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Stephanie K and Jay welcome back Amari Steward to the studio. In partnership with Genesee County and the MTA, the Flint and Genesee Group will host its popular Be a Tourist in Your Hometown event on Saturday, May 10, 2025. This one-day event allows locals to tour several area attractions for free! For more information please visit their website by clicking here.
Day 2 in Fargo we meet up and coming star Briana Helbling with songs that include The Way We Lie, Inside Out and Your Hometown
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Jeanie Mayer, Executive Director of the Hampshire Area Chamber of Commerce, joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters for Your Hometown. Jeanie talks about the revitalization of their downtown and business community. Plus, Jeanie highlights some of their businesses and shares what makes them special. For information, visit www.hampshirechamber.org
Welcome to Paranormal Spectrum, where we illuminate the enigmatic corners of the supernatural world. I'm your host, Barnaby Jones, and today we have a very special guest joining us:Gavin and Paula Purcell Kelly are a paranormal power duo with a deep passion for uncovering the unknown. They've built their production company from the ground up, creating and producing made-for-TV paranormal shows that bring viewers face-to-face with the supernatural. You might recognize some of their work, like The Paranormal Journey: Into the Unknown, an Amazon Original Series that premiered on Halloween 2017, or Truth or Legends in Your Hometown, which airs on Roku. And if you're keeping an eye out, you've probably caught trailers for some of their upcoming projects too! Over the past few years, Paula and Gavin have crisscrossed the Southeast and, eventually, the entire U.S., capturing paranormal activity at some of the most haunted locations imaginable. From eerie hospitals and abandoned schools to historic jails, prisons, churches, and battlegrounds—they've seen it all. In just three years, they've filmed at more than 125 haunted locations, including landmarks like The Queen Mary in Long Beach and The U.S.S. Lexington in Corpus Christi. And here's the kicker: they've done it all independently, without any major network backing or financial help. Sure, it's been challenging, but it's also incredibly rewarding. They are driven by their passion for uncovering the stories and history of these haunted places, and Paula works tirelessly to research and dig up historical records to help them bring these stories to life. But that's not all—Paula and Gavin are also published authors, with two books to their name, and Gavin is currently working on his third book, Filming the Paranormal. It's an exciting time for them, and they're eager to continue sharing their adventures and discoveries with the world!Click that play button, and let's unravel the mysteries of the UNTOLD! Remember to like, share, and subscribe to our channel to stay updated on all the latest discoveries and adventures. See you there!https://www.intheshadowsentertainmentgroup.com/Ghost Hunting: Sensationalism in Social Media:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghost-hunting-gavin-kelly/1144516864;jsessionid=882104BE3FC8E9FD675D25A4053EEC51.prodny_store01-atgap11?ean=9798855683288Join Barnaby Jones on the Paranormal Spectrum every Thursday on the Untold Radio Network Live at 12pm Central – 10am Pacific and 1pm Eastern. Come and Join the live discussion next week. Please subscribe.We have twelve different Professional Podcasts on all the things you like. New favorite shows drop each day only on the UNTOLD RADIO NETWORK.To find out more about Barnaby Jones and his team, (Cryptids, Anomalies, and the Paranormal Society) visit their website www.WisconsinCAPS.comMake sure you share and Subscribe to the CAPS YouTube Channel as wellhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs7ifB9Ur7x2C3VqTzVmjNQ
Have you ever had a quote or short essay completely change how you look at something? Whether it's gaining awareness about something new or looking at an old problem through a new lens, seeing and hearing other's perspectives can change our hearts and minds for better or for worse sometimes. In today's episode, I want to focus around a central subject about how you feel in your body and the many factors that can contribute to that feeling. I want to share one of my favorite books recently titled, "101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think" by Breanna West and specifically share 18 short passages from this book and give you my interpretation of what they mean. Please let me know if you have a favorite one and Happy New Year! Time Stamps: (1:43) Favorite Thing About Christmas (4:44) The Relationship With Your Body (7:37) Your Kids Hear and Internalize Everything (8:52) Photoshop and The Distortion of Reality (12:57) Judging Others and Your Opinion Of Yourself (16:10) Your Friends and How They Treat Their Body (17:16) The Media You Consume (18:09) Your Heritage and Your Hometown (19:57) Relationships and Physical Expectations (21:16) The Journey vs A Destination (22:54) Genuine Friendships (24:00) Cat Calls (24:40) Your Body's Acceptability (27:07) The Sun and Vitality (28:24) Your Self-Worth (30:20) The Body of Celebrities (31:57) What Our Bodies Were Meant To Do---------------------Follow @vanessagfitness on Instagram for daily fitness tips & motivation. ---------------------Download Our FREE Metabolism-Boosting Workout Program---------------------Join the Women's Metabolism Secrets Facebook Community for 25+ videos teaching you how to start losing fat without hating your life!---------------------Click here to send me a message on Facebook and we'll see how I can help or what best free resources I can share!---------------------Interested in 1-on-1 Coaching with my team of Metabolism & Hormone Experts? Apply Here!---------------------Check out our Youtube Channel!---------------------Enjoyed the podcast? Let us know what you think and leave a 5⭐️ rating and review on iTunes!
Once a month, WGN Radio showcases a local town during our “Your Hometown” series. Throughout the day, the town is spotlighted in interviews, newscasts, and videos on the website. While featuring Roselle last month, a listener suggested that the Morning Show look into Happy by Chocolate. Roselle Mayor David Pileski agreed with the listener’s suggestion […]
On this Your Hometown focusing on Roselle, John is joined by Jennifer Fisher, owner of Jen’s Art, Gifts, & Books, a local business that has more than just books. Listen below as Jen talks about owning a bookstore and all she has in store for you. Located at 15 Howard Ave, Roselle, IL 60172, stop […]
Robert Frank, a historical society member and former caretaker of the Lehmann Mansion in Lake Villa, joins Jon Hansen for Your Hometown. Robert shares the history of the Lehmann family and their history in downtown Chicago.
Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card! For this month’s Your Hometown, we focus on Bensenville. In doing our part in helping educate our listeners, John is joined by Chris Sloan, the director of the Bensenville Community Public Library. Chris expounds on some of the events taking place at the library over […]
The guest is Simsbury High School's head coach Jim Martocchio, who shares insights on coaching philosophies, the challenges and rewards of coaching in the town you live in, balancing coaching roles, and the dynamics of preparing teams for playoffs. Additionally, the conversation touches on nurturing player development from youth through high school, the impact of lacrosse on youth, and maintaining passion and fun in the sport despite the pressures of high stakes competition. The coach also delves into the role of community and relationships in building successful programs, highlighting the journey of senior players and discussing the potential next steps in their lacrosse careers. Chasing the Goal podcast from New England Lacrosse Journal is a Seamans Media production. Find more daily lacrosse news at New England Lacrosse Journal: https://www.laxjournal.com/ Topics 01:50 Exploring Connecticut's Lacrosse Divisions and Challenges 06:45 The Unique Bond of Lacrosse: From Plymouth to Simsbury 15:04 Cultivating a Positive Lacrosse Culture in Simsbury 19:30 The Joy of Coaching and Building a Lacrosse Community 21:01 Reflections on Coaching High School Lacrosse 23:21 The Challenges and Rewards of Coaching in Your Hometown 25:29 Evolving Coaching Strategies with Parenthood 08:34 Building a Community Through Coaching 32:03 The Impact of Coaching Philosophy on Team Dynamics 35:32 Navigating the Competitive Landscape of High School Lacrosse 38:40 Fostering Talent and Leadership in Young Athletes 44:15 Closing Thoughts: The Journey of Coaching
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In this episode I had the privilege of having Lesley Russell, the founder of EQUIP 210 a K-12 Alternative Education Program and movement on the show! We discuss the importance of raising our kids with an entrepreneurial spirit and education that supports their learning. I love the journey that God took lesley on when she was a mom and believe this episode will encourage any mom to start what God has put in their heart because you never know how He will use it to bring a global movement in the future! Lesley Russell is an educational reformer, innovator, speaker, advocate for children, and visionary. Starting out her career in corporate America after college, she left to get her Master's in Secondary Education and has homeschooled for over twenty years and was a youth leader for over 16 years. She is the founder of the K-12 Alternative Education Program and movement called EQUIP 210, formerly known as Independent Learning Academy, and founder of Next Generations Ministries. She has a weekly podcast called Reinventing Education with Leaders and Visionaries. She is also excited to be a part of the Children's Educational Opportunity Act helping to bring $17K to each California student for the parent to decide where his or her child goes to school. She is also honored to be a part of the Delta Factor team with Jenny Donnelly's Don't Mess with Our Kids Movement. She is blessed to be married to her husband, Joe, for over 30 years and have four amazing and beautiful children in their teen and twenties who love Jesus and who are walking in their identity and calling in Christ. Launch a Campus in Your Hometown: https://equip210.com/ Join The Social Media Mentorship: https://melissaleahughes.com/social-media-mentorship Website: www.melissaleahughes.com Social Channels: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@melissaleahughes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissaleahughes/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.harrington.758 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@melissaleahughes Lesley Russell: Website: https://equip210.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/equip_210/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesley_russell7/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reinventing-education-with-leaders-and-visionaries/id1679865062
Jace England is a 19-year-old entrepreneur who lives an unconventional life in almost every way. From graduating college at 18 and taking over 100+ flights to moving out of his hometown to Mexico & Arizona, he seems to live the kind of bold life that most people dream of living. In this interview, we learn his story–what inspires him to live such a fast-paced & adventurous life, how he communicates with God to have success in his businesses, and the unique facets of his lifestyle that make him who he is today. I can attest to the fact that Jace is an incredibly resilient, dedicated, and kind person both online and offline. It was a privilege to interview him, and I hope that his story can show you the kind of life that is possible when you put your trust in God and keep your paths straight! You can find him on Instagram here (@juiceengland1) and on YouTube here (Jace England). Sending so much love to everyone listening. –Avigail Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction to Jace England–His Background, Story, & Career 3:40 The Importance of Moving Out of Your Hometown & Changing Your Environment 13:42 Receiving Guidance from God on Major Decisions 19:28 On Balance as an Entrepreneur 22:10 How We Met + Meeting Like-Minded People Online 24:00 Living Morally & Experiencing Solitude in High School & College 27:20 How Men Can Channel Emotions Effectively 28:57 Understanding the Importance of God in Modern Society 31:43 Relationships, High Standards, and Masculine/Feminine Energy 1:02:29 Eating Unprocessed Foods & Fasting 1:10:20 Overcoming Trials & Having Self-Discipline 1:18:10 Jace's Book Recommendations 1:27:00 Jace's 100+ Flights & Travel Experiences 1:34:17 Resisting Alcohol 1:37:09 Masculine Men & Intense Things 1:39:00 Jace's Final Advice to Listeners 1:44:46 Where You Can Find Jace's Content 1:46:20 Outro More of the Podcast: Podcast Links: linktr.ee/personalgrowthproject Podcast Instagram: @personalgrowthprojectofficial TikTok: @avigaillaing Twitter: @avigaillaing --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personalgrowthproject/support
We are celebrating all the cool things in Lemont this month for our “Your Hometown” feature! Today, Jeremie Bacon, Founder and CEO, The Forge: Lemont Quarries, joins John Williams to tell us all the fun activities you can do at The Forge, the type of customer they typically see, and why Lemont is so important […]
We are celebrating all the cool things in Lemont this month for our “Your Hometown” feature! Today, Jeremie Bacon, Founder and CEO, The Forge: Lemont Quarries, joins John Williams to tell us all the fun activities you can do at The Forge, the type of customer they typically see, and why Lemont is so important […]
