Wease Family Circus

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 Tits 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

Bruce Pilato has been in the room for damn near every moment that matters in rock and roll, and he did it all without ever leaving upstate New York. Three of the four Beatles on tape. 400 photos he owns outright. 1,100 celebrity interviews. This week Wease and Jake sit down at Captivate Studios with the legendary music journalist, ELP manager, and Rochester Music Hall of Fame producer for two hours of stories most people only wish they could tell. Bruce's dad gave him two rules at 18: stay in upstate New York where every band warms up before New York and LA, and never take a salary so you own your tapes and photos forever. He listened. That one call built an entire career. Inside this one: Bruce was at the Beverly Hilton the night Whitney Houston died, hours before Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party. What Clive did next, and how Jennifer Hudson ended up singing "I Will Always Love You" that night. The Drake story. Jake's brother Sammy told Bruce to write about some kid off Degrassi back in 2010. Bruce landed one of Drake's first major features after catching a sold-out Carrier Dome show and not understanding how a guy he'd never heard of filled the building. An hour alone with George Harrison that became Bruce's first USA Today cover, and how a kid's drawing of a race car broke the ice. Little Richard breaking down in tears on camera over a chandelier he bought his mama, plus the John Lennon story Richard told him that you have to hear to believe. Led Zeppelin at the Rochester War Memorial on September 11, 1971, the night of the Attica prison riot, and how Bruce ended up five feet from Jimmy Page. Plus the truth about the ELP live show that isn't a hologram, Steven Tyler on a pogo stick at FAO Schwarz, Jimi Hendrix recording Joni Mitchell in a Canadian coffee house in 1968, and Bruce's book "The Feedback: One Man's Journey." If you love rock and roll from back when it meant something, this is the one. Shoutout to our sponsors: Electric Car Corner out on Route 96 in Farmington, and The Contractor Store in Greece. 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 Bruce Pilato's Journey into Music Journalism 00:01:46 Meeting the Legends: From Jimi Hendrix to Led Zeppelin 00:18:53 The Drake Interview: How Jake Got Backstage at the Carrier Dome 00:09:34 Emerson Lake and Palmer: The LED Wall Tour Innovation 00:16:20 Greg Lake's Emotional Exit and the Tommy Mule Incident 00:25:25 The Fillmore East Era and Bill Graham's Genius 00:28:07 Electric Car Corner: Saving Money and the Environment 00:31:15 Clive Davis and Whitney Houston's Tragic Death 00:43:54 George Harrison: The Best Beatles Interview 00:49:12 Little Richard's Makeup Meltdown and Beatles Stories 00:53:39 Led Zeppelin at the War Memorial: Front Row to Backstage 00:40:31 The Book Project: Feedback and 1,100 Celebrity Interviews 01:09:20 Rochester Jazz Fest, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Steven Tyler on a Pogo Stick

The whole family broadcasting from inside the weed shop on Clifford Ave, right next to Savoia's Bakery, for the one-year block party. Wease, Doreen, Lucy, and Jake. Fifty grand in production gear sitting next to Grateful Dead bongs and glow-in-the-dark ashtrays. Jake brought 38 and a half cables when he needed 39 and a half. Couldn't go live at first. Then built a full studio inside a dispensary anyway. Doreen got attacked by a dog this morning. Second time walking Stevie. A chocolate lab came flying off a porch and went for Stevie's neck. Doreen tripped, fell flat on the concrete. Wease screaming get up. No hearing aids in, heard nothing. The dog kept coming. Her arm hurts, her head hurts, adrenaline wore off hours later. Wease kept patting her, you're okay, you're okay. Lucy says that's what they're supposed to say. Eddie Barron's in the room. His nephew is Wembanyama's shooting coach. Eddie cheered for the Knicks anyway and wouldn't tell him. Whole family in Knicks gear. The flight back from Florida with Stevie. Middle seat filled up with Catherine from the VA in Buffalo. Loved Stevie, helped the whole flight. Wease wanted to buy Stevie a seat. Doreen said no, we'll get lucky. They did. Tommy Turner died. Tommy Corvette. Spina bifida. A decade in Monroe Community Hospital. Wrote a children's book from his bed. Doctors said he'd be lucky to see five. Made it to 53. Allie the budtender brings the goods. Sherb Cream Pie. Cherry Apple. Creamsicle Sunset. Wease thought there was actual pie in the container, took him half an hour to open it. Then he smelled it. Woo-wee. Lucy tells the one about smuggling a bong into ninth-grade summer school. Named it Blue. Walked it in every day. Last day, the teacher goes I always wondered what was in that backpack. Then the vapes. Lemon Fresh. Two-gram live resin disposable. 400 hits. Wease takes one. Oh God I'm scared. Uh oh. Jake says we're 50 minutes in, so if you fade out. Wease says I'm in trouble. The Estée Lauder guy died at 56 from facial filler. Not Botox, filler. Doreen does Botox. Lucy calls it a neurotoxin. We're pro-Botox over here. Wease goes off on the NFL rigging conspiracy. Two people on Facebook positive it's rigged, claim everyone signed NDAs. Wease says you gotta be a complete idiot, nobody can ever explain how. The NBA would print money sending the Knicks back to New York for game six. That's not rigging. That's business. Kyle walks in with a tattoo of Wease on his back. Full Rochester sleeve. Susan B. Anthony. Genesee logo. Flower city. Wease's face right in the middle. Love you forever. Lucy doesn't even have a tattoo of her dad. Wease says best production in America. Jake says there's plenty of people in this town more capable, but yeah, fifty grand in gear, none of it from what we spent to start this. All from the company. SPONSORS The Contractor Store. Vetted pros. No cocaine. No bamboozle. thecontractorstore.com Cannabis Corner. Clifford Ave next to Savoia's Bakery. Where Wease gets his herb. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome to Cannabis Corner: Live from the Block Party 00:03:16 Lucy's Dog Attack Story: Stevie Gets Jumped 00:07:51 Eddie Barron's Nephew: Coaching Wembanyama on the Spurs 00:12:41 Knicks Playoff Magic: The 0.4 Percent Comeback 00:14:39 Are Sports Rigged? The Facebook Argument 00:16:56 Hair Salons and Scalp Massages: Wease's New Obsession 00:19:42 Marshawn Lynch in Euphoria and Bills Memories 00:21:03 Stevie the Travel Dog: Flying Like a Rock Star 00:23:02 Cannabis Corner Product Showcase: Vapes and Flower 00:26:58 Electric Car Corner Preview and Ted Boylan Coincidence 00:32:22 Seminole Police and Casino Life in Florida 00:34:02 Product Deep Dive: Rhythm Vapes and Rosin Cartridges 00:40:23 Jake's High School Bong Story: Bringing Blue to Summer School 00:43:28 AI Naked Pictures and Teenage Bullying Crisis 00:48:30 Wease Gets Too Stoned: The Vape Hit That Changed Everything 00:54:15 Estee Lauder Executive Dies from Facial Filler 00:57:46 Jake's Production Skills and The Contractor Store Plug 01:00:53 Kyle's Wease Tattoo: A Rochester Legend Forever

Marshall Fine walks into the Circus. The guy who wrote the book. Film critic, author, the man who spent two years pulling stories out of Wease and his old friends and turned it into Addie's with Wease. Wease was mad about how Marshall wrote it. Until he wasn't. Until he got that Marshall had to write it in Wease's voice, because it's Wease's story, told the way Wease tells it. All the detours, all the chaos, all the stuff you'd never think to ask about. Jake built an AI index of every story in the book. Show prep on demand. One click and you're in the spider tattoo story. Or Miss Gay Rochester. Or the repo man who wouldn't turn the boat around for five grand. Or the time Wease's dad got him kidnapped. Marshall talks process. The themes. The stories that didn't make it. Why he was so locked in on Wease's father. How you take a life that chaotic and find the throughline. Then it goes everywhere. The Knicks comeback. Down 29. Doreen smacking Wease every missed free throw. 0.04% chance of winning. OG Anunoby tips it in with seconds left. Larry David and Seinfeld losing their minds courtside. Taylor Swift catching heat for being too into it. Wease defending her. The pro Palestine guy who went after Seinfeld. Said Jerry's nobody now. Marshall and Wease break down why that's insane. Seinfeld is timeless. The Knicks ran George and Jerry in a taxi on the jumbotron before the game. Man's not irrelevant. Marshall's Grateful Dead Knicks shirt. Same one for the Bills. The Yankees. The Twins. 40 years in New York, started in Minnesota, Gannett in Rochester, a year in Marin, then Westchester in '87. The 1984 article Marshall wrote about Wease. An old friend mailed it to him last week. Paper's disintegrating. The plaque's in his office. Pit bulls. Two recent attacks. One in Geneva bit a cop. Another turned on its own owner. Wease goes off. Jake and Marshall defend the breed. It's the owners. It's the training. Doreen brings up the baby. Wease says those people killed that baby. The remora that lives in a manta ray's asshole. Seven documented cases. Swims so far in you only see the tip of the tail. The whole family loses it. Marshall brings up the Mark Wahlberg movie where a fish swims up his dick. Balls Up on Netflix. The whole thing builds to that one gag. Movie talk. The Sheep Detectives, Hugh Jackman, very cute, not for kids under seven unless you want the death conversation. Company Retreat, the Jury Duty people, one guy doesn't know everyone's an actor. The Other Guys still holds up. Project Hail Mary, Marshall says 45 minutes too long, Doreen loved it. Mrs. Maisel. Jake calls the kitchen table scenes some of the best TV ever made. Marshall didn't watch it. Jake's stunned. The Bear. Marshall quit after two episodes, his kids dragged him back, now they're hooked. The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow, Marshall's pick, a reality TV spoof across 20 years. Welcome to Wrexham. Reynolds and McElhenney buy a dead last Welsh team and promote them three years straight. Jake says greatest sports story ever. Marshall says reality TV. Jake says documentary. It's a biopic of a town. The World Cup. US plays Australia tonight. Soccer just passed baseball in America. Was 69th, now third. Marshall says media figured out they could monetize it. Jake says any kid can play. You just need shin pads. Marshall's son got hooked on cricket by the West Asian families in his neighborhood. SPONSORS: Cannabis Corner 1 Year Block Party. June 20, 2 to 8 p.m. Wease Family Circus live. Free food, DJ, vendors. Clifford Ave next to Savoia Bakery. The Contractor Store. Vetted pros. No cocaine. No bamboozle. thecontractorstore.com. Electric Car Corner. Previously enjoyed electric cars. Route 96. Save money, drive green. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice.

