Cugin Podcast

Cugins are back in action after a beautiful, festive, holiday season. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy! This weeks episode consists of holiday stories, some thoughts on covid, and the HYPE UP for our man, Yuri Panferov, who has a grappling event this Saturday at Mohegan Sun! Event starts at 6, let the cugins know if you are going to be there. P.S. If you wanna hear us sing the alphabet, stay tuned til' the end!! We got way to excited for it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Buon Natale Cugin! As promised, here is our Christmas special. We go over some historical facts about traditions that we do and have done for years, as well as describe some of the treats we cook up for the season. Big debate on this episode: Are you team Pannetone? Or team Pandoro? We wish you all a Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo. Looking forward to next year, big things in the works!! P.S. Make sure you say Hello to everyone at the Christmas party!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

CUGINS!!! We wanted to apologize from the bottom of our cuori for the absence and no explanation. Hopefully this 20 minute segment is enough to fill you all in on what went down, and where we go from here. Congratulations to all the little guy give a way winners!! We will be reaching out to give you the prizes before Christmas. Thank you all for being fans of the cugins, we would not have been able to enjoy such a fun experience without the support you all gave us. Grazie a tutti!!

We've reached October, and while we recorded this, the spookiest thing of 2021 happened.. Facebook went down!! How did it affect you? Did you survive without a few hours of social media? That being said, we returned back to our lists and found an updated top 10 towns with the highest Italian population, you will be shocked when you hear where a certain *cough* *cough* *North Haven* *cough* town ranks. Cugins from the 203 also evaluate squid games a little, we try our best not to give away spoilers, but if you are on an social media, you know way more than what we gave you. Hope you enjoy!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hello Cugins! Catch up with the Cugins on how we spent the last few weeks of summer. For our soccer loving listeners, Mast Ando laid a question on Frankie that really got him thinking. It was a hypothetical situation, that we would love your response too as well! Go leave a comment under the post on the Instagram page. For our non soccer listeners, make sure you tune in to the 2nd half. That is where we get into all the fall things that people love to do, but for some reason, we don't do as much, and we explain why we don't them. i.e. apple picking, pumpkin carving, pumpkin spice lattes, etc. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Cugins are back! Episode 30 everyone, and we decided to educate about the Malocchio this week. This episode we recap about some of our new adventures over the past couple of weeks, along with picking the giveaway winners right after we recorded (announced next week). Make sure you tune in and enjoy! If you enjoy this podcast, share with a friend, go follow our insta, and reach out if you have any specific topic you wish to hear/join us live to talk about! Buona Giornata! PSA: *Il Malocchio is a condition of unluckiness that comes from someone or something else. Its origin usually lies in envy and according to elders the bad luck can be caused intentionally and unintentionally. *From about 5 - 20 minute mark, we went through are our bread and butter, Soccer, Italy soccer team, and our new segment, Fantacalcio. If it bores you, skip ahead to the 20 minute mark. Minor correction as well, Elvis Durant is a morning show, not a podcast. My bad - Cugin Frankie Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Its Sauce season baby!! This week we go over a few different types of sauce that can be made, along with rating them and if we've ever had them. We also took a "how Italian-American are you" quiz... Tune in to hear the results. Have a good weekend cugins. Big announcements at the end by the way, make sure you listen all the way through. #MiamiVicesinthesun Social Media: CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Shia LaBeouf cast as Padre Pio in new movie? What are your thoughts?? We love it. Also we have assigned homework to all the cugins this week. Instead of saying OMG, say Azzzz. Let us know how you do. Also keep an eye out for the insta polls! We want to know what some of your favorite songs from the playlist are. Buon Weekend! Social Media: CuginPodcast Spotify Playlist made for you: Look up Antonio Barecchia on spotify, should be the first playlist, named Cugin Podcast Playlist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tune in to listen about our trip to St. Augustine, and what to expect if you make your way down there. We had many new experiences, had a blast regardless of what we were doing, and even tried the #2 pizza in America (allegedly). This one is a little long, and the last 5 minutes were left as is for to prove a point to Ando... so let it be! Buon Weekend Cugins Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Short episode this week cugins. Olympic catch up, reminder of the give away, and then make sure you look for the live on Friday Morning! Social media: @Cuginpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Did you play Wii growing up? How many of you threw the controller by accident? Aside from our random starts, we've decided to do a short segment in the first half where we go over comments from the previous episode, let us know your thoughts. We talk about what's popping at the Olympics. Shout out Paola Egonu (6'4", with a spike height of 135 inches which is almost 12 feet). The US leads the medal count as of today, and Italy is sitting pretty in 6th place, only 1 medal off from top 5! In the 2nd half, we mention ghosts, have a special guest who talks about "granitas", and end with a give-a-way announcement. Stay Tuned for more info on that! PSA: We got LOUD at certain times in the 2nd half, watch your ears!! Just wanted to give the cugins a heads up :) Italian Word of the Day: Sirena (See-re-na) which means mermaid. Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How easily do you get offended? Let us know your thoughts, we touch on a few topics that are worth some discussion. Also at this point, assume Ando and Frankie hang out every weekend because when we do weekend recaps, one of the days we always do the same thing. Make sure to check out andofitness.com for Ando's meal plans, first one is free (cap, jk). 2nd half we touch on dating apps, what are your thoughts?? Have you ever been ghosted? Also, correction from podcast, Czech Republic split from Slovakia, NOT Yugoslavia. Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Last time we promise, first half soccer. ITALY WON THE EURO CUP!!! You can't blame us for being euphoric about this potentially once in a lifetime opportunity. Imagine falling in love with soccer at such a young age, and then the team you root for day in and day out turns around and wins arguably the hardest soccer tournament there is!! If you don't love soccer, again part 2 we go back to our cugin shenanigans. Frankie Figgs met some special people in New York on Saturday, and we get a little bit into bidets. What are your thoughts on them? Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

