As we are in the middle of both football and the holiday season, our guest runs in to talk about his amazing career and his great stocking stuffer book for your kids. Ricky Watters is a 49'ers, Seahawks, and Eagles' legend, has won a national championship, a Super Bowl, and is now the author of the children’s book, ‘A Gift Called Shane’, which tells the story of the adoption of his youngest son, from the perspective of his older sibling. We chat sports, writing, and family in this week’s interview.

Mike rants about his very interesting day, he spreads hygiene to the less fortunate, and Scott has too much bourbon on Thanksgiving. Have a listen!

Our true crime podcast is here to solve the biggest mystery of all time. D. B Cooper? Lindbergh baby? No, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. A person who perused her for years is member of Rockapella Scott Leonard. We chat with Scott on his music career bringing him to Japan, the formation of the band, working on the game show, and continuing to make music with the band.

We also chat about fat goalies , reflect on the Thanksgiving episode, and participate in what we call the December reflection. Have a listen!

A little appetizer before your Thanksgiving meal…a special holiday episode of Verbal Shenanigans. We bring in friends old and new to play Thanksliving. Scott, Harry, and Dom show off their knowledge and thankfulness as Pilgrim Mike puts them through a series of question, trivia, and …hand turkey drawings? Assisting us will be fan and friend of the show Kelley Warner to judge the boys in determining who is will be thankful they are the winner.

Along with the game we speak with artist and author Jennifer Palmer. Jennie has worked on designing floats, costumes, and balloons at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade for over a decade. We hear the behind the scenes work, the science, and aftermath stress to make magical visuals for this yearly tradition. Prep for the next holiday by getting her book Milo’s Christmas Parade.

Avoid talking politics and play this episode at the family dinner table with your loved ones

Just when you think you are out, we pull you back in with another amazing guest. Louis Ferrante went from doing heist work for the Gambino family, to jail, to becoming a best selling author. We talk about his mob life, his reform, the mob’s role from then to now in the world, and real life versus Hollywood when it comes to the mob. Fascinating and entertaining interview to listen to.

We also figure out if Mike could survive prison, Scott tries to figure out actual mobster's names, and we find out what Mike's job would be in a crime family. Have a listen!

We shoot for the skies every week to entertain everyone, and this week we aim for the Cosmos. One of the most historical brands in US Soccer history is the New York Cosmos. From Pele to Beckenbauer, the brand is a fixture in US futbol culture, and next year the team returns. Leading the way is CEO Erik Stover who joins the show to talk about the work in bringing the team back, coming to Patterson, NJ, and the goals to team success.

We also chat about yet another Burlew dog encounter, Scott's discusses his day with the Cosmos staff, and Scott finds a new interest. Have a listen!

For the 2nd time, Fergal Lawler, the drummer of the Cranberries joins us on the show. We dive into everything from the MTV Unplugged performance which was just released on November 7th, the history of the band, memories of Dolores, and more. Fergal is a great guy and an even better conversation.

We also dive into voting, Mike feeding a giraffe, and dive into some death chat. Have a listen!

As the moon falls on an another Halloween, we have one more spooky guest to give…and it's not Burlew in another vampire outfit. Special effects makeup artist, Todd Tucker, tells his story of going from a hair metal band to being a makeup artist on a Steven Spielberg movie. We chat on him founding his makeup studio Illusion Industries, acting and creating looks on horror show and movies like Charmed, Hook, Dracula, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We also talk about the full circle moment with his latest movie, Rockbottom, where Todd had to create an original soundtrack with rock legends from Quiet Riot and Dokken. Have a listen!

We also learn about another interesting body encounter from Mike, and Scott has quite an interesting experience at a CPR class. Check it out!

It's here folks! The 2025 Halloween Extravaganza has arrived. And it is everything we love to do here at Verbal Shenanigans. First, friends of the show, Dom and Harry, join us to compete in a grueling game entitled "Escape from Burlewsferatu". The guys must navigate through 3 nights of Halloween themed questions to avoid being killed by his Lordship, a gross vampire with an aching back, Burlewsferatu! Lot of fun. Listeners be weary!

Next, we step into the shadows of Hollywood with this year's Halloween guest, Mark Steger, the actor, performance artist, and choreographer renowned for bringing some of modern horror and sci-fi's most iconic creatures to terrifying life. Steger pulls back the curtain on his unique career, discussing his process for embodying nonhuman characters like the Demogorgon in Netflix's Stranger Things ,the Pale Lady in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and what it's like working with Tool. A great Halloween episode.