Podcasts about Allegheny River

If you have driven across the state of Pennsylvania, you crossed over the Clarion River. A tributary of the Allegheny River, it's approximately 110 miles. In the 1970s, the river was considered a "dead river,” unable to sustain life. It's now become a recreational Mecca. Our guest on today's show is Dr. Andy Turner, a Professor at Penn West University. We discuss the history of the Clarion and it's rebirth. Andy talks about everything from the tanneries that once lined the river to the distructive logging and coal mining that took place in the surrounding forests. If you are interested in the Great Outdoors and learning more about an environmental success story this podcast is for you.

Sign up for our newsletter so you never miss a story! After Traci Lynn Martin's mom died, she knew she couldn't keep putting off her dream: becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year. So she quit her job as a nurse, cashed out part of her retirement savings, and set out to accomplish her goal. We have the story of her journey. We head to the Allegheny River for a kayak tour with a unique twist, participants made art together. We're independent and non-profit, and we don't get money from WESA, WPSU or any other radio station. So we must turn to you, our listeners, for support. Take action today so we can continue to keep you informed about the environmental issues in our region. Thank you! Donate today.  Or send us a check to: The Allegheny Front, 67 Bedford Square, Pittsburgh, 15203. 

What will it take to get a grocery store downtown? Maybe Gov. Josh Shapiro has ideas!! He was in town a week after the arson attack on the Pennsylvania governor's mansion touring coffee shops and other pop-up businesses as part of a collection of incentive programs championed by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, which is hoping to fill space in over 60 vacant retail spaces between now and next year's NFL Draft. Halfway through our Mayoral Mondays series, we're taking stock of Pittsburgh's primary election for mayor, including our takeaways so far from talking to the Democratic candidates, plus the latest on our city's financial position and an anti-Gainey mailer that some call a dog whistle. We've also got good news for outdoor lovers: a new pedestrian rail trail over the Allegheny River into Aspinwall and the return of Venture Outdoors' kayak launch — this time, Downtown near the convention center.  Get more from City Cast Pittsburgh when you become a City Cast Pittsburgh Neighbor. You'll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm. Notes and references from today's show: Get To Know Pittsburgh Candidate and Mayor Ed Gainey [City Cast Pittsburgh] Get To Know Pittsburgh Mayoral Candidate Corey O'Connor [City Cast Pittsburgh] Gainey, trailing O'Connor in polls, tries to nationalize the race for Pittsburgh mayor [WESA] Pittsburgh community leaders denounce controversial mayoral campaign mailer [WTAE] How Well Do You Know Pittsburgh? Take This Quiz! [City Cast Pittsburgh] Shapiro says he plans to return to Pennsylvania Governor's Residence after firebombing attack [KDKA] Exclusive: Shapiro talks Downtown progress and NFL draft [Axios] Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership: State of Downtown Pittsburgh Q2 [YouTube] 2026 NFL Draft Source Program Application [NFL Draft Suppliers]  Former Brilliant Branch rail line a 'blank canvas' for public trails, economic growth [TribLive] Pittsburgh's Venture Outdoors to Launch a Downtown Community Kayak Hub [Pittsburgh Magazine] Learn more about the sponsors of this April 25th episode: Babbel - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/CITYCAST Aura Frames - Get $35-off plus free shipping on the Carver Mat frame with Promo Code CITYCAST Pittsburgh Opera Perrico Gardens Allegheny County Cozy Earth - Use code COZYPITTSBURGH for 40% off best-selling sheets, towels, pajamas, and more. Want more Pittsburgh news? Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're also on Instagram @CityCastPgh! Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skip the banter: 00:09:40 On a cold January night in Pittsburgh, 2017, 23-year-old Dakota James—smart, sarcastic, and openly gay—heads out for drinks with friends. He's last spotted on a blurry surveillance clip, walking down an alley near the Allegheny River, phone in hand. Then, he disappears. Forty days later, his body surfaces ten miles downstream, ruled an accidental drowning. But his parents, Pam and Jeff, refuse to accept it. Was it a fatal slip into icy waters, or something sinister—like the Smiley Face Killers, a haunting theory of serial murders targeting young men? Tune in as we explore Dakota's story: a life cut short, a family's fight for truth, and a mystery balancing on the edge of accident or evil. Allison's Amazon Addiction - Magnesium powder: https://amzn.to/4c3qWbG Allison's nightly bedtime drink recipe: 4 oz tart cherry juice (grocery store or https://amzn.to/4hRPdTo) 2 tsp collagen powder: https://amzn.to/4hRPaqG 1 scoop OPC-3 Isotonix - Antioxidant Supplement: https://amzn.to/3Y55JIG 1 oz club soda Enjoy! Support us and become a Patron! Over 100 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple Our Amazon Shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/crimeandcoffee2 All our links (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Merch, etc): https://linktr.ee/crimeandcoffee Facebook Group to discuss episodes: www.facebook.com/groups/crimeandcoffeecouplepodcast/ References available at https://www.crimeandcoffeecouple.com a few days after this podcast airs. Case Suggestions Form: https://forms.gle/RQbthyDvd98SGpVq8 Remember to subscribe to our podcast in your favorite podcast player. Do it before you forget! If you're listening on Spotify please leave us a 5-star review, and leave a comment on today's episode! If you're on an iPhone, review us on Apple Podcasts please! Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the stars ;) We appreciate you more than you know. Reminder: Support us and become a Patron! Over 100 bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/crimeandcoffeecouple Podcast Intro and Outro music: Seductress Dubstep or TrippinCoffee by Audionautix http://audionautix.com Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com  

Independence Blue Cross in Pennsylvania started limiting coverage for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Diesel fuel from an overturned fuel truck on a road near Pittsburgh is causing oil slicks in the Allegheny River downstream of the spill. The Delaware River has been voted 2025 Pennsylvania River of the Year. Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA tells us about a debate over how some counties are using money from settlements with drug companies meant to address the opioid overdose crisis.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allegheny River water suppliers were alerted to a hydraulic fluid leak on Monday afternoon. Pennsylvania is among the states impacted by a dog food recall. The state may join 23 others in requiring cursive lessons in public schools. Plus, an 85-year-old is promising a party that'll only end “when the cops come.”

Hi podcast listeners! We only have just a few days left to raise $15,000. Every dollar matters. Take action today to keep your community informed in 2025. Give now and your donation will be doubled for double the impact. Donate today.  Or send us a check to: The Allegheny Front, 67 Bedford Square, Pittsburgh, 15203.  And thanks!  This week's episode: Twenty-five million people live in the Ohio River watershed, and some don't have clean water to drink. A report out earlier this year is one step in the effort to get federal funding to restore the Ohio and its communities. A kayak tour this summer on the Allegheny River had a unique twist: participants also made art together. The author of a book about deer and our sometimes complicated relationship with them says she developed a sort of gratitude for the animals. A Pittsburgh environmental activist celebrated a milestone this year for the grassroots lecture series she founded 12 years ago.

It's the Friday news roundup! Freelancer and City Cast contributor Meg St-Esprit joins City Cast's Megan Harris and Mallory Falk to talk about increased tourism in the Strip District and Downtown and a new state law that could lead to more armed security guards in schools. Plus, they share their astonishment over how much trash is in our rivers and learn about a famous Pittsburgh architect whose mid-century modern dream homes are on the market (for enormous price tags). We always cite our sources: A recent Allegheny River dredge dug up 50,000 pounds of car parts — possibly from a long-gone Downtown parking lot.  The Strip District will possibly double the number of visits over the next couple years. A new bill tied to the state budget requires one security officer per district to be trained and licensed to carry a gun, but the district can decide whether or not to have the officer bring it into the school. Wondering what else is part of this year's PA state budget? Check out our interview with City Cast Philly host Trenae Nuri and Spotlight PA reporter Stephen Caruso.  The Catholic schools in the Diocese of Pittsburgh hired six armed guards and a few security officers this year. A Shadyside house by the famous architect and brief protege of Frank Lloyd Wright, Tasso Katselas, is up for sale. Learn more about the sponsors of this August 16th episode: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Bike PGH Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news? Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're also on Instagram @CityCastPgh! Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we have a special show about Indigenous people, land, water, and culture. Our first story looks at how the pawpaw, a fruit that mainly grows in the eastern US, continues to live in the memories and language of Indigenous people forced to move west. Then, we talk with an Indigenous scientist about her book that contrasts conservation science with Indigenous knowledge about the natural world. Plus, a paddler from the Seneca Nation takes a 300-mile journey down the Allegheny River to draw attention to protecting it and all waterways. 

This week, we're headed outdoors to get a fresh perspective. A 5th-grade science teacher boards a Lake Erie research vessel to learn more about plastic pollution. And a kayak tour on the Allegheny River has a unique twist: Participants also make art together. Plus, a new nonprofit hopes to eliminate the barriers that keep people from getting outside. We have news about Asian carp in the Great Lakes, horseshoe crabs, a new solar program for schools and a fee for electric vehicles.  

Good morning from The Big K Morning show! today we'll talk about the record breaking travel week ahead, hurricane beryl, human remains found in the Allegheny River, and a local woman qualifies for the Olympics!

A drunk man somehow had the capacity to steal an 82-foot yacht on the Allegheny River but couldn't figure out how to turn it on.

The NS9 Postgame Show Powered By Primanti Bros. Tyler, DiNardo, & Jim discussing today's Pirates game vs. the Tampa Rays live at Primanti Bros. Jared Jones struck out 8 in 7 innings and Oneil Cruz launched a ball into the Allegheny River. LIKE and SUBSCRIBE with NOTIFICATIONS ON if you enjoyed the show! NS9 Summer Tailgate RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/3jpss539 NS9 MERCH: https://northshorenine.myspreadshop.com ►Website: https://www.northshorenine.com ►Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/northshorenine ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@northshorenine ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northshorenine ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northshorenine ►Discord: https://discord.gg/3HVYPg544m

Hour 4 - Marty spends the hour reporting a recovered stolen yacht from the Allegheny River.

It's the Friday news roundup! If you've been sneaking a peek at your cell phone while driving, it's time to stop. The city's technical and training schools are struggling to the point of closure. And tiki boat captains may be the unsung heroes of the Allegheny River – after all, they keep performing rescues. We always cite our sources: Tiki boat captains keep rescuing people in the Allegheny River, which reminds us of a classic Bruce Willis movie filmed in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania banned cell phone use while driving; the ban goes into effect next summer. Triangle Tech is shutting down, but students can still graduate with their degrees through June 2025.  Pittsburgh Technical College is also closing its doors after running into financial troubles, declining enrollment, and issues with leadership. Point Park University will maintain official records from Pittsburgh Technical College. POGOH added adaptive bikes to its program, and you can reserve one to ride on their website.  Basketball icon Jerry West died this week; his photo was the inspiration for the NBA logo. Learn more about the sponsors of this June 14th episode:  Rivers of Steel Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news? Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're also on Instagram @CityCastPgh! Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the Friday news roundup! The proposed Esplanade development on the North Side has generated a lot of buzz, but what are its odds of actually Ferris wheeling above the Ohio? We've got good news and bad news about a bunch of Pittsburgh animals, and PPG Industries is considering a change. Plus, we have a winner on the PA River of the Year! We always cite our sources: The Allegheny River was declared PA's 2024 River of the Year, which includes a $10,000 prize to its nominating agency, Three Rivers Waterkeeper. The Esplanade development was first proposed for Chateau in 2019, and it resurfaced recently with a few new features.  Lisa Freeman wants to build a local grocery store in Manchester.  PPG Industries announced an internal systemic review to consider whether their architectural coatings division still makes sense for their portfolio. The company has a wide collection of industrial grade products, in addition to their sometimes better known paints. PPG's Tim Knavish told Yahoo! Finance that the homebuying and selling boom was really good for business. If you're curious about his favorite PPG color, check their YouTube. About 70 animals died in a fire at Nate's Reptile Rescue in South Park, but over 100 were saved. KDKA had a really informative report. Per our recent conversation about the Pittsburgh Zoo, an official review found nothing awry. WPXI got an AZA official on the phone this week, and he confirmed we have not reapplied for accreditation yet. The National Aviary in the North Side got a new Andean Condor, a little boy chick named Bud.  Today is National Pig Day. Celebrate tonight with the Pittsburgh Squealers at Voodoo Brewing in New Kensington. Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news? Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're also on Instagram @CityCastPgh! Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Groups say proposals to use fracked natural gas to produce hydrogen in Western Pennsylvania pose health and climate risks. An investigation in Ohio alleges that many people whose names are on public comments in favor of fracking in state parks say they did not submit them. We'll also hear from an author who revisited the Youghiogheny River of his youth to find some changes for the better. Plus, the federal government wants to put the salamander mussel on the endangered species list. We revisit a story that joins researchers surveying the Allegheny River for the mudpuppy salamander that's critical for the mussel's survival.  We have news about ticks, spotted lanternfly's risk to Pennsylvania forests, and the hellbender salamander.

