The Town Friar Podcast

This week, we address the elephant in the airwaves - the Covid-19 Pandemic - with guest Lesa Nelson, Medical Laboratory Scientist and Point of Care Coordinator at Hendricks Regional Health Hospital in Danville, IN. Tune in to hear from an on-the-ground frontline worker about how her job changed, and stayed the same, during the pandemic.

Katie Lynch joins the show this week to catch us up on all things equine. Tune in for the dish on being a Horse Broker and Rider for David Hopper Inc. in Amenia, NY. We talk grooming, training, selling - and how horses make a trip from the Netherlands to New York (it involves an in-flight movie.)

This week, Matt Foster called us from the Sunflower State to talk about his time as a Senior Musician in the 1st Infantry Army Band at Fort Riley, Kansas. We'll talk lodging, pay and how military bands keep soldiers' spirits up on bases around the world.

You asked us to bring on a teacher and, well, you got an "Instructor." Tune in to find out what the difference is for Andrew Wilkinson, Founder of Wilkinson Media and Digital Arts Instructor at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton NJ.

This week, Host Erin P. sits down with Frank Sasso, of New Pod City, to do an internet career aptitude test. They'll give some background on why Erin P. started the show and explain why careers involving spatial awareness are off the table.

Get inspired this week by artist and craftsman extraordinaire Joe Zito, who works as a Fabricator at Urban Art Projects in New York state. If you've been to the Planet Word Museum, the Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, walked across the Tappan Zee Bridge, or watched The Oscars, you've seen Joe's work. Tune in to get the full story and why we talk about Bradley Cooper's taste in apartments.

This week, we hear from Ben Owens who entertained audiences on the sea as a trombonist for cruise ships. He'll talk lodging, pay and even the Dirty Dancing rules of being a crew member. Tune in to find out why, if you're going to ask the trombonist for directions on a cruise, you'd better be nice.

This week we catch up with David Kugelmas, VP of Sales for All Brands Apparel in New York City. We'll cover how David and his team are veering from the cut-throat nature of the fashion industry to create timeless looks without being jerks.

This week, we sit with Chris Shimchick, Project Manager for the Central NJ non-profit powerhouse, Isles Inc. We'll hear about the community service work he does and why he occasionally dresses up like a T-Rex.

Christina Sasso comes on the show to talk about her transition from high school science teacher to fitness instructor. We talk about certifications, working with gyms and the woes of parent teacher conferences.

This week, Erin P's childhood friend, Mariah Truax, comes on the show to talk about managing the different personalities of farmers, shop owners and even ICE in her job as the Director of the Bend Farmers Market in Northwest Oregon.

For the pilot, we sat down with Barbara Moore, a recently retired NJ Transit Train Engineer. How did a jewelry designer and artist end up steering trains out of danger on the Northeast Corridor? Tune in to find out!