Dave’s Gone By #1020 (2/14/2026): V-DAY

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Here is episode #1020 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 14, 2026.

Featuring: Greeley Times; Bunion Watch; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Clayton); Song: “The Worst Song Ever Written”; Dave’s Big Dictionary (Canoodle); StoryTime (“Ann’s Big Muffin”); Wretched Pun of Destiny (English King).

Guest: spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Olympic curling, Yule Log, capybaras, Judit Polgar
01:09:30 BUNION WATCH
01:12:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: salad, jury duty
01:33:30 GREELEY TIMES
02:00:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: canoodle
02:15:00 Cornhole Break!
02:22:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #201: Noam Chomsky
02:35:00 STORYTIME: Leslie McGuire’s “Ann’s Big Muffin”
02:45:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:59:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #95: English King
03:03:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Clayton, CO
03:06:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 14, 2026 Playlist: “The Worst Song Ever Written” (02:29:30; Dave)


Rabbi Sol Solomon
Noam Chomsky
Clayton, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1019 (2/7/2026): ZECH’S APPEAL

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Here is episode #1019 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 7, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Deborah Zecher and sings “Hey Jews”; Greeley Times; Bunion Watch; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Clarke Farms); Dave’s Big Dictionary (imbue); StoryTime (“Funny Faces”); Dave Says Bye (Harry Haun).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: winter
00:17:00 BUNION WATCH
00:19:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: new toys, bad drawing, Super Bowl
00:58:30 GREELEY TIMES
01:28:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Rabbi Deborah Zecher
02:15:30 STORYTIME: “Funny Faces”
02:27:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: imbue
02:37:30 DAVE SAYS BYE: Harry Haun
02:59:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:07:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Clarke Farms, CO
03:10:00 DAVE GOES OUT: Toelio

Feb. 7, 2026 Playlist: “Hey Jews” (02:50:30; Rabbi Sol Solomon)

Deborah Zecher
Rabbi Sol Solomon
This.
Harry Haun
Your host.

Dave’s Gone By #1018 (1/31/2026): CRITICS’ CHOICE

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Here is episode #1018 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Jan. 31, 2026.

Featuring: Dave interviews Florida arts critics Jay Handelman and Carrie Seidman; StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (“Rudy Garcia-Tolson Biography”); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Churchill Downs); Dave’s Big Dictionary (short shrift); Dave Says Bye (Woodie King Jr.).

Guests: Florida theater and dance critics Jay Handelman and Carrie Seidman; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Wither Cop Log?, passings (Demond Wilson, Catherine O’Hara)
00:17:30 DAVE SAYS BYE: Woodie King Jr.
00:36:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: snow days, inventions
01:09:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:27:00 GUESTS: Jay Handelman and Carrie Seidman
02:13:30 STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon reads Ann Weil’s “Rudy Garcia-Tolson”
02:28:00 Belated Birthday!
02:41:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: short shrift
02:50:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:59:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Churchill Downs, CO
03:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

L-R: Carrie Seidman, Jay Handelman
your host
Churchill Downs, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1017 (1/24/2026): GRAVITTE’S RAINBOW

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Here is episode #1017 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Jan. 24, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Debbie Gravitte, reads “Exploring Water,” and offers a Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Chromo); Greeley Times; Dave’s song “It Won’t Get Long”; Dave Says Bye to Uncle Floyd

Guests: actress Debbie Gravitte; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Dave’s 62nd birthday – Texas Roadhouse, Yasou, novelties, The Chosen One
01:28:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Debbie Gravitte
02:13:00 STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon reads “Exploring Water and the Ocean” (Bittinger)
02:38:30 GREELEY TIMES
03:02:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:09:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: Floyd Vivino
03:30:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED w/ Rabbi Sol: chromo
03:33:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Debbie Gravitte
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Skit (1/17/2026): GREELEY TIMES

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Dave’s Gone By Skit (1/17/2026): GREELEY TIMES

Highlights of The Greeley Tribune’s weekly Cop Log column, plus odd stories from elsewhere.

This segment aired Jan. 17, 2026 as part of episode #1016 of the “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Dave’s Gone By #1015 (1/10/2025): HARE RAISING

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Here is episode #1015 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Jan. 10, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Robert O’Hare; Dave’s Big Dictionary (collude); StoryTime; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Chihuahua); Greeley Times.

Guests: cabaret’s Robert O’Hare; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: balloons, Reps vs. Dems, census
00:52:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: collude
00:59:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Robert O’Hare
01:46:30 GREELEY TIMES
02:05:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce: cat vs. deer, Mickey Rourke, Mission BBQ
02:44:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Feminist Press”
03:00:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:08:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Chihuahua
03:12:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Robert O’Hare
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Chihuahua, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1013 (12/27/2025): HAAS AFIRE

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Here is episode #1013 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 27, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor-singer Darius de Haas; Dave’s Big Dictionary (apropos); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Chester); Bunion Watch; Greeley Times.

Guests: actor Darius de Haas; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: for the birds, wonderful life, Mount Washington
01:00:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:29:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Darius de Haas
02:22:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: New Year’s Eve
02:33:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #190: 2024 Farewell (repeat)
02:44:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: apropos
02:57:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:06:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Chester, CO
03:09:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Darius de Haas
Chester, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1012 (12/20/2025): RELEASE THE KAREKEN

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Here is episode #1012 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 20, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Jeremy Kareken and reads “A Parakeet Named Dreidel”; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cherry Knolls); My Sick Mind (The Reiners); Bunion Watch.

Guests: playwright Jeremy Kareken; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: balloons, dentist, Chanukah bagel
00:34:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:22:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jeremy Kareken
02:04:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol: “The Parakeet Named Dreidel” (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
02:31:00 BUNION WATCH
02:34:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Rob Reiner
02:45:00 MY SICK MIND: The Reiners
02:50:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:57:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Cherry Knolls, CO
03:00:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jeremy Kareken
your host
Rob Reiner, RIP
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Cherry Knolls, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1011 (12/13/2025): SCHATZ CREEK

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Here is episode 1011 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 13, 2025.


Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews writer Matt Schatz, reads “Mendel’s Hanukkah Mess Up,” and offers a Rabbinical Reflection about Eurovision; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cherry Creek); The Dreidel Game.

Guests: playwright Matt Schatz; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: Chanukah, yard animals, ear wax
00:35:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Matt Schatz
01:22:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:46:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce: Maryland life
02:02:00 THE DREIDEL GAME
02:24:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #199: Eurovision
02:31:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: Hanukkah Mess Up (Stiefels)
02:51:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:00:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Cherry Creek, CO
03:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Matt Schatz
your host
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Cherry Creek, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1010 (12/6/2025): BOGGED DOWN

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Here is episode 1010 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 6, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews writer and TV personality Bill Boggs; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned; Dave’s Big Dictionary.

Guests: broadcaster Bill Boggs; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: play submission, Tom Stoppard, Wawa, Supermoon, clarity
00:51:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:13:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Bill Boggs
02:03:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Way Too Many Latkes” (Glaser)
02:26:00 BUNION WATCH
02:30:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: sensibility
02:38:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:48:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Chattanooga, CO
02:51:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Bill Boggs
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Chattanooga, CO