IN THE HUDDLE MI

Despite their recent loss to North Carolina, St. Peter's made history by becoming the first 15-seed to advance to the Elite 8.

This episode is dedicated to you, St. Peter's. From your best player rocking a porn stache to upsetting Purdue on National Peacocks Day, this episode is dedicated to one of the best NCAA Tournaments we've seen in recent memory.

Segment 1: St. Peter's and North Macedonia... Madness and March.

1:06: Show intro and Aj's new fancy uniform. 2:10: Live in-game reactions to St. Peter's vs. Purdue in the Sweet 16, and where the hell did they come from? 3:02: The 7"4 kid from Purdue and why it would suck to be that tall. 4:12: The March talk. 5:00: The over 700 perfect brackets remaining after St. Peter's won. 6:00: Shitty warm-up uniforms, Doug Edert signing a NIL deal, and the all-new All-Hair Team. 8:05: When it is acceptable to wear a mustache. 9:05: The NIL deal and why you shouldn't do it for free if you're good at doing something. 11:00: Why all college athletes should be paid... period. 12:00: Certain degrees aren't worth as much as others. 14:00: Coach K and the farewell tour. 16:00: A flop and a half. 17:11: Michigan/Michigan State and the world of online pettiness. 18:05: Juwan Howard and taking hacks at opposing coaches. 19:43: NBA Scouts noticing guys shrinking away in big games. 20:50: I got that F#cking theme song stuck in my head and NORTH MACEDONIA. 24:00: North Macedonia and the fact that there isn't a South Macedonia and recording the podcast from the front lines. 26:00: The new KGB. 29:00: Introduction of the all-new All-Hair Team. 31:00: Aj sorted through every roster and found the best hair available. 34:39: Coming in at #2 on the All-Hair team, and why he's just more exciting to watch. 36:15: Will the thrill comes in at #3. 37:30: Doug-e Doug is coming in at number one. 40:00: Fear the stache and why St. Peters has changed the trajectory of their program forever.

Segment 2 (43:27): Hangin' With Wang Jeopardy

Aj and Wang go head-to-head in Hangin' With Wang Jeopardy in this segment. With a list generated by a listener, Aj and Wang compete to see who knows the most about our pod. From the cleaning lady breaking into our recording to a listener checking us for our strong language, we get into the nitty-gritty of the Hangin' With Wang Pod.

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Concluding Segment: St. Peters becomes the first 15-seed to advance to the Elite 8 and our natural in-the-moment reaction in the game's closing minutes. 

 

It's March, which means upsets, cinderellas, and millions of people pretending to know something about basketball.

In this flash episode, Wang covers why the Lakers suck and his top-2 reasons why Lebron will not win another title in Los Angeles, Tom Brady's return, tournament madness, and our all-new "Question of the Week". 

Seg One: Lebron and the Lakers are in trouble, but have priorities changed? Also, Tom Brady is returning to the NFL because of "unfinished business".

Seg Two: MSU falls to Duke... the same lesson we have to learn every single year... and who the hell is St. Peters?

Question of the Week: If you had a "get out of jail free" card in real life... what would you use it on? Would you use it? 

New "Mohr Wangs, More Problems" segment dropping Monday morning. 

In episode 46, we go one-on-one with former NAIA All-American and basketball standout at Aquinas College, Arsenio Arrington, who recently inked a deal with the Denver Nuggets G League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Gold. 

From Roberto Clemente High School in West Town, Chicago, to the NAIA, to affiliated basketball just one step away from the NBA, Arsenio talks about defying the odds and the journey to where he is now. 

 0:00: Show Intro... 2:00: Immediate feelings after signing the G League deal, and the reality of seeing NBA vets up close and personal... 2:57: Who did you call first?... 3:10: Humble beginnings and the vibrant basketball culture in Chicago... 4:49: Battling for looks and the head coach that jump-started it all... 5:45: Some of the big names Arsenio recalls seeing coming up in the city of Chicago... 6:23: Story of how Arsenio met Aquinas College head coach, Ryan Bertoia... 7:30: D1 or bust? What led Arsenio to turn down potential D1 offers and raising his son... 8:41: Managing fatherhood while playing the game he loves and what he took away from his time at AQ... 10:25: Flipping a switch, then taking his talents overseas... 11:12: Play until the wheels fall off and adjusting to new cultures... 12:54: The host family experience... 13:52: Getting the call to play in Romania and the basketball culture across the pond... 15:17: Germany packing the stands... 16:23: Going after the American and how Europeans aren't necessarily soft... 17:35: No defense? Too hard to guard with new rules?... 20:00: Getting cut and finding redemption... 21:15: When he fell in love with basketball and baseball roots... 22:30: Putting on size and the dieting side of the game... 23:30: Outro and go to Tropical Night Friday night at the Delta Plex!!!! 

