Happy belated birthday to Mario Bava, who was born on July 31 (much like me). This is a loaded episode: guest host Bill Ackerman, from Supporting Characters podcast and a number of commentaries and other blu-ray special features, shares my love of Bava and his final feature film, Shock (1977). We talk about: Shock and its relationship to Ovidio Ass…

How can you grow your firm into the most efficient and customer-focused business that it can be? Jason Ackerman and Brannon do a deep dive into the importance of value billing, building a healthy firm culture and why private equity sees value in the profession. This podcast touched on: Timesheets vs value billing. Education in the accounting field.…

(0:00-19:40) Kevin Cooney starts the show off with the Opening Drive about the Eagles multitude of Eagles weapons. Andrew DiCecco joins the show for the DiCecco Report with Brazil right around the corner. (19:40-33:31) The Fanatic Replay with NBC Sports Philadelphia's Dave Zangaro from earlier today on the Best Show Ever. (33:31-40:52) Kevin goes a…

Over the years I’ve talked a lot about how Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) changed my life as a young teenager and so it goes without saying that Fabio Frizzi’s music has also had a huge impact on me. This September, he’s taking a Zombie live score on an American tour and he was kind enough to speak with me ahead of that. We talk about his p…

(0:00-22:19) Opening Drive with Tom Alvord, The DiCecco Report with Andrew DiCecco, and the guys dive in to the depth on the Eagles offense. (22:19-34:41) Tom and Andrew dive in to the depth of the Eagles defense. (34:41-42:01) Tom shares news from around the NFL with Brandon Aiyuk reportedly agreeing to an extension. Plus, the Two Minute Warning o…

Tyrone Johnson hosts Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Tyrone shares his initial reactions to the full roster, then keys in on the defensive line. First the positives, but there are a lot of question marks on that D-Line, none bigger than Nolan Smith. Then on the other side Tim McManus said this is the best skill group the Eagles have EVER ha…

Kevin Cooney and Andrew DiCecco react to the Eagles initial 53 man roster. We also hear from Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni during Fanatic Rewind.By Fanatic Highlights

Tom Alvord is joined by Andrew DiCecco on the eve of cut-day. The whole show focuses on the Eagles' 53-man roster. Who's in? Who's out? Who may get scooped up by other teams if they don't make the team? Also odd news Around the NFL, and practice squad predictions in the 2-Minute Warning.By Fanatic Highlights

Ray Dunne and Brendan Petrilli are in and they try to find the best Eagles offense of all time and reflet on the preseasonBy Fanatic Highlights

Dei Lynam talks about the Eagles' final preseason game that resulted in an ugly loss against the Minnesota Vikings. Dei breaks down who she believes will make the final 53 man roster. Dei talks about the Phillies recent struggles and how she thinks they will overcome the battle come playoff time.By Fanatic Highlights

Brendan Gunn is in the host chair for this edition of Fanatic Weekend. As someone who's been a producer this offseason, Brendan has listened to a lot of press conferences. He noticed one word has come up A TON this offseason, and that's accountability. Gunn plays some highlights from Nick Sirianni and others about how important accountability is to…

Tom & Kevin do their best to breakdown the preseason finale for the Eagles. A 26-3 beatdown with almost no starters playing. Cooper DeJean played nearly the whole game, but why was Nolan Smith playing into the 2nd half? The duo looks ahead to the Eagles regular season and discuss the impact of newest addition Jahan Dotson. Nick Sirianni steps to th…

(0:00-19:18) The Opening Drive with Bill Colarulo. Plus, Andrew DiCecco joins Andrew, Connor and Bill to share his thoughts on the roster cuts looming. (19:18-30:45) Breaking down how Jahan Dotson fits into the Eagles offense. (30:45-38:23) Andrew, Connor & Bill debate if 3 or 4 running backs make the 53-man roster. (38:23-1:00:23) News around the …

(0:00-22:48) Eagles top 10 most important players this season. (22:48-36:23) Eagles concern on offense (36:23-41:35) Phillies struggle in Kansas City (41:35-1:04:23) Phillies didn’t get much from the top of their lineup, and Eagles back end of its roster. (1:04:23-1:15:43) Taijuan Walker struggles again (1:15:43-1:21:31) A caller checks in on Dei’s…

Tom Alvord and Andrew DiCecco talk about who to look out for tomorrow when the Eagles take on the Vikings in their last preseason game.By Fanatic Highlights