We are celebrating all the cool things in Lemont this month for our “Your Hometown” feature! Today, Jeremie Bacon, Founder and CEO, The Forge: Lemont Quarries, joins John Williams to tell us all the fun activities you can do at The Forge, the type of customer they typically see, and why Lemont is so important […]
Deerfield Mayor Daniel Shapiro joins Lisa Dent for WGN Radio’s Your Hometown series to talk about the many things you can do in Deerfield and the many community events you can attend if you plan to visit. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow @maryvandeveldeFollow @LaurenLapka
*5:00am: All Grandma's Do This *6:00am: 1945 Year Fact, 2 Truths 1 Lie *7:00am: First Date Places, Scary Spots in Your Hometown *8:00am: Mercedes Breaking The Law, Song You Dislike From Your Favorite Artist, Michelle Williams *9:00am: Scent That Reminds You Of A Core Memory, October Teacher of the Month
It’s Your Hometown day and we are heading to beautiful St. Charles! Jarrett Payton, viral video maker and WGN-TV Sports Anchor and Reporter, joins John Williams to talk about two restaurants (Flagship on the Fox and Duke’s Northwoods) he’s involved with in his hometown and why he thinks they deserve a visit! Jarrett also talks […]
It’s Your Hometown day and we are heading to beautiful St. Charles! Jarrett Payton, viral video maker and WGN-TV Sports Anchor and Reporter, joins John Williams to talk about two restaurants (Flagship on the Fox and Duke’s Northwoods) he’s involved with in his hometown and why he thinks they deserve a visit! Jarrett also talks […]
It’s Your Hometown day and we are heading to beautiful St. Charles! Jarrett Payton, viral video maker and WGN-TV Sports Anchor and Reporter, joins John Williams to talk about two restaurants (Flagship on the Fox and Duke’s Northwoods) he’s involved with in his hometown and why he thinks they deserve a visit! Jarrett also talks […]
On this Your Hometown, we feature Ottawa! Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, fills in for Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters. Ilyce is joined by Marissa Vicich, Executive Director of the Ottawa Community Food Basket. Marissa explains how the community food basket started and how they’ve seen a 43% increase in the […]
Donna Reynolds, tourism operations manager for the Ottawa Visitors Center, joins John Williams for Your Hometown to talk about the highlights of the city of Ottawa, like more about its history, events and activities, great restaurants to eat and drink at, and more!
Donna Reynolds, tourism operations manager for the Ottawa Visitors Center, joins John Williams for Your Hometown to talk about the highlights of the city of Ottawa, like more about its history, events and activities, great restaurants to eat and drink at, and more!
Donna Reynolds, tourism operations manager for the Ottawa Visitors Center, joins John Williams for Your Hometown to talk about the highlights of the city of Ottawa, like more about its history, events and activities, great restaurants to eat and drink at, and more!
Mike Abt, Co-president Abt Electronics, joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters for this Your Hometown talking about Abt Electronics, how it came to be, and how Glenview plays a role in their legacy.
We've got another heavy hitter in the house today as we welcome in the man who led the Harker Heights Knights to their best season in school history this past year with an appearance in the Regional Final where they fell to the eventual state champs. Eerily similar to the 2007 season at Fort Bend Clements where Coach Kovo met this guy as another successful member of the Jeff Hulme coaching tree. He is now the Head Football Coach and Campus Athletic Coordinator for the Colleyville Heritage Panthers - welcome Jerry Edwards to the show! - The old Cross Canadian Ragweed song says "You're Always 17 in Your Hometown" perhaps that would fit Quitman, TX where Jerry grew up graduating in a class of 200 and having his dad be the town Mayor!! - Starting as a pre-med student at Texas A&M before one chance outing at a Mexia HS playoff football game changed his life forever. - How another chance occurrence led to Jerry's resume landing on the desk of one Coach Jeff Hulme, starting a decade-long partnership coaching winning football. - Leading Harker Heights back to prominence with a record-breaking season to remember, including fulfilling a childhood dream of leading a visiting team into legendary Ratliff Stadium in Odessa. - Finally as a fellow self-proclaimed "Friday Night Lights" TV nerd, Jerry puts on the blue-tinted Oakleys and assumes the role of Head Coach Eric Taylor (who he actually met at a bar in Marfa, TX - not even kidding) and settle the ultimate QB1 Start-Bench-Cut debate: Vince Howard, Matt Saracen, or Ray "Voodoo" Tatum along with some fun Fighting Texas A&M Aggie Wrecking Crew and QB Start-Bench-Cuts! Join the Team Player Revolution! The biggest help is to leave a 5-star rating. This is what moves us up the rankings so more people can hear the stories of coaches changing lives Follow on Twitter @coach_kovo Hit us up at teamplayerpodcast@gmail.com - we lift up our own inside Team Player Nation, all guest suggestions/feedback is welcome! Art for the Team Player Podcast was created by Kaiser St. Cyr Music for the Team Player Podcast is from the single One More/Good Enough by Avrion - available on all platforms
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Brock Covington is an entrepreneur, ultrarunner, and content creator based in Colorado Springs, CO. He is also the host of the Zero Quit Podcast where he posts weekly episodes on the topics of fitness, business, creativity, and more. In this episode, we talk about Brock's journey from bodybuilding to ultrarunning, his experience starting a gym during the pandemic, why you don't need to go to college, and much more. SPONSORS: - Lagoon Sleep: https://lagoonsleep.com/jeremy Save 15% with code JEREMY FOLLOW BROCK: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brockcovington/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrockCovington - Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kgV1jo2DCFnznDVClN2VL?si=d02b4d09f3e0460c FOLLOW JEREMY: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremymille.r/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jeremy.miller - Website: https://www.jeremymiller.io/ TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:48) Brock's Bodybuilding Story (00:19:00) Bodybuilding vs Running (00:25:15) Getting into Running (00:30:54) Starting a Gym During the Pandemic (00:33:16) You Don't Need College (00:46:40) Selling the Gym Business (01:00:00) Starting a Business at 20-years Old (01:05:20) Moving Across the Country (01:12:24) Stuck in Your Hometown (01:17:05) Brock's Grand Vision (01:22:50) Day in the Life (01:23:38) Philosophy and Stoicism (01:33:30) The Beauty of Podcasting (01:35:00) Brock's Upcoming Races (01:37:49) Conclusion --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Jeremy-miller80/support
Bob talked about hunting, Trump and Biden, Twitter, and his show Your Hometown.