An avid listener and West Michigan Whitecaps Promotions Intern, Joe Zimmerman, stops by the show for episode 45. 

Wang and Aj open with their top-3 storylines from the week before diving into the current state of baseball and what needs to change. 

Then we conclude with our own version of March Madness, the "Hangin' With Wang" sound drop tournament. Wang chooses 16 of the best sound drops from our first 44 episodes and puts them head-to-head to figure out which one is king. 

Show Warmup (0:00-7:47)
- 0:00: The odd-shaped mics and the legend of Bob Wells. 
- 2:17: Wang and Aj line up their schedules with the Griffins perfectly. 
- 3:30: Parents fighting in the stands. 
- 4:30: If you're in the room, the mic is on. 
- 5:30: Da Damm Ducks 
- 6:00: Letting Joe air his grievances and show preview. 

Story #3 (8:14): "Ice Fishing Shantee Blown Across Michigan Bey "Angler Safe" (Aj's Vote) 

A couple of bozos from up north decided to go out fishing one day... in 50 MPH winds. You can guess the rest. 

Story #2 (20:42): "Desperate Olympic Committee Attempts To Increase Viewership By Adding Skinny Dipping. " (Wang's Vote) 

Let's face it, the Olympics is becoming a relic. So it seems the Olympic Committee has a different trick up their collective sleeves. And no, there will be no censorship. 

Story #1 (29:41): "Indiana Boy Rescued After Getting Stuck In a Tree Attempting to Save A Cat Stuck In The Same Tree." (Aj's Vote) 

Imagine that... 

Baseball Today and the Return of the Whitecaps (40:08)

Hangin' With Wang Sound Drop Tournament and Send-Off (1:00.32)

We're all about soul on the Hangin' With Wang Podcast. Therefore, after breaking down our top-3 storylines of the week, Wang and Aj hit up the local pub for karaoke night. Wang sings to his long-lost ex while Aj breaks out an oldie. 

0:00: Ripped jeans suck and Wang rocking the "little league coach" look for the podcast... 1:03: Aj takes his bruises as an ump... 2:30: Grown little kids and taking baseballs off the shin... 5:04: Just wear the damn shin pads and the long history of nut shots in baseball... 6:30: Nut shots are funny 100% of the time... 7:30: Guys will feel this one in their stomach... 10:00: Show preview... 13:15: Story #3: Olympic athletes on the loose in China... 15:45: The dude at the gas station having a heart attack... 17:15: Do we need the birds and the bees talk? And winning the genetic lottery... 19:47: If an Olympian wants my money, I might give them my money... and the legend of Matt Hamilton... 21:07: Our #waybackwednesday post from last week on @hanginwithwang on Instagram... 22:26: Story #2: The Goat Man... 24:28: Don't be distracted, The Goat Man is a real threat... 25:33: Man goat spotted... 27:50: Want to see the video shorts? Follow us... we are also looking for a new co-host... 30:30: The (polite) Goat Man... 33:48: COMING IN AT #1... 36:30: The real questions that need answering... 40:00: Casually asking people to remove a HUMAN BODY... 42:00: The killer acting like NOT the killer... 43:30: Police kicking the door down and somehow Johnson escapes. 44:53: Karaoke Night at Fulton Street Bar... 1:01.56: Show outro. 

0:00: Show intro and try to work on good posture. 1:10: Russia invades Ukraine and the early stages of what could be World War 3. 2:00: Should the United States get involved? 3:00: Putin is trying to conquer Ukraine overnight. 4:00: Women and children being evacuated,  lines in Ukraine to get assault rifles and ammo, and why no country would ever invade the United States. 5:34: The patriotism of the Ukrainian people and the willingness to fight for their homeland. 6:18: Joy Behar and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad show. 7:34: Putin wants the Soviet Union back. 8:22: American bomber planes doing surveillance. 9:22: Will China and Russia hold hands? 10:20: Following the same sequence as WW3. 12:07: Story #3: Winning a trip to where? 13:30: Smiling while holding the rage in. 14:14: "I was really hoping for a more exotic place than the "live free or die" state." 15:36: Welcome to Cleveland town, everyone. 16:04: We NEED reaction videos, and do you skip out on the trip altogether? 17:32: Special demands. 18:35: THE CLEVELAND MONSTERS, and at least they're not Detroit. 20:28: Just how massive Detroit is. 21:20: Do not clip this specific portion and lie about us. 22:00: Aj turns Russian for a moment and the platoon that surrendered. 24:44: Story #2: Have you seen this kangaroo? 26:09: Kangaroo loose in... Denmark? 27:00: The kangaroo blowing my cover. 28:35: ANOTHER ONE!? 30:00: Going Kangaroo Jack on Denmark. 31:45: Don't be a snitch. 33:45: Story #3: COVID time and New Zealand brings the hits. 35:22: MANDYYYYY and how could you not love Celine Dion? 36:30: What parliament expected to happen, and Wang has pipes. 38:20: Let it go... just let it go. 39:30: Johnson's brilliant plan to get rid of all the protestors. 41:14: Nazi war propaganda? 42:40: Do not play at work. 43:00: The Florida man challenge. 1:02.30: Show outro and a brief preview. 

