The Beacon Street Buzz

The Buzz is BACK with a two-part episode, just in time for the 2026 UGBC election! We sat down with both tickets in this year's race for wide-ranging conversations on their policies, goals for governing if elected and their answers to our BC Rapid Fire segment! The second part of this episode features presidential candidate Jonah Renz and running mate Addie Weiss, a group with both UGBC experience...

The Buzz is BACK with a two-part episode, just in time for the 2026 UGBC election! We sat down with both tickets in this year's race for wide-ranging conversations on their policies, goals for governing if elected and their answers to our BC Rapid Fire segment! First up, Presidential candidate Mary Oliver joined us to discuss her vision for a Student Organization Summit and walk through her plans...

Alden and Nick host Grace Campbell, netminder for BC Women's Hockey, ahead of a Hockey East matchup against Merrimack as the Eagles enter conference play.

BC Basketball is back: what better way to ring in the new year with a little BSB history? Redshirt sophomore forward Jayden Hastings becomes the first basketball player to join the show as he sits down with Alden Hunold, Nick Petralia, Timmy Anderson, Giovanni Culotta and Sean Martin to discuss how the team can rebound from a difficult season.

Hockey is back on the Heights! Alden Hunold, Jackson Shafiroff, Giovanni Culotta and Luke Koenig sit down with senior captain Brady Berard as the No. 6 Eagles kick off the season at Conte against No. 13 Quinnipiac. Brady discusses his transfer from Providence last year, what he's expecting from his second season at BC, shares a wild story from the Seminole Golf Club and vouches for the salad bar a...

The Buzz is back for year four! Host Alden Hunold joins Nick Petralia, Timmy Anderson, Jimmy Mahon, Noah Ross and Giovanni Culotta in welcoming BC Football running back Alex Broome to the program for a fourth straight year. Broome, who missed the 2024 season with an injury, discussed his recovery ahead of 2025, what camp is like under Bill O'Brien and how the Eagles can win eight games for the fir...

For the first time ever, we aren't covering sports this week on the Beacon Street Buzz: but the change of pace sure comes at an opportune moment, as the Undergraduate Government of Boston College will elect its new President and Vice President this week. Giovanni, Paul, Pepper, Alden and Jimmy sat down with two of the candidate groups in this year's race: Andrew Cimino and Brody Whetzel; Jack Adam...

No. 1 BC lacrosse is off to a flying start in 2025 after reaching the top of the lacrosse mountain in 2024. Giovanni Culotta, Jackson Shafiroff and Alden Hunold welcomed junior attacker Brooke McLoy to reflect on last season's national and conference victory, this year's commanding beginning and her favorite things at BC.

BC WIH senior forward Katie Pyne joins Giovanni Culotta and Alden Hunold for the third episode of season three to preview her team's pivotal Hockey East Quarterfinal tilt against Maine. Pyne is also the host of the Around the Heights podcast with Giovanni, and she shares the highlights of her experience in the media world.

It's our favorite hockey weekend of the year, folks. With the 296th Battle of Commonwealth Ave between no. 1 Boston College and no. 8 Boston University on tap this weekend, Giovanni Culotta, Pepper Green, Jackson Shafiroff, Paul Koltovich and Alden Hunold sat down with right winger Ryan Leonard and goaltender Jacob Fowler. Each player made their second appearance on the program. This time around w...

At long last, the Buzz is BACK! Giovanni Culotta, Jackson Shafiroff, Paul Koltovich and Nick Petralia kick off Season 3 as BC Men's Hockey Head Coach Greg Brown joins the program. With the 2nd ranked Eagles on a seven-game heater, Coach Brown shared how this year's team can build on last season's success and detailed the work that lies ahead of BC as it pursues back-to-back Hockey East titles.

In our final episode of the year, Giovanni, Nick and Pepper were joined by BC Birdball's top pitcher, John West. Aptly nicknamed "Batman," West discussed the big series against Clemson that awaits BC Birdball this weekend, the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament in Tuscaloosa last year, and his unbelievable performance in last season's ALS Game at Fenway Park. West also shares anecdotes abo...

