Welcome back to another episode of Date Night with Jake and Page... where we only interview guests with hair that makes Jake jealous, apparently.

Meet LauRen Merola and Dallas Strager! LauRen is one-third of "The MRL Show," one of Charlotte's top morning radio shows. She also blogs about parenting, fashion and more at @allofthefwords, and she co-hosts the "Mommyhood 2 Menopause" podcast. Dallas? Well, Dallas has amazing silver hair.

LauRen and Dallas met in Miami while both working for the Miami Dolphins. LauRen danced. Dallas didn't. It was a match made in heaven. A few job changes and one move to India for LauRen later, the two relocated to the Queen City and haven't looked back. OK, maybe they look back at their fun, pre-kid life in Miami just a little.

This episode has everything - parenting words of wisdom, relationship advice, cool backstories and did we mention LauRen took a job in India for a few months?! We ended up going for more than an hour and honestly could have gone another three of four. Buckle up. This is a good one.

For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes. Check out our new book as well: "Holy Crap, We're Pregnant!" While some people learned how to bake banana bread during the pandemic, we finally finished a book we started 10 years ago. It's a she said/he said look at pregnancy. Buy it for yourself or someone you know who's about to have a baby! Thanks for listening!

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LauRen Merola & Dallas Strager

On the latest episode of Date Night, Jake and Page sit down with Michelle Icard (@michelleicard), a speaker, author and educator who helps kids, parents, and teachers navigate the complicated social world of early adolescence. Her latest book, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen guides readers through the fourteen essential conversations parents need to have with their kids before they start high school. Her first book, Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years, is a primer for the social and emotional changes parents and kids navigate when mid-life meets middle school under one roof.

Michelle is a member of the TODAY Show parenting team and NBC News Learn. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, CNN, Time, and People Magazine. Her middle school leadership programs, Athena’s Path & Hero’s Pursuit, have been implemented at schools across the country and she speaks around the globe at schools and parenting events.

For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes. Check out our new book as well: “Holy Crap, We’re Pregnant!” While some people learned how to bake banana bread during the pandemic, we finally finished a book we started 10 years ago. It’s a she said/he said look at pregnancy. Buy it for yourself or someone you know who’s about to have a baby! Thanks for listening!

Michelle Icard

Cam is back, baby!!

And that means Bank of America Stadium is about to be loud and lots of fun this Sunday when the Carolina Panthers take on Washington for his first home game back this season. You know Panthers DJ Vinny Esposito is gonna make sure of that. And so will his wife Diane, aka, "Mama D," as she's known to their three sons, two grandsons, and the fleet of DJs the Espositos employ, but also think of as extended family. 

On this episode of Date Night with Jake and Page, get to know the Espositos all the way back to Vinny's hair band days, when he had to use a cursing jar to remind himself to watch his mouth around the cute blonde who "didn't even like his name" when they first met. Vinny and Diane share their best boundaries advice for when you work and live together, they show Jake and Page why they're far better parents than the Fehlings, and the two couples decide Jake is the only one any of them would ever hire as an assistant. 

You'll hear how Vinny decided to take the Panthers gig based on an impatient thumbs-up from Diane just to get him off the phone to help with kids at Disney, plenty of inside scoop on what it's like to work the production side of an NFL game, and why being a DJ can look sketchy to neighbors when The Sopranos is the hottest thing on TV. 

Thought you might miss this episode of Date Night? Fuggetaboutit! 

Follow Vinny (@vinnysplit), Diane (@dianesplit) and Split Second Sound (@splitsecondsound) on social. And shout out to our first-ever podcast sponsors, Paviol Dermatology (@paviolderm)! Jake is a fan of the "bro glow" and Page, well, Page has had pretty much every treatment there. Listen to this episode's intro for more!

Vinny & Diane Esposito

On the latest episode of Page and Jake's Takes, your hosts tackle what happens when your kids choose sports that don't involve, well, tackling.

In the last year, Jake and Page's kids have taken on swimming, lacrosse, field hockey and wrestling. Four sports Jake and Page NEVER played, even though Page essentially refers to herself as a professional sports EXPERT several times throughout the episode..... 

Shoutout to Coke Direct for sponsoring this episode! Did you know you can order Coke products right from your computer... THAT GET DELIVERED TO YOUR HOUSE?! And if you're in Charlotte like much of our audience, you get your delivery on the same or next day! That's right - visit cokedirect.com and  use the code DIRECT20 for $20 off your first order of $40 or more.

For more takes and past episodes, visit jakeandpage.com. Please like, share and comment! You can also follow your hosts at @jakefehling and @pagefehling!

Page and Jake's Takes: Unfamiliar Sports

Welcome to the definitive Date Night with Jake and Page Valentine's Day Questionnaire episode!!

