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Beverage Chronicles

Health Myths in Your Glass, Allagash White's Legacy, and the Great Oktoberfest Showdown

Title: Oktoberfest Beer Surprises, Beverage Health Myths, and the Power of Storytelling

Summary:

This episode of Beverage Chronicles explores several sides of the beverage world, from the health claims surrounding alcoholic drinks to the evolution of craft beer and the importance of public relations. Katie Johnson reviews Allagash White, the award-winning Belgian-style witbier that helped change perceptions of hazy, unfiltered beer. Michelle Lam explains why compelling storytelling is essential to building consumer engagement in the age of AI. Gary Monterosso wraps up the episode with a look at Oktoberfest traditions, the differences between Märzen and Festbier, and a blind tasting in which Texas-brewed Shiner Oktoberfest takes the top spot.

This episode of Beverage Chronicles sorts health facts from myths about alcohol, Katie reviews the award-winning Belgian-style witbier Allagash White, co-host Michelle Lam makes the case for beverage storytelling, and Gary Monterosso recaps a blind tasting that crowned a surprise Oktoberfest champion.

Sorting Health Myths From Alcohol Facts
Gary Monterosso opens Beverage Chronicles by posing a question many drinkers consider only at the bar: can one alcoholic beverage actually be healthier than another? He establishes that lower sugar or fewer calories does not automatically mean a drink is healthy, and that alcohol itself raises the risk of several cancers, a risk shared by beer, wine, and spirits alike. He cites the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidance that drinking less is better for health than drinking more, then turns to red wine, long rumored to protect the heart. He notes resveratrol and other antioxidants in red wine but stresses that research on any heart benefit is mixed, and that the Mayo Clinic reports major heart health organizations do not recommend starting to drink alcohol for that reason. His advice: enjoy wine for its flavor, not as a prescription, setting up a broader look at cocktails and lighter drinks still to come.

Hard Kombucha, Clear Spirits, and Bloody Marys
Monterosso continues his health-focused segment by examining what gets added to the glass alongside alcohol. He points out that a vodka soda with lime avoids the sugar and calories found in sweetened sodas, syrups, and cocktail mixes, since soda water adds essentially nothing while the vodka still carries its full alcohol content. He warns that clear spirits like gin, vodka, and tequila are not inherently healthier just because they look simple, and that hard seltzers, while often lower in calories and sugar than sweeter mixed drinks, still require reading the label for serving size and alcohol percentage. He singles out hard kombucha, explaining its higher alcohol content likely kills the beneficial bacteria associated with the non-alcoholic version, so it belongs on the drink menu rather than the wellness list. Even the brunch favorite bloody mary, with its tomato juice and vegetable garnishes, cannot cancel out the vodka. His takeaway: check the actual contents, not the marketing language, and remember that total alcohol consumed matters more than the category of drink.

Katie Reviews Allagash White's Legacy
Katie, hosting her recurring She Reviews Brews segment, introduces a beer she says is almost as old as she is: Allagash White, a Belgian-style witbier that once drew suspicion from bars and retailers simply because it poured cloudy instead of the clear, yellow, fizzy beer drinkers expected back in 1995. She reports that the beer has since become one of the most awarded witbiers in the world, earning 11 gold medals, three silver, and five bronze across the World Beer Cup, the Great American Beer Festival, and the European Beer Star awards, for 44 total points, well ahead of the next closest witbier's 26. Katie walks through the recipe, a malted barley and wheat blend with oats and carapils, hopped with Nugget, Crystal, and Czech Saaz, and flavored with coriander and Curaçao orange peel. Tasting it live at 5.2 percent ABV, she describes a hazy pale gold pour with bread and citrus aromas, a peppery first sip, and a crisp, almost clove-like finish, calling it a sip of American brewing history available at most grocery stores.

