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Fly Penguins Fly Podcast

Jeff Taylor, Jordan DeFigiofly-penguins-fly.simplecast.com
A podcast for fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins and hockey fans everywhere. Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is co-hosted by helplessly-committed Penguins fans and career singer-songwriters Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio. Catch up on the latest Pittsburgh Penguins news and enjoy interviews with personalities from all corners of the hockey universe. Cue up our latest episode for a podcast that brings positive energy and prides itself on sounding great. Podcast artwork design by Shane Taylor
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Episodes

Episode 84: Stanley Cup Playoffs Rd 1 Gm 2: “Riding King Louis” PIT@NYR 05/05/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 84: Stanley Cup Playoffs Rd 1 Gm 2: “Riding King Louis.” The Penguins meow and juggle soccer balls in the bowels of the world’s most famous arena for game 2 against the New York Rangers. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Enjoy tonight's playoff matchup with NYR and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

May 05, 202217 minEp. 84

Episode 83: Stanley Cup Playoffs Rd 1 Gm 1: “A Conversation With Richard Cole” PIT@NYR 05/03/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 83: Stanley Cup Playoffs Rd 1 Gm 1: “Drop The Puck.” The Penguins visit the New York Rangers for the opening game of the playoffs. It’s time for Mike Sullivan’s Penguins to put their very best game on the ice tonight and take it from there. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! ENJOY tonight's playoff matchup against the Rangers and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS!! JEFF TAYLOR

May 03, 202229 minEp. 83

Episode 82: Seattle Work Trip #5: “Nothing Regular About A Regular Season” CBJ@PIT 04/29/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 82: Seattle Work Trip #5: “Nothing Regular About A Regular Season” The Penguins get a visit from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! This is it: It's the final regular-season matchup for the Penguins, and it's versus the Blue Jackets of Columbus. Get to OT or win in regulation and you face the Rangers in the post season. Lose in regulation and it's possible the Penguins face Florida in round one. Who on Pittsburgh's l...

May 03, 20225 minEp. 82

Episode 81: Seattle Work Trip #4: “Welcome to McDavid's, Can I Take Your Order?” EDM@PIT 04/26/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 81: Seattle Work Trip #4: “Welcome to McDavid’s, Can I Take Your Order?” The Penguins get a visit from the Edmonton Oilers. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! The audio is a little suspect here, as I was standing amidst the buffeting downtown winds directly at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle, WA. Enjoy this dispatch from down the road apiece. LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

May 03, 20224 minEp. 81

Episode 80 (Not 79): Seattle Work Trip #3: “Phil, Himself In Yer Dryers” PIT@PHI 04/24/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 80 (Not 79): “Seattle Work Trip #3: “Phil, Himself In ‘Yer Dryers” The Penguins visit the Flyers. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! The Pens are in Philly to put their best game on the ice. They hope it will give them the best chance to win. I DEFINITELY Accidentally said this was "episode 79." Ignore that, it's 100% Episode 80. LET'S _______ GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Apr 24, 20224 minEp. 80

Episode 78: Seattle Work Trip #1: Stirring the Beanpot” BOS@NYR 04/21/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 78: “Seattle Work Trip #1: Stirring the Beanpot” The Penguins get a visit from the Boston Bruins for the final regular season matchup between the two eastern conference rivals. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! I'm in Seattle for work, and I didn't get access to a good microphone until it was too late. So this episode was created using a combination of Pro Tools and my iPhone's 'voice memos' app, which was NOT up to the task in the noisy envi...

Apr 22, 20229 minEp. 78

Episode 77: “Mid-Game in Beantown” PIT@BOS 04/16/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 77: “Mid-Game in Beantown” The Penguins visit the Boston Bruins. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! I got this podcast started a bit late today, as it was an early start in Boston and, frankly, I was out late playing hockey with my beer league team. Excited to see whether the Penguins can come back from this 2-0 deficit they currently carry, as I'm posting this podcast with a little more than 4 minutes remaining in the first frame of this earl...