Wease buried a Burger King bag in the backyard and called it a funeral. Lucy's hamster died while the family was in Florida, so Wease threw the whole cage in the garbage. Lucy wanted a real burial. So they stuffed a Burger King bag in the ground, held a full ceremony, and mourned a Whopper wrapper. Nibbles the hamster got fast food last rites. Full house this week. Wease, Doreen, Lucy, and Jake all in the room. Bruno Mars in Toronto. A fire alarm at 5 a.m. Two hours outside in the cold. Eleven flights of stairs. The trip almost ruined before it started. Tommy Turner died. Tommy Corvette. Spina bifida. A decade in Monroe Community Hospital. Wrote a children's book from his bed. Doctors said he'd be lucky to see five. He made it to 53. The Sabres season. Jake cried multiple times this year. Game seven was the most exhilarating emotional roller coaster of his life. Montreal got destroyed by Carolina. Buffalo would have played them tougher. Everyone knows it. Welcome to Wrexham. Ryan Reynolds bought a dead last Welsh soccer team and promoted them three straight years. Jake calls it the greatest sports story in the history of sports. AI is getting scary. Doreen and her friend used AI to drop six hot single guys into a kitchen photo and sent it to the Portugal yoga group. Then they did it again with refrigerator repairmen. Mike Amalfi thought the guys were real. The surprise debate. Wease hates surprises. Knowing you're going to Vegas beats being surprised with Vegas because you get to look forward to it. Then the story of Carrie the nanny popping out of a box. The baby deer saga. Jake found a baby deer crying in Lexi's yard. The dog thought it was its mom. The next day there was one in Jake's own backyard. Mom came back at dusk and took it. Riley thinks Wease is Mimi's dad. She's known him her whole life. These grandkids don't know anything. Bentonville, Arkansas. Bike capital of America. The Waltons built the whole town. Subsidized ice cream, a dollar a scoop. Jake says it tastes like money. The Contractor Store. After getting scammed by a coke head contractor, Wease is all in. Vetted pros. No cocaine. No bamboozle. thecontractorstore.com. Electric Car Corner. John from Cannabis Corner opened Electric Car Corner on Route 96. Previously enjoyed electric cars. Wease says hybrids charge themselves. Ronin turns off all the lights. Better than Jake. Better than Bianca. Wease tortured Jake and Lucy in Florida checking closets. Adam's closet light is always on. Radiant Mobile. The Christian cell phone company. Blocks porn, blocks LGBTQ content, blocks parts of Yale's website. 29 bucks a month. Same network as Trump's phone. Twins with two different fathers. Ultra rare. Two men, two eggs, days apart. Found out years later from a genealogy test. UPCOMING: Cannabis Corner 1 Year Block Party. June 20, 1 to 8 p.m. Wease Family Circus live podcast 4:30 to 6. Free food, DJ, vendors. Clifford Avenue next to Savoia Bakery. Books available for signing. Wease Show Reunion. July 17. Comedy at the Carlson, part of the Rochester Comedy Festival. BJ, Cindy Cummins, surprise guests. Proceeds to the Rochester Cancer Alliance. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Bruno Mars Fire Alarm Drama 00:03:02 Baby Deer Rescue: The Neighborhood Wildlife Encounter 00:05:13 Tommy Corvette Tribute and Sabres Playoff Heartbreak 00:09:58 Welcome to Wrexham: The Greatest Sports Story Ever 00:28:09 Gay Pride Month Controversy and Taking a Stand 00:38:40 The Contractor Store: Lessons from Getting Scammed 00:44:10 Bentonville Arkansas: America's Bicycle Capital 00:54:21 Electric Cars and Turning Off the Lights 01:00:58 News Clippings: Christian Phone Service and Twin Daddies 01:09:13 The Surprise Debate and Upcoming Shows

The Wease Family Circus is full house this episode. Wease, Doreen, Lucy, and Jake all in the room. We start with the show. July 17. Comedy at the Carlson. Wease Show Reunion. All the people you loved from the radio, live and in person, finishing what should have been on the air. Q&A. Surprise guests. The whole circus. Come be part of it. Tickets at https://ci.ovationtix.com/35843/production/1276829?performanceId=11813588 Then we go everywhere. The Sabers. Wease is ready to write them off. Jake says the team that showed up in those last two games is not the team that won the division. Self inflicted. They took accountability. They said it themselves. Whoever wins Buffalo vs Montreal is getting destroyed by Carolina anyway, who got two weeks off, which Wease thinks is bullshit. The Rochester AI documentary that taught Jake more about this city than 30 years of living here. George Eastman dumping billions into Rochester. The clothing manufacturing roots. Hickey Freeman. The Rochester Royals winning an NBA championship before becoming the Sacramento Kings. The Razor Sharks. The hoodie being invented in Rochester by Knickerbocker Knitting Company, later Champion. The whole what could have been list. Kodak. Xerox. Bausch and Lomb. All shit the bed. The conspiracy theory rant. People on Facebook saying the NHL playoffs are rigged. Wease wants to meet these people in person. Jake says one ref can shift a game but the NFL is too big a money machine to script. Running Point on Netflix. Why everything new feels written for people scrolling. Apple TV still gets it. Shrinking. Game of Thrones. Old HBO. The whole streaming dumb down. Macaulay Culkin watching his own movies with his kids while they have no idea it's him. Health takeover. Jake is sponsoring Function Health blood panels for the family. 100 biomarkers. Lucy is in. Doreen is out. She does not want to know. Jake explaining how he reversed pre diabetes by cutting carbs. How not eating after sundown spiked his recovery scores. Sloan Kettering moving patients onto monitoring apps as the future of medicine. Mikey Amalfi caught early because of a number on a blood test. Why screening matters. Beach beef. Wease has thoughts on bikini bottoms and grown men with bigger tits than the women. The argument about whether topless women being legal would kill industries that depend on the mystery. Jake says you can still sell sex. Wease says ask any titty bar owner. The Door Saga. Wease and Johnny Yarrow trying to fix two sliding doors while Doreen is out of town. The wrong number that turned into a fake door company. The guy who showed up with white powder in his nose. The bullying. The $3,000 Doreen handed over. The same number answering as an event planner the next day. Then a healthcare company. Full scam. Jake's plug for The Contractor Store hits different now. Vetted pros. No coke heads. No bamboozle. Go to thecontractorstore.com. Jake's Target story. The woman on FaceTime asking how the other person knew she was at Target while standing inside Target. Plus, the soldier who bet $400K on a Venezuela coup he was running. Wease says if you're going to overthrow a country, let the man cash his Kalshi ticket. The whole gambling everywhere conversation. Politics. Oil. Whatever you want to bet on. UPCOMING: Canna Corner 1 Year Block Party. June 20. 2 to 8pm. Free food, DJ, glass blowing, local vendors, right next to Savoias Bakery. Where Wease gets his herb. Wease Show Reunion. July 17. Comedy at the Carlson. Part of the Rochester Comedy Festival, July 16 to 19. Proceeds to the Rochester Cancer Alliance. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: The Contractor Store 00:02:48 Sabres Playoff Talk: Hope vs Reality (OLD NEWS) 00:07:20 Rochester History: From NBA Team to Manufacturing Hub 00:13:08 The Hoodie Was Invented in Rochester 00:15:58 Are Sports Rigged? The Conspiracy Theory Debate 00:20:57 Netflix Shows and Doom Scrolling: Running Point Review 00:30:35 Function Health: Taking Control of Your Biomarkers 00:42:08 Beach Beefs: Bikinis, Topless Men, and Body Politics 00:49:25 Jake's Water Bottle Save and Other Random Stories 00:52:33 The Three Thousand Dollar Door Scam: Cocaine and Chaos 01:05:16 Betting on Maduro: Should Soldiers Be Allowed to Gamble?

This episode is brought to you by the Contractor Store. https://thecontractorstore.com/ Elvio Fernandes walks into the Circus. 14 years in Daughtry. One of Rochester's most famous musicians, even if he won't say it himself. Wease has known him since the very beginning, when Elvio was a 28-year-old real estate agent with two kids, a mortgage, and a phone that randomly buzzed mid-showing. Chris Daughtry, fresh off American Idol, asking him to audition for the band. Elvio said no. His wife Jess said try again. The rest is history. This is the full origin story. How Elvio extracted audio from YouTube clips of Daughtry doing radio acoustic sets, layered piano and harmonies over them, and sent them back so the band could hear what he'd sound like before he ever stepped in a room with them. That tape is what got him the gig. The band didn't want a new guy. Howard Benson heard the harmonies and changed their minds. The song he wrote with Chris before he was even in the band. "Crazy." Third Daughtry album. Gold record on the wall. Came home from tour to find Jess had a hot tub, a new deck, and John Krueger doing renovations. The Steven Tyler story. Two weeks into the band, Elvio's in a trailer at American Idol with naked mannequins everywhere while Tyler plays him the unreleased Aerosmith record and sings harmonies in his ear. JLo in the makeup chair asking what nationality he is. Portugal. First time he's ever played his family's country. 16 cousins in the audience. Speech in Portuguese after the fourth song. Wearing a Ronaldo jersey. The whole crowd doing the "SIU" goal celebration. Chris thinking the crowd was booing him. The Brad Arnold tribute. Three Doors Down tours. The country song they wrote together that never came out. Rockstar Academy. Travel sports for kids who play music instead of sports. BB Dang origin story. Why college is mostly a scam. Why "I want to be famous" is the worst possible reason to chase music. Why you have to love the grind, the shitty songs, the smoky bars, all of it. Elvio's Portuguese coffee shop in Rochester. His brother's witchcraft in the kitchen. The pasteis de nata that Doreen brought back from Lisbon. Why Wease thinks Elvio's spot would kill it anywhere in the world. Cancel culture is dead. Kanye sold out SoFi for two nights. Ronnie Radke shitting on Buffalo to a sold-out Darien Lake. The mumble rap debate. Sperm racing in California (don't ask). Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart town. Mountain biking capital. Why Wease almost died on an electric mountain bike. Plus, the book is out. "Addie's with Wease" by Marshall Fine and Brother Wease. Amazon and weasefamilycircus.com. UPCOMING: Canna Corner 1-Year Block Party. June 20. 2pm to 8pm. Free food, free cocktails, live DJ, glass-blowing demos, local vendors. Where Wease gets his herb. Rochester Comedy Festival. July 16-19. Multiple venues. All proceeds to the Rochester Cancer Alliance. Wease Show Reunion. Friday July 17. Comedy at the Carlson. Kevin Meaney Showroom. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice.