Michelle Lam On Storytelling And PR
Co-host Michelle Lam takes over the program to explore why public relations still matters for beverage brands in the age of artificial intelligence. She frames her segment around the idea that facts inform but stories inspire, arguing that consumers rarely remember a product's technical features but do remember the founder who overcame obstacles, the chef preserving family traditions through food, or the distiller honoring generations of craftsmanship. Lam explains that public relations works by transforming plain information into stories audiences want to remember and share, and that emotional connection, not spec sheets, is what drives engagement, loyalty, and long-term relationships between a brand and its customers. She closes her segment by thanking listeners for joining Beverage Chronicles, reminding them to share the episode if they enjoyed it, and offering her signature closing line that every beverage has a story, and every story has the power to inform, inspire, and connect before handing things back for the rest of the hour.

Oktoberfest History Märzen Versus Festbier
Gary Monterosso returns to walk through the history behind Oktoberfest beer, noting the festival did not begin as a beer event at all but as the 1810 wedding celebration of Bavaria's Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese, a party popular enough to become an annual tradition. He explains that only six breweries, Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräu, Löwenbräu, Paulaner, and Spaten, may serve beer at Munich's official festival, while countless other brewers worldwide make beers inspired by it in two main styles. Märzen, meaning March beer, reflects when the beer was traditionally brewed and stored cold through warmer months, giving it an amber color and a malt-forward character with toasted bread and caramel notes. Festbier is the paler, golden alternative, lighter on the palate but still malty, a style Paulaner helped popularize in the 1970s until it became dominant at the festival itself. Monterosso's point: a golden beer deserves as much attention as a dark amber one in the Oktoberfest conversation.

A Texas Beer Beats Germany In Blind Tasting
Monterosso closes the episode with results from a Food & Wine blind tasting, where nine editors, including Melanie Hansche, who grew up in the Bavarian Alps, sampled unmarked cups of Oktoberfest beers without knowing the brands. Shiner Oktoberfest, from Texas, won top honors for its warm bread aroma and balance between hops and malt, with one editor suspecting it was actually German because it matched her idea of the style so closely. Weihenstephaner Festbier took second, praised for surprising richness beneath its golden color, while Samuel Adams OctoberFest and Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen represented the sweeter and more bitter ends of the amber category, with one editor dubbing Sam Adams the pumpkin spice of beers. Monterosso frames the result as a reminder that a German name guarantees nothing and an American brewery can convincingly nail a traditional style. He thanks listeners, points them to beveragechronicles.com and the show's social media pages, and signs off until next week.

The Church of the Souls Evolution with The Reverend Blake Rubie

Goldie's Last Days, the Verdant Contact That Never Came, and a Nation at the Ballot Box

In a solo broadcast from San Antonio, The Reverend Blake Rubie reflects on his dying dog Goldie, the Heavenly Mother and Father, an alien species called the Verdants, and the choices facing voters this election season, closing as always with a prayer.

Opening: Spirits, Dreams, and a Dying Dog
Reverend Blake Rubie opens the broadcast on Saturday, October 17th, from San Antonio, reminding listeners that the soul is the brain of the spirit and quoting The Police's 1981 song to argue that human beings are spirits living in a material world. He describes how spirits travel while the body sleeps, visiting other people and places, even other planets, and says he once dreamed of a jet fighter crashing only to see a nearly identical image in a newspaper the next day while visiting his cousin Jill in England. Rubie calls Earth a classroom in the university of the universe and turns to a sadder subject, his American Pit Bull Terrier, Goldie, now about fourteen years old and so weak she can no longer walk on her own. He recounts carrying her into the backyard that day with two harnesses so she could feel ten minutes of sunshine, and says the family may have to put her down on Monday.

Heavenly Parents, Reincarnation, and the Power of Words
Rubie turns to his belief in the Heavenly Mother and Father, co-creator gods he describes as once living lives just like ours, purifying themselves through many reincarnations on different planets until they reached a stage of evolution allowing them to create with words, a concept he ties to the Bible's opening line that in the beginning was the word. He breaks to drink water mid-segment, then returns to say hell is only a temporary jail at the center of the Earth, not an eternal punishment. He quotes Neil Young's "Old Man" to describe the Heavenly Parents' past similarity to human beings, and warns that because words can create or destroy, listeners should avoid swearing and choose life over death in their speech. He also cites Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" to stress that life should be treated as precious rather than a joke, urging listeners to honor and respect it more than many people do.

