You Don't Say...

Drew Zagorski

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Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files - Some stories are just worth telling... In You Don't Say, you'll get a mix of documentary, commentary, history - straight and sometimes with a twist, and well, just great stories - single episode and serial stories to help you escape the real world. There's a little something here for everyone. You Don't Say... (youdontsay.net) is a production of LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing (lbrbm.com).

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Ep. 3 - The Business of Payback - Tough as Rebar

Send us feedback! Summer hums along in Bridgeport until a torn pharmacy bag and the clang of a garbage can lid redraw the map. We find Billy at Morrie's, tracing the line from Rusty’s hard lesson to the alley where self-defense stops being instinct and starts becoming a code. Word spreads. Small asks turn into quiet transactions. A returned radio. A stopped shakedown. Billy’s name shifts—from insult to promise—because he never goes first, never goes halfway, and always closes the account. Then Rebar steps in. Calm. Precise. Relentless. Their fight lasts two minutes and echoes for years, stripping bravado down to bone. Billy learns power has limits, and sometimes the win is walking away breathing. The ledger changes after that—less about scores, more about balance. He moves quietly, feeds a stray named Butch, and carries restraint like a tool. Hit play to hear how payback becomes principle, how a legend is built without swagger, and why knowing your limit might be the strongest move you make. If the story resonates, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review—what part of Billy’s code would you carry into your own life? Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

22 min
FEB 5

Ep. 2 - The Switch - Rusty’s Lesson

Send us feedback! Some legends shout; this one learns to whisper. We walk Bridgeport with Billy, a kid handed a nickname meant to break him, and watch him turn it into cover, leverage, and eventually a code. What matters isn’t the punch—it’s the pause after: timing, restraint, and the price of making things right without making a scene. At home and in school, pressure teaches cadence as much as consequence, and a small, almost-forgotten library incident becomes the first entry in a ledger that values clean outcomes over noise. Problems end quietly. The room resets. A reputation takes shape. Then it deepens. A summer away, a woman who understands limits, and a cat that can’t help being a cat introduce the rule that governs everything after: instinct needs mercy, and power needs aim. That lesson echoes through games, hallways, and side-street conversations with men who don’t smile much. Favors turn into currency, and the neighborhood adjusts to having a quiet custodian of balance. Not a hero. Not a bully. Just someone who knows how to end a problem before it becomes a headline—and knows there’s always a ceiling waiting. Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

22 min
JAN 15

Ep. 1 - Billy Shitpants Lives – 7 Mouths, 16 Legs – and The Making of Billy Shitpants

Send us feedback! Larry Karpinski, Karp, comes back to Bridgeport telling himself he’s just passing through, maybe closing a loop. That’s the lie guys use when they don’t want to admit they miss a place. But neighborhoods like that don’t do casual visits. The streets remember you whether you’re ready or not. And Billy’s still there — right where you’d expect — like time took a swing at him and missed. Seeing him again isn’t nostalgia. It’s a reminder that some people never put the old rules down, even when the rest of the world pretends they expired. Billy Szczepanek didn’t grow up in a quiet house. It was loud, crowded, full of people learning early how to stand their ground or get stepped over. Love was there, sure — just not the gentle kind. Somewhere along the way, all that pressure had to come out, and one day it did. A moment that should’ve ended clean didn’t, and a name was born. Not as a joke. Not as a dare. Just something that stuck. Episode One traces how a kid from a packed house became the kind of man people whispered about — and how carrying a name like Billy Shitpants was never about fear… it was about whether you could carry the weight and keep walking. Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

20 min
12/16/2025

Coming Soon – The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants

Send us feedback! Some names you only say when the easy answers run out. The Make Right Man is a serialized story set in Chicago’s Bridgeport, where the streets remember, the bars keep score, and one nickname became the neighborhood’s quiet alarm bell. Larry “Karp” Karpinski comes home with his life thinning out at the edges, telling himself it’s temporary. Bridgeport doesn’t do temporary. He's wondering about an old friend, Billy Szczepanek—Billy Shitpants—and if he's still carrying the same gravity he had when they were young, still standing where time left him. This series traces how a legend forms and what it costs to wear it. Told through Karp’s reflective voice and Billy’s measured, watchful one, the story moves through kitchens, parks, and front rooms where truth finally sits because it’s run out of places to hide. This isn’t a clean crime story or a hero’s tale. It’s about friendship that stands the test of time, family that holds even when it hurts, a love so deep it survives the worst that life can throw at it, and a neighborhood that knows some problems don’t fix themselves. When Billy’s name gets whispered, the clock starts. Every favor counts. Bridgeport watches—because it always does Subscribe now, share with a friend who loves gritty, character-driven stories, and leave a review to help others find The Make Right Man. Tell us: what would your old neighborhood remember about you? Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

8 min
12/20/2024

The Totally True Story of The Orchid of Solza, 3-Ball Bartolomeo Colleoni

Send us feedback! In thinking through which classic to watch this holiday season, I landed on the Mario Puzo - Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece, The Godfather. That got me wondering about Corleone, Sicily and who that city was actually named after. Professor Enzo Tontodonato of St. Bonaventure University took me down a very unexpected path, to the life and times of a 15th century "family" man, named 3 Ball Bartolomeo Colleoni. Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

32 min
12/06/2024

The Totally True Story of the First Successful Parachute Jump… or Push

Send us feedback! I got to thinking about who was the first person to jump from a ledge or flying machine using a parachute. I mean, who invented the first parachute, when was that, what were the circumstances – was it a thing of necessity in some horrible moment – and why would anyone ever want to step out of a flying machine or off a cliff when it’s hundreds, if not thousands of feet in the air using an untested accessory? There are a lot of people who own a piece of designing the first parachute, including Taccola, DaVinci, and a French fella named Andre-Jacques Garnerin. Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

41 min
11/22/2024

True Facts #5 – The Invention of the Hamburger and the Founding of McDonald's

Send us feedback! Who doesn't love a big juicy burger? But where did this glorious gastronomic culinary creation come from? Who invented it and how did they dream it up? And what about that go-to condiment mix of mayo and ketchup? Or how did Thousand Island Dressing land on a Big Mac? And what about McDonald's and Ronald McDonald? Doucette de la Croix, the Provost of the Culinary Arts University of America filled me in on all of this need to know history for every hamburger fan. Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

33 min
11/08/2024

The Totally True Story of How Thanksgiving Came to Be

Send us feedback! There's a lot that's been uncovered about the first Thanksgiving. Based on the research of Dr. Louis Pazgassian, a professor of Colonial North American and U.S. History and chair of Georgetown University’s history department, we're sharing the totally true facts of the holiday's origin, including a cast that includes Squanto, Massasoit, William and Mary Brewster, Edward and Susan Winslow, and the unheralded hero of the day, Olaf Dijksgeffen. This stuff really happened... it's totally true. Support You Don't Say via Venmo or PayPal Follow us! | Instagram | Linkedin © Drew Zagorski. All rights reserved. Published under the pen name Drew Glass. The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants is a work of fiction and part of You Don’t Say… Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files, produced by LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing.

51 min

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Stories from the Drew Zagorski Files - Some stories are just worth telling... In You Don't Say, you'll get a mix of documentary, commentary, history - straight and sometimes with a twist, and well, just great stories - single episode and serial stories to help you escape the real world. There's a little something here for everyone. You Don't Say... (youdontsay.net) is a production of LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing (lbrbm.com).

Creator

Drew Zagorski
Years Active

2020 - 2026
Episodes

73
Rating

Explicit
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