From the podcast: Behind the scenes of ‘Chasing The Goal’

Hosts Jack Piatelli, left, and Kyle Devitte, right, are joined by producer Steve Safran on this week's episode of "Chasing The Goal."

On this week’s episode of New England Lacrosse Journal’s “Chasing The Goal” podcast, hosts Kyle Devitte and Jack Piatelli are joined by their producer, Steve Safran, for an introspective look at their first year of podcasting together.

The trio discusses how they got to be on the podcast, their interpersonal relationships and what it’s like to work with one another.

Don’t worry, it’s a lot more lighthearted than it sounds. There is plenty of roasting thanks to some revealing personal stories.

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Steve Safran: You guys are a lot of fun to work with, I have to say. I mean, the pain in the ass part is part of what makes the show so fun. You guys have a great relationship with each other. You bust on each other. It reminds me of part of the spirit of sports, which is that you have both a rivalry and a friendship together. And it’s a joy to watch as a producer. I like doing this show. This isn’t to go against any of our other (Seamans Media) shows but I think you guys do a great job with it.

Kyle Devitte: It’s fun. I mean, you’d never know that we didn’t really know each other that well, but we’ve known each other for, 10 years, 12 years, something like that.

Jack Piatelli: At least that. But we didn’t really get to know each other. And, you know, I’m really surprised that Kyle is the nice, kind-hearted gentleman that I didn’t think he was.

Steve Safran: You know, I’m not sure the audience would care to know that the show is being produced by a guy who hasn’t picked up a lacrosse stick, who hasn’t played lacrosse. And after having done this for a year, I feel like I’m the smartest guy who’s never played lacrosse (but) who knows about lacrosse. I’ve really learned a lot from it.

When we went out and we did that show from the (Piatelli Showcase) I had a blast out there. Just seeing these kids playing this sport that is indigenous to the country. I learned from you, Kyle, all about the indigenous nature of the sport and how far it goes back with the first nations. So what I’ve really enjoyed is I feel like I’m part of the audience every time I put this together.

And any time I come to a point when I’m editing and I’m like, I don’t understand that, maybe the audience needs a little more, I consider myself kind of the target audience. There’ll be people obviously who know more than I do, but as long as I understand it, I’m sure everybody else will. That’s what I really like about doing this show.

Kyle Devitte: Jack, I have talked about this before. I can’t tell you how many people come up to me and say, “I love your podcast.”

My little brother’s best friend went to a Billerica vs. St. John’s Prep game at the end of the spring right before playoffs. And he’s sitting there and some guy was saying my name and talking about a podcast I had. So my brother’s friend asks, “How do you know him?” Because he doesn’t know that I do anything. A lot of people don’t know I do any of this stuff.

And the guy is like, “Oh, he has this his podcast, you know him?”

He says, “I actually coached him,” because he was my assistant at Daniel Webster (College) for one year. “I know him really well.”

The guy freaks out a little and is like, “You know him?! You have to get him to have this guy on and that guy.”

He’s telling me the story and he says, “I didn’t know you were, like, famous.”

I’m not famous, dude. That’s not what’s happening. It’s lacrosse; lacrosse is small.