Mark Ippolito walks into the Circus. The man behind every major comedy show in Rochester. The guy who turned a dinky pool hall into a 190-seat club in Webster, then convinced Shresh Gowell to break into an abandoned warehouse and build Comedy at the Carlson, one of the best clubs in America. This is the origin story of Rochester comedy Mark started at Comics Cafe in the box office. Then security. Then clearing tables before bottles became weapons. Then bartending. Then management. Then JJ bought the place and Mark became the guy. 11 years in Webster. 190 seats. Drew Carey. Dice. Super Troopers. Impractical Jokers. All on a tiny stage that got too small when Buffalo opened Helium and Syracuse got an Improv. Rochester was the tent pole. Goldilocks porridge. Right in the middle. They just needed a bigger room. Shresh and Sheryl sat in a booth every Friday saying "we gotta do something." Morgan Stern was opening Radio Social. Wease made the intro. Mark and Shresh literally broke into the building next door. Drew the whole thing on a napkin at Salvatore's. Then they built it. Comedy at the Carlson. 325 seats. Private parking inside the building. Private hallway to the green room. Speakers everywhere. A monitor and clock for every comedian. The kind of setup that makes pros say this is one of the best clubs in the country. Nikki Glaser played the Carlson before she became Nikki Glaser. Tiffany Haddish was in Wease's studio the same week her movie played across the street, six months removed from living in her car. Theo Vaughn. Jamie Foxx. Jim Norton. The Jim Norton story. Montreal festival. JJ owned Comics Cafe but didn't know comedy. Norton mentioned he'd do NYC sets for 50 bucks. JJ thought that's what comedians cost. Offered Norton 200 to come to Rochester. JJ also wanted to book "that Seinfeld guy." Had no idea who Seinfeld was. The Rickles Room. 100 seats. Intimate. For comics who can't fill 325 yet but can pack a small room and kill. Earl David Reed this weekend. Mark expanded again. Took over the Irish dance studio next door. Built The Carlson event venue. Weddings. Fundraisers. A church rents it Sundays at 6 a.m. Van Halen plays while they set up. Maximizing square footage. The first annual Rochester Comedy Festival. July 16-19. Multiple venues. Carlson. Radio Social. The Vault. Photo City. Artisan Works. The Wease Show Reunion Friday night, multiple mics, surprise guests flying in. Proceeds go to the Rochester Cancer Alliance. Funniest Person in Rochester finale kicks it off Thursday. 124 entries this year. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: The Contractor Store 00:00:41 Introducing Mark Ippolito: Rochester's Comedy Kingmaker 00:03:14 From Comics Cafe to Comedy at the Carlson: The Journey 00:05:51 The Comedy Club at Webster and Finding the Perfect Location 00:07:11 Breaking into the Carlson: Drawing Dreams on a Bar Napkin 00:10:58 Building a Headliner's Room: Green Rooms and Low Ceilings 00:13:41 Nikki Glaser and Tiffany Haddish: Before They Were Stars 00:25:48 The Rickles Room: Intimate Comedy for 100 00:28:14 Earl David Reed and the Art of Crowd Work 00:30:45 Sports Talk: Giants, Knicks, and Philly Sucks 00:23:09 The Carlson Event Venue: Maximizing Every Square Foot 00:45:51 Rochester Comedy Festival Announcement: Four Days of Laughs 00:47:39 The Wease Show Reunion: Friday Night Anchor Event 00:50:12 Comedy for a Cause: Supporting the Rochester Cancer Alliance 00:56:00 Funniest Person in Rochester Contest: 124 Hopefuls Compete Then sports. Mark talks Giants, Knicks, Bills. Micah Hyde befriended his nephew before he passed. Played video games with him every night. Brought him to the suite. Mark owns every Hyde jersey he could find. Hyde just launched a THC drink called Hyde's Hail Mary. Mark's bringing it to the club. Philly tried to block Knicks fans from playoff tix. Buffalo's doing it to Montreal fans. Mark says let them come. Best games are sitting next to a rival fan, breaking stones all night, high fives by the end. Mark's a Giants fan because his father was. Western NY was Giants territory before the Bills existed. His dad was a bookie. Hated the Yankees. Mark inherited that too. John Sterling died. 85. Yankees broadcaster 30+ years. John DiTullio hated him. Wease used to torture DiTullio with Sterling clips on the air. Vinnie Marcus walks in. Lost 65 pounds. Treadmill 3.1 miles a day. Looks like a different person. Jim Florentine in Endicott this weekend. Rob's Comedy Playhouse in Buffalo Saturday. Rochester Comedy Festival. July 16-19. Tickets on sale this week. Proceeds to the Rochester Cancer Alliance. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice.

Salvatore Fantauzzo walks into the Circus. Soccer Sam. Started with one pizza shop on Main Street in 1978. Turned it into 32 locations across New York. Financed his employees. Turned box makers into franchise owners. Built an empire on loyalty, hard work, and a high school home ec project. This episode is the origin story. A senior year assignment turned into a 48 year legacy. Fred's meat market almost became a pizzeria. A shoe store across the street became the first Salvatore's. Captain Tony's, Pontillo's, and Bunny Goodman were the only competition back then. Sam talks about the 1983 pizza convention in Florida that changed everything. Mozzarella sticks. Chicken fingers. Buffalo wings from a girl who worked at the Anchor Bar. The moment Salvatore's became more than just pizza and subs. He talks about buying Aziz Pizza's leftover boxes when they went out of business because he was broke. The Pac Man machine in the lobby that kept him afloat. His brother pushing him to that convention. Necessity forcing him to expand because pizza alone wasn't cutting it. The franchise model that built Salvatore's. His brother and John Corgi were his first employees at 13. The second location opened inside a bar called Chadwicks. Nick from Donuts Delite started making boxes at eight, went to college for graphic design, came back, and now owns the store. 30 of 32 locations are owned by former employees. That's the Salvatore's way. You start making boxes. You work your way up. Sam finances your store. You build your life. Sam's biggest mistake? Not recognizing talent early enough. Mike DeBull left to start the Wegmans pizza department and built the entire food court concept. Chelsea from Branca started as a 17 year old server and runs one of the biggest restaurant operations in Monroe County. Tim Archeco owns Otto Tomato in Pittsford. All former Salvatore's. The soccer obsession. First Lancers game at 10. Every Inter Miami home game for five years straight. Last night he watched Messi blow a 3-0 lead and lose 4-3 to Orlando. 26,000 fans. Half from Uruguay, Costa Rica, Argentina. Young boys wearing pink and proud because of Messi. The women's soccer revolution. Trinity Rodman just signed a million dollar contract. Joe Sahlen gave away the Western New York Flash years ago. Now teams sell for 220 million. Wease had women's players on the show in the 90s when nobody cared. Those same women are millionaires today. Sam's 98 year old father in law lives alone, cooks alone, and mowed his own lawn until Sam intentionally broke the mower three months ago. Refuses senior living. Sharp as ever. Three kids. Ten grandkids. Santino owns Bushnell's Basin at 21. Started making boxes at 12. Tried college for six months and said I can't do this. Roxy helps run Santino's spot and owns her own nail salon. The youngest works for Salvatore's. Sal is an acupuncturist. The third generation is coming up. The Rochester versus Florida debate. Wease goes off on the guy who called Rochester a shit hole. Festivals everywhere. Music everywhere. Great hospitals. Great restaurants. Rochester is not a shit hole. Sam's body is broken down from working so hard his whole life. Florida heat helps. Rochester hurts. Pickleball with Linda. Soccer with his boys when he's in town. Wease on his Parkinson's. Walked three and a half miles this morning. Gym at 6 a.m. He doesn't want to get out of bed but he has to keep moving. Spirit Airlines collapses the day Doreen is supposed to fly to Tampa to take care of her mom. JetBlue acquires Spirit. Wease bought the tickets with points. Now the points are gone. I need this broad. I'm no good alone. This episode is the Salvatore's story. The soccer. The franchise. The mistakes. The loyalty. The legacy. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: The Contractor Store 00:00:56 Introducing Soccer Sam: Salvador Fantuzo and the Koji Connection 00:02:54 The First Salvador's and Brother Wease's Early Support 00:03:54 From High School Project to Pizza Empire: 32 Locations and Counting 00:05:58 The Home Economics Class That Started It All 00:10:13 Pizza Philosophy: Rochester Style vs New York Style 00:15:20 Soccer Sam's Passion: From Lancers to Lionel Messi 00:16:28 Hope Solo, Women's Soccer, and Making Millions 00:18:12 Inter Miami VIP Experience: 26,000 Fans in Pink 00:31:08 Building an Empire: Turning Employees into Owners 00:44:22 Business Mistakes and Lost Talent: The Wegmans Story 00:51:06 The Importance of Family Support and Hard Work 00:56:28 Rochester Pride and Spirit Airlines Drama

