Erica and Mark The Phone Call

This Phone Call was recorded 4 28 26   On todays call Erica and Mark talk Miami Vice and the radio people we knew who were actually in the show with talking parts. Both loved the show and Mark re-watched / binge watched it last year. (He also watches Nash Bridges) Man Crush? The 2 traded old radio stories about the people they hung out with in Macon who were real cool for being famous musicians as they celebrated Chuck Leavell's 74th birthday... Since Mark is a relic and Erica is getting old they Dr talked as both of them are getting poked this month...Erica shared her Tom Petty brush story which started with her landlord. Free stuff we got paid to talk about, car stereos and Carnival of Terror that Erica missed. 

Todays Phone Call was recorded 4 21 26 On todays Mandatory Phone Call of Friendship Mark shares the news of a radio DJs passing... Bob of The Bob and Tom Show out of Indy... As syndiction was becoming popular and eveyone wanted Stern money local morning shows were being replaced by shows like B&T... Erica and Mark talk about the show and remembering the cease and desist they recieved by the B&T attys for replaying a bit from one of their CDs that were given to them by a listener... They also talked about old radio bits of their Macon days... One being famous listeners like Weird Wayne who spent most of his listening time in jail and real calls that sounded like radio bits.. And they end the call on a bit that has lasted the 4 decades its been around The Weekly World News Headlines. 

Todays Phone Call was recorded on 4 14 26 On Todays Mandatory Phone Call of Friendship Erica has a new book featuring an "actual" interview with a gray that took place in 1947... Mark and his non compliance with technologhy spent the entire phone call chatting with Go Daddy on his SSL issues with his radio stations web site. Of course it cost him $130 because of his imaptience and fortunately that issuse was fixed too... Go Daddy customer service has a lot a patience... We talked station merch including never actually seeing people wearing station t shirts any more and they brough back an old radio bit Tabloid Tuesdays as The Weekly World News still brings the heat.

This Phone Call was recorded 4 8 26 On todays call Erica and Mark ponder if Pink Floyd was right and there really isn't a dark side of the moon... Did they really go again or for the first time?? Then a suicide pod, Gen Z slang quiz, hybrid and ev tax and a call to Erica I mean Apple support

Todays Call Was Recorded 3 31 26 On todays call ... well any call those two were AOR ... All over the road... More CERN talk and the conspiracy theory of the Mandella Effect... AI and the Asian simulated "friend" as Erica was practicing her Japanese is she getting close to ruling out all people for a AI pal? ... Where you can get vintage radio station T-shirts for radio nerds... Looking for lost DJs Mark discovered Rocco passed a while back (great radio talent) and how they lost a gig to Sea Bass and was surprised he would have left Tampa for West Palm... While looking for where he is now the internet did not know SB's real name. Erica thought she heard he had passed to and the only Sea Bass they could fing was from the deadliest catch (which he had passed).. And finally the dirtiest things in your house and no the toilet was not number one. 

Todays Phone Call was recorded 3 25 26 Todays Phone Call Erica and Mark have concert stories as Mark saw Plant's new band Saving Grace and Erica saw Wide Spread Panic... Comparing concert T shirts and discusing concert behaviors that do not change even thought the audience is getting older... We also talk radio demos, record reps, Technology vs the elderly and stuck people, Nascar, Formula One and the greatest commedians and no neither one of them made the list...

This Phone Call was recorded 3 17 26 No Luck of the Irish for Mark as Erica went down too many rabbit holes this week... Is there such thing as too much YouTube?? From crystals in her ears to UFOs and "special" government projects discussed in movies?? Could the new Spielberg movie be the answer to Close Encounters? Mark will never know because he has never seen Close Encounters.. No you heard right..The eighties was a special time for Mark working bars in Spring Break and getting high and drunk he misssed an entire decade maybe a decade and a 1/4 since he missed the end of the seventies too... Finally Mark and Erica maybe getting back together in person as Mark is asking her to go see PIL since his wife said pass... 

