Episodes
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Two Guests, Two Beers, Lots of Fun in 25 Minutes
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Two Guests, Two Beers, Lots of Fun in 25 Minutes
Gary and Mark celebrate the end of season one at Southern Appalachian Brewery in Hendersonville. As always, they had a bunch of things on their minds. But before they got too far in their thoughts a visitor walked over to see what the duo was up to. And when that happens, we see the opportunity for a guest. Of course, we’re taking a gamble, but this was a lucky day as Captain Jim Lombardo was a willing participant in our show and fun to chat with. He runs a sportfishing charter boat company out of South Florida and we learned a bit about that.
And then we made our first phone call on our recording gear to check in with an old friend up in Maryland. Chris is newly moved into an assisted living facility and we wanted to see how that’s going. We mentioned that he might want to move down to Watershed and try out the brand-new assisted living facility that’s opening soon down our way. The new place in Watershed is called “Trails End” and we’re sure we’ll do some future shows from there once people start moving in.
Thanks for a great first season. We’ll look forward to being back with you the first of the year.
This episode recorded at Southern Appalachian Brewery in Hendersonville, NC.
You can check out Captain Jim’s business at: www.catchmesportfishing.com or give him a call at 954-295-1678. Email is lombo@att.net.
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Rabbit Island Resort (we’re just a hare better)
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Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Exciting News from Watershed – bowl games, a whistleblower and a possible admission scandal, and our new movie studio in conjunction with Pam Stone (maybe).
Gary and Mark are back in top form after a round of episodes with “real” guests. In this episode we bring you up to date on several happenings in our home of Watershed, North Carolina.
We lament on our Gary & Mark Podcasting University football team not yet getting a bowl bid. We talk about a possible whistleblower who’s trying to get us embroiled in an admissions scandal. And we discuss the possibility of starting our own movie studio and our hopes of negotiating a deal with Pam Stone to make a movie of her book, Girls Like Her.
Sit back and enjoy the latest happenings Gary and Mark have stirred up.
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This episode recorded at Southern Appalachian Brewery in Hendersonville, NC.
Thanks to our sponsors:
Saluda Outfitters, Home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill
http://www.saludaoutfitters.com
L.J. Meyers, Homeward Angels Professional White Dove Releases
https://homewardangelswhitedoves.com
And of course…
Rabbit Island Resort (we’re just a hare better)
& the Big Whizz Pocket Buddy (an app for your phone)
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Pam Stone - TV star, stand-up comedian, and author puts up with Gary & Mark
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Pam Stone was our most recent guest and she had us in stitches with some of her life stories. We’re sure you’ll be laughing along with us.
If you don’t know Pam, you’re missing out. She is probably best known for playing Coach Judy Watkins on the ABC sitcom “Coach” for seven seasons with Craig T. Nelson. But that’s just the start. She’s an award-winning stand-up comedian (even opened for Jay Leno for weeks at a time), a book author, syndicated newspaper columnist, and a radio personality.
In this episode we talk about it all.
Learn more about Pam at: www.comedianpamstone.com
Pam with Craig T. Nelson on the set of the ABC TV sitcom, "Coach."
Pam with Jay Leno
Thanks to a mutual friend, Sharon Clark Maxwell, for convincing Pam to be in our company.
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Thanks to our sponsors:
Saluda Outfitters, Home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill
http://www.saludaoutfitters.com
L.J. Meyers, Homeward Angels Professional White Dove Releases
Monday Nov 11, 2019
A Chat with Perry Jones, Development Officer with the Muddy Sneakers Program
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
We had a wonderful chat with Perry Hodgkins Jones who works with the amazing Muddy Sneakers program. Muddy Sneakers, based in Brevard (NC), partners with schools to give fifth graders an opportunity to leave the indoor classroom and take it outdoors. It’s an exciting program to hear about and even more exciting to be a part of. Boys and girls look forward to the days their Muddy Sneakers leaders meet them in the great outdoors. Students usually get out with the Muddy Sneakers gang at least six times during the year.
