#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #155 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Harry Bellucci.

It was great to talk with my #friend, Harry!

Harry is the Executive Director of Hartford PAL.

We talked about:
Harry’s background (minute 1)
The Harry Bellucci Football Field (minute 2)
Growing up in Hartford (minute 3)
Teaching for 38 years and coaching for 42 years in Hartford (minute 4)
Proud moment with former players (minute 7)
Harry’s daughter Allie (minute10)
Advice for new teachers (minute 11)
Harry’s favorite coach (minute 13)
His coaching style (minute 16)
Confirm or Deny: Were you a professional dancer? (minute 19)
Teaching at the school that he attended as a student (minute 21)
Coaching the Senior Football All-Star Game in 2012 & 2016 (minute 23)
Who is Harry’s favorite daughter? (minute 24)
Harry’s daughter, Erin was the kicker on the Hall High School Football team (minute 25)
Harry is a great swimmer (minute 27)
Being the Executive Director of Hartford PAL (minute 29)
The Art and Culinary Programs at PAL (minute 34)
PAL is collaborating with Hartford Stage for the theater program (minute 36)
PAL After-school programs (minute 37)
How to donate to PAL (minute 38)
Last summer, Feeney worked for 241 Sports at Hartford PAL (minute 40)
PALvember (minute 46)
The PAL Board Members (minute 50)
The importance of PAL (minute 52)
Eric Mangini is Harry’s brother in law (minute 53)
His wife, Brenda has been his rock for the past 33 years (minute 56)
Who was the biggest knucklehead of The Whitney boys? (minute 57)

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#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #154 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring The Soulful Forest.

It was great to talk with my #friends, Terry, Tara and Christina!

We talked about:
The Soulful Forest theme song (minute 1)
Christina Connors went to Wolcott School (minute 3)
Terry shows around The Soulful Forest (minute 5)
The Healing Chickadee (minute 7)
The Seven C's (minute 8.30)
Christina’s Cottage (minute 9.40)
Language matters (minute 12)
Tara Beall-Gomes (minute 14)
The Soulful Forest Tour Guide’s Manual (minute 16)
The Soulful Forest will be built in Naugatuck, CT (minute 21)
The Tweethearts (minute 24)
Christina sings “Help is on the Way” (minute 26)
David Friedman and the book, “We Can Be Kind” (minute 27)
The #BeAGoodFriend” song & game (minute 29)
Intimacy disorder (minute 33)
3 Keys to the Soulful Forest (minute 39)
Events: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 43)
Marty and Friends of Feeney (minute 46)
Favorite restaurants (minute 48)
Where will you be in 5 years? (minute 53)
Upcoming events(minute 57)
Feeney & Christina sing! (minute 58)

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#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #153 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends for The Third Annual Hot Wings Challenge Fundraiser.

It was great to talk and eat hot wings with my good #friends, Avi, Allie, Chris, Linda and Jorge.

We talked about:
Round 1: Valentina’s Extra Spicy Hot Sauce (minute 1)
Avi lost his dad to pancreatic cancer (minute 2)
Cheers to The Ron Foley Foundation (minute 3)
Chris from West Hartford Chamber of Commerce (minute 4)
What does The RFF mean to Allie? (minute 5)
Linda from PeoplesBank (minute 6)
We Care Computers (minute 7)
Alex from Luna Pizza (minute 8)
Past podcast guests, Lisa Lazuras & Ball 4 a Cure (minute 9)
Round 2: Rogue Blood Orange Scorpion Pepper Hot Sauce (minute 10)
Learning from mistakes (minute 11)
Desmond is a good friend! (minute 14)
Ryan & Allie are dancing together (minute 16)
“Erica is a good #friend!” - Allie (minute 17)
“Marty is a good #friend!” - Avi (minute 18)
“Colleen is a good #friend!” - Chris (minute 19)
Special podcast guest, Barbara Foley with some kind words (minute 20)
Round 3: Hot Ones Rojo Hot Sauce (minute 24)
What flavor wing are you? (minute 25)
West Hartford is the best because __________ (minute 29)
Suggestions for future podcast guests (minute 30)
Round 4: Melida’s Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce (minute 33)
How ya been, Jorge? (minute 38)
Avi received 107 donations for the Ron Foley Foundation (minute 41)
Chamber members everywhere! (minute 43)
Round 5: Da Bomb Beyond Insanity Hot Sauce (minute 45)
Tell us a time when you got out of your comfort zone (minute 46)
Closing remarks from Avi (minute 51)
Upcoming events (minute 53)
Closing remarks from Jorge (minute 54)
Group selfie minute 55)

