The Narrators San Diego debuted just three days ago and we’re over the moon happy for what’s happening there, what it means for this show and this podcast. We’ve been listening to the raw audio of the stories that were told at that first show and dude, it’s so good. Denver, we’re not living in a vacuum anymore—we have competition on the coast.

Today’s story comes from Robert Rutherford. When Robert’s not co-hosting The Narrators San Diego, he works as a museum educator and the digital content developer at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Robert’s story was recorded live on 8 September 2015 at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern in San Diego, California. The theme of the evening was “Firsts.” Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders).