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April 20, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 22: Debut of the WOP Cave
Three weeks in a row the Center of Attention Podcast is bringing you sports takes on a Monday what what!! We have been doing this almost as long as the qua qua quarantine... Saying it that way sucks but I have been having a blast getting all my sports takes off my chest for you guys on this show and this week is no exception. After talking about some of the current events in sports like the NBA 2K players challenge and Von Miller getting Corona Virus to the debut of the Michael Jordan documentar...
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April 16, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 21: Whose Quarantine is it Anyway?
Hey guess what? We are back like we never left with this solo episode of Center of Attention, thank you for supporting the show up to this point we hope you have been as entertained listening as we have been recording them. In today's episode I explain how I am basically Lieutenant Adrian Cronauer from Good Morning Vietnam as I try to keep some semblance of sanity during the lockdown. Then I talk about some of my old sports memories and how my dad taught me mental toughness through chewing my as...
April 13, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 20: Balls and Strikes
This is coming out after the Holliday is over but nonetheless less I hope everyone had a happy Easter and got to appreciate their family members, even if there was no Masters or basketball to watch on tv. For the second sports centered episode of Center of Attention (see what I did there?). Today we talk about the All Decade team released by the NFL, how the Virus is letting the Astros off the hook after their cheating scandal back in January, the cancellation of UFC 249 and what that means for ...
April 9, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 19: The Real Bros of the Gunnison Valley
This is the first time that Kyle Gilroy, star of Testoteronis and Blowies, is somewhat sober during the show and we get in a really good quarantine and social distancing podcast. But first I get my real thoughts in on this national shutdown and give my opinion on Season 2 of All-American on Netflix. Then Kyle and I go off the rails then back on, and then fall back off getting in some much needed human interaction and face to face contact. Find Kyle on Snapchat @JonnyMountains. Follow the show o...
April 6, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 18: Sports, sports, and more sports
The first one is always the best... until the second one happens. After talking to some of my family I know listen to the show regularly a big emphasis was I didn't get enough time to talk about sports and give my full opinion. Worry no more, from now until this show is no longer going every Monday I will release an episode with just my sports opinions and analysis. Today I focus on Jon Jones and his crazy new legal scandal, then discuss the Olympics and their decision to hold the games in July,...
April 2, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 17: Self Isolation in the Stable
Hey guys hopefully you saw the tweet from the Center of Attention twitter but unfortunately we do not have the set up needed to add the visual element just yet so that will have to be put on hold. We still have plenty of good shit to talk about, this is the most talking I have done since I got back in the Valley and hope you enjoy it. Like and Subscribe wherever you listen and leave a rating and review so we can continue to grow the stable of Stallions. Follow our social medias on twitter @COAP...
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March 26, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 16: Quarantine Recap Week 1
The dancing bear is back on this week's episode of Center of Attention. We try to fight the cabin fever that seems to be starting to sink in as the. Coronavirus has forced nearly Nation wide self quarantine, but we try and make the best of it. We talk Dom's freshman year of college, the recruiting process, a couple more versus battles and much more. Follow Dom on social media: Instagram @dompallotto63, twitter @dompallotto, and TikTok @dompallotto63 Follow my social media pages: Instagram @pro...
March 20, 2020
Center of Attention Bonus: Final Episode of Gunnison Sports Talk Radio
In a special collaboration with Gunnison Sports Talk Radio I decided to put this out on both the Gunnison Sports Talk Radio SoundCloud page and this feed as well. Over the last three years I have been grateful for the opportunity to realize and practice my passion which is sports radio. I wouldn't have been able to do this without Christian Saez who was gracious enough to add me to his original Gunnison Sports Talk team and live broadcasts. This is something I want to do for the rest of my life ...
March 19, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 15: Protein Shakes and Second Dates
This week's episode, as it stands now, could be the last one ever recorded in Gunnison which would be sad but we definitely made the most of it if that is the case. It's another episode featuring my best friends Dan and Kyle but we went for broke and had seven people on this week, which by the way was made possible through our new microphone the Yeti blue stereo microphone with the four different directional pick up patterns. This was another episode where alcohol was involved but yours truly wa...
March 12, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 14: The Stallion meets with the Problem
This week's episode of Center of Attention is a little more focussed than some have been in the past. When we recorded it UFC 248 hadn't taken place yet, and being that my guest shares nationalities with UFC Middlewight Champion Israel Adesanya, also being that he is the most knowledgeable person in the Gunnison Valley when it comes to fighting, I sat down with Rev "The Problem" Koka and geeked out over MMA for an hour and a half. Rev and I first met when I came to Western as a Freshman when he ...
March 5, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 13: The Italian Stallion Back in the Stable
Back at it again with a solo podcast, I like the way these have been coming out where we have a guest every couple weeks and in between I just get to talk with you all by myself and spew out some of the stuff off my brain. Wide range of topics today, starting g with a dirty joke, then I give an update on my life since the last time I had a solo episode, the ending of my live broadcasting career here at Western. Then I talk about some of the sports topics I haven't been able to address on the sho...
Feb. 29, 2020
Center of Attention Bonus Episode: Dan, Kyle, and Jimmy Get Drunk
Here is the promised bonus content that we wanted to release just to show how out of control the other night was. We had three total hours of material and the first episode was an hour and a half this is about 30 minutes of the highlights of the rest of our recordings. Follow Dan on instagram @dancunningham06 and find Kyle on Snapchat @jonnymountains. Follow the show on twitter @COAPOD73 I have been posting the links to the shows on that account as well as some behind the scenes stuff, then fol...
