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Host Eileen MacDougall is joined via zoom by author Marcia Butler to talk her newest book Dear Virginia, Wait for Me.

2025 Bobby and Sam sit down with Todd Brogna, fresh off the completion of his sophomore year playing basketball at Division I Stonehill. Brogna's rise, from a small-town kid, completely unrecruited out of his public school, to Division I All-Conference selection as just a sophomore, has been remarkable. Even after playing two years at powerhouse prep school Worcester Academy, Brogna didn't have a single Division I offer until the 25th hour from transitional program Stonehill. Now, after two years there, Brogna is testing the waters of the portal. We don't know where he'll land yet, but we know you won't want to miss this episode of resilience and refusal to let a dream die.

Austin Styffe is in the studio for another Wilmington Spotlight! This time, he has a talk with Nicole Putney, a local high school teacher who discusses what is like to teach in the modern times with shortening attention spans and an abundance of technology.

Book Stew host Eileen MacDougall is joined by author Roger Celestin to discuss his newest book The Delicate Beast.

Book Stew host Eileen MacDougall is joined by author Roger Celestin to discuss his newest book The Delicate Beast.

At 13, Basketball was life for Chris Cole, and he was good. How good? Cole was one of the best point guards on the planet in his age group. Then Cole's dad - a drill Sargent in the Army, the man responsible for Cole's morals and work ethic, and above all, Cole's best friend - died of cancer, and everything came crashing down. A highly touted point guard with a spot on the roster at one of the top prep school's in the country, Cole struggled for years to pick up the pieces after his dad's death. Filled with a quiet anger inside, Cole quit the game for a year and gained 100 pounds, before finally falling back in love with it. After losing the weight, Cole earned a Division I college scholarship, only to have his career end prematurely due to a life threatening illness. After a long recovery, Cole found himself homeless without a degree. Amazingly, he picked up the pieces, earned a degree, and reconnect with hoops as a trainer and then coach. Now the associate head coach at Bryant University, Cole sat down with the LIT crew to talk about life, loss, picking up the pieces again, and the game of basketball. This is his amazing story.

In the latest episode of the Wilmington Spotlight, host Austin Styffe sits down with Mike Capistran to talk his gym business, the importance of good coaching, and motivation.

People often say "Ball is Life," but for Dawan Robinson, such a statement is more than a figure of expression: Basketball literally saved his life. In episode 47 Robinson sat down with Bobby and Sam to talk about his journey. Born and raised in inner city Philadelphia, Robinson saw things no kid should growing up, including witnessing his cousin being shot to death right in front of him as a high schooler. Robinson says it was his parents, and the game of basketball, that saved him from the same fate. Ball took Robinson to a prep school in rural Maine, then on to the University of Rhode Island, around the world as a pro, and even a cup of coffee in the NBA. Now he's giving back as a coach and trainer. Listen to his story, it is as powerful as it gets.

The Cretaceous Chronicles Episode 2 - Special Jurassic World Rebirth Breakdown by WCTV

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Bobby and Sam hit the road and headed to The Woo - Worcester, Mass. - a City Sam knows well; one where diners, trains and colorful characters abound, to sit down and chop it up with Holy Cross men's basketball head coach Dave Paulsen. Paulsen talked about his journey through hoops, the core philosophies to any program he runs, how experiencing "every coach's worst day" made him grow into a better man, and how his wife truly is his better half.

In a special episode, Book Stew hits the road as Eileen MacDougall, Book Stew host, has author Lauren Francis-Sharma on the show a second time. This time by recording a discussion Lauren had with podcaster and fellow author, Mark Cecil, discussing her nationally acclaimed novel, Casualties of Truth, on location at the Harvard Book Store of Cambridge, MA.

The Cretaceous Chronicles Episode 2 - Recap of the First Three Episodes by WCTV

Sam and Bobby broke in the brand new podcast studio in at WCTV by sitting down with the Moron brothers - Franck, Jevon and D'sean - teammates on the varsity basketball team at Shawsheen Tech High School in Billerica, Mass. The trio - Franck, a senior; Jevon, a junior; and D'Sean, a freshman - are teammates for the first time in their lives for the Rams, currently ranked 3rd in the Massachusetts D3 Power Rankings after finishing the regular season at 18-2. The brothers talked about where their love of hoops originated from, what it's like having a season playing together, and the pursuit of a championship.

