Podcasts about Sherborn

Piper hosts Plaidcast LIVE! from Wellington International with guests Greg Prince & Kyla Makhloghi. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid HorseGuest: Greg Prince is the owner and head trainer of Woodridge Farm, a full-service show stable operated out of Sherborn, MA and Wellington, FL. Over a career spanning more than two decades as a professional, Greg has imported and produced many top horses and has shown successfully across the U.S. and Canada, earned ribbons at some of the most prestigious horse shows in the country including Devon, Harrisburg, and the Washington International Horse Show. He's trained riders to top hunter derby finishes, every equitation finals, and grand prix victories, marking him as one of the most prolific trainers currently in the hunter/jumper world. Guest: Kyla Makhloghi is a grand prix show jumping athlete and trainer who owns and operates Rosemont Farm, a top training and sales barn located in Wellington, FL. Kyla graduated with an undergraduate degree in English from Mount Holyoke College, where she was an integral part of their equestrian team and led them to an IHSA National Championship in 2006. Her riders have claimed impressive wins at Pony Finals, WIHS Equitation Finals, Children's Hunter Finals, and Prix des States, and top finishes at Devon, The National Horse Show, and Harrisburg. In 2022, Kyla won the Wild Card Trainer Bonus award at the WEC Premier Equitation Cup Championship. As a horse trainer, she finds similar success importing and selling quality hunter, jumper, and equitation horses.Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSubscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineSponsor: Foxhall Equine

February 9, 2025 - Here Is Our World: Beautiful and Terrible Things Will Happen by UU Area Church at First Parish in Sherborn

Wally and Juanita Nelson were civil rights activists, peace activists, war tax refusers, subsistence farmers, and advocates for simple living. They were members of groups such as CORE (Congress on Racial Equality), FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation), and Peacemakers. In western Massachusetts they were founding members of the Greenfield Farmers' Market, the Free Harvest Supper, the Valley Community Land Trust, and Winter Fare. They were recipients of numerous awards during their lifetime, including the Courage of Conscience Award from the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Mass., the Sacco and Vanzetti Award from Community Church in Boston, and the Local Hero Award from CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture) for championing local food and agriculture. (Excerpted from https://www.nelsonhomestead.org) As folklorists, gatherers of oral testimonials and audio producers, we Klines, along with production assistant Nicholas Boyer, produced an hour-long audio tapestry. This is an interweaving of many of the 25 voices we've recorded near and far under the guidance of the Nelson Legacy Project Archival Committee. Each interview averages 90 minutes. We excerpt short portions in order to weave a conversation on the themes of the Nelsons' lives—race, or the one human race, nonviolence, war tax refusal, joy, dance, land trusts and the action around the Kehler-Corner home seizure in Colrain by the IRS, the local food movement and simple living. Most all of our documentaries have music woven throughout. We created a short piece on the Nelsons called You Don't Gotta. You can hear it on the Project website where you can also enjoy a great many other audiovisual pieces and writings featuring the Nelsons.

Ghandhi in Sherborn Mass? A utopian society in Hopedale? What is the connection? And who is Emily the Cow? All this and more in episode 204!

If you're looking for a unique holiday gift for that special someone, check out the one-of-a-kind works of art created by animals at a farm sanctuary in Massachusetts. They're being auctioned off, as we hear from WBZ's Kim Tunnicliffe.

Join the conversation with author Josh Funk as he discusses the unique nuances between Dear Dragon and Dear Unicorn. In this lively discussion, Funk taps into the concept of duality in relationships—how a balance between positivity and negativity can facilitate growth. Discover the intricate details in the book's illustrations, and learn how asking questions and staying curious can bring color and excitement to life. This conversation encourages readers to appreciate art, celebrate their differences, and learn to connect more deeply with others. Listen up and be inspired to channel your inner creativity and keep an open mind in your day-to-day interactions. By day, Josh Funk writes C++, Java Code, and Python scripts as a software engineer, which he's been doing for the last twenty years. In his spare time he uses ABC's, drinks Java coffee, and writes picture book manuscripts, such as How to Code a Sandcastle, Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast, The Case of the Stinky Stench, Dear Dragon, and more. Josh graduated from the UMass Amherst Commonwealth College with a degree in computer science. He is a board member of the Writers' Loft in Sherborn, Massachusetts, and the co-coordinator of the 2017 New England Regional SCBWI Conference. Transcription: You can read the transcription on ⁠The Children's Book Review. Order a Copy: Dear Unicorn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠⁠. Resources: You can find out more about Josh Funk at https://www.joshfunkbooks.com/. Discussion Topics: Josh Funk talks about: The inspiration behind his previous book, Dear Dragon, and how it unintentionally became a hit with teachers for its themes of friendship and challenging assumptions. How he came up with the idea for Dear Unicorn while waiting in line for a roller coaster at Disney World and wrote the entire first draft on his phone with his child's help. The difference between Dear Dragon and Dear Unicorn Using art to communicate and express emotions. Takeaways for kids reading Dear Unicorn. Balance between positivity and negativity in relationships and how it can lead to growth. How getting to know someone allows for more authenticity The characters of Connie and Nic, the unicorn, express themselves differently. Josh and Bianca read a page from Dear Unicorn. Using his platform to share the work of other authors and push for inclusivity and representation --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechildrensbookreview/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechildrensbookreview/support

    For this week's episode we head northeast to the Boston suburb of Sherborn, MA to meet Co-founder and Executive Director of Unity Farm Sanctuary, Kathy Halamka. Unity Farm Sanctuary formally began in December 2016 with a mission to provide a safe and loving lifelong home for farmed animals, to offer the public unique educational programs, and to promote a culture of kindness and connection. Unity Farm Sanctuary's 30-acres are home to 62 mammals and 260 birds and includes more than 4.5 miles of public walking trails.    Learn how this rurban sanctuary's location allows them access to a massive population to make a big impact with animal rescue, social justice and environmental advocacy. Hear how it is essential for them to have a board of directors that not only believe in their mission but live their mission being 100% donating and vegan. Understand the importance of having perpetuity and a forever plan in a sanctuary and how Unity Farm Sanctuary has developed their plan.   Learn about their amazing humane education programs such as the Unity Animal Care Circle for middle school aged students to help teach compassion and expose them to the care of farmed animals. Hear about how important it was for Unity Farm Sanctuary to be one of 25 sanctuaries throughout the country selected to host the LEAP (Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet) program. Discover how Unity Farm Sanctuary installed webcams to not only give people 24 hours access to see what's going on at the sanctuary, but more importantly to provide transparency. Fall in love with the stories of Dudley the Scottish Highland cow and their resident social butterfly, Handsome Paul Turkey.   To stay updated on Unity Farm Sanctuary, find then on Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok or visit their website at unityfarmsanctuary.org.    --- For more information on Butterfly Valley Rescue and Sanctuary visit butterflyvalleyrescue.com.