I have been wanting to do an episode on American International Pictures’ beach party series with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello FOR YEARS. I absolutely love these films and I’m so grateful to my pal Keith Allison, a film and pop culture writer, for going on this long and very sandy journey with me. We talk about what I consider the main films…

Tom Alvord hosts this Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Jahan Dotson is a Philadelphia Eagle! Tom & Andrew react and break down a much needed move for this Eagles offense. How big of a move is this for the Eagles, and what do we think about the price they paid? Andrew gives Tom his list of stock up and stock down during this training camp per…

Kevin Cooney hosts alongside Andrew DiCecco. Kevin plays some Nick Sirianni clips from earlier in the day to recap training camp. Then Andrew DiCecco's report gives us an inside look as to who dazzled in practice today and made lasting impressions. The crew looks around the NFL and Kevin fires questions away at Andrew based on what he saw at traini…

Kevin Cooney hosts alongside Andrew DiCecco on the day of the penultimate preseason practice for the Eagles. Kevin opens the show examining the entire QB room and lets Kellen Moore do a lot of the explanation. Andrew updates us with the DiCecco report as to who was active & inactive during practice, along with standouts in the last days of camp fig…

How do you strike out on your own as a solo or small firm CPA? Learn from Josie Parr’s experience doing just that. Hear how her work as a tax strategist for entrepreneurs led to the development of the Profitable Lifestyle Summit [https://summit.profitablelifestylefirm.com/], a free virtual summit to empower entrepreneurs in the accounting world to …

Kevin Cooney hosts Birds Insider tonight. Kevin reads the tea leaves of the first few preseason games and what it's told him about a few specific positions, and who the favorites are on this Eagles roster. We have the DiCecco report, Andrew gives us the latest from the weekend and gives fans storylines to watch throughout the week. Fanatic Replay i…

Ray Dunne hosts this edition of Fanatic Weekend and starts reacting to Emmanuel Acho essentially calling Jalen Hurts overrated. Ray refutes Acho's point but wants to know, have we as fans overrated any parts of this Eagles team? Ray dives into the linebacker conversation, he & Josh put their tin-foil hats on to figure out why Nakobe Dean hasn't bee…

Today, Brendan Gunn continues his tirade about the Eagles offense starters not playing. Plus, he asks if this Eagles defense is good enough to win the Super Bowl, and shares his thoughts on the red-hot Phillies.By Fanatic Highlights

Today, Kevin Cooney looks ahead on the Phillies schedule, finds 8 losses for the Eagles, and goes around the NFL. Plus, more!By Fanatic Highlights

Kevin Cooney, Dei Lynam, and Brendan Petrilli are in and breakdown everything in the World in Philly SportsBy Fanatic Highlights

(0:00- 21:56) Are the Phillies back? (21:56-51:24) Phillies win & Nick Sirianni Press Conference Live (51:24-1:08:12) Tom reacts to Sirianni’s press conference plus storylines from the second preseason game. (1:08:12-1:19:54) Is the third receiver on the Eagles roster right now? (1:19:54-1:27:04) Tom and Sean share their beloved athletes in Philade…

Andrew, Bill, and Connor preview the Week 2 matchup between the Eagles and PatriotsBy Fanatic Highlights

Tom Alvord and Kevin Cooney breakdown the Eagles Preseason victoryBy Fanatic Highlights

(0:00-10:26) Jared McCain joins Mike and Bill and shares what he's been working on this summer, and the upcoming season.By Fanatic Highlights

(0:00-19:59) Dr. J shares talks to Mike about the Sixers upcoming season, the Olympics, and Big 3.By Fanatic Highlights

Couldn't be more thrilled to share the latest conversation I had with one of my favorite returning guests, actor/writer/director Keith Gordon who may remember as Arnie from John Carpenter's Christine. He's been on several times in the past to not only talk about his films and his career but particular movies he thinks you should seek out from a par…

Tyrone Johnson hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Tyrone starts the opening drive looking back at preseason week 1 and plays a great clip from Tim McManus questioning Nick Sirianni's logic to bench offensive starters due to weather, but not the defense. Then we get the DiCecco report, a round up of the most important note…

(0:00-20:05) Opening Drive with Kevin Cooney & Andrew DiCecco joins the show for the DiCecco; plus he share his thoughts from joint practice in Fox Borough today. (20:05-33:05) Fanatic Replay of Jeff McLane's interview with Kincade & Salciunas this morning. (33:05-39:47) Kevin Cooney shares the top storylines from around the NFL. (39:47-1:01:20) Ke…