That's right, Page flips the script by sending her famed pre-show questionnaire to Jake, and your hosts find out what they like about each other, what drives them crazy about each other, their favorite date night memories, and why Jake is always right (Jake may or may not be writing this).

Shout out to Belk for sponsoring this episode! Check out all of their Valentine's Day deals online at belk.com, @belk and on the Belk app. And visit the link below to watch back our Facebook live event where we showcased some of their top gift ideas!

https://www.facebook.com/Belk/videos/695244411851037/

Visit jakeandpage.com for past episodes and more. Please like, share and comment who you'd like to hear on the pod next! Thanks for listening!

Valentine's Day Questionnaire

OH my goodness. This episode. This couple. Get REEDy for an OHmazing one, you guys. 

OK. Enough with the puns. But for real... buckle up. On this episode of "Date Night with Jake and Page," your hosts sit down (After they danced. Yes... there's a TikTok to go along with this one. You're welcome.) with media mogul Ohavia Phillips and "Inspire the Fire" Founder, Dennis Reed. The two have MANY more titles and jobs and accolades to their names, but frankly it would take up half the internet to list them all. Let's just say their list of collaborators include names like Fantasia, Stacy Abrams, and OPRAH WINFREY. Yes, your hosts were impressed too. 

Listen in as the two couples discuss how creatives work, how creatives play, and how Page awkwardly puts yet another couple on the spot about when they're gonna make it official. They also discuss what "official" even means, old and new school ways of thought around relationships in general, all while experiencing first-hand with each other the beauty of vulnerability. This episode is equal parts laughs and love, and if you know Dennis and Ohavia, they wouldn't have it any other way!

You can follow Ohavia on Instagram at @ohaviaphillips and @theohverse, and listen to her new podcast "Beautiful People with Ohavia Phillips" wherever you listen to podcasts. And you can find Dennis on Instagram at @thedennisreedjr and inspirethefire.org! 

Thanks for listening! If you like what you heard, please subscribe and share!

Ohavia Phillips & Dennis Reed, Jr.

"Looners," "Chambongs," and "Bad Bunny." Three new things your hosts learned about on this episode of Date Night!

Tiffany and Ciro Marino are the duo behind "Confetti Castle," the balloon company that has BLOWN UP over the past few years. Sorry. We had to. Jake and Page talk with them about how they met on Tinder, blended their beautiful families, and moved to Charlotte for Ciro's job(s) in the restaurant industry... before he eventually left to join his wife as a jack of all balloon trades. 

The night started off with a shot of the bubbly, included life-changing tips on balloon fetishes, and how not to burn your garlic (you can decide which of those is the most life-changing), it and ended with Tiffany and Ciro leaving for a party that STARTED at 10 p.m. On a Thursday. Jake and Page were very impressed by both that, and the rest of what this rockstar couple brought to the table. 

Follow Confetti Castle on the 'gram @confetticastle ... or just look in the back/foreground of any picture you take anywhere these days. That's them. The colorful beauties (the balloons and the people behind the balloons) making everyone's day a little better and a lot more fun!

Thanks for listening! For past episodes and more, visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like what you heard, please subscribe and share!

Tiffany & Ciro Marino

Please help us welcome Jenn and Miles Andrews to Date Night! They showed up with cans of Middle James Brewing's Hops on One Leg IPA, which was a great start, but more on that later...

Jenn and Miles came HIGHLY recommended as guests. We polled our social media and got several requests to have them on. This was followed by Jenn introducing herself to Jake at a Panthers game and passing along some swag for her foundation. Once we heard her story, we had to have them on.

Some back story: Jenn was getting a pedicure in 2013 when she was pregnant with her first child. During that pedicure, the nail tech discovered a pea-sized nodule on top of her right foot. The nodule eventually grew to a golf ball size mass. After several years of ups, downs and seeking multiple opinions, amputation was the only option to give her the best chance at a cancer-free life. 

On March 7, 2018, Jenn did a Facebook live video requesting friends and family to move for her and those who physically can’t on her surgery date. This request unknowingly became a movement. On March 12, 2018, Jenn became cancer free, and the social media world flooded with #moveforjenn and #movebecauseyoucan posts globally. People all over the world were sharing posts with all forms of exercise in honor of Jenn and her request. This movement led her to realize that being an amputee, and someone who wanted to remain active, would be difficult without ample means of funding. 

The Move for Jenn Foundation was born from this moment. Fundraisers, 5Ks and IPA collaborations followed. Jenn and Miles now tell their story from a much larger - and growing - platform everyday. We were lucky to have them on the pod.

Learn more about the foundation at moveforjenn.org and follow Jenn at @moveforjenn and @_jennandrews. Miles is no slouch at social media himself; he can be found on Instagram and TikTok at @j.miles.a. Thanks for listening! For past episodes visit jakeandpage.com.

