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Doug Flutie hadn't had a bowl of his own cereal in 30 years. Then a smushed box showed up in a case from the manufacturer and he cracked it open. The old formula. He said he dropped the spoon. That's the energy of this one. Wease and Doug go back further than most people know, and Wease did his homework before this conversation. The Heisman. The Hail Mary. The statue outside Boston College. Three Grey Cups. Six CFL MVPs. A perfect passing rating in his final game as a Bill, 20 for 20, 366 yards, three touchdowns, and they cut him anyway. Wease was at Nuccitelli's the day the Music City Miracle happened, rooting for the Bills to lose so Doug would get what he deserved, and he caught hell for it. Doug talks about Walter Payton walking across a locker room in Chicago to give him a hug before he'd proven anything to his new teammates, and what that moment did for him. He talks about calling his own plays in Toronto, pitching knuckleballs at Gillette Stadium four days after a hip replacement, dancing for seven weeks on live television, and the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation hitting $50 million raised this year. Then an archival clip from Wease's radio show plays, recorded on Wease's birthday, with Doug calling in after a game to take questions from Bills fans. About 27 years ago. After Doug signs off, a Rochester city garbage truck demolishes Jake's truck while he's at lunch for Ronin's Halloween school parade. The arm comes down on the hood. The truck is totaled. Jake stays calm, feels bad for the driver, and now waits on the city's law department. The family, predictably, also feels bad for the driver. Bills talk closes it out. The defense blitzed. They only gave up 10 points. Josh had some bad throws. Wease remains Negative Nelly. Next week, Veterans Day. Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weasefamilycircus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weasefamilycircus/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weasefamilycircus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrotherWease/ More at https://weasefamilycircus.com Canna Corner Dispensary: https://cannabiscornerny.com/ Booking and sponsorships: [email protected] Captivate Media: https://captivatemedia.com/ Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome, Doug Flutie, and the Return of Flutie Flakes 00:03:51 The Heisman, the Hail Mary, and a Statue at Boston College 00:07:23 Family, Football, and Buffalo Bills Fans 00:10:36 The Bills’ Quarterback Decision and Music City Miracle 00:13:02 A Frustrating Final Season in Buffalo 00:18:39 Becoming the Bills’ Starting Quarterback 00:20:19 Walter Payton’s Support and Flutie’s First NFL Touchdown 00:23:00 Canadian Football: Contracts, Championships, and Calling Plays 00:27:31 Instinct, Pocket Movement, and the NFL Offense 00:29:53 Acting, Commercials, and Sports Broadcasting 00:32:08 Playing Through Injury on Second String 00:33:35 Baseball and the Savannah Bananas 00:35:40 Why Flutie Chose Broadcasting Over Coaching 00:36:40 Facing His Fear on Dancing with the Stars 00:39:29 The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation 00:40:57 Natick High and a Farewell to Doug 00:44:37 Electric Car Corner and an Archival Flutie Interview 00:50:54 Catching Up and a Missed Appointment 00:51:59 A Garbage Truck Demolishes Jake’s Truck 00:58:06 Considering an Electric Replacement 01:00:42 The Learjet Crash and Missile Rumors 01:03:49 Captivate Media and Bills Talk 01:05:24 Breaking Down the Bills’ Win 01:07:18 Veterans Day Preview and Farewell

Wease read a book in March and spent months tracking down the author. That's how Juliet ended up on the podcast. The Encore is Juliet Izon's debut novel, and Wease finished it in days, cried at least twice, and immediately handed it to Doreen. Juliet is a journalist who covers food, travel, and interior design for places like Food and Wine and Architectural Digest, and she breaks down how a first-time novelist actually gets into People magazine, what restaurant critics do when they go out just as civilians, and why she turned down a full-time critic role after spending years making friends in the industry. After the interview, the family stays on. Wease just finished his third cancer diagnosis and had surgery four days before recording. The surgeon skipped the planned skin graft, got it all, and Wease is on drugs and hasn't showered since Friday. Doreen's mother is in a hospital in Tarpon Springs and not getting the attention she needs, which leads to a real why having an advocate in the room with a patient changes everything. The Bills are in there too. Jake breaks down why the zone defense has to go, what Derrick Henry is going to do if they don't fix it, and why he bets tackles and shots on goal instead of the obvious stuff. Wease brings up the documentary Just One Before I Die, betting windows inside NFL stadiums, and NFL officiating. Doreen wants the Bills to win Sunday because it's Wease's birthday. The VA hospital in Miami gets a genuine thank you. Tarpon Springs does not. Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weasefamilycircus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weasefamilycircus/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weasefamilycircus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrotherWease/ More at https://weasefamilycircus.com Canna Corner Dispensary: https://cannabiscornerny.com/ Booking and sponsorships: [email protected] Captivate Media: https://captivatemedia.com/ The Encore on Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/238142724-the-encore Chapters 00:00:00 Meet Juliet and The Encore 00:03:28 Juliet’s Journalism Career 00:04:41 Food Writing, Restaurant Critics, and Recommendations 00:10:55 The Encore and How Books Get Noticed 00:15:00 The Music and Fame Behind The Encore 00:16:48 The Encore’s Story and Film Prospects 00:20:23 The Audiobook and How Juliet Tracks Her Reading 00:22:37 A Music-Themed Book Recommendation 00:25:44 Juliet’s Other Writing and Podcast 00:27:20 Nobody Wants This and Closing Thoughts 00:29:39 After the Interview: Books and TV 00:33:14 Elizabeth Holmes Documentaries and The Dropout 00:36:40 The Rocky Movie and Stallone’s Book 00:37:34 Jalen Hurts and the Rise of Sports Betting 00:43:20 The Bills Mafia Documentary 00:51:26 Bills vs. Ravens: Predictions and Defensive Concerns 00:56:03 NFL Officiating and the Pressure on Referees 00:59:19 Cancer Surgery and Recovery 01:02:06 Coastal Weather and Cruise Plans 01:03:51 Dogs in Strollers and a Difficult Week 01:04:54 Bills vs. Ravens and Birthday Hopes 01:06:16 Football Gatherings and Keeping the House Cold 01:07:32 Hospital Care and the Importance of an Advocate 01:11:05 Upcoming Bills Games and Sign-Off

Wease heads into surgery Friday with two straight poker bad beats still burning a hole in his chest. Pocket aces, river straight, same hand two days in a row. He's convinced he's in a bad luck tank. Doreen's convinced the poker table is just clearing the way for the operating room. Before that, the three of them dig into Bills football, Josh Allen's shovel pass, and whether CJ Gardner-Johnson has any business still wearing a Buffalo uniform. Doreen wins a hundred bucks off Wease on a bet about whether their Florida neighbor got the Bills game during Pittsburgh's overtime run. Then Wease loses his Kia. Except he didn't. It was on the sixth floor of the parking garage the whole time, one level above where he parks every single day. Security guard on a three-wheel bicycle found it. Credit cards were already locked. Kia Connect had already been called. Doreen had already been very, very nice about it on the phone. From the archive, a caller named Trina tells Wease she got ticketed by a state trooper named Officer Prey for having a WCMF sticker in her back window. Wease goes after the trooper on air. Then Officer Prey calls in and tells his side. She was speeding. There were two stickers. He gave her a break and she wrote Wease's boss to complain. Also in this one: the Rainbow Festival marijuana permit debate from the old show, a joint-rolling contest Thanksgiving weekend, electrolytes for dogs, a dentist for dogs, and a dog that can detect pills hidden in cheese. Thanks to Canna Corner Dispensary and GViii Barber Academy for keeping the circus running. Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weasefamilycircus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weasefamilycircus/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weasefamilycircus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrotherWease/ More at https://weasefamilycircus.com Canna Corner Dispensary: https://cannabiscornerny.com/ Booking and sponsorships: [email protected] Captivate Media: https://captivatemedia.com/ Chapters 00:00:00 Meet the Family and a Bills Broadcast Bet 00:03:33 Josh Allen’s Game and the Bills’ Defense 00:08:26 Cannabis Corner’s Joint-Rolling Contest 00:11:22 From the Archives: Rainbow Festival Rumors 00:15:29 From the Archives: Rainbow Festival and the Sheriff’s Call 00:18:59 Was Marijuana Really Legal at the Festival? 00:21:15 Poker Bad Beats and Surgery Nerves 00:25:40 Electrolytes and Dental Care for Dogs 00:30:18 A Dog Who Detects Pills 00:31:22 From the Archives: Beth Donahue, Dave Little and Bob Weir 00:36:15 Social Media Hate and Unwanted Praise 00:38:36 GV3 Barber Academy 00:39:56 The Case of the Missing Kia 00:47:18 Trump’s Tiger Video and the Family’s Response 00:51:10 From the Archives: A Ticket for a WCMF Sticker 00:55:20 Officer Prey Tells His Side of the Story 01:01:18 Bills Bye-Week Picks and a Surgery Send-Off

Two Buffalo guys who moved to LA made a five-episode Bills Mafia documentary called "Just One Before I Die" and they came on to talk about it. Kevin Polowy and Addison Henderson followed the fan base across two seasons, filmed on the Seneca Nation reservation for a curse-breaking ceremony, tracked a father of five with late-stage cancer hoping to see one more season, and documented a woman who reconnects with her adopted daughter over shared Bills fandom. The whole thing drops October 21st on Tubi, free, no subscription needed. The title came from a sweatshirt Kevin's dad used to wear. All three filmmakers lost their fathers before seeing the Bills win it all. Wease heard that and said he just got his third cancer diagnosis and had been at the hospital that morning scheduling surgery. Just one before I die, goddamn it. After the filmmakers signed off, the show kept going. Wease and Doreen just got back from a Virgin Atlantic cruise where the Bills game wasn't on the ship TV, a dinner argument broke out at the next table over a guy supposedly looking at someone's wife, and their golf cart died in the middle of Grand Turk. Wease also had thoughts on the man who jumped into a tiger enclosure in England, the Canal Street counterfeit crackdown, and a Darth Vader lightsaber expected to fetch three million dollars at auction. Jake has made five Bills songs. One of them played on the show. Check them all out on Spotify or Apple music by searching Satch Money & Bobby Guts Wactch "Just One Before I Die” on Tubi for Free on October 21st Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weasefamilycircus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weasefamilycircus/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weasefamilycircus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrotherWease/ More at https://weasefamilycircus.com Canna Corner Dispensary: https://cannabiscornerny.com/ Booking and sponsorships: [email protected] Captivate Media: https://captivatemedia.com/