Can technology and entrepreneurship revitalize a small city along the Allegheny River just north east of Pittsburgh? Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider knows it can and it is doing that right now! Tune in to TechVibe Radio to hear how the university's Corner Launchbox and Digital Foundry are bringing new resources, creating businesses and introducing STEM to students in New Kensington.

We're doing something a little different in this episode of the podcast. Part story, part interview, I'm going to be telling you about my very fun, weird and muddy experience at Allegheny Islands State Park. In 2021, I ran a mile at all (then) 121 Pennsylvania state parks in 224 days. While there were plenty of memorable experiences, nothing was quite like my "run" on the Allegheny Islands. That's because the islands have no land access and are completely undeveloped.On this episode, I speak with my good friend Adam Bricker - who joined me for 25 park runs during my so-called 121 In '21 Challenge. I talk about what it was like "running" on a muddy beach in the Allegheny River, while Adam tells us about the adventure from his perspective. Be sure to visit my website to get to notified about upcoming episodes. Also, follow us on Instagram and on Facebook for more information about what is coming up next. You can support the podcast by buying merch or donating on our website.Hosting, production and editing: Christian AlexandersenMusic: Jon SauerGraphics: Uncle Traveling Matt's Random Expedition

If the summer heat has your friends and loved ones feeling a little cranky, why not surprise ‘em with a nice local gift? The City Cast team is sharing our top Pittsburgh merch, treats and activities for all your July celebrations. From patterned shirts that look like PAT bus seats to sunset kayaking trips, we've got recommendations for all your favorite yinzers. Here's where to find all of our top picks. Let us know what we should feature next! Things to buy: Pittsburgh Bus Seat Co sells shirts, fanny packs, and other items that look like, well, Pittsburgh bus seats Wicked Skatewear in Bloomfield has a great collection of roller skates Everyone's favorite meme account, Pittsburgh Personified, has all kinds of fun merch available on Etsy Stuff to eat & drink: The PA Market in the Strip District has a cocktail and popsicle special — try pairing a strawberry ginger lemonade paleta with a mezcal and gin concoction Serve your favorite summer snack in a Pittsburgh baseball stadium serving bowl from Fort Pitt Clay Works Treat a friend to a delicious brunch at Scratch & Co. in Troy Hill Stuff to do: Bring up to five friends to Sandbox VR in the Strip district for a “socially immersive gaming experience” Go on a night paddle on the Allegheny River with Venture Outdoors Take a craft workshop with Tal & Bert in their store or at a local brewery. You can make a live air plant wreath, a hanging terrarium, or a resin charcuterie board Want some more Pittsburgh news?  Make sure to sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're also on Twitter @citycastpgh & Instagram @CityCastPgh! Not a fan of social? Then leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite the fact that Atlanta has a river flowing through the center of it, it isn't known as a river city. We are hoping that changes with the Chattahoochee River Project and Atlanta embraces the river the way that Chattanooga, Tennesse or Greenville, South Carolina have creating areas where the public can interact with the river. Chattahoochee Program Director Walt Ray, PLA, AICP with Trust for Public Land joins the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast to discuss the Chattahoochee River Project. On the All About Real Estate segment, Ray chats with host Carol Morgan about how the public can access the river and ways to get involved with the project. Walt Ray, PLA, AICP is a professional landscape architect and part of the American Urban Planners Association. Growing up on a quaint farm on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania, Ray spent most of his time exploring along the river – starting his passion for the outdoors and riverside culture. Ray holds a degree in landscape architecture from Clemson University and has spent much of his career working in the public realm, including helping communities understand their needs, building census on the public's wants and designing outdoor spaces. Joining the Trust for Public Land team in 2017, Ray is head of activating and conserving the Chattahoochee River and its valley from Helen to Columbus, Georgia. Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit organization that aims to connect individuals to the benefits and joys of the outdoors. Beginning in 1972, the organization has over 30 offices nationwide and has protected approximately two-million acres of public land across the country, including many beloved national and state parks. Raising close to 84 billion dollars in public funding, Trust for Public Land has connected over nine-million people to the outdoors through building and protecting lands, parks and trails. Ray said, “We believe that access to the outdoors is a fundamental human need and that communities are stronger and healthier when everyone can get outdoors to engage with neighbors and nature!” With the Chattahoochee River spending decades in the shadows of industrial sites, train stations, sewer lines, golf courses and much more, very few know the river, its location and how to access it safely. Early on in his stint at Trust for Public Land, Ray knew the Chattahoochee River was a significantly large project. In 2018, the Trust of Public Land began its journey of reviving the river with public engagement, and in 2020 Ray and his team proposed 125 miles of continuous trail featuring 25 new or improved river crossings, 42 trailheads, connected parks and greenspaces and many more exciting amenities. You can explore the entire Chattahoochee River Project vision at www.ChattahoocheeRiverLands.com. Individuals and businesses interested in getting involved with the Chattahoochee River Project can visit the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area or the river within parks in Carroll County, Duluth and Sandy Springs. In addition, Trust for Public Land is hosting volunteer days to help build the Chattahoochee RiverLands and guided tours in Smyrna for larger groups to see renderings and designs of upcoming developments. You can also donate toward the Chattahoochee River Project at www.ChattahoocheeRiverLands.com. Ray said, “Seeing is believing! We welcome all volunteers, visitors and donors who are willing!” Tune into the full interview above to learn more about the Trust of Public Land, or visit www.TPL.org. A special thank you to Denim Marketing for sponsoring Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio. Known as a trendsetter, Denim Marketing has been blogging since 2006, podcasting since 2011 and is currently working on strategies for the Google Helpful Content update and ways to incorporate AI into sales and marketing. Contact them when you need quality, original content for social media, public relations, blogging, email marketing and promotions.

In the latest episode of Crewsing for a Brewsing, Andrew Snyder and Adam McGee discuss the Brewers' latest series win as they took care of business in Pittsburgh and Christian Yelich deposited a souvenir in the Allegheny River. Crewsing for a Brewsing and the Gyro Step Podcast Network are proud to call Blue Wire's network of podcasts home. You can follow Crewsing for a Brewsing, Adam, and Andrew on Twitter, while you should also follow Gyro Step Podcast and Win in 6 Podcast for all of your Milwaukee Bucks pod needs, Talk of the Tundra for all things Green Bay Packers, and Make Time for This for a slice of pop culture and everything else from the GSPN crew! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Blue Jays put their awful series in Boston in the rearview mirror and pulled off a three-game sweep over the Pirates in Pittsburgh.We took a look back at the series with the Pirates, the much-needed start the Blue Jays got from Chris Bassitt, Brandon Belt heating up at the plate, and Daulton Varsho launching a home run into the Allegheny River. We also talked about the wrist issue that kept Vladimir Guerrero Jr. out of the lineup for Saturday and Sunday's games.After that, we talked about ESPN's article predicting where Shohei Ohtani will wind up and we looked ahead to the upcoming two-game series with the Phillies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 98: The Theology of Thanksgiving 2022 Wherein Them Pastors get downright thankful - AGAIN!!  J & Tyler continue the RTP tradition of each choosing ten things from culture that they are thankful for over the last 12 months.  Along the way, they bring up the amazing fact that J's church has a roller rink in it, Tyler eats a sandwich, and everyone comes to terms with the fact that Ewan McGregor is the best.   “Yeah, we are bi-coastal (if you count the Allegheny River as one of the coasts).”

It's a strange week in the Burgh. The employees at Crate & Barrel are being smug. Mike gets recognized in public. There are over 100 cars in the Allegheny River. And the Steelers actually beat Tom Brady. A girl gets in trouble for only wearing a bra at work. Donald Trump says Kanye West is acting too crazy and needs help. Jonah Hill is playing John Daly in a movie. And Martha Stewart is putting out thirst trap pics. All that and more on this week's episode of Greenfield's Finest Podcast! Also, our next live podcast, "The Christmas Spectacular", is on December 23rd at Bottlerocket Social Hall. Buy your tickets now! Leave us a voicemail at ‪(412) 438-8358‬!

From streetcars to scenic Sunday drives, this episode looks at the transit projects that continue to shape our region. Episode four explains why the 40th Street Bridge has colorful seals; how the East Busway was routed and what led to those decisions; and we take a trip along Allegheny River Boulevard, complete with picnic pull-offs with picturesque views.(The Good Question! Podcast is sponsored by Baum Boulevard Automotive, Eisler Landscapes, and the CPA firm Sisterson and Company.)

David Schoenfield and Todd Radom discuss Max Scherzer heading to the IL, Oneil Cruz's line drive into the Allegheny River, if they're believers in the strength of schedule metric coming down the stretch, if the Mets are in trouble, the Phillies chugging along toward the playoffs, and the Mariners' nine good relief pitchers. Then Todd Radom stops by to offer his thoughts on Buster's Xander Boegarts to the Dodgers-hypothetical, deliver the Phantom Franchise and administer the weekly quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Schoenfield and Todd Radom discuss Max Scherzer heading to the IL, Oneil Cruz's line drive into the Allegheny River, if they're believers in the strength of schedule metric coming down the stretch, if the Mets are in trouble, the Phillies chugging along toward the playoffs, and the Mariners' nine good relief pitchers. Then Todd Radom stops by to offer his thoughts on Buster's Xander Boegarts to the Dodgers-hypothetical, deliver the Phantom Franchise and administer the weekly quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Wright pitched an absolute gem while the Atlanta Braves offense was busy scoring early and often in a 14-2 blowout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday at PNC Park. Matt Olson's eighth inning grand slam into the Allegheny River put an exclamation point on a series sweep. Grant McAuley and Jake Mastroianni of Locked On Braves discuss Wright's terrific outing, the timely hitting from the offense, Olson's RBI surge, and look ahead to a big weekend series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Make sure you subscribe to the channel and hit the bell to enable notifications, so you'll know when we drop a new episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kyle Wright pitched an absolute gem while the Atlanta Braves offense was busy scoring early and often in a 14-2 blowout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday at PNC Park. Matt Olson's eighth inning grand slam into the Allegheny River put an exclamation point on a series sweep.Grant McAuley and Jake Mastroianni of Locked On Braves discuss Wright's terrific outing, the timely hitting from the offense, Olson's RBI surge, and look ahead to a big weekend series against the St. Louis Cardinals.Make sure you subscribe to the channel and hit the bell to enable notifications, so you'll know when we drop a new episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we have a special show about Indigenous people, land, water, and culture. Our first story looks at how the pawpaw, a fruit that mainly grows in the eastern US, continues to live in the memories and language of Indigenous people forced to move west. Then, we talk with an Indigenous scientist about her new book that contrasts conservation science with Indigenous knowledge about the natural world. Plus, a paddler from the Seneca Nation takes a 300-mile journey down the Allegheny River to draw attention to protecting it and all waterways. 

Almost everything made of plastic starts out as "nurdles": lentil-sized bits that sometimes get loose and end up in rivers and streams, where aquatic creatures easily mistake them for food. On the heels of a train derailment that spilled carloads of plastic pellets and crude oil into the Allegheny River in May, western PA watershed groups are working with university researchers and citizen scientists to measure the presence of nurdles in the region's waterways.

