It was a whirlwind week for Stan Hudy and Shenandoah Briere, who were at the 1st stage along the Schenectady County Holiday Parade route Saturday, providing commentary for the Facebook Live stream on The Daily Gazette's website.

Last Friday was Stan's birthday, on Monday it was Shenan's, and they talked about her birthday...

The duo recapped the parade, the lights, the sirens, the pace of the parade, and everyone who worked hard to make it happen - along with a Hallmark moment with Santa and his float.

Then it was back to business - Saratoga Black Friday and Small Business Saturday with Shenan talking about all the things Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp is doing to support small businesses.

Shenan says she is prepared for her Turkey Trot 5k....we'll see.

And Thanksgiving thoughts to all.

This year's Schenectady County Holiday Parade, sponsored by MVP in partnership with the City of Schenectady, will highlight Schenectady Shares, which provides food throughout the city at several outlets.

Schenectady council member Carmel Patrick and Schenectady Shares volunteer extraordinairre, Jackie Clute, stop by the podcast studio to talk about the program, its successes, and its challenges.

There is a lot to cover, especially with food insecurity making headlines throughout the past few months, and our guests provide insight and provide light to the situation.

It was an afternoon full of laughs and enlightening conversations about how to make your relationships, your interactions, your home, and work life better - all through improvisation.

Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp.'s promotions director, Shenandoah Briere, along with Daily Gazette business editor Stan Hudy visited her newly redesigned office space and sat down with Michael Burns and Kat Koppett to talk about the 30 years of laughs and improvisation at the Mop and Bucket Co. [MOPCO] in Schenectady and how to keep the laughs coming.

Burns and Koppett discuss some of the guidelines within the IMPROV community that make it an enjoyable and enlightening experience to be on stage and be totally unscripted.

November also kicks off 'Birthday Month' for both Stan and Shen —mostly Shen —and she has a heartfelt ask of all podcast listeners for this year's gift.

Do you have someone you would like to have as a guest on The Stan and Shen Show? Email stanandshen@gmail.com

Just a few more sleeps, or nightmares, before the real thing takes over Jay Street in Schenectady, as we invited Kayla Ek into The Daily Gazette podcast studio.

Shen made her triumphant return to the newsroom after taking on her new position as Promotions Director for Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp.

We kick off the show by discussing the tasty success of last weekend's Wing Walk, hosted by the DSIC, including the flavors, fun, and comments.

Then we turn the show over to Kayla to talk about the Oct. 18 Nightmare Market and everything that Kayla will bring to turn some heads, open some eyes, and highlight the creativity for all to see.

The duo then close out the show with their usual banter, including Taylor Swift's latest album.

• (00:00:45) - Welcome back Shenan
• (00:02:00) - Rcapping DSIC Wing Walk
• (00:05:00) - Wing Walk votes, the process
• (00:17:00) - Kayla Ek talks Nightmare Market
• (00:20:00) - Nightmare Market success, by the numbers
• (00:24:00) - Shen on Nightmare Market success
• (00:30:00) - Stan talks cool people at Nightmare Market
• (00:35:00) - Kayla talks kids fun at the Nightmare Market
• (00:37:00) - Entertainment at the Nightmare Market
• (00:46:00) - Wrapping things up... at least we started to

Some things change, some things stay the same on the Stan and Shen Show!

Shen has a real office! She is busy talking to businesses, loves to talk about food, Stan brought coffee and a gift -- but all in a new space!

It's been over a week since Shen left Stan (heartbroken) at The Daily Gazette, but she is close by at Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp and busy with the upcoming Oct. 4 Wing Walk, and she has all the details!

The two discussed her absence from the newspaper, what Stan is working on, including Monday, September 29, National Coffee Day.

Email the show at StanandShen@gmail.com

It isn't the end! We swear!

Shen has huge news to share on her last day as the Daily Gazette Business Editor.

But Stan is fine! He says!

It's more like new beginnings as the two talk about their past and their future together in different buildings, but on the same podcast.

Stan and Shen introduce this summer's dynamic and energetic pair of interns, Kate Corbijian and Jack O'Callaghan to the podcast as they wrapped up their time with The Daily Gazette.

There wasn't a lot of time for introductions as the battle over eating chicken wings with ranch dressing and dipping pizza into Caesar dressing had caused a lot of friction in the office.

The pair discussed some of their favorite assignments, being surprised by Stan on assignments - but in a good way - and shared many laughs.

Kate will return to Marist College via a semester in Italy, while Jack will return for his senior year at THE Ohio State University with his sister and a host of other duties.

Email the hosts at StanandShen@gmail. com with your favorite chicken wing dressing go to and help settle this.... please (Stan).

Daily Gazette Business Editor Shenandoah Briere and Digital Content Producer Stan Hudy open this week's podcast, missing several co-workers who are on well-deserved vacations.

Stan had the opportunity for a new culinary adventure, visiting a restaurant known for its seafood cuisine, and the two agreed that the newsroom runs on caffeine, talking about the opening of 7 Brew Coffee on Watt Street in Schenectady.

Shenan took time to visit Civitello's on N. Jay Street in Schenectady for its re-opening and bringing back several tasty treats for the office and a look ahead at the week and weekend for the duo.