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The First Michael is a podcast full of hilarious and touching stories about the past, but it will also take you on a wild personal journey where the stories are being created in real time. Join Michael Buonocore and his partner in crime Lanie Hoyo each week for fast-paced episodes that will make you laugh hard, weep gently and keep you guessing about what will happen next. Curious? Hit play on Episode 1 – we bet we can hook you in 20 minutes!
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Did we find him? What happened? We attempt to live fully into our mission to make you laugh and make you cry with this one – you might want a blanket and a bottle of wine to get through it. Email us at thefirstmichaelpodcast@gmail.com and let us know your reaction!By Michael Buonocore
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We can’t tell you much in the episode description without giving things away, so we’ll give you this: there’s a promo for a sitcom we’re pitching to Netflix, there are guest interviews that will restore your love of humanity, plus a whole new song to get your groove back! But is there a cliffhanger? People, please. It’s what we do.…
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After the cliffhanger in the last episode, it’s time to go deep and find out exactly what happens when Michael knocks on Daddy’s door. You’ll hear more recordings from the road, interviews with Michael’s family when they learn the news of what went down, and you’ll find out what will happen next. Let’s just say we’re not done with cliffhangers on t…
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In our Season 2 debut, Michael and Lanie fly to Florida, survey the swamp scene, do a live performance in Delray Beach, get hammered, and set out to find Daddy – all in the first 48 hours. We’re not just re-telling these stories in the studio, either! You’ll hear recordings from the road, because let’s be honest, hearing stories about drunk people …
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We’ve stitched together excerpts from our first few episodes of Season 2, including interviews, special guests and drunken travelogues to give you a sneak peek before we return next week! We’ve even dropped a few clues – do you think you can figure out what happened on our big trip? Send us a message on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter and tell us yo…
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Is it possible for the Season One finale to be both a great cliffhanger AND the most satisfying resolution to our story you could imagine? Listen all the way to the very end and then write us at thefirstmichaelpodcast@gmail.com and tell us if we nailed it. To be honest, we know we did, but we want to hear you say it. At length, please. Lanie and Mi…
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If there’s one thing we love on this podcast, it’s episodes that are sequels to other episodes. Also, wieners, we love those, too. Anyway, if you’ve been paying attention, you know that Michael has, like, twice as many moms as most people, but they’re all dead, so the whole thing is a real mixed bag for him. The dead mom in this episode is Elaine, …
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Michael is no longer a precocious tyke in this episode, he’s a teenager. Now that the Devil isn’t trying to tempt him to steal gingerbread cookies, will life get easier for our intrepid hero? Or will puberty, wieners, body hair, locker rooms and a cute new boy at school make things, uhh… harder? We’re also edging ever closer to Michael and Lanie de…
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The Big City Buonocores move from Brooklyn to small town Buckley, Washington, and it’s a bit of a crash landing for Michael. While his mother is glad to be away from the dangers of city life and his father is charmed by their rural surroundings, our young hero is not so thrilled. First of all, there are spiders and bees and an entirely unnecessary …
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Remember all that stuff in episode 1 about how Michael is the Perfect Goodheart, the Chosen One sent from God? Prepare to have your world rocked when you find out the Devil has his hooks in him. We’ll travel back in time to Brooklyn in the 1970’s, when Satan was very actively possessing the children of Catholic parents, as we all know from the horr…
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Michael’s whirlwind journey to meet his new family members nets him two “Welcome to the Family” cakes, so he’s feeling really good about the whole situation. He’ll never get to meet his birth mom, Regina, but he does have some journal entries she wrote about his birth. Michael shares some of these writings in this episode and you might want to have…
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In this episode, Michael learns to juggle the exponential sibling growth in his life and finally finds out if that thing he’s been dealing with all his life is a French thing or some other kind of… thing. We learn that the podcast is not just called “The First Michael” for reasons discussed in the debut episode, but for an additional reason. If exp…
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In the debut of The First Michael, we hit you with a cliffhanger at the end of the episode because this podcast is a treasure trove of suspense, twists and turns! Also, a fair amount of profanity. We guarantee you laughter and tears right away! Maybe not YOUR laughter and tears, but Michael laughs his ass off and Lanie totally cries, so you can tak…
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Watch this for a laugh and to find out more about the show! We launch next week with four binge-worthy episodes https://youtu.be/WQXhCjwrerM podcast, storytelling, comedy, 70s, comingofage, findingoneself, majorlifeevent, plottwist, LGBTQ, thefirstmichaelpodcast, truelifeBy Michael Buonocore
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Introducing The First Michael. A new storytelling podcast with a wicked twist. Join us each week as we take a personal journey with host Michael Buonocore and his life long friend, Lanie Hoyo on an adventure around the country unpacking LIFE. Caution! This show is so good, it could kill you and it might be banned in some countries. Listen at your o…
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