Coates Connections: Recent Episodes
Paul Coates
Paul Coates spots talents all around Philly and the surrounding areas and makes sure they are discovered to spread their God-given abilities all throughout the country and globe! He’s the one man Philly version of American Idol but for all types of skills and interesting talents! See who he’s connecting with next!
🚨 ALL ABOUT CELEBS! 🤩 This week on the pod we are welcoming Besties and the newly installed Little Flower High School for Girls Athletic Officer Gianna-Marie Vishio, and Student Body President/ sister of our host Paul, Brianna Coates for the 2021-22 school year! 😆🎉🌹🌹 @giannavishio and @briannacoates1 (aka “Ketchup and Mustard”❤️💛) are both track/XC stars and are extraordinary students! 🏃♀️⭐️ Listen as they explain their journeys at LF, the thought process of being a senior, and plans for the future. Brianna will inform us of the fun plans and ideas she as in store for LF including talking about her role in the upcoming Winter school play of “Sister Act!” 🎭 Gianna is not only the official bodyguard to the LF prez😎💪, but also our Official podcast residential Pop News Information Queen! 🚨👸🏻 Listen as she spills the tea on all things in the world of pop culture including giving the scoop on what’s happening with those Kardashians and much more! 👀 Gianna is also an extremely dedicated worker at Carabbas! Listen as she explains the hustle and bustle of the Restaurant biz, some extremely funny stories😂, and how easy/challenging it can be to juggling working as a student. All this and a newly improved crazy question segment with these two goof balls 🤪 that you won’t want to miss! Be sure to tune in on Facebook and YouTube! 🎙 #newpod #coatesconnections #lf #seniors #popnews #celebs
🚨PODS ARE BACK!!!!!!😆🎙🎉
NEW PODS! NEW GUESTS! NEW TIMES! NEW FUN!
This week we will be kicking off pods going until the Christmas holidays! Pods will be released each week on select days and times. Audio from each pod will be posted on Anchor in the days to follow each pod.
With the excitement of yesterday’s Eagles game, we are kicking it off with some birds talk with former awesome guest to the show, Mike Baumgarten! 😆🏈 The passionate and intelligent sports mastermind is back with his analysis on the game and offering some spicy hot takes for the season ahead! 🔥 You won’t wanna miss this show! 🦅💚 #GoBirds #Passion #PhiladelphiaEagles #FlyEaglesFly #CoatesConnections #NewPodWednesday
GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME! 😤⚽️⚾️🏀🏈 Join us for a special podcast with Pat Housman! Pat, Father Judge grad class of ‘01, is the official head CYO Director at St. Martha Parish School and coaches baseball and basketball! ⚾️🏀 Pat has an extensive knowledge of philly sports and much more! He is also a big and longtime fan of the New England Patriots! Learning coaching from his Dad, the awesome Jim Houseman, Pat took what he learned and put it into practice today! He believes every child has their own special abilities and loves to see his student athletes succeed😃❤️! He is married to his wife and fantastic SMS eighth grade teacher Nora Houseman, and has two great kids in Patrick Jr. and Averie! Pat fills us in on his special coaching techniques and sports knowledge (with hot takes🔥), while also giving us some great political takes as well🇺🇸! It’s an informative and entertaining episode you won’t wanna miss! Also be sure to listen onto our crazy question segment to find out why Pat labels himself as an official “weirdo magnet”, lol! 🤪😆🎙
Join us for an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with new principal of St. Martha School in Northeast Philadelphia, Tawanna Coates! 🎉 Effective July 1st Tawanna, mother of the Coates Connections Podcast host Paul, will officially be taking the reins as principal of SMS! Listen as she explains her transition from teaching to an administrative position, inspiring words of how she got to this point in life, plans she has in store for St. Martha’s, and why you should send your children(Pre-K 3/4year olds through 8th grade) to SMS! It’s a little school, with a big heart! 🐯❤️🤍🖤 Tawanna is also a former TV dancer, Radio Station intern, awesome mother and much, much more! You won’t wanna miss it! 😆🎙