On episode 42 of the 'Hangin' With Wang' Podcast, Wang and Aj revisit their top-3 storylines of the week before finishing off with a segment we like to call "ya know what I hate?". 

1. The Mad Pooper 
2. Stephanie Matto sells farts for upwards of $1,000 a bottle. 
3. Sloth saved from powerline 

0:00-7:02: The "Detroit Rams" and our Super Bowl recap... 8:16: We do not recommend you do this at home... 8:50: Story #3: Sloth saved from powerline... 9:35: If you see a sloth on a powerline, call somebody. Do Squirrels like the taste of electricity?... 12:00: The slowest climax ever... 12:45: BURP OF THE SHOW... 13:06: Flys on my fries and squirrel meals... 14:23: Chefs serving up invasive species and poor British accents... 15:32: Once again, if you see a sloth on a powerline, call somebody. How would you prepare your sloth?... 16:30: You ever had cow balls?... 17:15: Story #2: Stephanie Matto and farting in jars... 18:35: Working at the fart warehouse... 19:20: A bottle of gas for $1,000... 20:20: How do you make the poop smell last? That awkward conversation with your significant other... 21:00: Aj and Wang consider buying one to open it on the podcast and the delight that comes with a major dump... 24:33: Wang struggles to speak English... and would you buy a fart?... 25:16: Sexy people shows and why we would rather die alone. Also, why not mix in one ugly guy?... 27:33: The Olympics drafting regular people to perform... 29:10: Getting selected for the luge or skeleton... kiss my lucky egg!... 31:12: Story #1: The Mad Pooper... 32:22: Pooping in public is freedom of expression, and we invite the Mad Pooper on to the next podcast... Does he have a cape?... 35:00: Have a seat right over there... and did the founders think about pooping in public?... 37:00: Americans and fighting dirty... 38:00: Free the wing wang... 40:00: Make your money however you make your money and Aj escaping the mental asylum... 42:51: You know what I hate?... 44:00: Boot Night = no fun and waiting in freezing cold lines... 45:20: People and their lack of spacial awareness... 46:30: People with huge shopping carts not knowing where they are going... 48:41: Old man sayings and please stop asking me what I recommend... 50:40: Ice trays are lame... 53:27: Abbreviating words... 56:00: Too many damn commercials and grown adults fighting at sporting events... 57:00 Show recap and sign off. 

Show Intro: Aj dedicates Episode 41 to his late grandfather, Thaddeus "Ted" Szotko. 1:30: Grandad Bourbon and grandad Szotko's favorite drink. 3:17: Drinking just a LITTLE too much church wine. 4:41: Natty Ice guy. 6:32: Drinking grandpas Baileys and Wang take a sip of grandma's "apple juice." 8:00: Janet Mohr convinces Aj not to drink black coffee, and Wang's grandpa reads the paper and sips on his coffee and ridiculous hours of the morning. 9:24: The Grand Rapids Press lost a valued customer and the joy of Aj's grandpa when he saw him in the Grand Rapids Advance. 12:35: Trying to zoom call grandpa. 13:45: Going to polka dances and how to polka - "Like a gangster two-step with a hop." 15:07: Playing spoons with grandpa in the Pulaski Day Parade. 17:51: The drunker you get, the better you feel - so eat your beans in every meal? 19:25: Grandpa chillin' in heaven and how grandparents can talk until they are blue in the face. 20:59: Wartime stories and the questions Aj wishes he could've asked. 22:19: Children (our grandparents) being sent to war and how life today is as good as it has ever been. 25:15: Wang's grandpa worked as a mechanic during the Vietnam war and the lasting effects of PTSD. 30:13: The difference with Vietnam. 31:40: Desperate times call for desperate measures. 33:13: Governments have the capability of destroying the whole world. 34:02: Grandpa Ben teaches young Wang how to go to his "happy place" and the loneliness of having a spouse die. 35:50: Maintaining a positive attitude through disease and death... finding your peace with the inevitable. 40:22: Find what you like to do and just do it. 41:28: The time West Catholic High School gave aj's grandparents the #1 Fans Award for being tailgating legends and attending every single Falcon football game. 44:30: Wang's grandpa Mort helped build the Mackinac Bridge. 45:05:  Aj's challenge to himself and how people react to different things differently. 46:53: Aj recalls saying goodbye to his grandpa. 49:20: It's not goodbye; it's see you later. 50:20: Aj is getting closure with his grandfather and how much that means. 53:07: We don't have any conception of death until we face it. 56:17: You never know the right words until it's too late. 58:21: Grandparents and their infinite knowledge. 1:00.42: Receipts from the '70s and Aj forgetting grandpa's receipt. 1:04.25: Grandpa Szotko tries to make his grandson drive him to the hardware store just to save 79 cents. 1:06.53: Sorting through allllllll the stuff. 1:12.00: Give your family something to listen to forever. 1:15.10: Show wrap up, and Aj talks to gramps one last time. 