Apr 16, 202210 minEp. 77

Episode 76: “Sauna Hockey” PIT@NYI 04/14/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 76: The Penguinsget a visit from the New York Islanders, and I've got some exciting news about next season!! Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Enjoy tonight's game versus NYI and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Apr 14, 202210 minEp. 76

Episode 75: “Lighthouse Hockey” PIT@NYI 04/12/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 75: The Penguins visit the New York Islanders. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! If the Penguins win tonight's game in regulation, they punch thei..... ya know what, NO. I'm not going there. :) LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Apr 12, 202214 minEp. 75

Episode 74: "Shorty McShorterson" NSH@PIT 04-10-22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 74: The Penguins play the back half of a back-to-back, as they play hose to the Nashville Predators. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! This is a short episode that I did mostly off-the-cuff. I hope you get your fill of jetpack-wearing-flightless-birds. Fingers crossed the Pens can get a point or two out of this one, as it looks like the Caps might indeed have gotten the better of the B's on home ice in Washington... LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR...

Apr 10, 20229 minEp. 74

Episode 73: “The Wife Strikes Back” WAS@PIT 04/09/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 73: “The Wife Strikes Back” The Penguins get a visit from the Washington Capitals. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Crosby is a GTD, Zucker is back (again, again, again?) and Ovechkin is in the house. Enjoy today's game versus the Caps and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Apr 09, 202221 minEp. 73

Episode 72: “Tonight’s Tonight” PIT@NYR 04/07/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 72: “Tonight’s Tonight” The Penguins visit the New York Rangers for the final regular season matchup between the two divisional rivals. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! I got all music-al on you at one point in this episode, something special for tonight's matchup in NY... Enjoy tonight's game against the Rangers and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Apr 07, 20229 minEp. 72

Episode 71: "...And Home" COL@PIT 04/05/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 71: The Penguins play host to the Colorado Avalanche, at PPG Paints Arena. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! It’s the back half of a Pittsburgh v Colorado home-and-home, with the Penguins looking to draw even with a win today. Enjoy tonight’s game versus Colorado and of COURSE, LET’S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Apr 05, 202211 minEp. 71

Episode 70: "Still Being Evaluated" PIT@COL 04/02/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 70: The Penguins visit the Colorado Avalanche. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter! The Penguins are, in spite of being deemed flightless by David Attenborough, A MILE HIGH today as they visit Cale Makar and the Avalanche in Denver, CO. Enjoy today's game versus the NHL's best regular season team and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Apr 02, 20226 minEp. 70

Episode 69: “Wild Pete Returns!” PIT@MIN 03/31/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 69: “Wild Pete Returns!” The Penguins visit the Minnesota Wild. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Enjoy tonight's game against the Wild and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Mar 31, 202223 minEp. 69

Episode 68: “A Conversation with Jordan Defigio” NYR@PIT 03/29/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 68: "A Conversation with Jordan Defigio" Tonight your Penguins get a visit from the New York Rangers. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Jordan Defigio of "Podcast on Fifth Ave," and "Helmet Hair Podcast" stops by for a nice chat about all things Penguins Hockey. Jordan is also a killer musician, use the links below to check out all her amazing work: Listen to Podcast on Fifth Ave Listen to Helmet Hair Podcast Check out Jordan's Latest Music A...

Mar 29, 202229 minEp. 68

Episode 67: “Eleventy-One Goals” DET@PIT 03/28/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 67: The Penguins clobber the Detroit Red Wings, but more importantly, Geno is in Insane-O-Beast Mode. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! I check in with you to recap the job my wife, Ashley did in hosting Episode 66 while I was away In the recording studio, plus we go back and discuss the onslaught of Penguins goal-scoring that was last night's tilt against the Red Wings. Finally I prep yinz for tomorrow's special episode featuring a very spec...

Mar 29, 202214 minEp. 67

Episode 66: "The Morning After with Guest Host Ashley Taylor"PIT@NYR 03/26/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 66: The Penguins visited the Rangers and things didn't go so well. Today's speical guest host is none other than my esteemed partner in crime, my wife Ashley Taylor. Enjoy this special morning-after episode. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!!