This Phone Call was recorded 3 11 26 On todays call Marks old station 96 K rock get a face lift with some new old faces.... as new owners take over and old employees are back. Erica had a long week explaining to his daughter about long distance calls and operators who help make the connection...We also find out the best drinking locations, the smartest animals and more on todays call...

This Phone Call was recorded 3 3 26   On todays call Erica couldn't wait to jump on Mark about his party affilation after Mark brought up the Tampa Airport putting a ban on pajamas... Although TIA like other governmental departments have hired smart asses to handle their social media accounts and sometimes they like to troll... Mark finally convinced her he wasn't weird abojut it he was just making a observation based on a Mike's Weather Page FB post... Besides sarcasm in signs we talked NASA and the delayed Moon launch AI dining and drag (the cars) racing we also found out why the different color heart emojis.

Todays Phone Call was recorded 2 24 26 On todays call we radio talk and radio names, TV commercials on Pluto TV Words that are allowed on Facebook and those that are not..Whos in charge of that? Ericas hat game, Mark and Ericas war stories from S Fla in the 80s and jobs that you quit almost immediately...

This Phone Call was recorded on Fat Tuesday / Mardi Gras 2 17 26 On todays call It's Mardi Gras at least where Mark lives... The call starts off rough as they started before the credits rolled and it spiraled from there. Erica learns about the "baby" and Mardi Gras although she swears its about the Epstein thing... Mark extends another invite to Erica to join him and his wife in the Big Easy to see NOLA with it's great food and interesting people...Mark may want to live his life out as an AI picture of himself as AI has shown him as a younger man a black man and now an image created from a current picture of which according to Mark AI makes him look better than real life... We learned a new word Sologamy which turned into Marks rant on Webster bending over to the kid words instead of leaving them for the urban dictionary...   

Todays Phone Call was recorded 2 10 26 On todays phone call an urgent family issue cut the call shorter some may say the shorter the better .... We talk more on Molt Book and why Erica's AI "freinds" are no longer talking to her .... Are we living in Terminator Days? Mark has only see one of the movies and as usual had no idea what Erica was trying to say. And just in time for VD .. Zodiac signs and how easy they are to love...

This Phone Call was recorded 2 3 26 On todays call Mark has the REAL reason what happened to the weather guy in SWFL. Apparently a lot more than he shared... It happens all the time in the media... Most of the time its just about the money but you can't put your self in a place that will be the first cut.  Erica explains her " I don't feel tardy" T shirt.... Mark shares a freaked out FB page called Shockfactor AI.... You've been warned...Claude and Cove Erica's AI friends are not talking to her...Not sure why but there is something there we will need to get into soon. And,  are Cove and Calude part of the new the AI social media page MoltBook? This and other nonsense for free and in less than an hours time. 

Todays Phone Call was recorded 1.27.26 Mark is having a not so fun Month as the new year has brought him home repair issues causing an etire disruption of his normall boring life.... They also talk clutter and ways to say goodbhye to things you will never need and mostlikely your family will throw away once you are dead. Finally a Not So Famous list of top states people are moving too. 

This Phone Call was recorded 1.20.26 On todays  Phone Call we celebrate National DJ day and show case why we never "really" made it. An AI radio station launched on FM (Mark has one running for the past 5 months online) using old DJs from the past and it sound it. Plus we discuss the DJ who photoshoped himself into a MLK photograph while Ericas friend made Erica into woman of color. Plus we see how much humans can tolerate before dying although we do that eveytime we upload a podcast. 

Todays Phone Call was recorded 1.13.26   On todays phone call we talk firing in TV and Radio as a weather guy from FT Myers got fired and apparently its becoming viral... Mark talks about how easy it is to be fired in Florida with the laws and non compete clauses in the contracts... Which gets them talking about times they were fired, radio budgets, and talent that is off limits and will never be fired...We also talk about the death then return of MTV or is it? The music of today and the past, radio shows that we dont get and how we could have handled the way we were split up...Banned songs and the most annoying people by name according to a poll from the  Not Good Show. 