Jenn & Miles Andrews

If you pay even the slightest bit of attention to the news in Charlotte then you already know Joe Bruno. Joe is one of Charlotte's most well-known and well-respected journalists. Liz Egan Bruno (current audio/video producer... but we're not convinced her goal of being on SNL is yet out of reach) is quite possibly the only human who can keep up with him.

Together the Brunos are the first Date Night guests to (almost) beat Jake and Page in a tall-off. *cumulative gasp* The two couples discuss how Joe, Liz and Page all met at Charlotte's Fox 46... and how Page is the only one between her and Liz who liked Joe at first. 

They also discuss their other Charlotte media friendship crushes... and then proceed to forget key names of the people with whom they all want to be friends. You can catch Joe on Twitter @JoeBrunoWSOC9 or Instagram @joebruno and Liz on Instagram @lizard_bruno.

This episode of Date Night was sponsored by The Jimmy! The Jimmy is a casual yet elegant trattoria reminiscent of the bistros found along the Mediterranean coastlines of Italy and France. They're open for lunch, aperitivo and dinner, Monday - Saturday in the Myers Park neighborhood in Charlotte. Lunch starts at 11:30 a.m. and the menu is 🔥. Jake and Page loved it so much that Jake even dresses like "The Jimmy" now. It's a whole lewk. See for yourself on our Instagram accounts... while you're there, check out theirs @thejimmyclt!

Joe & Liz Bruno

On this episode of "Date Night with Jake and Page" your hosts celebrate their Sweet 16th wedding anniversary! At least they think that's what they're celebrating. Or... when they're celebrating it? Tune in to see who you agree with about the rules of celebration and to hear what Jake, Page, Michael Jordan, and one of the singers in "Color Me Badd" all have in common. Comment below and let us know when your wedding anniversary is and what you remember from the year you made it official!

Speaking of things to celebrate, this episode is sponsored by Harriett's Hamburgers and they're turning TWO on September 14th! Harriett's Hamburgers is conveniently located right by the entrance to Optimist Hall in Charlotte. Just follow your nose to the delish burgers, fries, and sauces (Page won't shut up about the sauces) and scoop some cool gear while you're there. Even Jake (the family merch snoot) thinks their stuff is cool. And all the Fehlings (YUGE burger connoisseurs) agree these burgers are a MUST for any hungry Charlottean. Follow Harriett's Hamburgers on social at: 

Instagram @harriets.hamburgers
Facebook: @Harrietts.Hamburgers

Thanks for listening and please hit "subscribe" so you're sure to catch all upcoming episodes!

Page & Jake's Takes: Wedding Anniversaries

On this episode of "Date Night with Jake and Page," your hosts sit down with Brittany and Juston Burris. Wolfpack, Panthers, Jets and Browns fans know Juston as an NFL player, but if you're looking for the inside scoop on anything football this is not your podcast. Sorry, not sorry. IF, however, you're looking to hear from a powerhouse couple that's known each other since middle school, dated since college, and is growing a real estate investment portfolio and Airbnb business we can ALL learn from... have a listen. You'll be glad you did. 

Learn more (and dare we say, book your next stay?!) at thenextstopco.com. Also mark your calendars for Oct 20th!!! Brittany's online self-paced how-to for Airbnb wannabe hosts (*raises hand*) drops that day. Details are on the website and for more follow @thenextstopcollective everywhere on social media!

**This episode of Date Night is brought to you by The NASCAR Hall of Fame "Over the Edge Challenge." For just $20 you can give a kid in Charlotte an experience that will open doors and curiosity for a lifetime. More info and links to donate here: charlotteovertheedge.org. And if you'd like to come cheer on Jake, he'll be supporting the cause on Oct. 5 by rappelling down the side of a 10-story building in Charlotte!

Juston & Brittany Burris

On this episode of “Date Night with Jake and Page,” your hosts sit down with Brad Panovich, Chief Meteorologist for WCNC in Charlotte. They talk weather, fears of flying (OK, maybe that was just Jake) and television careers. It's tough to tell during the latter discussion whether or not if Page is happy to be out of the business. ;-) Brad has a wealth of knowledge, and if you're even remotely interested in weather, this episode is a must-listen!

A self-proclaimed weather and science geek, you can catch Brad on the socials at @wxbrad. Even if you aren't in Charlotte, he's an incredible follow, especially on Twitter. You can also find him driving around town with WXBRAD license plate. Check Page's Instagram for pics!

**This episode of Date Night is brough to you by the Mint Museum Uptown's Fashion Reimagined exhibit, running December 10, 2022 – July 2, 2023. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the fashion collection’s founding in 1972 by the Mint Museum Auxiliary, Fashion Reimagined features 50 outstanding examples of fashionable dress drawn entirely from the permanent collection of The Mint Museum. Encompassing a wide range of attire, the exhibition includes men’s and women’s fashions from 1760 to 2022 and is divided into three thematic sections: minimalism, pattern and decoration, and the body reimagined. For more information, visit https://mintmuseum.org/fashion-reimagined/.