Katie Spotz is an endurance athlete, charitable ambassador, author, and world-record holder. The list of accomplishments to her name is long, and includes five Ironman triathlons, cycling across the country, a 325-mile river swim, running 100 miles nonstop in under 20 hours, and a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. Katie became the youngest and only American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 2010 and the first person to have swum the entire length of the Allegheny River in New York state and Pennsylvania. More than $150,000 was raised for clean water projects with the row. To date, more than 43,000 people have gained access to clean water through her challenges and events. Katie tells her story in her poignant book “Just Keep Rowing” and film “Running Home.” She has been featured in The New York Times, CBS Morning News, CBS Evening News, Anderson Cooper 360, Sports Illustrated, Glamour Magazine, The Joe Rogan Experience, and more. Katie is currently a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the U.S. Coast Guard, and was recently named the Elite Female Athlete of the Year. Follow Katie on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiespotz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/katiespotz?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellokatiespotz Or via her website www.katiespotz.com. Get involved with Katie's efforts and challenges for clean water supply by visiting  www.water.katiespotz.com. Donate now. 

Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Katie-Spotz/e/B0151VNA7M%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share How does it feel being alone for...70 days? Join me today as I listen to our guest's challenging yet inspiring journey in the ocean. She's known as the youngest person to row in the Atlantic Ocean for 70 days alone, the 1st person to swim the entire length of the Allegheny River and the 1st person to run non-stop the 138 miles across Maine in 33 hours, Katie Spotz. Hearing the 70 days alone makes us wonder how it is possible for her to survive so I ask Katie what's the secret behind this amazing journey she had done. Not only she does it for her to set a record but also to support the clean water charity - which has helped a lot of people already. Katie then tells me the mental tool she applied along with the motivation gained behind all the adventures she run into. Though Katie mentions that she initially avoided endurance sports when she was young. As there are other charity projects out there, I also ask what makes her choose the clean water charity. Listen to the full interview and find out Katie's biggest struggle in endurance challenges. Join Katie with her projects: https://www.katiespotz.com/ Connect with her on: https://www.facebook.com/hellokatiespotz https://www.instagram.com/katiespotz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiespotz/

The Nationals lost 6-4 in Pittsburgh on a cold Mid April night. Al & Mark (Live from Pittsburgh) recap an evening where the Nats left 11 runners on base.(05:08) Juan Soto himself didn't strand any runners, and he also reached base four times for a 2nd straight game.  He smashed his 3rd HR of the season, that somehow found its way into the Allegheny River. (11:01) Josh Rogers did not last five innings and following this season's formula, it resulted in a Washington loss. The hosts also touch upon a few moments of questionable defense by the team.(18:51) Davey Martinez said postgame that he addressed his frustration with an 8th inning defensive effort by Yadiel Hernandez. Martinez this past week seems to have been very open with the media about his disappointments from the club.(24:08) Al & Mark each share their memories of the first ever MLB game they attended.  Please email us  a voice memo of your memories to natschatpodcast@gmail.com

Bob Raida, CEO of Hebi Robotics, does the robot on TechVibe Radio and tell us what happens when a robot goes missing in the Allegheny River... Hebi Robotics builds intelligent and connected building blocks for creating robotic solutions and uses these building blocks to deliver these solutions faster, better, and cheaper than current technology. Well-defined interfaces, internet-enabled connectivity, and smart software tools allow implementers to spend their time focusing on the task at hand rather than low-level implementation details, resulting in faster development.  And yes, Hebi's robots are waterproof!

On this episode, we take to the water! Many listeners were curious about the history of the Pennsylvania Canal, which included aqueducts and inclines and mules and was an early way to transport goods in the region. We figure out why there's no “Lock and Dam No. 1” on the Allegheny River (there used to be!). We'll paddle to Brunot Island with WESA's Chris Potter for a history lesson on the land, including its past as a race track. (The Good Question! Podcast is sponsored by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and CASTUS.)

Katie Spotz is a Christian adventurer, charitable ambassador, author and world-record holder. Katie is the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and is the first person to have swum the entire length of the Allegheny River. Most recently, Katie set a Guinness World Record for the most consecutive ultramarathons in a row. To date, more than 40,000 people have gained access to clean water through her challenges and events, getting closer to creating a world where everyone, everywhere has clean, safe water. Katie's story has been featured on CBS Morning Show, CBS Evening News, World News with Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper 360, New York Times, NPR, and other media outlets. For more information, please visit: www.KatieSpotz.com. Katie's Instagram: www.instagram.com/katiespotz Katie's Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellokatiespotz Donation link: https://www.h2oforlifeschools.org/katiespotz --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/strong-runner-chicks/support

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reports on updates from the DEC concerning wildlife work done over the fall and early winter with deer, bear, upland birds and more. DEC law enforcement was busy and in region 9 an anti-poaching effort led to the apprehension of 2 poachers who decided to take a couple whitetail bucks from the Town of Tonawanda, an area where big game hunting is prohibited. On the fishing front, the ice is finally nice on Chautauqua Lake, just in time for the start of the Inaugural Ice Derby. The wicked cold over the weekend put 4+ inches of crystal clear ice just about everywhere on the lake, although the winds picked up Sunday shortening teh fishing time a little bit. Chautauqua Lake shows its incredible fishery quality in a review of the fall electrofishing survey work done by DEC. Walleye and black bass both show very strong, while 2022 permit application for aquatic herbicide treatments are being carefully reviewed. A fisheries master plan is being developed for Chautauqua Lake, which should be released for public comment at some point in 2022. Meanwhile, sauger surveys in the Allegheny River show strong representation of multiple year classes, and stable catch rates. And Lake Erie is seeing some emergency action being considered, as another strong spawn has walleye numbers at overly abundant levels, and to start addressing this, fisheries officials across all areas of Lake Erie seem to agree to lowering the minimum size from 15" to 13", to start this season. Stay tuned to WeLoveOutdoors for more information as it breaks! Several events are coming up, including Southtowns Walleye Assn general meeting on Jan 20, which is open to the public. They will be holding a gun raffle on March 19, cost per ticket is $20. The Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs has their January meeting on Jan 27 at Elma Conservation, also open to the public, and their awards banquet is March 5 at Kloc's Grove, cost is $45/ ticket. Evans Rod & Gun Club has their winter trap league running now, and a rotational 3-D Archery league is also going on, rotating each week between Glen Coe, West Falls, Evans and Collins Conservation, culminating with the shoot off on March 27 at Glen Coe, with the banquet slated for April 9. And in breaking news, sportsmen are urged to get active in contacting your Senate and Assembly reps to push back on the upcoming wood burning ban, proposed lead ammo ban (A5728/ S5058) on state lands for hunting, and the resurrection of the opt out legislation (A7785/ S6510) as well. In the final segment, hypocrisy from the radical environmentalists is now being fully revealed, and new lawsuits have been filed in Federal Court over auctioning off 800,000 acres of the NY Bight area of the Atlantic Ocean for wind factories. The lawsuit states that environmental laws have been ignored and the process expedited through denying the people their right to provide input. And locally the Sierra Club continues to embarrass themselves with their own hypocrisy, concerned over transmission lines re-exposing toxins in the Hudson, but not in the drinking water for millions in Lake Erie. Go figure! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

The jagoffs uncover another one of Pittsburgh's best kept secrets, the Bayernhof Museum. Immersed among unique music machines and ‘Burgh history, Rachael and John sit high overlooking the Allegheny River while chatting it up with expert museum guide and curator Jim Mousseau. Plus, features writer Josh Axelrod highlights his trendy, pop culture writing at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette while Jonathon Ray, A.K.A. Charles Hussle and aspiring music mogul, Aditya Sharma, “AD”, pop-off with their thriving music ambition. Rohrich Honda has a tracking process in which you receive your vehicle in a timely manner. Once the perfect CRV, HRV, or other vehicle is selected and ordered, the reliable rep will continuously track its whereabouts to keep you updated. If that isn't elite customer service, what is? Visit rohrich.com for all your vehicle needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom Kissel is a local Pittsburgh man that nearly drowned in the Allegheny River. Mary Jo Lender is a nurse that rescued him. They reunite with Rick to tell him about their story.

This is the first episode of the Muskie Hunks Podcast featuring Owen Seman, Nick Fiesler, Donnie Swink and Ryan Read. We discuss why we wanted to start a podcast as a group of local anglers in Pennsylvania and we also share recent trips that we have been on. Owen and Nick share information about Lake Nippising, Donnie shares his experience from Minnesota's Muskie Battle and Donnie and I give a quick synopsis of the Muskies Inc. Allegheny River tournament that we fished with Tom Vannatta a few weeks back. This Podcast is our way to share our love and passion of fishing, what we are learning about the sport and recent events. The Muskie Hunks is a group of Musky Fisherman here in PA that just truly love the sport of Musky fishing and love hanging out talking about fishing. We hope you guys enjoy this podcast! 

Cryptids in the news and other oddities, Kevin reviews the famous William Roe Sasquatch encounter from 1955 in Alberta Canada. And Bill reviews a great Bigfoot account from some duck hunters along the Allegheny River. And some great listener mail from many of you

In cryptids in the news and other oddities, Kevin reviews the famous William Roe Sasquatch encounter from 1955 in Alberta Canada.  And Bill reviews a great Bigfoot account from some duck hunters along the Allegheny River.  And some great listener mail from many of you so please join us! Thank you for listening! www.bigfootterrorinthewoods.com Produced by:  "Bigfoot Terror in the Woods L.L.C."

The summer is flying by, the days are getting shorter, and hunting and fishing is heating up as we approach the seasonal changes that are on the horizon. In this episode of We Love Outdoors, your humble host Rich Davenport brings you some detailed updates concerning DEC works over the past several months, as reported by Region 9 DEC to the Western New York Environmental Federation on July 25, 2021. Deer plan comment period is open for one more week, deer damage complaints are up, but bear problems are down, some fallow deer were found in Chautauqua County, and successfully removed from the landscape. These invasives were examined and found to be healthy, posing no health threats to the wild NY deer herds, this time. However, CWD was detected in a captive deer in Warren, PA, just 5 miles from NY's border. Increased surveillance and testing of roadkill and coordination with Seneca Nation and Allegany State Park personnel has been initiated. Fisheries updates also provided as DEC works to improve access and launch facilities in Chautauqua County. Surveys of Bear Lake crappie and assessments were completed this spring, and musky collection was also successful despite short staffing and a reduced effort due to inclement weather during the collection period. Sauger restoration efforts in the Allegheny River is ongoing, and preparations are being made for the fall electroshock surveys to monitor the sauger program success, as well as monitoring of Chautauqua Lake walleye populations and spawning success. Covid covid covid updates after CDC decided to abandon science and push the fear agenda once again, using the far less dangerous "delta strain" as their fear mongering weapon. It is becoming clear we are not getting the factual truth from these quacks. Remember, folks, vaccines are not 100% effective, only natural immunity is. The breathless reporting of people getting sick that have been vaccinated completely ignores that some who get the experimental vaccine will receive no benefit. Temper what you are hearing in the propaganda news with reality, as right now, the two are not intersecting. On August 4 the VIP Fishing Day returns in Dunkirk, and an economic picture of sport fishing during covid covid covid will be discussed. Your host gives some top line info, but will wait on specifics for next week. The public hearing for lowering the deer hunting age with firearms in Erie County to age 12 is slated for Thursday August 5 at 6:00PM at Old County Hall. NYSERDA holding another dog and pony show concerning the never been done (since 2010) wind feasibility study for Great Lakes wind on August 10, but the worm appears to be turning and renewable energy supporters are eating their own with fights between wind and solar developers and proposed projects. CAWTILE is expanding their efforts with a meeting slated for August 18 in Dunkirk, and National Hunting and Fishing Day is on for this year, September 25, 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Adam and Steve take a trip up the Allegheny River to Verona and Inner Groove Brewing. They're joined by Kevin and Jen Walzer, part owners, as well as brewer and marketer respectively. Also new assistant brewer Marcus Wyatt sits down as well. First they get into the history of the brewery, the link to vinyl and music references in the theme, a hint at some big news for the future and upcoming events. Next Marcus tells his story from homebrewer to working for Inner Groove and landing a scholarship for the new brewing program at Point Park University. He gets into everything he's learning at the program and what his future plans are. Finally it's a mad dash for the best record collection. Everyone's on a vinyl hunt in another devious game devised by Steve. BEERS: Inner Groove Brewing Bored Rotten Hazy IPA Inner Groove Brewing Satellite Heart Sour Ale Inner Groove Brewing Melt With You Waffle Cone Brown Ale

