Off the Kufs- A Middle-Aged Guy's Words While Walking
Off the Kufs- A Middle-Aged Guy's Words While Walking
Jason Kufs
Middle-aged public high school American history teacher shares his journey of life, shedding healthy all 8 meds, weight loss of 115 pounds, battling to keep it off, education, being a dad, American history, sports, and other whimsical ramblings!
Where Have I Been? Why? What Have I Been Doing?
3 months have passed and I wanted to give context as to where I have been and what I've been doing. School winding down to baseball mostly baseball with my kids. And maintaining my lifestyle without my routine. And summer school and my anxiety and insecurity about new school years in general with a sneak peak to Off the Kufs Season 2.
Aug 9, 2022
37 min
Post WW2 1945-1953 20th CENTURY HISTORY RECAPS
This goes from he end of WW2 to Eisenhower. It covers domestic life post WW2 and foreign policy including Containment and the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and Berlin Airlift. Also detail on the Korean War.
May 15, 2022
38 min
The Battle of Sustaining a Healthy Lifestyle
In some ways, losing the 115 pounds last year was easier than the battle of sustainability. Reminding myself of why I never want to go back to where I was or how I felt physically is important. This episode deals with the grind of routine and the quiet of maintaining a healthy life. This episode is where I'm at now and how I get through the days. Advice on keeping on and not going back to before.
May 4, 2022
40 min
Steps to World War 2 and World War from the US Perspective
This episode dives deeply into WW2 from the US perspective. Then it talks about the US involvement after Pearl Harbor in both theaters of Europe and the Pacific along with the home front. Also war conferences and the role of FDR and later Truman.
Apr 29, 2022
35 min
20th CENTURY HISTORY RECAPS-The Great Depression and 1930s
A detailed look at the stock crash and the Great Depression with detail about FDR and his New Deal.
Apr 21, 2022
38 min
Roaring 20's All About Conflict- 20th CENTURY HISTORY RECAPS
A look at the 1920s in US History from Flappers to Jazz, Prohibition to Babe Ruth. The Presidency of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. The Harlem Renaissance and Lost Generation of writers and more. The decade was more about conflict and consumerism than anything. The radio and Model T Ford were supreme. But this decade long party ended sadly.
Apr 14, 2022
37 min
The COVID Episode
This episode talks about the lonely path of having opinions on COVID and how it continued to change with new information. It discusses sometimes good-intentioned governments errors throughout at every level. And my own COVID experience.
Apr 7, 2022
40 min
The NFBC Best Ball Cutline Breakdown
This episode gets into why I choose the NFBC for my leagues and why the Best Ball Cutline fits my needs and wants the best. It goes through my secrets on how to beat it and profit and then a player by player breakdown of March 27th 7pm draft that I consider to be the best team I drafted this season-and why.
Mar 31, 2022
42 min
My Fantasy Baseball Story
A linear walk as we ready for the upcoming baseball season of how and when I got into fantasy baseball and football. The story is so much about me and my dad. And it was and for me still is the fabric of our lives. A 40+ year journey.
Mar 24, 2022
39 min
US in World War 1- 20th CENTURY HISTORY RECAPS
Details about Wilson's initial reluctance to join the Great War in Europe along with Americans neutrality in the early stages. The push from Teddy to be prepared or more than that, to fight the Germans. And the reasons why after pledging in the 1916 Election that he kept us out of war, why Wilson brought us into the war.
Mar 17, 2022
34 min
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