Season 2 - Episode 9 - Kyle Urek

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 9 of Season 2 Mike welcomes his old friend from McLain Ave Kyle Urek to the podcast where they discuss little league baseball diamonds and ice cream traditions, an amazing math teacher & their love of snacks.Follow the podcast on Twitter: @friendsofmikedEmail the podcast at [email protected] moments from the pod: 0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S2E9 featuring Kyle Urek.2:30: Mike celebrates another MAJOR milestone for the podcast, which includes crossing the 2.5K download threshold.3:20: Corrections from Episodes 8 (Eric Metz) and 8.5 (the Point Fiver on 80s Action/Adventure Movies).  Mike deeply apologizes to the entire Detroit Pistons organization, Hip Hop Artist Nelly, and step brothers/half brothers for different but equally offensive mistakes.6:50: Mike updates the listeners on what’s been going on with him, which involves donating blood through the American Red Cross and their extremely strong snack game.8:30: In honor of this episode’s guest Kyle Urek (a top notch accountant) Mike reveals his favorite song about cash money.13:30: Mike welcomes S2E9 Guest Kyle Urek onto the podcast.14:35: Kyle gives some background on himself, including his involvement with the Gleaners Food Bank and his childhood dream of becoming an accountant.18:50: Kyle then gives the latest on what’s going on with him during the summer of 2021, which involves a trip to Hawaii, where they utilized the famed Janet Daniel airport shuttle service to get to and from the airport.22:25: Kyle then talks about his longest running friendship and what’s made it last all of these years.24:10: Mike and Kyle talk about the last time they saw each other, which was over cornhole that included another former podcast guest.27:20: Mike and Kyle then trace the origins of their friendship, which are very windy and old and involve little league baseball.  They also talk about how Kyle’s dad kept Moneyball-level stats for each kid on their team.30:45: Mike and Kyle discuss the joy of growing up in a town like Allen Park, MI.  They also discuss the quite painful game “9 Lives” they played as kids.33:15: The guys discuss another family of kids they spent a significant amount of time with growing up (the Guerrerio family) and how 7 kids could all fit in a midsize car to get home from school.35:00: Mike brings up his memories of the amazing snack game at the Urek household growing up.36:30: The guys discuss their love of Nintendo games, including Contra, Zelda, and Double Dribble as well as the architectural differences between Kyle and Mike’s houses growing up and how that impacted allowable noise levels during video game playing.39:45: The guys discuss the different baseball diamonds they grew up playing on in Allen Park as kids and they get DEEP on the topic.43:30: The guys then break down the legendary ice cream wars that were taking place in Allen Park back in the late 80s and 90s.45:45: Mike brings up that Kyle’s family were the first family in Allen Park, maybe the entire United States, to have access to the Internet via Prodigy.49:00: The guys then discuss their Honors Math Class taught by legendary Mrs. Coats at Cabrini Grade School.52:20: The guys then reminisce about marching in the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade as part of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Honor Corps aka the “Nerd Corps”.54:05: Kyle then tells the listeners what the key to a good friendship is in his eyes.56:15: Kyle breaks down some things he’s excited about in the next few months.58:00: Mike takes Kyle through the (not so) Rapid Fire segment, including talking about Kyle’s favorite snack from growing up, his favorite activity at his family cottage, his favorite things to do activity-wise with his daughter, and his all-time favorite University of Michigan sports memories.