Why We Are Friends

08/22/2026

08/19/2026

🎙️ The new Bethel High School Girls' Volleyball coach and 2000 grad, Lidania (Gonzalez) Cibere, joins the boys on the Famous Pizza patio to talk about selling Cutco knives, the 90s Atlanta Braves, growing up in AZ and PA, high school volleyball shenanigans, coaching, and why we are friends.

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🍕 Thanks to our sponsor, host, and friends at Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT.

👕 👚 Buy our swag or customize your own gear at Half Dozen Tees.

🥤 Drinks/sexy seltzers provided by Redding Wine and Spirits.

🎵 Theme song “Passion Cup" by GoRjA.

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08/12/2026

🎙️ Jim Polches joins Kev, Coach Lux, and new guest host Shay Brenna-Anastasakis on the Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT patio to talk about toothbrush storage, frozen yogurt, run-ins with the law, fights, Seal, skateboarding, tomato fights, and why we are friends.

🎧 Listen on your favorite streaming platform including Spotify, Amazon, Apple podcasts, apparently Pandora, and more. https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQrrNhvtTmEHDWLYB3fl0

🍕 Thanks to our sponsor, host, and friends at Famous Pizza in Bethel.

👕 👚 Buy our swag at Half Dozen Tees.

🥤 Drinks provided by Redding Wine and Spirits.

🎵 Theme song “Passion Cup" by GoRjA.

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08/11/2026

🎙️ We’re getting a little crazy tonight on the Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT patio with Jim Polches.

🎧 Listen on your favorite streaming platform including Spotify, Amazon, Apple podcasts, apparently Pandora, and more. https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQrrNhvtTmEHDWLYB3fl0

Why We Are Friends is sponsored by our friends at 🍕 Famous Pizza, 👕 👚 Half Dozen Tees, and 🥤 Redding Wine and Spirits.

🎵 Theme song “Passion Cup" by GoRjA.

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08/07/2026

Two years ago we dropped epi 66 with Carmine Hearthstone, who will not make it into the Bethel High School Hall of Fame 😂.

Epi 66 with Carmine Hearthstone aka Peter Fragola is out now.

Chronicles of a New Dad and Class of 1998's Pete Fragola joins the boys in studio to talk about college campus housing, backward hats, how to spell gray, athletes from the 90s, Amazon packages, guinea pigs, vet bills, the Green Bay Packers, summers in the Bronx, old friends, how sports changed his life, Grandpa Pizza, talking to girls and getting hotdogs while playing high school football, vests over dress shirts, car clubs and black pantyhose, Santa Con and paying a bill in pennies. Check out Pete's website: https://chroniclesofanewdad.com/

Thanks to Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT for letting us try the new Drunk Barnum Square Sicilian.

Listen here - https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQrrNhvtTmEHDWLYB3fl0

08/04/2026

🎙️ Epi 162: Long-time listener, first-time guest, Emmett Cole (M-it Cole), joins the boys on the Famous Pizza patio to talk about friends leaving, Why We Are Friends bingo, beach spots, Jimmy Lux, wrestling, Bob Owen, and why we are friends.

🎧 Listen on your favorite streaming platform including Spotify, Amazon, Apple podcasts, apparently Pandora, and more. https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQrrNhvtTmEHDWLYB3fl0

🍕 Thanks to our host, sponsor, and friends at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT for the support!

👕 👚 Buy "Why We Are Friends" or your own custom gear at Half Dozen Tees.

🍻 Drinks/sexy seltzers provided by our friends at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Redding Wine and Spirits.

🎵 Music “Passion Cup" by GoRjA.

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07/30/2026

Epi 161 on the Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT patio!

⚾️ For epi 161 we sat down with Coach Kasack and Coach Sveda of the best 13-year-old baseball team in all of New England to talk baseball, U2, the blue uniforms, and why we are friends.

Congrats to the NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆⚾️. World Series bound. 🔥

🎧 Listen on your favorite streaming platform including Spotify, Amazon, Apple podcasts, apparently Pandora, and more. https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQrrNhvtTmEHDWLYB3fl0

🍕 Thanks to our sponsor and friends at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT for the support!

👕 👚 Buy "Why We Are Friends" or your own custom gear at Half Dozen Tees.

🍻 Drinks/sexy seltzers provided by our friends at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Redding Wine and Spirits.

🎵 Music “Passion Cup" by GoRjA.

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Bethel Baseball Association

07/29/2026

⚾️ For epi 161 we sat down with Coach Kasack and Coach Sveda of the best 13-year-old baseball team in all of New England to talk baseball, U2, the blue uniforms, and why we are friends.

Congrats to the NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆⚾️. World Series bound. 🔥

🎧 Listen on your favorite streaming platform including Spotify, Amazon, Apple podcasts, apparently Pandora, and more. https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQrrNhvtTmEHDWLYB3fl0

🍕 Thanks to our sponsor and friends at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Famous Pizza - Bethel, CT for the support!

👕 👚 Buy "Why We Are Friends" or your own custom gear at Half Dozen Tees.

🍻 Drinks/sexy seltzers provided by our friends at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Redding Wine and Spirits.

🎵 Music “Passion Cup" by GoRjA.

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Bethel Baseball Association

07/28/2026

Check out the Bethel Beer Fest happening this weekend on Saturday August 1st.

There is an incredible lineup of 16 breweries, 3 food trucks, craft vendors, and a great band!

🎟 Tickets are selling fast, VIP 75% sold out - https://www.bethelctbeerfest.com/

🍻 Aug 1 from 3-6pm (VIP starts at 2pm), Bethel Municipal Center lawn - rain or shine.