Today, we go back to Shawn's Hometown of Columbus Ohio. We cover The Unsolved Case of Garrett Burton a young teen gunned down with no suspect. Today, we discuss who might have done it and shed light to this Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-jackson53/support
This week we get into the strange case of KuyKendall Family Phone Stalker. A case of Mystery, Death Threats and even Hacking. Take another Journey with us to a Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-jackson53/support
This week for Halloween we dive into The Texarkana Moonlight Murders. A case of Murder, a Man in a mask and terrifying revelations. Take a journey with us to a Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-jackson53/support
This week we get a little more spooky when we take a trip over to Skinwalker Ranch. It's funny, it's cute and it's concerning on this journey to a Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-jackson53/support
Today, we deep dive into some Spooky Ghost Stories of Possession and Sleep Paralysis. Join us as we take another journey into a Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-jackson53/support
Have you ever wondered about the origin of Urban Legends you heard as a Child or teen? Well this week we dive into some of those truths that scared us as teens and kids. If you want to hear some scary stories take a trip with us to another Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Today, we take dive into two cases for the first week of October both having a history of the 1996 film Scream directed by Wes Craven. But what would drive someone to do something straight out of a Scary Movie? Take another trip with us to a Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
This week we dive into the Murder of Hae Min Lee a young high school student from the suburbs of Baltimore and her ex-boyfriend Adnad Syed who was convicted of the Murder. This case covers the topics of Race, Religion, Police Corruption etc. Buckle up for another visit into Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
DJ Dugan chats with Jacob Armitage about his single “Your Hometown”. You can check out all Smith Music releases on our newsletter, including the new album from The Ransom Brothers “Resurgence”: https://mailchi.mp/smithmusic/8-26-2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/texastailgate/message
This month’s Your Hometown series brings us to Palatine, a great town located about 25 miles northwest of Downtown Chicago. This month brings us Erica Berger, the General Manager of the student run college radio station WHCM. On the second half of the show, Martha Lemke, the Medical and Operations Manager for Second City Canine […]
Tune into Today's episode where we go to Shawn's Hometown and talk about the Strange Vanishing of Brian Shaffer. The Dynamic Duo Shawn and Kayla are here to take you to a journey on Murder in Your Hometown. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
It’s Your Hometown day on WGN and today we take you to Libertyville! McDonald’s owner / operator Laura Herrera joins John Williams to talk about how long she’s been an operator, how her parents opened a McDonald’s in 1991 and she started working there in 1995 (becoming an operator in 2009), the challenges and rewards […]
It’s Your Hometown day on WGN and today we take you to Libertyville! McDonald’s owner / operator Laura Herrera joins John Williams to talk about how long she’s been an operator, how her parents opened a McDonald’s in 1991 and she started working there in 1995 (becoming an operator in 2009), the challenges and rewards […]
It’s “Your Hometown” day on WGN Radio and today we are putting a spotlight on Orland Park! And who better to talk about the lovely southwest suburb than Orland Park legend and head football coach for your Northwestern Wildcats, Pat Fitzgerald!
Orland Park Bakery owner and general manager Tom and Dan Major joined Bob Sirott for this month’s Your Hometown conversation. They discussed the bakery’s history, packzi, and and even brought some treats for the WGN Radio staff.
It’s “Your Hometown” day on WGN Radio and today we are putting a spotlight on Orland Park! And who better to talk about the lovely southwest suburb than Orland Park legend and head football coach for your Northwestern Wildcats, Pat Fitzgerald!
It’s “Your Hometown” day on WGN Radio and today we are putting a spotlight on Orland Park! And who better to talk about the lovely southwest suburb than Orland Park legend and head football coach for your Northwestern Wildcats, Pat Fitzgerald!