0:20.66: Aj is racing against his demons, and Wang tries to navigate the soundboard with stuff strapped to his hands. 4:12: Joe Rogan is getting heat over COVID remarks. 5:33: The obesity problem and people wearing complete outfits and makeup to the gym. 6:55: Roid rage, non-commercial gyms, and other reasons women outlive men. 7:55: The Lunk alarm and judging judgment-free zone. 9:43: Vince Wilfork was a massive man. 11:49: IT'S THE SUPER BOWL (and the pro bowl yaaaaayyyyy). 12:30: Torching middle schoolers in some football and Aj's pants fell in practice one time. 13:35: Where the hell is Ethan? 16:08: Wang gets exposed and the heroic/tragic story of Herb Brooks and the Miracle On Ice. 18:35: Everybody loves a good ole hockey game. 19:25: Aj and Wang call a hockey game from Van Andel Arena. The boys discuss their favorite Red Wings of all time and the Soviet Union giving the Red Wings a little boost. 20:35: How expensive hockey is and the culture of sports in America versus the rest of the world. 22:50: The baseball world becoming pretentious. 23:53: Middle Schoolers going on recruiting visits and setting kids up for failure. 28:00: Your athletic clock. 28:50: Broadcasting, "doing homework," and learning home to keep commentary within the lines. 32:20: Bean dipping and PTSD. 34:08: Why soccer moms make some solid points. 36:48: Aj and Wang get into a heated debate over sports betting. 42:17: Aj trying to get in the damn building. 43:22: The Super Bowl Bet but not really, and do you have to cheer for Matt Stafford if you're a Lions fan? 47:17: The podcast goes into free fall, and Aj goes off on the haters. 51:03: Hate listeners still, in fact, listen. The legend of Jackass lives on, and Aj isn't here for any of it. 52:53: Jared Allen on Jackass. 55:10: Our podcast is not liable for the weights you may or may not drop on your neck while listening. 56:55: Everyone says Wang lost Debate Night, but that is not true. 58:20: We have a list, but we also don't have a list. It's like a mental list that constantly gets shifted around. Yea. 1:00.00: Send a prayer up for Aj's grandfather. 1:01.53: Ripping lips with grandpa. 1:04.21: NO ONE is allowed to be named Rocky. 1:05.34: Wang gets Stafford... Aj gets Joe Cool. 1:06.24: Previewing the next podcast and famous athletes that wore the number 41. 1:08.02: Wang and Aj ruin the ending. 

0:13: Do you like snowboarding? 1:56: Wang thinks ducks are funny. 3:05: Family guy on in the studio and Aj's classic impersonations. 3:35: Joining the circus. 4:30: Tigers are cool and cuddly until they're not... and is the new Tiger King even worth watching? 6:20: Aj gets kidnapped. 7:30: Replacing the cig problem but not the nic problem. 8:47: Eazy-E and brainstorming the intro song. 10:00: We ALREADY need a pee break. 11:20: Our babysitters and older siblings helping us build character. 12:30: Wang's babysitters put lemon juice in his pizza, and the little kid Wang scared nearly to death babysitting. 15:30: School carnivals and the giant blowup aliens. 16:00: Aj paints the porta john. 18:30: The great talking points that never get discussed. 19:00: Aj's cousins scar him for life and try to be the "cool" babysitters. 25:04: The nudist neighbor. 26:23: Older people know everything. 28:00: We made a little mistake. 29:30: Michigan turns 185. 31:30: Talks about the weather are so overplayed, so Aj and Wang talk about the weather. 34:00: Janet Mohr passed her social media skills on to Aj. 37:38: Burp of the show, BURP OF THE SHOW. 39:09: Going to war with Russia: Home game or going on the road? 42:00: Rocky beating the Russians and Ukraine claps back on Twitter. 44:00: Running for office and Clemens/Bonds not in the hall.  50:00: Lance Armstrong. 52:33: Fans talking down about players while eating chips on the couch. 55:00: Stephen A Smith being the highest-paid person at ESPN and why everyone loves to hate him. 57:30: People put two L's to figure out left and right. 1:00.00: Why shit and fart jokes will never go out of style.