THAT LIFE THEN is a Spoken Memoir Podcast concerning the scrappy adventures of a kid from middle America who bolts a seemingly enviable but in reality abusive home, striking out on his own at an early age. Along his journey he gets himself caught in some questionable situations while learning helpful life lessons. 
Each story is self-contained. 
Please note: Two-Part Episodes are better when listened to in order.

A Blue Morning Part Two

A Blue Morning Part One

The Pandemic Arrives. A new dawn is abruptly snuffed out.

Let Me Out Here Part Two

A Pandemic approaches. Change is in the air. New music, new neighborhoods, new self-awareness and physical-awareness, yet total innocence as to the advancing plague.

Let Me Out Here Part One

A first job scooping ice cream begins a path leading to that person currently inhabiting The White House.

The Glass Facade

New York City beckons with some consequential lessons.

Rat-Ta-Tat-Tap

Jack's family escapes Chicago's brutal winter for their version of fun in the sun.

The Tropical Shores

On his twenty-first birthday, Jack moves to New York City and walks into a job at one of the hottest disco/cabarets of the moment.