There's a study. Parents who let their older kids swear in front of them end up with more honest relationships with their kids. Strict parents? Their kids hide everything, sneak out, lie. Lucy brings it up. That sets the tone for the whole episode. This week: The peewee football game that almost made Lucy cry. The kid she babysits is about to turn 8. Simeon stayed with the family this week. He brought tulips. Tulips are toxic to cats. They live on top of the fridge now. Adam and Simeon walked into Blue Wolf Bistro to take down a 40-minute food challenge. Four 8-ounce patties, fries, mac and cheese, a milkshake. The pro record is 13 minutes. They didn't even finish in 40. Then they threw up. The Fairport fight everyone's losing their mind about. And the eternal Rochester debate about whether Fairport is actually worse than the city now. Doreen's Portugal trip we somehow forgot to talk about until now. Lucy hit 13,000 steps babysitting Ronin because the kid decided they were running today. Sunburn included. Cameras are everywhere now. Your Uber has one. Just assume. Wease with the gloves off. No FCC. No corporate clock. SPONSORS The Contractor Store. If you're a contractor, they'll get you set up, get you gigs, hook you up. Dude, just go to contractorstore.com. It's nice to be important. It's more important to be nice. 0:00 Cold Open 0:29 Family And Sports Talk 1:42 Planning Game Day 2:49 Game Predictions 6:22 Sponsor: The Contractor Store 6:46 Sports And Personal Stories 9:35 Dreams And Unresolved Stuff 12:01 Betting Stories 15:37 Newspaper Clippings And More Dreams 16:15 The Kids Swearing Conversation 25:34 Strict Parents Make Sneaky Kids 26:33 Reading To Kids 31:24 When Reading Actually Hits You 32:11 Sports And Family Memories 33:40 Family Gift Pranks 37:31 The Ice Cream Misunderstanding 40:44 Sports Scandals 45:01 The Cruise Incident: Whose Fault Was It 47:04 Bagel Talk 47:28 The Bagel Shop That Restored Our Faith 51:01 Poker Stories And Bad Luck 57:06 Adam And Simeon vs The Blue Wolf Food Challenge 1:02:41 Where Adam Wants His Next Eating Contest 1:03:30 The Fairport Bar Fight 1:04:35 Cameras Are Everywhere Now 1:06:07 13,000 Steps Babysitting Ronan 1:07:24 Social Media In Books 1:09:30 Dash Cams Are Watching You 1:15:00 Dunkin's Portuguese Connection 1:15:23 Sign Off

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark hosts free estate planning workshops that break down what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease Wheels Maxwell from Wednesdays with Wheels rolls into the Circus and the whole thing goes sideways in the best way. Sabres playoff fever, Facebook jail, a $300K cruise ship lawsuit, and a story about loaning money to a degenerate poker player that ends with Doreen playing collections agent. Buffalo is back in the playoffs for the first time in forever and Wheels is fully locked in. The family gets into the absurd ticket resale prices, why season ticket holders aren't the villains, and how the Sabres are throwing a massive free viewing party at Canalside that might be more fun than sitting in the arena. Jake remembers being at the Stanley Cup Finals as a kid. Doreen admits she's on the bandwagon. Wease drops the real take: if you don't want to pay inflated prices, don't pay them. Go to the free party. Then it gets heavy in a good way. Wheels opens up about Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Getting kicked out of the Special Olympics because he wasn't mentally disabled. Playing Paralympic sled hockey in Buffalo. The dating life where people Google his life expectancy before they'll meet him for a drink. Real stories, no filter, no pity party. We also hit Wease's last day at iHeart. Jake captured the whole thing on camera. Doreen is the negotiator, Wease is the softie who feels bad for everyone, and somewhere in there is the story of a poker player who stiffed Wease for $150 until Doreen hunted him down so hard Wease finally caved and handed her $200 just to make her stop. Doreen and Lucy recap Tortuga Music Festival. Beach vibes, country crowds, Toby Keith between sets. Jake admits it's not his scene. Doreen defends the country fans and says they're the nicest people at any festival. Then Kalshi comes up. The app where you can bet on politics and weather. Wease bets $50 that Trump would name-drop the space launch and cashes out $100 in two seconds. Wheels explains how people were betting on war with Iran right before it happened. Congress is already trying to regulate it. Then the craziest story of the episode. Wheels gets thrown in Facebook jail for child exploitation. Someone hacked his account and sent illegal content through Messenger. Month-long lockout. He panics, appeals, loses his mind, then admits it was the best digital detox of his life. Second he got his account back he was right back on it because the podcast runs on social. The family goes to war over parents suing Facebook, age verification, or whether parents just need to parent. Wease says blaming the platform is like blaming heroin dealers. Doreen pushes back: not every kid has great parents. We close with a $300,000 cruise ship lawsuit. A 45 year old woman drinks 14 shots of tequila in nine hours, falls down a staircase, and sues Carnival for over-serving her. Wease calls BS. She could have been at six different bars. The family gets into bartender responsibility and whether cruise ships should be on the hook when someone tequilas themselves into the ER. Plus stories about Brother Larry the bookmaker who'd settle debts for pennies on the dollar, the Wi-Fi crash that killed the recording mid-sentence, and why Wheels never got hooked up like Bull did back in the day. Sabres hype. Facebook nightmares. Tequila lawsuits. Classic Circus. It's nice to be important. But it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: Clark Peskin 00:01:25 Introducing Wheels Maxwell: Sabers Playoffs Excitement 00:02:18 Sabres Memories: Jake at the Stanley Cup Finals 00:04:06 Rasmus Dahlin's Journey and His Wife's Heart Transplant 00:05:57 Playoff Ticket Prices: The Resale Debate 00:10:37 The Masters and Taylor Swift: Ticket Control Done Right 00:14:51 Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month with Wheels 00:16:51 Kicked Out of Special Olympics: The Swimming Story 00:18:28 Paralympic Sled Hockey and Ray Maluda Connection 00:20:26 Wease's Final Day at iHeart: Behind the Scenes 00:23:29 Doreen the Negotiator vs Wease the Softie 00:25:11 The $150 Poker Loan That Won't Get Paid Back 00:31:09 Tortuga Music Festival: Country Crowds and Beach Vibes 00:37:10 Kalshi App: Betting on Politics and Weather 00:42:00 Facebook Jail: Wheels' Child Exploitation Nightmare 00:45:27 Phone Addiction and Digital Detox Reality 00:49:15 Suing Facebook: Parents vs Social Media Giants 00:54:25 The $300K Cruise Ship Lawsuit: 14 Shots of Tequila 00:57:41 Bartender Responsibility and Over-Serving 01:07:07 Brother Larry the Bookmaker: Settling Debts for Less 01:08:24 Wi-Fi Crash and Final Thoughts with Wheels

Aaron Gold was Brother Wease's intern in the summer of 1991. On his first day, he showed up to find out the other intern — also named Aaron — had died that weekend. That was his welcome to the Brother Wease Morning Circus. 35 years later, he's a senior editor at Motor Trend, and he's finally back to tell the stories. The Pauly Shore kick-out. The Joe Cocker bit BJ ruined on purpose. Nora Hayden and the invention of football, baseball, and ice cream sundaes on the radio. The Circle of Jerkness. And the night BJ Shaeffer walked him through his divorce over ice cream at the Grammys. This one's for the real ones who remember the golden age of CMF mornings — and anyone who wants to know how that kind of radio actually got made. Plus: Wease shops the new Kia Telluride, Aaron explains why he secretly loves the Cybertruck, and we learn way more than anyone needed to know about mules. ⸻ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Clark Peskin estate planning (seriously, go to a seminar) 01:00 — Aaron Gold checks in from LA (and he's sitting next to Jake) 02:33 — Motor Trend, Toby Gold, and how Wease gave him the internship 04:30 — Telluride vs. Palisade: Wease shops for a new ride 08:49 — The summer of '91, Tom Proietti, and how the internship actually happened 12:00 — The dead intern story: "You're Toby's kid?" 15:18 — D the Killer Deadhead vs. Pauly Shore 17:40 — What it was really like to work the Brother Wease Morning Circus 19:30 — Why Wease kicked Pauly Shore out (twice) and Michael Winslow once 22:30 — The Jack Benny theory: great radio has no ego 25:30 — Why Wease says he has no talent (and why Jake calls BS) 28:00 — "Cocker? I don't even know her" — the Joe Cocker bit BJ blew up 30:30 — Nora Hayden, football, baseball, and ice cream sundaes 32:30 — "Blow me a kiss" and the joke that almost got Aaron killed 38:00 — Beagles, Corvettes, and a 100-year-old snow shovel in LA 43:00 — Rule #1 at Motor Trend: if the press launch is in Florida, the car sucks 44:00 — The Cybertruck confession 49:30 — Infiniti QX80, keypad entries, and hacking press cars 55:30 — Aaron's kids, and how BJ Shaeffer talked him through his divorce 1:00:30 — The Circle of Jerkness 1:02:00 — The crazy lady, "Scotty!", and the loudest page in CMF history 1:04:30 — Mules, baby mules, and a horse named Mercedes 1:10:30 — "Aaron takes it in the face" — how BJ worked a directional mic 1:12:30 — Kasko Gladstone, Desert Storm, and the song that gave Aaron chills 1:14:10 — 35 years later: thank you to the master 1:15:00 — Sabres vs. Tampa, Fubo TV, and the gay hockey show 1:21:30 — The wrong bed, Doreen's Irish temper, and guest-room protocol ⸻ SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW 🎙️ weasefamilycircus.com 📺 YouTube: @weasefamilycircus 📸 Instagram: @weasefamilycircus 🎧 Spotify / Apple Podcasts: Wease Family Circus ⸻ THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY Clark Peskin — free estate planning seminars every other Wednesday at noon and 4pm. Sign up at weasefamilycircus.com or clarkpeskin.com. A will isn't enough. Go get educated. ⸻ ABOUT THE SHOW The Wease Family Circus is the continuation of a decades-long radio legacy — Brother Wease, Doreen, Jake, Lucy, and a rotating cast of people you already know. New long-form episodes every week. Clips, vault drops, and live call-ins in between. No corporate polish. No bullshit. Same Circus. New ring. #WeaseFamilyCircus #BrotherWease #RochesterNY #CMF #Podcast #AaronGold #MotorTrend #BJShaeffer