As Birdball approaches the stretch of their season with an ACC tournament berth on the line, Giovanni, Nick and Pepper sat down with first baseman Kyle Wolff to discuss the team's huge win over Virginia at Fenway Park, his three-sport-stardom in high school, and delve into why he is tied for the ACC lead in hit by pitches.

The Buzz is joined by star Boston College Women's lacrosse goalie Shea Dolce as they discuss what it's like playing for one of the best programs in the country, lacrosse strategies, style choices, and bench celebrations

With the final game of the season at Merrimack on tap for the second saturday in March, the Buzz sat down with a senior forward for BC hockey, fresh off a regular season Hockey East Title, Colby Ambrosio. Giovanni, Paul, Timmy, Alden and Pepper talked with Colby about the state of the team heading into the Hockey East playoffs and NCAA Tournament while also chatting about his relationship with hoc...

The Buzz sits down with Senior Defenseman Eamon Powell, captain of the #1 ranked Boston College Men's Hockey team. Eamon talks about his many connections throughout the hockey world, what it was like to grow up in an ultra competitive family, his BC story and his golf swing.

The boy talk with Freshman Goaltender Jacob Fowler about playing hockey growing up, what it is like to play for a team contending for a title, NHL drama, free Chipotle, and who they want to win the Super Bowl

For our last episode of 2023, Giovanni hosts his final episode until May (as he trains for the Boston Marathon) and takes Eagles fans through the wild ride that was BC Football's 2023 season. Featuring stories about each of the games, a pair of interviews with Boston Globe beat writer Trevor Hass and BC Football OL Jack Conley, and a sports talk segment featuring Buzz hosts Nick Petralia and Timmy...

As finals approach, the no. 2 ranked Eagles return to the ice for a 4:30 matinee against Hockey East rival Providence. For our 30th-ever episode, BSB was joined by BC hockey freshman Ryan Leonard, the 8th overall pick in the 2023 NHL draft by the Washington Capitals and one of the fantastic freshmen on the team. A prodigy of the US NTDP along with line mates Gabe Perrault and Will Smith, Ryan chat...

Happy Thanksgiving Eagles: and on this favorite holiday of football fans, what better gift than an interview with Captain America himself? For Episode 10, the Buzz sat down with Luke (LUUUUUUKKKEEEE) Kuechly, former Boston College All-American Linebacker and 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year with the Carolina Panthers. Giovanni is joined by Nick, Jackson, Noah and Jimmy to chat with Luke about...

BC Football is on a roll- and as they look to win their 4th straight game for the first time since 2021, the Buzz brought in a member of one of the team's best-performing units to talk about how the Eagles can get it done on Homecoming weekend. BC football redshirt freshman Jack Funke sat down with Giovanni and the Buzz on Episode 8 to discuss the team's recent hot stretch, him being the team's We...

Recently ranked no. 3 by the NCAA, Boston College men's hockey has been on a tear-so what better time for the boys to talk with the Goose? As the team prepares for a heavyweight battle vs no.2 Denver, sophomore defenseman Lukas Gustafson joins Giovanni and the Buzz to preview the big game and discuss how the team can get to St. Paul, MN for the Frozen Four for the first time since 2016. Goose also...

His name is Bond, Lewis Bond: The Buzz was joined during football's bye week by the team's leading receiver for a recap of the team's first six games, where the squad goes from here to keep playing into December, and his personal favorite touchdown catch of the five he's scored this year. NOTE: Audio might sound distorted at points. We apologize for the inconvenience.

BC sophomore and superstar golfer joins Pepper, Noah, Jimmy, Nick and Giovanni for a wide-ranging and hilarious conversation about anything and everything from golf, to football, even how Noah and Nick, can stop making donations to the woods at every course he plays. Could Caden beat some of us left-handed? Tune in to find out (there's a very high chance that he could) and hear all of that an more...

Being a BC athlete certainly runs in the family: BC women's lacrosse stars Annabelle and Mallory Hasselbeck joined Giovanni, Nick, Jackson, Timmy and Paul this week for an electric episode. The dynamic duo shared their favorite memories of their time with BC lax, some of the highlights of their childhood in an NFL and BC family and how the team is prepping to get back to a 7th National Championshi...