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The Jersey Phanatics

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The Bullies are now Phanatics! Join Chris "The Dace Man" Dace as he coverts the Jersey Bullies, Tyler Fried and Erik Burruezo into the Jersey Phanatics as they discuss all things Philadelphia Phillies!
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The Mighty Writers Podcast with Maureen Boland is a show from Mighty Writers, a Philly nonprofit that promotes literacy as a tool for social change. Through decades of experience as a writing teacher, host Maureen Boland knows the power of storytelling and mindful listening; how an honest story, especially one that looks unflinchingly at a sometimes brutal world, has the power to lessen the isolation, despair and polarization so many of us feel. Like the Mighty Writers centers themselves, th ...
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Erik & The Dace Man are back with a brand new episode of the Jersey Phanatics. This week they talk about the MLB End of Year awards for 2024 as well as Free Agency so far. They discuss their thoughts around Pitching, Outfield and what could happen with Third Base and Catcher. They also way in on the Juan Soto race. YouTube Premiere: https://youtu.b…
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Another slow news week in the world of the Philadelphia Phillies so it's time to do another Phanatics Phocus. This time Erik & Dace talk about the career of the Major League Phillies Lifer Ryan Howard. The meteoric rise all the way to the injury prone decent. Ryan Howard, a sure fired hall of famer in the current world of baseball plagued by injury…
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So we're going to be honest with you...this is a super early pre-record. Dace is in Costa Rica, so he grabbed Erik early and chose to do a Phanatic Phocus on our Ace Zack Wheeler. What that means is the two don't know who won the World Series yet....even though it looked like the Dodgers...They don't know any of the end of the year awards and they …
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Well We are well into the Phillies Off-Season as the Dodgers and Yankees fight it out in the World Series... That doesn't mean Erik & Dace can't talk about their 2025 Wishlistahem...Juan Soto... They also break down a survey done by PhillyVoice.com about what players their readers want to see gone and why they were wrong on some of those calls.List…
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Well the 2024 Phillies season has been over for a little over a week now...and well Erik and Dace are finally ready to talk about it... well...yell about it. Erik and The Dace Man return to give their Post Mortem press conference and complain about the Phillies Post Mortem Press conference... also they're kind of sorta optimistic about 2025...right…
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The Boys are back and they are talking bout your 2024 National League East Champions the Philadelphia Phillies. Tyler, Erik and Dace reunite to discuss highlights and low points of the 2024 Philadelphia Phillies Season as well as what lies on the horizon for Red October. They also lend their thoughts on the passing of Pete Rose and the final season…
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Tyler? Tyler is still on assignment but Dace & Erik bring you all the Phillies point of views that you didn't know you needed. The Duo cover the successful road trip against Toronto and Miami, even though Miami ended on a sour note. They talk the Phillies resurgence and give you bonus Tampa Bay Coverage as they record during game two of the homesta…
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It was a pivotal homestand for the Philadelphia Phillies this past week that saw them take on their 2022 nemesis The Houston Astros and divisional rivals The Atlanta Braves. While Tyler is out on assignment, Erik and The Dace Man break down those two important series in addition to a follow-up on the Taijuan Walker problem, A surging Castellanos an…
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The Phillies have a problem...a Taijuan Walker Problem. Aside from making Dace's Tickets for today's game valueless, Erik, Tyler and Dace discuss Dombrowski's biggest failure. They also review the abysmal Braves series in Atlanta, talk about the bounce back in KC and the hope on the horizon that the Phillies may be back.Listen On Spotify and where …
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The Phillies may have final snapped outta the slump. After going 4-2 on their homestand this past week Tyler, Erik and Dace are back to talk Phillies. The Jersey Phanatics talk the rumor of the 6 inning minimum for starters, the Marlins/Nationals Homestand as well as The Topper Strategy and the upcoming Braves/Royals series. The Phillies are in 1st…
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The Jersey Phanatics are back from Vacation to talk about the West Coast road trip. Join Erik, Tyler and The Dace Man as they recap the Phillies series against, The Yankees, Mariners, Dodgers and Diamond backs. They'll also break down the full trade deadline for the Phillies as well as how they stack up against the American League and what the upco…
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Has the gas run out? Erik, Tyler and The Dace Man talk the past week of Phillies baseball featuring a road trip series versus the Twins and a Homestand against the Guardians. They discuss the Trades for Hays and Estevez, and if the Phillies are finished dealing. Lastly they look at the tough road ahead with the Yankees at home and a West Coast roun…
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The Bullies...err..Phanatics are back again. After their extra long All-Star Break they put themselves on, Tyler, Erik and Dace return to talk about the Philadelphia Phillies First half. They'll break down the ascent of the Phillies from low-end favorites to win the World Series all the way to 8 All-Stars and Odds on Favorites to win it all! They t…
