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Why We Are Friends
Podcast where a few dudes reminisce about growing up in a small town. If you enjoy brisk strolls down memory lane, friendships, laughs, and dad-isms. Nostalgia podcast.
Episodes
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Epi 174 - All in the Family with Nicky from Nicky's Haircutters
Nicky and Nicky Jr. from Bethel's Nicky's Haircutters visit the studio to talk about running a family-owned small business, buying the shop at 18, bad…
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Epi 173 - Remembering Phil with Phil and Pat Gioia
Episode 173: Remembering Phil Gioia. The boys welcome Phil Gioia’s parents (Phil and Pat) to talk about how they met, coming to Bethel, fishing, Phil, favorite…
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Epi 172 - Hey Mr. Knickerbocker, Boppity Bop
Bethel's former First Selectman and current Connecticut Senate candidate, Matt Knickerbocker, joins the boys on the Famous Pizza patio on a beautiful fall…
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Epi 171 - Mango Mike Camilli Re-Release
Epi 171 is a re-release with a big friend of the show Mango Mike Camilli, calling in from Florida to catch up for the first time since high school. History…
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Epi 170 - Ace Is The Place with Ryan Clifford
Ace Hardware of Bethel's Ryan Clifford joins the boys in the studio to talk about umbrellas, showering before the pool, his love for customers, parking spots…
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Epi 169 - Political Party with Candance Fay
Candace Fay sits down with the boys at Famous Pizza to talk about turtles, her love for Danbury, her first take on politics, dating Kevin, Elton John, Cape…
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Epi 168 - The Tom Duffy Show
Legendary Bethel High School athlete and former Los Angeles Dodger, Tom Duffy, sits down with the boys to talk about moving to Bethel from Yonkers, courting…
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Epi 167 - Victoria Does Comedy
Connecticut's own Victoria Does Comedy drives down from Hartford to talk about growing up in Windsor Locks, her Rocky Horror Picture Show obsession, mystery…
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Epi 166 - Cesar Jimenez and Taking Advantage of Certain Opportunities
Cesar Jimenez joins the boys on location to talk about Costa Rica, family, the history of Caesar Salad, his experience as one of the first English as a Second…
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Epi 165 - Let's Give This Thing a Whack with John Leaden
John Leaden, a Bethel High School Class of 1987 graduate and uncle to our own Coach Lux, joins the boys on the Famous Pizza patio. The boys talk pool and ocean…
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Epi 164 - Lidania (Gonzalez) Cibere
The new Bethel High School Girls' Volleyball coach and 2000 grad, Lidania (Gonzalez) Cibere, joins the boys on the Famous Pizza patio to talk about selling…
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Epi 163 - Jim Polches No Longer Sees Frogs
Jim Polches joins Kev, Coach Lux, and new guest host Shay Brenna-Anastasakis on the Famous Pizza patio to talk about toothbrush storage, frozen yogurt, run-ins…
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Epi 162 - Long-Time, First-time Emmett Cole
Long-time listener, first-time guest, Emmett Cole, joins the boys on the Famous Pizza patio to talk about friends leaving, Why We Are Friends bingo, beach…
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Epi 161 - America's Pastime with Coach Kasack and Sveda
Coaches of the 13U Bethel Wildcats and NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CHAMPIONS🏆⚾️, Coach Jeremy Kasack and Jim Sveda, join the boys on the Famous Pizza patio to talk…
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Epi 160 - Ray Flanigan and The Growing Sport
First, Aileen and Alison from the Bethel Education Foundation stop by to promote the Bethel Beerfest happening on August 1st from 2pm to 6pm and give away two…
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Epi 159 - School is Out For Mrs. Sue Davison
Thanks to our friends at La Zingara and Vesta Rooftop Kitchen, we sit down with Mrs. Sue Davison over some brick oven pizzas to talk about students, teachers…
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Epi 158 - Sean Fesh Takes the Mound Re-Release and Clean-up
One of our favorite episodes with former MLB pitcher and current Bethel High School Baseball coach Sean Fesh. Fesh talks about his journey from Bethel kid…
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Epi 157 - Kickin' It Old School with Kevin L. Cleary
Kev and Jay hit the road to visit Kevin L. Cleary to talk about fouling out, Mr. Benzing, high school sports, the building and wonder of Meckauer Park…
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Epi 156 - Bobby Manere, The Weiner King of Dogtown
Bobby Manere (BHS Class of 2009), The Weiner King of Dogtown (Bethel and Milford), joins the boys in the studio to talk about his dad's hot dog legacy, Swanky…
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Epi 155 - Jaquez Jordan Flys In For The Podcast (RE-Release)
