Pat's Peeps Podcast

A snowstorm swallowed the field in Denver and turned a playoff showcase into a survival drill—broadcasters squinting for the ball, players skating on powder, and the Patriots clawing past the top seed. From there the memories started flooding back: Rams-Patriots déjà vu, the thin margins of a 13-3 defensive duel, and the forever-argued choice at the goal line that made Malcolm Butler a verb in barroom debates. Rivalries aren’t just...

Sunshine in the foothills, fog in the valley, and that unmistakable Friday lift—this conversation starts with a simple feeling and turns into a full tour of the week. We ask a deceptively big question: once you retire, do weekends still matter, or do Saturday and Sunday lose their magic when every day is open? From there, we map the emotional arc of the week, mixing personal stories, listener-friendly research, and a soundtrack for...

Ever find out someone put money aside for you… and forgot to tell you? We open the show with a practical guide to unclaimed property in California that could put real dollars back in your pocket. It’s simple, fast, and surprisingly common, and we share the exact place to look, what the status labels mean, and why you might see “over $100” without a total. We also pause on the privacy wrinkle—yes, you can look up other names—and dra...

The moment a human voice slips between the drum fill and the first lyric, something electric happens. We wanted to honor that spark, so we took a long, joyful drive through radio’s living memory: the boss jocks who could hit the post with surgical precision, the velvet FM narrators who taught us to hear the lineage from Zappa to the Dead, and the local promos that made a Friday night feel like a town ritual. National DJ Day gave us...

A kickoff return that felt like a punch, a last-second heave that froze a sideline, and an injury that flipped the AFC’s script—this divisional weekend had everything. We unpack why some teams advanced on discipline and depth while others tripped on turnovers, and why the Rams-Seahawks rubber match in Seattle carries more than bragging rights. From special teams gaffes getting cleaned up to a ground game built for noise and rain, w...

A 46-ton “prize” falls from a balcony, a children’s show meets a jaded bassist, and a fake oil spokesman tells the truth corporate PR won’t—this is the unruly radio lineage that shaped our mic. We rewind to the 1970s and the National Lampoon Radio Hour, the short, blazing run that launched Belushi, Radner, Chase, Guest, Murray, and more, and taught a generation how to make sound paint pictures, punch upward, and still land a clean ...

A dark studio turned into the perfect moment to reset what evenings—and radio—can feel like. After meeting a new doctor and getting candid about slightly elevated triglycerides, we walk through a simple shift that changes everything: finish dinner earlier, let your stomach rest at night, and watch sleep and energy improve. It’s not about a crash diet or guilt; it’s about building a plate with spinach, tomatoes, avocado, olive oil, ...

Sunlight hits the studio window and suddenly we’re off on a ride through memory, media, and music—starting with a date plucked from a headlines-in-history calendar and landing squarely on one of the 90s’ most unforgettable sports moments. We revisit the Kerrigan–Harding saga, not to re-litigate it, but to explore how live drama becomes cultural folklore: a blown-out knee, a rink-side plea, a lace gone wrong, and the way a televised...

Sun poured through the blinds, but the day felt heavy—we lost our friend and frequent guest, Congressman Doug LaMalfa. To honor his legacy, we rewound to our milestone conversation that shows him at his clearest: a fourth-generation rice farmer who asked for baselines before billion-dollar climate plans, and who insisted that policy be built to work in real towns with real jobs.

We walk through the hard numbers behind EV m...

A quiet Friday turned unexpectedly electric: the red light for live radio clicks on, the foothills breathe after days of rain, and a crackling fire sets the stage for a run through memory, music, and sports that somehow all connect. We start with a simple joy—The Flintstones—and land on a timeless truth hiding in a cartoon: ideas often look silly until they fly, and only then do the doubters ask for a title and a seat at the head o...

Sunlight in the foothills, a rare record on the desk, and a voice that still echoes through our studio—this one brings together sport, memory, and music in a way that feels both tender and alive. I’m off the air until January 5, but the stories didn’t take a vacation, and neither did the community that keeps this show beating.

We start with the shockwaves rolling through the NFC West: the Rams slipping from top-seed conten...

A rainy Friday, a Rams OT gut punch, and a studio window looking out on Northern California set the scene for a deeply personal ride through memory. We open our inbox, thank the community, and then step into a year that changed everything: 1973. Not as trivia, but as survival—how AM radio turned courtrooms, bus rides, and seventh‑grade dances into moments you can still touch.

I share what episodic memory feels like in real...

A gray morning breaks into sunlight and we follow it straight into the studio, where a voice Sacramento once trusted at 2 a.m. takes us behind the glass. Stephanie “Dreamweaver” Dorn built a legendary radio segment by doing something deceptively simple and wildly difficult: listening to strangers, interpreting their dreams in real time, and finding words that could steady a shaking hand. Two calls defined what was at stake. One man...