Brad Panovich

If Valentine's Day to you means more a love of laughter than of romance, then the Fehlings are your V-Dday huckleberries. Join Jake and Page as they discuss Jake's love of gifts (but not thoughtful ones), what "cuffing season" means to old (yet freaky?) people, and why creating your own (ab)normal really does apply to EVERYTHING.  

This episode of Date Night was brought to you by Bossy Beulah's! Located in South End, this chicken sandwich powerhouse spot just opened its third location (second in Charlotte). Stop by for scrumptious sandwiches, salads, wings, bites, fries, and alll the amazing sauces. Follow them on Instagram @bossybeulah and don't miss June's IG reel taking their name to all new literal levels.

Valentine's Day

If kelly green ceilings, bright yellow couches, and a giant stuffed ostrich were a person... that person would be our guest for this episode, Natalie Papier. Or, Natalie *Airhorn Noise*, as she'll forever now be known in the Fehling house. Get ready for a colorful and fun-filled episode of Date Night with Jake and Page featuring this incredibly talented interior designer! 

Known for her bold use of colors and unexpected pairings, Natalie shared some behind-the-scenes scoop on the show she co-stars in (along with muralist Racheal Jackson and abstract artist Frankie Zombie), “Artfully Designed” (streaming on the Magnolia network and Discovery Plus), her  upcoming book, "Home is where the ART is," and her new lighting line with Hudson Valley lighting. Casual. She's a snoodge busy.

Follow Natalie *Airhorn Noise* at @home_ec_op on Instagram for design inspo and a general good time. And be on the lookout for how you can apply to be Season 2 of "Artfully Designed!"

And let's not forget our amazing sponsors for this episode! Harriet's Hamburgers, serving up the best quality burgers made with artisan buns, house-made pickles and sauces, and cheese from a small batch creamery. And don't forget to ask for the secret menu item, the Juicy Lucy - a hamburger patty stuffed with cheese for the ultimate indulgence. And with their new location opening soon, you'll be able to enjoy Harriet's burgers even closer to home.

And speaking of new locations, Bossy Beulah's just opened its third location, this time in South End! Known for their "no nonsense" approach to chicken, everything is made in-house with chicken raised right here in the Carolinas without any added hormones, preservatives, or growth stimulants. And with their new indoor and outdoor bar, you can enjoy their delicious bites and soft serve ice cream in style. Visit @harriets.hamburgers and @bossybeulahs for more!

So grab your favorite burger or chicken sandwich and tune in to the latest episode of Date Night with Jake and Page, where we bring the laughs and heart to your evening. Enjoy!

Natalie Papier

She's baaaaack... and this time, she's a REAL AUTHOR (just in case you, like Michelle Icard herself, didn't believe that until this time around). And that endearing humility and humor are reasons #4,000 and 4,001 why you'll love her so. 

On this episode of "Date Night with Jake and Page" Michelle joins your hosts to discuss her THIRD BOOK, "8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success." They discuss the reframing of the word, "failure," which middle school archetype each person was in middle school (and how to correctly pronounce the word, "archetype"), and Michelle calls Jake out on thinking he was dating Kate Hudson (spoiler-alert: he wasn't). Check out Michelle's latest spot on the TODAY SHOW and her website michelleicard.com for more! 

*This episode of "Date Night with Jake and Page" was brought to you by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Carolinas providing mentors for kids in this region since 1972! BBBS serves more than 1,500 kids in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and York counties, through traditional community- and school-based mentoring and innovative specialty programs that connect caring adults with local children in meaningful one-to-one relationships. Come support "The Big Toast" with Jake and Page Thursday, October 5th at The Collector's Room! If you can't make it that night of course you can always donate to mentorship or become a sponsor too. Check out BBBS Central Carolinas on Instagram and Facebook for more!

For past Date Nights, visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Date Night with Jake & Page podcast! Big thanks to Garrett Tichy and Hygge for having us as part of their inaugural podcast residency program, to Richard Brooke for being an audio genius, and to Penn Holderness for the awesome intro and outro!

Each month we'll be bringing you a new episode where we double-date over mics and only the finest cheeses with prominent Queen City couples.  We're thrilled to kick things off this month with Sarah and Justin Brigham, Co-Founders of the insanely popular Sycamore Brewing.

With a growing company and a restless one-year-old, Sarah and Justin truly treated our time together as a night out, which made the experience that much better and more genuine.  They're the real deal, and it was awesome to hear their origin story, and much, much more.

Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode.  Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts.  Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt.  Thanks for listening!

