Welcome to Episode #19 of FriendsBeer.Coffee: An Autobiographical Podcast for the Hell of It. I am your host, Joel Gratcyk.

Today’s guest is David Stanley, a professional audio voice, teacher, author, and parent. You can find him on Substack, BlogSpot, and Amazon,

His podcast on pro cycling, the Feed Zone, is part of the Cycling Legends network, and available on most podcast sites.

To read his columns on cycling, visit BikeRaceInfo.com You also can find him on Threads, Instagram, and Twitter.

Today’s guest is Addy, a teacher, author, and poet. My friend for over a decade. Hope you enjoy this conversation.

Welcome to Episode #16 of FriendsBeer.Coffee: An Autobiographical Podcast for the Hell of It. I am your host, Joel Gratcyk.

Today’s guest is Jeff Bogle, a fellow world traveler, and an incredible writer. He's been featured in Reader's Digest, Fodor's Travel, USA Today, and many others.

In this episode, we chat about soccer, music, travel, art, and the importance of emotional vulnerability among those who value each other.

Jeff and I met at Dad 2.0 in New Orleans, LA in 2014. Back in the "old days" of dad blogging. I even share a story about the first time I saw him IRL and we were *gasp* wearing the same shirt.

Jeff's latest book is 100 Questions for Dad: A Journal to Inspire Reflection and Connection (100 Questions Journal).

Find Jeff and his parenting project online at OWTK.com. Subscribe to his art zine at StanchionZine.com. Listen to him and Doug French at Dad2.com, Follow him on Twitter: @OWTK

Today’s guest is Lauren Yee, a Cultivator of Curiosity and constant encourager of play.

Lauren Yee and I met at Dad 2.0 in San Francisco, CA and hung out for the first time the next year at Dad 2.0 in New Orleans, LA. We chat in this episode about Lauren's curiosity about life and culture. We also cover her multitude of projects and share stories from how we each approached play as children.

You can find links to her various projects discussed in this podcast via the links below:

http://CultivatorOfCuriosity.com http://ThisUsNow.com David Stanley and Lauren Yee on The Good Men Project

Today’s guest is Victor Aragon. The other half of FanDads.

Victor is a Father, Chicagoan, Blogger, Craft Beer Guy, and Friend. Here we are at a beer tasting a few years ago at Lake Effect Brewing in Chicago, IL.

Today’s guest is Gil Noriega. He's a teacher, father, Chicagoan, craft beer guy, and friend.

Gil and I met through our mutual friend: Victor. The guys run a blog together called FanDads that covers entertainment and gaming news. You can see the three of us above.

Today’s guest is Doug Zeigler.

We cover his love of beer, scotch, writing, and family. We also cover his religious background, how he ended up in IT, and how we met.

We've hung out in person a number of time thanks to the Dad 2.0 Summit, but apparently haven't taken any photos together. *shrug*

Today’s guest is one of my favorite people: Greg Washington. He's a father, partner, teacher, beer expert, and all around awesome guy.

In this episode we cover everything from his online beer shows, friendship, and life in this country as a diverse family.

Today’s guest is Dan Crosby. We worked together years ago. He was my boss at a at a non-profit in Indiana for around 8 years before we both moved on into new phases of life.

We chat about what's been going on recently with him, his thoughts on the pandemic, and share several stories of our adventures together in places like India, Ghana, Bulgaria, and Scotland.

Today’s guest is Mason Aid: Speaker, Writer, and Diversity + Inclusion Ninja.

I AM ON A SACRED QUEST TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A SAFE PERSON AT EVERY SCHOOL, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, AND PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE AN LGBTQ PERSON CAN BE THEIR WHOLE SELVES.

One person can save a life. Be that person.

We got personal on this one. Hope you enjoy it! (And sorry for the audio quality. It is what it is.)

Today’s guest is my son, Wesley. He's an inquisitively little guy who likes to chat about science, math, reading, and video games.

Join in listening to us chat it up on New Year’s Eve 2020 and talk about the year ahead.

Hope you enjoy listening!

Today’s guest is my Jenny Rincon. We used to spend a lot of time together doing road trips, attending concerts, and all sorts of fun group activities.

And it turns out we don't have any decent photos together. Our cameras back then were not fancy or used well. Ha!

We've lost touch over the last ten years or so and I though it would be great to reconnect and spend some time catching up.

Most of this episode is light hearted but there are a few deep moments regarding past hurt, abuse, and general religious speak.

Hope you enjoy listening.

Today’s guest is my dad, Bob Gratcyk. I've known him all of my life and think you'll like these stories about his life.

Today’s guest is Jim Melf. A friend of mine for a few years now. Fellow fan of Five Iron Frenzy & Craft Beer fan.

Here are a few of the links we mention in the podcast:

Today’s guest is my mom, Jenny Summerhill. I’ve know here all of my life and think you’ll like these stories about her life and mine.

Today’s guest has been my friend since the 6th grade. We’ve seen each other through many of life’s ups & downs, Cecil Pendleton III.

Today’s guest is a pastor, PHISH fan and a fellow craft beer enthusiast… Jeremy Hylen. He’s my good friend and co-founder of Penultimate Brews LLC.

Today’s guest is a pastor, speaker, musician and mother… Leanor Ortega-Till. Enjoy!