Feb. 27, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 12: Testosteronis and Blowies
Well... for a change of pace from last week's episode I decided to do the opposite of a mother/son show and brought on my two best friends Dan and Kyle. We are the three best friends that anybody could have... <3. This is the raunchiest episode yet and I definitely would recommend headphones to listen in any kid of a public setting. Nuff Said. This podcast is made possible by Anchor, start your own free podcast today at anchor.co Follow the show on twitter @COAPOD73, follow me @JimmyPallotto o...
Feb. 20, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 11: Mama Bear out of the cave with Stacie Pallotto
Its a very special episode of Center of Attention today featuring one of the most important women in my life, my mom Stacie Pallotto. At the request of my grandma I got my mom on to talk all about her life's journey and football parallels. From being a Denver Bronco fan her whole life, then dating and marrying a football player and then coach, to birthing three more football players and one football manager in my brothers and sister. I also get the chance to highlight some of the traits that mak...
Feb. 13, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 10: The Better Half with Marissa Manzanares
On today's episode of Center of Attention we get the better half of the relationship of one of our former guests Christian Saez in the form of his fiancé Marissa Manzanares. Marissa was gracious to come on and spend an hour of her day to talk with me when she could have been trolling news sources to break stories on her station's twitter account, follow them @SWXRightnow especially in the Pacific Northwest to keep up with Washington State football and Gonzaga basketball. Marissa talks about her ...
Feb. 6, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 9: All in the Family
The Italian Stallion is back with another episode of Center of Attention, this week's episode was kind of thrown together on the fly but today we will be having two separate guests. I was able to get my brother Dom Sunday night right after the Super Bowl ended to talk about his thoughts to the game in it's rawest form, then we finishing up talking about the Royal Rumble in the WWE. Then Monday night my dad Jim took the time to give me his thoughts and we talk about the state of the game as well ...
Jan. 30, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 8: So nice we Had to do it twice with Niko Bryant
Niko Bryant returns to the podcast today... Hey don't blame me that he's on again within the same month we didn't schedule out the timing of the first podcast to when the Connor fight was going to be. All that said Niko and I talk about some good stuff on this episode. He was able to go to the fights in Vegas at T-Mobile arena live and in person so he tries to describe the feeling of that atmosphere. Then we talk more about the landscape of MMA and where Connor and Cerronne go from their last fi...
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Jan. 23, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 7: Reunited and It Feels so Good with Christian Saez
On today's episode of Center of Attention we have another first for the show, a phone call podcast. The guest to accomplish this feat is none other than my former broadcasting partner Christian Saez. Christian is the reason I am the sports director for KWSB here in Gunnison. Christian graduated last spring with a degree in Communication Arts and currently studying a Master's degree at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Christian and I used to co-host the radio show I took over this year, Gunnison Sp...
Jan. 16, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 6: A Man and His Thoughts
Back for a solo episode of the podcast today, after the last few weeks being pre-recorded interviews while I was at home spending time with friends and family for the holidays. I recap the week I had after I last talked to you all and how training went and getting ready for my last semester of college. I try and introduce I nickname for the fans of this show, if you think of something better than what I said DM me on twitter your thoughts and I'll give you a shoutout on the following episode, th...
Jan. 9, 2020
Wonder Twins Unite: Catching up with the boy Niko Bryant
This weeks episode is a special one recorded last Thursday before we had to go back to school Niko Bryant and I got to sit down for the first time in months to catch up and talk about a lot of things, mainly sports, but I'm so glad we got to get this done. Niko is one of my oldest and closest friends, we started playing football together in 7th grade and went all the way through Senior Year of high school. He's one of the people who can match me step for step in football, MMA and boxing, and WWE...
Jan. 2, 2020
Center of Attention Episode 4: Animal Sciences 101 with Lauren Dock
Don't be fooled by the title this is no lecture, except maybe in parts. My guest this week is my girlfriend Lauren, who is not used to speaking in front of people but she brings the heat this week as we talked about all sorts of stuff both past stories from our childhood, her sister gives us a TikTok concert in the middle and then she talks about what she's really passionate about...cows. No that's not why she's dated and put up with my for the past seven months, but it does help. As always if y...
Dec. 26, 2019
Center of Attention Episode 3: Dom, the Dancing bear, and top rope elbows
For this week's episode we are back to having guests and it was one of my favorite people in the world and will probably go down as one of my favorite guests on the podcast as well, my brother Dom. Dom has been my best friend since he was born 18 years ago and today's episode of 90 minutes of bullshit as we play get to know there dancing bear where we talk about the Nickleback flashmob trend, karaoke and who his go to partner and song would be, our top five movies of all time, then about 30 minu...
Dec. 19, 2019
Center of Attention Episode 2: Finals Week Christmas Break and football fandom Sainthood
Welcome back to another episode of Center of Attention, todays episode is the first solo podcast done from the Ute basement in my room. The topics for todays episode include Christmas break, finals week and how stress affects different people, my medical episode earlier this year and my doctor's appointment coming up Friday. Then I finish up giving my thoughts on the College Football Playoff and my champion prediction, then finally I give my plan for the Bengals and how they can get back to bein...
Dec. 12, 2019
Center of Attention Episode 1: Garrett Boyd and the NCAA football Series
Thanks for taking the time to listen to the first "official" episode of Center of Attention, like I said in the trailer I will be putting these out every Thursday sometimes with a guest and sometimes without. Well, for the first episode we have one of my very best friends Garrett Boyd. Garret was the punter here at Western Colorado and we started school together too, from there we lived together sophomore year and just stayed really close as friends and one of the ways we did that was by startin...