The Tuck Shop Podcast

Matt and David are in a fog from having Monday off but they manage to get a great episode together.  They discover their mutual misunderstanding of football then discuss the upcoming Alumni event in Altoona.  Finally, Matt sits down with Dr. Doug Ledney and Kim Dorchak from the Alumni Association to talk about the 1st year of ASCEND Grants.
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Matt and David open this week with a list of minor annoyances, provide some business advice to Walmart, and then talk about the upcoming event at Levity Brewing in Altoona.  Then they guys sit down with Neil Coleman, alumni and faculty member of the Geosciences Department here at UPJ to hear about his journey!
 
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Matt and David are back for the Fall term and year 3 of the Tuck Shop Podcast.  The guys talk about the first day of the term, think back on some of their early classes at UPJ, and tease some of the great stuff coming up this term on the show!
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Contact David at: dgj7@pitt.edu
 

In our last Summer Series of 2026, Matt is joined by new alum Adelynn York.  We check in with her job search, talk about a project that was finished up this week, and then we revisit the Geosciences team from a few years ago from before they headed off to the AAG meeting.  
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David has returned from his journey and joins us for today's episode!  He and Matt go over what's being going on for campus, discuss how Podcasting started as a thing for Matt, and then revisit their interview with Rich Ragan! 
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Matt has given up so he has decided to start building a AI David!  We're sure, based on every movie ever, that this idea is wonderful and no problems at all will ever happen.  We also revisit our interview with Jessica Marines!
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Our summer series continues.  Sarah is here for one more week as David works through his backlog of emails post vacation.  But you still get a good dose of David as we revisit the episode where Matt and David risk it all by having Denise and Sarah on the show!  
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David's still on Vacation so we welcome Lady Liberty, Dr. Julie Wagner in a co-host.  Julie and Matt talk about some of the amazing projects she has been involved since she was last on the show.  Then we kick off the July 4th weekend and America 250 with two amazing American stories.  First, we revisit out discussion with the amazing Karen Esaias, Retired United States Air Force and then move into a discussion with Colonel Jim Moschgat and our discussion about UPJ Alumn and WW2 hero Buzz Wagner!
 
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David is on vacation so what's Matt do to?  He makes Sarah co-host.  We talk about some upcoming events on the calendar, remind alumni to find us during Academic Planning Days, and then we revisit our interview with Jeff Kubay!
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Matt and David are starting to fall pray to the fluid nature of time during the summer.  They work to establish exactly what day it is and then revisit the discussion with Dr. Ben Vinzani!
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