Mar 26, 202218 minEp. 66

Episode 65: "A Conversation with Peter Lalish" PIT@BUF 03/23/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 65: I sit down in the studio for a conversation with old friend and world class musician, Peter Lalish. Pete plays guitar in the band Lucius, and releases his own music under the moniker, 'Repeter:' Peter and I talk a little Penguins hockey, we talk a little music, and we have a great time doing so. The Penguins visited the Sabres in Buffalo. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!!

Mar 24, 202238 minEp. 65

Episode 64: "Pre-Coffee Goal Horn to the Face" PHI@PIT 03/22/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 64: The Penguins get a visit from the Columbus Bluejackets . Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! The Blue Jackets are in Pittsburgh tonight. This game is the third of four regular-season matchups between the Blue Jackets and the Pens, the Pens taking the first two. Never a team to be underestimated, the Penguins will have their hands full with Patrik Laine's elite wardrobe situation and the Columbus squad. Enjoy tonight's game versus the Blue J...

Mar 22, 202211 minEp. 64

Episode 61: "When Prey Predates" PIT@NSH 03/15/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 61: The Penguins visit the Nashville Predators. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Tonight the Pens get their first look of the regular season at the Preds. It's been an up-and-down couple weeks for Smashville's Gold-adorned Hockey Club. The Penguins look to play their own game this evening, stick to the plan, and continue what's been a pretty (knock-on-wood) successful run coming off the All Star Break. Enjoy Tonight's Game Versus The Preds a...

Mar 17, 202215 minEp. 61

Episode 62: "(Henry) St. Louis, Gate(s)-way to the West" PIT@STL 03/17/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 62: The Penguins visit the St. Louis Blues. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! The Penguins go into St. Louis with a goalie between the pipes who has never allo... meh, nevermind I'm not gonna say it. EnJOY tonight's game versus the Blues and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Mar 17, 202211 minEp. 62

Episode 60: "So We Beat on, Boats Against the (Storm Surge)" ... PIT@CAR 03/13/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 60: The Penguins visit the Carolina Hurricanes. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! It's time for the last of three regular season matchups between the Penguins and Hurricanes. 1:00pm Eastern puck drop. Gross. But hey: LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Mar 13, 202211 minEp. 60

Episode 59: "Game Time Decisions" VGK@PIT 03/11/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 59: The Penguins get a visit from the Vegas Golden Knights. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! It's the back half of the two-game regular season series between the Pens and the Knights. The Pens took the first one in stunning comeback fashion. After a shaky start in period one against Florida the other night, Pittsburgh will look to come out of the gates flying high tonight. Enjoy tonight's game against the Knights and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS...

Mar 12, 20228 minEp. 59

Episode 58: "Goalie Bob Says ___" FLA@PIT 03/08/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 58: The Penguins get a visit from the Florida Panthers. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! All HAIL Patric Hornqvist and his 9 goals. May he get his tenth! Some other night! Enjoy tonight's game versus the Panthers and of COURSE: LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Mar 08, 202213 minEp. 58

Episode 57: "Cut Away Before The Surge" Post Game PIT@CAR 03/04/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 57: The Penguins visit the Carolina Hurricanes. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! This is a rare post-game edition of Fly Penguins Fly, because frankly it was a crazy day: I released my debut solo album as a singer and songwriter. Check it out: orcd.co/jtadk The Penguins, unfortunately fall in OT to the very excellent Canes, but we'll be back. These two teams match up very well, methinks. I'd also like to mention something I forgot to in the ...

Mar 05, 20228 minEp. 57

Episode 56: "Ride the ...thing(?)" PIT@TBL 03/03/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 56: The Penguins visit the Tampa Bay Lightning. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Crazy day, crazy episode. Enjoy the weird one. LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Mar 03, 20228 minEp. 56

Episode 55: “Hold Your (Cannon) Fire” PIT@CBJ 02/27/22

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 55: The Penguins visit the Columbus Blue Jackets. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! Hoping for zero black powder canon blasts tonight as the Penguins head into enemy territory for the second game of a weekend back-to-back, taking on divisional rival Columbus. Enjoy tonight's game against the Jackets and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Feb 27, 20229 minEp. 55
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