Season 2 - Episode 10 (Season Finale) - Bill Alexander

Send us Fan MailIn the Season 2 Finale (Episode 10) Mike welcomes his old dorm and college friend Bill Alexander into the virtual podcast studio for a rousing conversation about friendship and many other key life topics.Follow the podcast on Twitter: @friendsofmikedEmail the podcast at [email protected] moments from the pod: 0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to Season 2 Episode 10, the Season 2 Finale.2:45: Mike corrects a few embarrassingly large mistakes from some recent episodes, including messing up a very basic video game code from the Nintendo game Contra.5:20: Mike then gives the listeners an update on what’s been going on with him, including reciting an original poem titled “Ode to Tailgating” and then reflecting on Season 2 of the podcast and what it’s meant to him and the staff.11:40: Mike welcomes the pride of Forest Hills Central High School, Bill Alexander, into the virtual podcast studio for a rousing conversation on friendship and life.12:35: Bill gives the listeners a little background on himself and why he may be Grand Rapids’ #1 citizen as well as what he’s been doing recently, which is really project-based.  The guys also talk axe throwing.17:10: Bill then breaks down the home arcade in his basement, which is amazing and the guys talk about some old video game battles, including Bill utilizing Christian Laettner to take Mike down.19:00: Bill talks about a few of his oldest friends from growing up and what’s kept their friendship going.20:40: Bill and Mike talk about the last time they hung in person, which was over a Michigan/MSU game at the Crisler Center with S1E1 Guest Todd Pretty.  Bill also references why he had to head back to Grand Rapids early to intimidate his daughter’s date.23:40: The guys then retrace the origin of their friendship, including how Bill used to play the game Yahtzee for blood and a daring cross-campus bicycle ride.29:50: Next up is going through some of Mike and Bill’s favorite memories of their friendship, starting with pledging the ultra exclusive and prestigious Pi Kappa Phi fraternity along with living in the fraternity house their Sophomore year.35:00: The guys then discuss moving into the famed “BC” college house (located at 341 E. Jefferson) and “unleashing the Co-Op”.39:45: The guys discuss some legendary pickup hoops game during college as well as their 5’10 and under IM team that multiple people talk about to this day that truly showed no mercy to their opponents.43:00: the fellas touch on the Raiders flag football team that featured Bill’s custom playbook.45:00: The guys then discuss moving to the Windy City after college and their creative use of the intercom system at the apartment on Southport, as well as how Bill’s original plan was to instead move to Wilmington, NC to be an extra on the TV show Dawson’s Creek.48:40: Bill gives his philosophy on what makes a good friendship tick and what he’s excited about at the moment.51:45: Mike takes Bill through the (not so) Rapid Fire segment, including talking about Bill’s favorite activities with his daughters, his favorite thing about Grand Rapids, MI, his favorite party games and how he embraces awkwardness while playing, his favorite brewery in GR, and Bill’s  prediction for Michigan hoops in 2021/2022.