Date Night with Jake & Page

Episode 1: Sarah & Justin Brigham, Co-Founders, Sycamore Brewing

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Date Night with Jake & Page podcast! Once again, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency...and especially this time around for their help in editing this episode.  Yes, the audio in this one is tough at times, gang. Hang with us as we continue to learn this podcasting game.  We'll be better in future episodes!

As a reminder, each month we'll be bringing you a new episode where we double-date over mics and drinks with prominent Queen City couples. In this episode we bring you Christa and Muhsin Muhammad, and OMG were they amazing. We had so much fun talking football, kids, life, adoption and so much more. We also may or may not have beatboxed/freestyled more than once.

Muhsin, or MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE as you may remember him from his days as a top-flight WR for the Carolina Panthers, and Christa are #relationshipgoals. High school sweethearts from Michigan, Moose and Christa have been married for more than 20 years, and they genuinely seem to have a ton of fun together...which becomes abundantly clear right from the start of the episode.

Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream each episode on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and the videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling. 

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

Episode 2: Christa & Muhsin "Moose" Muhammad, Former Carolina Panthers WR

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Date Night with Jake & Page podcast! Each month we bring you a new episode where we double-date over mics and drinks with a prominent Queen City couple. In this episode you hear from Jonathan and Melissa Luther of JJ's Red Hots.

Jonathan is co-founder of the insanely popular hot dog chain in Charlotte, and he and his wife Melissa discuss on the podcast their ups and downs with the business over the years (she serves as the company's CFO) and how their culinary careers ultimately helped prepare them for their recent growth and success.  Jon and JJ's were prominently featured on an episode of 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' with Guy Fieri earlier this year, and the husband-wife team chatted about that unique experience as well.

Once again, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream each episode on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and the videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

Episode 4: Jonathan and Melissa Luther, Co-Founder and CFO, JJ's Red Hots

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Date Night with Jake & Page podcast! Each month we bring you a new episode where we double-date over mics and drinks with a prominent Queen City couple. In this episode you hear from Penn and Kim Holderness of The Holderness Family!

Penn and Kim - 1/2 of Team Holderni, along with Lola and Penn Charles - have built a passionate and growing following on YouTube and Facebook through their viral videos and parodies.  Former on-air journalists, they left their careers to start a video production company, only to have a video Christmas card go viral, and the rest is history.  

We've known Penn and Kim for more than a decade, so there is plenty of goofing off (and freestyle rapping!), but we pressed them on the challenges they face as parents raising children in the spotlight and dealing all of the online haters and trolls. Yes, trolls.

Once again, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream each episode on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and the videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

Episode 5: Penn and Kim Holderness, The Holderness Family

It's Episode 9 of the Date Night with Jake & Page podcast, where each month we double-date over mics and drinks with a prominent Queen City couple. In this episode you'll hear from Chef Alyssa and Andrew Wilen!

If you live in Charlotte there's a 98% chance you've been to Chef Alyssa's Kitchen in South End. First dates, corporate retreats, you name it, the Kitchen is an awesome spot, and it's run by one of Charlotte's favorite couples.

Andrew (@andrewwilen) and Alyssa (@alyssacooks, @chefalyssaclt) talk about how they met, how they hatched the idea for their business, and they offered up a little teaser for listeners on what they're up to next. Listen to find out more!

We can't thank Alyssa and Andrew for joining us on this episode, and as always, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream each episode on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

Episode 9: Alyssa & Andrew Wilen, Chef Alyssa's Kitchen

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Date Night with Jake and Page podcast, where each month we double-date over mics and drinks with a prominent Queen City couple. In this episode you'll hear from Mayor of Charlotte Jennifer Roberts and her husband Manley!

Any time you can talk about Charlotte's past, present and future with a sitting mayor while sharing local craft beer with her and her husband, you jump at the opportunity. We got to do just that with Manley and Mayor Roberts (which we probably should have called her; all night we went with Jennifer...whoops!), who shared her political career path over our hour together.

Within the first minute you'll hear just how amazing Jennifer and Manley are, and you'll also hear how much they love to dance. Seriously, we met them on a dance floor. They SHUT DOWN Cam Newton's charity gala, and then immediately kicked off this podcast talking about how they danced in college...and later when they dated...and on and on. Good grief, we loved them.

While we try not to talk too much shop on our show - the point is to get to know the guests off the court/outside of work - Mayor Roberts was gracious enough to open up about her roller coaster two years in office, as well as her recent surprise defeat in the Democratic mayoral primary. It was truly a fascinating look into the personal lives of a couple currently going through ups, downs, surprises and turmoil, all in one. You know, like the rest of us.

We can't thank Jennifer and Manley enough for joining us on this episode, and as always, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream each episode on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

Episode 10: Mayor of Charlotte Jennifer Roberts & Manley Roberts

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Date Night with Jake and Page podcast! In this episode we get to know Roman and Heather Harper. Roman is a former New Orleans Saint and Carolina Panther, and he and Heather are high school sweethearts...sort of.

