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Mike and Steve interview the Cuyahoga Falls High School class of 1994, one classmate at a time.

Mike Carson, Steve Henry


    • Nov 24, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 45m AVG DURATION
    • 53 EPISODES


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    Episode #53: Kimberly Cole (Dargan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 50:24


    Kimberly Cole née "Kim" joins Mike and Steve to talk about her illustrious high school career, home schooling six children, and surviving a very (VERY) difficult pregnancy. (recorded November 21 2024).

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    Episode #52: Todd Leiby

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 61:29


    Mike and Steve interview classmate Todd Leiby, a man whose father was older than his grandfather but younger than his uncle. Todd talks to Mike and Steve about working his way through college, the recent passing of his mother, and how he became a 2-time burrito-for-a-year winner at Moe's Southwest Grill. (recorded November 6 2024).

    Episode #51: Holly Mazzeo (Kwartler)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024


    Classy Holly Mazzeo (Kwartler) is this episode's guest. She tells Mike and Steve about her long journey to finding her career niche and feeling like a lab rat as she underwent IVF treatment (successfully). Also discussed are wild senior year study hall memories and a dramatic on-stage kiss that was caught by the class yearbook photographers.

    Episode #50: Vince Dalchuk

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024


    Vince Dalchuk is the guest for episode 50. Vince talks about living in Houston during Hurricane Ike, a job assignment in Kuwait, and a lifetime of swimming–including an upcoming bid to make the (senior) Olympics.

    Episode #49: Marlo Emch (Zaber)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024


    Mike and Steve return after a long hiatus to chat with classmate Marlo Emch (Zaber). Together, they recount infamous senior pranks (not our class). Marlo talks about meeting one or more Kardashians, having to choose a parent to live with at age 12, and her experiences with in vitro fertilization. Marlo also learns she had been a cheerleader in high school.

    Episode #48: Becky Coughlin (Pecic)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 63:19


    Classmate Becky Coughlin (Pecic) chats with Mike and Steve about becoming a single mom at age 20, bodybuidling, and working to find her own identity in middle age. (recorded June 22 2023).

    Episode #47: Josh Lauener

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 64:47


    Classmate (and youth sports team member) Josh Lauener chats with Mike and Steve about finding himself in Europe, his mother leaving the family when he was young, and of course, golf. Plus: do you know the connection between sea turtles and window treatment options? (recorded June 6 2023).

    Episode #46: Keith Nelman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 59:47


    Mike and Steve talk to classmate Keith Nelman about teaching in the Falls schools, 1980s middle school fashion, Keith's successful college track career, struggling with self-esteem issues, and a misunderstanding involving a video camera (recorded Nov 3 2022).

    Episode #45: Amanda Wesolowski Champa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 51:18


    Mike and Steve interview classmate Amanda Champa (Wesolowski) and they discuss having mullet, meeting Meb Keflezighi, the story of her husband losing his job and then starting his own business, her unexpected career change to working in healthcare sales, and shoe sets. (recorded Oct 12 2022).

    Episode #44: Brian Schwerdtfeger

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 55:15


    Brian Schwerdtfeger joins Mike and Steve to talk about an epic Halloween prank, a harrowing workplace accident, and trying to help a family member with alcoholism. Plus: how to not make friends in Germany. (recorded Oct 5 2022).

    Episode #43: Derek Wilkinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 46:56


    Mike and Steve welcome classmate Derek Wilkinson to the show to talk about fencing, working for NASA, and surviving a bout with schizophrenia. (recorded Sept 28 2022).

    Episode #42: Jennifer Graef Kramer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 69:12


    Mike and Steve interview classmate Jennifer Graef Kramer and they discuss donating hair, what to wear while skiing, running a play cafe business, and "taking eleven years to become a parent." (recorded Sept 21st 2022).

    Episode #41: Paul Hartzfeld

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 47:29


    Mike and Steve interview classmate Paul Hartzfeld (recorded August 18th 2020).

    Episode #40: Jon Falitico

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 59:40


    Mike and Steve interview classmate Jon Falitico.

    Episode #38: News April 15 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 37:02


    Topics include: parades, bees, words that almost rhyme

    Episode #37: News April 11 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 29:14


    Topics include: Safety Town, materials accepted with yard waste, buttocks.