Kim shares about her upcoming group: Sober in the Suburbs, a new in person sobriety support group that is open to all in or outside of Boston. Kim talks about her inspiration behind the idea and how it organically came to be. Are you living in the Boston area and interested in checking it out? Email Kim: kbkearns@gmail.com for more information. ------ Sober in the Suburbs:A community of women, leaving all notions of judgement and pressure behind...Located in Needham, MAFor more information about scheduled gatherings and events, please email: kbkearns@gmail.com Do you question whether alcohol is having a negative impact on your life?  Do you wonder if you might benefit from drinking a bit less?  Do you think to yourself, do I really need this glass of wine?  Do you look forward to that 5:00 hour - that relief in a cocktail after a long day at work or at home with the kids? Do you sometimes have one too many and wake up the next day with a headache, riddled with shame and guilt? Do you lay awake in the middle of the night after one too many drinks unable to sleep?  Do you ever forget conversations you had when drinking? Do you ever obsess over taking days off from the booze only to then count down the days when the weekend can "begin" again?  Do you convince yourself you're doing fine because everyone else is "doing it" too?  Do you feel stuck in a vicious cycle of trying to moderate or control your drinking? Do you have lived experience in recovery but you have not yet found an in person community? ​You are not alone. You may not see yourself as “addicted” to alcohol, but you do know that it has more power over your life than you'd like it to at this point. You may be curious about taking a step back from this thing that has become so normalized as the one acceptable way to socialize in our society. But how do you do it? Come see what it's all about. We strive to embrace compassion as we foster authentic connections and encourage thoughtful discussion. We aim to connect, learn and inspire one another as we experience the joy of this alcohol free world.  Do you live in or outside of Boston?  We currently meet in Metro-west but we welcome friends from all over.  We are fully inclusive and we do not focus on any particular type of recovery. We are a group aimed at building community, providing support and finding friendship. Most of our members are from the surrounding communities: Needham, Wellesley, Natick, Dedham, Westwood, Newton, Dover, Sherborn, Medfield --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kim-kearns/support

If you have a damaged vehicle sunroof in Hopkinton, Holliston, Sherborn, or a surrounding part of Massachusetts, the mobile repair service from Warrior Auto Glass (857-500-4422) can get it fixed with minimum fuss or hassle. Go to https://www.warriorag.com for more information. Warrior Auto Glass 229 Lowland St #3, Holliston, MA 01746, United States Website https://www.warriorag.com/ Phone +1-857-500-4422 Email jason@warriorag.com

Winter is upon us! The MRAs own Steve Clark and Kerry Miller hunker down for cold weather and warm conversation with some of Massachusetts' leading restaurant voices. This month's guests include: Ed Doyle, President of RealFood Hospitality Strategy and Design & Jen Ziskin, Co-Owner and Wine Director for La Morra, Heritage of Sherborn, & Punch Bowl Brookline.

Doug Kingsley '16 walked from the New York – Massachusetts border to the Atlantic Ocean during a 12-day October stretch to raise awareness about first responder suicide and mental health issues, while also raising funds to support an organization called Blue HELP. A Campus Ministry leader and ROTC cadet during his student days, Doug currently serves as a police officer in Sherborn, Massachusetts, and as an officer in the Rhode Island National Guard. In this interview, he discusses his commitment to service and those in his family and at PC who have helped to inspire it. Read more about his October initiative, Massachusetts Cop Walk. To get a sense of the experience, which brought out enthusiastic supporters in towns all across the state, you can visit the Facebook and/or Instagram pages Doug used to chronicle it.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

-On October 12th, in effort to raise awareness for police suicide and first responder mental health, Doug Kingsley walked across the entire state of Massachusetts over 12 day period. In doing this, he raised 27k for First H.E.L.P. - a non profit that aims to reduce mental health stigma for first responders-Doug is a Police Officer with the Sherborn (MA) Police Department. He currently serves as a Patrol Officer and has recently been certified as a firearms instructor.-He's a 2016 graduate of the Providence College ROTC program where commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. He spent his first 4 years as a Platoon Leader in the 169th Military Police Company. He's currently assigned as an S3 with the 118th Military Police Battalion as a 1st Lieutenant.NOTE: at the 11:04 mark of the episode, we experienced mic failure leading to less than optimal sound quality. We apologize for the inconvenience.Check out First H.E.L.P. :https://1sthelp.org/FirstNet Built with AT&T:http://www.firstnet.com/healthandwellnessDownload the O2X Tactical Performance App:app.o2x.comLet us know what you think:Website: http://o2x.comIG: https://instagram.com/o2xhumanperformance?igshid=1kicimx55xt4f 

In Episode 267, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger cruise down Farm Street in Dover, Massachusetts, looking for a strange monster who made an appearance back on April 21, 1977. Bill Bartlett didn't have a camera, but being an artist, he was able to draw what he saw. It was like no other creature anyone had ever seen before. By the following night, three more people witnessed this strange creature that Loren Coleman first chronicled and dubbed the Dover Demon. Was it a cryptid? An alien? Something else?

This episode covers the missing persons case of Simone Ridinger. She was a young woman from Sherborn, Massachusetts who disappeared from the nearby town of Natick on Labor Day Weekend back in 1977. During the production of this episode, we were lucky enough to speak with three individuals involved in this case. Detective Godinho of the Sherborn PD, Detective Haswell  of the Natick PD, and Betsy Bailey, Simone's sister, all of whom you'll hear from.     It should be made clear that this investigation has become that of a recovery mission, and more than anything, detectives, along with Simone's remaining family, seek to bring her home, so that she may be properly laid to rest. Please reach out to authorities with any information you may have, big or small, in regards to what happened to Simone Ridinger on Labor Day Weekend in 1977. Contact information for Sherborn and Natick Police is listed below.    Sherborn PD, Detective James Godinho: 508-653-2424  Natick PD, Detective John Haswell: 508-647-9500   Follow us on on Instagram at wickeddeedspod Like our Facebook Page, Wicked Deeds Follow us on Twitter @WickedDeeds Visit our website wickeddeedspodcast.com for a list of photos related to this case and our source material. 