Roman and Heather go back. Way back. And when you know someone for that long, You. Can. Keep. It. Real. And real they kept it. Gang, it wasn't all roses for these two. They were on, then off, then on again. Their origin story was one of ups and downs...you know, like normal couples.

One of our favorite parts of the evening with Roman and Heather actually started right at the end of the recording. You hear Roman quickly say that they're still trying to figure everything out and what the next chapter will be. We ended up staying in the studio for another 20-30 minutes talking about that next chapter. I know, I know, we should have recorded it, but we feel like that's Roman and Heather's story to tell when they're ready. Stay tuned!

We can’t thank Roman and Heather enough for joining us on this episode, and as always, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream most episodes on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

Episode 18: Former Carolina Panther Roman & Heather Harper

We're back for Episode 20 of the Date Night with Jake and Page podcast! This episode is a family affair, as we had Casey (Page's brother!) & Michelle Crawford in the studio!

To call Casey and Michelle a power couple would be an understatement.  Not only are they both CEOs and owners of their respective companies, Movement Mortgage and Rising Crossfit Ballantyne in the Charlotte-area, but both are literally powerful. Casey doesn't look too far removed from his time with the Carolina Panthers (where he played from 2000-2001 before earning a Super Bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and it was only one year ago that Michelle competed in the CrossFit Games (where she starred from 2013-17).

While we were definitely guilty of steering too far at times into family jokes, we heard about the crazy story of how they realized they were each other's ones, how a couple from Virginia and New Jersey decided to call Charlotte home, and how they manage from going insane living so close to family (ahem).

We can’t thank Casey and Michelle enough for joining us on this episode, and as always, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream most episodes on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

p.s. Sorry for the brutal audio. Due to technical difficulties we lost our recording, but fortunately we were able to pull this from the Facebook live stream. Big ups once again to Richard for trying to salvage our memory card. RIP, good audio.

Episode 20: Casey & Michelle Crawford, CEO Dynamic Duo

We're coming to you live with a two-pack, gang! We've got episodes 21 and 22, featuring SkillPop founder Haley Bohon and her husband Steve, and Page's co-anchor Jason Harper and his wife Angie, respectively. (Episode 22 can be found wherever you get your podcasts too!)

We realized we had started to collect a few episodes in the can, so we thought we'd release a couple together.  First up are Haley and Steve Bohon.  Haley founded Charlotte start-up darling SkillPop in 2015 and Steve joined her shortly thereafter.  SkillPop's claim to fame is that they are revolutionizing in-person education, and as public speaking teachers, Page and Jake can attest to it's rocket ship growth.  SkillPop has expanded to Raleigh, Greenville, S.C. and Nashville, and Steve and Haley have other major business development ideas brewing as well, especially after their recent appearance at Techstars in Austin.  The future is SUPER bright for these two, and Charlotte is lucky to have them. 

You'll recognize Jason Harper from his weekday appearances...right next to Page.  Jason is Page's co-anchor on FOX 46's Good Day Charlotte, and together with his wife Angie, the two make for a hilarious duo.  Jason and Angie team together to raise a blended family of four daughters, which is not lacking in funny stories.  What makes their backstory that much more interesting, is that they're high school sweethearts...sort of.  After knowing each other growing up, the two went their separate ways and eventually reunited after each having a first marriage.  And now together they enjoy hitting up Charlotte's breweries and every Old Navy in the 704.

We can’t thank Haley, Steve, Jason and Angie enough for joining us on this episode, and as always, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream most episodes on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

p.s. Sorry once again for the brutal audio in Episode 21. If you remember, due to technical difficulties we lost that and the preceding episode's recordings, but fortunately we were able to pull what you're listening to from the Facebook live stream. Big ups once again to Richard for trying to salvage our memory card. RIP, good audio.

Episode 21: Steve & Haley Bohon, SkillPop Founder

We're coming to you live with a two-pack, gang! We've got episodes 21 and 22, featuring SkillPop founder Haley Bohon and her husband Steve, and Page's co-anchor Jason Harper and his wife Angie, respectively. (Episode 21 can be found wherever you get your podcasts too!)

We realized we had started to collect a few episodes in the can, so we thought we'd release a couple together.  First up are Haley and Steve Bohon.  Haley founded Charlotte start-up darling SkillPop in 2015 and Steve joined her shortly thereafter.  SkillPop's claim to fame is that they are revolutionizing in-person education, and as public speaking teachers, Page and Jake can attest to it's rocket ship growth.  SkillPop has expanded to Raleigh, Greenville, S.C. and Nashville, and Steve and Haley have other major business development ideas brewing as well, especially after their recent appearance at Techstars in Austin.  The future is SUPER bright for these two, and Charlotte is lucky to have them.