Andrew Dice Clay was supposed to be on this episode. The promoter called, Wease said yes, and then Dice found out who he was doing the interview with and passed. That's how EP 35 starts, and it only gets more interesting from there. Wease pulls the full story behind the two lawsuits that still follow him around on Wikipedia, including a phone call he got at a cold rink in Fairport during one of Jake's youth hockey practices that changed the whole picture. Doreen then does something she's never done on the show before, sharing her own experience at a fraternity party in college that she's carried for 40 years, all in the middle of the Cornell Jane Doe case. It's one of the most honest stretches this family has put on tape. There are also old bits from the vault, including a call with Billy Martin's widow Jill about the real story behind the Mickey Mantle hunting trip, and a classic Uncle Morris bit played by the great Dave Kane, which Doreen didn't even recognize until Wease gave it away. The rest of the episode covers Wease winning two of his last three poker tournaments before setting sail, the Bills HOPEFULLY going for 4-0 against New England, Greg Rousseau earning the first Defensive Player of the Month in the Josh Allen era, a passenger plumber who landed a nosediving plane because he watched too many flight disaster shows, and Doreen missing Sodus Point, Lake Ontario, and her boat while Wease is perfectly content never leaving the casino. Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weasefamilycircus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weasefamilycircus/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weasefamilycircus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrotherWease/ More at https://weasefamilycircus.com Canna Corner Dispensary: https://cannabiscornerny.com/ Booking and sponsorships: [email protected] Shout out to our Production Sponsor Captivate Media: https://captivatemedia.com/ Chapters 00:00:00 Dice Clay, Facebook Hate, and the Reunion Show 00:03:23 The Lawsuits and Wikipedia Claims 00:12:17 Poker Wins and a Crowded Costco 00:17:01 The Cornell Jane Doe Case 00:23:50 A Personal College Experience 00:27:11 Football, the Bills, and Aaron Rodgers 00:32:10 Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, and the Hunting Story 00:37:17 A Lost Credit Card and Old Radio Clips 00:39:23 Uncle Morris and National Coming Out Week 00:44:42 Coming Out Then and Now 00:45:59 Old Dreams and Radio Memories 00:48:15 The Midair Attack and the Passenger Who Helped 00:49:58 Books, Theo, and Tom Hanks 00:51:14 Bills vs. Patriots Predictions 00:53:13 Cruise Plans and Missing Home 00:54:34 Game-Day Nerves and the Sabres

Two days after the Wease Show Reunion, the two people who flew the farthest to be there sit down at Captivate Studios to unpack it. Cindy Pierce in from Toledo. B.J. Shea in from Seattle. And Wease, who couldn't hear a word of his own reunion, finally gets to find out what happened. Start there. Wease admits he was terrified his kids would watch him stink up the joint because he's deaf, and he tells the story of not recognizing Thea Vidale while B.J. screamed, texted, and sent smoke signals from three feet away. B.J.'s take: the room didn't care. They came to love the guy on stage, and the vulnerability made it better. Billy D'Ettorre texted afterward that it was the best night he's had in years, which leads into the story of how Wease married Billy to a listener from Ohio on an all-night Christmas show. Then the origin stories. B.J. lied about knowing sports to get the job in 1988, got exposed on the air during a golf report when he didn't know a birdie from a bogey, and survived the Wease diatribe that followed. A year later Wease saw the Batman movie, pulled him aside, and told him to stop trying to be Wease and embrace the geek, because something was about to happen. B.J. took that advice to Seattle and it made his career. Cindy got her job because an ex-boyfriend record rep recommended her, and Wease's interview process was one sentence: don't piss me off. The heavy one. Wease tells a story he says he's never told on the podcast. An endoscopy found a spot on his pancreas, surgery was scheduled, and his own doctor quietly told him to get it done out of town. Doreen got him in front of the top pancreatic surgeon in the country at Johns Hopkins, who ran his own scan and sent him home with a letter telling every other doctor not to touch him. It was nothing. He'd been booked for a surgery he didn't need. B.J. reminds him he's been announcing his own death for 35 years and gives him 20 more. Also: B.J.'s Seattle sports tour (Mariners, Kraken, Sounders, and the Sonics they still haven't forgiven), Wease's night at the Red Wings on Batman night with a walk-off win and a teenager drying the infield with a flamethrower, the soccer debate where B.J. compares the World Cup to fine dining and Wease compares it to nothing happening, why the foreigners loved America, the media negativity argument that turns into an actual fight, God and atheism, Bill Maher, and the "we're being manipulated" exchange Cindy calls the smartest thing either of them has ever said. Plus B.J. on why Comedy at the Carlson might be the best club in America, and why Millennium Games in Henrietta is the biggest board game store in the country. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner in Farmington, Cannabis Corner, Salvatore's Pizza, and Burke & Banyan Jewelers. Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 we're back, finally 00:01:08 mariners city connect fits 00:02:18 sitting in the cheap seats 00:05:04 seattle has real teams now 00:05:40 soccer, sure, why not 00:09:36 someone scored a lot 00:11:56 baseball and soccer, one trip 00:16:30 back at the comedy club 00:20:22 remember when we did that 00:21:51 this show changed some lives 00:26:43 nobody saw this coming 00:28:30 look how far we came 00:31:00 nerds won, deal with it 00:32:09 real beats polished every time 00:33:14 the accidental sports guy 00:35:26 they hired him anyway 00:37:03 love, loss, and what ifs 00:38:07 when your body betrays you 00:41:19 the surgery that wasn't 00:43:35 god, doubt, and late nights 00:46:30 somebody played somebody 00:48:13 cannabis corner is open 00:49:43 wings reunion, obviously 00:50:07 carlson gets the laughs 00:51:51 millennium games, board game… 00:53:50 your junk might be gold 00:54:34 love you brothers and sisters

Recorded live at Comedy at the Carlson: the Wease Show Reunion. One night, one stage, and just about everybody who ever sat behind a microphone with Brother Wease. B.J. Shea flew in to host, and he opens with the truth: this is the send-off that should have happened on the radio and never did. A National Radio Hall of Famer, same wall as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and Orson Welles, got walked out the door with no goodbye. So the people who lived it threw the party themselves. Wease takes the stage, calls it his funeral, and then admits to a packed room that he's deaf, he's got Parkinson's, and he just took a pill his wife told him to take. It only gets looser from there. The lineup: B.J. Shea on the four years that changed his life, the "snatch and improve" philosophy he stole from Wease, and the clean Catholic Church show at the Eastman Theatre where he performed for nuns and priests with his fly wide open. Cindy Pierce on ten years of "save it for the air," why Wease was in the operating room for her C-section instead of her husband, and the Rose tattoo she got because the boss said so. Billy D'Ettorre on Haywood Banks bombing with the toaster song, the Cindy Williams prank that went too far, and what actually happened the day Sammy got left on the bus. Bill Moran on the Christmas album parody that got him hired, the monsters Wease created (Weather Watcher Mike, Harry from Carey), the night Andrew Dice Clay hung up on them, and why Howard Stern was a businessman but Wease was the real deal. Rich "The Bull" Gensler, in from Buffalo for the first time in 30 years, on why Wease was the Josh Allen of Rochester (one out of every two people in town knew his name), the Klee Motors bit, and the sex surrogate hotel room story he finally gets to finish after 35 years. Thea Vidale, the surprise guest who flew in and sat down next to Wease before he figured out who she was. Her take on getting old, grandkids, and in-laws is worth the ticket alone. Doreen Levin with her side of the bus story (five-year-old Sammy, a Power Rangers backpack, and a kid who only knew his dad's name was Wease), plus the baby powder story and the apple pie story. You've been warned. Plus Mark the Soldier on "Who's Castro?", Brian Dart on being the bottle boy (yes, that), the intern who didn't know who O.J. Simpson was, Wease's kindergarten classmates from No. 1 School, the jockstrap reveal nobody asked for, and Wease's tattoo of Doreen. It ends the way it should. B.J. asks Wease what he'd say if this were his last broadcast, and he answers. Then he tells the room he doesn't want a funeral. Just a party. This was the party. Wease's book by Marshall Fine is out now. Shoutout to our sponsor Cannabis Corner, and to Bill Moran's podcast, wherever you get yours. Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. [FLIGHTCAST_CHAPTERES]

Wease has known Jimmy Flynn for 75 years. They grew up a block apart on Park Avenue, Jimmy the Irish Catholic kid from a family of 11 with one bathroom, Wease the Jewish kid down the street. This week Jimmy finally sits down at Captivate Media Studios, and Wease admits he's never actually heard most of these stories until now. Start with the basics: Jimmy was born in the vestibule of the family house and didn't find out until he was 45. Three of his sisters became nuns. He got thrown out of three grammar schools and three high schools without ever changing his address. His dad caught him smoking at 12 and made him finish the whole pack of Pall Malls. And the time he launched himself off the Colby Street footbridge on a bike that wasn't his, cleared a flight of stairs in midair, and ruptured a kidney. That injury is the only reason he never went to Vietnam, while four of his brothers went in as Marines. Then it gets serious. In the late 60s, Jimmy and his wife Chris (married 57 years now) volunteered with VISTA and got sent to Georgetown, South Carolina, two white Yankees nobody wanted. They were housed in an abandoned plantation house, told to sit still and not stir anything up, and instead Jimmy teamed up with a Black lawyer named Cleveland Stevens to build a lawsuit that measured every streetlight, fire hydrant, and open sewer in the Black part of town versus the white part. The Klan was active. The water fountains still said whites only. And he walked his friend John Graham onto a beach no Black man in town had ever set foot on. Wease's point: people his age lived this, and it wasn't that long ago. Also in this one: driving the old neighborhood and finding a flag on Wease's childhood house that sent him down a rabbit hole, Jake's Harley School exit and the in-school suspension he brought a pillow to, the Del Lago parking lot rant, and a listener's text that lists 30 years of Wease Show memories so specific Wease calls him the ultimate fan. And yes, it goes political. Wease and Jimmy are two old liberals who don't hold back, and they get into veterans, socialism, USAID, "Lake America," and why the fights we're told to have are usually the small ones. Wease apologizes to the audience at the end. Sort of. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner in Farmington (the hybrid Jeep is still on the same tank of gas) and Cannabis Corner. Visit captivatemedia.com for your Video Marketing needs Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Jimmy Flynn Joins: Childhood Friends Reunite 00:00:24 The Flynn Family: 11 Kids, One Bathroom, and Catholic School 00:01:25 Catholic School Troublemaker: Three High Schools Without Moving 00:05:45 The Pell-Mell Punishment: When Dad Made Jimmy Smoke a Whole Pack 00:08:41 The Bicycle Bridge Crash: How Jimmy Avoided Vietnam 00:11:06 Four Brothers in the Marines: The Flynn Military Legacy 00:30:50 57 Years of Marriage: Chris Flynn and a Life Well Lived 00:32:32 VISTA and the Deep South: Going to South Carolina in the 1960s 00:34:37 Living on a Plantation: The Pawleys Island House 00:36:26 Fighting Segregation: Municipal Services Lawsuit and Community Action 00:38:37 Whites Only Water Fountains: Witnessing Jim Crow Laws Firsthand 00:41:41 The First Black Guy on the Beach: John Graham's Historic Moment 00:45:11 Electric Car Corner: Hybrid Jeeps and Previously Owned EVs 00:51:13 Sobriety Journey: 40 Years Clean and the Temptation of Cannabis 00:55:04 Politics and Veterans: The Great Debate on Military Benefits 01:02:58 Healthcare and Education: What America is Missing 01:10:12 Trump, Lake America, and Political Madness 01:16:00 Cannabis Corner: Gummies for Every Mood 01:26:28 The Ultimate Fan Message: A Lifetime of Brother Wease Memories 01:30:22 Reflecting on Life: Gratitude, Luck, and the Road Ahead

Sports edition. Wease and Jake bring in Dan Borrello, sports columnist for the Times of Wayne County (Wease's favorite newspaper), to break down the Buffalo Bills before a single snap of the season. New head coach, new defense, new stadium, new grass, and a franchise quarterback who Dan says just ran out of excuses. Josh Allen signed off on the coach, the GM, and the field. Now it's on him. Dan walks through the whole picture: why Joe Brady ("Slim Brady") calling every play as a rookie head coach is the biggest question on the team, how Jim Leonhard's switch from a 4-3 to a 3-4 actually works, why DJ Moore could be the true number one receiver the Bills haven't had since Diggs, and the trade that fell into Brandon Beane's lap when Chicago was about to cut him for nothing. Plus the linebacker depth problem, why James Cook sits on third down, and the rookie Dan says to watch. For the people who love the Bills but don't know a nickel from a dime, Wease asks the questions you're too embarrassed to: what does a head coach actually do on game day, what are those guys in the booth doing, and what is a blitz. Dan answers all of it. Also: why the NFL isn't rigged (and why the league likes it when you think it is), the Brandin Cooks overtime call that still hurts, the Patriots' scoreboard camera trick that fooled kickers for years, the Michigan clock mess, Doug Flutie getting screwed by Ralph Wilson, the Sabres with an actual season ticket waiting list, and Dan's Super Bowl pick: Bills over the Bears. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner in Farmington (Dan wants to buy Wease's Jeep out from under him) and GVIII Barber Academy on East Avenue, where you can learn the trade or get a $20 haircut from a student. And go pick up the Times of Wayne County. Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sports Season Preview 00:00:41 Electric Car Corner Sponsor Spot 00:02:17 Bills Season Opener Discussion and Houston Texans Preview 00:05:02 Denver Playoff Game Controversy: The Brandon Cooks Catch 00:06:09 Is Football Rigged? The Great Debate 00:08:38 College Football Clock Controversy and Patriots Cheating Allegations 00:12:46 Bills New Defense: Jim Leonard's 3-4 Scheme 00:23:17 Understanding Football Positions: Nickelbacks, Dimes, and Coaching Roles 00:24:22 Joe Brady as Head Coach: Can He Handle Play Calling and Leadership? 00:28:11 DJ Moore and the Bills Receiving Corps 00:31:00 Running Backs: James Cook, Ray Davis, and the Bills Ground Game 00:39:38 Preseason Analysis and Bills Offensive Line Concerns 00:43:00 Josh Allen's Leadership Style: Does He Need to Be More Demanding? 00:46:32 College Football Money Machine and Lopsided Games 00:51:23 Doug Flutie Gets Screwed: The Rob Johnson Playoff Controversy 00:52:24 Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs, and Championship Predictions 00:53:53 LA Rams Analysis and Matthew Stafford's Health Concerns 00:58:12 Jessica Pegula's US Open Run and Tennis Talk 01:08:11 GVIII Barber Academy Spotlight and Closing Thoughts