In this episode we're drawing more highlights from our annual NOFA/Mass Winter Conference that happened remotely in January 2022. First we join Natural Farmer, Marco Thomas for an introduction to the Natural Farming technique of collecting of Indigenous Micro Organisms (IMOs).  Then, we join Richard Robinson of Hopestill Farm for a deep dive into mulching, and his impassioned reasons for using leaves as mulch as possible.  Marco Thomas is a natural farmer in Central Virginia, and is the founder of Microbes by Marco producing small batch craft inputs for soils. His work is focused on building soil and cultivating microorganisms to enhance his own garden and urban farm and he is guided by the principles, “Do as nature does.” and “Focus on the natural way.”  Richard Robinson began organic gardening over 40 years ago and became a serious farmer in 2004. He grows certified organic vegetables, small fruits, and Christmas trees at Hopestill Farm in Sherborn, MA. Richard has also a member of the NOFA/Mass Board of Directors since 2017. You can find Marco Thomas at MicrobesbyMarco.com  and on Instagram at: marco_is_growing More information on Richard Robinson and Hopestill Farm can be found at Hopestill.com To find more information on the Northeast Organic Farming Association chapter in your state please visit us at NOFA.org For additional information on upcoming workshops, articles and NOFA/Mass project updates, please follow our NOFA/Mass Facebook page and join our mailing list. NOFAmass.org Music by Matt Jatkola https://mattjatkola.com/ https://mattjatkola.bandcamp.com/ https://jatk.bandcamp.com/ Music by Jason Valcourt https://www.jasonvalcourt.com/ JV on YouTube NOFA Podcast produced and edited by Jason Valcourt

Bob and Dan Dain talk about the role of the judiciary in land use litigation and how the concept of “injury”, as interpreted by the court in Murchison v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Sherborn, saved real estate development in Massachusetts, particularly in “down zoning” jurisdictions like Boston. Dan also explains how zoning regulations constitute the single greatest contributor to the obesity crisis in America. A must listen for all land use lawyers, town planners, and real estate developers.

Meet John Halamka, M.D., M.S.:John Halamka, M.D., M.S. is an Emergency Medicine physician and the president of Mayo Clinic Platform. He has authored a number of books on technology and healthcare. Additionally, He and his wife run Unity Farm Sanctuary in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Prior to Mayo Clinic, Dr. Halamka was Chief Information Officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He received his M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco and earned an M.S. in Medical Informatics from Harvard University.Key Insights:John Halamka, M.D., M.S. is an expert in digital health and information technology. He provides a vision of AI's potential, and the challenges healthcare will need to consider. Investments in Data. Mayo Clinic Platform's business partnerships will explore new ways to gather and clean data, analyze models, and deliver clinical results while maintaining patient privacy. (8:49)How Advanced is AI? While the technology is advanced, with a variety of machine learning tools, we currently lack proper policy guardrails to determine best practice for AI. Additionally, many patients feel suspicious of algorithms making healthcare decisions. (14:09)Augmenting Physician Practice. As an emergency physician, Dr. Halamka notes that there are approximately 800 papers in his field published every day. A single physician can't keep up, but AI has the potential to integrate vast data streams to improve clinical decision making. (26:31)Relevant Links:Check out Dr. Halamka's blogFollow him on twitter Check out Dr. Halamka's books

Goat farms all across the state are accepting tree donations, which the animals are happy to chew through. WBZ's Tim Dunn has more:

Police is Sherborn are investigating a carjacking that sparked several shelters-in-place, deliberations continue in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery and today is the busiest travel day of the year. Five minutes of news that will keep you in "The Loop."

Welcome back! This week we're crackin' open Light of the Sun, a hard cider from Stormalong Hard Cider which is located in Sherborn, MA. This is a unique cider, dry-hopped with with multiple hops AND tropical fruit! Be sure to tune in and find out more as we explore the world of craft cider for one more week. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Cheers!

Join us for the first ever episode of the Vegan Massachusetts Podcast! This week we talk vegan news, events, and have a wonderful time talk to Kathy Halamka about Unity Farm Sanctuary in Sherborn, MA. Visit them online at unityfarmsanctuary.orgOrder Mings Bings at mingsbings.com through 11/30/2021 and receive 15% off with promo code VEGANMA15Order from sipofwit.etsy.com through 11/25/21 and receive 10% off with promo code VEGAN10

Justin returns from his leave of absence to address Saco III and how he's feeling. Bob Murchison joined the show by phone. A plan is set in motion to raise money for a brand new, state-of-the-art, Minihane Museum, with a target location in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Gerry Callahan launches a subscription option for his listeners.. We give an update to our team for the Step Up For Colleen 5K that takes place this Sunday. Kirk doesn't have a problem with AOC attending the Met Gala. Team Minihane has a primetime showdown on The Dozen this evening & much more.

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Another House party in Sherborn, Mass. and all the students will pay the price. Also, outdoor dining will be extended in winter in Boston - bring your Saint Bernard. And, did the Biden/Harris ticket flip to Harris Biden? And finally, what kind of guy cross-country skis to work? There's a certain type. Follow Tom on Twitter: @Tomshattuck More Tom stuff at www.tomshattuck.com Tom's "Insta" as the zillenials say: www.instagram.com/calvincaspian/ The opening theme music is called Divine Intervention by Matthew Sweet. The closing theme music to this podcast C'est La Vie by Derek Clegg. From: https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/youre-probably-drinking-storing-and-making-cocktails-with-your-vermouth-wrong/ "So: vermouth. Maybe you’ve heard of this stuff in passing, as part of a laundry list of ingredients for some old-timey cocktail. Maybe you have a bottle at home…somewhere…behind the crème de menthe, next to the Chambord? How long has it been there? No one remembers. Since we all come to vermouth with different experiences, let’s start with the basics. Vermouth is a fortified and aromatized wine. Basically: wine spiked with brandy, infused with herbs and spices, and sweetened. There are two main varieties: red (sweet) vermouth, which originally hails from Italy, and white (dry) vermouth, which first appeared in France. Wormwood, of absinthe fame, is dry vermouth’s hallmark ingredient. Vermouth, like amaro, was originally marketed for medicinal purposes. It then went on to became a celebrated aperitif, served on its own or with a twist of citrus. Eventually, vermouth found its permanent home at the world’s bar when it became associated with some of history’s most iconic cocktails." Excelsior!

WBZ's Jordan Rich talks with Matt Robinson of matts-meals.com about the Heritage of Sherborn reopening.

Matt is a one of a kind guy! As you'll hear from this interview, his easy and calm demeanor has brought him to a place in life he's very happy with.Matt's original passion for fitness started in high school when he ran cross country. He also found a lot of inspiration in some older kids on the team who served excellent role models for him during his impressionable years.Unsure of what he wanted to pursue after high school, Matt ended up majoring in psychology for his undergraduate degree. Upon graduation he was still unsure of what he wanted to do but he gave serious thought into medical school. Be sure to listen for the reason as to why he decided not to pursue it. He ultimately decided to attend law school a few years after graduating.In between undergrad and law school, Matt worked a couple years for a start-up which was a great experience for him.Matt currently lives in Sherborn with his amazing family including his wife Julia (also a Firewall member) and two kids Joshua and Eliza. You'll hear towards the beginning of the podcast how him and Julia actually met!Matt has been at Firewall since it's inception and we cannot thank him enough for constantly believing us and supporting all our decisions we make on a day to day basis. We hope you got a chance to learn a little bit more about Matt in this episode as I know I did! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to sit down and record this awesome episode, Matt! We're looking forward to watching you continuously grow and improve your fitness capabilities and capacity in 2020!