Muddy Sneakers also runs a summer day camp that offers experiences to kids from ages 4 to 14.
Check out more about all the Muddy Sneakers program at: www.muddysneakers.org.
Perry Hodgkins Jones, Muddy Sneakers
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This episode was recorded at Oskar Blues Brewery in Brevard, North Carolina.
https://www.oskarblues.com/location/brevard-nc-oskar-blues-taproom/
Thanks to our sponsors:
Saluda Outfitters, Home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill
http://www.saludaoutfitters.com
L.J. Meyers, Homeward Angels Professional White Dove Releases
Friday Nov 01, 2019
A Chat with Linda Cluxton, a motorcycling powerhouse!
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Gary and Mark warm up with a few shout outs, a suggested name for the Gary & Mark Podcasting University team mascot, and then a few thoughts for alternative names for adult diapers. And all of that is in the first 4 ½ minutes.
The rest of the episode is devoted to our visit with Linda Cluxton who had just completed a nearly 1,000-mile ride including both on- and off-road motorcycling. She’s also raced, ridden internationally, modeled cycling gear, and has completed many long-distance rides in some amazing places. Linda is also a writer, photographer, and a grandmother of seven!
Make sure to check out some photos of Linda on our website at:
https://www.garyandmark.com/linda-cluxton-photos.html
Linda is a product tester and consultant with AcmeMoto2, a company in the North Carolina mountains specializing in high-end motorcycle luggage and accessories. Check out owner Scott Olafson and his company at: https://acmemoto2.com.
Please tell your friends about “The Gary & Mark Show.” Like us, follow us, subscribe, etc. at all the usual places including iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Podbean, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. And of course, check all the show info at: www.garyandmark.com.
This episode was recorded at Sanctuary Brewing Company in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
http://www.sanctuarybrewco.com
Thanks to our sponsors:
Saluda Outfitters, Home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill
http://www.saludaoutfitters.com
L.J. Meyers, Homeward Angels Professional White Dove Releases
https://homewardangelswhitedoves.com
Gary and Mark with Linda, just moments after she received her BS with Extra Honors
from the Gary & Mark Podcasting University.
Monday Oct 21, 2019
It's County Fair Season in Watershed, North Carolina
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
It’s fall and that means it’s county fair season around these parts. Gary & Mark talk about the small fair that comes to Watershed, NC and then think back to a memorable time at a couple of county fairs during their youth. Put it this way, there is something they mention that they haven’t forgotten decades later.
Next up is a discussion about the proposed tattoo parlor wanting to open up on Main Street. We will be getting the mayor of Watershed on the show with us soon to discuss this issue. In the meantime, you can let us know what you think.
And of course, we have some shout outs to some of our listeners who have commented about The Gary & Mark Show. We’d love to mention you too. Just leave a comment.
Check out all our episodes, our videos, our university, and everything else at: http://www.garyandmark.com/.
This episode was recorded at Saluda Outfitters, Saluda, North Carolina. Check them out at: www.saludaoutfitters.com. It’s worth a drive to Saluda from wherever you are to check out the store and Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill.
Friday Oct 11, 2019
The Bladder-Bowel Control Training Institute - good news for all!
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Even though the Gary & Mark Podcasting University is just a few months old, we’re already branching out and experimenting with divisions, departments, and special services. We still have big plans for our athletic department. But until AD Don Silleman can round us up some colleges to play, we’re not sitting around twiddling our thumbs.
In this episode we talk about a “fantasy campus” kind of like those fantasy sports sites that people spend millions on. Maybe we can get a cut of the action. But then Gary presents this whole new idea – the Bladder-Bowel Control Training Institute (BBCTI). This new division of our university is going to be turning heads in the academic world. Seniors can rejoice!
You’re hearing it first here, folks!
Check out all our episodes, videos, the university, store merch, and more at www.garyandmark.com.
This episode was recorded at Saluda Outfitters, home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill.
