Season 3 - Episode 8 - Mike Cygan

In the Season Finale of Season 3 Mike welcomes his Windy City buddy Mike Cygan onto the podcast where they discuss a range of topics including Detroit sports, Chicago neighborhoods, and places to crush bevies and food in Wrigleyville.

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Key moments from the pod: 

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S3E8 featuring one of Mike’s top buddies Mike Cygan.

1:45: Mike then lays out the plan for future seasons of the podcast, as well as teasing an off-season Point Fiver on movies that will literally knock some socks off of some listeners.

2:40: Mike corrects a major error from S3E7.5.5 (NFL Preview Podcast) by Matt Slater involving a classic cliche Matt butchers.

3:40: The WGOWMD (What’s Going On with Mike D) Segment and it involves an activity known as…..tailgating!

7:05: Mike welcomes Mike Cygan into the Virtual Podcast Studio.

8:25: Mike C then gives some background on his amazing life broken up by major parts, including why they’ve stayed living in the City of Chicago.

12:00: Mike C then breaks down a recent trip to Charleston, SC he took with his wife Heide along with the finish of summer baseball for Mike’s son at the famed league in Hamlin Park in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood.

14:20: Mike C talks about his oldest friends in his life and what’s kept that friendship going.

16:20: The guys then break down the last time they hung out which was at a Cubs/Cardinals game at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field and why a Friday afternoon home Cubs game is the absolute best.

19:15: The fellas then discuss the earliest memories of their friendship, which were largely formed around the streets of Chicago (the “City of Neighborhoods”).

24:00 Next up the guys talk about their love of Detroit sports, life on the road as a management consultant

33:00: MIke C breaks down some of his favorite neighborhoods in Chicago to eat and drink, including the amazing beer garden scene in the city.

36:40: The guys then go through a special segment where they break down their five favorite establishments in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago.

39:00: Cubby Dog

43:30: Wrigley Field Section 407L, Row 1, Seats 3-10

46:15: Tango Sur 

49:20: The Lucky Dorr

52:00: Bernie’s

53:30: Nisei Lounge (including a DEEP dive into Malort the beverage)

57:50: Sheffield’s

1:00:50: The Goose Island Brewpub

1:02:40: Murphy’s Bleachers

1:07:30: Cygs gives his keys to a great friendship at this point in our lives.

1:09:00: Cygs then talks about what he’s excited about coming up in his life.

1:09:50: The guys then finish up with the Rapid Fire segment where Mike C talks about his favorite place he’s ever posted up for a work project, favorite activities with his kids, favorite spots to eat with his lovely wife, and places he wants to travel with his family.