God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC's Podcast. Featuring Paul John Hausleben at the microphone

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Don't let the cozy, emotional writing fool you! You might take one look, and a few listens at and with our host, Paulie—a guy from Paterson, New Jersey, who writes sweet stories about nostalgia and simple human moments—and assume he's never cracked open a literary classic in his life.

Well, think again! Last week, Paulie was dropping Shakespeare quotes, and this week he’s trading in nostalgic memories to geek out over Victor...

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Spooky season is officially here, filled with glowing jack-o'-lanterns, playful goblins, and all things magical and mysterious! Join the Master Storyteller himself, Paul John Hausleben, for a wonderfully festive and fun-filled holiday episode. PJH brings his signature wit, humor, and wisdom to share brand-new adventures straight from his seemingly never-empty story vault—because this is a man who has truly lived a thousand lives!

Settle in as Paul John takes you on a journey through his ma...

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Ever wonder what happens when a legendary podcaster is left completely unsupervised? With his trusty sidekick Frankie T—and his world-famous Paulie tranquilizing dart gun—out sick, Paul John Hausleben is off the leash! Get ready for a hilariously unfiltered, one-man rant about the absolute circus that is the modern sports world.

PJH kicks things off by airing all his grievances with the NFL, including a deep dive into the heartbreaking weekly soap opera that is his...

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Paul John Hausleben introduces a new series to the now legendary God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC podcast. Review! Where #27, AKA Paul John, uses his passion, and his expertise to dissect and slice and dice music recordings into the nuances that other music critics miss. And along the way, PJH detours into side rants, conversations, and his usual fun and humor until he finally gets to the main subject at hand! That is part of the fun and...

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Across a staggering 58 books (and counting!) written and published by Paul John Hausleben, the Harry and Paul adventures hold a wonderfully unique place. Capturing all the humor, heart, and colorful nuances of New Jersey life, these beloved stories have hooked readers right from the very first collection, with the cult classic, The Time Bomb in The Cupboard and Other Adventures of Harry and Paul, all the way to the upcoming The Winter Collection.

Among an endless...

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The Popular Rated! Series of podcasts continue!

Are you in the mood to rock out? Do you need some suggestions? Do you want to check out a new artist and discover new music? Then go ahead and plug in your best headphones and get ready to rock out! In this episode of the Rated! series, PJH makes zero apologies for his full-blown, fan-favorite obsession with Dire Straits legend and guitar virtuoso Mark Knopfler. Armed with a...

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Step up to home plate and join host Paul John Hausleben as he welcomes the legendary Cousin David on the podcast as a guest star for a classic, fan-first breakdown of New York Yankees baseball just in time for the MLB playoffs! When two lifelong Yankee diehards and proud family members get together, you know the banter is going to be good.

Cousin David—a former baseball umpire and resident sports genius—steps into the virtual mana...

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Get ready to celebrate as "The Master Storyteller," Paul John Hausleben, ushers in the cozy warmth and colorful beauty of autumn! PJH brings joyful energy and heart to the start of the season, reminding us all to embrace the wonderful, natural rhythm of life's seasonal transitions with a smile and a warmth in our hearts.

To kick off the fall festivities, Pauly, unearths a treasured classic from his seasonal anthology, The Autumn Collection. Press the play...

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Beat the heat and step away from the AC! With the seemingly endless summer heat of 2026 finally winding down, our favorite master storyteller is pausing his weather complaints to dive into some classic late-September nostalgia.

This week, join Paulie as he shares two hilarious "old man adventures" starring his father, complete with tales of the legendary backyard garden, the famous next-door neighbor Mr. Goldberg’s unique gardening attempts, and the absolute magic of summer turning into fa...

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Ever wondered which Billy Joel tracks truly reign supreme? The Rated! series of podcasts is back, and this time, PJH is taking a deep dive into the catalog of the Piano Man himself!

After a friend nudged him to watch a classic Billy Joel interview, PJH couldn't resist digging into the legend's iconic discography. Armed with endless music knowledge—and absolutely zero notes—he dissects the catalog to deliver his top five Joel tracks of a...

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Ahoy, holiday weekenders! Grab your life jackets and hold onto your hats because the Master Storyteller himself, Paul John Hausleben, is back at the microphone with a classic Harry and Paul misadventure.

In this hilarious tale straight from The Summer Collection, our favorite neighborhood "lovable ding-dongs" decide the absolute best way to impress their girlfriends for Labor Day is to buy a boat for a romantic lake getaway. What could possibly go wrong, right?

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Paul John Hausleben starts out with the noble goal of clearing out the PJH mailbag, but in true Jean Shepherd fashion, he gets delightfully side-tracked—and honestly, that’s where the magic happens!

After reflecting on the recent passing of the legendary Dolly Parton, Pauly dives into a heartfelt tribute to her music, her life, and her incredible Imagination Library charity. As a fellow author and shameless book nerd, it’s a cause right after his own he...

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Welcome back to the (sort of) World-Famous Writing Command Center!

Host Paul John Hausleben (PJH) usually keeps his mic circle pretty tight, but today he’s rolling out the red carpet for the legendary Steve McMillan of Corporate Facilities Group, Inc.