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In Episode 12 of Wease Family Circus, the family opens the vault and pulls out one of the wildest motorcycle run stories ever told, a day in 1996 that started with excitement and ended with chaos, ambulances, and Doreen getting hit by a car just one mile into Jake's very first motorcycle run. Jake was only eight years old, sitting on the back of Wease's bike with a sissy bar, ready for his first big adventure. Two hundred and fifty motorcycles lined up downtown Rochester at a tattoo shop on Main Street, engines roaring, riders pumped. But before they even made it a few hundred yards, everything went sideways. A panicked driver, overwhelmed by the sound of hundreds of motorcycles, went around a bike blocking traffic and slammed directly into Doreen and JD, who were stopped at a red light. Doreen got thrown off the bike. JD hopped off. The paramedics arrived. The fire truck showed up. And Doreen, laying on the pavement with her pants cut off and her favorite jeans destroyed, refused to go to the hospital. The episode breaks down the entire insane day: How Jake's first motorcycle run lasted exactly one mile before disaster struck The driver who panicked, went around the blocking bike, and hit Doreen and JD at a red light Wease standing in the back of the pack with Jake, having no idea what was happening up front The woman who pulled up to Wease's leg in her car and said she wasn't waiting, threatening to drive through the scene Tommy Donati getting into a screaming match with a Puerto Rican woman in the middle of the chaos JD jumping into the driver's car to back it up while the guy's terrified family sat inside Doreen crying about her favorite pair of jeans getting cut off by paramedics The fact that Doreen and JD both finished the run instead of going to the hospital Wease admits he had a bad feeling about this run from the start. They were doing it downtown, which they never did. Andy's blue light on the back of the bike broke when Jake got on. And the jelly at the rest stop was mixed fruit, which every rider knew was bad luck. Strawberry or grape meant smooth sailing. Mixed fruit meant something bad was about to happen. The audio from 1996 captures the entire story, complete with Wease, Tommy Donati, and the crew recounting the madness in real time. You hear Doreen's thick Long Island accent as she calls into the show to talk about Jake's farting situation from the night before, completely unaware that this clip would be animated and played back decades later. But the chaos doesn't stop with the motorcycle run. The episode also dives into: Wease reflects on how Mikey Amalfi Jr.'s dedication to fitness and clean living played a massive role in his ability to survive such aggressive cancer treatment. Doctors said his strength allowed his body to fight back in ways that wouldn't have been possible otherwise. It's a reminder that taking care of yourself matters, especially when life throws the worst at you. The episode also features Jake's original song Going Outside, a track inspired by the lost art of disconnecting, playing in the woods, and living without screens. The lyrics hit hard, reminding listeners of a time when going outside was the plan, every single day, no phones in sight, just bikes, climbing trees, and exploring the world. From motorcycle runs gone wrong to Tiger Woods drama to cancer survival stories to songs about unplugging, Episode 12 delivers laughs, nostalgia, and the kind of raw family storytelling that makes Wease Family Circus unforgettable. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: Clark Peskin 00:07:30 No Trespassing Signs and Tiger Woods DUI Drama 00:15:20 Taylor Swift Lawsuit and Josh Allen's Baby Girl 00:19:30 Introducing Jake's First Motorcycle Run Story 00:30:00 The Run Begins: Bad Vibes and Mixed Fruit 00:35:00 Doreen Gets Hit by a Car One Mile In 00:37:50 The Ambulance Scene: Cut My Effing Pants 00:40:20 The Puerto Rican Lady Incident 00:20:00 Audio Flashback: Farting and Doreen's Long Island Accent 00:45:30 Lucy's Low-FODMAP Diet and Mikey Malfi's Cancer Victory 00:51:00 Going Outside: Jake's New Song and Final Thoughts

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In this episode of Wease Family Circus, the family gathers to share one of the wildest, most chaotic nights in recent memory—a night that started with tequila, marijuana, and the Academy Awards, and ended with a 4 a.m. emergency room visit, a cracked skull, and paramedics trying to figure out what the hell just happened. Wease admits his Parkinson's has been kicking his ass lately, and when you combine that with too much tequila and smoking weed, things can go sideways fast. He got up in the middle of the night to grab hearing aid batteries from the bathroom, and the next thing he knew, he was waking up on the tile floor with a gash on his head and Doreen calling 911. The episode breaks down the entire ordeal: How Wease passed out in the bathroom, cracked his head on the tile, and didn't even realize what happened Doreen's frantic efforts to break his fall while he went down completely unconscious The house guests who walked in on the chaos and called for help Fire rescue showing up to find Wease naked, confused, and asking what the hell he was doing in the bathroom The ambulance ride to the hospital, where Wease complained to paramedics about what Doreen was putting him through Hours in the ER getting X-rays, CAT scans, blood tests, EKGs, and IVs while Doreen stood around like a zombie at 3 in the morning Getting discharged at 4:30 a.m. after Doreen kept the staff on their toes to speed things up Wease admits he was in bad shape that night. The Parkinson's, the tequila, the weed—it all hit at once. Doreen was terrified he had a brain bleed, which is why she insisted on the ER trip. The hospital staff was phenomenal, checking everything to make sure he was okay, but Wease spent the whole time annoyed that Doreen kept telling everyone the story over and over again. But the chaos didn't end there. When they finally got home, the elevator in their building was out. Completely out. No elevator service for a 12-story building, which meant the only way up was to walk the stairs or take a bizarre detour through someone else's condo on the 23rd floor. The episode also covers: Jake's wild coincidence of meeting two people separately—one in London, one in New York—who are now dating each other Lucy's trip to McSorley's, the oldest Irish pub in New York City, where the waiter snapped at her and held 10 beers in one hand The debate over whether Timothy Chalamet or Michael B. Jordan deserved the Oscar for best actor How Michael B. Jordan physically created dimples for one of his twin characters without makeup The Cannabis Corner event at the Carlson Lounge, where guests get VIP treatment before comedy shows Wease's ongoing struggle with finding the right marijuana dosage for sleep without getting too high The Sabres' playoff push and why Wease is convinced they're winning the Stanley Cup this year The psychic who predicted the Bills would win the Super Bowl in 2027 and the Sabres would win the Cup in 2026 This episode is raw, chaotic, and filled with the kind of real-life drama that only happens to the Wease family. From emergency room visits to elevator nightmares to neighbor feuds and reality TV controversies, it's another wild ride through the circus. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: Clark Peskin 00:01:58 The Hospital Visit: Parkinson's, Tequila, and a 4 AM ER Trip 00:10:29 The Elevator Crisis: Trapped on the 12th Floor 00:14:46 Poker Life and Casino Adventures 00:17:17 The Bachelorette Controversy: Whitney Leavitt Drama 00:22:24 Reality TV Deep Dive: Bachelor vs Love Island 00:26:02 The Insane Connection: London to Love Island 00:31:08 Academy Awards Recap and JFK Series Review 00:40:57 The Neighbor Leaf Burning Dispute 01:00:09 Sabers Playoff Fever and Stanley Cup Dreams

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In this episode of Wease Family Circus, legendary broadcaster Rich "The Bull" Gaenzler joins the family for a long overdue reunion packed with stories, laughs, and one of the most unforgettable radio bits in Rochester history. Bull was part of the Wease show family for years, starting as an intern in 1988 and eventually becoming a producer, on-air personality, and one of the sweetest people to ever walk through the CMF doors. Wease admits Bull was one of the nicest kids he ever knew, the kind of guy who showed up to his college graduation party when nobody else from the station did. But this episode isn't just about nostalgia. It's about the story that listeners have been asking about for decades: The Motel Bit. The family dives deep into what really happened that day: How Wease convinced a sex expert guest to take Bull to a motel on Jefferson Road during the morning show The plan to turn it into a bit where Bull would come back and tell wild stories about the experience What actually happened in that hotel room and why Bull couldn't go through with it The guilt that kicked in after the fact and how Bull felt like he'd been with a hooker at 9:30 in the morning How Tommy convinced Bull to tell the truth on the air the next day, turning the bit into radio gold Why Bull's Catholic upbringing and his father's words "be a good boy" shaped his decision Wease admits he and his scumbag friends couldn't believe Bull turned it down. If they were 22 and someone handed them a hookup and a motel room, they would have thought they died and went to heaven. But Bull was different. He was raised with values, integrity, and a conscience that wouldn't let him cross that line, even for a legendary radio bit. The episode also covers Bull's incredible broadcasting career: How he went from intern to interim production director at CMF while still in college His time producing for Wease, which he calls the hardest radio gig he ever had The legendary afternoon show with BJ Shea that dominated Buffalo radio How he became the voice of the Buffalo Bills for nearly 15 years, flying on team charters, staying in team hotels, and building friendships with players like Ryan Fitzpatrick His time as the Sabres in-arena host, doing post-game interviews on the ice during playoff runs in 1999, 2006, and 2011 Why he stopped drinking a couple years ago and how it changed his perspective on tailgating and sports fandom Bull also shares his thoughts on the current state of radio, why it's struggling, and how AI-generated music is changing the entertainment industry. He talks about his love for the Bills and Sabres, why he's not a huge tailgater despite his years covering the teams, and why he thinks the Sabres have a legitimate shot at winning the Stanley Cup this year. Bull also reveals how Wease and the CMF crew welcomed him with open arms when he was a shy, overweight kid who didn't have great self-esteem. He talks about how Charlie was one of the most talented people he ever knew, how Billy and Joe T became close friends, and how Wease fought to keep him on the show when management wanted him gone. This episode is a celebration of the golden era of Rochester radio, the people who made it legendary, and the moments that became part of broadcasting history. From motel rooms to playoff runs to career-defining decisions, Bull's story is one of integrity, talent, and the kind of genuine kindness that made him unforgettable. Whether you remember Bull from his days at CMF, his years with the Bills and Sabres, or you're hearing his story for the first time, this episode delivers laughs, nostalgia, and the truth behind one of the most talked-about bits in Wease show history. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: Clark Peskin 00:01:09 Introducing Rich the Bull Gunsler: Radio Reunion 00:07:20 The Motel Bit: What Really Happened? 00:14:21 College Graduation Party: The Only One Who Showed 00:15:27 Cleatorus and the Afternoon Show with BJ 00:19:42 The Guest Parade: How Wease Got the Big Names 00:23:26 Radio Then and Now: What Happened to the Industry 00:26:30 AI Music and the Future of Entertainment 00:33:28 Buffalo Bills Broadcasting: 15 Years on the Sidelines 00:40:33 Sabres In-Arena Host and Hockey Fandom 00:45:42 Philadelphia Flyers, Fandom Rules, and Origin Stories 00:57:19 Bills and Sabres Predictions: Championship Hopes 01:01:30 Closing Thoughts and Sponsor Reminder

