Billified: The Bill Moran Podcast

Welcome to "From Potholes to Plot Holes"! In this episode, Bill and Kevin are joined by comedian Greg Owens, who's headlining at Comedy at the Carlson on April 4th (grab your tickets at carlsoncomedy.com!). The trio dives into a hilarious discussion sparked by a local news clip featuring a woman demanding New York State pay for her car's pothole damage. Plus, caller Tracey shares their own pothole...

Geoffery’s Back: Bill and Dan welcome Geoffery Rogers the CEO and President of GSL News and GSL’s newest employee Nya Patrick. Bill believes his nightly “flu bomb” which contains a full clove of garlic is helping keep his blood pressure at perfect levels, learn what else is in a flu bomb before you consider it! Bill spoke with Andy Babiuke owner of Fab Gear and learned that one of his bands, the C...

Bill welcomes Comedian Doug Phelps and Jim White owner of White Trash Rubbish to the pod. Bill asks if Doug or Jim have a fear of flying, because Boeing is being federally investigated for failing 33 of 89 FAA failures. Bill tells about a former Boeing engineer turned whistle blower who did not make it to his second round of testimony because of an alleged self inflicted gun shot wound. Bill plays...

Relationship Duct Tape: Bill asks Mark, Laura, Matt and Kevin where they were when the World Health Organization declared COVID – 19 a Global Pandemic four years ago. Everyone has a story and remembers when things shut down in New York State. Bill asks Matt, the Manager of BTB, what it was like in the hospitality business during that time. Laura has her own business as an organizer and was very ca...

DST Danger - Bill and Dan discuss Day Light Saving Time and the risk it poses to your health. Every year on the Monday after the springtime switch. Hospitals report a 24 percent spike in heart-attack visits around the U.S. Doctors see an opposite trend each fall: The day after we turn back the clocks, heart attack visits drop 21 percent as many people enjoy a little extra pillow time. Bill is amaz...

Scent of a Scandal: Bill, Dan and Kevin welcome in Vince Press, who has been on the podcast before and worked with Bill in radio for a period of time. Bill talks about the school bus accident in Greece near Kevin’s house and says anything with a school gets us on the edge of our seat, as it should. Kevin knows details of the accident and fills everyone in. Bill asks about texts schools send out ab...

Too Cool: Bill, still wearing an over sized bandage on his face, explains to Dan and Kevin the skin cancer procedure he went through the other day. He explains why he is telling people who ask if he is any discomfort, that he is not. Maybe you will agree with the reason. Bill says this did make him think more carefully about life and has advice to get what you want, it may not be who or what you e...

Surgical Chic: Bill welcomes Comedian Doug Phelps to the pod and Doug guesses whay Bill has a giant white bandage on his face just above his lip! Bill explains he had a basil cell skin cancer removed today and admits it was a bit more than he expected as he fully explains how the procedure unfolded. Any conspiracies about Facebook and Instagram going down on Super Tuesday? Bill talks about a segme...

Oddities and Emotions: Bill opens the pod asking Mark, Matt and Kevin if they ever collected anything. There is a Collectors Showcase that allows people to show things they have collected that may otherwise sit in their basement or attic. Bill asks what side of the Greater Rochester area the others think this de facto museum will be? The guys say the west side and try to guess what west side colle...

Performance Enhancing: Bill opens the pod talking about the passing of ESPN of Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist who reported on the NFL for ESPN for more than three decades. Chris Mortensen was 72 years old. Bill asks about Dan and Kevin’s weekends and says nothing can compare to what he saw on TMZ TV and is resulting in a lawsuit against Hailey Beiber’s sister. Bill thinks a lawsuit s...

Bill and Dan discuss why Leap Day is important, without it you may have Christmas in July! If ancient civilizations did not need a Leap Year every 4 years to keep the calendar straight, were they more intelligent? Bill says we get so much information now, that it is hard to tell what is real and what is parody. He plays a news clip and then a behind the scenes explaining it. Bill is softeneing his...

Bill is excited to tell Kevin that Dr. Rice from St. John Fisher University sent him material that states the Seneca Park Zoo will take road kill deer for the lions and tigers! Bill talks about Richard Lewis and how over the weekend Bill watched the first three episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm's 12th and final season. He thought Richard Lewis looked odd, maybe he had work done on his face or he wa...