First up, Steve dives into his work at CFG, Inc.—our proud sponsor and a crew we absolutely adore here at God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC—sharing his day-to-day role, his vision for th...

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#27 in the net and making saves! Unleashing his passion!

Paul John Hausleben’s true love has always been radio. He makes that very clear, and despite his label of having lived “a thousand lives” and performing a seemingly endless number of vocations to earn a few coins, if asked, he will prefer the label of “a radioman.”

Recent very important and impactful events in the radio world have not gone unnoticed by PJH. In this podca...

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The Rated! Series continues with a few added tidbits and touches of music, stories, and emotion, too.

Our charismatic host, Mr. Paul John Hausleben, returns to the PJH Writing Command Center after a trip home to New Jersey to attend to some family matters and records this special podcast episode after a brief absence from the airwaves.

Paulie returns while riding high on emotions, and when he turns to music to brighten his mood...

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The Rated! Series continues with a special treat!

The World-Famous Frankie T, AKA the Musical Encyclopedia, and Jef, AKA, the equally World-Famous Musical Wizard, join Paul John Hausleben in the Writing Command Center for this fantastic podcast episode from the popular Rated! Series.

Tune in and enjoy as these two musical experts do a deep dive as they each rate the five best studio and session musicians of all-time. This is a walk into...

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Paul John Hausleben unleashes a heartfelt and poignant podcast episode dedicated to his dear mum. On the advice of dear Mum, PJH relates how important it is to maintain a positive attitude in the face of adversity, how important it is to keep laughter and humor in our lives, and how important belief in all we do is in our lives.

In doing so, PJH shares some old recordings of a classic fiction character that he...

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With the world-famous Frankie T absent as guest host and his Paulie Tranquilizing Dart Gun out of the picture, Paul John Hausleben is free to deliver a classic sports rant. This time, PJH unleashes on the 2026 World Cup and the numerous controversies surrounding the tournament so far.

Covering subjects such as VAR, to crazy overturning of red cards, to USA MNT over-hype, to blabby sportscasters and announcers, presidential interventions, crazy referee decisions, and micro-chips in soccer...

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The tradition of special holiday podcast episodes continues!

Paul John Hausleben celebrates the 250th anniversary of the United States of America and Independence Day 2026 with a special holiday podcast episode. The Master Storyteller unleashes it all here on this classic episode, as he tells stories of his memories of 4th of July celebrations of old, reads some interesting trivia about Independence Day, shares some Jean Shepherd memories, shares some laughs, and then caps off this memorable...

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In, this podcast episode of the popular Rated! Series, Paul John Hausleben deep dives into the classic and famous television hit series, Ted Lasso. PJH displays his passion and dedication in preparing for the Rated! Series as he spends a terrific amount of time researching and analyzing the writing, the acting, the details of the popular television show, and once more, shows why he is dedicated to telling stories and bringing added enjoyment to his listeners of the...

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Tip: Be sure to listen to the very end of this podcast. Past the outro music.

Here is another storytelling podcast; as Paul John Hausleben celebrates Father’s Day 2026 with stories of his father; the old man. And PJH explains how the old man character from the books that PJH writes is very similar to PJH’s own father. Non-fiction blended into fiction.

Masterful storytelling!

From life lessons that helped inspire PJH’s endl...

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When a reader compiles their own list of their 40 favorite characters from the books and stories featuring the adventures of Harry and Paul, and then sends it to Paulie, it sends Paulie off on a deep dive into those characters. His own characters! We receive special insight into these magical characters form the creator of them.

When our podcast host works with a young woman on some summer help and projects, and she mentions that she...

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The magic of expert storytelling is on full display in this podcast episode. PJH goes all around the storytelling dial and eventually lands where he needs to be to tell some stories. But as he takes the listener on this journey, it is magic all along the way. The Master Storyteller sits behind the microphone and relates not only stories of the old neighborhood and cruising on a summer Saturday night with Harry in his sports car, but...

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Music, you missed! Music, you need to listen to! The great Jef, the Musical Wizard, stops by the PJH Writing Command Center to share his vast and incredible knowledge of music with Paul John Hausleben and the listening audience. In this special episode of the popular Rated! Series of podcast episodes, Jef rates his five best studio albums that are often overlooked and are hidden gems and that, in his expert opinion, music fans should listen to and...

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In keeping with a God bless the Keg Publishing LLC tradition, our host, Mr. Paul John Hausleben, takes time out of his holiday schedule to slip into the PJH Writing Command Center and record a special holiday podcast for Memorial Day 2026.

In this special episode, PJH details the true meaning of the holiday, some background on it, some insight into the proper flying of the American flag for the holiday and relates other aspects of the...

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The skills and dedication of God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC’s music reviewer and music critic, and the charismatic host of the podcast, Mr. Paul John Hausleben, are on full display in this podcast episode of the popular Rated! Series. On the suggestion of a listener, and after open invitations by PJH for musicians and artists for PJH to check out, our host takes on the formidable task of dissecting a musician’s music and discography from no k...