First Half, Strictly Soccer. For some it doesn't happen in their lifetimes, for us we have been blessed to see 4 of them with Italy. If you don't love soccer, feel free to skip ahead to the 2nd half of the podcast, where we go back to our normal cugin thing. Thank you all for 2k listens!! Tant amore for you all! Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We tried our first tik tok, so go show it some love!! Also if you have any crazy TSA stories, share them with us! We would love to hear them. We also came to the conclusion this week that it is okay to not have it together yet. Everyone is on their own path, and their own timelines, so we think people should let people, be people. Yes, you read that right! As Ando says, do what you gotta do, just don't do it on my lawn. Hope you enjoy this weeks episode, and Forza Italia! Bar Eighty in Northford, Cugins will be there for 2:30pm, game starts at 3pm. Come sing the National Anthem with us, hope to see you there!  Social Media: @CuginPodcast Check out @LittleGuyAuthor on Instagram!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Alright cugins! Episode 20, here we are. Honestly this one is a recap of one of the Cugins in Nashville, with a little bit of craziness at the end of the first segment. Frank started to lose his voice again towards the end because he had a crazy day, the day after his vacation, so we apologize for the shortness of this episode, but we hope you enjoy! Tune in Saturday if you can't get a drink with us, but FORZA ITALIA!!! Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We finally picked a give away winner! This was just a fun little thing, bigger giveaways on the way. Big shout out and big thank you for those who listen today.. Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Since the Euro got pushed back a year, we are super excited to be watching it this year!! This week we reached our giveaway goal, so be on the look out for that! Honestly this week should have been just the Ando show, he takes it away with a bunch of soccer talk in anticipation of the Euro Cup, which Italy will be playing for the 1st time in 5 years in an important tournament game! Some good stories, some good memories, and make sure to watch Italy vs Turkey today, 3 pm EST. Also, for the first 5 minutes, Ando and I convinced each other we were talking about the same bar ... I don't believe we were LOL  Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Honestly, this week is a banger. We recapped Memorial Day Weekend, shared some funny stories, and ended the podcast in a way where we couldn't even get words out because of how much we were laughing. Moral of the podcast: Is the "American Dream" our ancestors/parents came here, to America, to recognize still true? Stay tuned in until the end, you won't be disappointed. Social Media : @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Apparently Frankie Touch of gray has doctors for every situation in his family. Thank you to all the men and women who have served our country, we hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Memorial Day weekend! This week, come get lost in the sauce. Shout out Umberto's and nonn D'Ambrosc, upgrades for everyone, Ando is a Boulder, 30 blocks on the citi bike, and POTENT GUM. #FatboiStatus #FruttaDiBosco Social Media: CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Can water be diluted? Panda or Pahn-dah? How do you feel about snakes on your shoulder? BONKERS! These are just a few of the moments from this weeks episode. Tune in, listen to the Cugins go back and forth on a few different topics and share some stories from the past. Remember to hit up the insta and enter the Zeneli give-away! TVB (Ti Vogliamo bene)   Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