In this episode of the Wilmington Spotlight, host Austin Styffe sits down with Erin DiCarlo of Dovetail Companies to shine the spotlight down on one of the groups they agree are often overlooked: seniors.

Author Heidi Bell joins host Eileen MacDougall to talk about her debut short story collection Signs of the Imminent Apocalypse and Other Stories.

Carmen Maciariello sat down with the LIT crew for episode 44 of Lost in Translation. The former DI player and head coach talked about his journey through hoops, from unrecruited shooter told to aim for Division III, to small conference DI scholarship player before transferring to take a walk-on role for his home town team. Carm talked about the ever changing coaching landscape, and gave an inside view on how NIL is affecting the college game

In this episode of Book Stew, host Eileen MacDougall is joined by author Rachel Robbins to talk about her book The Sound of a Thousand Stars.

In this episode of Book Stew, host Eileen MacDougall is joined by author Sarah Larviere to talk about her book Riot Act.

In a very personal episode of The Wilmington Spotlight, Austin sits down with one of his longtime friends Michael Leggerio, co-founder and managing partner of recovery team Newton, to talk all about recovery, mindset, and the spirit of giving even outside of the ongoing holiday season.

Jack and Jim are back with NFL, College Football, College Hoops, Least like CBB coaches,, some Juan Soto talk, and finish with ManUnd

In this hard-hitting episode of The Wilmington Spotlight, host Austin Styffe sits down with realtor/real estate investor Kevin Barrett. In the comfort of the podcast studio, these two dig deep into various important topics ranging from the housing market to close to shared experience of being fathers raising families in Wilmington.

Jack and Jim are back in studio to discuss the World Series, the NFL, Ohio State vs Penn State, make our CFB picks, and the sacking of the ManU manager.

With Jim in Florida the discussion begins with the Yankee - Dodger World Series, both pick the Dodgers in 6, rolls into College Football, and the picks for the week.

Eileen is joined in the new podcast studio by a multi-time guest, JoeAnn Hart, to talk about her new book: Arroyo Circle.

After a slight break, Erica welcomes us back to the newest episode of Through Fire and Oak. This is an episode of firsts: the first episode without Sean, first episode in the new studio, and first episode with special guests! Rob Whitten and Jane Lo are in the studio to talk about their innovative business P!ng in Lowell, Massachusetts, how they got their start, and the future of P!ng!

Jack and Jim head into the new studio for the first show in their new digs, They go on to discuss some baseball, the NFL, college football, and what's wrong with the Patriots.

Jack and Jim talk College Football, NFL, Baseball LCS, ESPN's top 100 NBA Players, and Jack knows who is playing in the WNBA Finals. Also, Kevin is still winless in the Lock of the Week competition

Jim and Jack review the College Football weekend, briefly look at the NFL results, do a deep dive on the Red Sox, pick their World Series winner, and make fun of Kevin being 0-5 in the pick challenge.

Eileen MacDougall interviews Dolores Johnson about her memoir Say I'm Dead for episode 130.

Jack and Jim review week 4 of College Football, week 3 of the NFL, continue the pick 'em challenge with Kevin and Chris, and welcome back the Celtics.

Jack and Jim talk College Football with guest Kevin, make their picks for the week, talk week 2 of the NFL, Garrit Cole vs Raffy Devers, and WHS captains council and Friday football.

Jim and Jack recap week 2 in College Football, week 1 in the NFL, talk about Belichick and the Mannings, talk Tom Brady, and finally debate the most important/influential person in a franchise's history.

Jack and Jim discuss week one of the college football season, Kevin calls in his observations, do a quick NFL preview, talk US Open, Judge vs Ohtani, pick their Locks for the week.

Eileen welcomes YA author Lamar Giles back for his SEVENTH appearance and his new supernatural thriller Ruin Road.

Jim and Jack are back in the studio to talk college football, US Open Tennis, some baseball, NFL, and Anthony Edwards insane NBA comments.