A House Sale, a Move, and Pets in the Afterlife
Rubie shifts to practical matters, explaining that he still owes $90,000 on his San Antonio house and hopes to clear around $50,000 once it sells, money he would use to relocate somewhere drier, possibly Las Vegas, New Mexico, or Arizona, noting Nevada and Texas have no state income tax while his other two options do. He says moving to Las Vegas would also put him closer to his son in Burbank, about 300 miles away, and complains that San Antonio traffic has worsened sharply over the past decade as more people move in. The sale depends on his stepdaughter and grandchildren finding somewhere else to live, since the family has been covering their expenses. Returning to Goldie, Rubie promises listeners that pets return as spirits with souls after death, a separate evolving species, and claims some planets host canine and feline species that have evolved upright postures with human-like arms and legs while keeping animal heads.

Verdants, Abductions, and a Suppressed Contact
Rubie describes an advanced species called the Verdants, said to have colonized about five trillion planets and to monitor new civilizations until they prove peaceful enough for contact. He claims Earth was once close to a summit with them, who prepared the way through what he calls unsourced visitations rather than abductions, recruiting ambassadors and deputy envoys from ordinary people. He singles out Phillip Krapf, a former Los Angeles Times editor tied to the paper's Pulitzer Prize coverage of the L.A. riots, who wrote "The Contact Has Begun" after spending three days aboard a Verdant spaceship. Rubie argues that mainstream media suppresses such stories because journalists favor negative news and some outlets deliberately hide the truth about extraterrestrial life, fearing it would destabilize human evolution. He says the Verdants had planned a dramatic final proof, transforming 600 acres of desert into a green oasis overnight, but the September 11th attacks changed humanity's standing and the plan was abandoned.

Politics, Israel, and a Difficult Choice
Rubie connects the Verdants' withdrawal to humanity's continuing wars, noting that over six million Jews died in World War II and that he is part Jewish himself, before turning to October 7th and Hamas's attack, which he says killed 1,400 people and justified Israel's response, including the broader war with Iran he believes followed from it. He calls Jewish people "God's chosen people," explaining this through a story that their ancestors came from a more evolved planet whose crashed spaceship stranded them on Earth. He says he generally favors Republicans because of their support for Israel, though he describes himself as a people person who votes for the individual. He also addresses abortion, saying the Creator values the sacredness of human life highly, while acknowledging that the decision is difficult and ultimately rests with the person who must live with its consequences, including on what he calls judgment day.

Army Values, YouTube Videos, and a Closing Prayer
Rubie turns to election advice, urging listeners to vote their conscience and questioning whether a Democratic administration would lower gas or grocery prices, while defending Donald Trump against what he calls unfair media treatment and arguing that renewed impeachment efforts would be unjustified. He then shifts back to spirituality, thanking producer Doug and BBS Radio and TV for four YouTube videos under his name, including "Church of the Soul's Evolution," "The Spirit World," "Planet of Sorrows," and "Grow Your Light," whose AI-generated lyrics he says come from his own teachings. He recalls the Army values of duty, honor, integrity, loyalty, selfless service, and personal courage, alongside the five Army domains of fitness, naming spirituality as the most important of all, especially given how many people die each day. He closes the broadcast with an extended prayer thanking the Creator for the universe's beauty and omniscience, then says goodbye until next week as "Planet of Sorrows" plays out the show.

Bible News Prophecy with Dr Bob Thiel

Prepping for Reality

With world conditions being what they are; with the wars and rumors of war with the mushroom cloud of nuclear war hanging over our heads are you prepared?

Are prepping plans designed for the real world with elderly, ill, and young people?

Do you have a flashlight, batteries, a can of tuna fish, and a hand crank radio stuffed into your 50-pound bug-out bag? Does your grandmother have one too? How about your young son or daughter with chronic physical problems in need of regular prescription medicine? Do they have their bug out bag stuffed under their bed next to their Barbie doll or Darth Vader sword?

Are you really prepared? Or are you kidding yourself?

Are you prepared for this, which Jesus prophesied, "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened" (Matthew 24:21-22). In other scriptures, Jesus gives information on how to prepare (cf. Luke 21:36; Revelation 3:7-10).