This Phone Call was recorded 1.6.26   Happy New Year and Welcome to Season 3 More of the same.... as the break did not bring us back feeling more creative... On todays call Erica and Mark talk about Maqrks return to Florida for Christmas vacation and not one but two visits to Sarasota to have lunch with Erica and her daughter... Mark is now on the new App and he calls it InstaGram... I know...give him a pass... We also talk tatoos for kids, class reunions, and new music written and performed as it should be non commercialized like the classic rock we grew up with...Radio consultants and a new You Tube channel Erica found called Lauren The Mortician and a  Top 5 list of names associated with STDs according to a Podcast called the Not Famous Show.

Happy New Year From Erica and Mark The Phone Call   Enjoy a re-run (our agent says to use best of but its just us having fun) May 2026 bring you blessings... Erica and Mark

Merry Christmas From The Phone Call with Erica and Mark   Please  enjoy a Best Of or maybe we should say a re-run while we visit with family and each other this week. 

This Phone Call was recorded 12 16 25 The Last call of the year as Mark is visiting Fla and Erica for the holidays.. Most of the phone call was about the new law in Florida and tags.. You may love your college or maybe nurses are sexy license plate holders but no can do in Florida even if you are a tourist... $500 is the cost of the ticket and there are apparently no warnings... Mark has a see through plexi glass cover for his tag and everything is readable...Mark has paid all his tolls in the past from the tag readers and even sent an extra $150 to the city of Orlando for running a red light but Mark could not argue his way out of not taking the plate cover off before the trip.... Erica bought a Christmas gift for her favorite person herself with a BMW booster for her electric suv... The gang discused holiday plans and arrangemnents for the 2 meet ups and just ran out of time to actually have some interesting topics... We'll try more next year! Happy Christmas! Happy Holidays!  and Happy New Year!

Todays Phone Call was recorded 12 9 25 On Todays Mandatory Call of Friendship the call has the Holiday Spirit...sort of as Mark reflects on some better times in radio of getting fired and getting a new job and a Christmas bonus in a week... How Radio and TV are the same with layoffs around the holoidays... and Erica shares a Hallmart Christmas Special of a Christmas dinner at Lou from Lizella...

This Phone Call was recorded 12 3 25 On the Mandatory Phone Call of Friendship... Mark has a birthday and now is 20 times older than Erica since women do not age passed 29 even Trans women... Today we talk Generation Groups... Since before the colonization of The America's we have all fit into a group...Is Joe Jackson taking a pot shot at the older groups by saying he is Live and Local like we did in radio against our syndicated competitior ? He says real singing and intruments...NO AI or backing tracks....Why is every bald man and woman thinking about a trip to Turkey for hair transplants? Should schools bring back shop class? We say yes so kids can make theirt own Chinese star weapons like we did.... The Christmas Holiday Radio Blood Baths of the past are no longer?? Now you can get fired any time of the year...Plus what Super Hero power do ALL parents want and need?? This and more on The Phone Call

Happy Black Friday! Enjoy a best of or maybe just call it a repeated phone call. 

Todays Phone Call was recorded 11 18 25 On todays call we went without a format and it showed... Phone and Email scams where Mark actually fell for one as Erica was expalining how it works and may or may not have given her his last four SS numbers. Erica thinks Marks name was given to him because he would easil;y become a Mark...Fake Brad Pitt cost a rich lady 3/4 of a million Erica only got $10 off of Mark. We talk concerts we have seen and now don't want to see as the bands really no longer exist.. Mark talks about a hologram show he saw and thinks he would go see a Jimmi Hendrix version. We talk Facebook, life issues and more.   

This Phone Call was recorded 11 11 25 On todays Mandatory Call of Friendship Erica is wide open and hopped up on an energy drink named after the metric system... Which ufortunately opened up a discusion on why th US should jump on board...Mark remembers when the nuns tried to beat it into him and was glad it never took off... Although we did find how mch are creamated weight will be in metric...Don't ask....Apple TV has a new show called Pluribus which Erica is trying to get Mark to check out... Mark refuses to buy Apple TV when everyone loved Ted Lasso and He hated it... Erica did too and after discusion they realized they are to jaded to like it...AI News as in reportersd that look and act real means who can we trust for news anymore? Super Speeder law stories from Floida as 133 mph is considered rookie spped in the speed community and MArk tells a lost drug story as he is working another step study and old Mark gives new Mark some more amends.

