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He's opinionated and a little nuts. She's the smart, nice one. Every week, Pete and Maureen will be “mixing it up” talking about whatever they pull off the tops of their heads or out of their butts! They're opinionated, they're fun. They've got microphones and they're not afraid to use ‘em!

Peter Tauriello


    • Apr 21, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 139 EPISODES


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    154: The Secret Sauce To A Successful Restaurant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 25:21


    Some people say that 90 per cent of new restaurants will fail within their first year. THAT'S NOT TRUE! We will present the REAL numbers and give you the one tip that we (as people who love to dine out) that all of the "experts" seems to leave out.

    Show 151 "Karen" Hates Your Decorations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 20:49


    A woman from Germantown, Tennessee has been hauled into court over leaving her holiday decorations up too long! Halloween decorations were modified into Christmas decorations . Spooky skeletons became spooky Santas. Did the town haul her into court over their own objections or was she turned in by a "Karen" in her upscale neighborhood.

    Episode 150- You Tubers We're Still Watching and The Ones We're Not

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 24:59


    2 years ago we dove into the rabbit hole of watching YT content. Hear which ones we still watch and the ones we've moved away from and some new recommendations. Not that anyone cares!

    Episode 149 Celebrity Encounters

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 22:37


    We asked and you told us! Who are your celebrity encounters? One person shares two amazing encounters, both involving a cigarette! We shar ours at the end of the show! Remember, you can watch our podcast on YouTube. Look for The Sonic Boomers Podcast.

    Episode 147 The 5 Things That Don't Belong On Your Kitchen Countertop

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 13:41


    Designers and realtors agree that these 5 items have NO PLACE on your kitchen counter top. They make your home look cluttered. Even if you are not planning on selling your home, keeping an absolute minimum of things on your counter is just plane clean, good design,

    Episode 146- Things That Piss Off Your Cruise Crew

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 14:45


    Cruise ship employees work very hard, long days for very little pay. Naturally, you would like to help them in some way to make the day a little easier. BUT we have a list of 10 things passengers do to be nice and in the end the crew members actually hate this things. Listen to find out!

    Show 145 What Happened At the ANCC Convocation!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 25:16


    The fastest growing religion in the U.S. is "Former Roman Catholic." Here'd the thing.. You can still embrace Catholicism OUTSIDE of the hyprocritical, scandal ridden and out of touch Roman Catholic when you joins us in the American National Catholic Church which has no connection to Roman Catholicism, the Pope, bishops or cardinals. Every 2 years, the 14 parishes of the ANCC across the nation hold their convocation. A 3 day weekend of what we have accomplished of the last 2 years.

    Episode 144 Celebrity Eclipse July 14 Cruise Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 29:49


    On July 14, we cruised to Bermuda on board the Celebrity Eclipse from Bayonne NJ. In this podcast, we give our honest reviews on what worked for us and what didn't.

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    Episode 143 The Things That Make Your Home Tacky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 22:42


    In this episode, we touch on a number of the things people do to the interior of their homes that are considered "tacky" be designers and design enthusiats, like us. Listen to see if your home passed or failed.

    Episode 142 How To Design Comfortable Homes For Seniors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 18:37


    You don't have to give up style in your home for the sake of comfort and convenience just because you're a senior! Just to your designing with some of our suggestions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 141 We Answer Your Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 26:17


    We told you to ask us anything. Lots of podcasters and You Tubers have done it, so, we figured we'd give it a shot! Think you really know us?? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

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    NIGHT CHATS: Hangin' Out At My House at NIGHT!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 10:15


    This a a BETA TEST for a possible future podcast. It's about hanging out in my house at night and sharing my thoughts with you on a variety of topics. I envision this as a short podcast of 10 to 15 minutes maximum. Please share you thoughts at: thesonicboomers@aol.com Thanks! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 134 WENDY'S: The Truth You Should Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 29:08


    Is Wendy's really going to raise prices using so called "SURGE PRICING" or did the media get it wrong?? Astounding news about Amazon's frequent price changes and Pete's mastery of alliteration all in this episode of The Sonic Boomers! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 133: 55+ Communities Pros and Cons

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 22:16


    If you are considering moving into a 55+ community, it could become one of two things: The best thing you ever did or the worst thing you ever did. Listen to this podcast before you do anything else, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 131: Home Buying and Selling: Do's and Don'ts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 25:02


