Chapter 48: The Shaving

Gregory Heitmann continues The Colonel and the Kid Podcast with a solo memoir episode built around shaving, facial hair, and the memories those rituals trigger. The chapter uses Grandpa’s military-era mustache, old shaving products, and a handful of family and hunting photos to explore masculinity, memory, and the value of preserving a personal record.This episode is part reflection, part photo commentary, and part podcast update, with Gregory also touching on baseball, license plates, and a streaming recommendation.

Key topics

• Gregory frames the podcast as a memoir project about his maternal grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin P. Hagen Jr., and explains why recording these stories matters.
• He reflects on the process of writing and speaking as a kind of self-analysis or “psychother ...