This Phone Call was recorded 10 31 25 On todays Phone Call ... Mark talks his glory days of radio and his last staff who worked for him...How he did not realize the genius of his mid day girl who should have had his afternnon shift...The gang talks people in the radio business the smart asses and the cry babies...MArk was both... NERO is here but is Erica thinking about getting a s*x robot from Japan? Erica then tries to drag Mark into his past life  and it all goes down hill from there (if it was ever up hill) and Finall Erica says A13 or whatever its called is merely a big space rock and there is nothing to fear.

This Phone Call was recorded 10 24 25 Today is the Halloween Show! Although it took them nearly the whole call to get on topic. We are still not sure why they call it something other than another call... Today we found out Mark has had other careers that required a fake name besides being a DJ that is if Mark is his REAL name... They talked the fake DJ names and how they got them and who gave the names to them... A little car talk as Erica may want to buy another expensive car ( that would be the 4th or 5th since the call began recording 76 shows ago ) Finall Halloween talk with scary movies that Mark won't see, best and worse costumes adult and kids and what age should you stop trick or treating? Best candy to give out and most liked by kids.  Worst candy and Mark shares a Black and White moment from his past and tries to describe the crappy candy and the hand full of pennies he would get.

This Phone Call was recorded 10 16 25 Today we cover TOXIC workplaces and TOXIC radio stations which turns into true coonfessions..Who was more toxic at work Erica or Mark??? .... Most popular Horror Villian... Mark is starting a new online stream called The Dorm and more

This phone Call was recorded 10 09 25   Todays call Erica and Mark talked Hallowwen in radio and clubs... We found out why Mark dislikes Halloween or anything scary... He has been tormented by his parents, friends and even co-workers as they know how easy he is to scare... Mark shares on a very special phone call...Ghosts sighting state by state is yours in the top 10... RAdio Halloween bits, Fla vs fruit, and MArk is now paying for AI but, can he use it?? 

This Phone Call Was Recorded 10.02.25 On todays Mandatory Weekly Phone Call of Friendship....Erica conducts a social experiment my slamming a Celcius drink during the show as a "pick me up" MArk is ready to drag her to a meeting... We talk all things speed remembering the 80s before we grew up. Compared stomach damage between Erica and Mark's son with hot sauces and deadly beef jerky. Trending sex at rock concerts is now over 60%. Have you? HAve we? All this and more nonsense 

This Phone Call was recorded 9 25 25 Today we find Erica still rehabing her bionice knee ad Mark is still not blind in the right eye... Erica and herdaughters love of NWA, Why we got a warning lable onm ojur call..Erica's potty mouth...The art of cursing, fujihara, how to wake out of dreams, sleeping drugs. Marks son dodges the house of mold Plus,  pro car tips you already know buty, Mark didn't. This and more on today's call

Todays Phone Call was recorded on 9 19 2025   Good news Erica is NOT trying Kradom as she was screwing with Mark and his hard stance on drugs (he is in recovery) .. Although Mark invited her to a recovery meeeting as step study begn a day ago... We talked tech as Mark has a new iPhone Air on the way and Erica is still tryiingg to get her AI friend to do her dirty work... AI Butt Whipping nd talking about how much you are willing to spend on your sick pet turned into ..Do you tell your spouse/family you are dying??? Erica's father never told

Todays Phone call was recorded 9.11.25 Erica has her bionic knee and Mark trying to make sure she doesn't go the way he did accidentally  introduces her to a whole new world she had no idea it existed...oops.. Starts with a K .... Mark calls the Tech Hotline as he is deciding on a new phone.. After all its been 7 years lol... Ozzy's son vs. Gilmore smh and RIP Radio Hab after over 2 decades of broadcasing ..I mean streamming 

9.4.25 This week Erica went under the knife for a knee replacement.. Although we have had some outrageous text message it was a better to revisit the beginning years with Ep 5 Season 1.. We should should return to recording next week and catch up with Erica and her bionic knee

This Phone Call was recorded 8.28.25 Is this this the last podcast/phone call for Erica and Mark? Was Erica almost a Jeopardy contestant? Don't get your hopes up.. Today we talk jealous G/F's, AI on Marks radio station getting creative wrongly, 10 Most Famous Leaders... Plus Do we really want to know how well the show is doing? Most of The Podcast Playgrounds shows are best in their catagory... are we and what is genre...The only non podcast podcast maybe??? Realestate Vs Homeowner Insurance and more...

