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Once In A Blue Moon

by Janeen Pizzo

Tim Bergan and his daughter sit down to chat about his coaching career, his favorite memories, and other topics that happen to pop up throughout the conversations.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 31: Timmy Lattimore

    Tim shares stories from his childhood friend, Timmy Lattimore - the other half of the famous TNT :)

  2. Episode 30: Another Childhood Friend Bio!

    Thank you for being such a wonderful friend! My father is so lucky to have friends who are still willing to spend time with him.

  3. Episode 29: Sun City Recipes

    Tim reads some of his favorite recipes from a cookbook he found at the church in Sun City, Arizona... His ultimate message, just leave off the onions when sharing foods with him.

  4. Episode 28 -

    The focal person declined to have their life published on the internet. If Tim asks if you have heard it, just say yes out of respect for the person's wishes. When we recorded, I asked dad if he received permission to do a podcast on them and he said that he had. When he was talking about the...

  5. Episode 25: Foods of the Southern Tier (NY) Part II

    Tim shares more southern-tier favorites: Villagio, Century Manor, Silver Fox among a few others! Thanks for listening.

  6. Episode 24: Foods of the Southern Tier: Part I

    Tim shares his favorite dines in the Southern Tier: Castle, Moonwinks, Angee's, Beef & Barrel and Madigans

  7. Episode 23: Billy Foster! Tim's forever and ever friend!

    Thank you, Billy Foster, for remaining a true friend through all of this.

  8. Oh Al How We Love You

    Tim Bergan shares about his oldest grandson, Alex. Tim is excited to have his podcast episodes back up and running.

  9. Hey, Ace!

    Tim shares some more poems and talks about my cousin, Nick, I mean, Ace. :)

  10. Episode 20: Lots of quotes, poems, and some singing

    A lot of random in this episode. Enjoy.

  11. Episode 19

    Freaking fabulous conversation with dad about football (yes, I know Josh Allen is the Bills QB...) and enjoyed the phone chat...which is all this was ha ha ha ha

  12. Episode 18 - Mike Foster Legacy

    Mike Foster's coaching career is this episode's main focus. Thanks for listening.

  13. Episode 17 - A lot of Baseball in Poetry Form

    Tim talks about his Babe Ruth team, shares Casey at the Bat (again), and toward the end talks about his favorite pie...enjoy!

  14. Episode 16: George Whitcher

    In this episode, Tim talks about local football legend, George Whitcher. He shares stories from his past and a few more poems.

  15. Episode 14: Honoring Dick Gallagher

    Dick Gallagher recently passed away and Tim wanted to honor the work this man has done. In this episode, Tim shares some of Dick's most memorable accomplishments and shares thoughts and reflections from other WNY coaches who were close to Mr. Gallagher. Dick is certainly one of Western New York's...

  16. Episode 13: Pitillo

    So I finally got dad to put the papers down and have some unscripted conversations. Making progress ;) Enjoy this segment as he shares stories on one of his favorite friends, Nick Pitillo.

  17. Episode 12: Horses and Choices

    Tim reads a series of passages about a variety of topics including service, attitude, perseverance, etc. I tried to get him to expand on some of the ideas; however, he's into reading scripted writing right now. Enjoy this "audiobook" :) PS: Happy Birthday, Alex!

  18. Episode 11: Letters from the Past

    Tim shares some letters he received from 2013 (and one from 1998). FDR's famous quote closes this one out.

  19. Episode 10 - Four Life Lessons

    Check out Tim's reading of Four Life Lessons and a few Chain Emails "from 1993."

  20. Episode 9 - Adversity

    Tim shares some of his favorite quotes and coaching course curriculum.

  21. Episode 8 - Fair Warning Editorial

    Tim shares stories about two former coaches from opposing teams.

  22. Episode 7 - The 9 Pages of Signs

    Tim talks about Danny K, and common signs you can find around your everyday life. Believe it or not, they also apply to sports. Enjoy :)

  23. Episode 6 - Closing Out Assistant Coaches and NYC 2001

    Tim and Janeen chat about George Whitcher, Glenn Hall and the senior trip to New York City in May/June 2001. This episode has a nice (read: better) balance of his written stories and fluid conversation. Thank you for listening.

  24. Episode 5: Checkers, Chess and Robert Frost

    Dad shares his childhood checkers and chess playground competitions and highlights humility being a trait every coach should have...enjoy.

  25. Episode 4: Mount Carmel Crusaders

    Dad and I go back to the high school days of the Mt. Carmel Crusaders - this is a cross-country road trip down memory lane from Mt. Carmel to Arizona State and back again.

  26. Episode 3 - Casey at the Bat

    Dad shares more of his assistant coaches' stories, reveals his all-time favorite football manager who helped keep his team in top shape, and a broken dryer makes its debut in the show. Thanks for listening!

  27. Episode 2: Assistant Coaches and Throwback to 1988

    Dad and I chat about three of his assistant coaches and dear friends. I know them well and enjoyed hearing about some of the stories he shared. We introduced the connections between poetry and coaching (and why we open our piece with one) and dad reads from a school newsletter from 1988 when he…

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  28. Once in Blue Moon

    Janeen Bergan sits down with her father, Tim Bergan to talk a little about football and other things. This is the first episode and shares the Lineman's Creed, what family means to a team and the top female athletes from Tim's coaching career.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Tim Bergan and his daughter sit down to chat about his coaching career, his favorite memories, and other topics that happen to pop up throughout the conversations.

HOSTED BY

Janeen Pizzo

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Tim Bergan and his daughter sit down to chat about his coaching career, his favorite memories, and other topics that happen to pop up throughout the conversations.

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Once In A Blue Moon is created and hosted by Janeen Pizzo.
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