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Everyone at God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC hopes that someday, our own Paul John Hausleben earns the title of “Mr. New Jersey.” In this very special podcast episode of the popular Rated! Series, Paulie displays why he is not only the Master Storyteller, but with his hardened New Jersey accent, his enthusiasm, and his knowledge, he tells the story of how and why he loves his home state of New Jersey so much. Between his books, his stor...

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If you ask Paul John Hausleben to describe himself, he most likely will say that he is a storyteller and a radioman. His two loves! When Paulie combines the two attributes into one podcast, well, magical things happen.

In this part 4 of “The Magic of Radio” podcast series from God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC, Paul pays tribute to the late, great New York Yankees radio announcer, Mr. John Sterling, who passed away at the age of 8...

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Two NFL and sports fans/experts share ideas and their experiences! Are you curious as to how the sport of American football has changed over the years? For the better? For the worse?

Paul John Hausleben teams up with the World-Famous Frankie T to discuss the current state of the National Football League in 2026 versus the “old” NFL that the host and Frankie T grew up with over the years. In this podcast episode PJH and Fran...

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The Master Storyteller, Paul John Hausleben, of God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC, records a podcast episode that displays what many listeners feel he does best. That is telling stories. This time, PJH relates stories from his eighteen years of traveling and living on the road and his many stops and persons that he met along the way. Travels, stops, and persons, all of which somehow and in some way eventually make it into PJH’s books, his wo...

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Welcome back to the popular Rated! series of God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC’s podcast episodes!

In, this upbeat and fun Rated! episode, our host, Paul John Hausleben, takes a music suggestion from a listener and records a Rated! episode on the music of Alison Sudol, also known under her former moniker of A Fine Frenzy. This podcast is sure to captivate listeners as it displays the seriousness and skill with which PJH performs his re...

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Tip! Be sure to listen to the very end of the podcast! Past the closing music because Paul John Hausleben has a little extra fun on this podcast.

Paul John Hausleben is a former ice hockey goalie (#27) and while he hung up his goalie mask and his goalie ice skates a long time ago, he remains a major sports fan. In this podcast episode, Paul John records a classic PJH rant on the state of modern-day...

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In keeping with the God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC’s holiday traditions, our dedicated podcast host, Mr. Paul John Hausleben, does not take the holiday off. Instead, he slips behind the microphone to record a special holiday episode for Easter and to help welcome spring to the world. After much study and research, comments, and debate, and after a discussion with his own dear mum, PJH decides to resurrect and read for the listeners for this special ho...

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The Growing Old Podcast!

Paul John Hausleben’s radio and raconteur hero is the late, great Jean Shepherd and in this podcast episode, Pauly unleashes his best imitation of Mr. Shepherd in the spirit of how Old Shep told stories years ago on the classic AM radio station WOR in New York City. PJH tells the story of a week of ups and downs and how after taking a silly internet survey about growing old and se...

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Welcome back to the popular Rated! series of God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC’s podcast episodes!

In this fantastic Rated! episode, our host, Paul John Hausleben, joins forces with a special guest for this episode, Jef the World-Famous Musical Wizard, to rate the five best progressive rock studio albums of all-time. This podcast is sure to captivate listeners as the two musical experts rate their own selections for the five best albums and in doing so...

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The world-famous Frankie T returns to the God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC Podcast and joins our host, the not-so-world-famous, Mr. Paul John Hausleben (#27) in selecting their all-time great NHL teams! Join Frank and PJH as they go through their selections for a first team and a second team of all-time great players at each position, plus some alternates, all from a pool of players that they have seen play while enjoying the world’s fastest team sport.

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On the heels of some recent discussions and current incidents, Paul John Hausleben comments on the situations that many employees in the workplace currently face. Job elimination. The threat of artificial intelligence eliminating jobs and other challenges in the current workplace. The discussion stirs up some memories, and PJH digs up an old cassette tape of his reading of a draft version of a short story composed by PJH in 2015-2016 and later featured in his book On...

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In this podcast episode, inspired by recent activity in amateur (ham) radio by station WA2ASQ, the Chief Operator of the station, Paul John Hausleben, does what he does best and tells listeners a story. This story is about how he began his journey into the fascinating hobby of amateur radio as a very young boy. PJH tells the background of how a very special mentor helped him to pass his official examination to obtain his license, taught...

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Rated! The Five Defunct Retailers That PJH misses the Most

The Rated! Series continues!

In, a spin on the popular and famous Rated! series, Paul John Hausleben deviates from rating music and creative ventures, and instead, lists the five defunct retailers that Paul misses the most. On the heels of his emotional podcast reflecting on hockey and memories, PJH deep dives again into nostalgia. In this podcast episode, which is full of emotion, fun...

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The 2026 Winter Olympic Games inspires Paul John Hausleben to do what he does best: tell us stories! For this podcast episode, PJH dons his famous goalie mask and as the not-so-world-famous #27 returns to the hockey crease to, once more, stand guard against hockey pucks! PJH borrows from his novels and books, and tells listeners stories of where he, as a young teenager, along with his best friends, Harry and Jeffrey first played street hockey on a dead-end street...