This Phone Call was recorded 8 21 25 Today Erica introduces Mark to her latest attempt to replace him with AI... Her training may have backfired but made a great promo... We talk tech and radio and the business keep changes and puting DJs out to pasture... BBGI says goodbye to Ft Myers as Marks biggest accomplisment being fired and rehired a few times at BBGI Ft Myers pays tribute to his second most famous station he was employed by. The two found common ground on the reels reaturing the Coral Springs Police Department Traffic Enforcement... The NEW Florida drivers laws and the infamous sovereign citizen boon google... Generation Jones and Where you can legally own a kangaroo.

This Phone Call was recorded 8 14 25 On todays call we were all oveer the place (as usual) The BIG question ?? Is Todd a pothead name?  Plus old AM show partners of our past Radio Revenges and why they may blow up in your face. great concerts qwe seen for FREE. NASCAR clasiics, a AI fake Zeppelin reunion and Erica is now a Rap writter and producer. 

This Phone Call 8 7 25 Todays Phone Call Mark is a little down as his home in SW Louisiana is being sold and his son is heading back to SW Florida... As Erica tries to console him he mentions all the downfalls that may come to him when moving to Florid. However Mark said Louisiana is actually worse then Florida when it comes to auto and home insurance # 2 in the USA for expensive and #3 for making the insurance companies profitable.... More Annabelle talk and Mark actually brought it up as Matt Rife has bougfht the house including the doll.... Lots of sad and dead talk until Erica decided enough and they swiched to old radio gimmicks like nicknames for coworkers, Things to know by the time you are 40 and are cougars (women kind) going extinct?   

This Phone Call was recorded 7.31.25 As usual the call has medical issues as the 2 former Radio Superstars (their words not ours) are getting older and have been partners so long that they have synchcronized knee issues... After the decial department it didn't take long before Erica had some end of the world report off the internet..... Are aliens coming or is it a big lie to set the new world order. Mark has just given up on scientist not actual science.. The call also covers a great band that should have more recognition then it has.. If you grew up in the south like in Georgia you may know them. Mothers Finest. If not it is worth a listen... Mark remembered when he saw them when he was 13 in Ft Lauderdale... Are you annoying? Mark says its the month you are born in. Erica has the least as Mark had the worse score.. Finally when it is appropriate to be married by age all on todays phone call

This Phone Call 7 24 25 Getting a little deep as we do sometimes we taalk Good Vs Evil Spiritual Warfare from an Atheisit and a Christian point of  view. As Erica was talking about Diana Pasulka  as a   guest on a podcast Erica was listening to. Mark  very aware of Spritual Warfare as it has always existed people just said  the devil made them do it... No to worries we didn't stay there all call... Lots of  buzz on the ColdPlay kiss cam bust or operation Tron Com.  and a old radio bit brought back talking 1980s TV shows with plot twists still talked about  today.

This Phone Call was recorded 7 17 2025 Today's mandatory to keep our friendship call could this be the end. Erica is dumping her dead weight is her AI BFF Cove gone? She has now brought in another AI helper female named Grunk and she is  not  only willing  to do the show  prep, she may be part of the the actual call? This may be the end of Mark.  Is Erica is seeking away to disctancing heerself from mankind or maybe just Mark? In other stories AI vs radio, Erica fired from her doctor is it a Trans thing?   Annabelle (ugh) Drugs and immoral behavior and it's affect on what's right and more 

This Phone Call was recorded on 7.11.25 Todays mandatory call of freindship was all over the road (as usual) . Mark is bombarded from Yelp with self care solicitation that questions his manhood.  AI Slop taking over and social media may be ran completely by bots...Free Passes out of control, new movie makeover fails. Plus old radio bits Animal Idioms and co-worked nicknames updated too 2025.

