Author Archives: Mike C

Kimberly Cole née “Kim” joins Mike and Steve to talk about her illustrious high school career, home schooling six children, and surviving a very (VERY) difficult pregnancy. (recorded November 21 2024).

Mike and Steve interview classmate Todd Leiby, a man whose father was older than his grandfather but younger than his uncle. Todd talks to Mike and Steve about working his way through college, the recent passing of his mother, and how he became a 2-time burrito-for-a-year winner at Moe’s Southwest Grill. (recorded November 6 2024).

Classy Holly Mazzeo (Kwartler) is this episode’s guest. She tells Mike and Steve about her long journey to finding her career niche and feeling like a lab rat as she underwent IVF treatment (successfully). Also discussed are wild senior year study hall memories and a dramatic on-stage kiss that was caught by the class yearbook photographers.

Vince Dalchuk is the guest for episode 50. Vince talks about living in Houston during Hurricane Ike, a job assignment in Kuwait, and a lifetime of swimming–including an upcoming bid to make the (senior) Olympics.

Mike and Steve return after a long hiatus to chat with classmate Marlo Emch (Zaber). Together, they recount infamous senior pranks (not our class). Marlo talks about meeting one or more Kardashians, having to choose a parent to live with at age 12, and her experiences with in vitro fertilization. Marlo also learns she had been a cheerleader in high school.

Classmate Becky Coughlin (Pecic) chats with Mike and Steve about becoming a single mom at age 20, bodybuidling, and working to find her own identity in middle age. (recorded June 22 2023).

Classmate (and youth sports team member) Josh Lauener chats with Mike and Steve about finding himself in Europe, his mother leaving the family when he was young, and of course, golf. Plus: do you know the connection between sea turtles and window treatment options? (recorded June 6 2023).

Mike and Steve talk to classmate Keith Nelman about teaching in the Falls schools, 1980s middle school fashion, Keith’s successful college track career, struggling with self-esteem issues, and a misunderstanding involving a video camera (recorded Nov 3 2022).