Before he built Black and Blue, Charlie Fitzsimmons was parking cars and interning on the Wease Show. This week he's back at Captivate Media Studios, and Wease, Doreen and Jake get the whole story from a guy who went from producing morning radio bits to running one of the biggest restaurant operations in Rochester. Charlie walks through how he and his brother built Tonic with their own hands in 1998, learning drywall and wiring from the tradesmen they hired, the nightclub nights with Tommy Brunett as the opening DJ, and the run that followed: Pearl, Jojo, TRATA at the Armory, Village Bakery, and Black and Blue, now five locations across New York and Boston. The chefs who came up through his kitchens read like a Rochester hall of fame. And his newest move is a wild one: he bought Village Sports, the old rink on Baird Road, rebuilt it to a full NHL sheet, and it's now home to Nazareth's first-ever varsity hockey season. Then the Wease Show memories come pouring out. "Cleaning Lady's Paradise," Charlie's Gangsta's Paradise parody about Gussie the cleaning lady (with her real laugh in it), and the day Gussie got the show sued. Larry Miller laughing so hard milk came out of his nose. Ace Frehley, Richard Simmons, Sam Kinison, Chris Rock, and the Bahamas trip where Jake got so sunburned he flew home shirtless. Charlie was the producer when Wease and Doreen first got together, and he was there the morning Wease's marriage ended. And stick around for the ending: the full mid-90s Ozzy Osbourne interview, with Charlie asking the weirdest deadpan questions you've ever heard while Ozzy eats his way through the entire thing. It's Between Two Ferns 20 years before Between Two Ferns existed. Also on the table: the 49ers owner's trailer park arrest, Meta's $18 billion payout and the new rules for kids online, and whether you can actually keep a teenager off a phone. Shoutout to our sponsor: Electric Car Corner in Farmington. Canna Corner, and Captivate Media www.captivatemedia.com Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Charlie Fitzsimmons Joins the Show 00:03:34 The Ozzy Osbourne Interview: Charlie's Most Legendary Bit 00:06:12 Building Tonic: Charlie's First Restaurant and Learning the Trade 00:11:55 The Restaurant Empire: From Pearl to Black and Blue 00:17:31 Charlie's Athletic Daughters and Division I Hockey 00:24:13 The Cleaning Lady's Paradise Song and Gussie Tribute 00:30:25 Radio Memories: Larry Miller, Sam Kinison, and Studio Chaos 00:38:33 Wease's Divorce Day and Boot Camp Stories 00:48:52 49ers Owner Prostitution Sting and Robert Kraft Comparison 00:52:43 Meta Lawsuit and Social Media Addiction Crisis 01:00:25 Kids, Phones, and Parenting in the Digital Age 01:07:12 Electric Cars, Hockey Rinks, and Charlie's New Ventures 01:24:15 The Full Ozzy Osbourne Interview Audio

Wease finally takes the political filter off. Comedian Beth Donahue-Weedman pulls up to Captivate Studios, visiting from Nashville, and the show that's dodged politics for as long as it's existed lets it all out. Beth has been doing stand-up for 25 years, got sober before she ever hit a stage, and has the stories to prove it, from the paper AA directories she used to find a meeting in every city she toured, to kidnapping Kevin Bacon for a radio bit that ended with Kyra Sedgwick calling her. She, Wease, and Jake and Doreen get into what Nashville has turned into, why people are dropping lifelong friends over politics, and the misinformation machine that has everybody arguing with ghosts online. Then Wease goes deep on the Eagles. He just tore through two band books plus Don Felder's tell-all, and he lays out the whole saga: how Felder wrote the music to "Hotel California," taught a young Tom Petty to play guitar, and got run out of the band by Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Plus the cocaine paranoia, the Stevie Nicks love triangles, and why the guy who writes the song is the one who gets the money. It gets personal, too. Wease heads out an hour after taping for a prostate biopsy and talks straight about his cancer fight, Doreen shares the surgery she's been putting off, and the crew realizes the very building they tape in used to be the rehab center where Beth's partner got treated. Plus Love After Lockup's Rochester couple, Brad Pitt and sobriety, the punch buggy that became Beth's dream car, and a whole lot more. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner in Farmington, Cannabis Corner, and Salvatore's Pizza. Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Beth Donahue Joins from Nashville 00:02:00 Nashville Politics and the Trumper Boobs Phenomenon 00:05:30 Facebook Political Wars and the Libtard Debate 00:12:30 Beth's Comedy Journey: From St. Louis to Rochester 00:14:20 Sobriety, Relapse, and the Meeting Medicine 00:19:40 Eagles Deep Dive: Don Felder, Hotel California, and Cocaine Paranoia 00:19:46 Stevie Nicks Love Life and Joe Walsh Confusion 00:26:20 Grocery Store Politics and Republican Detection 00:32:40 Wease's Taint Biopsy and Medical Adventures 00:39:20 Love After Lockup Rochester Couple and Prison Romance 00:41:20 Beth's Breast Reduction Story and Movie Star T**s 00:47:30 The Kevin Bacon Kidnapping and Kyra Sedgwick TV Show 00:50:40 Electric Car Corner and the Hybrid Life 00:57:30 Brad Pitt's Sobriety Controversy and California Sober 01:03:30 Gun Ownership, Wasp Spray Defense, and Closing Chaos

Rochester radio royalty pulls up to the Captivate Media Podcast Studios. Dave Kane, the Beatle expert who spent 42 years on the air in this town, sits down with Wease and Jake for a loose, funny, and surprisingly deep hang about the band that changed everything, the radio era that's never coming back, and how to bake the perfect batch of weed cookies. Dave breaks down the Beatles like only a guy who put 10 to 12 hours of prep into every Sunday show can: the real story behind the rooftop concert and why it fell apart, how Paul wrote "Blackbird" in response to American racism, and the 1965 clause where the Beatles flat-out refused to play segregated audiences. He and Wease get into how so many Black artists like Willie Dixon got ripped off, why Led Zeppelin got sued, and David Gilmour's line that the Beatles weren't a band, they were a miracle. Then it gets personal. Dave tells the origin stories from the wild early radio days, the mentor Wease says he wouldn't exist without, and the near-miss Buffalo job that would have changed everything. The two of them give it to you straight on the state of radio, why the big companies killed it, and which local stations are still worth saving. Plus a full masterclass in cannabis edibles, we learn about the weed butter machine then the time Wease ate five cookies thinking they were regular. And why vaping became Wease's thing after cancer. Also: Wease's rough morning (a 5:30am MRI, steroids, a staph infection, and a neighbor running a blowtorch at 3:45 in the morning), the new Christopher Nolan movie and why everyone's rushing to IMAX, and a whole lot more. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner in Farmington (Wease's monthly gas bill went from 300 bucks to 50), Cannabis Corner, and Salvatore's Pizza. Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri you want to watch the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 Health Scare, Hospital Visit, and MRI 00:03:45 A Neighbor's 3 A.M. Blowtorch 00:06:33 Spider Webs and Spider-Man Theater Chaos 00:08:15 The Odyssey and the IMAX Experience 00:11:54 Weekend Guests, Gumbo, and the Tampon Mystery 00:14:38 Reviewing The Dink and Comparing Sports Comedies 00:15:32 Minx, The Four Seasons, and Queer Representation 00:19:12 Historical Racism and the Meaning of Blackbird 00:21:32 Dave Kane Arrives and Radio Memories 00:23:16 A Stoner Detour and Rolling Paper Story 00:24:35 Blackbird and Paul McCartney's Response to Racism 00:25:41 Producing the Beatles Radio Show 00:28:07 The Beatles' Final Rooftop Concert 00:32:03 The Beatles as a Musical Miracle 00:33:55 Black Artists, Musical Influence, and Stolen Credits 00:37:44 Dave Kane's 42-Year Rochester Radio Career 00:38:05 Turning Down Buffalo and Staying in Rochester 00:41:09 The Collapse of Live Local Radio 00:42:00 Automation, Syndication, and Radio's Vanishing Entry-Level Jobs 00:43:45 Local Radio's Remaining Bright Spots 00:45:51 Retirement, Cannabis, and Daily Life 00:50:53 Volunteering and the Joy of Kindness 00:53:58 Podcast Studios and a Favorite Radio Story 00:58:04 Cocaine, Grand Marnier, and Getting Fired 00:59:29 The Letter That Changed a Career 01:01:11 Honoring the Mentor Behind the Career 01:02:05 Radio Personalities and Community Connection 01:04:49 Electric Cars, Charging, and Infrastructure 01:13:49 Sports Cars, Stick Shifts, and Driving 01:15:26 Dispensaries, Homegrown Cannabis, and Buying Weed 01:17:12 Homemade Edibles and Cannabis Butter 01:18:59 Edible Dosing and Getting Too High 01:20:06 Making Cannabis Butter by Machine 01:21:54 A Potent Schmear and Podcast Farewell 01:23:40 Radio Memories, Gratitude, and Signing Off

The Wease Family Circus goes mobile for the first time. Wease and Jake and Doreen set up shop live at Electric Car Corner out in Farmington and spend the day with owner John, a guy Wease has known damn near 40 years, breaking down why used EVs and hybrids might be the best-kept secret in the car game. John makes the case everybody's sleeping on: an $80,000 electric car with 20,000 miles going out the door for 30 grand, a federal 100,000-mile battery warranty on every EV, a third of the moving parts of a gas engine, and around a thousand Teslas sold with basically none coming back. He gets into the Lucid Air, the Tesla Model X Plaid that does 0 to 60 in under two seconds, the Dodge Charger with a button that fakes an engine growl, and the self-driving story that turned Wease into a believer when the car passed a slow Subaru all by itself on the way to a Syracuse game. Turns out the average buyer isn't some young techie, it's a 57-year-old who just wants value. Wease's gas bill tells the whole story. Then the show goes completely off the rails, in the best way: The pro women's softball league Wease accidentally discovered while scrolling. The new Bills stadium, the giant table, and whether a 3-year-old can survive a scrimmage. Love Island, and how a girl went from stocking shelves at Home Depot to 4 million followers. A sealed Madonna Sex book Wease swears he's been saving for Jake for 30 years. The Le Funelle, a decades-old novelty device that lets women pee standing up, that genuinely lives in the Smithsonian. And the Turning Stone bad beat that cost a guy 20 grand over one bathroom break. Plus Wease's hearing battle at the reunion show and the caption glasses that might change the game. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner in Farmington (go drive one, you'll get it), Cannabis Corner, and Salvatore's Pizza. Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome to Electric Car Corner: The Only Hybrid and EV Dealership 00:01:54 The Hybrid Jeep Experience and Pre-Owned EV Value 00:03:03 Who's Buying EVs: Surprising Demographics and Lightning Trucks 00:04:34 Electric Mustangs and Cost Per Mile: The Financial Benefits 00:06:06 The Hat Debate and Tesla Model X Plaid: 0 to 60 in Under Two Seconds 00:08:05 Eddie Barron's Heart Transplant and Wembanyama's Shooting Coach 00:09:10 EV Selection and Federal Battery Warranty: 100,000 Miles Guaranteed 00:13:44 Full Self-Driving Story and Autonomous Taxis 00:18:47 Pete Rose vs Barry Bonds Hall of Fame Debate 00:20:24 Baumann's Tragedy and Professional Women's Softball Discovery 00:21:45 New Bills Stadium and Season Ticket Prices 00:27:22 Love Island Winners: Brinity and Breaking Racial Barriers 00:32:48 The Quiet Revolution: Why EVs Are So Silent 00:34:30 World Cup Ticket Prices and NBA Playoff Economics 00:36:16 The Hearing Glasses Solution and Reunion Show Struggles 00:40:54 The Lufanelle: Women's Pocket Fisherman Prop Comedy 00:43:57 Matt's Bad Beat Story: Missing 20 Grand at Turning Stone 00:46:53 Elective Surgery Horror Stories: Estee Lauder Executive Dies 00:49:22 Assisted Suicide in Quebec: 13 Percent of All Deaths 00:53:40 Cocaine in the Tush: Reagan Cox's Creative Excuse 00:56:19 Final Thoughts and Electric Car Corner Recommendation