Tom Alvord hosts this edition of Birds Insider and looks back at the Eales first preseason game of the season against the Baltimore Ravens. Tom chronicles what happened with starting starters on offense/defense. Then Andrew DiCecco joins the show, in his DiCecco report Andrew recaps performances from the Birds' game against the Ravens. Notables inc…

Ray Dunne and Brendan Petrilli are in and talk some Phillies, Eagles and Joel Embiid OlympicsBy Fanatic Highlights

Nathan Ackerman of Phillies Nation joins Tom Alvord to talk all things Phillies. Ackerman answers if the team's recent struggles have altered his view of the team, what exactly is going wrong, his concern level with Bryson Stott, and trying to correct problems from the last 2 seasons that are popping back up.…

Tom Alvord hosts this edition of Fanatic Weekend and he opens the show talking Phillies. While the team as a whole has struggled. there's one player under Tom's microscope, and that's Bryson Stott. Stott has been the biggest disappointment this season. Can he turn it around this year, and if not, do you question the Phillies long term plans in midd…

Dei Lynam hosts Fanatic Weekend and off the bat she reacts to Team USA's gold medal victory. Dei specifically looks at how Jason Taytum wasn't utilized for Team USA, and his mother taking to social media to complain. Dei plays back Charles Barkley audio talking about Joel Embiid being out of shape and weighs in. We listen to Vic Fangio's full press…

Dei Lynam's in for this edition of Fanatic Weekend. Dei briefly touches on the Eagles 1st preseason game and gives a synopsis of what you may have missed or lack thereof. One player that impressed was Quinyon Mitchell and we hear from Nick Sirianni. Dei then previews the Olympic gold medal match vs France, while looking back on Joel Embiid's perfor…

Kevin Cooney talks about Philadelphia athletes numbers who should be retired. Kevin talks about the Phillies' loss last night and how he doesn't feel worried going forward.By Fanatic Highlights

Andrew DiCecco joins Kevin Cooney to talk about the Eagles' preseason game. Kevin continues the conversation about what the Eagles need to do going forward to get the strongest roster possible.By Fanatic Highlights

Kevin Cooney talks about his preseason standouts from last nights game. Kevin talks about players that could earn a roster spot.By Fanatic Highlights

(0:00-21:00) Eagles Offensive Starters don't play, but most of the defensive starters do. (21:00-30:35) Will the linebacker play be better this year? (30:35-41:29) Linebackers on paper are better than last year. (41:29-58:36) Brendan resets the show and debates with Sean on whether the offensive starters should play in the preseason. Plus, the line…

(0:00-20:28) Tom Alvord and Kevin Cooney breakdown the Eagles first preseason game against Baltimore. (20:28-45:04) Tom and Kevin share what bright spots they saw from some Eagles players, plus Nick Sirianni's postgame press conference live. (45:04-54:52) Our very own Andrew DiCecco joins the show, he shares which players stood out to him. (54:52-5…

Andrew Salciunas & Bill Colarulo host the first pregame show of the year! Bill opens the show with the Opening Drive and recapping what Nick Sirianni and Vic Fangio said this offseason regarding their preseason mentality. Andrew DiCecco joins the show from Baltimore where he gives us his DiCecco report, an outline of the biggest things he's watchin…

Ray Dunne hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Ray starts the show laying out the plan for the pre-season and comes to the conclusion he does NOT want the starters to play. Andrew gives the DiCecco report regarding the latest happenings of the Eagles, and answers Ray's rapid fire of who will and won't play against the Raven…

Tyrone Johnson hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco on a big day for Eagles news. Tim McManus released a lengthy article chronicling the divide between Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni last season. Tyrone dives deeper into that article and gets Andrew DiCecco's perspective on the relationship. The 1st preseason game is just 48 …

Kevin Cooney hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Kevin opens the show reacting to some things he heard from Kellen Moore earlier in the day, specifically about Jalen Hurts controlling the line of scrimmage. The unofficial depth chart is out! Andrew weighs in on our first look at the depth chart, and one specific position g…

Kevin Cooney and Andrew DiCecco break down the Eagles' 2nd practice in 4 straight days leading up to the first preseason game of the year vs Baltimore Friday night!By Fanatic Highlights