In 2008, Spotz became the first person to swim the entire 325 miles (523 km) length of the Allegheny River, which runs between New York state and Pennsylvania. Accompanied by safety kayaker, James Hendershott, the two began on July 22 to hike the "stream" for 27 miles before starting at swimming depth on the river at Roulette, Pennsylvania. Swimming 12 to 15 miles a day, 6 to 8 hours a day for a month, they finished at the "Point" where the Allegheny and the Monongahela River join to form the Ohio River in Downtown Pittsburgh less than a month later, on August 21, 2008. On January 3, 2010, Spotz embarked on a solo ocean rowing crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, in a planned 2,473 miles (3,980 km) westward route from Senegal to French Guiana. During her journey, her diet consisted of mostly chocolate bars. En route she altered the route, increasing the total distance by approximately 400 miles (640 km), setting Georgetown, Guyana as the terminus for a total distance of 2,817 miles (4,534 km). More than $150,000 was raised for clean water projects as the mission behind the row. ... 00:00 Introduction & radically changing 14:56 How to deal with disagreeing people around you 19:50 Physical repercussions of endurance sports 28:06 Going across the Atlantic and how it changed you 43:26 Finding a calling 49:25 Depression and Christianity 55:26 Applying mindset to career & Charities 01:05:43 Getting sponsors and press & Social media 01:19:50 Going on the Joe Rogan podcast 01:29:40 Recovery after endurance sports 01:35:00 Endurance mindset relating to entrepreneurs 01:38:25 Books recommendations & Closing ... Join Our Facebook Group Community here: http://bit.ly/sfe-community Listen to our SFE podcast - Impact Talks on Anchor or Spotify: https://startupfundingevent.com/podcast/ Get a FREE VIP Ticket for our next event: http://www.startupfundingevent.com Created by https://www.lightningvideoeditors.com

LIBERTY IN AMERICA - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: A PRESCRIPTION FOR AMERICA by Dr. Bill Choby. In Liberty in America: Past, Present, and Future, renowned dentist and health policy expert Dr. Bill Choby presents how America, as the empire of liberty, has achieved freedom through the Godliness and goodness of its citizens. Providing an essential insight into America’s past, it demonstrates how the country’s great forefathers fought against an oppressive government and sought freedom from political bondage through their selflessness and God-fearing personalities. Dr. Choby also seeks to distinguish liberalism from liberty and define what true liberty is by highlighting what made the American government unique in all of history—faith, courage, discipline, and personal sacrifice. In this book, he offers the ongoing challenges faced by freedom in the present and how the American people can secure the blessings of liberty for the future generations Although Dr. Bill Choby is a practicing implant surgeon and dentist in Greensburg, PA. he also has been a first-person re-enactor of a middle-aged Col. George Washington reflecting on his adventures during the French and Indian War. The connection between Col. Washington and Dr. Choby is a common interest for mounted fox hunting, a love of God and country, and a nearly identical physical stature of 6’3” and 225 lbs. The euphoria rush of galloping over hill and dale in pursuit of a pack of hounds is a treasured shared experience with G.W. As Col. Washington, Bill has been a frequent sight riding his horse in the Fort Ligonier Days parades. Bill has given first-person presentations at school assemblies, Pennsylvania’s Military Museum, civic luncheons, church assemblies, tea parties, and the numerous reenactments commemorating the French and Indian War in Western Pennsylvania. Bill was also the standing model for John Buxton’s 250th anniversary commemorative painting of Washington crossing the Allegheny River in December of 1753. Bill’s replica uniform was custom made from an actual portrait of Col. Washington by Charles Wilson Peale painted in 1772. Bill added his own custom riding boots just like George would have used. https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-America-Past-Present-Future/dp/1452000832 www.silverliteraryagency.com http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/sillit101.mp3

In this episode of the Heromakers Podcast, Laurie and Ann talk with Katie Spotz, endurance athlete and clean water advocate. Katie has completed a number of significant physical fitness challenges--being the youngest person to row across the Atlantic Ocean (70 days, over 1 million strokes), biking across America, and being the first person to swim the Allegheny River to name just a few feats. She is currently working on a bike down the coast of Maine for H2O for Life. And if that's not enough, Katie is hoping to complete a trip around the world within the next two years.Blending the "why" and the "how", Katie pushes herself for the sake of others, raising money and awareness to provide access to clean water around the world. In this episode, we talk about training for these events, the role of the mind in pushing ourselves, and why even though an event might be just for a day, an impact can last for a lifetime.You can find Kate on IG @KatieSpotz and on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/hellokatiespotz. Her website is: https://www.katiespotz.com.Heromakers can be found on IG @heromakersmovement and on FB @heromakersmovement. You can also visit our website at: https://www.heromakersmovement.com. We are also on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVDFP8jEcv5bdhr8VLzXjA. Like us and follow us today!And share this episode with your friends. We are now on PATREON and we would love if you would join our growing community! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/heromakersmovement. 

Zack and Zack discuss the recent surge of Gamestop, AMC and Nokia stocks and how the millennial generation are utilizing apps like Robinhood and Coinbase to invest in stocks and crypto currencies. By no means either Zack's are financial advisors or experts in the stock market or crypto currencies. Zack B. discusses his distaste for a certain Mahommes brother and how he thinks Tom Brady will be winning his 7th Super Bowl. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel, like the video and comment in the thread below any topics you want the Zack's to cover. There won't be a new episode for 2 weeks because Zack B will be on vacation, sorry for the delay in the schedule.You can stay updated by following the Millennial Wasteland instagram @millennial_wasteland. This podcast is produced by Panda Media

Scott explains a lawsuit against the PWSA that alleges they illegally discharged sludge into the Allegheny River and how the Presidential transfer of power works. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie Spotz is a Christian adventurer, charitable ambassador, author and world-record holder. Katie is the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and was the first person to have swum the entire length of the Allegheny River. Katie recently finished her latest challenge, Run4Water, running 138-miles nonstop across Maine. To date, $400,000 has been raised for clean water projects as a result of Katie's adventures. Katie's story has been featured on CBS Morning Show, CBS Evening News, World News with Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper 360, New York Times, NPR, and other media outlets. Not sure if you heard, but we're in a global pandemic. We put together a free workbook for you- Dreaming Big in a Pandemic. Get it here. On the episode: Producer : Tatave Abeshyan Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

Katie Spotz is a Christian adventurer, charitable ambassador, author and world-record holder. Katie is the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and was the first person to have swum the entire length of the Allegheny River. Katie recently finished her latest challenge, Run4Water, running 138-miles nonstop across Maine. To date, $400,000 has been raised for clean water projects as a result of Katie's adventures. Katie's story has been featured on CBS Morning Show, CBS Evening News, World News with Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper 360, New York Times, NPR, and other media outlets. Not sure if you heard, but we're in a global pandemic. We put together a free workbook for you- Dreaming Big in a Pandemic. Get it here. On the episode: Producer : Tatave Abeshyan Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