Glenn Ligon is a renowned artist who gives us new ways of seeing American history, literature, and society. How can we see him better through the lens of childhood? In this episode of Your Hometown, Glenn speaks with Kevin Burke about his experiences growing up in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 70s, including his hour-and-a-half commute each way to Walden, the private school he attended on the Upper West Side from the first grade on. His mother made going to Walden possible for Glenn and his brother, and it involved sacrifices and risks. A commute is one thing. Where it can lead, another. How would this change the landscape for Glenn and his family? Where would Glenn most feel at home, outside and inside, in his New York? Where would he feel safe, or watched, or like a stranger? And how does a city like New York, with its layer upon layer of construction, class, and culture, define not just the literal paths we take growing up, but the existential ones? Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival “Early 1970s New York Subway” from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16a6SKjwZM “Zora Neale Hurston '28 Sings Halihmuhfack” from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0xmfgcK3w “James Baldwin: Un Étranger dans le Village" (1962) from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hPEaxeJWZQ James Baldwin on Love and Sexuality from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPmT3lk6cU Clip from "The Naked Civil Servant" (1975) from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlxn3F2tIWg Music Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (1989) Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974) Mahalia Jackson - Silent Night (1962) Cool Change - Streets of The Bronx (1993) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves (1971) Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell on You (1956) Artwork Charlotte Yiu and Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Special Thanks Jonah Groeneboer and Lisa Koli at Glenn Ligon Studio; and Tate Dougherty and the team at Hauser & Wirth
This is the story of an “inquiring mind” who happens to be a journalist. Sewell Chan is the new editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune. But before his move to Austin, and before his previous roles at the L.A. Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, he was a kid growing up in an immigrant family in the outer boroughs of New York City, where his father drove a taxicab. Both his parents had seen a lot in their lives – but said little. Their New York was the New York of work, of their community, and of striving for a quiet, peaceful place to live, which ended up being in Queens. Yet when you meet Sewell, it's surprising that he came from such a quiet place, because he’s so engaged with the world, with history, with how people live and how things work. In this episode, Kevin Burke talks with Sewell about his coming-of-age years in New York, the meaning of home, and what the windows and doors were from where his family lived out to the larger world. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival WPIX Special Report: Blackout '77-City of Darkness from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0LV0zWFsVE Broadway's Lost Treasures - Me and My Girl from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swX0qlHRDV0 Dolora Zajick - Amneris - AIDA - MET 1989 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZNN0VqaSlE Bill Clinton 1992 DNC Acceptance Speech from https://www.c-span.org/video/?27166-1/bill-clinton-1992-acceptance-speech 1998 Harvard Commencement from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl9Uj6nq4Y4 Times’s City Room Advertisement from https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/1194817108917/a-changing-metropolis.html Music Frank Sinatra - New York, New York (1980) Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan (1965) Willie Nelson - Texas on a Saturday Night (1985) Illustration Charlotte Yiu Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.”
Tiffany Cabán captured national headlines when she came within a hair’s breadth of winning the primary for district attorney in her hometown of Queens, New York, in 2019. It was an audacious move: a young, out-of-nowhere candidate running in her home borough against the establishment on a platform calling for major changes to the system. Snatching a moral victory from the jaws of electoral defeat, Tiffany kept speaking out. Two years later, she’s just won a seat on the New York City Council, where she will have a voice in the debate about what kind of hometown New York wants to be. In this interview, host Kevin Burke talks with Tiffany about her coming-of-age story and what she experienced back there that made her someone who gets up and chooses to march on the front lines, has the skills to organize – and then has the fire in her soul to throw her whole being into fighting for what she believes in. This is a show about diving down to the first act in the life of a person – in this case, a person who sees something and is moved to do something about it. It’s a search for the people in her life who saw her and did something, and how she learned to stand up for herself and for others. In a larger sense, it’s also about grace—the kind of mercy and compassionate understanding we find ourselves asking for and being asked to give in our lives—and whether that kind of grace, born of experience, can become the foundation for how we relate to each other. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival “Tiffany Cabán @ Rally for Bernie Sanders” from https://www.c-span.org/video/?465364-1/representative-ocasio-cortez-endorses-bernie-sanders-president "Bernie Williams singles in 11th for 4-3 walk-off win” from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErizZHfs_U “1010 WINS AM and CNN on Sept. 11” from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3dgKUsu-Ls Audience footage of 2019 Tiffany Cabán campaign election party via @Samynemir on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/i/status/1144077394933932033 Illustration Charlotte Yiu Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,Missing me one place search another,I stop somewhere waiting for you.”
Part two of David Johansen’s Your Hometown episode is the portrait of an artist in the process of becoming. If Staten Island was the setting of David’s coming of age, Manhattan would him into his next act. Hear David talk with host Kevin Burke about living in the East Village, the early days of the New York Dolls, the birth of Buster Poindexter, and performing at the Café Carlyle. David’s hometown journey is an invitation to dive into what it means to be an artist and to find what in their origins stories is knowable and what remains enigmatic – even to them – as they continue looking around the corner, following their instincts and their muses. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival Oh Madeline “Play Crystal For Me” from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UlhfUzsu6A&t=1s All Dolled Up: A New York Dolls Story Found Tapes from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HhdXuqc4g New York Dolls footage Local TV Story, 1973 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGnZ4RsUpBE Man's Country New York Gay Bathhouse commercial from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1Ri3qKavw From Hot, Hot, Hot to Camelot, Buster Poindexter Plays Café Carlyle from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxULtuLMNiI Music New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (1973) Prince Buster - Enjoy Yourself (1968) New York Dolls - Bad Girl (Demo) (1972) “Cabaret in the Sky” (1974) from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNTN1gpuz38 David Johansen - In Style (1979) "Wilkommen" from Cabaret (1972) New York Dolls - Stranded in the Jungle (1973) Buster Poindexter- Whadaya Want (1987) Edvard Grieg Impromptu, EG 175 (1896) David Johansen - Mara Dreams the Moongate of Uncommon Beauty (2007) David Johansen - Piece of My Heart from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUxAIMvuqQk (2016) David Johansen & Larry Salzman - James Alley Blues (2005) Illustration Charlotte Yiu Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.”