Two of Rochester's finest scoundrels, Tommy Brunett of Iron Smoke and Sean McCarthy of McCarthy Tents and Events, pull up to Captivate Studios to break down Hoochenanny, the music and whiskey festival blowing up in its new Penfield home August 14 to 16. This is not your average field-and-a-stage festival. These two built a monster: a 15,000 square foot air-conditioned World of Whiskey, a two-story VIP tent you can walk right to the front of the stage from, Lager Land, real food with real seating, and a DIY punk rock spirit dressed up in PGA-level hospitality. Sean explains how owning the tents lets him take swings nobody else in the business would take, and how a five-month, six-no fight with the town finally turned into a yes. The lineup is stacked: Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Toadies, Cracker, Joywave, Amigo the Devil, plus Tommy Brunett's All-Star Cavalcade of Scoundrels with Gary Lewis and the Playboys and John Petrucci of Dream Theater. Friday GA is already gone, and last year's whiskey auction raised over $30,000 for Lou Gramm Charity and Make-A-Wish, with one bottle going for seven grand. Then the guys clear out and Wease gets real about the week from hell: an ambulance ride Monday night, a 103 fever, blood pressure at 201, and an overloaded Strong Memorial where he got treated in a tent and called back at 1:45 in the morning over a false-positive MRSA scare. His take on why the ER is a war zone right now is worth hearing. Plus the 911 call where the dispatcher heard "arguing in the background" (it was Doreen keeping him from face-planting), the ambulance driver who recognized the pictures on the wall, Josh Allen parking in Wease's spot at Bills camp, and the great gray jersey debate. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner in Farmington (Wease's monthly gas bill went from 300 bucks to 56), Cannabis Corner, and Salvatore's Pizza. Get to Hoochenanny August 14 to 16 in Penfield. Don't sleep on tickets.

Radio is dying and Billy Moran isn't pretending otherwise. He started at 19 doing overnights in Poughkeepsie, spent 30 years on the air, and right now he's getting cut loose because the company that had him on 80 classic rock stations is going broke. This week he sits down with Wease and Jake at Captivate Studios, and it turns into two hours of the kind of stories only these two could tell. They get into why radio actually died (hint: it wasn't the talent), and Wease makes a prediction about the AI backlash and why kids are going to come crawling back to real, tangible, authentic media. Billy breaks down the difference between a businessman like Howard Stern and an entertainer like Wease, the guy whose listeners knew his kids' names and went through cancer and life right alongside him. Then the stories start: The time 5-year-old Sammy never made it to school on the bus, got found on DeWitt Road by a random couple, and Wease told them to just drop him back off because he wasn't cutting his workout short. Doreen is still not over it. The Montreal Comedy Festival road trip that ended at the Canadian border, where Billy got flagged, denied entry, and had to pay cash and do "rehabilitation" in Kingston while Wease and Jake cried laughing. Plus the Jack stack, the on-air fights defused with a John Hiatt song, the "Doreen or Michael Jackson crying" game, and the syndication seminar where Wease leaned over, said "that's too much work for the Wease," and walked out. They also get into Wease's health scare in Florida, the tequila-vape-joint combo right before a heart doctor visit, why vaping's been a gift after cancer, and Billy's wild pivot into mental health counseling, from group work to past life regression. Catch the Wease Show Reunion live July 17th at Comedy at the Carlson with Billy Moran, Cindy Pierce, BJ, and secret guests. T-shirt restock that night. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner on Route 96 in Farmington (we're broadcasting live out there July 24th), Cannabis Corner, and Salvatore's Pizza. Watch, subscribe, and share. New episodes weekly. Wease Family Circus. Google it, or tell Siri to take you to the Wease Family Circus. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Billy Moran's Journey with Brother Wease 00:02:15 The Death of Radio: Why iHeart and Odyssey Are Going Bankrupt 00:04:44 Billy's Radio Origins and the Poughkeepsie Days 00:06:10 Mark Myrard Gets Fired and the 13-Station Resume 00:17:46 The Montreal Comedy Festival Road Trip Disaster 00:20:56 Behind the Scenes: The Funniest Radio Moments Ever 00:13:45 Sammy Gets Left on the Bus: The Full Story Teased 00:23:30 Living Your Life On Air: The Authenticity That Made Wease King 01:08:38 The Wease Departure: What Really Happened 01:12:42 Billy's New Path: Mental Health Counseling and Grad School 00:40:40 Social Media Haters and the Algorithm That Feeds Wease 00:50:12 Electric Car Corner: Hybrids, Rivians, and the Dodge Charger 00:58:20 Cannabis Corner: Vaping Before the Heart Doctor 01:02:08 The Naked Ambulance Ride: Wease Passes Out in Florida 00:33:17 World Cup Fever and Birthright Citizenship Irony 00:55:13 Del Lago Poker and the Road Rage Mystery Woman 00:57:27 The Amish Store and Souders Supermarket Discovery 00:36:52 Bill Maher, Ranch Dressing, and Why America Is Actually Great 01:17:38 Wrap Up: July 17th Reunion Show and Final Thoughts