Chadwick Stokes made a name for himself as the co-founder of Dispatch in the mid-90s. Now the Sherborn native is set to headline his 12th annual Calling All Crows benefit show at Boston's House of Blues. WBZ NewsRadio's Drew Moholland reports.

Steve is one fascinating guy. From where Steve in life started to where he is now is quite the story. To sum up the episode, he goes from ski bum to a career in cryptocurrency.After some unique schooling growing up, Steve found a passion for Vale, Colorado during spring break of his senior year of college. He fell in love with it some much that he decided to start his post college life there... for 3 years! Embracing the full ski bum lifestyle, Steve's biggest aspiration at the time was to make it on to the cover of a ski magazine.Steve realized he didn't want to live his life out as a ski bum based off the lives of others around him. He then moved back East. We'll leave the explanation of his fascinating career path to him in the episode. Steve currently resides in Sherborn with his wife and 3 kids!Steve is a wonderful example of how compiling skills for decades can lead to great opportunity in the future. He's truly taken everything he's learned through his professional journey to get to where he is now.At the end of the episode, Steve gets into his relationship with fitness and why it's so important to him!Thank you so much for coming on the show, Steve. You were so much fun to interview, and you are an absolute wealth of knowledge!! I think everyone who listens to this will learn something!

It's the return of MHB! We continue to talk about the weekend in Sherborn. Then we discuss the latest episode of the Young Jurks podcast where a progressive activist host questions the intentions of Bob Murchison.Subscribe, rate, review, download, tell a friend and that stuff.

Kirk Minihane is triumphant following his wildly successful prayer vigil in Sherborn, MA, but he's not resting on his laurels. Minihane's got another live event and Bob Murchison is invited to attend. Some might say he'd be the star. In today's show, the crew recaps the weekend, you hear the special 1-hour show recorded at Jack's Abbey after the vigil, Steve Robinson isn't too hot on Linda Marks, and John Feitelberg joins for an epic fight about cancel culture with our own Blind Mike. 

Kirk Minihane does something on the show he's never done before. Steve shares more clips of S.E. from the Russian TV archive. Blind Mike thanks the community for reaching out following yesterday's tearjerker. A new sycophant has reached out to Kirk in a scary way and we're uncomfortable. Cynthia Dill has Jim Braude on her bizarre podcast and then calls into the show. Rich Kelleher and Kirk's Painter join us in studio to make the case that Kelleher should be allowed to attend the prayer vigil. By the way, see you in Sherborn, MA at 12:00pm tomorrow. Park at the Town Hall. 

September 29, 2019. "How To Love," as sermon by Emily Bruce, Ministerial Intern at UU Area Church at First Parish in Sherborn.

The Division 3 state champion Dover-Sherborn boys lacrosse team joined Cassell's Corner podcast and host Tommy Cassell to talk about winning a state title. Three seniors in Cam Raycroft, Matt Paolatto and Henry Kenney, and junior Matt Gallitano joined Tommy in studio after doing some faceoffs on the Daily News lawn. The quartet of Raiders opened up about their warm-up song, drank water out of tea mugs, talked all things lax and then take over the final section of the podcast. Cassell’s Corner Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at tcassell@wickedlocal.com You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites. You can also subscribe to our morning newsletter for all of the latest sports headline, here for MetroWest readers and here for Milford Daily News readers.

Featuring guest pastor Rev. John Hudson, Pilgrim UCC, Sherborn, MA.

May 26, 2019. "If We Had More Time," a sermon by Jessica James, Ministerial Intern at UU Area Church at First Parish in Sherborn.

The three captains of the Dover-Sherborn boys basketball team brought in their Division 3 state championship trophy and medals to see Tommy as they taped this show. Fresh off a 71-56 win over Bishop Stang to secure the Raiders' first state title since 1981, seniors Brett Stark, Cam Raycroft and John Muckstadt joined Tommy in studio to talk all things basketball, injuries, traveling and March Madness.   They even played a little HORSE in the lobby of the Daily News.    Cassell’s Corner Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at tcassell@wickedlocal.com You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites. You can also subscribe to our morning newsletter for all of the latest sports headline, here for MetroWest readers and here for Milford Daily News readers.

This was such a treat getting the chance to talk with Sandra all about her upbringing to her current path to reform the traditional educational system. Sandra's passion shines through the speakers in the back half of the interview. You're definitely going to want to listen to this long sit down in full! Sandra has done some amazing things in her life and doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.Side Note: Again, I apologize for the sniffling and throat clearing throughout the interview, hope it doesn't ruin Sandra's amazing interview for you!To start, Sandra won "Tiny Queen of the Earth" when she was just 4 years old. We are in the presence of royalty at Firewall!!Although she claims that's where she peaked in life, she kept climbing from there. She went to Boston College for undergrad and then decided to join Teach for America which led her to Texas for a couple of years. She met her husband through the program, and they eventually moved to New York for graduate school.When she was in Houston, she discovered her passion for teaching kids how to read. This continues to be her passion and foundation for her current career.Currently she has a family with her husband of three incredible daughters: Zoey (15), Ana (13), and Evie (8). Interestingly enough, her husband's job took them to England for a few years before coming back to the States and eventually Sherborn.I hope you enjoyed this interview as much as I did. Thank you so much for being on the show Sandra!

A father-son duo of Dover's Steve Ryan and Kirby Ryan joined host Tommy Cassell to discuss Dover-Sherborn football's season-opening win over Weston  –  which happens to be Tommy's alma mater  –  on Sept. 7.  Kirby is a junior quarterback and Steve is in his second year as D-S head coach, his second stint with the Raiders after coaching the team earlier this century. The pair of Ryans and Tommy chatted all things football –  like dropping participation numbers, technology and what it's like to be coached or coach a family member –  while Steve and Kirby played a little "How will do you know your relative" game at the end of the podcast.  Cassell’s Corner Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at tcassell@wickedlocal.com You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites.

The Dover-Sherborn boys tennis team joins host Tommy Cassell in this episode.  Two seniors in Max Schuermann (No. 1 singles) and Lucas Minas (No. 2 singles), along with their coach Jon Kirby,  talk all things tennis. The Raiders finished the regular season with a 15-0 record and over their four years at D-S, Schuermann and Minas led their team to a 63-0 record in the regular season over that time span.  D-S lost in the Division 3 state championship in 2016, the sophomore season for both Schuermann and Minas, and fell in the Div. 3 state semifinals in 2015 and 2017. Needless to say, the Raiders have some unfinished business that is motivating them. The three D-S tennis team members and Cassell also discuss golf, swimming, DJing and many other things.  Cassell’s Corner Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44 or by email at tcassell@wickedlocal.com You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available on our websites. 