You'll recognize Jason Harper from his weekday appearances...right next to Page.  Jason is Page's co-anchor on FOX 46's Good Day Charlotte, and together with his wife Angie, the two make for a hilarious duo.  Jason and Angie team together to raise a blended family of four daughters, which is not lacking in funny stories.  What makes their backstory that much more interesting, is that they're high school sweethearts...sort of.  After knowing each other growing up, the two went their separate ways and eventually reunited after each having a first marriage.  And now together they enjoy hitting up Charlotte's breweries and every Old Navy in the 704.

We can’t thank Haley, Steve, Jason and Angie enough for joining us on this episode, and as always, big thanks to Garrett Tichy, Hygge and Richard Brooke for having us as a member of their inaugural Hygge Podcast Residency! Please subscribe, share and comment on this episode. Past shows can be found on jakeandpage.com, iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. We live stream most episodes on Facebook (Page Crawford Fox 46) and videos are posted to youtube.com/jakefehling.

Please keep the conversation going on social media using the hashtag #datenightclt. Thanks for listening!

Episode 22: FOX46 Good Day Charlotte Co-Anchor Jason & Angie Harper

Page was featured in CharlotteFive recently as part of its "Moms Making It" series (shout out to Beth Booker for the write-up!). The title of the article says it best: Page Fehling on waking up at 1:57 a.m. and the conversation with male coworkers she’s sick of having. She discusses the article, her hot takes on the topic of parenting - AND WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED HOT!!! - and by the end of this podcast, we're pretty sure she was sick of Jake as well.

Here's a link to the article: https://www.charlottefive.com/moms-making-it-page-fehling/

Thanks for listening!

Episode 27: In this together

When Page first started interviewing for her job at FOX 46 back in 2014, it was Nick Kosir who kept her in the loop through the 807 step process. Teeing her up for good answers during auditions. Calling to tell her that their head of sales was the one voting for a different morning anchor. (Editor's note: She's never let him live that down.)

When Page eventually landed the job, she and Nick realized neither of their families knew many people in Charlotte. We had kids the same age. His wife worked in TV too. A family friendship was meant to be.  

So, we planned a Kosling play-date.  

When Nick and Danielle showed up to our house they walked right around to the backyard with their kid, a grocery bag full of beer, frozen pizza, and sleeping bags.  They were spending the night.  This was gonna be a magical relationship. 

It’s been so magical that they moved an hour and a half away immediately after that and we haven’t socialized with them since. #life

Until now. Nick has since gone viral in the most ridiculously fabulous of ways, dancing into all of our hearts on Instagram... much the same way he danced into Danielle’s years ago when he was her boss. Oh, snap.

So much to unpack with these two. So much to love. It's time to get viral with the Kosirs. Enjoy! Wait, sorry, that came out wrong...

We’d love to hear from you! Please share, comment and suggest ideas for future guests!

For past episodes please visit jakeandpage.com.

Nick & Danielle Kosir

Welcome to another round of Date Night! In this episode we're bringing back Penn and Kim Holderness of the Holderness Family, but this time, we're on their turf. This episode is a replay of a Holderness Family Podcast episode they aired of us on June 11. We talked Father's Day, making friends as adults and much more...and then we talked about it again, because Penn forgot to insert a memory card for the first recording. OMG, Penn.

We love Penn and Kim. We don't need to belabor it here - you can listen to our first episode with them (Ep. 5 on May 9, 2017) - but they are some of our dearest friends. Page and Penn worked together, we had all of our kids around the same time and on and on. It's been incredible to watch them blow up and build their parody music video/parenting/relationship brand. And to think, that first Christmas Jammies video Christmas card of theirs was meant to catch up with family and announce their new video production business...

We beatboxed, faked laughed at jokes we had to tell a second time and then they ran to jump on a flight while we hustled our kids into the car to head back to Charlotte. We know we're not alone in thinking it's hard to make really good friends as adults, so when you do, you drive three hours to hang for a quick 24.

Be sure to check out the Holderness Family Podcast wherever you get your podcasts, and follow @TheHoldernessFamily pretty much everywhere on social media. Their videos and relationship content is on point. We’d love to hear from you as well! Please subscribe, share, comment and also suggest ideas for future guests!

For past episodes please visit jakeandpage.com. Thanks for listening!

Penn & Kim Holderness

It's always fun when we bring on return guests. Especially when their family has doubled since you last saw them. And ESPECIALLY during a global pandemic.

Emily Breeze and Montell Watson were our guests on Episode 3. THREE. This is episode 49. They've had three kids since then. Or is it 2? Wait, when was their first born again? Exactly. Who knows. When you have kids, your brain fries, and that was on display for the first couple minutes while we embarrassingly tried to figure out basic math. Interested in audio birth control? Well, we've got the episode for you!

