butt dial story? Let us know. We're all ears, hearing aids and all.

Bucks reconnect with Old Buck Gene, whose memory issues have taken a turn for the better. Amazing.

Bucks pay tribute to Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, two monsters of the music of our youth. Do you have a favorite song from either? Let us know.

Dave attended the No Kings demonstration in Sarasota. It's a good start.

Our two bonus tracks are renditions of Amazing Grace sung by descendants of the original peoples of North America. Susan Aglukark sings in Inuit and Iveta Sunyata sings in Cherokee

“Patriotism is supporting your country all of the time and your government when it deserves it.”

- Mark Twain

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Here's a short video clip from the episode

Del displays his geographic knowledge. He cannot be stumped.

Why does Dave have to practice mounting his bicycle?

Del makes milestone soup as only he can.

Those crazy Brits and their cheese chases. Can you do this?

Del expresses concern over proposed Medicaid cuts and the impact on poor people.

Dave recommends Spearhead by Adam Makos.

Our bonus track salutes the men and women who saved the world from tyranny. Will it happen again?

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Maybe retirement is a time to kick back and relax and that's fine. But it wasn't enough for Curtis Weber, a retired educator who relocated to Sarasota and now teaches English to non-English-speaking immigrants who have also found a new life in the area. Curtis teaches advanced English classes at the Sarasota Technical College where his students range in age from 17 to 83. He's had students from 30 countries with diverse backgrounds from cardiologist to ship captain. Send us your questions or comments, we'd love to hear your feelings on this topic.

Dave in editing apologizes for the subpar audio quality of this episode. Del is putting him on probation. Yikes!

This week's bonus track was written by Graham Nash. It seems to fit.

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