The Spreading Happiness Podcast

The Spreading Happiness Podcast

John (the son) and Mark (the father) Cronin, the duo behind the social enterprise John’s Crazy Socks, share stories from their lives and the lives of others to show you what’s possible, make you smile and most of all, to spread happiness.

Episodes

February 4, 2025 35 mins

John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are spreading happiness on another new episode sharing jokes, stories, and their usual banter. Here's what’s on their minds tonight: travel as they recount some of their adventures and misadventures on the road, meeting with elected officials to advocate for the rights of people with differing abilities, sock seasons, and whatever else might pop into John’s mind. 

Business of the Week: Cameron’...

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John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are spreading happiness, offering jokes, stories and their usual banter. Here's what’s on their minds tonight: advocating for the rights of people with differing abilities, SSI asset levels, sub-minimum wage, John being a Funcle (fun uncle) and, of course, socks.  

Business of the Week: Ausome Ballon Creator – Eddie Lin https://www.facebook.com/AusomeBalloonCreator  

Good News Story of the Week...

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John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks offer jokes, stories, and their usual banter. What’s on their minds tonight: the presidential campaign, promoting unity, gratitude for our colleagues, advocating for inclusion, and, of course, socks.  

Business of the Week: https://www.venturesatl.com/  

Good News Story of the Week:  Color My World with Love, a Hallmark movie that stars two people with Down syndrome.  

Buy some socks, be happy:...

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January 14, 2025 35 mins

John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks have jokes, stories, and their usual banter today, as always! What’s on their minds tonight? Putting candy in every package, the family tour of Literary Huntington and making socks to honor the Special Olympics, and, of course, socks.  

Business of the Week: Spectrum Design: https://www.spectrumdesigns.org/  

Good News Story of the Week:  I Can Bike Camp:   https://www.wfmz.com/news/good-news/g...

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January 7, 2025 36 mins

John and Mark share jokes, stories, and their usual banter. Here's what’s on their minds tonight: baseball and the New York Mets, getting in shape, John’s going to be an Uncle (and Dad, a grandfather), Mark putting his foot in his mouth at work, more podcast interviews, and, of course, socks.  

Business of the Week: The Prospector Theater: https://www.prospectortheater.org   

Good News Story of the Week:  People with Down Syndrome ...

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December 31, 2024 40 mins

John and Mark recorded a special episode to wish you a Happy New Year. You can hear their banter, the funny stories they tell, the jokes they share and the love between a father and son that will make you feel so good. They look back on 2024 and share stories from some of their favorite moments, like John becoming an uncle and Mark a grandfather. They talk about passing $800,000 in donations. John talks about some of his favorite t...

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🎄 Welcome to our Christmas Episode! John kicks off this festive special with a cheerful intro and some Christmas caroling to set the holiday mood. We're spreading extra joy this week as we dive into all things Christmas—no regular segments, but John has jokes, plenty of laughs, stories, and heartwarming moments!

🌟 Segment 1: Reminiscing About Christmas We take a trip down memory lane to share some of our favorite Christmas memori...

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December 17, 2024 34 mins

John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are bringing happiness, again! They have jokes, stories, and their usual banter. Here's what’s on their minds tonight: the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Barbie with Down Syndrome, greening New York, Mark’s song of the day, more podcast interviews, more tours, and, of course, socks.  

Business of the Week: Smile Biscotti: https://smilebiscotti.com/  

Good News: Mattel Introduces Another...

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John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are bringing happiness with jokes, stories, and their usual banter. Here's what’s on their minds tonight: travel for fun and for business, guys’ weekend, tours of our warehouse, football is coming, their usual busy weeks, and socks.  

Business of the Week: Rising Tide Car Wash: https://www.risingtidecarwash.com/ 

Good News: Story of Diego Mini in Autism Parenting Magazine: https://www.autismpar...

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December 3, 2024 41 mins

John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are bringing the happiness with plenty of jokes, stories, and their usual banter. What’s on their minds today: baseball and keeping score at baseball games, buying chargers for our devices, CPAP machines, dating for John, and their week of tours, podcast interviews, spreading happiness and socks.  

