Episode 158 - Lorenzo and Mariano return for another run of our long standing podcast, dating back to 2007! We rekindle our nonsense and discuss mostly politics, covid and how its affected us. Bonus is now you can watch the episodes on our Rockstar YouTube channel  - Hope You Enjoy!

Episode 157 we sit down with Annie Silvestro, Children's Book Author. We talk about many topics which include the story behind Annie's book "Bunny's Book Club", where she grew up, her time at the great University of Georgetown, how she ended up a Children's Book Author, her day life in Finance, reading to kids at Book Stores, #cats, conversations with kids and the randomness it brings, summer readings plus and minus, apparently lorenzo who does not read worked at Barnes n Nobles and worked on a book design, the insanity of the Harry Potter book releases, reading a book with it in hand vs kindles and other devices, the interactive experience of reading to your kids, a wolf who ate a rabbit, visiting old school book stores and much more! If nothing else, go buy Annie's books, its the least you can do! Annie Silvestro - Hope You Enjoy!

Episode 156 is a hot mess. The audio is coming through a tin can, Lorenzo screws up Garage Band, Aggie has to leave because 45 minutes we still couldn't fix it so Kevin from The Bell Cast sits in all while our guest, an alumni of Rockstar Podcast, Marc Pickard of CB Tech Support sits in patiently watching all this unfold. We talk about if Irish people watch Hockey, the mishaps of Lorenzo and Kevin and podcasts and then we get a bit more serious with topics like Digital Manipulation from the Ted Radio Hour which includes Kayla the Talking Doll, Mariano using #DuckDuckGo, Lorenzo's marketing plan for #DuckDuckGo and his plan to get them to send him a big check, the parallel of YouTube vs the old school of watching Saturday morning cartoons, are we getting spied on by devices and platforms, Kevin admits he loved #ChatRoulette, Mariano cant deal with #RingTechnology and his #Amazon packages arriving, Mariano vs Lorenzo in the Data Privacy Wars, is #VPN security really secure or is it just more secure than non-vpn, Lorenzo parlays the Angels on #DraftKings and it didnt work out so well and in closing we probably piss of most people with talking about the #GoVote campaign and its process until Voting Day so we tackle what should be some new solutions for Voting Day and making it a National Holiday and #WolfBlitzer is tired at 2am, give him a break, #BattlestarGalactica, #Y2K, is Kevin getting a dog, the #stopandshop robot and so much more! This is a hot mess of an episode!

The saga of the Italian Nonna (Lorenzo) life continues with Part 2: The Toaster Oven Dilemma. Then we take on more relevant topics. One being about a Ted Radio Hour episode about Digital Manipulation provided by Mariano ( Episode Here ). One of the topics in this Ted episode is about political manipulation citing #Brexit and the US Presidential Election of 2016 and 2020 via Facebook and other Social Platforms. We also learn that Magnesium is totally legal, as per Aggie Law Firms. The segment we reference is from Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla - We also talk about Insta restricting ages of seeing #WeightLoss images, targeted advertising, giving humans to many excuses and blaming Facebook and Social, how #MarketingPeople understand #Marketing a bit differently than the general public, #cambridgeanalytica, the integrity of #journalism, opinion based news media vs @andersoncoooper of #cnn. Carole's link to the podcast Hope you enjoy!

Aggie, Mariano and Lorenzo talk weird #Italian #superstitions, Lorenzo is a little less of a #carnivore today then yesterday,  being "judgey", raging against #cauliflower, more food topics, Aggie needs therapy because of her glasses, a woman who had a kid and didnt know she was pregnant, being an #optimist or not so much,  a couple had a kid at 76 years old, playing #sports vs watching and more!

Matthew John Benecke is a writer of speculative fiction with supernatural and horror leanings and a craft beer blogger. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Finance from Baruch College where he graduated as a member of the inaugural class of Macaulay Honors Scholars. He also holds a Master’s in Adolescent English Education from Brooklyn College. While working at Baruch College, he was selected to develop, implement, and instruct a summer-long creative writing seminar for high school students in the College Now program where he served as an adjunct lecturer.

Since 2011, he has written and maintained The Beer Whisperers craft beer blog. The Beer Whisperers is followed by more than 50 breweries from around the world including nearly a dozen of the Top 50 Breweries as listed by the Brewers Association. He has visited more than 100 breweries, many of which have been reviewed on the blog. He has also sampled nearly 4,000 different beers.

Aside from writing, Matthew is an avid photographer and musician. He enjoys landscape photography primarily but is also interested in black and white photography. He is a self-taught guitarist and pianist who enjoys an eclectic array of musical styles and artists ranging from modern metal acts to classic rock and classical compositions.

We sit with Jenna Gaudio of Vydia and discuss many topics which include where she grew up, her love of travel and coming home, Bennys vs Non-Bennys, her acting class and jumping to a senior class at college, the portrayal of females within the film world, how "intensity" is seen coming from a woman in the workforce vs a male's "intensity". We also talk about her start and journey to her current position at #Vydia, #ArtistRelationships, stereotypes at the workplace for a woman, and a ton more of amazing info! We also talk about her scare with a recent #bloodclot and how that affected her and her work and personal life. Please note, Jenna is passionate also about #running and her membership / leadership with the Jersey Shore Women in Technology, be sure to look them up! Jenna, drink your water!

In Episode 151, Mariano left us for Atlanta for a week but me forge on. We talk about Aggie's Starbucks naming issue, the alphabet vulgarity chart, lorenzo's 3 month jury duty experience, what happens when you get called for jury duty, Lorenzo's brief experience in criminal justice, watching cable , does checking your apple watch for text make it look like you are bored during a meeting, who does the laundry, Aggie's eyes open to the notion that lorenzo proclaims many women over 35 watch True Crime shows and the JoJo Siwa bows. We also talk about how to handle kids watching YouTube, where they watch it and how often. We also talk about the Sitcom vs RealityTV concept, and posting photos of grilled chicken and asparagus. A true hodgepodge of lightning round topics, hope you enjoy!

In our Sesquicentennial Episode we talk to Mariano about his Date Night with wifey, Aggie's negotiation with her Doctor, Lorenzo had a #ParentFail, our sleep patterns, CPAP machines, where we get our inspiration and "stealing" your competition's work, ideas and much more in our 150th Episode! Hope you enjoy!

The Champ is back! Our first returning guest nearly 10 years later, Erik Kent of NJWedding.com and NJParenting.com We talk about how Aggie now took Mariano's spot of getting all the good info before the episode starts! #FriendshipBracelets, Erik's journey with his wife Beth from the beginning of getting the info for their own wedding 20+ years ago and how that evolved into #NJWedding (thanks John and Diane) to now having 3 children, and then into their current venture #NJParenting, handling and providing Testimonials as an important resource for parents and wedding couples. Then the episode takes a left turn into the world of #Rutgers and Mariano and Lorenzo just sit there while Aggie and Erik swoon over their College unification. We also discuss Erik and his wife working in a small office on Cranford, NJ's town website, doing #TradeShows and #Expos, his tactics on #marketing, how to become affiliated with NJParenting.com and even the #BalloonFestival and much more, hope you enjoy!

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