We step back in time and venture back to the Bronx, NY, circa 1960-64, when Freedomland USA historian & author Mike Virgintino comes back to the Lounge! They guys had some follow-up questions from the first time Mike hung out, and he did NOT disappoint! He REALLY knows his stuff, and it is always a GREAT conversation! Mike also talks about the 60th-anniversary celebration that he ran, virtually, this past summer, and how he tries to keep Freedomland USA on everyone's minds! He recently was gifted a collection from someone who had collected items from Freedomland USA every season it was open, and every year since, and he talked about the wealth of items he has discovered almost daily going through! He's also going to send a gift to the guys, and they are all VERY excited!
Freedomland USA isn't the only thing Mike dabbles in, either! He is working to restore and preserve the Odell House, which is the house, in New York state, where General George Washington and French general Rochambeau met to talk about the colonists' plan of attack, during the Revolutionary War, which ultimately led to the surrender of the British at Yorktown! Mike also talks about going to Normandy and how moved he was going there, and how he thinks it is a very important place for people to visit!
Lastly, Mike is working with www.hearabouthere.com, which is a site that you can visit while you are at certain places of historical significance and hear MORE about what took place! Mike continues to amaze the Lounge with great conversation each time he visits! Be sure to get his book, Freedomland USA: The Definitive History here! So, Loungers, sit back, relax & listen to the RETURN of Mike Virgintino! #grabablisten

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Seriously, this week's guest does not want to associate with any sort of drill! Chris Kammer D.D.S. fills the Lounge this week with the sweet sound to SO MANY people! He is trying to make a different way of handling cavities by NOT using a drill! He and the guys talk about that, BUT they start with what dental school was like, and what did he do BEFORE full-time dentistry! Who does he live with now? Well, the answer might surprise you, but he talks about how it came about! Little Matt HAD to ask about the Halloween Candy Buy-Back that Chris began at his practice! What an amazing time with Chris! He promoted boxing matches, so Chris was trying his hand at maybe promoting the "Battle of the Podcast" between Richey & Little Matt! THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING BREWING THERE! 
The energy is high, and the guys LOVED hanging out with the Founding Father of the American Academy of Oral Systemic Health! He is a contributing scientific advisor for Reader's Digest magazine, and the developer of the "Gums of Steel" protocol at www.gumsofsteel.com! SO, sit back, relax, TAKE A DEEP BREATH & HANG ON... AND #grabalisten!
Want to find out more about Chris and all that he's doing go to https://www.thedrillisgone.com/!

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This week is VERY SPECIAL! Not that ALL of our shows aren't special, BUUUUUT... this is the one-year anniversary! YES WE KNOW THIS IS EPISODE 53, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE EXTRAS GET COUNTED AS FULL EPISODES, AND WE ARE TOO LAZY TO GO BACK THROUGH AND RENUMBER THEM... ANYWHO... 
ALSO, Richey couldn't make it this week, so Sam's wife, Brie, guest-hosted, and it was HER birthday too! Add our guest, David Kravetz, to the mix and this show is AMAZING! Author of the Less Beaten Paths of America Books, David talks about SO MANY things that aren't very well known because they are not on the highway! You have to go find them! That's what David does for you! He tells you about these hidden gems, and give you some ideas to add to your trip that you hadn't originally intended! 
They start talking about Hell, and end with Screaming Heads! YEAH... Sam asks what's it like in Hell, and then asks about something that's just Okay! David has been to SO MANY places! Some Boring, and some SUPER! This is an extremely fun hangout, and it is SO WORTH listening! Don't be a Tightwad with your time, and sit back, relax and #grabalisten of our hangout with David Kravetz!

Find out what David is up to at: http://lessbeatenpaths.com/ AS WELL AS FIND HIS BOOKS AT https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JVV3PGH!

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This week's show does not stop short of entertaining! Jacob Thornton, the host of the Mentally Healthy podcast, joins the guys in the Lounge and is a treat! The guys get to know him during the show, and Jacob has a good time laughing, joking around, and just sharing with them what his interests are! Who is his biggest inspiration? The answer MIGHT surprise you, but it might not either! What does he do as a "hobby?" Sam isn't too sure he'd enjoy Jacob's hobby... but they talk it out! They talk about the Alamo, because Jacob is from San Antonio, and that leads to talking about the importance of learning history AND maybe the not so importance of Calculus! Near the end of the show, Jacob shares something, that he doesn't hide, but the guys hadn't talked about too much, that he has autism. He does not let that define who he is as a person, and that's why they guys wanted to get to know him before diving into that realm. Jacob was great! He wants to come back, and the guys would love him to come back! SO, sit back, relax & #grabalisten!

The Mentally Healthy Podcast with host Jacob Thornton: https://anchor.fm/jake652

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There's no BIG EVENT hangover this week! Laura Corcoran, founder of the Miryante Orphanage in Uganda joined the guys in the Lounge this week! The topics were ALL OVER THE WORLD with Laura! First, going to Japan and doing an internship, through the same program as Sam's wife, and how it was adjusting to living there! She then lived in South Korea, and visited a place not many people can say they've been, AND RETURNED! She joined the Peace Corp and then decided to start a life of international work, on the African continent! She helped found an orphanage in Uganda, and adjusted to life in Africa! After a couple of years, she moved on and started working with a company that is charged with establishing renewable energy sources to several African nations that normally have difficulty getting electricity! There are MANY other things the guys talked about, and they REALLY enjoyed having Laura on! So sit back, relax & #grabablisten!
To help the Ugandan Miryante Orphanage go to https://miryanteorphanage.org/ to find out ways you can donate or support this cause!