The beginning of Episode 3 is famously incredible. We won't spoil it for you, but it was in that moment we learned that Breeze don't play. Whether it be in the story she told that night, brushing off the haters on her massively-followed Instagram page or on this episode when she puts the HEAT on Montell for baby No. 4, you always know where she stands. Montell on the other hand is as cool as a cucumber. But absolutely not a push over. He's made it clear that while he's typically go-with-the-flow when it comes to life, he's definitively out on baby No. 4. (<em>Editor's note: he's definitely going to lose that one.</em>)

Full disclosure: we're neighbors. The Watsons moved onto "the compound" late last year. We've grown closer with them and their kids since all of this madness started a couple of months ago. It's been amazing. But the last thing they probably wanted to do is record a podcast with us. "Oh, shall we hang with the Fehlings AGAIN, honey? We haven't seen them in, what, 7 minutes?" In all seriousness, though, it's all been an interesting experience to say the least. Doing life together on a compound is one thing, but quarantining together is another. Thank goodness they're not tired of us yet.

"Breeze" and "'Tell" are as solid as it gets. They talk raising babies, trying to figure out TikTok, navigating a dual work-from-home life, and then, right as we're signing off, Page gets IN THERE with Breeze about the role she plays as not just a social media influencer, but as an influencer to our daughter as a strong woman, mom and all-around human being. It may have gotten a little dusty in the studio at that point.

Check out Breeze (@emilybreeze) and 'Tell (@montell3) all over the socials. For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Stay safe, everyone, and thanks for listening!

Emily Breeze & Montell Watson

First of all, Jake does know what a bustle is. He is very smart, after all (p.s. this is Jake).

For this episode we step into the realm of quarantined Zoom calls, bringing on Ryan and Samie Roberts, co-founders of Bustld. Ryan and Samie's company is based in Charlotte, and they serve brides and grooms in the southeast by bridging the gap between them and wedding vendors. Their company is surviving this madness, but the same can't be said for many of their clients' planned weddings.

We talk shop for a bit - Bustld is a fun husband-wife Queen City small business story - but we get in there about what they're seeing now with COVID-induced cancellations, postponements and reschedulings. Jake just wanted to talk Corona Bridezillas. Ryan and Samie offer advice for brides/grooms to-be during and after quarantine, and much more.

Check out Ryan and Samie at @bustld. For past episodes of Date Night with Jake and Page please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes as well. Stay safe, everyone, and thanks for listening!

Ryan & Samie Roberts

Politicians. They’re just like us!

Right.

Except… in Jeff Jackson’s case, it’s true!

Meet Jeff and Marisa Jackson. Jeff is a North Carolina State Senator, representing Mecklenburg County, who recently launched a campaign for a 2022 U.S. Senate seat. Marisa is his wife, slash campaign manager in a pinch, slash marketer, slash do-everything mom.

The parents of three are disarmingly unassuming. They agreed to jump on the Date Night pod at… 1:00 p.m. on a Saturday, immediately on the heels of their two-year-old going down for a nap. They planned a date around nap time. And if that ain’t the most “parents of young kids” thing ever, we don’t know what is.

After meeting Marisa on Match.com – the two of them barely got through the app's free trial period before Jeff put a ring on it six months later! - Jeff was thrust into politics in 2014 amidst the infamous Charlotte mayoral drama from that year. Over the last six years he's become a household name in the Queen City, running a campaign built on 100% positivity and recently being named a 2020 Charlottean of the Year by Charlotte Magazine.

A communications and marketing junkie by trade, Marisa has been thrust into the spotlight after bringing Jeff’s successful 2020 re-election campaign across the finish line when he was called into National Guard duty before election day. She then helped co-star (and wrangle kids who DID NOT want to participate, we learned) in Jeff’s viral 2022 announcement video. Was this a one-and-done stint as a campaign manager? Marisa said she's leaving the door open for reprising the role in 2022.

Finally, when asked about their favorite date nights or spots to eat in Charlotte, the couple paused and said… axe throwing and Chipotle.

Told you, just like us!

Give Jeff (@jeffjacksonnc) and Marisa (@marisajacksonnc) a follow on social media! Especially Marisa, who promises all new followers that she will be posting more. 😉 You can also follow Jeff’s campaign at jeffjacksonnc.com.

p.s. We wrote a book! “Holy Crap, We’re Pregnant” is available for purchase on Amazon as an ebook and paperback, and an audio book is coming soon! For links to our book/gear, and past episodes of “Date Night with Jake and Page,” please visit jakeandpage.com or wherever you get you get your podcasts. Please comment, like and share your favorite episodes. Stay safe, and thanks for listening!

Jeff & Marisa Jackson

Each month, Jake and Page Fehling allow you to be the third wheel on a double-date with a prominent Charlotte couple. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want them to invite you next time. #datenightclt

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