Life's Learning Curve

About Life's Learning Curve

Storytelling: How we became us! We take a look backward & find ourselves negotiating our LIFE EXPERIENCES, discovering life's various tones -comedy, drama, and nostalgia. Our podcast offers imagery of a documentary recreation, but for audio. Life happens in a heartbeat. Let's learn, thrive and love from our experiences while we're here. Cheers!

Publisher

Paul Hardt

Category

comedy · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jan 2019

Latest episode

3 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 105 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Looking Back, I Was WRONG About a Few Things

   Send us Fan Mail What happens when the work you’re proudest of also leaves you standing alone? In 2006, nearly a thousand educators were nominated—and I was named Educator of the Year. My family attended the banquet. People shook my hand. For one unforgettable evening, I allowed myself to believe that everything my students and I had built truly mattered. Then Monday morning came. The congratulatory message outside my school was gone by lunchtime. The hallways felt different. Conversations st...

2. 

   9 Jul 2026

   The Boy Who Became Mr. Hardt

   Send us Fan Mail From late-night college memories and the drive away from DeKalb's cornfields to the terrifying first day standing in front of his own classroom as "Mr. Hardt," Paul shares the awkward, funny, and deeply human moments that every new adult experiences. You'll laugh through embarrassing speech-class disasters, first-year teaching mishaps, and conversations with lifelong friends. But beneath the humor is a powerful reminder that none of us ever completely leave our younger ...

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   26 May 2026

   The Florida Guitar

   Send us Fan Mail Paul’s father kept calling to ask for his address… So he could send his “favorite sweatshirts.” But the clothes were never the point. As generations continue on, we experience how favorite sweatshirts morph into a Florida Guitar. This episode of Life’s Learning Curve is about aging fathers, grown sons, grown daughters, memory, and the quiet ways love keeps reaching for us long after childhood ends. Catch Paul's new song "The...

Inside a recent episode

That Fish Had More Paperwork Than Our Boat

Published 31 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Don't ask. It stumbled onto what they swore was the largest black grouper in the entire lower keys. Trouble was the fish was already tagged by the University of Florida's marine research team. And let me tell you, those folks treat their fish like royalty. I'm talking GPS, tracking numbers, and probably has its own Spotify playlist for fish. And here I am, sitting at a stolen moment on my own wreck -a -de -boat with two guys who treat planning like a four -letter word. My gut started doing backflips. My left eye always twitches when I'm nervous, and it was practically morse coating an SOS signal. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,119

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100

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Quality

82

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

82

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