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In Episode 9 of Wease Family Circus, the family opens the vault and pulls out radio gold from the past, the kind of content that could never air today. This is raw, unfiltered, and absolutely hilarious, a time capsule of a different era in broadcasting when the rules were looser, the humor was edgier, and the guests were unforgettable. Wease admits he can't remember half of this stuff happening. After thousands of shows over 40 years, the memories blur together. But listening back now, decades later, brings it all flooding back, the chaos, the laughter, and the moments that made Rochester radio legendary. The episode features: Gussie, the beloved character who became a staple of the Wease show, calling in from home to talk lottery numbers, horror movies, and life in her unmistakable voice The legendary Jack Garner, Rochester's iconic movie critic, stopping by to review films and share his insights Lavern Baker, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer whose hits like Jim Dandy and I Cried a Tear defined an era, calling in to talk about her career, her time with Jackie Wilson, and the dirty song they recorded together that nobody knew existed until years later The story of Jerry Lynn Williams, the musician who worked with Little Richard, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Clapton, sharing stories about cheap wine, guitar lessons, and the song he wrote that became a Clapton classic Bob Rivers, the parody king and legendary Seattle broadcaster, calling in from his new gig to talk martinis, coffee culture, and the radio business The day Gussie collapsed on the studio floor, thrashing around while paramedics tried to hold her down, and how she showed up at the station the next day after taking the bus from the hospital because she refused to miss the Thousand Islands trip The Gussie hospital story is one for the ages. She passed out in the studio, hit the floor, and started convulsing while the crew panicked. Paramedics arrived, wrestled her onto a gurney, and rushed her to the emergency room. While she was out, she claimed she saw a black man in a green suit telling her it was time to go home. Cindy Pierce thought it was Gussie's father calling her to heaven. Wease wasn't buying it, pointing out that her father wanted nothing to do with her when he was alive, so why would he be welcoming her now? The Lavern Baker interview is pure magic. She talks about recording with Jackie Wilson, the dirty song they made that got taped without her knowing, and how she didn't find out about it until two years before this interview. She laughs about losing her legs, talks about seeing Whitney Houston in Waiting to Exhale, and admits she's mellowed out in her older years. The family plays clips of her legendary voice, from Saved to I Cried a Tear, and you can hear the soul pouring through every note. This episode is a celebration of the golden era of radio, when anything could happen, when guests like Lavern Baker and Jerry LaCroix could call in and share stories that would never make it past today's corporate filters. It's raw, it's real, and it's the kind of content that made the Wease show legendary. Whether you remember these moments from the original broadcasts or you're hearing them for the first time, Episode 9 delivers laughs, nostalgia, and a reminder of why Brother Wease's radio legacy continues to resonate with fans across generations. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: Clark Peskin 00:01:34 The Gluten Debate: What the Hell Is It Anyway? 00:07:40 Reality TV Talk: Traders Finale and Bill Burr's Freebird 00:09:42 Doreen's Fun Fact: The Flower Bar Wedding 00:19:30 From the Vault: Introducing the Radio Gold 00:21:33 Gussie's Lottery Report and Horror Movie Reviews 00:25:50 Jack Garner's Movie Reviews with Gussie 00:26:40 Arty the Party Guy Calls In 00:28:36 Jerry Lynn Williams: Working with Little Richard and Stevie Ray Vaughan 00:37:18 Lavern Baker: The Soul Legend Interview 00:38:16 The Jackie Wilson Duet You Couldn't Air 00:42:22 Lavern Baker Performs Her Classics 00:51:34 Gussie's Medical Emergency: The Studio Incident 00:52:51 Gussie Returns from the Hospital 01:02:54 Jake's Music Video 01:04:36 Wrap Up: Cannabis Corner and Final Thoughts

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In this episode of Wease Family Circus, the family welcomes Cindy Pierce back to the table for the first time in 26 years. This is the conversation fans have been waiting for, the one that brings closure to a relationship that ended abruptly, publicly, and painfully. Cindy was part of the Wease show for over a decade, starting in 1988 when she was just 28 years old. She was the voice, the punching bag, the heart of some of the funniest bits in Rochester radio history. But in 2000, everything changed. A lawsuit, a picture posted by producer Joe T, and a series of events that spiraled out of control ended her time on the show and left both Wease and Cindy without closure. Until now. This episode dives deep into what really happened: The lawsuit that changed everything and how it all started with a picture Joe T posted online Why Joe T reposted the picture after it was taken down, reigniting the entire situation Cindy's side of the story and why she felt she had no choice but to take legal action Wease's defense of keeping Cindy on the show twice when management wanted her fired The lawyer who had a crush on Cindy and how that played into the entire ordeal How Cindy lost her husband Rope just five years ago and found love again three years later But this episode isn't just about the lawsuit. It's about the memories, the laughter, and the bond that existed before everything fell apart. The family listens to classic bits featuring Cindy, from loaded cigarette pranks to her legendary singing performances of The Motels and Desperado. They look at old photos from trips to the Bahamas, Watkins Glen NASCAR events, and the legendary Thousand Islands cottage where Wease and Doreen's relationship began. Cindy reveals the role she played in bringing Wease and Doreen together, pushing them to admit their feelings and encouraging Wease to take the leap. That first kiss? It happened because Cindy insisted. She was the instigator, the matchmaker, and the one who told Wease that his ex wife was never coming back. The episode also covers: Cindy's new life in Toledo with her boyfriend Don, who also works in radio Her three trips to the Olympics with Courtney and Sandy Williams, the Olympic skier The time Wease stole her wallet from her white convertible to teach her a lesson about locking her doors The Atlantis trip where Cindy disappeared all night and missed the morning show The skinny dipping story that Doreen thought involved Cindy but was actually someone else How Cindy quit smoking cigarettes and switched to vaping so she could breathe again The festival tent performance where Cindy sang The Motels on stage and killed it The Desperado prank where Charlie potted down the music so only Cindy's voice could be heard Wease and Cindy both admit they blocked out much of the trauma from that time. The lawsuit, the anger, the confusion, it all left scars that never fully healed. But sitting down together after all these years brings a sense of peace neither of them expected. Cindy talks about the dreams she's had over the years where she and Wease made up and hugged, and how this conversation finally gives her the closure she's been searching for. The family promises to have Cindy back on the show to go through more classic bits, answer fan questions, and continue the conversation that's been 26 years in the making. From the guys club mentality to the moments that went too far, from the laughter to the lawsuits, this episode is raw, honest, and filled with the kind of storytelling that only comes from people who lived through the chaos together. Whether you remember Cindy from the radio days or you're hearing her story for the first time, this episode delivers laughs, nostalgia, and the closure that both Wease and Cindy needed. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome and Sponsor Introduction: Clark Peskin 00:01:19 Introducing Cindy Pierce: The Big One You've Been Waiting For 00:02:57 The Lawsuit Story: What Really Happened 00:05:55 Joe T and The Picture That Started It All 00:09:38 Cindy's Life After the Show: Losing Rope and Finding Love 00:14:39 Throwback Bits: The Loaded Cigarette Prank 00:22:08 Memory Lane: Old Photos and Radio War Stories 00:27:10 The Real Story: How Wease and Doreen Got Together 00:32:37 Working Through the Past: Standing Up and Defending Cindy 00:41:23 The Lawyer with a Crush and Other Revelations 00:44:16 Cindy's Singing Career: The Motels and Desperado 00:53:10 Olympic Adventures and Cannabis Corner 00:57:58 Wrap Up and Promise to Return

In this bonus episode of Wease Family Circus, the family does something they've never done before: they get Woody Mower on the phone directly from prison. This is the raw, unfiltered conversation that happened right after recording Episode 6 with true crime author Susan Ashline. While that episode explored the story of Ungrateful Bastard, this bonus episode lets you hear the story straight from the man who lived it. Woody is currently serving life without parole at Shawangunk Correctional Facility, 90 miles from New York City. He murdered both of his parents at 18, sparked an international manhunt, and later became infamous for orchestrating an elaborate escape plan involving what he called a "coffin." His case runs parallel to the Menendez brothers, complete with allegations of horrific childhood abuse, ineffective legal counsel, and a constitutional appeal that recently brought him into a public courtroom for the first time in 30 years. But this isn't a typical interview. This is Woody speaking candidly about his life behind bars, the abuse he endured growing up, the corruption that shaped his case, and the survival tactics that kept him alive in some of New York's most brutal maximum security prisons. The conversation covers: What really happened with his court-appointed attorney, who confessed under oath to taking a $10,000 payoff and lying about Woody's case The horrific abuse Woody and his grandmother endured at the hands of his father and mother on an isolated farm in Richfield, outside Utica Life in the box at Attica, Auburn, Southport, and Upstate—where he survived 700 days in solitary confinement Drinking from toilets when the water was shut off, living through two weeks with no running water at Attica, and the garbage bag protocol that became daily life The infamous Southport shit fights, where inmates would throw feces at each other during recreation, spit it from their mouths, and squirt it from toothpaste tubes How Woody had relationships with multiple female guards over the years, including the correspondence officer who made him watch her use the bathroom on his second day at Elmira The escape plan that took over a year to build, his intention to disappear into the woods without hurting anyone, and why he never stole from civilians Why he wanted to kill his former attorney Randy Sharp, how other inmates ruined the plan, and why seeing him in court recently made all the anger disappear How his girlfriend changed his life, kept him out of trouble for seven years, and gave him a reason to mature behind bars Running 50 miles in an afternoon, staying ripped, and maintaining his physical and mental strength after three decades in prison Woody also addresses the recent court hearing where new evidence corroborated his claims of abuse, bribery, and legal malpractice. His attorney had a fake resume, couldn't write motions, and was never qualified to handle a death penalty case. The supervisor testified that interns were doing all of Sharp's work because he was incapable of doing his job. Yet this is the attorney New York State assigned to an 18-year-old kid facing the death penalty. Wease admits he couldn't put Susan's book down. He took notes. He told Doreen everything at dinner each night. And despite all the brutality, all the crimes, all the rage—Wease found himself feeling sympathy for Woody. The family listens as Woody recounts stories that sound impossible but have been verified by Susan, by court testimony, and by other inmates who lived through the same hell. This episode is intense, disturbing, and unlike anything Wease Family Circus has done before. From childhood trauma to prison survival to the possibility of a retrial, Woody's story is raw, unfiltered, and impossible to forget. Whether you've read Ungrateful Bastard or you're hearing this story for the first time, this bonus episode delivers a perspective you won't get anywhere else. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Bonus Episode Introduction: Woody Calls from Prison 00:02:05 Prison Life and Department of Corrections Dysfunction 00:05:18 Drinking from Toilets and Attica's Brutal Conditions 00:07:06 The Two-Week Water Crisis and Garbage Bag Toilets 00:08:58 Sex with Female Guards: The Correspondence Lady 00:17:36 Relationships Behind Bars and Emotional Attachment 00:18:34 The Finger Incident: An Unexpected Turn 00:21:56 The Dark Truth About Grandma: Abuse and Alzheimer's 00:28:04 The Coffin Escape Plan and Life on the Run 00:31:31 The Box: 700 Days in Solitary Confinement 00:34:20 Southport's Shit Fights and Extreme Conditions 00:38:51 The Lawyer's Betrayal and Missing Money 00:40:10 Ted Fox, the Payoff, and Feelings of Revenge 00:44:53 Hope for Retrial and Life Today

