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Michael Perry's Voice Mail

The audio version of Michael Perry's weekly "Roughneck Grace" newsletter. In addition to informal news and notes, Mike reaches into the SneezingCow.com archives and reads one of his "Roughneck Grace" columns aloud. michaelperry.substack.com

Episode #304: Lightnin' Hopkins and Shaggy Dad

8 mins; February 22, 2026

Episode #300: What is This Thing?

9 mins; January 25, 2026

Episode #299: Pigskin Soap Opera

18 mins; January 18, 2026

Episode #296: Toboggan Surfing and...

8 mins; December 28, 2025

Episode #293: Let's Get Together...

7 mins; December 07, 2025

Episode #291: Cats in the Office

8 mins; November 23, 2025

Episode #285: Mike's New Book, and...

11 mins; October 11, 2025

Episode #280: The Rockford Files and...

13 mins; September 07, 2025

Episode #275: Evolution of a Book Cover

12 mins; August 03, 2025

Episode #271: Mother to Many

9 mins; July 08, 2025

Episode #269: Delmar Takes Flight

12 mins; June 22, 2025

Episode #265a: Not A Sermon

3 mins; May 22, 2025

Episode #263: Exploding Pink Tape Measure

11 mins; May 11, 2025

Episode #262: Dandelion Fuzz

9 mins; May 04, 2025

Episode #258: Neighborhood Meeting

10 mins; April 08, 2025

Episode #253: Derp Alert and Deep Scythe

11 mins; March 02, 2025

Episode #250: Best In Show

8 mins; February 09, 2025

Episode #245 (Archive Dive #7): Firsthand Football

15 mins; January 05, 2025

Episode #243: Van Again

7 mins; December 22, 2024

Episode #242: Scavenging Dookie

9 mins; December 15, 2024

Episode #236: The Healing Day

4 mins; November 03, 2024

Episode #235: Failing In Prine Time

11 mins; October 28, 2024

Episode #234 (ARCHIVE DIVE #3): It's That Time of Deer

12 mins; October 20, 2024

Episode #230: Rural Waving Etiquette

5 mins; September 22, 2024

Episode #224: Trucker Radio

11 mins; August 11, 2024

Episode #223: The Writing Shack

10 mins; August 05, 2024

Episode #217: How I Became a New York Times Bestselling Author

10 mins; June 23, 2024

Episode #212: Tractor Time

7 mins; May 19, 2024

Episode #207: Andy and Alabama

10 mins; April 14, 2024

Episode #203: Cowboy Punk

11 mins; March 17, 2024

Episode #197: Thank Yous, Youse

6 mins; February 04, 2024

Episode #196: The Mike and Mary Situation

8 mins; January 28, 2024

Episode #194: Brain Freeze

7 mins; January 14, 2024

Episode #189: "Jimmy and the Haymakers"

9 mins; December 09, 2023

Episode #184: "I'm With the Band"

12 mins; November 05, 2023

Episode #177 "St. Jude and Drew and Me"

7 mins; September 17, 2023

Episode #176 "Brothers Gotta Call"

6 mins; September 10, 2023

Episode #171 "Self-Deprecation Depreciation"

11 mins; August 05, 2023

Episode #168: "Back To Books"

8 mins; July 16, 2023

Episode #164 "Mike's Marginalia"

11 mins; June 18, 2023

Episode #162 "Neil Gaiman and Weird TV"

5 mins; June 03, 2023

Episode #157 "On The Road Again"

12 mins; April 30, 2023

Episode #153 "Coffee Whoopsie"

8 mins; April 01, 2023

Episode #150 How Some of This Happened

16 mins; March 12, 2023

Episode #142 "Chickens [NOT] Back on Board"

5 mins; January 19, 2023

Episode #136 "Stay Before You Go"

9 mins; December 09, 2022

Episode #132 Welcome New Subscribers

5 mins; November 13, 2022

Episode #129: A Quiet Halloween

7 mins; October 29, 2022

Episode #122 My Mom Made It

9 mins; September 15, 2022

Episode #121 "Apple Golf"

5 mins; September 09, 2022

Episode #112 "Humidity, Tarzan, and Frenchness"

6 mins; July 07, 2022

Episode #105 "Hairball Doula"

6 mins; May 26, 2022

Episode #101 "When Did You Know?"

8 mins; April 28, 2022

Episode #96 "Working With Musicians"

7 mins; March 25, 2022

Episode #88 "Falling Forward"

8 mins; January 27, 2022

Episode #81 "Snowed In"

5 mins; December 09, 2021

Episode #75 "Victoria's Secret and the Cosmos"

6 mins; October 28, 2021

Episode #66 "Jesus Cow and Miss Honorée"

9 mins; September 01, 2021

Episode #62 "Throwback Thanks"

7 mins; August 10, 2021

Episode #51 "Shy in Public"

7 mins; June 08, 2021

Episode #47 Ask Mike: "Writer's Block"

6 mins; May 14, 2021

Episode #45 "The Way The Story Goes"

7 mins; May 04, 2021

Episode #40 "Truck Snacks"

6 mins; March 30, 2021

WHOOPS* Episode #35 "Burn Barrel Khakis" (*now with proper audio)

8 mins; February 23, 2021

Episode #30 "Mercy"

6 mins; January 19, 2021

Episode #26 "Christmas Tree Kids"

6 mins; December 23, 2020

Episode #22 "Everyday Thanksgiving"

10 mins; November 25, 2020

Forward

2 mins; November 02, 2020

Michael Perry's Voice Mail Episode 013 "Tom Goes On A Date"

8 mins; October 06, 2020

Michael Perry's Voice Mail Episode 007 "Little Bird"

6 mins; August 31, 2020

Michael Perry's Voice Mail Episode 006 Greg Brown

36 secs; August 27, 2020

Michael Perry's Voice Mail Episode 003

11 mins; August 12, 2020

Baby Wrens

9 secs; August 08, 2020

Michael Perry's Voice Mail Episode 002

10 mins; August 05, 2020

Michael Perry's Voice Mail Episode 001

0 secs; July 31, 2020

Michael Perry's Voice Mail

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