Eric Schaar, next to a tree at Camp Champions. Cannot confirm or deny if said tree was for crying. Eric Schaar spends his days writing for the summer-camp themed Disney series Bunk'd. He spent a few of his formative years as a camper at Camp Champions and Greene Family Camp in Texas, where he experienced … Continue reading Ep. #85: Like The Time I Worked Out My Homesickness At The Crying Tree
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Ep. #61: Like the Time I Left Camp to Become the Lead Singer of Guster
Songleaders are the ultimate camp rock stars, so what must it be like to go from camp to being an actual rock star? We talk to Guster's Ryan Miller, who spent a decade at Greene Family Camp in Bruceville, Texas, before going on to front one of the more popular touring bands of the last … Continue reading Ep. #61: Like the Time I Left Camp to Become the Lead Singer of Guster
Ep. 25: Like the Time Paris Hilton Broke Color War (w/ Stacy Davidowitz)
A summer at camp wouldn't be complete without a good ole fashioned Color War (aka Maccabiah Games, Yom Sport, Special Day, etc.). Whatever you want to call it, everyone left it all on the field for the green, the red, the yellow, and the blue. Author Stacy Davidowitz joins Micah and Sara to recount her … Continue reading Ep. 25: Like the Time Paris Hilton Broke Color War (w/ Stacy Davidowitz)
Ep. 21: Like the Time I Pulled That Other Prank at Camp
This episode is the second part of our interview with Michael and Sarah Marks, two great storytellers who had us cringing in disbelief at some of the stories they shared about both the pranks they pulled and the pranks that were pulled on them. Turns out, Sarah LOVED having her underwear run up the flagpole... … Continue reading Ep. 21: Like the Time I Pulled That Other Prank at Camp
Ep. 20: Like the Time I Pulled That Prank at Camp
If you’ve ever peed on a plastic wrap toilet, found crickets in your sleeping bag, or raided a camp kitchen, you’ll appreciate this week’s April Fool’s episode about pranks and the campers & counselors who pull them. We talk to Camp Sierra Vista lifer, Sarah Marks, and her radio-producer, bird-call expert husband (and literal Boy … Continue reading Ep. 20: Like the Time I Pulled That Prank at Camp
Ep #18: Like The Time We Talked To That Camp Guy We Met On Instagram
If you look up “camp counselor” in the dictionary, you’d probably find a picture of Aaron Greene, Ropes Course Director at Camp Walt Whitman in Piermont, New Hampshire. We didn't, but we did find him via Instagram thanks to his penchant for reposting #campconfession memes. We talk to him about our most impactful counselors, whether … Continue reading Ep #18: Like The Time We Talked To That Camp Guy We Met On Instagram
Episode 11: Campers vs. Counselors
When you look back on your time at camp, which part do you remember most fondly, your time as a camper or as a counselor? Our guest Sara Ballon didn't much enjoy her time as a camper, but loved being a staff member so much she ended up spending the better part of a decade working at … Continue reading Episode 11: Campers vs. Counselors
Campfires and Color Wars 