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In Episode 7 of Wease Family Circus, legendary radio producers Pauly Gugliamo and Billy Dittore join the family for a reunion packed with stories that could only come from decades of working alongside Brother Wease. These two were Wease's right-hand men for years, running the board, pulling audio, creating bits, and keeping the chaos organized. Now they're back in the studio to share the stories that never made it on the air, the behind-the-scenes moments that shaped Rochester radio history, and the memories that still make them laugh years later. The episode dives into: How Billy met Wease as a fan at a comedy club and wound up becoming his brain for over a decade The woman who tried to take over the studio board and had to be wrestled down by Billy and security Pauly rise from radio intern to Rochester sauce king with 23 employees, a craft cannery, and distribution across the northeast How Pauly sauce empire started with 15 cases in his trunk and exploded thanks to Wease's support on the air Billy's journey from intern to producer to getting fired the same day as six other key staff members in a brutal radio purge The Christmas morning shows where Wease and Billy broadcast while the rest of the city opened presents The music show that ran for 20+ years, playing the coolest Christmas tracks in America before anyone else was doing it But the real heart of this episode is the bond these three share. Billy talks about how Wease fought for him to stay on the show when management wanted him gone. Polly reveals that management refused to let him return to the Wease show after his own show was cancelled, and that rejection became the push he needed to start his business empire. The episode also features: Pauly’s trip to Singapore and Japan for Rotary International, where he experienced insane heat, $8 wagyu steak, and stores so fancy they have bouncers Billy's story of how he met his wife Susan, a former CNN producer who worked with Larry King and survived a creepy on-air moment with Bill Cosby The time Wease got a shot to cure a four-hour boner and drove to Newark with Doreen while the kids sat in the back seat The Morning Show Boot Camp contest where Wease won a laptop by telling the story of hanging towels on his erection, complete with photos on the big screen Billy's near-death experience when he almost drowned in three feet of water at Greek Peak because his belly wouldn't let him swim down The boat incident in Sodus where Wease, Brooks, and Steve all got knocked into the water and started swimming in different directions while the current pulled them apart How Dr. Yo at Johns Hopkins saved Wease's life by refusing to operate on what other doctors thought was pancreatic cancer This episode is a celebration of the people who made the Wease show what it was. From the music marathons to the Christmas broadcasts to the moments that became legendary bits, Billy and Polly were there for all of it. They lived it, they survived it, and they're here to tell the stories that shaped Rochester radio forever. Whether you're a longtime fan or discovering the show for the first time, Episode 7 delivers laughs, nostalgia, and the kind of raw, honest storytelling that only comes from people who've been through the trenches together. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome to Episode 7 and Sponsor Introduction 00:00:36 Introducing Billy Deatory and Pauly Gugliamo 00:06:02 How Wease Met Billy: The Comedy Club Connection 00:08:45 The Crazy Lady Who Attacked the Studio 00:12:53 Pauly's Kids and Family Life 00:15:12 From Sauce to Empire: Pauly's Business Journey 00:24:42 Billy Wins a Laptop and the Priapism Story 00:52:02 How Billy Met His Wife Through the Show 00:57:28 The Boat Incident and Near-Drowning in Sodus 01:24:37 Greek Peak Waterslide Panic and Vertigo Issues 01:27:36 The Legendary Elevator Incident 01:10:02 Management Nightmares and Radio's Decline 01:40:14 Favorite Guests and Music Hall of Fame 01:49:01 Wrap Up: It's Nice to Be Important

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In this episode of Wease Family Circus, the family gathers to witness history as Team USA captures Olympic gold in men's hockey for the first time in 46 years—and for the first time ever on foreign soil. The game was nothing short of miraculous. Facing a stacked Canadian roster loaded with 15 Stanley Cup champions compared to America's three, the underdog U.S. squad pulled off a stunning 2-1 overtime victory that had people comparing it to the legendary 1980 Miracle on Ice. Wease doesn't just compare it—he argues this win might actually be more impressive. Different era, different circumstances, but the same kind of magic that makes you believe in the impossible. The family breaks down every moment: That unbelievable first goal where the puck was hit out of mid-air and threaded between two defensemen Connor Hellebuyck's heroic performance in net—the save of the game that kept it tied and the countless stops that kept Canada off the board The gut-wrenching 5-on-3 penalty kill that Wease called as the turning point: "If they don't score here, we're winning this game" Jack Hughes losing teeth for his country and the announcer's perfect line: "He traded a couple teeth for a gold medal" The Hughes brothers (Quinn and Jack) leading the charge alongside teammates from across the NHL Buffalo's own Tage Thompson bringing home gold—his third goal of the tournament and a huge moment for Sabres fans But the most emotional moment came after the final buzzer, when the team brought Johnny Gaudreau's two young children onto the ice to celebrate. Gaudreau, who would have been on this team, was killed by a drunk driver along with his brother while riding bikes the day before their sister's wedding. His jersey hung in the locker room throughout the tournament. His son turned two years old on the day of the gold medal game. The photo of those kids on the ice will live forever. Wease and the family couldn't hold it together. Nobody could. The episode also dives into: The fact that half the women's gold medal team played at Bishop Kearney in Rochester—a local hockey powerhouse turning out elite talent How the Hughes brothers and another U.S. player all lived together with the Hughes family during juniors, with the dad teaching one of them how to drive The dedication of hockey parents—the time, the money, the travel, the freezing rinks at 6 a.m. Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson flying back to Miami together after playing against each other for gold Sam Reinhart and Brady Tkachuk also facing off as opponents in the gold medal game The fact that this was the first U.S. gold medal win not on American soil—the previous two (1960 and 1980) were both at home Wease also gets into the other Olympic events that caught his attention—curling strategy, the Italian women's team controversy, the insane talent in halfpipe skiing, and the discovery that bobsled drivers are actually steering the sled the whole way down. Who knew? The family reflects on how this game filled the void left by another Bills-less Sunday, how it brought the country together, and why moments like this remind you why sports matter. From the miracle on ice to the heartbreak of Johnny Gaudreau's story, from Jack Hughes' missing teeth to Connor Hellebuyck's brick wall performance, this episode captures everything that made this Olympic gold medal game unforgettable. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In Episode 6 of Wease Family Circus, the family sits down with true crime author Susan Ashline for an unforgettable conversation about her latest book, Ungrateful Bastard: The Shocking Journey of a Killer and Escape Artist. This isn't your typical true crime story. It's the criminal biography of Gordon "Woody" Maurer, a man who murdered both of his parents at 18, fled to Texas with his 14-year-old girlfriend, sparked an international manhunt, and became the subject of America's Most Wanted. But that was just the beginning. Once behind bars, Woody didn't fade into obscurity. He manipulated guards, survived brutal conditions, and orchestrated a bizarre escape plan involving what he called a "coffin"—a plan so elaborate it made international headlines in 2017. His story runs parallel to the Menendez brothers case, complete with allegations of childhood abuse, ineffective legal counsel, and a constitutional appeal that recently brought him into a public courtroom for the first time in 30 years. Susan takes the family deep into the story: The horrific abuse Woody endured growing up on an isolated rural farm in Richfield, outside of Utica The night he shot both parents—and why nobody was supposed to get killed His years in maximum security, where he learned to work the system and survive in one of the nation's most notorious prisons The allegations of a $10,000 bribe tied to his guilty plea—and the attorney he wanted to kill over it How Susan verified his wild claims, from beatings to escapes to relationships behind bars The moment she sat across from Woody in prison, terrified he might jump the table Wease admits he couldn't put the book down. He took notes. He told Doreen everything at dinner each night. And despite all the brutality, all the crimes, all the rage—Wease found himself feeling sympathy for the guy. Susan was shocked. She thought readers would hate Woody. Instead, they're reaching out saying they feel bad for him. The family listens to chilling audio from Woody himself, recorded during Susan's interviews. You hear him describe shooting his parents. You hear him talk about wanting to snap his former attorney's neck. You hear the cold, harsh voice of a man who's spent decades in solitary confinement and doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks. But there's more to the story than violence. There's manipulation, survival, and a man who—despite everything—was still listening to Brother Wease on the radio while building his escape coffin in Auburn. Susan also reveals: How Woody's recent court hearing brought new corroboration to his claims Why his case mirrors the Menendez brothers—abuse, appeals, and media attention The bizarre reality of prison life, including sexual abuse statistics and relationships behind bars How she tracked down other inmates to verify Woody's stories—and what they confirmed Why the book's title, Ungrateful Bastard, comes from a nickname his mother gave him The episode also dives into Susan's previous books—Without a Prayer, now the basis of two Hulu docuseries about cults, and A Jacket Off the Gorge, her account of unknowingly dating an ex-con. Wease is a superfan of her work, and this conversation proves why. Plus, the family gets into: The Super Bowl—Drake Maye vs. Donald, MVP debates, and why the Bills would've smoked both teams Stefon Diggs and Matt Collins fighting Seahawks defenders together, even though they barely played together in Buffalo The Sabres' playoff push and whether they can hold onto their wild card spot Wease's brutal poker bad beats and why he's ready to quit (again) The frozen iguanas falling from trees in South Florida—and Wease's unpopular defense of them A wild encounter with a 50-year-old guy in traffic who looked 80 and had some interesting life advice Susan will be doing a book signing at Elvio's Coffee Shop in Webster on February 21st from 9-11 a.m. Lucy and Jake will be there. Wease and Doreen are stuck in Florida, but they're cheering from afar. And here's the kicker: Right after recording this episode, the family got Woody on the phone from prison. That conversation will be released as a bonus episode—and you'll hear the whole story directly from the killer himself. This is raw, intense, and unlike anything Wease Family Circus has done before. From true crime deep dives to family chaos to sports rants, Episode 6 delivers on every level. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at https://clarkpeshkin.com/wease In Episode 5 of Wease Family Circus, chaos reigns as the family gathers to share stories that could only happen to them—fainting spells, dog bites, and a legendary Rochester broadcaster stopping by before heading out on a cruise. Steve Houseman, the voice of Rochester radio for over 50 years, joins the show from Florida for a conversation packed with nostalgia, laughter, and memories from the golden days of broadcasting. Steve and Wease dig into their three years working together, from backstage moments with Meatloaf to the chaos of Bills games in Florida, to the day Steve quit live on the air and had to be called back out of retirement. The two legends reminisce about: The phone call that changed everything during a playoff series Young Stevie Houseman dropping an F-bomb on the air at age nine Steve's invention of the phrase "Squish the Fish" during Patriots-Dolphins rivalry days The brutal realities of radio careers, firings, and the business that never slows down Why country music artists are just like hockey players—down to earth and generous with their time But the real drama unfolds within the Wease household itself. Jake faints—again. After bringing his two-year-old son Ronan in for eye surgery, Jake makes it through the anesthesia and the procedure just fine. But the moment he looks into Ronan's eyes in the recovery room and sees the stitches, it's lights out. Medical staff scramble to help Jake while Bianca tries to comfort Ronan, who's waking up in a fog. Jake recounts his long history of fainting—eight times and counting—from the dermatologist to Warby Parker to the emergency room. The one exception? He made it through Ronan's home birth without passing out. Go figure. Stevie bites—twice. Doreen's French bulldog Stevie goes full shark mode, biting her not once but twice in the same day over a coconut. Blood everywhere. Panic ensues. Doreen declares she never wanted a dog in the first place and threatens to give Stevie away. Wease has to intervene, hold the dog back, and fish the coconut out of the pool while Doreen bleeds all over the kitchen. It's peak Wease Family Circus dysfunction, and somehow the dog still runs the house. The episode also dives into: The new Miracle on Ice documentary and why it's a must-watch for hockey fans Wease's refusal to watch the gay hockey drama everyone's talking about (and Doreen's confession that she's hooked) Bobby Slayton's name appearing in the Epstein files—and why the headline isn't the real story The upcoming Olympics, curling obsession, and whether anyone actually watches women's hockey Why estate planning matters, especially if you own a home, and how a pour-over will can protect your family This episode is raw, funny, and filled with the kind of honest family moments that make Wease Family Circus unlike anything else out there. From radio legends to fainting spells to French bulldogs with anger management issues, Episode 5 delivers laughs, chaos, and plenty of heart. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at clarkpeshkin.com/wease In Episode 4 of Wease Family Circus, legendary Seattle broadcaster BJ Shea joins the family for one of the most honest conversations the show has had so far. BJ tells the true story behind a moment that stopped everyone in the room cold. He eventually learned that he had been hired for a major radio role as a contingency plan, based on the belief that Wease might not survive cancer. When Wease did survive, the plan quietly changed, and BJ was left dealing with the fallout long after the decisions had already been made. The episode pulls back the curtain on how radio really works when careers, contracts, and corporate strategy collide with real life. It is funny in a way only uncomfortable truth can be, and heavy in the way stories like this usually are. BJ and the family dig into: What it feels like to discover you were someone else’s backup plan The human cost of behind-the-scenes radio decisions Loyalty, integrity, and survival in a business that rarely slows down How moments like this shape careers and people forever It is raw, surprising, and deeply personal, with laughs coming from places you would not expect. Be on the lookout for bonus content at the end of the episode, where the conversation keeps going after you think it is over.

