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25 May

Food Bank: KDKA-TV Feed The Kids Telethon On June 2nd

published in category: Food Bank on Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 – 3:36 pm

The food bank is proud to partner with KDKA-TV, Giant Eagle and Citizens Bank for this year’s Feed the Kids Telethon. The telethon airs June 2nd. For every dollar that’s donated, Citizens Bank will match donations up to $40,000. In 2020, the telethon raised $154,754.

In honor of the Feed the Kids Telethon, the food podcast hosted a guest who truly sees how food insecurity impacts young people. Joyce Weber is the food services director at Baldwin-Whitehall schools and she says her team is giving out more meals than ever before.

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25 May

Breakfast With Benz hockey podcast (5/25)–Peter Taglianetti

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 – 8:24 am

Former Penguins defenseman Peter Taglianetti joins me to reflect on the Penguins first Stanley Cup Championship in 1991 on the 30th anniversary of the Game 6 clincher over the Minnesota North Stars

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24 May

Madden Monday Podcast (5/24)–Mark Madden on the state of Penguins vs Islanders series

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, May 24th, 2021 – 12:37 am

In this week’s Madden Monday podcast we look at the state of the Penguins-Islanders series at 2-2 heading into Game 5. Roster concerns for the Steelers. The recent slide of the Pirates. And silly unwritten rules in both hockey and baseball.

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21 May

Breakfast With Benz hockey podcast (5/21)–Ulf Samuelsson

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, May 21st, 2021 – 12:02 am

Former Penguins defenseman Ulf Samuelsson joins me to reflect on the 1991 Stanley Cup championship as we approach the 30th anniversary on Tuesday.

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20 May

Fantasy Sports podcast (5/20)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, May 20th, 2021 – 11:50 am

In this week’s fantasy sports podcast Jeff Erickson of Rotowire joins me to discuss tons of baseball, the PGA Championship, and potential Steelers snap count debates.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

20 May

Breakfast With Benz hockey podcast (5/20)–Previewing Pens vs Islanders Game 3

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, May 20th, 2021 – 12:02 am

Penguins beat writer Seth Rorabaugh joins me on the road out to Long Island for Game 3 of the opening round playoff series.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

18 May

Food Bank: Food Justice Is Social Justice

published in category: Food Bank on Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 – 2:57 pm

This episode of the Food Podcast focuses on the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Food Justice is social justice initiative. This initiative is intended to create awareness about social inequality, while educating the Food Bank’s service area of numerous organizations in the region that are focused on ending racism and creating equality for all.

This week the Food Podcast featured Jeremiah’s Place, a crisis nursery in the Pittsburgh area. “A crisis nursery is essentially an emergency childcare center. Pittsburgh didn’t have one til about 2014 when we opened our doors,” said acting director of Jeremiah’s Place Jordan Shoneburger.

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18 May

Breakfast With Benz podcast (5/19)–A look at the PGA Championship

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 – 12:05 am

Brian Taylor of Real Golf Radio tells us why Rory McIlroy may be a threat to end his seven-year Major championship drought in this week’s PGA Championship. He has reasons why defending champ Collin Morikawa ought to be a threat to repeat. And 10,000 fans per day will be allowed to attend the event. We get into the prospect of how the return of galleries may impact results.

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