Douglas Taurel

And there's a guy he was making fun of in the middle. And he talks about now that guy loses his life in Afghanistan by an IED. And he's an Army Ranger. And when they say the goodbyes, they all put their Ranger tab at the memorial for their fallen soldiers. And then he says, I realize now I'm part of an amazing history. But what I realize now is I'm part of a brotherhood. And he marches away.

And there's a guy he was making fun of in the middle. And he talks about now that guy loses his life in Afghanistan by an IED. And he's an Army Ranger. And when they say the goodbyes, they all put their Ranger tab at the memorial for their fallen soldiers. And then he says, I realize now I'm part of an amazing history. But what I realize now is I'm part of a brotherhood. And he marches away.

And that's the play.

And that's the play.

And that's the play.

Yeah, the son, the father who loses his son. That one is always... In my play, there's always a father-son through line. Again, life is weird. It's a love letter to my dad, even though I didn't get along well with my dad. I guess it's that looking for that... looking for that father son relationship, you know? So those were pieces that always spoke to me really emotionally.

Yeah, the son, the father who loses his son. That one is always... In my play, there's always a father-son through line. Again, life is weird. It's a love letter to my dad, even though I didn't get along well with my dad. I guess it's that looking for that... looking for that father son relationship, you know? So those were pieces that always spoke to me really emotionally.

Yeah, the son, the father who loses his son. That one is always... In my play, there's always a father-son through line. Again, life is weird. It's a love letter to my dad, even though I didn't get along well with my dad. I guess it's that looking for that... looking for that father son relationship, you know? So those were pieces that always spoke to me really emotionally.

You know, when the mother says goodbye to her son, you know, I, so I have a great relationship with my son and I made a point of,

You know, when the mother says goodbye to her son, you know, I, so I have a great relationship with my son and I made a point of,

You know, when the mother says goodbye to her son, you know, I, so I have a great relationship with my son and I made a point of,

breaking the cycle that i had with my dad not uncommon yeah well there's basically two ways it goes yeah you stop the from rolling downhill or you start picking up and you start hucking even more yeah yeah that's a great way to put it you hook even more so we you know in fact today my son called me and he was telling me his time on the 40-yard dash he played sports and and he got uh i'll say it on this podcast he got uh the highest english he's a really smart kid my wife's really smart

breaking the cycle that i had with my dad not uncommon yeah well there's basically two ways it goes yeah you stop the from rolling downhill or you start picking up and you start hucking even more yeah yeah that's a great way to put it you hook even more so we you know in fact today my son called me and he was telling me his time on the 40-yard dash he played sports and and he got uh i'll say it on this podcast he got uh the highest english he's a really smart kid my wife's really smart

breaking the cycle that i had with my dad not uncommon yeah well there's basically two ways it goes yeah you stop the from rolling downhill or you start picking up and you start hucking even more yeah yeah that's a great way to put it you hook even more so we you know in fact today my son called me and he was telling me his time on the 40-yard dash he played sports and and he got uh i'll say it on this podcast he got uh the highest english he's a really smart kid my wife's really smart

But his English teacher pulled him aside and said, you got the highest score on the English final exam out of the whole, he's in ninth grade, out of the whole ninth grade.

But his English teacher pulled him aside and said, you got the highest score on the English final exam out of the whole, he's in ninth grade, out of the whole ninth grade.

But his English teacher pulled him aside and said, you got the highest score on the English final exam out of the whole, he's in ninth grade, out of the whole ninth grade.

And he was really proud and he told me and I said, yeah. And I said, it's fucking badass, son.

And he was really proud and he told me and I said, yeah. And I said, it's fucking badass, son.

And he was really proud and he told me and I said, yeah. And I said, it's fucking badass, son.