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #152 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Lisa Lazarus and Deb Polun.

It was great to talk to my #friends, Lisa and Deb!

Lisa is the Associate Director of Compliance & Recruitment at the YWCA Hartford Region and Deb is the Chief Strategy Officer for the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut (CHCACT). Both Lisa and Deb serve on The West Hartford Town Council.

We talked about:
The West Hartford community (minute 1)
Lisa has 11 siblings! (minute 2)
Past podcast guests, Ball 4 a Cure & Shane Spencer (minute 4)
Lisa works at the YWCA (minute 7)
Deb attended Tulane University (minute 9)
Deb was the Chair of the West Hartford Board of Education (minute 10)
Deb is currently on Town Council and Lisa is running for Town Council (minute 12)
Lisa worked in Hawaii for The Navy (minute 15)
Jillian Gilchrest (minute 17)
Our favorite things about West Hartford (minute 18.30)
Local trees and The West Hartford Tree Project (minute 21)
Podcast sponsors (minute 23)
3 Keys that make you a good fit for Town Council (minute 24)
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? (minute 28)
Liam Sweeney (Podcast Guest #31) (minute 30)
How was your day today at work? (minute 32)
Adrienne “Ace” Billings-Smith (Podcast Guest #60) (minute 36)
“Ian is my best friend!” - Deb (minute 37)
“Qualities of a good friend” - Lisa (minute 39)
Lisa’s favorite teacher (minute 41)
Deb’s favorite teacher (minute 44)
Deb’s favorite restaurants: Ocho Cafe, Max Burger & Zaytoon (minute 48)
Lisa’s favorite restaurants: Frida, Zohara & Bricco (minute 41)
Lisa’s 4 dinner guests (minute 53)
Deb’s 4 dinner guests (minute 54)
Recommendations (minute 55)
FoF swag and hat collaboration with Anthony’s Abatement (minute 1.00)
Wing tasting from Ocho Cafe (minute 1.02)
Closing remarks (minute 1.06)
Upcoming events (minute 1.08)

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #151 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Shane Spencer.

It was great to talk to my #friend, Shane Spencer!

Shane is a former Major League Baseball Player and three time World Series Champion! Currently, he is a coach and trainer at US9 Prospects.