    No doubt about it. Selling and buying a house is one of the most stressful things you will do in life. So much money! So many possible land mines! We recently did exactly that. In this episode we'll tell you what we think we did right and what we know we did wrong. Thanks for pushing "play." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 129 "Was the Golden Bachelor Really Only FOOL'S GOLD?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 29:29


    ABC's "The Golden Bachelor" has ended. But, as with all "reality tv", how much was legit and how much was a little fast and loose? Is Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner really all he was presented to be or is there a little darkness? How did this experiment in upper demographics work out in the TV ratings? Is Golden Bachelor "one and done?" Did you watch it? Would you watch again? We're talkin' about it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 124 "TERROR IN THE NIGHT."

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 22:33


    What causes a grown man to start screaming for his life while sleeping, leaving him unable to tell his wife what he saw ? It wasn't a "nighmare." It was something worse........ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    EPISODE 123 FUN WITH CLEANING PART 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 15:14


    I have taken a cabinet full of cleaning products and narrowed it down to 4 in search of the one bottle solution. Chemists say there is ONE PARTICULAR PRODUCT that will get you 90 percent of the way there. Listen all the way through to find out what it is. I will also show you some of my cleaning tools because you need the right cleaners and the right tools. if you're going to be a cleaning Ninja like me. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    EPISODE 122 FUN WITH CLEANING PART 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 15:45


    If you're like us, you have a ton of cleaning products stashed under your kitchen sink. Is there a way we can get the number of products down to 3 or 4 instead of 8 to 10? What products overlap? Is there really such a thing as an "all purpose cleaner" and can you REALLY use them for ALL purposes. Are there tasks you should NOT use them for? Based upon my experience as someone who actually LOVES CLEANING, I'll share by views and reviews as we try to get down to the closest thing to a "does it all" product. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 121 Stop Being Mean To the Jardiance Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 12:43


    Deanna Colon...She the perky singing/dancing woman in the highly ubiquitous commercial for a diabetes drug called "Jardiance." The trolls of social media have emerged from under their bridges and have piled on to fat shame this woman criticizing dancing, her singing and, of course, her obesity proving again that fat shaming remains in full force as the least legal prejudice, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 120: Some Good Reading For the Fall/Winter Doldrums

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 32:36


    Pete and Maureen are two VERY different personalities (if you haven't figured that out already.) In this show they'll tell you what they've been reading . Maureen, the family intellectual, loved reading Dan Brown but has stumbled onto an author she enjoyed even more! Pete had a brick slammed over his head when he was a kid (thanks Tom Brennan wherever you are) and his thinking has been a little warped ever since. Pete has the memoir of a man who sent over 300 people to their deaths but was always on the right side on the prison bars. Don't miss this edition of The Sonic Boomers! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 119: The Bucket List

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 15:44


    We asked and YOIU told us! What are the things you would like to see of do before you "kick the bucket." Based on a 2007 film called "The Bucket Last." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 116 The 1964-65 New York World's Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 30:01


    If you are too young to have visited the 1964-65 World's Fair, you missed something special that will never be seen again. Listen and find out what you missed. This podcast is also available in a video form on You Tube. Look for "The Sonic Boomers Podcast." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 115: Post Pandemic Cruising

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 28:57


    Your hosts, Pete and Maureen, are back from their first cruise since before the pandemic. Some things have changed for the better, others for the worse. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 114: The Dirty Dozen Design Trends We Hate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 25:29


    In this S.B. edition we single out a Baker's Dozen very popular home interior design tends we think need to go. Remember this is all in fun and no one should take our opinions to heart. Design is very subjective. There really no "right" or "wrong." Only what WE think. LOL! #interiordesign #arvinolano #nicklewis #garrettlechic #houseofvalentina #design #homedesign #interiordecorating #fiddleleaffig #hgtv --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 113: Meet Kevin Fay the Record Collector

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 33:31


    Vinyl recordings are hot! Whether you're into vinyl because you think it sounds better than digital recording on CD or MP3 or you just dig the nostalgia of dropping the needed onto a 33 1/3 or 45 rpm record, you'll want to hear our interview with Kevin Fay. Kevin is passionate about vinyl and he shares his record collecting hobby with us! Listen... Can you hear the needle dropping? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 112: Ancestry DNA: Be Careful What You Wish For