LOVE IS IN THE AIR!🥰❤️ Joining us on the show this week are the talented and fabulous Danny Lodes (pronounced Lo-dis) and Marissa Tankekewicz! Danny and Marissa will be our first couple to join the show! They have been dating for many years since they graduated high school and have many fantastic tips to share in order to maintain relationships and sticking together through thick and thin💜! The two are such a beautiful and sweet couple and are extremely intelligent! 😃 Seriously, every time I see them together they are so happy!!! #GOALS🤩🥰 Danny is an alumnus of Father Judge🔵🔴(Class of ‘19) and was well known for his work at the school as a full time anchor on the Crusader News Network(CNN). Now Danny is doing exciting things at La Salle University, while also following his favorite team of the Philadelphia Phillies⚾️, religiously! Danny gives us the lowdown on all his thoughts on the team and holds back nothing!! 😤🔥 Meanwhile his amazing counterpart Marissa, a St. Hubert’s Bambi (Class of ‘19🟡🟤), is also doing special thing at La Salle University! She is studying food science/nutrition with hopes of becoming a nutritionist! Marissa is so kind and sweet and believes in keeping your body the way you want to maintain it/what you are most comfortable in! 😊 She loves exercise and hiking, and whips up so many tasty creations! We’ll have to listen as she shares them all! 😋 And of course our crazy questions segment will be had as well! 🤪😆
ARE YOU READY TO ROCK AND ROLL?!😤🔥🎸🥁 We are pleased, delighted, and extremely excited to be joined on the show by the special and talented local Band of Frankford Fitler! Tyler Cole, Randy Willson, and Mike McCullough joined forces to create this awesome band! As you can find on their Facebook and Insta pages, Frankford Fitler is an original rock band based in the city of brotherly love. They thrive on making music that is relatable and energizing while maintaining the ability to spread a message and help change the world for the better. They have been and are currently booked to perform at many local pubs, bars, and arenas and are continuing to grow their large fan base. You seriously won’t wanna miss out on what this amazing band has in store! Listen as bandmates Tyler and Randy, both Father Judge Class of ‘18 Alumni, join the show to explain all about the process to create, brand, and perform music for their band! It’s one of the best interviews I have had the pleasure to do so far, and very excited for you all to listen and rock out! 😆🔥🎸
YOU READY TO PLAY?! 👀🎮 This week’s episode features an episode with the long lost Coates Brother (from Another Mother😜😂) of our host Paul, in the great Isaiah Coates! While Isaiah is not technically related to Paul, the two actually resemble each other and have an unique style of laughter! 😂 Isaiah graduated Father Judge High and has a very high IQ especially in the world of all things gaming! 🎮 Gaming is a huge industry today in age and Isaiah gives all the techniques/secrets to his gamer skills, as well as deliver the “cheat codes”😜 on how to be successful in the gaming industry! Isaiah also is a man of faith✝️ and aims to bring faith into his work with gaming and on his popular Instagram posts. 🙏 (Be sure to give him a follow @comp_o_sure) Other fun and of course our crazy questions 🤪 are had that you won’t want to miss! Isaiah is ready to move to a new level as he reveals his amazing self to our audience!
This week’s episode features a Special EXCLUSIVE interview with the brand new State Director of Blexit PA, Ms. Sylvia! 😃🎙 Ms. Sylvia has lived in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia area most of her life and has had a lot of interesting experiences which allowed her to become a free thinker. Ms. Sylvia will explain the importance of having an open mind and being awakened to study and be educated on many topics. These ideals of Sylvia truly match hand in hand with the values of Blexit PA! Blexit PA is a wonderful organization that works to better communities, particularly minority communities, in PA! Some of the goals are to promote school choice, cleaning and making communities safer, and to of course promote freethinkers. The match between Sylvia and Blexit was truly made in Heaven! And we can’t wait for you to hear her wonderful background and all the fun things she has planned for the Blexit PA organization in the weeks to come! 💜 You won’t wanna miss it! (If you wish to become a Blexit member contact the host of our show, Paul, at the email coatesconnections@gmail.com)
The wonderfully talented, smart, sweet, amusing, and one of a kind... Ms. Stella Chiavon joins the show this week! 😃🎙 Stella is a fellow St. Joseph’s University Hawk(Sophomore) and majors in English. Stella is an amazing writer and is in the process of publishing some of her wonderful creative pieces! During the episode we talk about a specific piece of hers that details a true story of her deathly fear of what she calls “winged demons👀😬”(aka butterflies,lol😂🦋) and how her fear came to be after a simple family trip to the Smithsonian Museum, turned into lifelong (hilarious😭🤣) trauma with most insects! 🐛 Stella details some of her fav authors including Cassandra Clare(whom she meets in a picture on the poster below) and shares many other tips of how she comes up with great ideas for writing. Stella is not only a talented writer, but she’s a special dancer as well! 💃 Stella has danced and instructed students at the Babylon School of Dance in Chalfont, Pa. She’s also, lowkey, a magnificent car karaoke singer as well🔥🎤🤣, which was discovered after her multiple trips of commuting to campus during the pandemic times, lol! A chat on attending college during a pandemic, as well as a Crazy Question segment will be included! Be sure not to miss out on this very amusing and entertaining episode! 😉👍
