Sammycalls

Sam, Jenna and Kevin come up with the best prank ever in honor of the full moon!  Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. #knowdownsyndrome

We were featured on CBS News Channel 8 in San Diego! Listen to us catch up on the segment after it aired! Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. #knowdownsyndrome Click here to watch us on CBS News Channel 8!

  Kevin asks Sammy a very important question: Can I marry your sister? Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. #knowdownsyndrome

We've been gone for two weeks because Sam wouldn't talk to Jenna after she BEAT HIM in their first week matchup of Fantasy Football... but we are back folks! Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. know #downsyndrome

This week Jenna went home for a visit, a Fantasy Football draft and a whole lot more... Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. know #downsyndrome

Welcome to the SammyCalls podcast! This week, Sammy talks about his recent prom, watches a video from a few really cool fans and tells us his top picks for fantasy football. Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. know #downsyndrome Watch the Video!

Welcome to the SammyCalls podcast! This week, Sammy updates us on his group home mission and is introduced to Twitter. Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. know #downsyndrome

Sammy starts a game with Jenna and Kevin that gets HEATED! Who do you love more?! The whole episode this week is basically just a back and forth game of “Who/what do you love more?” between Sam, Kevin and I. Sammy cooked this one up himself and the actual conversation went on for over an hour (this is essentially the highlight reel). Sammy’s mind works in mysterious ways. I love when he just goes off the cuff, gets creative and is so interactive like this. This is when his personality shines through and he really is brilliant… and kind of weird (just like me – minus the brilliant part). ___________________ Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. Welcome to the SammyCalls podcast!  

This week is a special episode... Sammy tells us some pretty big news and we talk to both my mom and my dad about it! We hope you enjoy! Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. _________ My relationship with my brother is definitely different. I've known forever that he has Down Syndrome but it seems like every few years of my life I have come to some epiphany about us... When I was in first grade, I thought that I was born with Down Syndrome too. That I grew out of it and Sam would eventually too. My parents had to somehow break it to me that I actually never had Down Syndrome, and that Sam was special. When I moved away to college, I met a whole new group of friends and realized that not everyone kno

This week we have a special SammyPRANKS episode for you!! Listen in on Sammy pranking not one, but TWO people in 15 minutes. The guy is a master pranker. Enjoy! Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. _________ If you have listened to the first few episodes of this podcast or have ever met Sam Balegno, you know he has an amazing sense of humor. In the more recent years, Sammy has become obsessed with pranks. He watches hours of them on YouTube and then tries some of them out on my parents or any other innocent bystander who happens to be in his vicinity. He has gotten pretty good at them. I'm almost positive he got my Dad to drink toilet water once. Anyways, this episode, Sammy manages to prank my dad

In this episode Jenna tells a joke that falls flat, Sam is now famous and wants a free tattoo… and so much more! We hope you love it! Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome… and more importantly… what it doesn’t mean. Welcome to the SammyCalls podcast! _________ After the first episode of SammyCalls I wrote about a pamphlet my parents had made when we were younger called "Just Like You" in the show notes. After reading, my dad sent a few copies of the pamphlet to me so I could see the real deal. I actually can't believe how vividly I remembered the details of it but it must have made an impression! I wanted to type out the contents here so you can see what my mom and dad were thinking, as fairly new parents of a child with Down Syndrome in 1992.

This episode Sam and Jenna (and Kevin) talk about bullying... chicken pattaaays... our step families... and so much more! We hope you love it! Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome... and more importantly... what it doesn't mean. Welcome to the SammyCalls podcast!   ________ Sam and I were chatting about the podcast a couple of weeks back and I randomly asked him what he wanted to talk about in the first few episodes and without missing a beat he blurted out that he wanted to discuss Bullying. Needless to say, I was surprised... in a good way. I do want to keep the podcast light but at the same time, life isn't always cupcakes and rainbows, am I right? The whole point of SammyCalls is to expose people to something they might know very little ab

Welcome to the SammyCalls podcast! This episode Sam and Jenna talk about podcasting... head shaving... prom... and so much more! Enjoy! Sam Balegno has Down Syndrome, lives in Massachusetts and eats a lot of pizza. Jenna Balegno (his older sister) lives in California, has a dog named Norman and eats a lot of pizza. Listen in on their casual and candid phone calls to each other and get a little insight on what it means to have Down Syndrome... and more importantly... what it doesn't mean. ________ When Sam and I were little kids, my mom and dad put together an informational pamphlet that was titled "Just Like You" ... I can seriously picture it in my head right now. It was a super late 80's/early 90's inspired design (my parents were in advertising so they knew what they were doing), angled blocks of bright color, and a black and white photo of us on the front. Ugh we were so cute back then. Basically the pamphlet described what Down Syndrome was and described Sam, a kid who was just like your kid. Except for