Flyover Plates Podcast

It's our second annual Thanksgiving episode! Where did Marc go to eat for his birthday? Our Thanksgiving Reports Thanksgiving pizza? Why Celery Sucks - ended up doing that segment twice Confessions from the McQuaid Cafeteria Plate of the Month: Italian American Community Center Thanksgiving Luncheon (with pasta and what Mike calls Italian Pillows!) Emotional Support Ponies - how they're tr...

Tonight on Flyover Plates! Marc's recording software crashed, so we lost track of time and ended up doing an inadvertent 2-hour marathon mega-episode! We discuss: The long-awaited Tribute to Coach Mike. Marc expresses gratitude for our driver's ed (and tennis) coach who taught us defensive driving. He then spends around half an hour outlining the ways Rochester drivers are clueless: None o...

After two hours of fighting with his new-to-him computer, Marc cobbled things together enough to start recording. Tonight: We lament new pumpkin spice "innovations" What's your ideal Plate? Tonight we debut a new segment called Fantasy Football Plate: For Rosh Hashanah, we let our imaginations run (very) wild as we describe our ideal Jewish food plate. Marc reviews the food at Whiskey...

Tonight, on FOP! Mike drops off his family at the airport, just so he can go down in the basement and record an episode. Marc enjoys his new back deck before the snow flies next week. Sampling a flight of... hot dogs? (Where else besides FOP would you hear that?) It's Mike's turn to review a plate, and it's a good one. The Amber Rose Hungarian-Lithuanian plate includes pork schnitzel w...

It'll be hard to live up to the last episode, but we'll try. Tonight we welcome our first special guest! Cousin RG is our biggest fan and has a lot to say about Rochester - its crime, its food, its mystique. We discuss: A Rochester Legend: Red Fedele's Brook House What's the best part about visiting Rochester? The legality of Boneless Wings What's missing in this episode? Confe...

Tonight, the Prodigal Doctor comes HOME! Luckily for him, it's just for a visit. We drove along Empire Boulevard, looking for a Plate place that would let us record a live episode in the dining room. Eventually, Webster Hots said "come on in!" We ordered some very unique plates - shredded Philly cheesesteak plate and a house-made breaded chicken sandwich plate - and review them. Spoile...

TONIGHT on FLYOVER PLATES! We discuss: A recap of Don Alhart's final news broadcast in all its classiness The nightmare of dating in Roch Emus wandering the suburbs of Cincinnati Church summer festivals Rochester Radio Stations and the 6 songs they play on repeat Who is Brother Wease? Steve T------'s Hats and Pataytas Dr. Mike's childhood stories of eating there (I just went to steveth...

He's the tie that binds all Rochestarians together. He's one of the few things that East-siders and West-siders agree on. He's on Rochester's Mount Rushmore, alongside George Eastman, Walter The Accordion Man, and Brother Wease. He's about to retire after a record-smashing career. He's Don Alhart. Tonight we give tribute to The Don, the greatest newscaster of all time. We s...

Tonight commences Season 2 of Flyover Plates! First, we look back on the past year and discuss such highlights as: The Great Debate: Do baked beans belong on a garbage plate? The Flying Alharts Our explanation of Chicken French Wood Paneling in Basements and so much more! Then we discuss: Marc getting sucked into The Rochester Eternal Surgery Vortex The Pittsford Wegmans Shooting and its implicati...

Tonight on Flyover Plates! Marc comes back refreshed from his trip to NonRochester! The plane back to Roch was less than packed, and people were less than thrilled to be on it. The Plate makes it all the way to Nairobi! Dr. Mike makes himself an Easter Plate! The base ingredient was bacon grease, and the burgers were shaped like eggs. We'll see if he survives. What does Dr. Mike look for in a...