David Johansen is one of the all-time front men in music and an artist who keeps changing the game – not by degrees but by solar systems. In the 1980s, he had everyone feeling “Hot, Hot, Hot” as Buster Poindexter. Then he showed up as the taxi-driving Ghost of Christmas Past in the Bill Murray film Scrooged. Before all this, he was the glammed-up lead singer of The New York Dolls, the mythic rock band of the downtown NYC scene of the 1970s. Hard rock, punk rock, glam rock, heavy metal – the Dolls sit atop a lot of family trees. To this day, whatever room he walks into, from loft spaces to the swanky Café Carlyle, David Johansen owns it. In part one of this epic two-part interview, David talks with host Kevin Burke about coming of age on Staten Island in the 1950s and ’60s, a kid riding bikes, buying and listening to records, going to Catholic School, joining a band, and graduating from high school at the height of the Vietnam War. How did he get from the house his grandfather built on the North Shore to the pulsating East Village at the dawn of an era he’d help define? This is the origin story of a true original. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival All In The Family Opening Theme (1971) “Horn Battle in New York - Carnival Miracle vs Harbor Tug” from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeAJbDSITAk “Traditional Latin Catholic Mass Easter Sunday” from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6AOvStZS64 Clip from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961) from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5yvMExqKNA “Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?” From my Fair Lady (1964) Murray the K at the Brooklyn Fox from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHu9Y0zI0t0 Bob Dylan, talking on the radio, 1966, 26th January, 1966 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG1pITY_m8E Music: Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot (1987) New York Dolls - Jet Boy (1973) David Johansen- Heart of Gold (1987) David Johansen - Animals Medley (live) (1982) from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zc-DQiI8tA Enrique Caruso - Vesti La Giuba, Pagliacci (1907) David Johansen - Big City (1979) David Johansen And The Harry Smiths - Well, I’ve Been to Memphis (2000) Howlin’ Wolf - Tail Dragger (1969) Robert Preston - “Ya Got Trouble” from the Music Man Soundtrack (1962) The Platters - The Great Pretender (1960) Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Sock it to Me, Baby (1967) The Fantastic Johnny C - Boogaloo Down Broadway (1967) Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965) New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (1973) Janis Joplin - Bye Bye Baby (1967) New York Dolls - Lonely Planet Boy (1973) Illustration Nick Gregg
Chef Priyanka Naik is a self-taught vegan cook, Food Network champion, social media influencer, and author of the cookbook, The Modern Tiffin. In this episode, host Kevin Burke talks to Priyanka about her New York story. How did growing up on the South Shore of Staten Island as the daughter of immigrant parents shape her senses—and her sense of home and the world. What about being a kid on Staten Island drew Priyanka closer to her roots in India? What sparked her passion for taking her family’s traditional recipes and putting her own modern spin on them? And what is the deeper source of her creativity, drive, and sense of daring to put herself “out there” in print and on camera as a virtual one-woman show? Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival Clip of Chef Priyanka Naik from her website https://www.chefpriyanka.com/receiving-the-1st-copy-of-my-debut-cookbook-the-modern-tiffin/ Clip of Chef Priyanka Naik from Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/CSZZscsDDa7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Clip of Chef Priyanka Naik from Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/CSQWMGOj5gn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Clip from CNN broadcast announcementhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuHfSo5YI_M Clip from Throwdown with Bobby Flay (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVp9QteuveQ CNN coverage from September 11, 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VveRmJpFW6o Music Billy Joel, “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” – The Stranger (1977) Illustration Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Recommended Reading Priyanka Naik, The Modern Tiffin (Simon & Schuster, 2021) Chef Priyanka’s website: https://www.chefpriyanka.com/
Your Hometown with Bob Lonsbery for 10/10/21
Sonia Manzano is one of the most influential voices in the history of public television. For more than 40 years, she was our neighbor, Maria, on Sesame Street, and she continues to connect her experiences and imagination through her new show for PBS Kids, Alma’s Way. In Part Two of her Your Hometown episode, she talks with host Kevin Burke about how she made her way from her coming of age in the South Bronx to Sesame Street and how the real and fictional maps of those neighborhoods – one real, one imaginary – overlapped inside of her and in the TV worlds she created for us. As a magical storyteller, Sonia knows just where to go in her memories for that powerful combination of laughter amid pathos – the funny in the sad, the lessons in the every-day. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival Chesterfield Cigarettes Kinescope Tobacco Commercial from the Perry Como Show Father Knows Best: “Bud Takes Up The Dance” – Season 1, Episode 1 (1954) Louis Prima & Keely Smith – “Don't Worry 'Bout Me” Little Rascals: Our Gang of Follies of 1938 Original Godspell Cast on the Today Show Godspell Cast performs at the Tony Awards (1972) Sesame Street: Show Open Season One Clip from Sesame Street Episode 0832 (1975) Classic Sesame Street: “Maria’s Interruptions” Classic Sesame Street: "Maria's Present for David” Classic Sesame Street: "Maria Discusses Her Jobs” Classic Sesame Street: "Mr. Hooper Helps Gordon” Sesame Street Unpaved: "Mr. Hooper's Death” Clip from Sesame Street Episode 2615 (1989) Clip from Sesame Street Episode 3658 (1997) Music “A Boy Like That” from West Side Story (1961) Nina Simone, “Feeling Good” (1965) “America” from West Side Story (1961) “Razzle Dazzle” from Chicago (1996 Broadway Revival Cast) "Just My Imagination" - The Temptations (1971) Illustration Tunshore Longe Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Recommended Viewing Alma’s Way and Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Recommended Reading Sonia Manzano, Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos
Emmy-winning writer and actress Sonia Manzano, who played “Maria” on Sesame Street for more than 40 years, talks to host Kevin Burke about growing up in the South Bronx and how she draws on the “love and chaos” of her childhood to teach children—something she’s still doing through her new animated series for PBS Kids, Alma’s Way. Filmed in Manhattan and Queens, Sesame Street wasn’t that far from Sonia’s own hometown in New York City. Sesame Street is a fictional place that evokes city life from the stoop to the subway and apartments above stores. But Sonia grew up in the very real place of the South Bronx—most vividly on Third Avenue near Crotona Park. How different was Sonia’s New York from the one she helped to create as Maria? On our TVs, Sonia gave us something we needed: a feeling of love and safety, empathy and imagination. Where did she find these things when she was a kid? This is a two-part episode. In the first part, Sonia takes us from the world of Sesame Street—actually, her audition—back to her beginnings in the South Bronx. And in part two, she explains how she got from the Bronx to Sesame Street and lived a second childhood as an adult with experiences to share. So, “come and play” and “sweep the clouds away” – by listening to one of the truest teachers you’ll find in New York or any hometown. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival Sesame Street: Show Open Season One Clip from One Touch of Venus (1948) “Whistling” Sound from Opening Scene of West Side Story (1961). Final Scene from West Side Story (1961). Music Sesame Street: “I Can Remember (Bread, Milk, Butter)” “Guajira Guantamanera” by Josiéto Fernandez (1929) “Esta Navidad”: Puerto Rican Christmas Song – Unspecified: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Folkways Records (1958) “Tonight – Quintet” from West Side Story (1961) “Tonight” from West Side Story (1961) Illustration Nick Gregg Recommended Viewing Alma’s Way and Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Recommended Reading Sonia Manzano, Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx Special thanks Gloria Bonelli
First off...I have to apologize. I called Elektra Fence by the wrong name the entire episode. I called her Elektra Shock (who was on Drag Race Down Under). I will do better next week. I'm so dumb. But onto the episode. It was another great start to UK. We got all the entrance looks, a little game of Dirty Charades and 2 runways: Queen of Your Hometown and My Favorite Things. #dragrace #dragraceuk --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sashayawaywithbarry/message
SNL alum and perennial funnyman, Chris Kattan joins Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News to talk about performing at Zanies in Your Hometown, Rosemont. Chris will be in town in September for shows at the iconic comedy clubs. Follow Your Favorite Chicago’s Afternoon News Personalities on Twitter:Follow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow @maryvandeveldeFollow @LaurenLapka
The Village of Rosemont is August’s featured “Your Hometown.” Mayor Brad Stephens joins John Williams to share all the great things his city has to offer.