Aubrey Haggerty, talented and wonderful cousin of our host Paul, joins the show this week as our first guest calling in from a whole different country! Aubrey has soo many interesting things going on in her life right now, including living across the globe in Australia!! 🇦🇺 Aubrey details all about Koalas 🐨, P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way 🐠, and how life is going in the Aussie world! Aubrey lives in Australia with her wonderful boyfriend Douglas who is a trained dog nanny and whisper! 🐶 Aubrey is taking agriculture classes with the hopes of living on a farm with loads of amazing farm animals! 🐷🐮🌽 She currently has a family of baby chickens named after Peter Pan characters🐣✨, but is looking for many more cute creatures to raise! ❤️☺️ From learning about visas, time zones, and finding love after dropping your laptop😂, and our famous Crazy Questions🤪 segment.... Our episode with Aubrey includes so many interesting and entertaining moments you won’t want to miss!
Shannon Haggerty Berends joins the show this week to give the lowdown on all things sweets. As a celebrity Baker who attended a prestigious culinary institute in NYC, Shannon has learned so many tips and tricks to make the most amazing desserts! You will be salivating while you listen, so be prepared! From working at previous Bakeries, Pepperidge Farms, Pepsi Co, and many other great foods factories... Shannon had learned so much and now has her own store in the Salted Baking Co.! Listen how Shannon shares her inspirational story in creating that company and how you can go and purchase some of her delicious treats on her Salted Baking Co. Etsy website page today! As one of the most happy and fun people I know, listen as Shannon gives some great stories about her amazing family, talks about the fun of Disney as the Superfan she is, and of course hear as she completes our famous Crazy Question segment! All this and much more on a jam packed pod you won’t wanna miss!
We welcome to the show Jimmy Friel-Wall! Jimmy is the awesome cousin of our host Paul, and is the Strategic Account Manager at Marlin Capital Solutions in New Jersey! Listen to Jimmy’s amazing story of becoming the very successful person that he his today! As our first guest from the LGBTQ community, Jimmy details the story of how he came out as gay to his family and society! Jimmy lets us in on all the details with his special and beautiful family, including mentioning the great process of adoption! Jimmy and Paul have a civil, joyful, and loving discussion on political topics of the day! Listen as Jimmy gives his personal perspectives (with a leaning democratic/liberal tilt) and how we can use different perspectives to understand both sides and try our best to come together! And of course there is our famous crazy question segment that Jimmy undertakes as well! It’s one loaded and extremely fun pod you won’t wanna miss!
Y’all like a man who loves to have a good time, well meet Zander Cojocariu! Zander is a ball of joy and is looking to make a difference in the world! After a being involved in a major car accident as a teenager, Zander has begun to appreciate the gift of life and see things in a new way! Zander shares his story of recently converting from Judaism to Catholicism, as well as a strong interest in the world of politics! Zander will share his perspectives from a conservative slant. (The liberal/leaning democratic perspective will be released next week! Crazy question segments and so much more fun you won’t wanna miss it! With the goal of bringing the world together, Zander is a great guest to listen to! Be sure to catch a listen!
Join us for our 2nd PPT(Paul’s Personal Thoughts) Episode, as Paul shares a reflection about the upcoming Easter holiday! The glorious story of Easter and the Resurrection of the Lord can be relatable in someways to our life today in dealing with intense suffering, then finding success and light at the end of the tunnel. Paul will also usher in “Coates Connections Appreciation Week” as we thank all our extremely talented guests and special listeners to the pod so far! Much more is planned for the pod, but the amount of support we have been given is remarkable so this Thank You message was overdue! May each of you have a wonderful Easter holiday and I hope you can catch a listen to this episode!