We talked about:
Our 4th Annual Golf Tournament raised $34,000 (minute 1)
How Friends of Feeney started (minute 4)
Shane’s current plans (minute 6.30)
Shane is heading to Arkansas (minute 8)
Comparison to California, Arkansas and Northeast (minute 9.30)
September 1998 (minute 11)
Podcast Sponsors (minute 12)
3 keys that make a great hitter (minute 13)
Baseball games: Best, Worst, First, Last (minute 16)
Getting yelled at by George Steinbrenner (minute 20)
Darren Bragg (minute 23)
Game 7 of the 2001 World Series (minute 25)
Mariano Rivera tore his Achilles tendon at Old Timer’s Game (minute 27)
Spencer out! Matsui in! (minute 28)
The “Derek Jeter Gift Bag” (minute 30)
Tom Watson is a good #friend (minute 32)
Shane hit 3 grand slams in 9 days (minute 34)
Bob Costas said Shane made a deal with the Devil (minute 35)
Video of Shane’s 2 homeruns while going 5 for 5 (minute 36)
Shane played against and played for Eric Wedge (minute 38)
Getting ejected while coaching in Somerset and Korea (minute 39.30)
Why jersey #47? (minute 41)
Did Shane call a radio station to talk about steroids? (minute 43)
Shane threw to Jeter for “The Flip Play” (minute 45)
Shane was in left field for the “PAUL O’NEILL” chants! (minute 47)
Shane threw out Tony Womack at home during the World Series (minute 49)
How old is El Duque, really? (minute 50)
If you could go back in time, what would you change? (minute 51)
Favorite restaurant is Chilis (minute 53)
Shane’s foursome would be Ian Poulter, Phil Mickelson & Shane Lowry (minute 54)
Baseball in Ireland (minute 56)
Favorite teacher (minute 58)
Shane (#55) and Feeney (#165) both did walks with Frank the Tank (minute 1.00)
Shane got 5 curtain calls at Yankee Stadium (minute 1.02)
Chuck Knoblauch gagged Shane with the bleach blonde hair (minute 1.03)
Dom Zimmer (minute 1.04)
What are the 7 ways to reach first base? (minute 1.05)
The Miracle League Field in West Hartford (minute 1.06)
Mattie’s thank you card (minute 1.07)
We eat Modern Apizza (minute 1.08)
Video of Feeney’s walk with Frank the Tank (minute 1.09)

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Special Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor: French Cleaners - www.thefrenchcleaner.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #150 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Ball 4 a Cure and Lonesome Eddie and the Bird Dogs

The 150th Podcast Celebration was a wonderful event at New Park Brewery.

Directline Media (minute 1)
10 years of Ball 4 a Cure (minute 2)
Starting a nonprofit organization with #friends (minute 3)
Seamus Turco (minute 5)
Voltron or Wu-Tang Clan (minute 6.30)
Cole (minute 7.30)
Bowl 4 a Cure (minute 9)
Lonesome Eddie and the Bird Dogs (minute 13)
Events: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 14.30)
Special guest, Lonesome Eddie (minute 15.40)
Superhero Sunday 5K (minute 20)
Ball 4 a Cure has reached $500k raised (minute 24)
3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) running a nonprofit organization (minute 26)
Shoutout to Dave and Tom at Fresh Ink (minute 27)
French Cleaners is our Presenting Sponsor (minute 28)
Proudest moment (minute 29)
Favorite teachers (minute 32)
Where will you be in 5 years? (minute 36)
“Feeney Reese!” - Tom Borio (minute 38)
Longest Putt Game and other golf games (minute 40)
Sally and Bob’s and chocolate chip pancakes (minute 44)
Favorite restaurant and 4 dinner guests (minute 45)
How did Friends of Feeney start? (minute 50)
Video clip of Hudson (minute 53)
Crazy Questions (minute 54)
Recommendations (minute 59)
TED Talk Collaborative Fundraiser? (minute 1.00)
Pizza Review of Patty’s Pizza (minute 1.02)
Closing remarks (minute 1.07)
LIVE MUSIC by Lonesome Eddie and The Bird Dogs (minute 1.08)
Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd (minute 1.09)
Swingin’ - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (minute 1.12)
When It Rains It Pours - Luke Combs

Special Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor: French Cleaners - www.thefrenchcleaner.com

Podcast Sponsors:
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Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com
Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu
PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com
Float 41 - www.float41.com
Maximum Beverage - www.maximumbev.com
Sally and Bob’s - www.sallyandbobs.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #149 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Eric Bergenn and Ryan McGinnis.

It was great to talk, eat and drink with my good #friends, Eric and Ryan at the office of Bergenn Financial Group.

Ryan owns Ryan’s Softwash and Eric owns Bergenn Financial Group.