Going back to the summer of 2023, when the one and only Jaquez Jordan flew up from Florida to join the boys on the couch at the first studio. The three dudes…
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Epi 154 - Horsing Around with Tim Lavelle
Failed Deacon and friend, Timmy Lavelle, stops by the studio to talk about socks, Michael Jackson, Jay horsing around, St. Mary's, nude beaches, painting Mr…
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Epi 153 - Keri Pacific-Luchsinger, JV Cheerleader
Keri (Pacific) Luchsinger returns to the studio after the infamous lost episode to talk about coming to Bethel from the mean streets of Danbury, cheerleading…
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Epi 152 - Patricia “The Wolff” Hutchinson: Parenting, Faith and Froyo
Patrica (Wolff) Hutchinson from Bethel's Peachwave and the Class of 2002 joins the boys in the studio to talk about her family, faith, running through class…
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Epi 151 - Carved Coffee with Sue Carrizzo
Sue Carrizzo joins the boys in the studio to talk about growing up in Bethel with three older brothers, a Glamour Shots photoshoot, dating Mike Baird, living…
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Epi 150 - Notice Greg Otis
Greg Otis from the Class of 1993 finally stops by the studio to talk about growing up on Spring Hill Road, running for 8th grade President, Freshman year Egg…
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Epi 149 - Sara Oberhammer and the Solid Sensations
Sara Oberhammer from the Bethel High School Class of 2007 and owner of Soulber in Bethel joins Kev, Lux, and Rich in the studio to talk about old Facebook…
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Epi 148 - Emily Volpintesta and Holding Hands
Emily Volpintesta, from the Bethel High Class of 1994, stops by to talk about being a Barbizon model, Italian Ice, holding hands, Italy, cooking, being snubbed…
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Epi 147 - Jessica Potter Is The Mother Hen
Jessica Potter joins the boys in the studio to talk about being the Mother Hen, egg wars, leaving friends at Burger King, Ritz crackers, fights in Bridgeport…
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Epi 146 - Dani Hoops Does The Worm
Danielle Scolpino, aka Dani Hoops, joins the boys in the studio to talk about being a fifth-generation Bethel native, getting the first bucket in the new…
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Epi 145 - Dojo Takeovers with The "Liver King" Luis Felipe Melendez
Profighter Luis Felipe Melendez joins the old crew in the studio to talk about how his parents met, the dojo takeover in Puerto Rico, the fight that made him…
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Epi 144 - Rory Francisco and the Female Aura
Rory Francisco from the Class of 2000 visits the boys in the studio to talk about hibachi, rides to school, his parents, learning stick, the one that got away…
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Epi 143 - Patrick Tierney Wild
Bethel native and town historian, Patrick Tierney Wild, joins the boys in studio to talk about attending school at Plumtrees school house, dancing with Meg…
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Epi 142 - Scott Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Kev and the Lux Brothers talk high school hockey playoffs, scooping poop and American Idol before Scott Potter calls in to talk about growing up on Ridgedale…
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Epi 141 - Chris "Musket" Mortara and Snacks
Chris "Musket" Mortara calls in as the boys talk snacks, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations, games, Parloa, DeSantis, football, favorite catchers, debate the…
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Epi 140 - Kill The Lights wtih Marci Leary
Marci Leary joins the boys in studio to chat about Cap'n Crunch, Milli Vanilli, falling down all over the world, stray cats, chasing Brookfield kids in high…
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Epi 139 - Hitting the Slopes with Spruille Braden the Fifth
Evan from Stuff That Rules kicks off the episode. Then Spruille Braden the Fifth drops by to complete a Boyz II Men bracket challenge, play Matt Damon / Ben…
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Epi 138 - On Par with Matt Streaman
Matt Streaman drops by to talk Groundhog's Day, icicles, favorite cracker, the Holiday Inn mascot 'Holiday Hound,' PB & Cheese sandwiches, growing up with his…
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Epi 137 - The Conor Andrews Project
Conor Andrews joins Kev, Coach Lux and Jay in studio to talk snakes, body odor, shoveling, band names, everything music, teaching kids, Post Malone and why we…
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Epi 136 - Connor O'Brien Has New Friends
The Danbury-based funny man, Connor O'Brien, joins Coach Lux and Kev in the studio to talk about NOT being Conan O'Brien's son, baseball, our love for Taylor…
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Epi 135 - Whispers from Behind with THE Mr. Joe Hufnagel
The man, the myth, the legend - Mr. Joe Hufnagel - joins the boys in studio to talk about annual physicals, dancing, growing in up in NYC, why he loves Bethel…