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50th EPISODE! That's what this SUPERSIZE show is, and we went OUT OF THIS WORLD for the show! Sam made the trip to Uranus (Missouri) and had Mayor Louie Keen guest host, on location, while Richey & Little Matt were back home! The guys asked Louie more pressing questions, this time to see how Uranus might be growing in the future! The Mayor talks about how he might expand the business to where there is more than one Uranus! (?) The guys had the Mayor play SHENANIGANS and Richey TRIES to win his first, OUTRIGHT, title! DID HE DO IT?! You'll have to listen! Little Matt has a Let's Chat! that COULD leave a bad taste in your mouth! If you can stand still (without the Earth taking you with it) for ONE second, where would you end up being? Louie talks about his Sideshow Museum manager, Kat, being a sword swallower, and that brought a very unexpected surprise... Louie had Kat come over for a short interview dealing with sword swallowing, and she was great! THEN, after she talked for a few minutes, she came back for a surprise SWORD SWALLOWING for the Lounge! What a great time in Uranus! We THINK there might be MORE episodes that get recorded there, in the future! There is SO MUCH MORE, so you need to sit back, relax & #grabalisten
Find out what's going on in Uranus at https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/!

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This week's show is NOT what was advertised because of audio issues! Shred America Film stars Arthur Swidzinski and Anthony Michal were SUPPOSED to be the guests, but we couldn't quite get the audio to save the way we needed! WE WILL HAVE THAT HANGOUT, but it might a couple of weeks down the road! 
SO, in lieu of Shred America, we decided to give you the audio of our LIVE IN THE LOUNGE! visit with the author of "Tales from the Day: Live shaping events that truth be told all happened under the heading of 'oops,'" Wayne McFarland! He was gracious enough to come back and visit LIVE while we were in Uranus (Missouri) to record our 50th episode! SO, the Mayor joins us during the live segment!
We also include some Dad Jokes and a couple of "blooper" segments that will be sure to help you get your 500 Section Lounge fix!
Visit https://www.talesfromtheday.com/ to learn more about the book, AND a link to it on Amazon!
ALSO, visit https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com to find everything URANUS!

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This week's show is a look back through the quarantine months! We didn't let the fact of not being able to travel get us down! We had AMAZING guests and we want to share them with you! Look below and find the various ways to find where you can learn more about these awesome guests! 
Tavarus Hogans: https://true-seven.com/
Aaron Kleiber: https://www.aaronkleiber.com/
Wayne McFarland: https://www.talesfromtheday.com/
Denny Somach: https://dennysomach.com/
Scott Sprunger: https://www.poetryonthespot.com/
PodAskew: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podaskew-podcast/id1380473693
Chris Carosa: https://chriscarosa.com/
Greg Warren: https://www.gregwarrencomedy.com/
Jordan O'Donnell: https://www.jordanodonnellauthor.com/
Larry Jorgensen: https://www.thecocacolatrail.com/
Mike Jobe: https://talknpops.com/
Karl Barth: https://jack-putt.com/
Many more great things coming! Keep an eye out for what we do next, and always be there to #grabalisten!

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What did you accomplish before you turned 18? This isn't to make you feel bad about your life, but this week's guest, Elliot Connor, has started an international not-for-profit conservation organization (105 countries), taken AMAZING photographs, done a TedX Talk, and filmed for a documentary... and he turns 18 in October!
Elliot was a great sport and taking Sam and Little Matt's jokes in stride, and just told the story of how he got to the point where he is today! He talks about the velocity of an unladen swallow (!), which references Sam's most favorite Monty Python movie! Sam and Matt tell their story of their interaction with a bat, and Elliot explained their plan of attack was SPOT-ON, but the materials used were off!
Elliot talks about Nature Nexus, which is a 24-hour live documentary channel, that he is hoping to help get started and going! Sam compares it to something that Elliot hadn't heard before! What's the most unusual "capture" of an animal he was trying to help bring back to health? WELL, you have to listen! The guys enjoyed hanging out with Elliot so much, and were happy they cut off their time when they did because Elliot had to leave for somewhere that they hadn't thought about! Check it out to see where he needed to go so quickly! Sit back, relax & #grabalisten!

To find out more about Elliot at https://www.elliotconnor.com/

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This week is a throwback to what the 500 Section Lounge was BEFORE we started having weekly guests! The guys sit in the Lounge and talk about lots of different topics! Sam brings up that he's been to the movie theater multiple times and wants to see what movies (from the past) the other guys would like to see in the theaters, again! There is a Six-pack that needs a crackin' and the guys know exactly what is needed! Sam and Matt have been doing "construction" projects, and there are gripes they have with a few things! Little Matt, like any other time, has come up with two, count em TWO, awesome Let's Chat! Never disappointing, and ONE of those was submitted by a listener! We jump into some sports talk, and talk about the NBA restart, listening to MLB on the radio, & the STUPID blackout rules! Can SOMEONE explain them to us?! ANYWHO, it's a great time... it's always nice to reminisce about how things used to be, but not to get too comfortable in living in the past because the future has SO MANY geat things in store! SO, sit back, relax & #grabalisten!

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