Check out their place at: www.saludaoutfitters.com.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Clemson's Dabo Swinney should be scared! We now have athletics.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney should be scared! The Gary & Mark Podcasting University now has an athletic program.
We have caved to pressure. We thought we could get by with just focusing on academics at our institution of higher learning. But we misread the demands of our alumni and current student body. They want an athletic program.
Of course we can’t please everybody but decided that perhaps we should enter the world of big-time college sports. So meet Don Silleman, our newly appointed Director of Athletics (AD for short)s. We offered a pretty impressive compensation package to lure Don to our campus. He couldn’t resist and took early retirement from his old job in Greenville to come on board.
You’ll meet Don in this episode and hear some of his early plans for our athletic program. And of course one of those will be to start a football program right out of the gate. And we are not talking about playing any rinky-dink junior college or even youth league. Don wants us to aim high so we plan to start by offering to play Clemson in Death Valley as soon as they have a slot open. Gary and I weren’t so sure about this until Don mentioned we could make some good money for the school win or lose. Of course we don’t plan to lose…
There are lots of good things ahead for the Gary & Mark Podcasting University.
Check out all our episodes, videos, university information on our website at: www.garyandmark.com.
We wish to thank our continuing sponsor Saluda Outfitters – home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill where this episode was recorded. Check out their store at: www.saludaoutfitters.com.
Mark, Don, and Gary
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
A Chat with Chuck Hearon - AT Thru-Hiker Talks about his Incredible Journey
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
About this time twenty years ago Chuck Hearon was finishing up his thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail.
Gary and Mark chat with Chuck about his backpacking journey of close to 2,200 miles in 1999. Two decades later he remembers it like he just walked off the trail. Most people only dream about such an adventure and those who actually start the journey call it quits a few hundred miles in. Chuck is one of those who made it! Only a small percentage ever complete the entire trail.
Just in case you’re not all that familiar with the AT, the “long trail” starts at Springer Mountain, Georgia and ends at Mt. Katahdin, Maine – or you can hike north to south. It crosses 14 states in its journey and passes through multiple national forests, national parks, state parks, etc. Chuck can tell you it’s a mentally and physically challenging undertaking.
Today Chuck lives in Saluda, NC where most of our podcasts are recorded. Chuck is very active in the local community and even twenty years after his AT hike he’s still hiking and is a volunteer trail maintainer for FENCE, a nature center in Tryon, NC.
At the end of our podcast the Board of Trustees & Founders of “The Gary & Mark Podcasting University” presented Chuck with the very first Honorary BS in Podcasting with Honors (and extra honors) to Chuck.
Learn more about the Appalachian Trail at. www.appalachiantrail.org
This episode was recorded at Saluda Outfitters, a major sponsor of The Gary & Mark Show. Check them out at: www.saludaoutfitters.com.
And of course, follow The Gary & Mark Show at www.garyandmark.com as we keep finding our way.
Chuck Hearon
Gary after presenting Chuck with his diploma from "The Gary & Mark Podcasting University."
Chuck, Gary, and Mark
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Gary & Mark Podcasting University Graduates First Students
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
We’ve squeezed a bunch into a relatively short podcast for you. Take a listen as Gary attempts to get out the name of our host location by trying every variation possible from the words in the official name. But all was forgiven as our first bit of news announces our official sponsorship by the place whose name we have struggled with for so long – Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill at Saluda Outfitters. That’s a mouthful, so Gary’s forgiven.
Next up hear about the very first graduates of The Gary & Mark Podcasting University. And without being forced to comply with any state or federal regulations we have achieved equal numbers of male to female students and international to domestic students. Most universities would drool over those demographics. Gary also gives us a short history lesson on the town our first international student is from.
Finally, with the University starting to show some growing pains – Gary brings up the new student store and some of the items the store will sell.
Check out our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0dohNVohLCJLboWTeNGFQ
Check out Saluda Outfitters at: www.SaludaOutfitters.com