#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #122 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Stephen Espinal.

It was great to talk with my #friend and neighbor, Stephen!

Stephen is an Account Executive for Telecommunications at Universal Connectivity.

We talked about:

Telecommunications (minute 1)

Past episodes and podcast sponsors (minute 3)

4 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being an Account Executive (minute 4)

The West Hartford Chamber of Commerce (minute 5)

Mechanical Engineer degree from CCSU (minute 7.30)

Work days: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 9)

Podcast guest #98, Tom Pincince (minute 11)

Stephen’s favorite teachers (minute 14)

Conard’s Mock Trial Team (minute 19)

Coaching Travel Soccer (minute 24)

West Hartford Girls Softball Team sponsored by Friends of Feeney (minute 25)

Feeney’s daughters love to read! (minute 28)

Recommendations (minute 31)

Feeney playing Madden vs his nephew, Nick (minute 35)

European Soccer (minute 38)

Pick up soccer and basketball at Wolcott Park (minute 43)

Rinku from South Main Wine and Spirits (minute 45)

What’s next for Friends of Feeney? (minute 48)

Join us at The Hartford Wolf Pack game on February 28th (minute 50)

WeHa Whiskey Fest (minute 53)

Stephen won the “Podcast Guest Appearance” in a raffle (minute 54)

What makes @JumpsByChi a good #friend? (minute 55)

Closing remarks (minute 56)

Podcast Sponsors:

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #121 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Joey Batts. 

It was great to talk with my good #friend, Joey! 

Joey is a teacher and the founder of the nonprofit organization, Hip Hop for the Homeless.  

We talked about:

Joey Batts is my Best Friend (minute 1)

Hip Hop for the Homeless - Year 11 (minute 3)

HH4H Board of Directors (minute 7)

Joey has been a teacher for 17 years  (minute 9)

Jose from Local Goods  (minute 11)

Upcoming HH4H Concert Dates (minute 14)

Feeney Talks with Friends Podcast Sponsors (minute 15)

Rappers who inspired Joey (minute 17

Songs: First, Last, Best, Worst  (minute 19)

Thanksgiving (minute 21)

HH4H Sponsors (minute 25)

The “Joey Batts” Sticker (minute 31)

FTWF Podcast Sponsors (minute 33)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being a Teacher & a Nonprofit President (minute 39)

Joseph William Valentin Battaglia is Italian (minute 43)

Joey’s buttons (minute 45)

Joey’s wild story about getting his first tattoo (minute 47)

True Penny Tattoo does Joey’s tattoos (minute 50)

Joey’s favorite restaurant and 4 dinner guests (minute 52)

Joey raps (minute 59)

Recommendations (minute 1.02)

The book, “Who Moved My Cheese?” (minute 1.04)

Closing remarks (minute 1.07)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com

Float 41 - www.float41.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #120 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Traci Carter.

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #119 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends for The Second Annual Hot Wings Challenge Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness.

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #118 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Deb Bibbins and Gary Sekorski. 

It was great to talk with my good #friends, Deb and Gary! 

Deb is the Founder and Gary is the Co-Founder of the nonprofit organization, For All Ages. 

We talked about:

Our first time meeting at World of Beer (minute 1)

Being the premiere charity for the Hartford Marathon (minute 2)

The For All Ages website (minute 3)

How it started (minute 9)

How to get involved (minute 14)

The importances of social connection (minute 17) 

Getting the word “connectful” in the Webster's Dictionary (minute 19)

Our 6th Annual Makerspace event (minute 21)

Letter writing initiative (minute 22)

Unite By Light event in Rocky Hill (minute 28)

Podcast sponsors (minute 36)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being Founder & Co-Founder (minute 37)

The For All Ages logo (minute 39)

Deb’s career in insurance (minute 41)

Gary’s career in engineering (minute 43)

FAA Events: First, Last, Best, Worst  (minute 46)

www.endlonelinessct.org (minute 53)

What is “positive aging”? (minute 58)

The Blue Zones (minute 1.01)

Recommendations (minute 1.04)

Closing remarks (minute 1.07)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #117 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Rob Parenti.

It was great to talk with my good #friend, Rob!

Rob is a special education teacher and a director of Friends of Feeney.