TranscriptDiane Dayton  0:01  This is changing the rules, a podcast about designing the life you want to live, hosted by KC Dempster and Ray Loewe, the Luckiest Guy in the World.Ray Loewe  0:14  Good morning, everybody. This is Ray Loewe, your host of Changing the Rules. And you're going to notice this morning that KC Dempster is considered conspicuously, I didn't get that word, right. But whatever it is, she's missing. Okay, and she's caught in traffic this morning, and will be here later to join us. But I guess you're just gonna have to put up with me for the short run. So, Changing the Rules is a podcast, obviously, about changing the rules. You know, we get all these rules in life that are thrown at us and we get them by teachers. We get them by parents, we get them by your employers. And the next thing you know, you got rules, rules everywhere. And one of the problems with rules is that they're resstrictive. In other words, rules tell you what you have to do or what you can't do. And one of the things that happens is you can't be free to be you if you're putting up with other people's rules. So one of the things that we find is that the people who really get ahead in life handle rules well, and they do really well at working with a rule set that they create that's around now for the last 45 years that shows you how old I am over here. I've most of my adult life, I have been studying the group of people that I like to call the luckiest people in the world. And the luckiest people in the world are those people that you see all the time. They just have this aura of luck about them. You know, everything is working for them. They're successful in their jobs. They work hard, but they find time to play. You know, just everything works. And I decided years ago that this was a group of people that I would just love to hang out with their interests. They're always doing exciting things. And probably more important, this is a group of people that I would actually like to be. So after studying them for 45 years, we finally came up with a definition for the luckiest people in the world. And that definition is that the luckiest people in the world are people who design personally their own lives, then they step in and take control of their life, and they live it to the fullest. Now, you can't design your own life if you're living by somebody else's rules. So one of the things that we found is that there are about 10 or 12, mindsets that the luckiest people in the world have, and that's what sets them apart. And probably one of the biggest ones is that they handle rules well, and we have a special guest today that's going to come on after we take a short break and is going to talk to us about the rules that she's been faced with it. She has broken over a period of time. And one of them that that you want to know is that she has a very definite mission in mind as to what she does. And that's one of the mindsets that set the world shut the luckiest people apart. The second second one you're going to want to look at is that she is continuing to use the talents that she's developed over a lifetime, at a time in life when many people are hanging up what they do and not doing anything. So we're going to come back in a couple minutes with Sheila Collins, but let's take a short break Taylor.Diane Dayton  3:39  You're listening to changing the rules with KC Dempster and Ray Loewe the luckiest guy in the world. We will be right back with more exciting information.Ray Loewe  3:49  I love the short breaks over here you know they're their primary let people know that they're listening to the right people over here and we have Sheila Collins and Sheila Say hi. Hello there, okay, and Sheila is off in the wonderful city of Pittsburgh somewhere I think.Is that right?  Sheila Collins  4:08  That's right, right here on the Allegheny River. Well, I hopeRay Loewe  4:11  I hope the back there I hope the weather is better there than it is here in sunny downtown Woodbury, New Jersey. It's hot here.Sheila Collins  4:20  Oh, yeah, we've been having hot too, but it's, it is summer.Ray Loewe  4:24  Okay, so So let me ask you a couple of questions. You describe yourself as the Dancing. Social Worker. Yes. Yeah. All right. You got to tell us about that.Sheila Collins  4:38  Well, I started dancing when most people are not. A lot of young girls are put in dance class, you know, when they're little and I did that. My mother did that. She didn't get to have dancing. So she wanted me to do it. And for me, I just kept doing it all my life. And I know you're most people outgrow. That's that. Like you know, okay go on and do something else and I have done many other things but somehow go always going back to I have selected the road of, of dancing or continuing to dance all my life and that has made all the difference. For sure. In my health and everythingRay Loewe  5:19  okay, so describe what you mean by dance because this isn't just going on doing ballroom dancing, it might be some of that, but you actually have a studio and, and and talk a little bit about what it is you do here.Sheila Collins  5:33  Well, I what happened for me was Ray, that when I was going to school as a social worker, now I had been a professional dancer and done all kinds of dancing. But when I was going to school as a, you know, to become a therapist and a group therapists with I was teaching children movement and dance and I began to see how you could you could use movement and and people's experience of their own body And their own energy to really teach them wisdom or to how to how to connect with their own wisdom. So that began that curiosity began for me then that I began using movement in all kinds of different ways as a therapist, as a teacher, getting people to embody whatever it was that they were experiencing, and getting them to be able to express it, you know, we are so wedded to words in our culture. And actually, it's not really words that, that make it through sometimes so that we're it's really the body and the gesture and facial expression, that sort of thing. So, yeah, so I've been just moving. I've taken some of this into women's prisons, I've taken it to organizations that serve patients are in health care. So it's just you know, but I bring those two worlds together because I haven't given up being social worker, and I haven't given up being a dancer. I'm putting those two things together.Ray Loewe  7:04  Okay, now, can we let people in a little secret and tell them how old you are?Sheila Collins  7:11  Well, sure, absolutely. I said you can't brag about it if you don't tell him.Ray Loewe  7:15  Okay. So give us the magic number.Sheila Collins  7:19  Well, I just actually, I think even since I've talked to you, I've gotten a different number I just had at first birthday. So that's a big eight. Oh, and that was a little off putting, I have to say it, you know, but then I began to see how well how fortunate I am and how you call it lucky. But I think that there's a lot of things I can credit for, you know, luck always favors the prepared. So I think that I have prepared myself to be lucky.Ray Loewe  7:54  Okay, I I agree with you 100% on that and I wanted to get the dancing on the table because I think It defines who you are. It tells a little bit about your background. And of course, you've woven in the social work idea. But there is a there are two things, I think that are extremely important about who you are and what you do and really define why you're lucky. So one of the things that you do in addition to your dancing studio and your social work, is, uh, you claim to be an expert on grieving and the grieving experience and I believe you've written a book The Art of grieving, is that correct?Sheila Collins  8:31  Well, that's the one I'm working on right now. I have a book called Warrior Mother, A Memoir of Fierce Love. Unbearable Loss and the Rituals That Heal, which is my memoir of the experiences that led me to be so fascinated if you would, and now passionate about how we need to learn how to grieve because it's so important for us.Ray Loewe  8:55  All right now most people when they look at some of the things that you've had to deal with In Your Life would not consider you a lucky person. And yet, when I look at when I look at you, and what you've done with this, thing you very definitely are one of the luckiest people in the world because because you've taken some, some experiences that most people would rather avoid and turn them into very much positives. And you're coaching this experience. So So let's talk about the grieving experience a little bit. And let's talk a little bit about how you got into it and what you do and why this is such a significant thing in your life.Sheila Collins  9:36  Yes, well, you know, you, you mentioned about how there are these rules, but sometimes we don't know the rules. We're just obeying them. And so I went out when I was having these difficulties with my children. I had a child who was dealing with AIDS, my son was dealing with AIDS, and went through all of that with him and his death, and then a few A number of years later, my daughter had breast cancer and you know, and in our culture, the rules are you have to just stay positive, keep positive, and there's nothing wrong with positive, don't get me wrong about that. But in in this world, we're not encouraged to notice what is underneath the surface sometimes, of what we're experiencing. And so it's sometimes helpful. In fact, it's always helpful to know that we're grieving and then to realize that it's a process. It's not a linear process. So you know, you can have these grief bursts, even years later after an event, or a loss and, and losses, by the way, happen all the time, all of our lives. Because if you love something, you're going to and you're going to lose it or it's going to change in some way, you're gonna have grief. So it's just so loaded into our experience of love. And loss that that's why I say we have to get good at it. We have to learn how to get good at that process.Ray Loewe  11:00  Okay, you told me an experience that you went through with a friend of yours who was in their final stages of life and and and that this set up an awful lot of you're thinking about grieving right now and and then I want to come back and talk a little bit about grief and regret and things like that but but tell us if you would about this experience that you had with your friend and, and how you felt about the whole thing and what happened and how it set you on this course to writing your books and coaching in this whole area of grief and etc.Sheila Collins  11:35  Yeah, well, I think you're referring to my friend Rose and she we had been friends for 20 years and Rose was one of those absolutely positive people just and had friends everywhere. And she she had breast cancer and dealt with it for a number of years. And then she called me one day and said, you know, it's everywhere now and I'm in the hospital and I want like you to Come and be with me. And so she had to turn the corner and instead of trying to keep alive. She had to see if she could, could die. She, that's where she was. And of course, you know, neither one of us knew anything about that process at all. So I just went in to be with her and we both thought it'd be a day or two, you know, and it ended up 14 days. So 14 days of her dying and this experience of, of intimacy that we had and her friends dropping by and we're singing and we're making jokes, and we're just, we're living fully inside of this cocoon of, of her hospital, turned hospice room. And, and then, then one of the things she said, and she starts to plan, you know, her service and she wants and she says, I would like I saw that you were dancing in the room when she would be kind of going to sleep and I would just do a little kind of Tai Chi like movement and she said, I'd like To dance at my service, well, I've never had heard of anybody dancing at a, I mean, I know they do, but nobody I ever knew. But I did that. And so that began to help me to recognize the use of, you know, the actually storytelling and dance and music and all the things that our ancestors used. When to get through tough times, your told would do that wherever whatever ancestor you have, they probably were in a culture where they sang and danced and and told stories, and they would have ceremonies when someone would cross and that sort of thing. So I began to see that we needed to reclaim grief as an art and that's more of my book now that I'm working on now The Art of Grieving is coming fromRay Loewe  13:50  Well, let me first comment that you have to be one hell of a friend. Okay? to go through that with and and to do that willingly because that's An experience that most people would just walk away from. Okay. And and yetSheila Collins  14:05  Well again. Yeah, I think that's part of the rules, you know, we're supposed to not do go into, and we have this we have this duality. There's a good experiences and the bad experience. This is good, this is bad. And we don't really recognize Ray that within the most painful, difficult experiences. That's where the gold is. I mean, there is gold in there, I'm telling you. And if you think about it, people will even though it was tough, it was painful. It was challenging. When they're afterwards there are things they would never trade. And I feel that about my experiences with my children as well. Okay, that that that those things never would have happened if we weren't in such a tough spot.Ray Loewe  14:50  You know, so So here we are, first of all, you you you've taken a rule of thumb that somebody's thrust upon you, you know, that wasn't very pleasant, you've turned it into a positive These are the characteristics of the luckiest people in the world, by the way, okay? And, and, and you turned it into an experience that actually did some things. I mean, most of us would bypass that system, you know, they feel bad about it. And then they'd regret later that they didn't spend time with people that they loved and that they cared about. And you just kind of went right into this thing. And I have to tell you, you're a better person than I am from the standpoint of being able to do this, but I admire you for it.Sheila Collins  15:33  Well, but when you think about it, how do we get to be a better person? We get to be a better person by saying yes to what life asks of us. And and we also have another rule, I think, in our culture, that is, you know, we are the master of our fate and we get to say all the things that are going to happen to us and of course, that's bullshit. It's that does that isn't it? If there isn't anybody that hasn't had a lot of things happen to them. They never invited, whether it was, you know, breaking your shoulder or, you know, you know, having a disease that happened to you or one of your kids or, I mean, it's just things come along. You know, that still happens to good peopleRay Loewe  16:15  Yeah. So you, you now coach people through this process, you teach them how to deal with it and, and of course you're dealing with it again with your daughter, right?Sheila Collins  16:25  Well, no, I, my daughter is deceased, but I now get to see the effects of her life and her and the way she lived her life. As the doctor came to her service said, I don't usually go to the service of my patients, but I just couldn't miss being here to honor her. He said, it wasn't how she did, how she dealt with her disease. It was how she dealt with her life. So that's the legacy that we give our kidsRay Loewe  17:01  So now you teach people or you help people deal with this thing and give us the name of your first book out. And then tell us a little bit about the second book that's coming.Sheila Collins  17:11  Yes. Okay. So yeah, the the first book was Warrior Mother, Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss, and the Rituals That Heal. And it does tell the story of my time with rose and then my time with my, each of my children, and also all of the things that were done that the community see we think of this as we make this through by ourselves. So that's another rule and that's another dumb rule because we don't it's, we do it. We get where we are, because there's an African saying, I love, "I am because you are." So if I, if you can see what I've accomplished, you can. I can point in many directions to the people who saw me through it encouraged me maybe even discouraged me sometimes. That's all part of what, you know. We're just, we're in a network of relationships.Ray Loewe  18:11  Okay, well,  Unfortunately, we're near the end of our time Time flies fast when you get into these discussions and I think what I'm going to do is talk to you about coming back sometime because this topic is is so fascinating to me and it's the way you handled it. And it's part of what I want what I want to be. So you know, I told you earlier that the luckiest people in the world are those people that I want to be well I want to be what you can do here, okay. And to kind of summarize, quickly so we have we have the dancing social worker out there and you're still dancing and you still run a studio, and you're still doing all of that stuff. And uh, youSheila Collins  18:54  and by Studio Ray has turned into a media studio because I'm Doing everything online. So I'm doing I'm doing programs and, and performances and things online. So that one of the platforms is we have the reimagined festival, and it has, it has burst into the scene you can imagine with pandemic and all of this, there isn't anybody that isn't grieving or losing, you know, hasn't lost a lot. So that's the other reason. I think what I have to say has some kind of an audience because there's nobody in the globe that hasn't experienced tremendous change and loss.Ray Loewe  19:41  Today, you can't even be with your loved ones that are dying of this awful disease that we have. And, and and so I think, uh, I, you know, you've got two traits here that come out to me one is that you very definitely have a mission in life here. And an 80 year 81 years old young. You're just starting On your mission, I think and and second of all, you're continuing to use those talents and continue to develop them. Way beyond the time when other people are playing golf or staying home or giving up on life. And, and so Welcome to the world of one of the luckiest people in the world. Because Sheila, you certainly are one of them. And we're going to have to end this podcast right now. But we will be back in touch with you. And I'd love to hear more about what you're talking about and doing. So thanks for being with us.Sheila Collins  20:32  Well, thank you. It's great to meet you and to meet your listeners. So thank you very much.Ray Loewe  20:37  That's great Taylor.Diane Dayton  20:39  You're listening to changing the rules with KC Dempster and Ray Loewe, the luckiest guy in the world. We will be right back with more exciting information.Ray Loewe  20:48  And too and thanks to everybody that was listening into us today and meeting Sheila. And we're going to be back next week with another guest and stay tuned and Thanks for joining us.Diane Dayton  21:03  Thank you for listening to changing the rules, a podcast designed to help you live your life the way you want and give you what you need to make it happen. Join us in two weeks for our next exciting topic on changing the rules with KC Dempster and Ray Loewe the luckiest guy in the world.   