"na cusarell' " is a neapolitan saying that means "a little thing". This episode the Cugins give a minor history lesson on a great saying, talk about graduations, get into Ando's gym grind a little, and cap it off with a few minutes of soccer at the end. Could Ando have made it big in the NFL? Are Dad Bods in?? We are thinking about adding little segments about certain things every week because of all the feedback we've received on what the people want, and this podcast is for YOU, the paisans! Statt' Buon! #Zeneli #YoulikeitIloveit Socials: @cuginpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ando has some hot takes on cured meat and classic mob movies, which honestly made Frank a little mad. Congrats to Yuri on winning his Pro debut, and have a good day cugins!! Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sponsored Yuri, so we have to hype up our boy. This podcast is entirely dedicated to Yuri and his fight, small tangents in the 2nd half about sweat suits and some sports talk, but it's all about Yuri today! Best of luck Cugin, you know we are supporting from the 203.  Local Cugins, if you are coming out, Yuri is the first televised fight, it will live at 8pm. The Cugins will be getting there around 7/7:15. See you there!  Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Cugins have reached the turning point in the podcast. We hope this is our last "audio only" show, as we hope to make it onto the Youtube for next week! This week we had a nice little recap of the weekend, we mentioned food again, what else is new. But another discovery was made, that honestly changed Ando's life as he knows it. Shout out Teressa Guzzo Bellissimo and Buffalo New York. If you make it to the end, please do your own research on casino games as we are not very good at them!! Social Media : @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thank you for 1K plays!! 10 Episodes deep, and the cugins are rolling. This week we recapped our vacation to Vermont, and talked about this crazy discovery we may have made on the podcast. Touched up on a few things we've already mentioned as well, lets be honest, food will be coming up every episode... Social Media @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Cugins were in a singing mood today and they share some of their top songs necessary at a wedding, and then kind of jump into what their wedding plans are. Will Frankie ever find someone? Or will Frankie end up marrying Ando and Gi? Tune in to find out! First 10 min are about soccer if it does not tickle your fancy, skip over it, but you have to hear the rest!! Social Media @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

SURPRISE GUEST ALERT!!! Ando went to Florida for 10 days, little recap on the trip. Then we get into Easter where Nonna Elena makes a guest appearance! It is about 5 minutes in napolitano, but we do translate afterwards in case you want to skip ahead!! Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ando was prepping for Miami, so we forgot to talk about our St. Patty's day on the last one. Tune in to hear about our day, and listen to us go and somehow end up on Frank's single life. It isn't work when you are just having a conversation like Frankie and Ando, but fore warning, I'm glad we did not give our projected picks for the NCAA bracket, because I have only 2 teams left in my entire bracket...   Social Media: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

True or False? Ando and Frankie go over some stereotypes they found online, and discuss their thoughts on them. Ando throws Frankie into a CRAZY situation and gives him 3 seconds to respond to a question on the spot.. Does he choke? You'll have to listen until the end to figure it out! Social Media: @CuginPodcast Music Production: @MajorTrends  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

5 weeks into this, we sat down with no plan, and stumbled upon a topic that was fresh to us. Have you ever heard the term mangiacake? What does it mean to you. Let us know! Shoot us a DM on instagram/facebook/twitter: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I don't know about you listeners, but we miss going out and having a good time. Ando and Frankie have been to clubs in Prague, Ibiza, Barcelona, Italy, and many places over here in the US, but we just miss it. As soon as the pandemic ends, our wallets are in for a rude awakening. Join us while we talk about some of our favorite memories from the different clubs around the world we have been to.  Give us a follow on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook : @cuginpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode of Cugin Podcast, Ando B and Frankie Figgs come back to discuss how to keep Sunday Saucy. Give us a follow: Insta/Twitter: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The difference between Italians in New York, Jersey, and Connecticut. By the way, New haven has the best pizza. Cugin 1: Antonio Paolo Barecchia Insta: @mastandoo Cugin 2: Francesco Scarano Insta: @frankiescarano Podcast: Instagram: @CuginPodcast Twitter: @CuginPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cugiiii! Just a couple of paisons shooting the sh*t. Come hear our perspective on what its like being a real Italian in America. Tune in every week, Fuggedaboudit. Cugin 1: Antonio Paolo Barecchia Insta: @mastandoo Cugin 2: Francesco Scarano Insta: @frankiescarano Podcast: Instagram: @CuginPodcast Twitter: @CuginPodcast Shout out to @major.trends for the bangin intro. Go give my boy Mikey Stripes a follow for great music content. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app