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We end the second season of the award-winning Mighty Writers podcast in my personal comfort zone, as I sit down with a former student,16-year-old Brooke Fulton. Brooke talks to me about her childhood in one of the most distressed neighborhoods in Philadelphia — a section of the city where drugs are sold and used openly, a place that continues to be…
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Tyler is back from Assignment to talk this week in Phillies Baseball with Erik & Dace. The Jersey Phanatics break down the end of the last April homestand versus the Chicago White Sox and the kick off to the final road trip of April versus the Cincinnati Reds. The Trio will take a look at the Taijuan Walker/Spencer Turnbull news and what the pitchi…
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Yes this is dropping a few days late but Mr. Erik Burruezo and Chris "The Dace Man" Dace bring you their weekly Jersey Phanatics opions. Tyler is off on Assignment, guess the assignment, and we'll probably make that the assignment.Erik & Dace talk about the Phillies homestand against both the Pittsburgh Pirates & Colorado Rockies, that got off to a…
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At Mighty Writers, our days revolve around helping young people find their voices, which is why we’re especially excited when we connect with authors who speak to the issues that matter to them. In this episode, I talk to Candice Iloh, an award-winning author of young adult novels including “Every Body Looking,” “Break This House” and their newest …
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Four series down, six wins and six losses. The Phillies are sitting at .500 and are our Jersey Phanatics ready to burn it down? Erik, Tyler and Dace break down the first 12 games of the 2024 season featuring the Phillies versus the Braves, Reds, Nationals & Cardinals. They cover the high points the many low points and some how we're cruising at .50…
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The Bullies are now Phanatics! Join Chris "The Dace Man" Dace as he rounds up the former Jersey Bullies, Tyler Fried & Erik Burruezo as they talk all things Philadelphia Phillies.The Jersey Phanatics talk the 2024 Offseason Moves as well as what the 2024 Season may look like before opening day!On Spotify and where ever podcasts are available!(⁠http…
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In Philadelphia, one figure who needs absolutely no introduction is the Phillie Phanatic, the team mascot who is as iconic in these parts as Dr. J, Ben Franklin, or Rocky Balboa. Beyond being a key fixture of Phillies' home games, the Phanatic shows up at playgrounds, schools, hospitals and all kinds of special events with one purpose: to bring hap…
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Philadelphia is awash in grieving children and families. But it’s not all bad news, because where there are serious problems, there are humans at work on serious solutions. In my years as a classroom teacher, I saw many organizations try to help students with problems like grief. Rarely did I see an immediate impact — that is, until I observed the …
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I’ve been obsessed with coming-of-age stories since I first read “A Catcher in the Rye” when I was in seventh grade. That obsession is probably what made me feel entirely at home when I became a ninth grade English teacher. There is very little that moves me more than hearing people grapple in language with themselves and society during that short …
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I often say that my favorite thing about being a classroom writing teacher was my access to stories. It was enriching to me as a teacher and as a human being to learn about my students' lives through their stories. And I learned a lot about issues in society by hearing the same kind of stories over and over again. One issue that came through to me …
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My close friend and colleague Liz Wesley knows what it’s like to fight for fairness in a profoundly unfair world. She battled her way through the education system as a child only to find herself up against some of the same forces of inequity as a teacher in Philadelphia's highly segregated public school system. Always a social justice warrior, Liz …
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LuQman Abdullah caught my attention when I read his commentaries on gun violence in the Philadelphia Citizen. He emphasized something that had become evident to me through my work as a classroom teacher: Young people are not being heard. Now maybe that’s always been the case. Maybe American adults have perennially dismissed the voices of children. …
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I am an obsessive people-watcher. Which is one of the reasons working in a school never-got old for me. Schools are full of people and stories. When I started the podcast, I thought about other workplaces that allow for good people-watching, and public transportation came to mind. Bus drivers, train conductors, transit workers — they all see an inc…
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Here's a taste for what's in store for our second season! Season 2 officially launches on December 14th. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Season 2 of the Mighty Writers Podcast with Maureen Boland will have 9 biweekly episodes (our first episode with Eagles legend Malcolm Jenkins came out a little early), focus…