This month’s Your Hometown is highlighting West Town. Molly Mobley, lead talent buyer at Empty Bottle, joins John Williams to talk about what Empty Bottle is offering now that we’re somewhat out of the pandemic. She also shares some of the history of the decades-old venue.
West Town is this month’s featured Your Hometown. Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st Ward) joins John Williams to talk about what makes his neighborhood special.
West Town is this month’s featured Your Hometown. Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st Ward) joins John Williams to talk about what makes his neighborhood special.
This month’s Your Hometown is highlighting West Town. Molly Mobley, lead talent buyer at Empty Bottle, joins John Williams to talk about what Empty Bottle is offering now that we’re somewhat out of the pandemic. She also shares some of the history of the decades-old venue.
Stephanie Szigetvari, vice president of brokerage services with @Properties, joins Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News with unique insights into the suburban real estate market, specifically Your Hometown of Elk Grove Village. From the world-class forest preserves & parks, to the surprisingly low property taxes and ample amenities, Elk Grove Village has a lot to […]
Suzanne Vega is that rare singer-songwriter whose work becomes part of the soundtrack of their hometown -- in her case, New York City. In this episode, Suzanne illuminates her childhood in East Harlem in the 1970s and how her experiences of the city, inside and out, flow through her work, even as she embraces the freedom to write from different perspectives. Suzanne's latest album is "An Evening of New York Songs and Stories," and as she discusses such songs as "Luka," "Gypsy," "Tom's Diner," and "Zephyr & I," we meet an artist fully alive to the truths of her coming of age and to the souls that linger in an urban landscape layered by time and memory. In particular, when "Luka," a song about child abuse from a young boy's point of view, was first released in the 1980s, Suzanne shied away from questions about whether she was writing from experience or imagination. Not only was it a matter of artistic principle, but as she reveals, she also was afraid of what her stepfather, the novelist Ed Vega, might think. All these years later, Suzanne talks as never before about her personal connections to "Luka" and how its truth spoke to other people's truths. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Archival 2007: Irish in the Americas Puerto Rican Iconoclast: The Work and Literary Lives of Edgardo Vega Yunqué Music Suzanne Vega - Luka (1987) Suzanne Vega - New York Is My Destination (2016) Suzanne Vega - New York is a Woman (2007) Suzanne Vega - Gypsy (1987) Lou Reed - Caroline Says (Live at Firenze 1980) Suzanne Vega - Would You Like Another One? (2020) Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (1992) Suzanne Vega - Walk on the Wild Side (2020) Suzanne Vega - Zephyr & I (Acoustic) (2010) Suzanne Vega - Luka (2020) Illustration Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Recommended Listening Suzanne Vega, An Evening of New York Songs and Stories Recommended Reading The Passionate Eye: The Collected Writing of Suzanne Vega Special thanks Steve Addabbo, Chris Schimpf, Mark Spector
Sherrilyn Ifill walks into court with history behind her as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund. It’s the legal arm of the civil rights movement, and Sherrilyn is in its vanguard. Her hometown is Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City where she grew up in the 1960s and '70s. That’s what Kevin Burke explores with her in this conversation, starting with the first question Sherrilyn asks whenever she takes on a new legal case: “Tell me about the history of this place.” That’s because she knows every town has one: the layers of time, buried and built over, that reveal why things are the way they are, from the bulldozing of Black neighborhoods to make way for highways to brutal acts of violence like lynchings, erased from the public square and, over time, memory. Sherrilyn wants us to see these scars of history all around us and how they impact the struggle for equal justice in America. She’s compared this process of discovery to swallowing the red pill in the sci-fi action film, The Matrix. Once you see the past in the present, you can’t unsee it. What is the connection between Sherrilyn’s civil rights work and her powerful personal story and all she experienced in her New York? Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music Judy Garland – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” (1944) The Freedom Singers -- “We Shall Not Be Moved at the March on Washington” (1963) The O’Jays -- “Use Ta Be My Girl” (1978) Choir of Zion Methodist Church -- “Jesus Leads Me All the Way” (1970) James Brown -- “Lost Someone” Live at the Apollo theater (1972) The Human Condition with Beverly Grant -- “Clifford Grover” (1974) Archival Martin Luther King Jr. Funeral Services 1978-Boston Massacre, Game 2 (WPIX-TV Audio) The Huntley-Brinkley Report, July 31, 1970 May 17, 1973: Televised Watergate Hearings Begin Barbara Jordan Impeachment Speech Exclusive: Riots that followed a Queens police shooting, 40 years later The Matrix (1999) Rosedale: The Way It Is (1976) Illustration Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter
On the last Thursday of every month, WGN Radio highlights a town and what makes that town unique in the “Your Hometown” series. This month, we went 24 miles southeast of Chicago to Indiana’s South Shore region to visit St. John, Indiana. Wayne Pondinas has been a St. John resident for nearly 30 years, and […]
On the last Thursday of every month, WGN Radio highlights a town and what makes that town unique in the “Your Hometown” series. This month, we went 24 miles southeast of Chicago to Indiana’s South Shore region to visit St. John, Indiana. Zig-E’s Funland is Northwest Indiana’s premier Family Fun Center. Andrew Dzieglowicz, the President […]