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 22:10


    DNA tests such as those provided by Ancestry DNA or 23 and Me can be lots of fun for MOST people as they journey into their heritage. But what happens when that DNA test reveals that everything you thought you knew about your family, your self proves to have been a lie of which you were ignorant all of your life and now the truth arrives when your are 67 years old that your parents were not your biological parents. #ancestrydna #23and me #undisclosedadoption #familysecrets #ididntknowiwasadopted #iwasadopted --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 111: Taking On A Millennials's Perception of Boomers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 28:25


    Writer Payton Turner's recent blog about the things SHE thinks are still cool with Baby Boomers has caught our attention. While we agree with some of her observations, there are more with which we take offense. We'll meet her in the schoolyard after classes. Fight! Fight! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 110: SOLOGAMY- Healthy Self Love or Conceit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 22:33


    What do Dennis Rodman and Brittany Spears have in common? Find out in this episode. #sologamy #self love #conceit #brittany spears #dennis rodman #i love me #love #weddings --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 109 The Best Way to Find Your Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 23:57


    In spite of the convenience of GPS, Waze, Google Maps and a plethora of digital navigation products, the OG paper road map is enjoying a comeback in the post pandemic world! So find that old Esso or Sinclair Dino Power map and take to the roads! Happy motoring! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 108 You Might Just Be A Criminal If...............................

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 25:25


    Did you know that you just might be a criminal if you violate these laws that you never knew existed and our still working statutes?? Listen to this show and stay out of jail. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 107 Simple Ways to Put Money in Your Piggy Bank

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 37:01


    If the holidays left your budget a little battered, we have a few ways to save a some dollars here and there. Whether you're raising a family or a retired boomer hoping to save a little money, we have some helpful suggestions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 106 Uncovering the Truth About Rudolph

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 17:09


    A story appears on the internet which purports to be the story behind he creation of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." It's a warm and fuzzy story, worthy of "It's A Wonderful Life." except for one thing..... THAT'S NOT HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED. Listen to find out and watch "The Sonic Boomers Podcast" on You Tube for a richer video experience! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 105: YellowHouse - The Inside Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 31:25


    It's the third anniversary of "The Sonic Boomers Podcast" and the third anniversary (almost) of our move to the suburbs! We are opening our home to you...digitally! So come help us celebrate and get a look at our humble abode.. "YellowHouse." Because this episode has lots of pictures embedded, we urge you to check it out on You Tube. Look for The Sonic Boomers Podcast Episode 105! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 104: How To Be A Cleaning Ninja!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 26:08


    Pete and Maureen take a lot of pride in the their home, "YellowHouse" and Pete IS the "Cleaning Ninja". Visitors have asked, "Where do they hide the dust?" If you're serious about cleaning your home, you won't want to miss this one! You, too, can be a "Cleaning Ninja!" #cleanmyspace #melissmaker #mops #cleaningyourhome #cleaninghardwoodfloors #mopping #cleaningceramictile #howtocleanyourhouse #howtocleanyourhome #cleaningninja #shinyfloors #dustfreehome #indoorcleaning #cleanmyhouse #howdoicleanmyhouse #declutteryourhome #declutteryourhouse #dedlutteryourlife --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 103: Who Stole Mischief Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 20:00


    The soaped car windows, toilet paper festively draped in trees. What happened to the innocent old fashioned fun of the night before Halloween? Whoe stole Mischief Night??? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 102- "We Met Them on You Tube"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 42:18


    Meet some of our favorite You Tube content creators! If you can't get enough interior design, interior decorating or house flipping videos, check this out! PLUS we recommend two BONUS YOU TUBERS! #arvin olano #nick lewis #house of valentina #garrett lechic #transform realty #la lido loca #cruising #cruising over 50 #cruising for seniors #cruising for the obese #am i too old to cruise #am i too fat to cruise #virgin cruise line --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    EPISODE 101: "THE THINGS THAT KEEP PETE UP AT NIGHT"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 32:40


    Pete hasn't been sleeping well lately. Who can sleep when you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders? He's thinking about the questions that torture souls. Questions like............. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    EPISODE 100 "REUNITED AND IT FELT SO GOOD! THE A.N.C.C. 2022 CONVOCATION"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 40:36