This Phone Call was recorded 7.3.25 A home appraisal has Mark's codependancy and anxiety flying high. Again Erica as she has been doing before she was a woman steps in and calms Mark down. We talk veggies and discover after 30 plus years Erica will eatr a salad...well lettuce. A top 10 list reminds Mark of being forced to eat veggies as a kid. And  we talk about  about the oldes rock stars still out on the raod and making nee music and they are as old as Keith Richards who has looked this old since he was 10. 

This Mandatory Call Of Friendship was recorded on 06.26.25 Todays call went AOR (all over the road) As Mark was trying to explain the first time he listened to a FM radio station. AM radio he listened to as a teen in Fort Lauderdale ... Erica explaining to her kid about Led Zeppelin was considered POP Music and how we grew up and became DJs if that is called growing up... The FM rock format and now called classic rock and now finally programming a station and what is now called Classic Rock.  We are both programming radio station for us and others that arent the masses. You can find them online with RadioHab.com and MyTuneRadio.com. Chat Gpt thinks it know the top songs of all times but never went further back then the 1960s and missed a lot of great tunes period.. Somehow it all led to end times and went off the road and crashed... Erica on a roof and packing and Mark in a church.

This PhoneCall was recorded 6 19 25 The gang hits big time as sponsors are now supporting the phone call podcast thingy... Erica goes on a quest for Hoffs hitting ALL the aces in the Tampa / St Pete region while Mark spends his on updating music on his internet radio station my tune radio dot com. Needless to say they were both broke again in less then 3 days and nothing went towards the Phone Call ... Mark is re introduced to pyramid schemes and talks about his mothers dealings with the multilevel sales she was doing while retired... Discusions on Gen Z slang, alternative curse words as they try to cean up Ericas potty mouth and more

This Phone Call was recorded 6.12.25 Possibly a new name for the phone call as the caall is becoming more of a check in to see how wel the senior citizen ma4k is becoming is doing... The Wellness Check... Today Mark thinks he is headed to a six figure job @ Google or is he being scammed again? Erca and Mark take a tech quiz....The  debut of ios26 Mark's iPhone 11. Addict behaviors and What do you get a Trans woman for Fathers day? 

This Phone Call was recorded 6 5 25 Marks trip to Tejas... Eric's Mark meme is making its way around the Podcast Play Ground...Mark uses GPS and still gets lost looking for his hotel which was in walking distance from Freddy's.. Yumm Freddy's a must try! Mark almost gets got by the toll scam live during the phone call.. Marks fear of being in prison made him miss the prison talent shows they were schedueled to jusdge. Mom of The Year rem=wards her sons babysitting his siblings by buying everything needed for his school shooting.. Thank to the SAPD in Texas to stop it and arrest her although DA let her out on bail...and a quick peak at IOS 26.

Todays Phone Call was recorded 05.29.25 Today Greek Fest in Nola and a Texas Trip to see OMd... Radio outside of the pop factor...m Pres Physical fitness patch that erica won but Mark didnt. Bands Original name game, Punk Rock of the 80s? Musoc Talk morning radio talk and Rev. Bill C  and more!

This Phone Call was recorded 5 22 25 On todays Pone Call Erica and Mark have accidentaly stumbled apon something... They realized their friendship and this Podcast/PhoneCall is an obligation with pre-arranged times to record and scheduel... Just like their radio show it is a friendship of "Obligation" ... Maybe time to rename the phone call? LoL ... Also Mark just now found the Shazam app and is trying to figure it out.... Marks old morning show he use to produce in the 90s is on air in Ercas backyard... Creepy Psych facts, the Filthy 15 and more.

This phone call was recorded on 5.15.25 Season 2 is underway... Erica never noticed.. I think mark forgot to tell her he was recording their phone calls when they first started. What is Pink Salt ? We asked Tran I mean Cove. Spanish Traditions as witnessed by Mark... Today it was Prayer candles.. And lot more more BS