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We are back for Season 6. Today we sit down with one of the voices of Alpena Hockey, Tom Dutcher, and discuss all things sports. We spend some times on local and national hot takes, Learn about Tom (30:19), spend some time talking about Alpena Hockey (39:58). We then pivot and talk about the Fab Five (48:14) and then our Top this week is our Favorite Michigan Football players (1:08).

We got ourselves an email so, keeping our word, we fired up the mics and brought you guys an episode!

We sat down with DABS Founder, Cliff Lamay. We talk about where he grew up, what motivated him to create a Summer Basketball League and how the league is doing so far.

We learn about his other side hustle--BlocBros--a DJ service he provides and then round out the episode with our Top 5 Guards of All-Time. It's a fun, surprise episode, and good to catch up from the summer, so thanks for tuning in!

We round out Season 5 with the gang from the Sunset Project. We learn a bit about each of the fellas, how they created the nonprofit and some of the things they learned along the way as well as their hopes for the organization.



Steve and Brad then round out the episode with their Top 5 Characters from the hit TV Show, The Bear.



Season 5 is in the books and we can't wait to talk to you all soon for Season 6!

This week we have in The Kitchen Shelly Gibbs from Friends Together with Alison Jakubcin who is part of their Fundraising Committee. We learn more about Shelly, what all she does with Friends Together and what all Friends Together does for our community.

We then touch base with Brad about his yearly Costume Run and how this year he has chosen to give Friends Together the proceeds from the run.

Don't forget to give us an email to be entered into the free tickets for the Pull Pork Dinner!

We have a fantastic episode for you guys this week! We sit down with Paige Spisak from MLiveMIBest! We learn about how she found her way to the mLive team, a little bit about the content they make and how she ended up in Alpena. We then talk to her about all the things she needs to make sure she tries this summer in Alpena--especially with the Fourth around the corner! We then do a Top 5 of our favorite things to do in Northern Michigan. It's a fun episode and really appreciate Paige taking time to swing by the Kitchen!

Good episode for you guys this week! Robert Barrigar stops by and talks about his Insurance Agency, how their program the Agent Charitable Fund helps families across Michigan. We then talk about his involvement with Rotary, and a distributing trend we are seeing with Service Clubs. Lastly, we talk about an Insurance Agent's worse nightmare: we do a Top 5 Disaster Movies!



It's a great episode where we discuss the community and encourage people to get more involved!