We've switched it up a little this time. Instead of one guest, Maywood! invited the entire cast of the local theater production of No Exit onto the show to discuss the philosophical implications of Jean-Paul Sartre's famous play. They also perform a short scene. Enjoy! If you're a local listener, come see their actual production this Sunday (June 3rd)! The performance is hosted at the Sherborn Community Center in beautiful Sherborn, Massachusetts at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Tickets sold at the door. SparkNotes for No Exit (great analysis): http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/noexit/

Industry Standard 240: RIP - Best of Barry Crimmins presented by Hello Fresh (for $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit go to hellofresh.com and enter the promo code KATZ30)Former Air America radio writer and correspondent (2003-2006), social justice activist, internationally renowned political satirist and author of the acclaimed seven stories press book 'Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal' helped bring the Boston comedy scene into the modern age when he founded two of Boston's most fabled clubs: The Ding Ho and Stitches. Such acts as Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kevin Meaney, Jimmy Tingle and many, many others cut their comedic teeth in the rooms Crimmins started at shows he produced. As the years went on, he became an activist of sorts, travelling to Nicaragua to perform political satire about the U.S. government and the Contras. The brilliant, multi-talented Barry Crimmins is also an actor, known for The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion (1986) When Stand Up Stood Out (2003), and Call Me Lucky (2015) which documents in detail his traumatic early childhood experiences of being raped my a next door neighbor in the basement of his own home. Crimmin's satirical writing and comedy routines have focused through the years on the need for political and social change. Crimmins received the "Peace Leadership Award" in 1991 from Boston Mobilization for Survival. The award was presented by Noam Chomsky. Additionally, he was honored by Community Works with the "Artist for Social Change Award" for his years of activism. In 1994, Howard Zinn presented Barry Crimmins along with Maya Angelou "The Courage of Conscience Award" from Wellesley College and the Life Experience School at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Barry's friend Howard Zinn did the presenting that day. His work as an activist, journalist and performer has taken him everywhere from the American campaign trail to war zones in Central America to Camp Casey on the perimeter of the George W. Bush compound in Craw-Ford, Texas. On June 4, 2016, Barry shot an hour special in Lawrence, Kansas for Louis C.K.'s Pig Newton Productions. Barry is a true American comedy legend who never rests on his laurels, instead building each performance on a lifetime of remarkable experiences and a comic mind that has made him into the one-of-a-kind comic you really need to see.

Help Ian interview all *190+* specialties! www.undifferentiatedmedicalstudent.com/suggestions TUMS Email template to facilitate reaching out to guests! Become a TUMS patron! Show notes for this episode can be found here.  Dr. Michael Abrams Dr. Abrams is a pediatric ophthalmologist currently on sabbatical to work as CEO of FreeLinc Technologies (www.freelinc.com) in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Dr. Abrams completed his undergraduate degree at Haverford College; his medical degree at a combined program at Dartmouth and Brown Medical Schools; an ophthalmology residency at State University of New York at Buffalo; and then a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at Children’s Hospital of Detroit. Over his career, Dr. Abrams has served as a General Medical Officer and Battalion Surgeon in the U.S. Army, spent 16 years in private practice as a pediatric ophthalmologist, and regularly published his research in peer review journals during this time.  He is a volunteer faculty member for ORBIS international, and has a specific interest in Connected Health and in establishing distributive educational hierarchies in evolving medical systems. He has served on numerous boards, including the Children’s Eye Foundation (www.childrenseyefoundation.org), and the Utah Medical Insurance Association (www.umia.com), where he helped to guide a $150 million merger and acquisition.  In 2013, Dr. Abrams took a sabbatical from clinical medicine to take the top job at FreeLinc, a research and development company focused on the adoption of Near Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) as a new wireless communication standard to be used with their proprietary wireless body area network technology that hopes to revolutionize Connected Health. Please enjoy with Dr. Michael Abrams!

December 18, 2016 The three ministers of UU Area Church at First Parish in Sherborn give a modern take on the Christmas story. Where do you find yourself in this tale of immigration and hope?

One of Asia's most successful businesswomen over the past three decades joins the pod to discuss her career and life story. From pioneering and controversial beginnings as one of the UK's first female football writers, Julie moved to Singapore in 1988 and into publishing, where she spent twenty years building Kerry Packer's ACP media empire across the continent. Humble, soft-spoken, and often dubbed ‘the Anna Wintour of Asia', she shares her views on the future of magazines; where journalism in general is headed; the importance of mentors, and how she is most drawn to passionate people who push frontiers and constantly drive for perfection. Release date: December 20th 2016 Runtime: 33m Recorded: Singapore

Former Air America radio writer and correspondent (2003-2006), social justice activist, internationally renowned political satirist and author of the acclaimed seven stories press book 'Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal' helped bring the Boston comedy scene into the modern age when he founded two of Boston's most fabled clubs: The Ding Ho and Stitches. Such acts as Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kevin Meaney, Jimmy Tingle and many, many others cut their comedic teeth in the rooms Crimmins started at shows he produced. As the years went on, he became an activist of sorts, travelling to Nicaragua to perform political satire about the U.S. government and the Contras. The brilliant, multi-talented Barry Crimmins is also an actor, known for The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion (1986) When Stand Up Stood Out (2003), and Call Me Lucky (2015) which documents in detail his traumatic early childhood experiences of being raped my a next door neighbor in the basement of his own home. Crimmin's satirical writing and comedy routines have focused through the years on the need for political and social change. Crimmins received the "Peace Leadership Award" in 1991 from Boston Mobilization for Survival. The award was presented by Noam Chomsky. Additionally, he was honored by Community Works with the "Artist for Social Change Award" for his years of activism. In 1994, Howard Zinn presented Barry Crimmins along with Maya Angelou "The Courage of Conscience Award" from Wellesley College and the Life Experience School at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Barry's friend Howard Zinn did the presenting that day. His work as an activist, journalist and performer has taken him everywhere from the American campaign trail to war zones in Central America to Camp Casey on the perimeter of the George W. Bush compound in Craw-Ford, Texas. On June 4, 2016, Barry shot an hour special in Lawrence, Kansas for Louis C.K.'s Pig Newton Productions. Barry is a true American comedy legend who never rests on his laurels, instead building each performance on a lifetime of remarkable experiences and a comic mind that has made him into the one-of-a-kind comic you really need to see.

