Tina Lives!

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 16: The Insidious Stress of Second Chances

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:23:54 -0000

This is the final episode of Tina Lives! Thank you so much for listening!

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Tina Lives! Act III Episode 15: 1986, Bad Girls Go To Jail

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:08:00 -0000

This is the second to last episode of Tina Lives. It is not the prettiest of pictures, but it is The Smallest Mountain Yet.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 14: For Real Love, Won’t Cure Addiction

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:02:02 -0000

They say when you are least looking for it that’s when it arrives: love, magic, destiny all better when they arrive together.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 13: Unfinished Business

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:08:00 -0000

Love is a dirty and manipulative business, and Kris loves Lill & Gary, so once again she tags along for a new adventure on the darker side of, dark and destructive.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 12: 1983 Twenty-One and Pregnant

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:41:09 -0000

A respite in self-destructive behavior is a welcome change when Kris discovers she is pregnant.

Tina Lives Act III Episode 11: T’s & Blues & A Dark and Dangerous Love

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:51:00 -0000

Kris’ proclivity for falling in love takes her down some of the most perilous streets of Little Rock.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 10: Beauty is a Dirty Business

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:41:00 -0000

When there is no more money & no more dirty heads, Kris reaches out to Mick Jagger, falls in love (again), and begins a dark and dangerous chapter of life.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 9: 1980 - When I was Seventeen

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 13:58:07 -0000

Martha & Sue exit stage left. 1980 has its JFK moment, and Quaaludes erase the nation’s pain and Kris’ financial well-being.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 8: Sixteen: New Girlfriend, New Guardian

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:15:00 -0000

“Like sands through the hour glass,” Andy’s out and Sue B. is in. Kris and Martha take it to the next level, and relocate to Boston for a New York minute.

Act III, Episode 7: Sexy, Sultry Sweet Sixteen

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:06:00 -0000

The long awaited “R" rated episode of life takes Kris for a ride in a silver Camero.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 6: Fall, 1977 Therapy & Glen King

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:10:39 -0000

Kris gets rowdy with a therapist, and “Disco Sucks” for some people, but not for Kris and her new gay friends.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 5: Dead Flowers

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:07:27 -0000

Kris/Tina deals, more or less with Gorton’s death, discovers her fate, while the foreshadowing of her future rests heavy on her mind, spirit, and body.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 4: Radical Changes & Lillian

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:03:46 -0000

Tina, now known as Kris, lives a life that mirrors the ethos of the hippies, “Radical Change.” Pivotal people present themselves, while cornerstones of the past, crumble.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 3: The Heartbreak Hotel

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:59:44 -0000

At The Heartbreak Hotel, Tina discovers the essence of Gorton, touches the fleeting tendrils of tenderness, and morphs her twinkling naivety into what she hopes will be a harder, sturdier version of herself.

Tina Lives! Act III Episode 2: Me and Fayetteville Lose Our Innocence

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:09:00 -0000

Thai Stick is not food, grown-ups are not always responsible, and Kathy and Tony end up on television.

Tina Lives! ACT III Episode 1: Oak Street House

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 22:01:46 -0000

Gorton cleans up his act, Tina puts her adolescence down for a nap, and Dinah Shore hosts David Bowie on her daytime chat show.

Tina Lives! Act II Episode 6: The Long Way Home

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:33:31 -0000

While the daffodils bloom, the winds of change come to Fayetteville, and Tina and Billy take the long way home for the very last time. This is the end of Act II.

Tina Lives! Act II Episode 5: Hillbillies Kill Animals, Not Hippies

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:53:15 -0000

Tina has sticky fingers, Gorton has blood on his hands, and A Family Called Us does a naked ritual.# Episode Notes

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Tina Lives! Act II Episode 4: Some Kind of in-betweener

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:42:00 -0000

Tina pushes Bob Tarlow right over the edge, checks out the “straight life,” and crumbles to pieces under the weight of Tea for the Tillerman.

Tina Lives! Act II Episode 3: Pot Parties - Not Really

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:51:00 -0000

Tina sees one too many naked people, gets a best friend, and learns about magic brownies, all while her shyness sheds and the consequences of her previous life becomes uncomfortably self-evident.

Tina Lives! Act II Episode 2 Gorton's Gatekeeper

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:00:00 -0000

Tina goes on a matchmaking mission to unite Gorton and her chosen surrogate mother, and a Family Called Us moves into a new home of communal living.

Tina Lives! Act II Episode 1 Storer Street House

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:47:00 -0000

Tina has no memory of traveling from Massachusetts to Arkansas. She only remembers her first impressions of the basement apartment, which will become her new home in Fayetteville, Arkansas with Gorton Darling Hitte.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 11 END OF ACT I Wheels of Internment – Exiled

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:05:40 -0000

Tina receives an unexpected phone call that changes the course of a lifetime.

This is the end of Act 1. Act 2 will begin on October 19.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 10: If I Could Remember Rainbows, Then I Would Describe Them

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:28:47 -0000

The family moves to a spooky house on a hill. Tina plays “school” in school, and then regrets ever having, what she considered, “the best idea ever.”

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 9: Evasive, Mendacious Glimmer of Hope

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:00:28 -0000

Tina loves foster care! But alas, that residence also comes to an end. In New Bedford, Mass, Tina finds beauty in a neighbor and sometimes even in her mother.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 8: Foster Care

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:38:14 -0000

For no apparent reason, the state of Massachusetts was pulled out of a hat and the family hits the road for the East Coast. Along the way, Tina notices her mother’s beauty had faded and her demeanor had become menacing. Tina is blindsided by a pit stop on their journey.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 7: Far Fucking Out

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:35:40 -0000

The family heads to Northwest Arkansas to investigate living on a commune, but instead takes up residence in a house in Fayetteville. Tina is sent to the attic for weeks as punishment for an unknown crime.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 6: No Paul, No Money, No Christmas

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:33:05 -0000

The family finally makes it to a commune in Oregon, but bus-living in the winter is no fun, so they move to a house in the nearest town. Diana finds a new boyfriend; Paul leaves, but returns when Tina gets a hernia. Diana says goodbye to her boyfriend and the family heads to Sacramento, CA.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 5 Everyday People & The Washed Out Colors of the Rainbow

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:57:23 -0000

After a bit of a respite in Cleveland, the family once again takes off for the West Coast. En route, they find themselves in the middle of a violent riot that took place in Grant Park, Chicago, Ill on July 27, 1970.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 4: Berkeley or Bust

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:48:12 -0000

Episode Notes

The family’s travel adventure is often marred by Diana’s erratic and violent episodes, but the majesty of America has the power to soothe the otherwise rough road to becoming “hippies.”

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 3: A New Kind of People Called "the Hippies"

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:46:05 -0000

Episode Notes

Diana marries a social worker named Paul. They save their pennies and buy an old Vietnamese Army bus converted into a camper and the family sets off to California to join the counter-culture movement.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 2: My Father Did Have that Hot Rod Car

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:43:02 -0000

Episode Notes

Tina’s parent’s Jim and Diana were “hip” not “square,” but also violent. The house that Tina burnt down was a refuge home after Jim broke Diana’s nose for the last time.

Tina Lives! Act I Episode 1: Burnin' Down the House

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:53:17 -0000

Episode Notes

Tina, a six year old working class kid from Cleveland, burns down the house where she and her family live.