Are ALL true Christians going to be protected? Or does Revelation 12:14-17 reveal two groups of believers, one group that is protected and the other which is subject to Satanic persecution?

What did God inspire the prophet Zephaniah to write about how the faithful in these times should prepare?

Do you want to be really prepared? Do you want you and your family to really be prepared for the worst? Then…
Watch this video as Dr. Thiel shines the light of Biblical truth on fake vs. reality prepping. Through the use of scriptures Dr. Thiel makes clear the path to safety from the horrors of the great tribulation that is right now looming on the horizon.

Read the full article to this video titled “Prepping plans often overlook reality–there is a better way.” at URL
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Prepping for Reality: Why Physical Survival Plans Fail and What Jesus Said to Do Instead

Dr. Bob Thiel tells announcer Steve Dupuis that most prepping plans are unrealistic and unbiblical, arguing from Revelation, Zephaniah, and the Gospels that real safety before the Great Tribulation lies in watching, praying, and gathering with the Philadelphian remnant.

Questioning Prepper Assumptions
Steve Dupuis opens the Bible News Prophecy program by asking Dr. Bob Thiel whether most prepping plans are realistic, given how many people are stocking supplies and preparing for hard times today. Thiel answers no, pointing to an article that argues standard prepping advice assumes a prepper is healthy and alone, while most households actually include elderly parents, young children, people on medication, and other complications that make simple government-style plans insufficient once the power goes out. He calls this an ordinary condition of American life rather than a rare exception, and distinguishes between what he calls real, true prepping and fake, false prepping. Thiel warns that the situation coming to the United States will be far worse than most preppers or anyone else currently expects, setting up the rest of the conversation about why physical preparation alone will not be enough.

How Bad It Will Get
Asked how much worse things can get, Thiel answers worse than ever before, quoting Jesus in Matthew 24:21 describing a great tribulation unlike anything since the beginning of the world, a time so severe that no flesh would survive unless those days were shortened for the elect's sake. He says some Americans will survive for a time, but many will become slaves, and large numbers will flee to mountain bunkers, a scenario he says Amos 3 and Lamentations both describe, quoting Jeremiah's line about being pursued on the mountains and ambushed in the wilderness. Thiel concludes that hiding in the mountains might protect a few people briefly but not permanently, because pursuers will track them down. He states plainly that this kind of physical, hide-in-the-mountains prepping plan is not biblically sound, since scripture itself predicts that most who try it will ultimately be captured or killed rather than saved.

Watching, Praying, and Philadelphia's Promise
When Dupuis asks how to prep for reality, Thiel turns to Luke 21:36, where Jesus tells his followers to watch and pray always so they may be counted worthy to escape what is coming. He reads Revelation 3, verses 7 and 10, in which Jesus tells the church of Philadelphia that because they kept his command to persevere, he will keep them from the hour of trial that will test the whole world. Thiel explains that Jesus is describing physical protection available specifically to Philadelphian Christians who watch, pray, and support God's work, not a general promise to all believers. Asked whether there are other types of Christians, Thiel says yes, including false ones, but notes Revelation describes seven types of true congregations, and that Jesus indicated most people living in the end time will belong to the lukewarm Laodicean group rather than the watchful Philadelphian one.

Two Wings and a Gathering Decree
Thiel turns to Revelation 12, reading verse 14's description of the woman, representing the church, given eagle's wings to flee into the wilderness for three and a half years, and verse 17's account of the dragon making war on the rest of her offspring who keep God's commandments. He says this shows two groups of true Christians, one that flees and one that does not, and ties their fate to the prophet Zephaniah's command to gather together before a coming decree and the Lord's fierce anger. Thiel reads Hebrews 10:23 and 2 Thessalonians 2 to argue the New Testament likewise instructs believers to keep gathering as the day of the Lord approaches. He adds that the old Worldwide Church of God taught in 1979 that Zephaniah 2 concerned protection for those who were spiritually ready, a teaching he says applies to Philadelphian Christians today.