Shannon Edgar's new cidery in the historical Cider town of Sherborn Massachusetts is already winning awards! In spring of 2016, at Michigan's Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP) Stormalong Hard Cider took home 5 medals! Look at the bottom of the page for the listing. This chat begins with Shannon and Benjamin Roberts-Sano who works with Shannon creating their delicious ciders by discussing Sherborn's cider  history and the Holbrook Cider Mill (1890). The mill exported Holbrook's Champagne Cider to Great Britain, Denmark, Germany and Belgium and in the US as far as Texas and Nebraska. It was advertised as "The World's Largest Cider Mill" producing 1.25 million gallons of cider per year. The mill also invented and patented the Steam-Powered Cider Press (1871) and used sand to filter the cider to remove "impurities". The mill was the largest employer in the town. We then discuss the folklore hero A. B. Stormalong, who throw back barrels of cider like you and I drink pints. This sea faring storybook character felt like the right fit for Shannon to use in the branding of his cider. Stormalong Hard Ciders Legendary 6.9% The Grand Banks 9.5% Dry Hopped  And Stormalong has a Rare Apple Series too! Wickson Kingston Black Heritage GLINTCAP 2016 awards for Stormalong Hard Cider Category: New World- Modern Bronze: Stormalong Cider – Boston Heirloom Bronze: Stormalong Cider – Legendary Dry Category: English Silver: Stormalong Cider – Kingston Black Category: Hopped/Herbal Silver: Stormalong Cider – Dry Hop Wood Aged Cider and Perry Bronze: Stormalong Cider – The Grand Banks – Whiskey Contact info for Stormalong: http://stormalong.com/ciders/ Twitter: @stormalongcider Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stormalongcider Tasting Room for Stormalong? Visit Heritage of Sherborn which features flights of Stormalong More on Alfred Bulltop Stormalong - watch a fun tale via YouTube Patrons of Cider Chat can listen to the full conversation with Shannon and Ben discussing cidermaking techniques with barrels, bottle conditioning or not, and cider analysis. Follow Cider Chat on Twitter @ciderchat  

Reverend Nathan Detering is minister at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Area Church in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Last holiday season, he tried an experiment with his congregation — “reverse offering,” where instead of members donating money to the church, they were given money instead.

The order Diptera (Insecta), flies, is a megadiverse group, representing some 15% or more of the known species of organisms. Scientific names are tags to concepts (hypotheses), called species, by which we organize our knowledge of biodiversity. Our Systema Dipterorum provides an index to all scientific names related to flies, so access to our knowledge about them is readily available. Sherborn more than a century ago attempted to provide such an index to all animal names. He did provide an index to all names published up until and including 1850. We compare our indexes, revealing how standards have changed and the number of names increased. Today, more and better resources are being made available to us, such as the Biodiversity Heritage Library, and our standards are higher (new International Code of Zoological Nomenclature), but regardless of all the change, Sherborn for his time provided an almost perfect (99.9%) index.Listen to this episode

By the late 19th Century, storms plaguing early Victorian systematics and nomenclature seemed to have abated. Vociferous disputes over radical renaming, the world shaking clash of all-encompassing procrustean systems, struggles over centres of authority, and the issues of language and meaning had now been settled by the institution of a stable imperial museum and its catalogues, a set of rules for the naming of zoological objects, and a new professional class of zoologists.  Yet, for all that tranquillity, the disputes simmered below the surface, re-emerging as bitter struggles over synonyms, trinomials, the subspecies category, the looming issues of the philosophy of scientific language, and the aggressive new American style of field biology ñ all pressed in upon the received practice of naming and classifying organisms and the threat of anarchy. In the midst rose an index. This paper will explore the context of CD Sherbornís Index Animalium and those looming problems and issues which a laborious and comprehensive ìindex of natureî was meant to solve.Listen to this episode

Charles Davies Sherborn was an indexer. And he followed a long line of indexers. And a longer line of indexers followed him. They/we are all members of ‘The Indexer’s Club’. A club of obsessed individuals who, for some weird reason, find it necessary to not only facilitate a semblance of order, but to make sometimes incredibly huge amounts of information available to others [sacrificing their social lives and labouring on what spouses and colleagues may consider esoteric projects in order to save others from the same work]. And in doing so, encumbering most of the day and the wee hours of the night with a passion and fervour few other human beings can even begin to understand. This presentation will explore the bits of Sherbornís life that led to that passion for indexing; and touch upon the impact he has had on bibliographies and researching the dates of publication; upon nomenclature; and upon the indexing of names ó and it will attempt to explain why he did this and where we all can go as a result.Listen to this episode