Business of the Week: Dance Happy Design https://www.dancehappydesigns.com 

Good News: Scientists...

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November 26, 2024 43 mins

John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are here with a special Thanksgiving episode. They’re spreading happiness and John says there are two keys to happiness: Do for others and gratitude. The boys will share what makes them grateful which means plenty of stories about their colleagues, customers, friends, and family. They offer jokes, stories, and their usual banter. What’s on their minds tonight: Gratitude, favorite Thanksgiving f...

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John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are bringing happiness with jokes, stories, and their usual banter. Here's what’s on their minds today: fireworks, mixing business trips and vacations, writing a joke book, Down syndrome representation on organization, and socks.  

Good News: A new study found that participation in the Special Olympics reduces the likelihood of developing diabetes for people with differing abilities. https://pu...

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November 12, 2024 34 mins

John and Mark from John’s Crazy Socks are bringing the happiness, again! They have jokes, stories, and their usual banter. Here's what’s on their minds today: graduation, medical studies, anniversaries, voting, and, not surprisingly, socks.  

Good News: A program in England teaching people with differing abilities how to vote. 

Business of the Week: Purely Patrick in Hyde Park, Vermont   https://purelypatrick.com/  

John shares his...

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November 6, 2024 35 mins

Summer is starting and the boys are feeling good. They have some serious ideas on their mind: talk about Juneteenth, subminimum wage, and SSI. There’s fun too like new socks and plans for new socks, birthdays and celebrations.  Plus, they have jokes and more stories.   

Good News: The MO’Rainbow Foundation is changing the lives of people with Down syndrome in Nigeria https://www.dataphyte.com/latest-reports/how-nigerian-foundation-...

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October 29, 2024 34 mins

The boys are already enjoying summer. John talks about soccer and summer fun. They talk about the local Pride Parade and making pride socks. They talk about their saying With Us, Not for Us and what that means to them. They share what it is like now that John’s brother Jamie is working with them again and they talk about family business.   

Good News: Chris Nikic has now run six major marathons including the Tokyo Marathon, Boston ...

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October 22, 2024 37 mins

The boys are ready for summer. John talks about soccer and summer fun. They talk about the local Pride Parade and making pride socks. They are members of the Chamber of Commerce and talk about why it is good to get involved locally. They’ll tell some jokes and spread happiness.   

Wait till you hear this week’s feel good story.  

Our business of the week is Poppin Joe’s Gourmet Kettle Korn. You can find theme here: https://www.popp...

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October 15, 2024 34 mins

The boys are energized on this podcast. Of course, they talk socks. But they also talk about Mom’s birthday, Special Olympics, giving interviews, working with John’s brother, John becoming an uncle and so much more. We got socks, we got podcasts, we got the Special Olympics, we’ve got lots of fun and, did we say we have socks? The boys have lots to share. They re-introduce themselves and then turn serious talking about human dignit...

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October 8, 2024 32 mins

The boys are on the road this week, but nothing will stop them from recording their podcast. They recorded it in a hotel room in Oklahoma. And what fun they had: talking about John’s list of state’s his visited (41 states so far!), John recites his “Ode to Bacon,” they share plans for the annual family reunion camp out on Memorial Day and thoughts on Memorial Day as Mark recounts the history of service in the family.

They share a f...

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We got socks, we got podcasts, we got the Special Olympics, we’ve got lots of fun and, did we say we have socks? The boys have lots to share. They re-introduce themselves and then turn serious talking about human dignity and people with differing abilities.  

They share a feel-good story of the week and highlight a business owned by a person with a differing ability. This week they shine the spotlight on Collettey’s Cookies, a grea...

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Another week, another adventure. Today's episode focuses on John and Mark's trip to Washington, DC to meet with Congress. There were so many exciting happenings and so much good work that John did that we can't begin to get into it in the show notes. Take a listen to Mark and the Chief Happiness Officer, John, as they have a nice father-son conversation about the week. One thing's for sure, we GUARANTEE a smile or two during this e...

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