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Here is episode #1056, “Pace in Our Time,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live, Saturday morning, Nov. 7, 2026.
Featuring: Dave Goes Back to the Hospital; Non-Greeley Times; StoryTime (What to Do When the News Scares You”); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Decatur); My Old Phlegm.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:05:00 DAVE GOES BACK TO THE HOSPITAL 01:55:30 NON-GREELEY TIMES: ice mouth, Old Vito 02:09:00 STORYTIME: Jacqueline B. Toner’s “What To Do When the News Scares You” 02:28:00 Friends of the Daverhood 02:36:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Decatur, CO 02:47:30 MY OLD PHLEGM: two-headed dove 02:51:00 DAVE GOES OFF: the elections 03:00:30 DAVE GOES OUT: photos
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Here is episode #1055, “Weenie Roast,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live, Saturday morning, Oct. 31, 2026.
Featuring: Dave Goes to the Hospital; Non-Greeley Times; StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (“Zohran Walks New York”); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (De Nova)
Guest: spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:07:30 DAVE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL: heart trouble 02:28:00 NON-GREELEY TIMES: couch, substitute, Norway 02:42:30 STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon reads Millie von Platen’s “Zohran Walks New York” 02:59:00 Friends of the Daverhood 03:08:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: De Nova 03:10:00 DAVE GOES OUT: scary printer cartridge
The 46th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired July 25, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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* 46. A surgeon is being considered for a major position at a hospital. He tells the board his specialty is curing various forms of hepatitis.
“How do you do it?” they ask.
“I have two methods,” the doctor says. “If the disease hasn’t spread much, I open the patient up, and I use a piece of volcanic rock to sand down parts of the liver, while leaving the healthy tissue to heal.”
“Sounds fascinating,” says the board. “But what about when the organ is unsalvageable?”
“Then I operate,” the doctor replies, “but in a much less invasive way than usual because I make a tiny incision and pull the liver out through the belly button, reducing both scarring and healing time.”
Excited by these explanations, the hospital board puts the surgeon to the test. Over a grueling day, they have him see six patients, three with liver inflammation, three with full-blown hep.
As he described, the doctor uses lava rock on the first three people, and his special surgery on the rest. The next morning, all six patients are x-rayed, with the board members gauging the results.
Alas for the surgeon, he proves only half successful. The first three patients look fine, with their abraded organs already starting to reconstitute. But the sicker patients are a shock:
although the surgeon said he took their livers out, the x-rays show conclusively that the organs are still there, in their bodies.
“I’m sorry,” says the board, “you did fine with the sanding down, but your surgical procedure doesn’t work at all.”
“You mean, I don’t get the job?” sighs the surgeon.
“Of course not,” says the board. “You Pumiced, But you couldn’t De-Liver.”
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Here is the 425th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 1, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with veteran rocker Gary U.S. Bonds. Plus: Saturday Segue (hospitals), Inside Broadway.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guest: Gary U.S. Bonds
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:20:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Hospitals 00:55:00 Sponsors 01:03:00 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Gary U.S. Bonds 02:07:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:37:30 Friends 02:46:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Bonds 03:03:30 Thanks 03:04:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 1, 2013 Playlist: “That Hospital” (00:21:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “Sister Morphine” (00:24:30; Marianne Faithfull). “Hospital Beds” (00:31:00; Florence + The Machine). “Hospitals” (00:33:00; Counting Crows). “Outside the Hospital” (00:36:00; Wild Man Fischer). “Grace Hospital” (00:40:00; Jane Siberry). “I Don’t Want to Die (in a Hospital)” (00:48:00; Conor Oberst). “Quarter to Three” (01:01:00), “New Orleans” (01:09:00), “Not Me” (01:13:00), “From a Buick 6” (01:38:30), “Soul Deep” (01:49:00) & “This Little Girl” (02:03:30; Gary U.S. Bonds). “These Arms of Mine” (01:30:30; Otis Redding). “Where are All the People?” (02:42:30; Chaplin – The Musical w/ Rob McClure). “We Better Talk this Over” (02:46:30), “Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag” (02:51:00) & “I Wanna Be Your Lover” (02:57:00; Bob Dylan). “Sign Language” (02:54:00; Eric Clapton & Bob Dylan). “Finish Line” (03:09:00; Lou Reed).