We talked about:
Bergenn’s podcast intro (minute 1)
Podcast sponsors (minute 3)
Float 41 (minute 4.30)
Ryan Young and PeoplesBank (minute 6.30)
Ryan Keating and Agent Shamrock (minute 7.40)
4th Annual Friends of Feeney Golf Tournament (minute 8.30)
Swing analysis from Dave at GolfTech (minute 10)
WeHa Whiskey Fest (minute 12)
What makes Tom a good #friend? (minute 13.30)
MGMT at Wesleyan University (minute 15.40)
Dave Matthews Band (minute 17.40)
Nicole (Wife of Feeney) calls in (minute 18.30)
Compare/Contrast Ryan’s Softwash to Bergenn Financial Group (minute 24)
Eric’s day (minute 30)
Ryan’s day (minute 33)
Friends of Feeney at AC Petersens (minute 35)
Eagle Rare bourbon tasting (minute 38)
BFG logo (minute 40)
Dan Hovey and Tony Sisti (minute 42)
Ball clip giveaway from Goff Law Group (minute 44)
Sally and Bob’s food tasting (minute 47)
Claudia and Sophia from Sally and Bob’s (minute 50)
Sweet Bear Coffee and past podcast guests (minute 53)
Ryan attended the “Friends of Nicholas” Yard Goats game (minute 54)
Ryan and Anthony at Elmwood Barbershop (minute 55)
Anthony’s sister was a “mother’s helper” for Feeney’s twins (minute 56)
Stefani’s “Coldplay moment” at the Yard Goats game (minute 59)
D. Locke (#58) calls in about fantasy football (minute 1.02)
Bellu Jean Creative at Gveenah (minute 1.06)
Friends of Feeney Toy Drive (minute 1.08)
West Hartford Trivia (minute 1.09)
The JCC (minute 1.11)
Recommendations: Bandle app, E Bikes, It’s Playtime in Avon (minute 1.13)
Closing remarks (minute 1.17)

Podcast Sponsors:
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Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net
Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com
Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu
PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com
Float 41 - www.float41.com
Maximum Beverage - www.maximumbev.com
Sally and Bob’s - www.sallyandbobs.com

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #148 of #FeeneyTalksFantasyFootball featuring Nick Lombardo.

It was great to talk with my #nephew, Nick!

Nick’s Picks is a #NephewOfFeeney, Fantasy Football Guru and Three Time Champion.

We talked about:
“Take Your Kid to Work Day” at Collins Aerospace (minute 1)
241 Sports Camp (minute 2.30)
JJ Zachariason sound effect (minute 4.30)
West Hartford Dad’s FFB League (minute 5.20)
Nick attended a Yard Goats game and did the high five tunnel (minute 6.20)
Mason, another #NephewOfFeeney attended Malik Naber’s Football Camp (minute 9)
Top 5 players to draft (minute 10.40)
Sleepers (minute 15.30)
Fantasy League smack talk (minute 17.20)
Players to avoid (minute 18.30)
Kickers or no kickers? (minute (minute 20)
Sam’s Wood-n-Tap championship story (minute 21)
Hot or not? (minute 23)
Start, Cut, Bench (minute 26)
Nick’s Fantasy Football League (minute 28)
Podcast sponsors (minute 32)
3 Keys (Sponsored by New England Door & Security) for drafting fantasy football (minute 33)
Fantasy Football Teams: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 37)
Nick will be attending Suffield Academy (minute 38)
Nick was on a tear for CT Titans Baseball (minute 39)
Uncle BJ (#51) has a good sense of humor (minute 41)
Family Field Day (minute 42)
Aunt Titi (minute 47)
Grandpa BQ is a talented drummer (minute 49)
Nick’s favorite restaurant and 4 dinner guests (minute 50)
Photos from past events that Nick attended (minute 54)
Aunt Coley aka Nicole Feeney (minute 58)
Another #NephewOfFeeney Joe Joe golf story (minute 59)
Recommendations (minute 1.00)
Upcoming events (minute 1.01)

Podcast Sponsors:
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Goff Law Group - www.gofflawgroup.net
Parkville Management - www.parkvillemanagement.com
Luna Pizza - www.lunapizzawh.com/lunas-menu
PeoplesBank - www.bankatpeoples.com
Float 41 - www.float41.com
Maximum Beverage - www.maximumbev.com
Sally and Bob’s - www.sallyandbobs.com