Average Joe and Friends Podcast
A podcast focusing on the people around me throughout my life. Taking a deep dive into friends and family members stories. It becomes a mini auto-documentary by way of interview.
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Sunday Sep 29, 2024
Sunday Sep 29, 2024
What a breath of fresh fall football air it was to talk to my old friend Mike Fosnaugh. He is the host of First and Ten with Foz, and Admin of the massive Facebook page Chicago Bears Fan 4 Ever. https://www.facebook.com/CBF4E He chased his dream to be a hobbyist and he is living that dream one Bear Down Sunday after another.
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Not too often you get to talk to someone who plays profession baseball. Meet Brett Johnson. I first came across Brett when he was helping coach during the offseason for Illinois Dynasty Travel Baseball. He helped as a hitting instructor for my sons 11U Baseball team. Very cool to hear the path that led him to baseball, and to get some inside stories on life in the minor leagues.
Oh Yeah, check out his inside the park Homerun from the AAA Diamondbacks affiliate, Reno Aces, this past season. So sick. https://www.milb.com/reno/video/brett-johnson-hits-a-three-run-inside-the-park-homer
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
I sat down with my friend Nate Kren who has seen a done a lot, and the dude tells a great story. He is fireman by trade, an ex College Baseball player, a father, a musician, an accountant, and all around DAWG.
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Sure, I explain all this verbally and make tons of excuses. But I have not put out a legit episode since March 2020, I had not recorded a legit episode since Feb 2021, and here I am now putting out an 8 month old episode I finally finished editing. Well, whatever, I love the guys at Brothership Brewing. We had a great conversation and we got to hear some dope stories and drink insanely good beer. From home brewers, right to the hearts of the SW Burbs beer nerd. Broship has it working.
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Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Leading up to Mikerphone's BBA Imperial Bean Spirit, Mike Pallen and I decided to do a little Sunday Morning chat while tasting some delicious new Barrel Aged Bean! We got a surprise visit from Co-Owner of Phase Three Brewing, Mr. Evan Morris. A good time was had by all.
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Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Lockdown sucks, but it sucks less with a little Zoom chat with Alex Lovinggood and Pete from Barn Town Brewing in Iowa. We recorded this before I went with the Pro License so it was recorded in 2 35+ minute chunks. We even got guest appearances from Brandon and Amanda Wright (Werk Force) and Steve Miller (Hailstorm). There were beers chugged and shotgunned and some pretty hilarious conversation. Now you can even check out the Zoom video recording on my Youtube Channel.
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Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Despite my best efforts, I made the choice to move the podcast to a remote setting by hosting it on Zoom Meeting. Mike Pallen at Mikerphone is deeply entrenched in this New World of To Go/Carryout only due to Covid 19, so I wanted to gets some thoughts from him and give people something to do while we are all locked down and Quarantined. The crew was awesome enough to accommodate my Podcast request, so here is the Pilot Episode of Quarantine Content!
Youtube link: Coming Soon!
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Just another interesting human to talk to. Brian Barclay of Barclay Brewing is doing something truly unique, with a completely fresh perspective. His story is pretty damn cool, and You get to hear from Armando, the beer buyer over at Warehouse Liquors in the South Loop. We did drink through some pretty high octane stuff, so we may ramble a bit, but man did we have some fun. We even had an Inception moment with Don't Drink Beer creator, Alex Kidd. This one should be a fun listen for anybody.
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
The ladies of Mikerphone took over the brew house and let me hang out with them all day while they brewed a big ol Hazy DIPA Called, Dripping So Much Sauce. This Citra, El Dorado, and Sabro hop banger, lyrically inspired by Juicy from Lizzo, will come out at Mikerphone on Sunday March 8th to celebrate International Womens Day! These are some awesome and Intelligent people and I had too much fun.
Here is a link to the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/199336281191816
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Katy and Michelle rolled out the red carpet for me with a little tour, some coffee, a lot of conversation, and some food and science to cap it all off. These two have plenty of stories surrounding their beautiful space in Old Irving Park. The Place was just tremendous and so were the hosts. Get to know about this Brewery and Ciderhouse and get out there immediately.
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