Join us for a very special “Blexit Talk Edition💜🎙” of pod this week as Blexit Pennsylvania State Director Sean Pinkett and his long time buddy and local business owner Keenan, join the show! Sean and Keenan will share their stories of success and how they “bet on themselves” to get where they are today! We talk film 🎞, wrestling 🤼♀️, working their way from the ground up and give scenarios of people even in the worst situations that can find success! It’s an uplifting, positive, moving, and inspirational pod you won’t wanna miss! Be sure to tune in!
The great Jeremy Tobin joins the show this week to detail us on so many fun things going on in the world right now! Specifically his past and recent efforts with Penn State’s THON event to raise money to find a cancer cure! Jeremy details the process of everything that goes into THON, from fundraising to dancing, so don’t miss it! Other knowledgeable points are given as well including some Birds and Mars Rover Space talk! This episode is LOADED with fun, including a crazy question segment to top it off! Be sure to tune in!
In the 2nd Part of our 2 Part Episode Extravaganza, Maggie and Paul talk on the very important topic of mental health and the awareness needed for this issue. Maggie and Paul bravely share their experiences coping with this matter in their everyday lives. A MAJOR NEWS bomb pertaining to the podcast and March Madness is dropped in here as well! Be sure to check it out!
Join us as Maggie Tyndall hops on the pod for a very special 2 Part Episode Extravaganza! In this episode(Part 1), Maggie will talk all about her intriguing life and how she came to develop such a strong passion for theatre and Disney! Maggie can sing, dance, and has never once not been on the Dean’s list in college! She can seriously do it all! And her knowledge on all things, especially theatre/Disney, is impeccable as you will find out in our amusing “Mickey Mouse-tastic” trivia segment! You won’t wanna miss a moment of this magical first part of the episode!
Mike Baumgarten joins the show to detail all his awesome and unique experiences as a student athlete. Mike has had his fair share of accomplishments and bumps in the road along the way, and shares his experiences and advice to all the listeners out there. Paul and Mike talk about the 4 major Philly sports teams and their outlook, as well as play an intense Hot Takes game sure to fire you up! Mike Baumgarten is busy dropping so many “Baums” in this episode that you won’t wanna miss!
Assistant Director of Advancement and Head Coach of Track and Field/XC at Little Flower High School in Philadelphia, Laura Presser, joins the show to talk all about her unique coaching experiences and techniques! Laura explains how she was introduced to coaching, her top-rated coaching style, coaching during a pandemic, and how’s she balancing everything all the while planning for her major wedding in the near future! From Crazy Track Trivia to spilling amusing and memorable deets on some of her past student athletes, there is no lack of fun on this episode! Tune in, you won’t wanna miss it!
Join us as huge bleeding green Birds fans, Mike Ercolino and Mike Murphy, let it ALL out regarding their feelings on the Birds! Paul leads a passionate real debate with differing and interesting perspectives on the direction of the Philadelphia Eagles! Don’t miss this Mega Pod! And hey, Go Birds!
Listen up as Paul sits down with an impressive up and coming race car driver from Philadelphia, Ryan Donaghy, to learn about his successes and journey so far! If you got the need for speed, you won’t wanna miss this podcast! Check it out!
Tawanna Coates(aka Paul’s Loving Momma) hops on the show to talk about life, her interests, her career, as well as DROPPING A MAJOR BOMB OF SURPRISE INFORMATION sure to rock all of Northeast Philly! It’s a fun filled episode that you definitely won’t wanna miss!
Paul officially kick starts the Coates Connections Podcast! What originally started as a College Project, is now blossoming into a popular show to bring people together. It’s a fun hobby for Paul and can do some good for the world, hopefully! So please take a listen as Paul connects with his personal thoughts for today’s episode. I hope you like it!
The following podcast is a conversation between 2 college students going through the process of becoming future teachers. The host(Paul), training to be a social studies teacher, interviews the Wonderful Adrianna DiVentura, who is training to be a Spanish teacher. The two compare their teaching experiences and Adrianna explains how she would translate her Spanish teaching skills to a Social Studies Classroom! The two share laughs and great information sure to make the audience smile! Adrianna is also a future actress-in-training for anyone in need of the next great movie star! Definitely worth the listen!