The Continuing Church of God's Role
Dupuis asks who will issue the decree Zephaniah describes, and Thiel points to Amos 3:7, which says the Lord reveals his secrets to his servant prophets, suggesting a prophet may announce it personally or pass it to others in the church. He identifies the Continuing Church of God as the only church of God in the twenty-first century teaching this full picture, and states his belief that it represents the Philadelphian remnant within a broader Laodicean era. Thiel warns that anyone not affiliated with the group leading what he calls the final phase of God's work will not flee when the time comes, and adds that most churches of God do not claim a living prophet, while other groups claiming one have, in his view, been proven false. He frames gathering together before the decree as essential preparation that most believers are currently neglecting.

Real Prepping Versus False Prepping
Returning to practical prepping, Thiel cites Luke 21:36 again alongside Proverbs 22:3, which says a prudent man foresees evil and hides himself while the simple walk on and suffer, and Matthew 24:43-44, where Jesus compares watchfulness to a homeowner readying for an unexpected thief. He states that most Christians will not be protected from what is coming because they will not support the Philadelphian portion of God's work, and insists confidence should rest in God rather than bunkers, since no location in the United States or Canada will serve as a physical place of safety. Thiel allows that ordinary emergency supplies are still scripturally reasonable, citing the example of the ant, and Matthew 6's assurance that God provides for those who seek his kingdom first. He closes by urging listeners toward real, scripturally grounded prepping rather than the carnally minded approach of typical preppers, and Dupuis signs off directing listeners to biblenewsprophecy.net.

The Beyond Earth Show with Ray Trujillo

The Sacred Art of Letting Go: Venus Retrograde, Surrender, and the Courage to Begin a New Chapter

Host Ray Trujillo devotes a solo October 17, 2026 transmission to the sacred art of letting go, exploring how Venus and Mercury retrograde invite reflection on attachment, surrender, forgiveness, and the courage to begin a new chapter.

Opening the Show Under Venus Retrograde
Ray Trujillo opens The Beyond Earth Show on October 17, 2026, welcoming listeners into a transmission timed to Venus retrograde and the approach of year's end. He frames the fall season as a natural point for reflection, inviting listeners to consider what they want to bring into the new year and what they are ready to release. Trujillo notes that those in an ascension frequency, moving through metaphysical or psycho-spiritual evolution, will find this a particularly important stretch of the calendar. He introduces the hour's theme: recognizing when the soul is ready for a new chapter and practicing what he calls the sacred art of letting go. Before going further, he clarifies that letting go is not surrender in a negative sense or giving up, though sometimes a person does surrender control to a higher power, God, the universe, angels, or the higher self when something sits beyond their reach or tolerance.

Letting Go Is Not Abandonment
Trujillo draws a careful distinction between letting go and simply giving up, forgetting, or abandoning a dream. He explains that letting go is not always about releasing something a person no longer loves, but sometimes about accepting that something still loved cannot remain in the same form forever. People often confuse the two, he says, lumping letting go together with throwing away a goal or inflicting self-limiting beliefs on themselves. Instead, he encourages listeners to look at the sacred language of heart, mind, and body and ask what they would like to release and what new space they want to create. He acknowledges that whatever is being let go of mattered once, and still may matter, but the real question becomes what a person wants to carry forward into the new chapter. The old issues, he says, never stop having been real; the choice is simply what comes along for the next part of the journey.

The Psychology of Attachment and Fear
Trujillo turns to why letting go is so difficult psychologically and spiritually, tracing it to deep attachment to relationships, identity, environments, and expectations that may no longer serve a person's well-being. He notes that people can outgrow an attachment without realizing it until a life event reveals the shift, and that during ascension it matters to trace the root origin of why something is held onto so tightly. Unconscious fear plays a large role, he says: if a dream isn't achieved by a certain timeline, a person may fear losing the identity built around pursuing it. He distinguishes this from grief and bereavement, which he sets aside as a separate category. Looking at unresolved resolutions, reconciliation, forgiveness, and atonement, he asks whether a person fears losing the version of themselves that existed in another's presence, or fears losing the better version of themselves they could become without that person, friend, or family member in their life.