We talked about:

The 3rd Annual Friends of Feeney Golf Tournament (minute 1)

Being a Special Education Teacher in an Intensive Behavior Program (minute 2)

Kebbi the Educational Robot from MOVIA Robotics (minute 3)

Rob’s educational career path (minute 17)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being a Special Ed. Teacher minute 19)

“Hopes and Dreams” written piece from a fifth grader (minute 20)

How Rob met his wife, Margo (minute 22)

Rob speaks Klingon (minute 23)

Upcoming events (minute 25)

Margo is running the Half Marathon at Hartford Marathon (minute 27)

“Friends of Nicholas” annual event at the Hartford Yard Goats (minute 30)

Rob is a Grief Recovery Coach (minute 33)

The Bristol Blues fundraiser (minute 40)

The “Bristol vs. West Hartford” Game (minute 42)

Recommendations (minute 53)

Rob’s favorite restaurant and 4 dinner guests (minute 57)

Our #friends at Kaoud Rugs (minute 1.00)

Rob’s favorite teacher (minute 1.03)

#BeAGoodFriend yard sign at Rich’s house in Bethany (minute 1.05)

Closing remarks (minute 1.07)

Podcast Sponsors:

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com

BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #116 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Rain Hayles.

It was great to talk with my #friend, Rain!

Rain is the owner and content creator of Splash Productions.

We talked about:

How it started (minute 1)

18,700 followers on Instagram (minute 2)

“Splash Season” (minute 3)

London Jemison heading to Alabama (minute 5)

Connections with coaches (minute 7)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) for Splash Productions (minute 9)

Riley Fox - episode #93 (minute 12)

Dan Fritz - episode #111 (minute 16)

Splash Day 2021 (minute 18)

Sporting Events: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 21)

Rebecca Lobo (minute 26)

Having supportive parents (minute 32)

Crazy Questions (minute 35)

Indiana Fever and WNBA (minute 41)

Deadpool and Wolverine (minute 46)

Book recommendation, “Who Moved My Cheese?” (minute 52)

Our free haircut event at Parkville Market with Lost Arts Barbershop (minute 53)

Rain’s favorite restaurant and 4 dinner guests (minute 55)

Earning a Yale Football Championship ring (minute 57)

Upcoming events (minute 1.04)

Closing remarks (minute 1.06)

Tom Newman (minute 1.08)

Deadpool podcast featuring Stefanie mentioned at minute 46:

Podcast Sponsors:

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out this bonus episode, #FeeneyCallsTheHartfordYardGoats.

It was great to call the game with my #friend, Dan Lovallo! 

We talked about:

Friends of Feeney (minute 1)

Friends of Nicholas Night (minute 2)

Support from the community (minute 3)

Upcoming events (minute 4)

How to donate to Friends of Feeney (minute 6)

The future of Friends of Feeney (minute 8)

The #FeeneyTalksWithFriends podcast (minute 9)

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #115 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Victor Gonzalez. 

It was great to talk with my #friend, Victor! 

Victor is the Branch Manager of NBT Bank in West Hartford and founder of the nonprofit organization, Ties that Tie 

We talked about:

NBT Bank (minute 1)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being a Branch Manager (minute 2)

Victor earned “Young Professional of the Year” Award (minute 5)

NBT Bank’s donation to Friends of Feeney at their Ribbon Cutting (minute 8)

What makes Deb a good #friend? (minute 11)

The West Hartford Chamber of Commerce (minute 18)

Best of West Hartford Dancing with the Stars (minute 23)

Victor’s favorite restaurant (minute 29)

Mr. Maurice Mosley  (minute 32)

Chamber Events: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 35)

Chief Riddick (minute 37)

Upcoming events (minute 41)

Avi Smith-Rapaport (minute 44)

Eric from AMP Radio (minute 46)

Crown Market (minute 48)

Rose Wise from Kingsbury School (minute 51)

Victor and Feeney were neighbors in Waterbury (minute 55)

Victor’s favorite teacher (minute 1.00)

Granville Academy (minute 1.02)

Ties that Tie (minute 1.04)

MJ from Daswani Clothiers (minute 1.08)

New swag (minute 1.11)

The 3rd Annual Friends of Feeney Golf Tournament  (minute 1.13)

CT Makerspace (minute 1.16)

Closing remarks (minute 1.18)

Podcast Sponsors: 

Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com

The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com

West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com

Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com

Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net

Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com

Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu

PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out this bonus episode, #FeeneyCallsTheBristolBlues.

It was great to call the game with my #friend, Ben Mihailovich

We talked about:

Friends of Feeney (minute 1)

Rob Parenti (minute 2)

The #BeAGoodFriend motto (minute 3)

The #FeeneyTalksWithFriends podcast (minute 4)

The Bristol Blues at Muzzy Field (minute 5.30)

Feeney’s First Pitch (minute 6.40)

The dimensions of Muzzy Field (minute 8)

The All-Star Game at Muzzy Field (minute 9.30)

Feeney does play by play (minute 10.40)