This week on the P100 Podcast, of course, we had to address the sinkhole that shook Pittsburgh (and fueled a day’s worth of memes). We dig deep to learn how sinkholes form and consider ourselves grateful to be above ground (it was only a few blocks away from us). Elsewhere in the episode:Alexandra Loutsion, a soprano singing the lead role in Pittsburgh Opera’s “Florencia en el Amazonas,” stops by.Priya Amin of Flexable discusses her childcare solution for working parents and gives a preview of an upcoming webinar.A Veterans Day tribute to those who served.----more----This Episode is sponsored by WordWriteCenturies before cell phones and social media, human connections were made around fires as we shared the stories that shaped our world. Today, stories are still the most powerful way to move hearts and minds and inspire action. At WordWrite, Pittsburgh's largest independent public relations agency, we understand that before you had a brand, before you sold any product or service, you had a story.WordWrite helps clients to uncover their own Capital S Story. The reason someone would want to buy, work, invest or partner with you through our patented story-crafting process. Visit wordwritepr.com to uncover your Capital S Story.Here's the full transcript from this episode.Logan: You are listening to the P100 Podcast, the biweekly companion piece to the Pittsburgh 100 bringing you Pittsburgh news, culture and more, because sometimes 100 words just isn't enough for a great story.Paul: Hi, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the P100 Podcast, the audio companion to the Pittsburgh 100. I'm Paul Furiga, here along with my colleagues, Dan Stefano and Logan Armstrong.Dan: Hey Paul.Logan: How you doing?Paul: Guys, we have a great episode today. We're talking about big black holes.Dan: Everybody's seen the hole now, but yes.Paul: Yes, we are. Singing a little bit, accurate gentlemen, Pittsburgh Opera.Dan: That's true. Yeah. We're not singing, fortunately, but there is singing in this episode.Paul: We have a great guest on, who's going to talk about a really cool initiative called Flexable.Dan: Yeah, it's a company that is involved in instant onsite childcare and it's an issue that affects a lot of working parents and I think you want to hang on for that interview. It's definitely interesting.Paul: And we're going to be talking about Veterans Day.Dan: Absolutely.Logan: Finish it off strong.Paul: That's right.Dan: Yeah. That's the way we love Veterans Day, actually, it's a great holiday.Logan: It's also (beep) birthday.Dan: Hey, that's supposed to be ... That's spoiler alert there, we don't want to talk about that.Paul: Is that how that wound up in this episode?Dan: I know. I can't do another little ... Maybe the last five minutes is just a celebration of (beep), or maybe it isn't. I don't know. We all have to hang on.Paul: I don't think so, folks.Dan: No.Paul: Stay tuned.Paul: All right, now we want to talk about holes, sometimes black holes, sometimes big holes, sometimes big holes, small holes.Dan: Sometimes famous holes.Paul: Sometimes famous holes. All of them, sinkholes.Dan: I feel like I've seen that in the news lately. I don't know.Paul: Yeah, something about a bus downtown, Dan, going into a hole somewhere.Dan: Bus, Dan, in the sinkhole.Paul: Dan, means the up streets [crosstalk 00:02:12].Dan: Well, you got to work on your [inaudible 00:02:15] accent, but you're getting-Paul: I don't think so.Dan: Yeah.Logan: The Cleveland is showing.Dan: Yes, exactly.Paul: All right, so, holes. I have a word for you gentlemen. You ready?Dan: Got you.Paul: This is not a Pittsburgh ethnic food, although it sounds like one. Karst. K-A-R-S-T.Dan: Yeah. I need a definition.Paul: All right. Karst, occurs in bedrock, that’s primarily limestone and it's like an underground cave system that water rushes through. The most common form of sinkholes is caused by karst. We don't really know yet which caused the sinkhole that happened downtown, what we do know is that the Allegheny River has a limestone bed. That is why the water in the Allegheny River is clear, whereas the water in Monongahela is brown because that's more of a mud bottom.Dan: You and I have varying definitions of clear, but yes, it is definitely cleaner than the stuff in the Mon.Paul: If you go upstream…Dan: Yeah. Oh, now like elegant Armstrong County.Paul: Yes.Dan: Beautiful.Paul: It is beautiful.Logan: Here's the thing, are we sure the Mon is only dirty because of the mud?Paul: I didn't say, only dirty because of the mud, I do know it has a mud bottom.Dan: Like, 40, 50 years ago, it was definitely ... I can only imagine how dirty it was.Paul: Guys, that's how that airplane disappeared into the Mon however many years ago.Dan: Correct.Logan: Oh yeah.Paul: Right into the Mon.Dan: Maybe it went down a sinkhole.Paul: Yeah. Okay. Paul: Back to karst, which is not like pierogi or kraut or any of the great ethnic foods we have in town here. That's the main reason in Pennsylvania that we have a lot of sinkholes and there are a lot of sinkholes in Pennsylvania. There's another reason. Mining. There's a lot of unchartered mines. We really have had an epidemic lately of things collapsing. The sinkhole that occurred in the South Hills. Big water main break.Dan: That's affected my house.Paul: Yes. That's another reason that sinkholes happen. Underground infrastructure. That might be the case here, we really don't know.Logan: Yeah. Either way, Pittsburgh, as you said, has had quite a history of some interesting sinkholes and there've been multiple cases in the past few years that have been documented. Around the world too, there have been houses that have been swallowed by sinkholes, but specifically here in Pittsburgh, an interesting story that I found just the other day, was a man who was actually just walking, and this has happened a few years ago, was walking underneath an underpass and just all of a sudden a sinkhole opened and he fell 10 feet into the ground.Dan: Where was this? What neighborhood?Logan: That happened in Glassport, he had to call 911 using his own phone and they came and rescued him an hour later when he was sitting 10 feet underground.Dan: You probably got a bad signal when you're in a sinkhole … no bars.Logan: I would think that was a prank call.Paul: One bar, which when they arrived they probably thought he'd been in a bar before he fell in the hole.Dan: Paul, I think you have some more insight though, right?Paul: This is such a big problem. There are two Pennsylvania state government departments, the department of natural resources and also the department of environmental protection, that have massive micro-sites including interactive maps all about sinkholes. So it's not your imagination, sinkholes are a real problem here. In fact, there is an Instagram account devoted to sinkholes in Pittsburgh. It's unofficial @pwsasinkholes, all one word. @pwsasinkholes on Instagram. Check it out, the bus picture's there, but so are a lot of other very interesting ones. I don't think the one from Glassport made it though.Logan: That's a shame. It might just be within city limits but-Paul: Might be.Logan: It would take quite a sinkhole to top what we saw last week.Dan: Oh it was incredible. Fortunately no one was hurt so we were able to make memes and social media was able to go crazy over this.Paul: Made the national news, international news.Dan: Right. It also reminds you though that it could have been a lot worse and that this is something that needs to be figured out. Infrastructure in Pittsburgh and all over Pennsylvania and the Northeast, it's just old.Paul: Your average water distribution system in an urban area like Pittsburgh is easily a hundred years old, so that may well be the cause. We don't know. One thing we do know, according to our government, our Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the average sinkhole in Pennsylvania is four to 20 feet in diameter. This is 75 to a hundred feet, so it's not your imagination, that is one big hole.Dan: For this next segment, we're going to be talking about childcare in the workplace. We have a really interesting guest here with us. It's Priya Amin. She's one of the co-founders of Flexable.Priya: Thanks for having me.Dan: Absolutely. We also have Keira Koscumb. She's one of our fellow WordWriters, and childcare is very important for her because…Keira: I'm pregnant.Dan: Okay. It's super exciting. Yes. Keira, you’re due in January, and this is definitely something we've talked about in the office, just important stuff about childcare here, the cost of it, the availability of it. Priya, can you tell us a little bit about Flexable and just what you guys do there?Priya: Yeah, so Flexable was launched in 2016. It was born out of necessity, quite honestly. My co-founder, Jessica Strong and I, we both have five kids between us, ages four all the way up to 12, almost five up to 12 and we both had professional careers prior to being entrepreneurs, but the common thread that we shared was that childcare was always getting in the way of our professional development. First off, I was a brand manager at Nestle for years. I ended up leaving my career because I just couldn't find the balance between traveling all the time and seeing my children. I felt like my husband and I were ships passing in the night and we barely got to see each other, let alone our kids. So I ended up leaving my career and moving to Pittsburgh and I started a consulting company here and it was great.Priya: It was going really well and I had my second child and unfortunately I kept running into the same issue, which was, I couldn't do this. I could not go to a podcast recording in the morning. I couldn't meet with a client. I couldn't go to networking events because I had a three year old and a baby in a pumpkin seat. It was distracting and it was unprofessional and it was just really stressful for me. So that kind of planted a seed in my head to say, how can I create something that marries work and life together? How can I fit life and work together better? That was the start of Flexable.Priya: Flexable provides on demand onsite childcare at offices, conferences and events to help parents, to help women be able to have a seat at the table, to not miss professional development events, to miss work or to even miss doctor's appointments. We have some really great strategic partnerships with some large organizations around town, but the pinnacle partnership that we have is with Allegheny Health Network. We provide childcare at their women's behavioral health clinic to help patients get the therapy that they need specifically for postpartum depression care. We're affiliated with the Alexis Joy D'Achille Postpartum Depression Care Unit, and our caregivers go and provide childcare so that women can get the care that they need and not put childcare ahead of their own needs.Priya: We employ 32 highly vetted caregivers. These are people that have background checks, clearances, first aid, CPR, and they pick up shifts pretty much like any other gig economy job. So it's similar to Uber or Lyft from that perspective. A caregiver goes onto our system, finds a job that's on a Wednesday afternoon, picks up that shift. They have all the supplies that they need. They have all the play supplies, games, toys, crafts, all of that stuff, but they also have all the safety supplies. So corner guards, outlet covers, first aid kits, rubber gloves, Clorox wipes, all of that. So they arrive on site, they set up, they take care of kids, they clean up and they leave.Dan: That's fantastic. Keira, I know that's got to be something that sounds pretty interesting for you. Once maternity leave ends for you, I know your husband, he's got a full time job that's pretty important. Yourself, you need to go on a lot of client calls and meetings outside of the office. How does something like this sound to you?Keira: It sounds great. Daycare is expensive, you're on a waiting list. I think this evolution has happened with companies where in the past, maybe 10 years ago, I always viewed being somebody that wasn't planning on getting pregnant anytime soon, single and working. I viewed the companies as the enemy, they won't let me do these things, they won't let me be flexible with my kids when it's really not that way anymore. Companies are willing to pony up and be flexible, but it is just a time thing for parents. You know what I mean? You have stuff to get done at your job and you're responsible for things. So how you balance that guilt of, not letting your co-workers and your company down, with spending time with your family and kids and your husband and making sure that, what's the point of having this kid if you're just going to shell out a bunch of money for them to be sitting in a daycare or sitting with a nanny?Keira: So, this is definitely something that's attractive. I guess my question for you would be is, it doesn't sound like this is ever permanent. It's more like a temporary thing. It's not like WordWrite could ever hire Flexable to have a daycare that, Dan or me or whoever could bring our kid in every day.Priya: You could. Right now though, the best scenarios that we've seen with organizations is having childcare when it's needed, so at events or at a conference or on that one specific day, if it's election day, for example. We're also a relatively new company and I think that's one of the reasons why we haven't had these long-term commitments with organizations, but we're starting to see that. Amazingly, we have a 100% contract renewal rate with all of our customers because they see that once they have our caregivers at one event, parents keep asking for it and they're like, why can't we have this during these days or whatnot? So that's what we're working towards. We're working towards creating more of a more, not permanent footprint, but definitely a more regular footprint in some organizations so that it becomes synonymous with the company's culture, with their benefits, for example, just something that is a part of their inclusivity package. So it just helps people be more productive and just be there.Dan: Priya, for our listeners at home here, they can hear more from you. You have a webinar coming up later in the month on November 21st, can you give us a little preview of what that's going to be about?Priya: Yeah, so with the GPMP, we have a webinar coming up later this month on childcare as an inclusivity driver in the workplace. We see that when parents take time off to take care of their children, actually roughly $6 billion hit to the workforce, the American workforce, and unfortunately the majority of that is women. It's about 75% of the women who have left the workplace because of childcare reasons, only about a quarter of them even come back and even those that do take time off of work, there is such a hit to their personal finances but also to the greater economy as well. So we'll be talking about some of that. We'll be also talking about how things like childcare could potentially help drive productivity and inclusivity at work and give some best in class examples of those, not only in Pittsburgh but across the country as well.Dan: That's great. We're looking forward to hearing more about that then. For everybody who is interested in that webinar, we'll be sure to include a link in the show summary and in the Pittsburgh 100 that's going to drop on November 7th, and again that webinar is on November 21st so plenty of time to sign up. If you want to hear more about Flexable, you can find them at flexablecare, all one word, .com and even if you need to hire somebody for some childcare, it's a great place, but Keira and Priya, I really appreciate you guys coming in and just this is a great conversation.Priya: Thanks so much.Dan: Thanks a lot.Logan: Centuries before cell phones and social media, human connections were made around fires as we shared the stories that shaped our world. Today, stories are still the most powerful way to move hearts and minds and inspire action. At WordWrite, Pittsburgh's largest independent public relations agency, we understand that before you had a brand, before you sold any product or service, you had a story. WordWrite helps clients to uncover their own Capital S story, the reason someone would want to buy, work, invest or partner with you through our patented storycrafting process. Visit wordwritepr.com to uncover your Capital S story.Dan: All right. Hey everybody. As promised in the introduction here, we've got a pretty special treat for you here and we're bringing a little bit of culture to the 100 today too. We're here with Alexandra Lucian of the Pittsburgh Opera. She's in town for a new show that's just starting this week.Alexandra: Thank you so much for having me.Dan: Yeah, absolutely. It's going to be exciting for you coming back because you're a local, right?Alexandra: I am a local. I'm born and raised in Canonsburg, PA. Went to Chartiers Houston high school and so it's always a joy to come back to my hometown.Dan: Great. Can you tell us a little bit about the show that you're going to be on?Alexandra: Yes. The show that we're doing at Pittsburgh Opera right now is called Florencia en el Amazonas, which translates to Florence on the Amazon. Basically, it is a Spanish language opera, which is the first that Pittsburgh Opera is producing. The piece itself, it's a very unique opera because first of all, it's very short. It's two hours with intermission. So it's kind of the perfect step into opera if you've never checked it out before. The music itself is almost like a Disney movie. It's very cinematic and lush and the setting is in South America, so it sounds very tropical and very accessible and very easy to listen to. It's very beautiful.Alexandra: The story is basically about Florencia, who is a famous opera singer actually and left her hometown of Manaus in Brazil a long time ago to pursue an opera career and 20, I think it's about 20 years or so, and 20 years later she's now coming back because she feels like her life hasn't fully been fulfilled. Part of the reason is because she left her lover behind and his name is Cristóbal, and she wants to come back and find him again and reunite with him.Dan: Right. You're playing the lead role of Florencia, right?Alexandra: Yes.Dan: Okay, that's awesome. One thing that's interesting, and again, I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to opera, but one thing that I find interesting about it, is it seems like there's always is a mix of fantastical and some grounded maybe romance that's involved. Do you see those big themes in a lot of operas?Alexandra: Absolutely, yes. There's a lot of fairytales in opera, I'd say, and kind of larger than life stories and sometimes stories that don't make a lot of sense. But the cool thing about this piece is that it really ... It was written by a Mexican composer and a Latin American librettist. They really wanted to celebrate their own culture, and a big part of that culture is magical realism, which is basically magic that kind of takes the form of something real. So, we're sitting in the studio, it would be like, if one of us started to levitate in that world, that wouldn't be anything weird because that's what magical realism is.Logan: That's very cool. As a musician myself, I know from a pretty young age, I really wanted to do something in music and I was always very entranced by it. Was that kind of your same experience? Did you always know that you wanted to do something in opera or at least musical or did that come a little later?Alexandra: Yeah, I always sang. I drove my parents nuts actually, because I would sing around the house and I would also sing in church with my dad, and basically they got to the point where they were like, we need to do something with this kid or else she's going to drive us crazy. So I auditioned for what used to be called the Children's Festival Chorus in Pittsburgh and is now the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus. I sang with them for six years, and that was the first spark of really being into classical music and singing. So I did that. I did high school musicals. I did the Junior Mendelssohn choir also. So all of these things, led me in this direction because I started singing in foreign languages from the time I was eight years old.Dan: Oh, wow.Alexandra: I also grew up Greek Orthodox, so we sing in Greek too in church. So I was kind of surrounded with that. So for me, I started to take voice lessons and I realized that I didn't sound like any of the people on the musical theater recordings, I sounded like the opera recordings, so I went to Pittsburgh Opera to check out an opera when I was 15, which was Turandot and I completely fell in love with it, and then almost 20 years later, I sang Turandot here two years ago. So yeah, it's been a cool journey.Dan: Well, something about that journey then, in my thinking, I would just assume that, a singer stays with the same company for a while or you're contracted or something. But looking at your history here, you've been all over. That's Minnesota, Chicago, Canada, New Orleans, pretty much anywhere and everywhere. This has got to be like ... It's quite the career I imagine, it takes you a lots of cool places.Alexandra: Yeah, opera is very unique in that way, in this country in particular. In Europe it's a little different, but here we are freelancers and basically we have managers mostly, but we're kind of our own entity. So this year I'm in Minnesota, here, Palm Beach, Chicago twice and then Austin, so yeah, you just kind of bop around and you get used to traveling and meeting new people every time, new cast, new company, and then sometimes you get to come back to old favorites, like here.Dan: Right. Is it exciting to come back to Pittsburgh then? Do you get a lot of friends and family in the crowd?Alexandra: Oh yeah. It's really great. I have a really supportive community. I'm very lucky and Pittsburgh Opera also has been very generous in working with me, in bringing in my community, which is the Greek community here. Last time for Turandot and this time they are doing a Greek night for all of the Greeks in the area, they're-Dan: Quite few.Alexandra: Yes, exactly. There's some ticket discounts for opening night and some backstage tours and things like that.Dan: Someone who isn't familiar with opera like myself, probably other people in this office and it's something that sometimes it might feel like it's inaccessible, like in my head I say, well I don't know these languages, but ... Why would you recommend someone who hasn't experienced it to just try it out, get to a show?Alexandra: Yeah. I think that first of all, you'll never be lost in the story, because there's always English super titles that are projected above the stage. That's first and foremost. So you were not just going to go in and hear the story and be like, what the heck are they saying? Because you'll know. We try to also provide synopsises and stuff, but the super titles are a huge help. I also think that in our digital age, we hear a lot of music through our computers and through our phones, but the cool thing about opera I think is that, it's like music in its purest form. We don't use any microphones, and that is something that's really cool. We're singing, like the opera I just did was a 90-piece orchestra and I did not use a microphone in a 2,500 seat hall.Alexandra: That's what we're trained to do and it's pretty cool to hear the raw human voice singing like that in a big space. The Benedum's almost 3,000 seats and it's kind of a way to bring all of the pieces together of lots of different art forms. So you've got singing, you've got instruments, you've got set design. This one has projections, so there's kind of like a movie going on behind the sets. There's costuming. So there's something for everybody, which I think is really neat. If you're into seeing interesting costumes, you can check that out. If you're into singing, you can check that out. If you're into the symphony, you can check that out. So it's kind of something for everyone.Dan: One thing that we'd be remiss to not point out here is that these shows are coming up here, going to be on November 9th, 12th, 15th and 17th you can still grab tickets at pittsburghopera.org. They're all going to be at the Benedum Center, which is an awesome venue, I imagine a lot of people have been there, but if you haven't, it's really great to see, and do you enjoy playing there as well?Alexandra: Oh yeah. It's so beautiful. It's one of the most beautiful venues in the city I think, and there's so much of our history as Pittsburghers in that venue, thinking of it as like a movie house back in years and years and years ago and then a performing venue. It's really amazing, and when you think about all of the different shows that have been on that stage, it's really cool to be able to share the stage with that kind of history.Dan: Alexandra, last thing we're going to ask you, can you hit a note for us?Alexandra: Sure. Okay. Let's see. (singing)Dan: I don't think we can end this segment any better than that. Alexandra, thanks for being here, and everybody try to get to the opera. At some point here for Florencia en el Amazonas or they've got a lot of great shows coming up in 2020 too, so thank you again Alexandra.Alexandra: Thank you guys so much.Dan: OK guys, we have another important holiday coming up here. Within the next week we'll be at Veterans Day, which is the day that obviously, we celebrate all our servicemen and women about, just the people who are serving and making big sacrifices for us here. Unlike Memorial Day, which is another important one, I think Veterans Day is an important one because it's about the living too.Paul: That’s right Dan, absolutely.Dan: Yes, and Paul, you just had an interesting experience though. You were over in the UK and you had a chance to really learn about how people over in Europe feel about our veterans.Paul: That’s right. I think this is really an important way to look at Veterans Day, Dan, because, given the geography of the United States, with the exception of the terrible 9/11 attack, we've never really been invaded or bombarded in the way that Europe was during the Second World War. Those events are fading further and further into history. We're coming up next year on the 75th anniversary of the end of that war, so it was surprising to me, as you mentioned, a group of about 40 of us from the States went over to my dad's old airbase and my dad was in the Eighth Air Force. He was a bombardier navigator, and of this group of 40 there were three veterans, each one of them, 96 years old. Two of them brought their significant others who were also not spring chickens, and then the rest of us were mostly kids of World War II veterans or in some cases grandkids.Paul: We had a few who were nephews and nieces as well. It was a very interesting group. So 75 years ago, 1944, was a time period when my dad's airbase was really up and running and my dad was actually there. I think that different perspective, and I did one article about this, I'll probably do another one in the 100, we went to the cemetery at Mattingly, which is the only cemetery in the UK that has American war dead from World War II, and there's 3,800 graves there and there's another 5,000 memorialized who are still missing 75 years after the end of the war. As you said, really Veterans Day is more about the living. Memorial Day is about those who lost their lives defending the country.Paul: The thing that was really interesting to me, Dan, about this whole trip was the way people overseas view what we as Americans did through our military service. There was a group of people, and I don't mean people who are like our veterans in their '90s, I mean people in their '50s, '60s, '40s, '30s, teenagers, that we met, who care about what happened 75 years ago. And the reason is, as one of the people said to me when he kept profusely thanking me for my dad's service, he said, "No, you don't understand. If your dad and his fellows didn't do what they did, we'd all be speaking German."Dan: To those three men you were there with, right?Paul: That's right. So I came away with this experience of understanding that, it's not just another day to put the flag up out front, it's not just another day when the post office is closed or governments or whatever are not at work. It's a day to celebrate what Americans can do in service of our country and also in service of democracy around the world.Paul: One of the other things I learned, there's a cemetery as well in Holland, there's a four year waiting list for volunteer families, guys, to take care of American servicemen's graves. Again, these ain't people who are 90 years old, we're talking about, families with teenagers, et cetera, et cetera. As we approach this Veterans Day, I think it's a very important perspective to understand that the service of our veterans, it's not just an American thing, it's something that extends far beyond our borders.Dan: That's awesome. That's great to hear. Again, talking about, you can help memorialize our war dead, which is fantastic, but again, Veterans Day and pretty much any day of the year is a day to support and recognize our current veterans. I've got two of my best friends, two friends who were in my wedding are veterans who served over in the Middle East, and I respect the hell out of them for being able to do that. I know for a fact that each of them saw things that I can't even imagine. That's going to have effects on them for the rest of their lives, and so it's important, whether you can find some support online, whether you can maybe donate to causes for veterans or just, hey, pat someone on the back and every now and then give them a call and make sure that they're feeling all right. That's important stuff. I can't say that I served, but what I can do is I can support my friends who did and try to do what you can to make these people recognized, let them know that we care about their sacrifice.Paul: And really, that's kind of, Logan, what I would say to people this time around and certainly, Logan, people in your generation are the people who are overseas right now, doing multiple tours. Again, more than the flag, more than the day off, is doing something to say thank you to veterans.Logan: Yeah, I totally agree. As you said, there's a couple of people I know that are deployed right now overseas. My dad's also a 10-year veteran of the air force. So I completely agree and I think it's very important to recognize both the Memorial and Veterans Day and as you guys both said, just do what you can to support and let them know that we do appreciate all the things that they've done for our country and that things might be very different if they weren't all there, similar to the story that, that gentlemen over in the UK told you. They do a lot of things for us that sometimes go, it can be out of sight, out of mind, because we don't always see them, obviously they're not fighting here on the homeland, but yeah, I think it's very important to recognize and to appreciate them for Veterans Day and every day.Dan: Right. Yeah. So we are very thankful to them, and to be a little tiny bit selfish, I would also say that Veterans Day is my birthday.Paul: Dan, I knew that that was why we really were talking about this day.Dan: It's awkward to bring up because if I'm at a restaurant or something, and they get free entrees, I can't ask for the free dessert or else then I'm just a jerk.Paul: Well, Dan, happy birthday. We'll buy you some ice cream and let's remember our veterans on Veterans Day.Logan: And we are well beyond 100 words today. Thank you for listening to the P100 podcast. This has been Dan Stefano, Logan Armstrong and Paul Furiga. If you haven't yet, please subscribe to p100podcast.com or wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter @pittsburgh100_, for all the latest news, updates and more from the Pittsburgh 100. 