Tonight! On Flyover Plates! Mike obtains a secret family recipe for Rochester hot meat sauce He conjures up the Jurassic Plate and promises to make it on a future episode People obsessed with Charlie Sheen vs People obsessed with Don Alhart Where Marc wants to be buried and why Is there ANYWHERE worse than Rochester? 18% Gray: The official color of Rochester's skies patented by Kodak photograp...

It's the tenth episode of Flyover Plates! You get to hear: Dr. Mike's experience with pork tenderloin in IA (and what condiment from east of the Mississippi might've worked with it) What happens when you refrigerate homemade Rochester hot sauce His encounter with a Rochester sports team down in FL (and what he tried to rename them to) Marc mailing Bill Gray's hot sauce to cousins o...

Tonight we enjoy a post-Christmas discussion, with requisite leftover Italian cookies. Mike makes his own homemade Plate - not his first rodeo, but it's the first time he EATS it on the air. Will he finish the whole thing by the end of the show? What's the most important (mostly inedible) ingredient in a Plate? New segment: "Confession from the McQuaid Chapel" Marc reports on his e...

In tonight's episode of "Let's forget about politics for a few minutes and go back to enjoying life", er, I mean, Flyover Plates: Dr. Mike's stepmom made Cioppino for Thanksgiving. Yes, it was amazing. Dr. Mike, an emigrant to Ohio, made Chicken French for his family so they could learn what their Rochestarian ancestors ate Marc attended a dinner catered by Papa Joe's - The...

Can you believe it's our seventh episode? Mike encounters yet another Rochester escapee hiding in the Flyover States Marc enjoys a Thirsty Turtle Plate on his last day in Victor, NY. Mike asks a hard-hitting question and then points what out is lacking! Marc just moved to the Can of Worms... What is the Can of Worms? The McQuaid vs Aquinas rivalries: Which school was better at which sports? Al...

This month we talk about: What Rochestarians do when Labor Day comes round. (It usually involves buying another Chevy and hunkering down for another 14 months of grey skies.) Marc goes off on a tangent about those giant 80s satellite dishes, because, well, this is FOP Dr. Mike loses his golf bag on a flight to Iowa, and we marvel at how good the airlines are at losing things so reliably. We memori...

It's the middle of summer here at Flyover Plates and that means escaping technology through: Driveway parties, neighborhood outdoor movies, and gatherings in your Italian neighbor's obligatory secondary kitchen. Tonight our Field Reporter Marc tests out a plate from Favored Flavors Catering, and compares it to last month's plate. We also reminisce about Wegmans VHS rentals and the Sens...

Tonight on Flyover Plates! We're now available on many Podcast Directories, so tell your friends to search for the show Catholic School carnivals and the sense of belonging you get from participating in them NY State announces regional license plates. We discuss what stereotypes should go on them. Buffalo wings? Guns? Gaaarbage plates - on license plates??? Field reporter Marc reviews O'Ca...

Tonight we broadcast from our back porches - well, Mike does because he's in OH. Marc goes inside because it's too cold to sit on your porch in Rochester, even in May. We discuss a veritable parade of Rochester topics: Does Sheet Pizza exist outside of Rochester? Rochester loves its annual festivals, with traditional food, cover bands, stabbings, and brawls The PGA was hosted here, and som...

The fans seem to like the show, so we'll keep going! Tonight we discuss: Jerry Springer & Bob Barker Top 4 Best Low-Budget Local Commercials Stuff you'd see in the typical Rochester basement in the 1980s Explaining what a garbage plate is to Iowans Explaining what White Hots are to you It's another pile of reminiscence waiting for your enjoyment! Thanks for telling your fellow Roch...

This is the pilot episode! Today we discuss the Three Major Things that Rochester people bond about - no matter where they are in the world. (You'll have to listen to find out what they are!) Dr. Mike and co-host Marc-Anthony Arena dive down the rabbit hole of Rochester institutions, and somehow come out the other side unscathed! We talk about: Mall Santas The Great House of Guitars How Roches...