Surrender, Self-Judgment, and the Chrysalis
Moving into surrender and ascension, Trujillo describes the stifling, confined feeling of holding onto old programming that blocks the future self from moving freely. He encourages listeners to see what belongs to them versus expectations imposed by family, spouses, children, or society, since external pressure can prevent a full release. Self-judgment, he warns, is often the harshest judgment of all, and this season calls for embracing wounded parts, decompartmentalizing safely, and extending self-directed compassion rather than pushing too hard at once. He compares the process to a chrysalis or a butterfly's cocoon, where a person uncovers a new self while fragments of the old self remain, some of which are worth deliberately keeping. Letting go, he stresses, does not mean abandoning the whole self; it means releasing only the parts that have been outgrown while carrying forward the parts still worth keeping into the next version of who a person is becoming.

Love That Still Lives, and the Power of Forgiveness
Trujillo addresses the grief of losing love while the other person is still living, describing it as a kind of death and mourning even without physical loss. He insists that love once born between two people does not simply disappear when discord, dysfunction, or estrangement replaces it; it continues to exist somewhere in the ethers, even if the relationship cannot be reconciled. He links this to forgiveness, noting that forgiveness and letting go are synonymous but not identical, and that true forgiveness happens for one's own sake first, since holding on acts like a metaphorical poison moving through the body and affecting everything around a person. Turning to the overlapping Venus and Mercury retrogrades, he invites listeners to look back to 2018, eight years earlier, and notice whether a theme from that period is resurfacing now as something still asking to be released, revisited, or finally worked through with discernment and wisdom.

Future Self, Reaching Out, and Closing Thoughts
In the hour's final stretch, Trujillo introduces an exercise of asking what a future self would say about a choice made today, encouraging listeners to extend themselves grace rather than overwhelm. He frames fall as harvest time for a personal chapter review, naming strengths, weaknesses, and moments to feel proud of from the past months or years. He touches on melancholy and remembrance that surface during spiritual transformation, including thoughts of someone a person hasn't seen in a long time, and suggests that if the pull to reach out feels persistent, synchronicity is real and acting on that instinct may be worthwhile. He recommends prayer, meditation, and journaling as tools for releasing fear, and notes that recurring dreams about a person may carry meaning worth paying attention to. Trujillo closes by thanking listeners for joining The Beyond Earth Show, reminding them their existence has purpose, and promising to return in two weeks on Halloween.

The Jim Craine Show

A Freezing Forecast, Hurricane Season Oddities, and Bob Uecker Memories with Jim Eberwine

Jim Craine broadcasts from Pleasantville Music Shop on a cold, rainy Saturday and phones longtime South Jersey weatherman Jim Eberwine to talk hurricane season, the winter outlook, and a few laughs about ballplayer Bob Uecker.

A Chilly Start At Pleasantville Music
Jim Craine opens the Saturday broadcast from Pleasantville Music Shop on the Black Horse Pike, apologizing for a late start caused by the cold, rainy weather moving through Atlantic City. He gives a shout-out to a young piano student named Ethan, whose father is tuning in for the first time, and reads out the BBS call-in number for listeners. Craine notes the day has turned chilly after the morning rain, with temperatures expected to drop into the mid-40s overnight. He teases the hour's main guest, longtime South Jersey television weatherman Jim Eberwine, promising he will join the show at the bottom of the hour to talk forecasting and whether snow might be on the way this winter. Craine also previews a segment called Craine's Picks and a batch of new jokes, then hands the show over to his recurring sponsor-reading character, Dr. Boris, whose spooky October voice is about to run through the week's paid supporters.

Dr. Boris Reads The Sponsor List
Speaking in Dr. Boris's spooky October voice, Craine runs through the show's sponsor list, thanking Pleasantville Music Shop, Copiers Plus and the Bob Matthews family, and the Maplewood Inns in Vineland, Hammonton, and Mays Landing for their food. He also credits the Dr. Jonathan Pitney House in historic Absecon and the Colonial Inn as fine bed-and-breakfast sponsors, joking that staying at a bed and breakfast feels like staying home. Dr. Boris urges listeners to be treaters rather than trick-or-treaters by supporting South Jersey's small businesses, then hands the microphone back to Jim Craine, who admits he enjoys the character but misses doing his old John Wayne bit. Craine sends greetings to friends Les Saltzman in Florida and Hal Marzell, laments having no baseball team left to root for this October, and updates listeners on the clearing, colder weather before promising more jokes, guests, and Craine's Picks still to come in the hour.