This episode of The Wease Family Circus is presented by Clark Peshkin. After more than 40 years on the radio, Radio Hall of Famer Brother Wease walked into what was supposed to be another morning show — and walked out knowing it would be his last. But the public story wasn’t the real story. In this episode, Wease and his family sit down to tell, in full detail, what actually happened behind the scenes on the day his radio career ended. From late-night phone calls and sleepless hours, to management pressure, silenced microphones, and a goodbye that almost never happened, this is the unfiltered account of a moment Rochester listeners felt — but never fully saw. This is not a rant. This is not speculation. This is the story as it unfolded, from the people who were there. You’ll hear: • What management wanted announced — and when • Why the final show nearly never happened • How a 40-year legacy was reduced to a “format change” • The moment Wease decided he wouldn’t betray his audience • Why this podcast exists at all — and how it began that day For longtime listeners, this episode provides clarity. For new listeners, it’s the origin story of The Wease Family Circus. People wanted the details. Here they are. Clark Peshkin is the presenting sponsor of Wease Family Circus. Clark Peshkin hosts free estate planning workshops that explain what actually works for New York families, especially if you own a home and want to keep things private and simple for the people you love. Register at clarkpeshkin.com/wease

The Dog Peed The Bed—and that's just the beginning of the chaos in Episode 2. Fresh off the heartbreak of the Bills' playoff loss, the Wease family gathers to process the pain, debate what went wrong, and share their raw reactions to Sean McDermott getting fired. From Lucy attending a watch party at Barbell Bob to the collective depression that followed, this episode captures what it means to be a Bills fan in 2025—hope, heartbreak, and the inevitable "wait 'til next year." But sports aren't the only topic on the table. Wease dives into the Miami Hurricanes' national championship game against the Indiana Hoosiers, breaking down the gutsy coaching decisions and standout performances that made it a thriller. Plus, there's plenty of family banter about keeping up with the neighbors (who all drive BMWs), Wease's insistence on shopping for a new luxury car, and Doreen's firm stance on why he absolutely should not. Then comes the story that defines this episode: Stevie the dog pees the bed at 2 a.m. after Wease ignored explicit warnings not to feed her greasy chicken wings and BBQ ribs. Doreen recounts the entire ordeal—rinsing the comforter, doing laundry in the middle of the night, bundling up to take the dog out again—all while Wease slept soundly. When he woke up freezing and complained about his missing blanket, he had no idea what chaos had unfolded. It's peak Wease Family Circus. Other highlights include: Merch madness: Jake and Wease go head-to-head over pricing and quality. Jake wants premium garments that feel great and look sharp; Wease thinks $35 for a T-shirt is highway robbery. The compromise? Options for everyone—whether you want top-tier or basic gear with the logo. Website sneak peek: Wease accidentally leaks details about the upcoming Wease Family Circus website (oops), which Jake has been building with help from Paul Azac and Glenn Galbraith. It's loaded with vintage photos, merch, bios, and more—coming soon. YouTube comments: Wease discovers the YouTube Studio app and is blown away by the flood of positive feedback, guest requests, and nostalgic asks. The family discusses ramping up content—live shows on Sunday nights, Throwback Thursdays, recorded episodes, and more. Expect at least four unique pieces of content per week. Parking lot battles: A heated debate over backup cameras, tight parking spots, and Wease's refusal to use technology. Doreen can park the car in three seconds. Wease? Not so much. Cue the embarrassment when a neighbor watches the whole ordeal. Coming soon: Fan-favorite guests like Tools, Diane, Tommy, Mary Ann, Cirque, Brooks, and more Rochester legends. Plus, the first sponsor—Cannabis Quarter in Clifford—gets a shoutout for their pre-rolls, gummies, and vapes (shoutout to those dog walker joints). And the big tease: Next episode, Wease promises to reveal everything that happened on his final day on the air—the day that ended his 40+ year radio career with no goodbye, no farewell tour, just done. You'll see never-before-seen video and hear the full story behind the shocking exit that left everyone wondering what really went down. Whether you're here for the Bills misery, the family dysfunction, or the promise of legendary stories to come, Episode 2 delivers laughs, chaos, and plenty of heart. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Welcome to the very first episode of Wease Family Circus! After more than 40 years on the radio, Brother Wease is back—this time in podcast form, and you're invited into the family. Recorded in Florida just before a Bills game, this debut episode captures the raw, unfiltered energy that made Wease a radio legend, now with a whole new twist: video, behind-the-scenes access, and complete creative freedom. Join Wease, his son and producer Satchel (Jake Levin), Doreen Levin (His wife) and the rest of the family as they navigate this brand new medium. Jake has built an incredible studio setup, and the emotion behind bringing this project to life is palpable. As Jake admits, even he cried watching the final cut come together. What to expect from Wease Family Circus: Throwback Thursdays: Dive deep into the archives with hours of classic audio from the radio days—Sam Kinison, Chris Rock, and countless unforgettable moments from 1992-1996 and beyond. For the first time ever, Wease can share this audio that was locked away during his radio career. Listen along live as the family reacts and shares stories you've never heard. Legendary Guests: Get ready for appearances from the whole crew—BJ, Cindy Pierce, Slayton, Shubi, Billy Dittore, and more. Plus sports icons like Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, and Doug Flutie. Wease promises to track down everyone from the glory days and bring you the real stories behind the scenes. Four Generations, One Panel: With perspectives spanning multiple generations, every topic—from sports to social media to pop culture—gets dissected from all angles. Lucy will be joining to challenge everyone and keep things interesting. The Untold Story: Why did Wease's radio career end so abruptly? No farewell tour, no two-week goodbye, just... done. Every news outlet wanted the story, but he didn't tell it. Until now. The podcast will reveal everything that happened on that final day, complete with exclusive video footage that captures the emotion and drama behind the scenes. This episode also features plenty of classic Wease tangents: debates about Tony Romo, the Manning Cast, and football announcers; rants about people commenting on fictional TV characters from Landman; Miami Hurricanes fandom; the obsession with Costco; car spotting in South Florida; and why sunsets and sunrises are overrated (or are they?). Wease also addresses the haters head-on, proudly owning his age and experience: "I've been on this planet longer than you, and every day you learn something." He welcomes all feedback, good or bad, and encourages listeners to drop comments, call the new phone line (585-720-0000), and suggest guests and ideas. This is just the beginning. The Wease Family Circus is about to take you on a ride filled with nostalgia, laughter, raw honesty, and a whole lot of heart. Whether you've been a fan since the radio days or you're just discovering the legend, there's a seat at this table for you. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.