This week we sat down with two legends — Rev. Owen Gowans (Class of '79) and Ned Jenkins (Class of '78) — who came up together at Girard College, a boarding school for students from single- and no-parent homes. Owen was one of the first four Black students to walk through Girard's gates back in 1968, with Ned following just a few months later in January of '69.

And let's just say... they made the most of their time there.

We heard about the time Ned got tossed into the deep end of the pool — six feet — before he even knew how to swim (and no, Girard wasn't handing out swim trunks). Then there's Owen and his roommate Al, who thought it was a great idea to chuck things out their dorm window at passing cars — including, unfortunately, a cop car. Spoiler: the cop found them. We also got into their days balling together on both the middle school and varsity basketball teams.

These two have stories for days, and this episode is just the beginning.

This week is part two of our conversation with, John Martino — a former Girard teacher who coached women's basketball and track from the 1992 until 1996. We talk about the friendships he built with fellow teachers, the students who became lifelong family, and what it meant to walk one of them down the aisle decades later. A reminder that the best teachers never really clock out.

This week, we're joined by John Martino — a former Girard teacher who coached women's basketball and track from the early '90s until 1996. We talk about the friendships he built with fellow teachers, the students who became lifelong family, and what it meant to walk one of them down the aisle decades later. A reminder that the best teachers never really clock out.