Mercy Me + Crowder This Friday PPG Paints Arena. Get tix at wordfm.com Forgiveness in a Dallas Courtroom Urban Apologetics ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood, PA Celebrity Birthday - Gwen Stefani How to Nuke the Porn industry and save the American family ... GUEST Zack Slayback Jennifer Antkowiak named as Executive Director for Community Relations for the Catholic Diocese of Pgh Another alligator found near the Allegheny River in Lawrenceville Spiritual Pilgrimage: If you wanted to take one, where would you go? What would you do? Mass parachuting part of a US military nighttime training exercise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mercy Me + Crowder This Friday PPG Paints Arena. Get tix at wordfm.com Forgiveness in a Dallas Courtroom Urban Apologetics ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood, PA Celebrity Birthday - Gwen Stefani How to Nuke the Porn industry and save the American family ... GUEST Zack Slayback Jennifer Antkowiak named as Executive Director for Community Relations for the Catholic Diocese of Pgh Another alligator found near the Allegheny River in Lawrenceville Spiritual Pilgrimage: If you wanted to take one, where would you go? What would you do? Mass parachuting part of a US military nighttime training exercise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Schmierig, stinkend und schwarz war die zähe, pechähnliche Flüssigkeit, die am Allegheny River und seinen Nebenflüssen austrat. Erdöl. Die Indianer benutzten das Zeug als Heilmittel bei Gelenkschmerzen oder Hautausschlägen. Autorin: Almut Finck