    Episode #36: News March 18 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 41:14


    Topics include: Steve visits Mike, machete vs axe, the venerable Village Thrift Shop, the most dangerous intersection in Cuyahoga Falls.

    Episode #35: News March 11 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 32:07


    Topics include: the city of Cuyahoga Falls owns a radio station, "the most midwestern town near Cleveland," emancipated slaves in unmarked graves to be honored with headstones after more than a century.

    Episode #34: News February 28 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 30:39


    Topics include: National banana bread day, Neighbor Week, sending away for fruit flies, sending away for communion wafers, OG Dracula.

    Episode #33: News February 23 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 31:51


    Topics include: sex, ATM smash and grab, no deal for Sea World, and ice fishing shanties because how could we not include that?

    Episode #32: News February 14 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 29:21


    bird feeding and people feeding, Covid decline, Falls H.S. bowler Lakota Zrelak bowls a perfect game!

    Episode #31: News February 3 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 63:20


    Topics include: LeBron James and Crypto.com, Mike and Steve to apply for superintendent job, Akron bicentennial, are there any billionaires in Cuyahoga Falls?, swimming holes, Sea World, roller coasters, milk, gimicks.

    Episode #30: No News January 28 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 43:55


    During a slow news week, Mike and Steve decide to just talk. Topics include: talking to other people, slaughtering animals, senior discounts, and dogs kill people.

    Episode #29: News January 21 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 51:38


    Topics include: being in Cuyahoga Falls, crazy mysterious Amazon deliveries, Level 2 snow, Gorge Dam removal, cucurbits.

    Episode #28: News January 14 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 59:14


    Topics include: don't rob a bank in your hometown, don't steal bridges, Chapel Hill Mall kaput, combat mode, thrift stores and vintage clothing, cilantro.

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    Episode #27: News December 18 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 43:18


    Topics include: scary Christmas tours, Falls wrestling team, snow leopard Shanti dies, the Triple Crown--paragon of fancy restaurants, an embarrassment of riches at Krieger's

    Episode #26: News December 9 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 51:38


    Topics include: Former Cuyahoga Falls football coach inspires new wine at Sarah's Vineyard, the proper way to rob a bank, toys for tickets, mangoes vs. grapefruits.

    Episode #25: News December 2 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 50:12


    Topics include: welcoming the holidays, Dairy Queen vs. catalytic convertor theft as livelihood, City of Akron to provide free menstrual products in restrooms, fencing, first ever barbershop in Stow, what you can get for $3.99 at Krieger's.

    Episode #24: News November 19 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 43:42


    Topics include: 100-year old WWII veteran/conscientious objector, new businesses, 96-year old trophy finder, the buck stops here.

    Episode #23: News November 12 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 55:57


    Topics include: another bank robbery, Mayor Don Walters wins 3rd term, does the Akron Zoo have chimpanzees?, update on the unlicensed funeral operator, ladybugs, stink bugs, deer crashes, Ohio Amish-grown cabbage, freeon wanted!, leaf pickup.

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    Episode #22: News October 29 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 47:07


    capers, Nightmare Before Christmas house, popular and unpopular Halloween costumes, sales at Krieger's, library events, slutty porkloins.

    Episode #21: News October 22 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 42:44


    Topics include: Fire truck pull success, flushable wipes, drug take-back, power outage, Krieger's sales, library programs for this week.

    Episode #20: News October 14 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 33:48


    Topics include: Akron-Canton Airport is 75, rubber worker statue, "robot" mowers, Sasquatch thefts a national epidemic, plus a bonus stolen statue story.

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    Episode #19: Mayor Don Walters

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 28:13


    Mike and Steve talk to Cuyahoga Falls Mayor Don Walters about what high school was like for him, how he went from high school to mayor, and how he worked through his son's addiction issues,. They wrap up with a hearty game of Make this Sound with Your Mouth Only. Mike and Steve discuss several "things."

    Episode #18: News October 8 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 43:56


    Topics include: Sasquatch clues, Covid lions, Broad Boulevard ceremoniously renamed, Akron school bus crisis, unlicensed funeral operator, great deals at Krieger's, so many stump grinders.

