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Tony is my cousin and a marine -- we talk about what it means to be a VET and living your love and to be awesom-er for it! On any day, on this day, don't miss this message -- I appreciate what you did, Tony and all VETS, and I am so happy to call you a friend! Happy VETERANS DAY! BG

The ROBERT in POOR ROBERTS MISSION is BOBBY ABBO -- and I say IS because Bobby is alive in his nephew, ZACH HUKE and POOR ROBERTS MISSON that carries on Bobby's legacy every year and especially during this Thanksgiving season.  Thanksgiving is my favorite and a favorite day for most and I think that is reassuring, inspiring, CORRECT most people's favorite day is all about saying THANK YO...

This is the 77 episode of PILLARS -- and sometimes the number doesn’t pop because I like Roman Numberals, which can be helpful.  While processing this podcast, it donned on me that Dave Flynn's number was 77. That might say it all.  This is Tribute Season and for the last 8 years Erin and Brendan have thrown the experience that is Tribute 21 to raise awareness and money for Down Syndrome.  Er...

Henry Lynch makes a repeat visit to da PILLARS and we have a ball -- a baseball -- talking about just that.  As the 160 + game season gets shrink-wrapped in the playoffs,  teams must up-shift for success.  Can Dusty Baker do this with the Astros -- and many other looming questions Hank and I tackle as best we can on a rainy Friday morning -- and being that kind of morning -- we lead with KEN BURNS...

Sarah is the sweetest, and with a real sweet brain for architectual design.  After years of studying and experience, Sarah started her own thing in 2018 -- SARAH HAYES ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN . We talk about this along with a lot of other life things that has helped Sarah realized her soul and live it on 🔥 with an awesome husband (who was a carpool mate of mine at Mater Dei when we were in those...

Trevor Goss has been a great friend of mine for much of my life dating back to a fateful day on the 8th grade gridiron (we'll leave that story for another day).  We went to Georgetown Prep together and he went to Cornell and then out to Silicon Valley to pursue a serious passion -- tech. start-ups.  Trevor journeyed, sloughed, and innovated in San Francisco for over a decade and all the while...

Trey Kraus is the owner that does it all at Carlton’s classic haberdashery in Rehoboth.  Trey has held that role for 17 years and it could not have been more ever-present in 2008 when all the markets crashed and now with the mess that COVID has dumped on most all small businesses.  Trey soldiers on and leads from the front.  His once office in the back is now in the middle of the floor — he is the...

Matt Markoff is a man who does not need any introduction -- unless he is wearing a wig -- and still needs does not need an introduction -- but without a wig -- well, we'll leave that up to you.  I give you Matt Markoff of the MARKOFF'S HAUNTED FOREST fame, and truly all-around one of the best guys I know, and that is kinda why CALLEVA and THE HAUNT crush it all day, all night, all day!!!...

Logan and I are great friends and it was a treat to have a conversation on a beautiful Sunday morning about real estate at the beach.  Please contact Logan for anything regarding real estate -- even just to pick his professional brain!!! Email: logan.burke@kw.com -- Cell: 443-797-9217

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Joe Cool, I mean Joe Cole, has been an acquaintance for decades and now I call Joe a friend.  Joe together with his boy, Matt, call themselves Island Boys Enterprise LLC and they created MOTAMEET, the premier app to find people who are into the same things you are into.  I like to call it the Plutonic match-maker, but in the words of the best (Joe and Matt):  Pick your passion.  Find your people....

On the eve of the cup, on the morning of the opening ceremonies -- Brian and I continue our conversation about the Ryder Cup and angle toward Europe and lead with the European Anthem -- which is the Ode To Joy of Beethoven's 9th, which is straight JOY.  I hope you enjoy part deux!!

Brian is a life-long friend of mine -- great golfer; better guy; best dad and hubby!!!  Brian was the youngest Salt Pond CC champion at the age of 15 (1999) and won the Kings Creek CC championship in 2003.  Brian played on the Hooters tour, was Rush Limbaugh's favorite caddie at Everglades club of Florida and his favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber (yeah -- that's in the podcast too!!).  W...