Tim Benz in for Mark Today! - Steelers Off Season - Joe Rutter (Reporter for @triblive and @tribsports, specializing in covering @steelers. Former beat was covering @pirates and lots of losses for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Joins Tim ON air to Talk Steelers - Josh Bell hitting balls into the Allegheny River

Tim Benz in for Mark Today! - Steelers Off Season - Joe Rutter (Reporter for @triblive and @tribsports, specializing in covering @steelers. Former beat was covering @pirates and lots of losses for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Joins Tim ON air to Talk Steelers - Josh Bell hitting balls into the Allegheny River

Amanda and Sarah welcome John Schalcosky, founder of The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating History Of Pittsburgh (AKA Odd Pittsburgh), an in-depth, continuing exploration of the city's unusual, mysterious, and forgotten history. John brings a wealth of strange stories about Pittsburgh, including a girl stricken by a demon, the bizarre namesake of the Allegheny River, and the possibly Satanic origins of Mt. Pleasant, as well as a few personal brushes with the paranormal. Other subjects covered include a surprising imaginary friend, a hilarious bat incident, and more Houdini shenanigans.  Recommendations: John recommends reading Ideas And Opinions by Albert Einstein and anything by Carl Sagan.  For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Happy New Year everyone! I have three guests tonight. A summary of their encounters are below. Case writes “I live in South Western Pennsylvania. I have had 2 sightings in my life. One was locally where I live (2014) the other at my camp in Clearfield county in (2013). The first was what made me realize there’s Bigfoot in our state. I was hunting at our camp which is 2 miles from the nearest paved road and we get very little traffic back there even in hunting season. I was still hunting along the spring that flows through the bottom of a valley below our camp. In the bottom is a 100 yard wide by 200 yard pine thicket. It is so thick through there I usually just carry my rifle slung under my shoulder shoulder and just hunt with my pistol (.357 mag) cause shots are under 30 in the thicket. Upon exiting the thicket I noticed 2 doe in front of me at about 50 yards. I retrieved my rifle and was watching these deer through the scope. They were not alerted to my presence and didn’t seem spooked cause they just fed along towards me. As I looked for a buck I hoped would be following the doe they fed into a mountain lion thicket to my left. I was just getting ready to take a step farther out of the pines when I noticed something to my right almost at the top of the valley about 140 yards away. When I seen it I thought to myself that’s the biggest bear I have ever seen in my life and threw the gun back up to look at it. My scope is a 3×9 and I had it set on 4 power for when I exited the pines cause I knew shots could range from 25-175 yards. This thing was squated down on its haunches behind a tree and it was looking down the hill at me. It had its hand stabilizing itself on the trunk as it peered around at me. When I looked at it I realized it wasn’t a bear. It didn’t have a snout but a nose. This thing looked almost human. I got a 10-15 second look as we stared at each other before I saw it’s expression change into this oh $h** look. It stood straight up then like a athlete finishing a squat turned to the left take a step and a half on 2 legs and disappear into the Laurel at the top of the valley. I have alot more details I haven’t gone into here ingrained into my mind I haven’t gone into here but would like to share my experiences with you.” --- Matt writes “Wes, I was at my cousin’s in Tionesta, PA for Christmas dinner. I stayed until almost 9:00 pm visiting after. On my way back home, in Oil City, is about 16 miles of mostly deserted rural roadway. There is a section of Gamelands, state owned public hunting lands, numbering about 10,000 acres on both sides of the road. Driving back home it’s a slight downhill on the left side of the road and it goes uphill to a ridge top and dense, hemlock and mountain Laurel covered steep river hillside, all hundreds of feet above the Allegheny River. We had been hunting archery and rifle some behind my cousin’s house above Tionesta Lake, a Corps of engineers flood control lake, so we had been seeing deer on the way home numerous times, especially in this one stretch of road that travels through the Gamelands, so I generally drive a little bit slower and am a little more attentive in areas we frequently see the deer to prevent hitting them. So, here I was driving home, watching for deer, when a young deer, I would say a yearling or early fawn from this year came stumbling/sliding into the road, like it had been tripped or pushed. In seconds, a huge, hairy figure jumped off of the bank and landed in the middle of the other lane next to the deer that was just regaining it’s feet. In one motion, it scooped the deer up in it’s left arm, which caused it to blat loudly, similar to a spine shot deer that needs finished off to prevent it’s suffering.( I had been only going 30 mph roughly through that stretch and had jammed on my brakes and had stopped.) In just a moment, it took it’s right hand and grabbed the deers head and just twisted and broke it’s neck effortlessly. It seemed to have been so concentrated on catching the deer, it didn’t notice me right away. After it dispatched the deer, it turned slightly to it’s left, towards me and, having my high beams on, I saw it well, only 15-20 yards from my bumper. It’s lips parted slightly and it let out a low, rumbly growl and just hurdled the far guardrails, easily and must have sprang at least 20 feet in that one leap. It was a dark auburn to black, but it seemed to have reddish highlights in front of the headlights. I only got to see part of it’s face, the left side and from the back really well. It was 8 ‘ or so tall, longer from the waist to head than waist to foot, didn’t seem to have a cone shaped head from the angle I saw it from, hands had to have spanned a foot or more across, it was at least 4′ across the shoulders, legs as big as my waist and I am 6’ and 270#. I know without a doubt this was a Sasquatch, flat nose, had pointed canines, upper and lower on the left side when it’s lips parted, not really pronounced, but noticeably pointed. It had fairly long hair, it’s face was bare from it’s protruding eyebrow area to it’s lower lip. Gray/black skin, kind of looked like supple leather, not worn, really. I just sat there for several minutes to get my composure. As much as I wasn’t quite sure what I saw those years ago, I’m convinced it wasn’t a black bear, but I am positive that this was a Sasquatch." --- Joel writes "We have some things going on at my house. Strange noises I have recorded. My six year old told me she saw a Sasquatch at her window before. It had creepy red eyes. It was black but had brown hair mixed in. It’s nose was flat. It scratched at their window. It hides, meaning it disappears and then appears I believe she means it ducks down and then stands up. She also said, and this is the wierd or creepy part, that it had blood on its teeth. I asked what she meant and she said it had red on or around its teeth. She also said it motions to them like come with him. The blood on its teeth sounded out of place and I know she’s young but when she told me this I believed her. I wonder if you’ve heard this before? This is the same girl who told me when she was three she saw a “monkey bear” with red eyes and a flat nose. She had a fever when she said this but I believed her and what is a monkey bear with red eyes and a flat nose? I have pics of foot prints, hair, and recordings from my house. I have a pic of what I think is a Sasquatch a guy gave me two-three miles from my house. If you can’t look into these or want to talk that’s fine but have you or anyone else heard of this type of behavior and details my daughter told me? Activity at my house has gone way down and I believe they keep their distance from us but we still hear them and experience things from time to time."   https://sasquatchchronicles.com  

Debbi Mack interviews crime writer Dana King on this episode of the Crime Cafe. Check out the show notes below! Or, if you're in a rush, download your copy here! Debbi M: [00:00:06] Hi everyone. This is the Crime Cafe, your podcasting source of great crime, suspense, and thriller writing. I'm your host Debbi Mack. [00:00:25] Before I bring on my guest, I'll just remind you that the Crime Cafe has two ebooks for sale. The nine-book boxed set and the short story anthology. You can find the buy links for both on my website debbimack[dot]com under the Crime Cafe link. You can also get a free copy of either book if you become a Patreon supporter. You'll get that and much more if you support the podcast on Patreon. Along with our eternal gratitude for doing so. [00:01:02] It's my pleasure to have as my guest today the author of two series and a standalone novel as well as several short stories. And he is also a Shamus nominee and nominee for other awards. [00:01:19] It's Dana King. Hi, Dana. It's great to have you on today. Dana K: [00:01:23] It's great to be here. Thanks for having me. Debbi M: [00:01:26] It's my pleasure to have you on, Dana. I was at the C3 conference with Dana, and he told the funniest story during Noir at the Bar. But we won't go into that. It was great, though. That was a wonderful take-off on the Sergeant Friday Dragnet thing. And had a lot of hardboiled humor in it. So I'm a big fan just based on that. So you have two series: Penns River and Nick Forte--is that correct? Dana King writes the Penns River and Nick Forte series. Dana K: [00:02:02] That's right. Nick Forte. That's right. Debbi M: [00:02:04] And is Nick Forte a private eye? Dana K: [00:02:08] Yes. Debbi M: [00:02:08] Okay, tell us a little bit about that series. Dana K: [00:02:12] He's a private eye based in Chicago. It got started actually you mentioned that the satire on the Joe Friday stories. He was the first character actually created. I was coming out of a musical career and I wrote a short story that was supposed to be a satire on Mickey Spillane that used a bunch of friends of mine as part of a story with a musical background to it. And it was so well-received by a lot of people I wrote another story about the job I was at and included them. Same type, too. He was investigating something at this job, and I went to another job and they read the other two stories and pretty soon I got to thinking maybe I should do something more serious with this character and that's where the idea for writing the novels came from. Nick Forte is a private eye based in Chicago. Debbi M: [00:02:57] Aha. Okay, and how did you choose Chicago as a location? Dana K: [00:03:03] I was living in Chicago at the time, and I really enjoyed my time there so there were a lot of locations, a lot of things about Chicago that came to mind when I was putting it together. Debbi M: [00:03:14] Interesting. And the Penns River novels. I'm reading one now and enjoying it. They're based in a small town near Pittsburgh, correct? Dana K: [00:03:28] Yes. Debbi M: [00:03:29] Because you are originally from that area? Click on the cover to check it out! Dana K: [00:03:31] Yes. Penns River as a town is actually an amalgam of three small cities about 20 miles up the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh, and I grew up sort of in all three of them. I was born in Warren and the hospital is no longer there. My parents took me to an apartment in another of those three cities. That building has since burned to the ground is now a vacant lot. And then I grew up in the third one and lived there--in fact, my parents lived there until just last year. My father passed. So I know not just the area, but I know the people, I know the kinds of things they are interested in. I had an idea for a police procedural story. I wanted to tell it. I needed a new setting, because obviously Forte wouldn't work for a police procedural.

Along the Allegheny River in an unassuming former car garage sits the 112-year-old Natrona Bottling Company . Established in 1904, the business has distributed thousands of glass bottles with their signature Red Ribbon Cherry Supreme, spicy ginger beer and mint julep.

  From River to Tap: Examining Local Water Quality Presenter: Gina Cyprych Environmental Compliance Coordinator Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Water: We drink it every day. But have you ever stopped to think about just exactly where your water comes from and how it’s treated? Join Gina Cyprych, Acting Chief Water Quality Officer at the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, as she discusses how Pittsburgh’s drinking water is captured from the Allegheny River and treated. The Authority must ensure that the highest quality water is reaching each person, but with the many competing regulations a water utility must uphold, how do they maintain simultaneous compliance given a variety of circumstances? Cyprych has worked at the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for the past 11 years. She received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management from Columbia Southern University.   Recorded Monday, August 1, 2016 at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

This week’s podcast will feature an interview with Stephen Cocca, a St. Bonaventure alumnus who writes about and researches Native Americans. Cocca will discuss how archaeological artifacts found on the banks of the Allegheny River west of Allegany, New York, are helping to dispel warrior-themed sports mascot image mythology. Student journalists Ryan Horan and Jacob McCollum will interview Cocca during the morning's podcast. 

Room to Breathe, Time to Speak: The minds behind IDK Magazine come over to talk about their submission process, Breaking Bad, and the giant duck in the Allegheny River.