**Today's host(s):** Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams **Today's guest(s):** Artie Boyle **Today's topics:** Artie Boyle's miraculous experience in Medjugorje, Part 1 of 2 **Summary of today's show:** Artie Boyle, a father of 13, tells Scot and Fr. Matt how he was diagnosed with cancer at age 44, how it drove him to prayer and deeper faith, and how he came to travel to a little town in the Balkans called Medjugorje where the Blessed Mother is said to have been appearing to six people since the 1980s  where he sought both physical and spiritual healing. **1st segment:** Scot welcomes Fr. Matt to the show. Today's guest, Artie Boyle, will talk about how he was healed by Jesus during a visit to the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina, where the Blessed Mother is said to have been appearing since the 1980s. Medjugorje has had a big effect on Fr. Matt's own vocation. Fr. Matt said the Feast oft he Assumption is one of his favorite Marian feast days. Medjugorje invokes a love and peace in Fr. Matt because it was the impetus of his reversion to the Catholic faith and the seeds of his vocation. He first went in 1991 and he has been back 9 times. Fr. Matt's father was invited to Medjugorje by the priest-chaplain at Children's Hospital where he worked. That was the seed of his own deeper relationship with the Blessed Mother and he began to pray the rosary more and read the book [" Medjugorje: The Message"](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035G054M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pilo0e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0035G054M) by Wayne Weible. He chronicles his journey there and is one of the first books about Medjugorje. Fr. Matt's dad decided that the whole family should go together and he announced that the summer when Fr. Matt was 17 that the family vacation would be this trip. His father told him that this was an experience that Fr. Matt needed to have. God honors our free will and he wants us to choose him freely. When he went, over the course of the week, his hardened heart was softened. In MEdjugorje, you are inserted into an atmosphere of prayer .If nothing else, the place is marked by the sacraments and an expectant faith that God is going to do something. You start to experience the love of God through Our Lady. By the end of the week, he was on his knees praying the rosary. But it wasn't until 1994 when he went back at 20 years old and God flipped his world upside down through the experience of confession and he got a sense of his vocation. During that confession, it hits him that God loves him uniquely and personally. And that all his sins have affected this God who desires nothing but good for him. Fr. Matt started weeping. Through that, he said to the priest that he didn't know what to do with his life. He said he thought he might have a calling (despite having a girlfriend of two years). From that point forward he started a journey and three years later he entered the seminary.  He been back to Medjugorje three times as a priest. Scot has stories of spiritual and physical healing at Medjugorje for people who have traveled there with an expectant faith. Fr. Matt said while he was at seminary he knew at least three or four other men who were there because of an experience at Medjugorje. **2nd segment:** Scot and Fr. Matt welcomed Artie Boyle to the show. Artie works in the Boston Catholic Development Services, helping with the Campaign for Catholic Schools. He started working for the Archdiocese in December 2009. Scot said working in development was a phenomenal experience for him, especially meeting people throughout the Archdiocese. Artie said he has seen many people who have been alienated by events over the past 10 or 50 years are starting to come back and desire to help build up the Church and the faith. Artie and his wife were married at a young age in 1974. He and his wife Judy left school and they didn't have a job to fall back on so they were in God's hands. Artie said he was a convenient Catholic at the time, going to church on Sundays and trying to raise the children in the faith. That was pretty much the only sacrament he participated in. He went to Mass an obligation and not really knowing what was going on. He didn't know until he went to Medjugorje at 44 years old. When you know, it changes your whole outlook and it makes him excited about the Mass and the Word of God. He and his wife have 13 children. Their second child, Artie, was autistic and it was very difficult for  19-year-old. They didn't believe people who told them they couldn't have more kids. Their eight child, Joseph Anthony, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It was the most traumatic thing to happen to them and still is. Their next child was Julianne and since all the other 7 children had been present when Joseph died, Judy decided that they should be present in the delivery room when she had the next child. All the kids were silent the minute the hard labor hit. Two of the children are married. One has eight children and the other has seven. The kids have all done well. Artie is a Special Olympics gold medal winner, another is a doctor, his son Brian plays in the NHL, Brendan has an MBA, and they're all doing well. They're very proud and it's all a gift from God. He said Judy is the key because she is powerful in her faith. The men in the family are the leaders of the home and the women are the heart. He's convinced that if he doesn't lead in prayer, it will all fall apart. Scot said research shows that when a father is active in passing on the faith, both boys and girls are much more likely to be active in their faith as adults. Artie said Our Lady has asked men to pray the rosary with the family for a reason, to bring the family together and bring peace to the faith. He can discuss things with his kids after prayer that he wouldn't be able to otherwise. Fr. Matt said when the family prays together, you might think everyone would react this it's taking away from recreational time. The irony is that the sacrifice creates a recreation among the family that most parents would give their right arm to have. His experience is that when his family would gather for prayer, they would have the best conversations. This was the family bonding time. Artie said  their prayer time is not just rote prayer of the rosary, but it's also conversation. Family conversation is prayer time. Their prayer time has evolved into a fire pit time. They have a fire pit in the backyard and every Sunday night, everyone from the oldest to the youngest want to gather around the fire pit and talk. It's not mindless recreation; they love to sit around and talk with their parents. That evolved from the prayer time. **3rd segment:** Scot said in the late 90's was when Artie first was told he had cancer. Artie said he's always been very active and has been an avid golfer, but at the time he couldn't play four holes of golf without having to stop. He would feel a burning inside that was so intense he had to stop. The doctors found he was anemic, which is very unusual for a man. He had more tests and they found he had [Barrett's sophagus](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002128/). He was put on medication and told to come back in a month. A month later he'd lost 45 pounds and his face looked gray and sunken. The doctor said the medicine hadn't taken effect yet and sent him to stay on it for another month. Had he done that he wouldn't be here today. Instead, Judy called Mass. General Hospital and they said they could see Artie in a month. So she started to pray. She sat down at the kitchen table to pray and the doorbell rang. A good friend who lives a couple hundred miles away happened to be in the neighborhood. His sister worked at the Mass. General; he made a call and they had an appointment for two days later. The doctors gave him a battery of tests and found nothing. They sent him to a hematologist who did a bunch of tests and found nothing. They scheduled a CT scan at an offsite facility. The technicians told him all he had to do was lie down on the table and hold his breath, but then they said he hadn't been holding his breath properly and they'd need to take more tests. They said the results would be results would be read the next day so they headed home. Something pulled him to his doctor's office and as he arrived the doctor's secretary called and said the doctor needed to see him. When he went in, the doctor was waiting for him, sat him down, and told him he had renal cell carcinoma, cancer of the kidney. It's the most intense thing he's ever been told. He immediately began to wonder how much time he had left, who would take care of his 13 kids, how is his wife going to do this by herself, who will teach the boys how to play catch, who will be there for the girls when the boys come around for the prom and all that sort of stuff. The doctor tried to prescribe a tranquilizer right then and there, but Artie said No. He was scheduled for an oncologist immediately and he went right to his office. He sat there for several hours with his head in his hands, but when he started to look around the room he saw that there were people worse off than him. He believed he could beat the cancer, but not once did he think of God. The doctor finally called him in and brought up the CT pictures of the tumor as big as his fist sitting on his kidney. The spleen and the lymph nodes were also infected. The next morning he went with Judy to see the urologist. The surgeon explained that it would an ugly surgery and gave them the details of how bad it would. Judy was silent the whole time and later he learned that Judy was praying and rebuking everything that the doctor was saying. Surgery was schedule for Dec 9, 1999.  In the 21 days before, many things happened to them. James 5:14-16 says, "Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint (him) with oil in the name of the Lord,and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven." They took it literally and went to every priest they could find, every healing Mass there was. Judy and her sister put his name on the Novena to St. Anthony and put them in the backs of many of the churches on the South Shore.  