The Godfather Pitches Maplewood While Waiting On The Guest
Craine's recurring Godfather character takes the mic to pitch the Maplewood Inns' three South Jersey locations, praising their catering for weddings and anniversaries and their salad, bread, and classic Italian dishes, then signs off wishing listeners buona sera and bon appétit. Back as himself, Craine tells a string of jokes about alien abduction and swimming with sharks, then gives shout-outs to Copiers Plus in Egg Harbor Township, the Black Cat restaurant run by the Fallavollita family in Absecon, and his friend Mike Alton down in Florida. Still waiting for Jim Eberwine to call in, Craine fills time describing Pleasantville Music Shop itself, explaining that his father-in-law, Gaston Ragno, opened it in 1938 and that it remains the last mom-and-pop music shop on the East Coast, selling pianos, instruments, sheet music, and vinyl. He plugs his own recordings, including a new album, and plays "The Lady Is a Tramp" with the Steel Pier Remembered Big Band to keep listeners entertained while the phone connection comes through.

Jim Eberwine Joins For Cold Fronts And Hurricanes
Jim Eberwine, the longtime South Jersey television weatherman Craine calls his resident forecaster, finally reaches the show by phone, joking that he is freezing after the cold front behind the week's rain. The two discuss freeze warnings spreading from the north and an unusually busy hurricane season out near Guam, with Eberwine ticking off a procession of storms named Rachel, Simon, and Trudy, plus Hurricane Isaias, which he says caused the previous Sunday's heavy rain and the area's earlier derecho. Craine asks whether the early cold snap hints at a rough winter, and Eberwine explains that an extremely cold forecast usually brings little snow because the air arrives too dry, while a winter that sits on the fence between cold and mild is more likely to deliver a real snowstorm when the temperature contrasts line up. He recalls Craine's past snowstorms, including one that let him run ice capades in his own driveway, and notes he has consulted the Farmers' Almanac for clues about the season ahead.

Tidal Flooding, Baseball, And A Uecker Story
Eberwine forecasts a minimal tidal flooding event for Monday and Tuesday from a low-grade nor'easter forming off Cape Hatteras, much weaker than the flooding that blew sewer covers off Fire Road a week and a half earlier. Craine gripes about a local road-raising project near Station Avenue and jokes that the ocean always wins in the end. The two commiserate over a baseball season with the Dodgers and Phillies both eliminated, agreeing to root for the Brewers in honor of broadcaster Bob Uecker, and Craine tells a long, fond story about seeing Uecker catch at Connie Mack Stadium as a boy, plus Uecker's famous Johnny Carson line about catching knuckleballs by waiting for the ball to stop rolling. Craine thanks Eberwine, noting he is Absecon's emergency manager and a proud Marine, and promises to have him back around Veterans Day alongside Purple Heart recipient Marco Polo Ciminera and Craine's own drummer, Ray Nunzi, a veteran who saw Bob Hope perform at Tuy Hoa.

Craine's Picks And A South Jersey Sign-Off
After thanking Eberwine and playing the Maplewood Inn jingle, Craine runs through his Craine's Picks for the coming week: a free Corvette show in Smithville on October 18th, the Hero Walk and Run on the Ocean City Boardwalk honoring John Elliott, a young man killed by a drunk driver, and the Absecon Lighthouse's haunted house walking tours and paranormal investigations starting October 24th. He also plugs the Mays Landing Fall Fest on October 24th and reminds listeners about Danny Steelman's book, "One Summer Dream," discussed with Craine the previous week. Craine points listeners to the free Shore Local newspaper, available at Pleasantville Music Shop, for more area events, and mentions a possible appearance next week by Bill Mumy from Lost in Space. He closes the hour performing "Up a Lazy River" with the Steel Pier Remembered Big Band, tells one last joke, thanks the BBS Radio Network and its sponsors, and signs off in his familiar style, wishing listeners good night and God bless.