Summer Camp Stories

The man, the myth, and the absolute legend himself, ROOTBEER comes onto the podcast to recount some of his favorite things about his time at camp, including his meteoric rise to the golf cart master, and adding the title DJ to his accomplishments. He also tells Steven something that Rich King sold him that made Steven almost spit out his tea.

Two former Go-Kart staff talk about how they met at Summer Camp back in 2002, how camp prepared them for life today, and how they maybe bantered a little too hard, too early.

Steven and Maggie reconnect and talk about the theatre productions, a chance meeting at Twin Cones and start the planning process for a Camp Na-Sho-Pa Half Marathon and Reunion in New York.

Steven reconnects with the longest serving staff member at Camp Na-Sho-Pa, the man who brings us all Shorts and T-Shirt days every summer, the main man himself, Jerry Leitman. Jerry shares how he got his start at camp, his climb through the ranks, and even gives us a little taste of the famous morning wake up call, that woke up camp every morning.

Former Cabinmates Steven and Camil go back 15 years a remember the journey Camil took to becoming a counselor, why 1950's basketball would confuse him, a gift of sugar cookies that he believed was a prank, and which favorite Camp guest remembered him when he went on to work at Camp Echo.

Steven and Tim reconnect for the first time in almost 18 years (besides that time one of Stevens kids called Tim) and talk Bob's famous pre-camp pitch, the trouble with the wall ball wall, what animals they dressed as in 2003 and why we would run to the far hockey rink for, mostly, no reason whatsoever.

Steven and Ashley talk about their time at Camp together and recall which item of food at the Quickway Diner astonished Ashley, how she felt about being called up to Kangaroo Court, her friends from Lindenmere and which multi-camp legend made the favorite songs list.

Steven and 'Wales' send the clock back 20 years and talk about their jobs as specialists in their first summers, a new career Nick has recently started, a New York Premier showing of 'Spiderman' at Camp, meeting X-Pac at a VIP experience in NYC, and what essential item you must take with you on a trip to Canada.

Steven brings 'Oppy' and 'Zippy' back together for the first time in 13 years and we talk about a HUGE victory at Camp Monroe, what Oppy would leave behind if he could go back to camp, who used to use the bus rides to place bets on the horses and where Zippy will visit for the 'first' time in history at next years reunion.

Steven and B-Rey reconnect about the Pre-Camp pitch that enticed him to Camp early, which of his camp friends he remains connected to, which item he would take to camp and how Steven accidentally destroyed his version of that item, and, in a Summer Camp Stories first, we are gatecrashed by two former Campers who share some of their favorite moments with B-Rey.