Familiar Strangers: The Class of 2006 Podcast

The voting is underway for the class reunion weekend and we have an update on the dates that seem to be the early frontrunners!
Then, we get into an abridged (darn technology) interview with our wonderful guest: Rachel Cole. If you haven't heard Rachel's story of globetrotting, teaching and finding Mr. Right from County Cork... well, you're in for a real treat. 
 
A special thank you to Steve Miller and James Evanson. You know why. 

Survey says?! We need you to help pick dates for the reunion. Here's a link . 
 
In this episode, we take the pod on the road to the kitchen of Amy Millikan-- where we get our spatulas out and help make major decisions about the future of birthday Rice Krispee Treats that we presume ended up in the bellies of many a happy preschooler. Oh, and we also caught up on what's been going on in Amy's life. :)
 
As always, thanks to Steve Miller and James Evanson. Your music and your logo makes us want to be better podcasters. 
 
 
 
 
 

The time has finally arrived! We have ourselves a survey to pick a date for our 20th reunion. We go over how to fill out out. 
But back on our normal programming-- this week's guest is hardly ever at home despite (sometimes/rarely) being a stay at home mom. Between running a small business and substitute teaching, Malaree Wiltgen is on the go! You'll have a great time catching up with her. 
A special thanks for the tunes and logo to our friends and classmates, James Evanson and Steve Miller.

We're back!
Welcome to 2026, everyone! 20 years since we graduated high school. 
This week, we check in with Rob Fust! He joins us during his downtime in the Big Easy. We chat work, golf and much more!
As always, thanks to Steve Miller for the tunes and James Evanson for our logo!!

This is our last episode of 2025! We'll be taking a short hiatus (one week) before we start the back half of our episodes in 2026 leading up to our 20th!
 
This week, we get to connect the dots with our co-host. The one and only David Leslie is joined in the hot seat by his wife Bri. They share a remarkable love story that they were kind enough to retell on the pod! Plus, we get to learn about some of the seeking David has done over the past 20 years (it's a theme).
 
As always, a special thanks to Steve Miller and James Evanson for the tunes and logo! 

This episode starts typically, with a chat. Since it's Christmas we dove into our favorite holiday movies. 
Then, we have a great catch up with one of our favorite teachers (and classmate sibling), Nick Contreraz. 
Nick was kind enough to join us and share Vanessa's story with us and to reminisce on a truly lovely person. 
As always, a thank you to James Evanson for the logo and Steve Miller for the tunes! 

If ever a class superlative fit...
Moriah Michels is our guest and, no shock, well on her way to sainthood. From opening her heart (and home) to many children in need to confessing a long held secret about her attendance record, you will find this episode both extremely touching and surprising. She even makes one of our hosts cry!  
As always, thanks to James Evanson for our logo and Steve Miller for the tunes. 

After many requests by our fellow classmates and many a spin of the randomizer wheel, we have finally delivered!
We all had very high expectations for Tony Klee coming out of high school. Well, folks, he kind of blew them out of the water... with a freakin' laser beam (you'll get it after listening).
As always, thanks to Steve Miller and James Evanson for the perfect tunes and logo for this podcast!
   

We discuss the contenders for "best day of the week" before capping off our Tuesday night with an excellent conversation with an excellent classmate: Leslie Diedrich. 
From cookie cabins in Colorado to enjoying authentic Hungarian goulash in northern India (as one does), Leslie gave us quite a lot to discuss! You're going to enjoy this one!
As always, thanks to Steve Miller for the great tunes and James Evanson for the inspired logo! 

The sky was aglow with a show put on by aurora borealis on the evening we recorded this introduction. But it was an altogether different guiding light who stole the show-- our guest Megan Fallon!
 
We had a great time hearing about Megan's life in Cody (especially her Tuesday night tradition). We think it'll have you considering some renovations as well!
 
As always, a thank you to James Evanson for our handsome logo and Steve Miller for the inspiring tunes!