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On this weeks Episode of The Jersey Phanatics we're doing our first 'Phanatics Phocus! The Man of the hour....Chase F'n Utley. The Dace Man, Tyler and Erik break down their fond memories of the legendary 2nd baseman, talk about his bid for the Hall of Fame and his career stats! On Spotify and where ever podcasts are available!(⁠https://tinyurl.com/…
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The Bullies are now Phanatics! Join Chris "The Dace Man" Dace as he rounds up the former Jersey Bullies, Tyler Fried & Erik Burruezo as they talk all things Philadelphia Phillies. In the rebranding premiere the trio discuss the Phillies 2023 season. From Off-Season Trades to Post-Season Short commings they cover it all. On Spotify and where ever po…
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We kick off the second season of the Mighty Writers Podcast with a conversation with former NFL safety and two-time Super Bowl champ Malcolm Jenkins who recently published a revealing and introspective memoir, “What Winners Won’t Tell You: Lessons from a Legendary Defender.” In addition to his achievements on the field, Jenkins is admired for the w…
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On paper, Maureen Boland and Pat Cooper might seem like unlikely friends. They come from very different backgrounds and have had totally disparate life experiences. Maureen was Pat’s high school teacher years ago. But as deeply curious people, interested in complex matters of the heart and mind, they’ve found many threads of connection between them…
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The U.S. is facing an unprecedented youth crisis: 1 in 10 young adults is dealing with some form of homelessness each year, and the numbers of them struggling with mental health issues has increased dramatically. When host Maureen Boland was a high school teacher, it was not unusual for her to discover that one of her students was homeless. The clu…
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In this episode, we speak with award-winning Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Helen Ubiñas about her career path, themes in her writing, the challenges of being a woman of color in journalism, and why she created The Ñ Fund, a scholarship fund for Latinas who want to pursue a career in journalism. We’ll also speak with young Idaho journalist Mariela…
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Kennett Square, PA, aka the Mushroom Capital of the World, is about an hour south of Philadelphia. Fully half of the U.S. gets its mushrooms from Kennett Square, and the majority of people who make that happen, often in substandard working and living conditions, are migrant farmworkers from Mexico, Central America and Venezuela. Today we speak with…
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Kirkus called Jane Wong’s debut memoir about her childhood in Atlantic City “a generous, steaming stew of a book loaded with personality and originality and sprinkled with the fiery chili of rage.” In this episode we talk to Wong about structuring a memoir, writing about family, marginalized history and generational healing. The Mighty Writers Podc…
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In January, Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos adapted her popular “Science of Well-Being” course for teen audiences. That curriculum was picked up by Philadelphia high school teacher Kate Reber, who offered the online course in the hopes that it would help her students — many of whom have been struggling with anxiety and depression — navigate…
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“A brilliant and fucking fearless debut.” That’s what acclaimed author Carmen Maria Machado said about “Sink” by Joseph Earl Thomas — and that was just the beginning of the raves, from Kiese Laymon to the New York Times. In this episode, we speak with Thomas about his brutal and wrenching memoir, and what it means to thrive when you’re living a lif…
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In 2021, mother, writer and yoga instructor Linda Geraghty was featured in the stirring and critically acclaimed documentary Our American Family. The project, which was filmed over the course of a year inside Linda’s family home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, documents the family experience as Nicole, Linda’s adult daughter, begins a journey of recovery…
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Thirty-year-old Akeiba Emerson shares her journey from foster care to adoption. Like too many children, Akeiba experienced abuse and neglect as she moved through 22 different foster care placements before she was old enough to read. But, thanks to a chance encounter with Judy Emerson, a remarkable single mother who was looking to grow her family, A…
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The Mighty Writers Podcast with Maureen Boland is a new show from Mighty Writers, a Philly non-profit that promotes literacy as a tool for social change. Through decades of experience as a writing teacher, host Maureen Boland knows the power of storytelling and mindful listening; how an honest story, even one that looks unflinchingly at a sometimes…
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The Bullies have returned once again to talk about the Philadelphia Eagles clinching a playoff berth! How far will the birds go and will they take it all? Erik, Tyler and Jarrett are talking Playoffs! The Jersey Bullies drop where ever podcasts are available every Tuesday! ---- Listen to all episodes: https://www.basementprotocolproductions.com/the…
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The Jersey Bullies are back in full swing with Erik and Tyler brining you the hottest takes on Phillies Sports. On this edition the Bullies are joined by The Dace Man to talk about the Phillies Push to the Post season and Jarrett for Pre-Season Eagles Talk. Erik takes the uncharacteristic optimistic road shocking his cohost Tyler as well as the gue…
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