Bill is excited to welcome Doug because Bill watched Doug's movie A Night at the Cat over the weekend! Bill plays audio from the opening scene pausing to poke fun at Doug who gets more uncomfortable by the minute. Bill thinks Doug needs to get the movie back on Amazon for people to buy, despite what Bill calls cheesy lines in the movie. Doug is uncomfrotable as Bill goe in depth on the film, but B...

Bill welcomes Matt back from vacation, along with Kevin, Matt and Laura. Bill asks what the difference is between an acquaintance and a friend. Bill thinks as we get older it's harder to make friends and easier to make an acquaintance. Is it easier for guys to maitain friends? Are women more honest? Laura talks about confronting a friend who spread rumors about her after her divorce. Bill says wom...

Bill and Dan discuss their weekends including Dan's wedding anniversary. Dan said at dinner he complained about the Calamari and his wife calmly said that she thinks Dan is becoming less tolerant. Bill thinks Dan is sick and tired of things he is seeing, but Bill doesn't understand why Dan allows himself to get caught up in absurd things that have no bearing on his life and that he has no control...

Bill and Dan remember the Miracle on Ice 44 years ago. Bill thinks this country needs a positive unifying moment like the Miracle on Ice today! Bill said he there are prank videos, like the invisible pranks that make him laugh, you can see some of them on the Billified (@Billified) YouTube page. However, a prank in Australia has gone viral. A school boy poured a bottle of Milk off a brindge onto a...

Bill opens talking abou the new lighting in the studio and other changes coming. Dan comapres the lights to school picture day! Alf Encina is in the studio - Alf is the drummer for bands like Hello City a Bare Naked Ladies Tribute Band, What's with These Homies a Weezer Tribute band and the party band Viny. Alf also owns AE Entertainment silendt discos and Karaoke with Alfie. Bill digs a bit deepe...

Bill and Doug discuss an abondond SUV after an accident at 4AM. Bill says when he sees or hears about things like this he wonders what the story is and often writes his own. Bill tells Doug what he thinks happened here and brings up the old choose your own adventure book series that he read as a kid, giving two options with his story about the abondoned SUV. Doug is bothered by the news he watched...

Bill welcomes Jimmy Z to the pod, who announced Sunday, that after 21 years Jimmy Z's Plates and Shakes is closing at the end of the month. Bill plays the local CBS News coverage of the Jimmy Z closing and the end of the news clip is something Jimmy has been dealing with his whole life! Jimmy explains why he has decided to close the business and what's next, as well as memories and funny stories f...

Bill opens asking Dan about his gig at the Moose Club this weekend. Dan explains the event, how his band was received and is there a chance that Dan's band, The Vaniety Project, becomes a regular at The Moose Club? Find out! Bill plays a news story about a man who is suing the lottery after thinking he won the Power Ball! Hear what happened and decide if he deserves some money. Bill's opinion may...

Bill takes issue with how some Clyde-Savannah parents are still talking about the community needing to heal from the horrific locker room assault that happend a few months ago. Does he cross a line or will you agree? There is a scholarship for that?! Two high school students just received the first ever scholarship to play this "sport!" Bill explains some other weird scholarships, some with a heig...

Bill welcomes heartbroken 49ers fan Comedian Doug Phelps for a Valentine's recorded pod. Doug is still stung by the 49ers loss in the Super Bowl and Bill enjoys getting under his skin. An update on the tragic shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Victory parade. Are there hookers in Fairport? Bill says he has been told there are and one damaged a John's Corvette for lack of payment! Spr...

Bill opens the podcast talking about the love that the local ABC affiliate gave the Copcast podcast that Bill produces. They showed nice shots of the studio including the Billified logo! Bill asks Dan if he has been to Wegman's to see the Valentine's display that greets everyone when they walk in the door? Bill said he had to peak in the card aisle and it did bot dissapoint, it was three rows of p...

Bill welcomesMatt Resi and Mark Hillman to the pod. They open talking about the online reaction to Travis Kelce bumping Chiefs HEad Coach Andy Reid and screaming in his face. Bill reads a few online posts with some saying they lost respect for the Chiefs, other saying Travis needs anger managment classes, that Taylor Swift should end things with Travis! Bill says the incident it is not a good look...

Bill tells Dan and Kevin what commercials to be o the look out for during the Big Game. Do casual fans enjoy the commercials more than the game? Bill plays the M&M's Almost Champions commercial and his favorite the Christopher Walken BMW commmercial. OJ is in Vegas and on 'X,' formerly twitter, setting the record straight about he and hospice! Bill asks could you party with or hang out with OJ...