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Epi 134 - Giving Back with Mark and Linda Anderson from The Scotty Fund
The Scotty Fund's Mark and Linda Anderson join Kev and Coach Lux in the studio to discuss growing up in Bethel, meeting at the beer fest, hitchhiking, skiing…
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Epi 133 - Breaking Up with Lacy (Russo) Salmon
Lacy (Russo) Salmon chats with Kev and Rich about returns, favorite crackers, the Target Santa, aliens and ghosts, her public high school breakup, performing…
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Epi 109 - Re-release: Jesse Tendler is Not a Chicken
Actor and Class of 1998 graduate, Jesse Tendler, joins the podcast to talk about growing up in Bethel as a child actor, being shy, school after starring in…
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Epi 132 - Last (Epi Before) Christmas
Kev, BJ Lux and Tim Lux discuss favorite Christmas things with surprise guest callers including Jennifer Guertin, Justin Lindstrom, Keri Pacific, Matt Price…
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Epi 131 - Joe Edelmann Get Into the Christmas Spirit
Joe Edelmann joins Kev, BJ Lux and Jay Smith in studio to chat about falling down, Harry Connick Jr., Bethel roads, Christmas music, Martha Stewart…
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Epi 130 - Whipped with Stuart Teed
Stewart Teed (Bethel High Class of 1979) joins Kev and BJ Lux in the studio to talk about borrowing horses for a sleepover, breaking into Immaculate High…
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Epi 129 - Pat and Kevin Rorick Return to the Scene
Brothers Pat and Kevin Rorick talk about growing up on Woodlawn, things to do around the neighborhood, the hardcore scene, the bands Cornerstone and Fastbreak…
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Epi 128 - Kate Mannion and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Kate Mannion joins Kev, BJ Lux and Paul "The Green Grunion" Mannion in studio to talk about Paul's doorless bedroom, singing Cyndi Lauper, making beds, middle…
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Epi 127 - Eric Chapman and his Coat of Arms
Eric Chapman joins Kev and the Green Grunion in the studio to talk about coming to Bethel from Danbury during middle school, his grandfather, the tattoo…
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Epi 126 - Kim "The Dilg" Ramsey and her Toy Room
Kim "The Dilg" Ramsey from The Toy Room and Bethel High's Class of 1987 joins Kev, Coach Lux and Tony Liberati in the studio to talk about crashing cars…
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Epi 125 - Recovering with Scott Daly
Scott Daly of the band Arms and Legs joins the boys in studio to discuss how he arrived in Bethel, stealing his dad's guitar, playing for thousands in China…
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Epi 124 - Vinny "The Guitar Guy" and Smiles I Can't See
Vinny "The Guitar Guy" joins the boys in studio to talk about New Milford, CT, growing up in Yonkers, his band Trixx, yo-yos, ice, the power of Facebook…
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Epi 123 - Seth Grahame-Smith is Living For The Moments
Writer, film producer, and Bethel High grad Seth Grahame-Smith joins the boys in studio after the passing of his mom to talk about moving to Bethel in 8th…
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Epi 122 - Portland's Dad of the Decade...Jesse Leo
Jesse Leo calls in from Portland to talk to Kev and the Lux Bros about reuniting with his father, the real Lenny killer, the 1995-1996 BHS baseball starting…
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Epi 121 - Jeff Demers and Sunsets
Jeff Demers joins Kev, Coach Lux and Tony Liberati in the studio to talk about his car crashing itself, partying at the War Memorial, basketball, teaching the…
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Epi 120 - Ann Everhart and Love Letters
Ann (or Annie depending on the year) Everhart joins Coach Lux and Kevin on Facetime to talk about growing up, the peeping Tom, Daniska Drive, skateboarding…
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Epi 119 - Sonic's Youth with Gene and Thurston Moore
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and brother Gene visit the studio in Bethel to talk about moving to Bethel in late 60s, goofing around at a teacher's house, Lenny…
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Epi 118 - Blink 2002 with Kevin Dunphy and Matt Presti
Kevin Dunphy and Matt Presti (Bethel High School's Class of 2002) call in from out west to talk about going to St. Mary's School, awkward high school years…
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Epi 117 - Gary "Garrold" Lawlor Returns
As the summer ends, school begins. The boys welcome Gary "Garrold" Lawlor back to the podcast to chat about favorite snacks, the Denver Broncos, lollipops…
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Epi 116 - Scalping Tickets to the Joe Dibuono Show
Joe Dibuono (Bethel High Class of 1996) joins Coach Lux, Local Funnyman Tony Liberati and Kev in the studio to talk about getting in trouble in seventh grade…