Nick Minnerath is a walking, talking miracle. By the time he was a teenage, Minnerath had lost his direction, dreams, hope and himself to the throes of addiction. Ask Minnerath about his teen years, and he'll tell you he should probably be dead. Instead, Minnerath got clean and sober. After barely setting foot on the court in high school due to academics and injuries, Minnerath found his way to a JUCO and then Division I Scholarship, before embarking more than a decade of playing professional hoops at some of the game's highest levels. A doting father and fitness enthusiast, Minnerath has remained clean and sober for more than a decade. The Cape Cod native recently joined the LIT crew to talk about his improbable life and journey.

In the mid-season premiere of Through Fire and Oak, Erica and Sean sit down to talk about the balancing of running the business side of the restaurant, handling the cooking, and the types of people who come to order food or catering. On top of that, Sean reveals why he showed up to the podcast studio exhausted...you don't want to miss out on this new episode!

"Trees" is the word of the day on this new episode of RMLD Current Insights. Host Greg Phipps, and RMLD's operations assistant, Erin MacDonough discuss what RMLD does to ensure the upkeep of power lines and when it is time to make a call to get the trees on your property trimmed.

Jack and Jim discuss the Red Sox extending Alex Cora, all things Summer Olympics, the success of Simone Biles, and Jack ranting about Steve Kerr and Noah Lyles.

Lost in Translation hit the road and headed in to the city today, where they sat down with Paul Malvone, co-owner for the renowned Boston Burger Company. Malvone is nearing in on two decades of restaurant ownership, wiht four locations to his name. But it wasn't all easy street, and certainly not a straight line for Malvone, who grew up in Medford and now lives in Wilmington, Mass. With two young kids, Malvone made a huge career change from a federal job working for the Postal Service to opening up a restaurant, and the night before opening he and his partners called an audible, switching from an Italian concept to Burgers with flare. It's had its ups and downs, and covid had his spots on the brink, but Malvone, as always, continued to find a way to survive, reinvent his burgers, and keep a smile on his face. Malvone's son, Joey, who just finished up his high school career playing Hockey and Lacrosse also joined the pod.

In this episode of Current Insights, host, Greg Phipps, discusses the different kinds of energy sources RMLD has been looking into and which ones work better than others. Greg is joined by operations assistant, Lydia Lestage, to discuss the viability of these options and how the future looks with the possibility of carbon captured fuel cells becoming more prevalent and useful.

Another episode, another member of the RMLD family here to talk with host, Greg Phipps about the electricity industry. Assistant Director of Integrated Resources, Megan Wu is in the studio to talk about how exciting electricity is and steps RMLD is taking to incentivize and revolutionize electricity.

Austin Styffe sat down with Wilmington Real Estate expert Lori Penney of Team Blue to talk about the town of Wilmington. The duo discussed new builds and old homes, real estate tips for buyers and sellers, as well as plenty of town history.

Austin Styffe is back with his second episode of the Wilmington Spotlight. In this episode, Wilmington Recreation Director Brett Sawin brings us up to date on all the amazing programs and offerings going on at the Rec. Department this summer.

Jorge Arteaga, VP of Movement Building for Right To Be, shares his book I've Got You Back, instructions on safe bystander intervention.

This time, host Greg Phipps is joined by two special guests with double the insight to bring to the table. RMLD prides itself on being customer friendly and two of the excellent team of customer service specialists at RMLD are here to answer questions and explain what RMLD does to ensure customer safety and satisfaction.

Current Insights' first guest ever, Bill Bullock, the Director of Integrated Resources at RMLD is back. In this episode, our hosts and Bill discus RMLD's long term clean energy goals and the current steps RMLD is taking.

After a slight hiatus, RMLD Current Insights is back with another episode full of helpful tips about electrification, the environment, and more for customers and electricity enthusiasts alike. In this episode, our hosts sit down with Travis Estes, the COO Abode Energy management to demystify and clarify all things air-source heat pumps.

Jack and Jim discuss the ESPN Top 100 for the 21st Century, with Jack picking Messi #1 and Jim selecting Serena Williams at #1. We are looking for your impressions of the list and who would be your Top 10.

Dracut, Mass. native Darrel Yepdo sat down with the LIT crew to talk about his journey from the cracked concrete courts of his hometown, to starring for Saint Michael's University. Overlooked and unwanted by Division I schools a stones throw away, Yepdo used that to fuel his fire to excel in college. Yepdo credits patience, learning from the bench, and an incredible bond with family and his head coach for his success.