In Episode 7 of Season 3 Mike welcomes his former high school (and still current) broham Chris Allan onto the podcast where they discuss their mutual love of illegal roller blade hockey, high school hoops, the State on MTV and hip hop, with a particular focus on the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Key moments from the pod:

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S3E7 featuring Mike’s longstanding buddy Chris Allan.

1:50: Mike then gives an update on the plan for the rest of Season 3 of the podcast.

2:20: Mike moves onto corrections from past episodes, where he comes clean about two monumental mistakes from past episodes (one from S3E4.5 related to Jimi Hendrix and one related to S3E6 (the Lance Havelka Episode)).

4:20: Mike then gives listeners an update on what’s been going on with him and it revolves around an emotional fever he caught from Season 4 of the much ballyhooed TV program Virgin River.  Mike then breaks down his top 5 MVPs from Season 4 of the show.

15:15: Mike welcomes Chris Allan into the virtual podcast studio.

16:00: Chris then gives the listeners his ENTIRE life story and it’s amazing (including why he is known as the “straw that stirs the drink” at his place of employment).

18:55: Chris gives an update on what’s been going on with his family this summer, which involves a HUGE trip to the POINTE (Cedar Pointe).  Chris then tells the story of Mean Streak Henry.

22:30: Want to know who Chris’ longest standing friend is?  Listen to this segment.

24:30: The guys talk about the last time they hung out in person, which was going to a Pistons game at Little Caesar’s Arena and buying tickets in the “Drinking Row”.

26:05: The fellas then trace the origins of their friendship which involves catholic school, hoops, roller blade hockey, hip hop and the TV Show Webster.

31:00: Basketball is a shared love for Mike and Chris and they talk about their true athletic glory days of playing hoops at Cabrini High School on some of the best teams in the history of Michigan High School basketball, which never lost to St. Alphonsus.  The guys talk about playing over the summer at Team Camp at Olivet College (where Chris would bring satin sheets like he was a member of royalty) as well as dominating local park courts all over the Detroit area like Kemeny Park and Basketball City.

40:40: The guys talk about how they used to love just “driving around” (usually in Dodge Neons) as an activity in high school.

44:10: Next up: the guys discuss their shared passion for the MTV Sketch Show from the 90s “The State” and the impact it had on their humor.

48:30: The fellas then break down their love of hip hop overall and specifically hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan and their favorite tracks from that legendary group.

1:30:30: Chris then talks about his keys to a good friendship at this point in life.

1:32:20: Mike takes Chris through the Rapid Fire Segment where they discuss Chris’ favorite place to eat during senior year of high school open campus lunch, the favorite spots Chris has ever traveled to with his family, Chris’ favorite member of the Bad Boys Pistons, and Chris’ prediction for when the Pistons will win their next NBA Title.