https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lucky-ones--3247730enBooksCopyright Dale McGowanhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ece43f3284710aff2d56fb3d2268ccb2.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lucky-ones--3247730Sun, 24 May 2026 23:17:30 +0000Dale McGowanDale McGowanfeeds@spreaker.comThis is not a podcast about death. Death is not that interesting. The Lucky Ones is about the effect death has on life—the way being a no-kidding mortal makes life better, sadder, more interesting, funnier, and more than a little absurd.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-ever-closer-to-not-quite-being-there-yet--40720594https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40720594Sat, 05 Sep 2020 19:55:08 +0000Dale McGowanHe tried with wind, then with a Volvo. Now the Reaper tries with my own stupidity.1343death,england,hiking,trainsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-untimely-death--40284570https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40284570Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:36:19 +0000Dale McGowanWith a flick of the wrist, Death finally got my attention.1669death,hiking,montaigne,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-deaths-of-catherine-and-noel-age-three--27621746https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27621746Mon, 18 May 2020 00:37:42 +0000Dale McGowanWordsworth’s bones weren’t enough for a detour. It was little Catherine who gave me pause.1260death,england,hiking,lake_district,wordsworthfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/suck--26733397https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26733397Tue, 05 May 2020 01:24:27 +0000Dale McGowanEpisode includes lying to Australians. Listener discretion advised.1283australia,death,england,hikingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-mention-the-coast-to-coast--22821647https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22821647Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:52:05 +0000Dale McGowanWhere was I. No really, I'm asking.1787britain,dalemcgowan,hikingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-norther-still--18427376https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18427376Mon, 01 Jul 2019 02:08:19 +0000Dale McGowanNow the real Northing begins.1064dalemcgowan,hiking,northing,theluckyonesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ozymandias--18125155https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18125155Thu, 30 May 2019 17:56:48 +0000Dale McGowanLook on my Gift Shoppe, ye Mighty, and despair!620cotswoldway,hiking,ozymandias,theluckyonesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-amazing-simulation-of-an-actual-adorable-town--17649410https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17649410Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:36:57 +0000Dale McGowanRight around the Crown & Trumpet, a visitor begins to sense that something is…off.1445americans_abroad,broadway_uk,dale_mcgowan,england,hiking,kitsch,theluckyonesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cromwell-s-seat--17436699https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17436699Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:16:13 +0000Dale McGowanThe British haven’t quite figured out how they feel about their lunatics.1007britishhistory,cotswoldway,cromwell,hikingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-god-of-the-sheep--17373755https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17373755Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:05:58 +0000Dale McGowanTheir children's CHILDREN will tremble to hear of the day Oogaboo crossed the field.1285cotswold_way,dale_mcgowan,england,evolution,hiking,montaigne,sheepfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-crossing-an-english-field--17276612https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17276612Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:49:30 +0000Dale McGowanIt would take a hiker of epic inability to screw this up, a statement known as “ham-fisted foreshadowing.”1422cotswold,cows,england,hikingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-the-center-of-space-and-time--17127254https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17127254Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:04:13 +0000Dale McGowanI was finally going to stand on that bright red line.1304british_history,dale_mcgowan,greenwich,hiking,history,pepys_diary,prime_meridian,the_lucky_onesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/first-hallucinations--16995959https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16995959Sat, 09 Feb 2019 16:48:36 +0000Dale McGowanA bad death, a good pee, and my first hallucinations.743falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-diarist--16930594https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16930594Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:14:10 +0000Dale McGowanPepys wrote about sex, death, and beer enemas, often in the same paragraph. But mostly he wrote about being Sam Pepys.1094falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bloody-bones-of-london--16856321https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16856321Sun, 27 Jan 2019 19:40:10 +0000Dale McGowanI’d wanted some Death to contemplate, but London was way too eager to comply.1199bigben,death,hiking,housesofparliament,london,mudlarking,thames,thamespathfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-middle-distance--16689266https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16689266Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:55:05 +0000Dale McGowanAt the end of the final hike, I'll be plenty impressed with myself. But not at the end of this one.1651hiking,london,thamesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-flimsy-little-beef-balloon--16635983https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16635983Sat, 05 Jan 2019 13:52:42 +0000Dale McGowanIn the center of your chest is a pump made of meat.1011death,evolution,heart,mortalityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-which-the-author-dies-and-someone-else-has-to-finish-writing-the-book--16301306https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16301306Sat, 24 Nov 2018 21:24:23 +0000Dale McGowanAs I flew toward the 100-foot drop-off, I realized I was going to die. The only question was when.1437atheist,death,hiking,humor,midlife,mortality,philosophyfalsefull