Everyday Macaroni

Welcome to 2026!  Can you believe the New Year is upon us?  To kick things off, we thought we would offer a special tribute episode in honor of our dad Dwight Alford, aka The Badger.  In this episode, we tell some fun stories about underwear, (yes, the theme continues), including our favorite story about the time he got locked out of his house in his underwear.  That is a real wildlife thriller, for sure!  You won’t want to miss it and stay tuned for more fun episodes in 2026!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Three Wise Men and a Bag of Underwear - Holiday Blast from the Past

For our last episode of the year, we are reposting one of our favorite holiday specials from 2022.  This episode tells fun stories about our dads and some holiday gifts featuring… you guessed it, underwear!  We want to thank you for supporting us and sharing some holiday cheer that we all could use right about now.  Happy holidays, from our family to yours!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

Check out the “Rules of Underwear Giving” Fruit of the Loom video here:

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Happy Holidays!  This year’s holiday special is a delicious one.  If you are feeling nostalgic for a big family Christmas, we have just the guest for you.  Erica D’Arcangelo is joining us to talk about her big Italian family and their pizzeria D’Arc’s Pizza in western Pennsylvania.  We talk about Christmas dinners at the shop with 7 fishes, midnight mass and meatball sandwiches at midnight.  There is nothing more wonderful than food, family and fun at the holidays and this podcast has it all.  Oh, and we talk about pizza, too!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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As we get ready for Thanksgiving, I don’t think we could have a better guest on the show than Stephanie Cotsirilos, actor, author, lawyer and just a lovely person with so many amazing stories to tell.  While Stephanie says the themes underlying her stories are assimilation, displacement and injustice, I think if you look closely enough you will also hear something else.  You will see she is profoundly grateful for her family, her life and her amazing education that took her from Brown to Broadway and beyond!

As you sit down to eat with family, loved ones or friends, take a minute to reflect on the universal truths that we are more alike than we are different and that as a part of the human family, we all deserve justice and equality.  I’m so proud of this episode and our conversation with Stephanie.  We know you will enjoy it and please make sure to support her by getting your own copy of her amazing book, My Xanthi.

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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This episode is very important to all of us here at Everyday Macaroni because we have personal experience with complex kids and how they spice up the family dynamic, in such a good way!  Michelle Choairy is one amazing woman with an incredible story that begins in Brazil and is still ongoing as she is living in California, raising a family with a complex kid and embarking on her mission as an advocate for families in her same situation.

You will not want to miss this inspiring story of a mom who uses her own amazing experience to help others navigate life with complex kids.  Thank you, Michelle for sharing your journey with us and for all that you do!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Do you have siblings you are always arguing with or are you an only child who likes to hang out with your parents?  Have you ever wondered why your older brother or sister is bossy or your little sister refuses to take anything seriously?  If you’ve ever been frustrated by your family, this episode might be the key to understanding what’s going on around the dinner table.

Dr. Robert Hurst spent 35 years as an orthodontist and using his birth order theories to help his patients have the best possible experience with their braces and retainers.  After all his years of experience and testing his theories, he wrote a book that explains birth order in the simplest possible terms.  If you want to get along better with your parents or siblings, you should pick up a copy of his book today.  You can get it by clicking on the link below!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path Throughout Life

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On this episode we share a story from our first male guest, Mickey’s husband Kurt Lane and boy does he deliver!  We are talking about all the bold women in his life, starting with his sweet mom Shirley who flew the silver skies and served the likes of Louis Armstrong, a childhood family friend who was a Rockette and his great grandmother who was a card shark and born in the same year as Eleanor Roosevelt.  This episode is daring and delightful so join us as we take a trip down memory lane with our favorite Lane family!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Have you ever wanted to go somewhere exotic?  Does the lure of spice and color entice you?  Do you enjoy people who are different than you and are you thrilled by the idea of cultures so different from your own that you are willing to travel as far as India to find your mate?  While our guest this week did not meet her mate in India, Rhonda Van Diest did marry someone who was born there and not in Montana where she was born and raised.  This is a story that just gets better and better so you don’t want to miss it.

You can get Rhonda’s Listen Cards here:  https:// vandiestassociates.com/listen/

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Well, you guessed it.  This episode is the after call where we do a deep dive into something we haven’t talked about a lot on the podcast, my family.  We talk about some of the concepts Katherine Sellery discussed with us in the last episode and we tell some hair-raising stories from our childhood that we would put up against any Hollywood epic, for real.  The good news is, you really can heal from childhood trauma and bonus, get along with your siblings, too!

You can find Katherine’s book here:

https://freeparentingbook.com

https://consciousparentingrevolution.com

90 day parenting reset

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Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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No family is perfect and in this episode we talk with the incredible Katherine Sellery, author and parenting coach, about how to communicate and heal.  It turns out, you can come from trauma and still have healthy children and successful families, even if you are the black sheep of your family of origin!

You can find Katherine’s book here:

https://freeparentingbook.com

https://consciousparentingrevolution.com

90 day parenting reset

IG: @Katherine_Sellery

FB: Conscious Parenting Revolution

LI: linkedin.com/in/katherine-sellery

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

#sandwichgeneration #spanish #comedy #familyfun #Genxer

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