December 8 is the feast of the Immaculate Conception and there was an all-night prayer vigil into the day of his surgery. One of the most profound healing Masses happened after work one day with Fr. Ed McDonough at the Mission Church in Boston. Judy picked him up in the car and he heard a fascinating story about [St. Faustina](http://thedivinemercy.org/message/stfaustina/) and the chaplet of Divine Mercy. When he got to the Mission Church, he prayed with his whole heart for the first time in his life. As he was praying, he felt something physically strike him in the chest. It knocked him backwards. After that, Fr. McDonough prayed over him and the gray cancer color of his skin disappeared right before everyone's eyes. The next day, he had his blood tested and he was back to normal, which was a scientific impossibility. Then his wife received a call from a stranger who said they'd been praying to the novena for Artie and who also said  they'd lost a relic several months before and found it recently. It was a relic of St. Faustina and they wanted Artie to have it. Meanwhile, as they had been driving to Mission Church, Judy had told Artie that she thought he should wear a [Miraculous Medal](http://www.amm.org/aboutus/medal.asp). Artie had never worn jewelry, never mind religious jewelry. But when they got back to his car that he'd left at work, they found Miraculous Medal on a man's chain on the passenger seat, even though Artie knows his car door had been locked. Today this day they share the medal with people in need. Artie realized that God was trying to get through to him. Faith was clearly the key ingredient in his healing. There are many people of faith out there and Artie believes in the power of prayer. It was a tough surgery for Artie because it was a new anesthesiologist and he woke up at the end without proper pain medication and writhing in pain. However, the good news was that the pancreatic surgeon wasn't needed. A membrane had grown between the tumor and the pancreas, protecting the pancreas. So now the pancreas sits where the kidney was. The pathology report two or three weeks later from the doctor said they had got it all and he would live a normal life. Artie's reaction was to thank Jesus and ask Him what Artie could do in thanksgiving. He didn't hear anything, so he didn't do anything and went right back into the rat race. He went back three months later and there was nothing, but eight months later they found three tumors in his right lung. The cancer had metastasized and metastatic renal cell cancer has no cure. No chemotherapy, no radiation, and nothing works but extraction. They went to a thoracic surgeon, along with their medical school student daughter and her medical school student husband. Artie was petrified of going back into surgery and depression and anxiety set in. He was told he had a 5% chance of survival, but surgery was his only hope. **4th segment:** It's time to announce the winner of the weekly **WQOM Benefactor Raffle**. This week's prize is [Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion & Purpose](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984131892/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pilo0e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0984131892) by Matthew Kelly. This week's winner is **Katherine Knapp from Sherborn, MA**. Congratulations Katherine! If you would like to be eligible to win in an upcoming week, please visit [WQOM.org](http://www.WQOM.org). For a one-time $30 donation, you'll receive the Station of the Cross benefactor card and key tag, making you eligible for WQOM's weekly raffle of books, DVDs, CDs and religious items. We'll be announcing the winner each Wednesday during “The Good Catholic Life” program. **5th segment:** The surgery was scheduled for September 14, 2000, which happens to be the feast of the triumph of the Cross. It also was his brother-in-law Kevin's birthday. Artie and Judy talked to Kevin and his wife, Rita, who is Judy's sister. The next day Kevin played golf with another good friend of theirs, Robby. Kevin told him the story of Artie's illness and Robby spent the 18 holes telling him the story of Medjugorje. Kevin told Artie about Medjugorje and Artie said his daughter had given Judy the book,"Medjugorje: The Message" about ten years earlier, and eve though Judy had tried to read the messages of Our Lady at Medjugorje to him, it was inevitably while Artie was watching sports and it went in one ear and out the other. Within one week, Kevin, Robby, and Artie were on their way to Medjugorje in a little village in Bosnia-Hercegovina to be there September 4-10. Artie kept a journal and was inspired to write in that he was going to Medjugorje to see the Blessed Mother and be healed and although he wasn't necessarily going to see her, he knew that he would be touched by her in some way. Faith is the confident assurance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things yet unseen. He had written that confident assurance and he would receive the evidence. As Artie was flying across the Atlantic, Judy had taken their 5-year-old son, Nick, to a nondemoninational Bible study. Nick went in with the other kids and when they came out, she asked Nick what he learned. Nick said, "Luke 5:13, Be not afraid, your prayer has been heard." Later in the week, they heard Luke 1:37, "Nothing is impossible with God." Two things Judy needed to hear while her husband was halfway across the world. She believed from that moment that Artie would be healed. They arrived in Medjugorje and felt that it was a place of supernatural village. It was a tiny village and they'd even brought suitcases of food and water because they'd had no idea what they would experience. The food and water turned out to be fine. They stayed in a family's home. They went to the church and the first they did was go to confession, the first time for any of them in 15 years. He kind of just blew thought it as an obligation. Then they went into Mass.  At Masses in Medjugorje, they pray the rosary first in many languages. But when they sing between the decades, they sing with such conviction that your soul is lifted into heaven. They met their guide after Mass who was supposed to take them to Viska, one of the six visionaries of Medjugorje, whose usual task is to pray over the sick. Unfortunately, the guide told them that Viska had to go to Rome to visit a sick friend and she wouldn't be able to pray with him. It was disappointing, but they were in Medjugorje. After Mass, the next day he was still anxious, but felt so much peace. They went to buy something nice for their wives at a little jewelry store. He had bought 5 rosary bead bracelets for his daughters and was looking at 5 gold chains and crosses for his sons and though they were expensive, he realized that if he could spend the money he did on golf and hockey and other recreational activity for himself, he could spend it on Jesus. As the thought entered his head, there was commotion immediately to his left and Viska was suddenly standing next to him. She had missed her plane the night before and she had happened to stop in the store. The guide excitedly came over to explain who Artie was and she put her hands on him to pray. The heat that came from his body started making the others with him sweat. They left there to climb up [Mt. Krizevac](http://pilgrimage.medjugorje.com/pilgrimage-to-medjugorje/84-cross-mountain.html) or Cross Mountain. In 1933, the villagers built a 33-ton cross on the mountain that overlooks the entire valley. The mountain is so craggy and the brush so thick that it's almost impossible to ascend, but the villagers were able to build this cross. Artie and the guys wanted to go up there to pray. They passed St. James Church on the way and they felt called to return to make a better confession. To this day, the priest in that confessional, an English priest who now serves in the missions in Peru, remains a dear friend. In the confessional, the priest explained to him that the Eucharist is the most powerful medicine we have on earth, to take Jesus into his body as often as possible, and ask Jesus to heal him. He told Artie that when he returns home, to live his life as a witness. Leaving the confessional, he realized that his anxiety and depression were gone and that he had gone  to Medjugorje not for a physical healing but a spiritual healing. Scot said Jesus often healed people spiritually, before healing physically. Artie said confession is not an option. It is a sacrament that gives us a grace that allows us to walk in the light of Christ. They then went to the mountain. As they climbed, he felt a pain in his lung that he could put a finger on and he said to himself that it was getting worse. It was raining at the time and they'd been told it was too dangerous to climb. At the top of the mountain, they were alone and praying for healing. Artie said he went to Medjugorje in love with the Blessed Mother and afraid of Jesus. Once he was there he fell in love with Jesus and the Blessed Mother took her place. He's not sure why he was afraid of Jesus, but he knew the Blessed Mother would love him no matter what, just like any mother would. But then he realized that Jesus did love him over there. Scot is struck by the fact that Artie wasn't alone over there, but was with his friends. They took a picture at the top of the mountain of the three of them standing together overlooking the valley. In the photo, there appears to be an image of Jesus or the Blessed Mother standing behind them with their arms extended. He saw it as a gift for them. They managed to find their way down the rain-slicked mountain and Artie called his wife and asked her to schedule another CT scan before they cut out his lung. She called the doctor and the doctor's secretary left him a voicemail saying, "We know you're in Medjugorje, we know why you're there. The fact is you have cancer and it's not going to disappear. We're going to go ahead with the surgery." So Judy got another doctor. They later found out his parents had gone to Medjugorje and he had a picture from Medjugorje on his office wall. As he left Medjugorje, Artie was convinced he was healed as were Kevin and Robby. The family at home were not yet convinced.  On Thursday, Part 2 of our conversation with Artie Boyle.

On December 17, 2006 a conference was held at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, MA to discuss the recently passed Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Vegan Radio was there recording the conference, which featured presentations by professor Roger Gottlieb, Drew Wilson, Odette Wilkens and Peter Muller from the Equal Justice Alliance, and a phone-in interview by U.S. Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. Our musical guest is Exit Ophelia.We also feature an interview with Walker Argendeli, a talented 13-year-old who is a dedicated vegan, has started his own computer company, and is writing a novel. What's more, he is a spelling bee champion. Megan prides herself on her spelling, and Scott thinks he is pretty smart too... so we have our own little spelling bee to see who is the real vegan spelling whiz.