Shawn  Rene is FIT FOR LIFE!!!  SR is a Delaware (I mean Diamond State native) and works everyday to truly be her best self so that she can MAKE PEOPLE BETTER.  There are no if's, and's, or but's about it -- she lives the life that she wants others to live -- in other words SR leads be example and is the role model to all those who she trains.   It is not just about 6-pack abs or br...

Eric is a long-time friend of mine and as I have admitted many times -- I love talking tennis with him.  So I sat down in Delaware and he in New York -- both of us looking at the great Atlantic and both of us with tennis on our minds -- Eric's mind with a lot more to pull from, and that's why I pick it.  With an historic US Open final a couple hours away -- I hope you enjoy the the pre-g...

Annette is on the board for the wonderful organization, OSTD, or for long -- Operation Seas The Day -- which helps to make the days of wounded vets by hosting them and their families at the beach for a week.  For the week after Labor Day, members of the super generous and patriotic Bethany Beach community volunteer their homes for families affected by war to come and stay and heal and laugh and lo...

In episode 2 of the Paul and Billy show Paul tells his cool story — from Little Flower to Georgetown Prep to Princeton and UPenn — from the east coast to the west coast and then back again.  Paul has achieved a lot — and with a lot, a lot has come to be expected — and Paul answers that call.  Paul excelled but might not have been able to attend Prep without a scholarship — and the same could be sa...

NOELLE AND UNCLE BILLY ON YOUTUBE!!! I am taking a stab at add the visual element to the Pillars Podcast!!! I think my audio could be better, but alas so goes the process of creation!!! Thanks, y'all!!! Billy & Noelle

Paul Haaga is our neighbor in Bethany Beach -- Sussex Shores to be specific and he wears the zip code on his chest like he wears his heart on his sleeve.  Paul and I have an in depth talk about what moves him -- and his current gargantuan of keeping Facebook in check while honoring the First Amendment's freedom of speech.  We talk about Paul's role as the chairman of the board championin...

Tom is a PILLAR -- there is no doubt.  With Tom's vim and vigor, guts and gumption we give the Salty Dog Classic it's proper due.  We talk about the history of the tourney and about fathers & sons and about Peyton (our young man from the Washington Jesuit Academy whom we sponsor) and about the tourney's future and about GENERATIONS -- how important are the stories of those who c...

The Salty Dog will turn 16 tomorrow.  At the time, I was 23 years old and Linda 21 years young.  We sit back in Studio East to talk memories of the DOG.  We tells stories and talk history and charity and the beginnings of the DOG with Poppa G and generations!!!  When I say generations I mean that the tourney started with a father & son and that is what has sustained it.  It is a beautiful thin...

ERIC KNAUS is THE GREAT ZUCCHINI and HE IS AWESOME!!!  Eric is the number one child entertainer in the DC area and is well known beyond our little bubble.  What makes Eric AWESOME is that he has a HUGE heart and a very sharp brain.  I have book that adorn my studio, and I am not talking about those.  Eric's brain understands people -- maybe better than anyone I have ever seen -- this is his g...

Julie is an Olympian!!!  Julie represented herself, family, and country in the 2012 Olympics in London.  Julie has always loved to dance and that is most likely why rhythmic dance was her Olympic thang!!!   Julie is local and has always been, but before coming back to the Nation's Capital's umbrella, Julie was in California listening to her post-Olympics inner-voice.  Julie has been back...

Philip and I have not had much interaction, but sometimes not much is needed to connect.  I have been a gadfly on the St. John's campus ever since graduating from their masters program some 10 years ago.  Philip has been a tutor at St. John's College for almost 50 years.  He is recently retired, but is still a fixture on campus and this summer finds him leading Summer Classics seminars o...

Bret and I have known each other for 11 years.  We met at St. John's College in Santa Fe where he was studying the great thinkers of the ancient East and I was attempting those of the West.  Bret still lives in Santa Fe with his beautiful girlfriend, Brittany, and seems more the wiser for it.  Santa Fe is beautiful and full of people who are just that with the St. John's community as thi...