    Episode #17: News September 30 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 49:06


    This week's topics: Arthur Treachers, Sasquatch search continues, Seven Floors of Hell, Autumn leaves, Halloween events, fire truck pull, the case of the milkshake marauder..

    Episode #16: News September 23 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 36:45


    This week's topics: Ohio to welcome 855 Afghan evacuees, Akron marathon, pumpkin patches, haunted horses, blimps, an old house, 3D print tiny house designs at the library.

    Episode #15: News September 17 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 42:46


    Topics include: 100 years of the Tiger Band, Bank robbery, Sasquatch theft, how to hem clothes workshop at the library, Newberry School time capsule, Portage Path was once the western border of the United States.

    Episode #14: News September 9 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 38:37


    Mike and Steve are back with more Cuyahoga Falls news, featuring: Local residents with connections to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City; Cuyahoga Falls 'adopts' tribal territory in Houma, Louisiana; Oktoberfest returns; Back to school bash; Stair climbing; Petting zoos.

    Episode #13: News for the week of Sept 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 30:12


    Mike and Steve report on Cuyahoga Falls news for the week of September 5, 2021, including refuse pickup, pancake breakfast, and the historic Cuyahoga Falls fire bell.

    Episode #12: Andy Pal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 57:24


    Mike and Steve go live with guest Andy Pal and discuss France, Crayolas, high school plays, and light saber sounds, not necessarily in that order.

    New LIVE video stream interviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 4:00


    Mike and Steve make an announcement about an upcoming special episode that will be broadcast live on YouTube.

    Episode #11: Jennifer Geiger

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020


    Jennifer Geiger is this episode's guest and she talks about raising her first child at age eighteen; teaching high school drug, alcohol and sex ed classes; and writing her first book, Laugh Anyway. Mike and Steve discuss several "things."

    Episode #10: Geoff Remark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020


    Geoff Remark hangs out with Mike and Steve to talk about the death of his father, sand volleyball, and his illustrious career as a home room rep. Mike and Steve bemoan the seriousness of social media and analyze some Cuyahoga Falls Talk of the Town discussions.

    Episode #9: Susan Gabeau (Kushner)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020


    In this timely episode, Susan Gabeau (Kushner) talks about being a nurse at the epicenter of the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, New York City. In addition, she tells her story of surviving sexual assault as a child and finding a home in New York. In a total contrast, Steve whines about how tired he is from sitting around all day. Mike and Steve discuss the strange phenomenon of upmanaging.

    Episode #8: Shannon Burtrand-Roupe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020


    Shannon Burtrand-Roupe is this episode's guest, and she tells how Christianity became an important part of her life and how she ended up in Arizona. Shannon is inexplicably the second guest on the show to have entered the profession of pharmaceutical sales through unlikely circumstances. Mike and Steve take a break from their usual idiocy to talk about mortality.

    Episode #7: Tim Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020


    Tim Smith joins Mike and Steve to talk about living in Canada, losing his brother to cancer, and he manages to bail Steve out in the Make This Sound With Your Mouth Only game. Mike and Steve reminisce about some teachers.

    Episode #6: Catherine (Amie) Tosenberger

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020


    Mike and Steve agonize over the correct pronunciation of "crayon" before bringing in guest Catherine (Amie) Tosenberger for a wide ranging discussion about theatre types, self-reliance, marrying classmate, Tim Smith, and. . .lots of stuff.

    Episode #5: Joe Sorboro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020


    Joe Sorboro is this episode's guest, and he talks about meeting his wife, the challenges of raising a child with autism, and reveals why he has worn short shorts all this time. Mike and Steve make two bombshell announcements.

    Episode #4: Heather Lyell Shaw

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019


    Heather Lyell Shaw tells Mike and Steve about having a heart attack at age 19, describes the current state of Cuyahoga Falls High School, and reminisces about the late lamented Schnee and Sill schools. Mike and Steve drink the world's rarest and best beer and become intoxicated.

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    Episode #3: Aaron Haas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019


    Captain Aaron Haas joins Mike and Steve and talks about his unlikely journey from military service to pharmaceutical sales. Topics include being on active duty on 9/11 and Aaron's dominance in a bizarre game involving a lighter and pain.

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