    In the American National Catholic Church, we see YOU. We hear YOU. Pro-choice. Pro-LGBTQ. We will perform your same sex marriage with great joy! We deny communion to no one. . Being DIVORCED does not make you an adulterer. We know, in spite of our best efforts...sometimes a marriage needs to end. That's not a sin...It won't keep you from our table. We are not connected to the Roman Catholic Church. Many of us in the ANCC are former Roman Catholics who left for a variety of reasons. August 11 thru 13 the ANCC held its' bi-annual convocation, delayed two years by the pandemic. Our key-note speaker was singer-songwriter Dan Schutte of the "St. Louis Jesuits."...a true giant in post Vatican 2 Catholic music. It was our best convocation ever. Listen and learn about the church that is a modern American expression of a mystical, ancient faith! After pandemic, we were reunited and it felt so good! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 99: "Mayhem By the Mile."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 32:03


    Whether you've been driving for just a few months or a few decades, there are roads, bridges, tunnels, highways that are so daunting we are afraid to drive them. We avoid them if we can. Why is New Jersey's Route 22 so dangerous? Was it a good idea to let motorcycles and trucks onto the Garden State Parkway? Comments, questions? We're listening: thesonicboomers@aol.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 98: The Ideal Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 34:54


    If you had the luxury of an unlimited budget, how would you have changed your wedding day? Perhaps a more expensive venue, a bigger band, or a more exotic or longer honeymoon. Or was it perfect just the way it was?? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 97: Do You Remember These?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 28:16


    Ice cream trucks, the milkman, the pie man...even a traveling electric chair! We boomers are a sentimental lot. Listen for Pete's hysterical faux pas during the show which we were too lazy to edit out! Boomer trivia and a comment question. ALL i this edition of The Sonic Boomers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    EPISODE 96: MAKING SOME MONEY!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 31:01


    Be sure to drink your Ovaltine and listen to the end of the podcast for our Boomer Trivia Quiz! E-Mail Us! thesonicboomers@aol.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 95: Worth the Price of Admission ??

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 43:24


    Superstars and supergroups. Billy Joel, Madonna, Sinatra, Neil Diamond, The Four Seasons, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones. Which ones have YOU seen? Which met of exceeded your expectations? Which left you disappointed, wanting your money back. You'll be surprised with what some of our listeners had to say. Listen to the whole podcast to get their comments and play Boomer Trivia with us at the end of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 94: Helicopter Parenting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 33:22


    The Sonic Boomers examine the pros and cons of what is referred to "Helicopter Parenting." Praised by its' supporters, damned by its' detractors, Pete and Maureen present both sides of the topic. See where your thoughts fit in. Write to Pete and Maureen at thesonicboomers@aol.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 93: The Need For Discipline

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022 32:24


    Is public education doomed? Between the loss of control in the classroom and the added decimation of learning due to the 2 year pandemic, is any learning going on at all? Do teachers need to be tougher in the classroom to rein in unruly students? Does the disrespect for authority and discipline find its roots in the home? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 92: As Seen on T.V.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 32:06


    Remember the "Set It and Forget It" rotisserie, Spray On Hair? Did you buy anything because you saw it on a TV commercial, informercial or shopping channel? Would you like to buy our Miss Pac Man mini arcade game? Email: thesonicboomers@aol.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 91: "Tipping Point"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 32:00


    Now, more than ever, it's important to leave an appropriate tip for services rendered. Who do you tip? Who do you not tip? What is an appropriate tip? The things you need to know about tipping on this edition of The Sonic Boomers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 90: "THE FOLLY OF STANDING ON PRINCIPLE"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 25:12


    Will the line you draw in the sand be drawn in the sand under which they will bury you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 89.5 "A Sure Fire Way to Relax."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 30:54


    How do you relax in these stressful times? It's more important than ever for us to find a way to relieve our worries and frustrations. We have found a way that works for us that's not addictive, not expensive. Anyone can do it and it will bring you much joy every day! Listen to find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

    Episode 88: "There Must Be Something In the Drinking Water."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 36:15


    Pete and Maureen take a look at what's been called "The Great Resignation" as millions of Americans walk away from their jobs and careers....often with no safety net. Who would do something so seemingly irresponsible? Is there something in the drinking water? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

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