Our guest is the Rev. Al Sharpton, whose activism has made him a fixture in the press for decades in his hometown of New York City. Lately, though, we often see him as the eulogist at funeral after funeral of those taken too soon through violence. He does it with enormous grace and power, including after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. And there’s a reason for that. As Rev. Sharpton explains to Kevin Burke in this rare interview, there’s a traumatic incident that happened to him a long time ago, when he was 9 years old, that gives him the ability to speak to children who are in pain, because there is a pain deep inside of him that permanently shaped the arc of his formation as a preacher and future civil rights leader. It’s a story he doesn’t tell often, because it’s so surprising and unexpected, but in this episode, you’ll hear him share it in the most personal way. In listening, you’ll also gain an understanding that may forever alter the way you see this icon of our times. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music Ernestine Washington – “Teach Me How to Wait” Mahalia Jackson – “Walk In Jerusalem” (1963) Mahalia Jackson – “No One Knows the Trouble I've Seen” (1963) James Brown – “The Payback” (1973) James Brown – on Soul Train (1973) Archival Bishop F. D. Washington Preaching at the COGIC Holy Convocation in 1978 Rev. C. L. Franklin – “Lo, I Am With You Always” Adam Clayton Powell Jr. – “Keep The Faith, Baby” (1967) Sermon Excerpt - Dr. William Augustus Jones, Jr. "I am somebody!" - Historical footage of Rev. Jesse Jackson leading a crowd in a chant of solidarity Reverend Al Sharpton delivers eulogy at George Floyd’s funeral (2020) George Floyd Funeral: Rev. Al Sharpton Delivers Eulogy (2020) Jan. 21, 2013: Inaugural Ceremonies for President Barack Obama Illustration Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Special thanks Rebecca Stanford
Maria Bartiromo anchors three different shows on the Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel and was the first TV reporter to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. She doesn’t come from the world of CEOs, however. Back in the 1970s and early 1980s, she was a kid growing up in Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where she worked the coat check at her father’s restaurant and catering hall, The Rex Manor. Her whole family pitched in there, including her mother, who also had a job at the local OTB (Off-Track Betting). In that world of hard work, family, and sacrifice, what did Maria learn that would help her break through the doors of the Stock Exchange? What lessons she absorbed from her family and hometown remain with the Maria we see in the world of cable news today? Join Kevin Burke at the intersection of place, time, and memory for another episode of Your Hometown. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. If you like what we’re up to, leave us a written review on your favorite podcast app. Thank you. Show Notes Music Joey Ramone - "Maria Bartiromo" (2002) Frankie Valli - "My Eyes Adored You" (1974) Bing Crosby - "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" (1932) Donna Summer - “Last Dance” (1977) Archival "Battle In Burma," British Pathé (1944) "Crazy George Yelling for Horse at Off-Track Betting" (2009) "Maria Bartiromo, Anchor & Global Markets Editor, Fox Business Network, Rings The Opening Bell" (at the New York Stock Exchange) (2020) "Experience Wall Street Stock Trading in the 1980s" (2020) "CNBC's Maria Bartiromo at 10:14 AM on 911" (2020) “CNBC on Sept. 11 (Fixed Broadcast) 8:34 AM - 11:25 AM” (2016) from CNBC on Sept. 11 (Fixed Broadcast) 8:34 AM - 11:25 AM “Mr. Softee Theme” (2011) “Bargain chain Century 21 to shut down after nearly 60 years” PIX11 (2020) Illustration Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Special Thanks Emily Burnham and Caley Cronin
It’s WGN’s “Your Hometown” Day so let’s spend some time with two great local businesses in Geneva! First up is Sonja Beallis, Co-Owner of Bare Moxie Bra & Swim Boutique, in Geneva. Sonja talks about some of the services they offer, how they help people look and feel amazing and what they do to set […]
WGN radio celebrates Geneva, IL during the April stop on the ‘Your Hometown’ tour, featuring Bruce Heidlauf of Mill Race Cyclery. Bruce joins Erik Runge on Chicago’s Afternoon News to talk about his childhood passion for fixing bikes, why the community he serves is a great place for a bike ride (and kayak trop), and […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most well-known scientists on the planet. In addition to authoring numerous books, he hosts the wildly popular podcast, StarTalk, and has helped revive the epic TV series Cosmos that originated with Carl Sagan, whom he met when he was in high school. Neil is also the director of the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium, part of the Rose Center for Earth and Space that he helped launch at the American Museum of Natural History in his hometown of New York City. In this episode of Your Hometown, we turn a giant lens on the galaxy of Neil’s childhood to explore the origins of his mission to make science fun and intelligible to the public. What inspired him as a kid growing up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in an apartment complex called, of all things, the Skyview? What were the forces that propelled him, and what were the barriers he had to push through to achieve his dreams? Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music Theme from “Head of The Class” (1986) Christopher Cross - “Arthur’s Theme” (1981) Gladys Gooding - V-Disc 741 (1947) Archival Intro to “Startalk Podcast: Cosmic Queries Galactic Grab Bag” (2021) Cosmos: Possible Worlds Official Trailer (2018) Clip from "Dark Universe" | Hayden Planetarium (2014) “Watch the moment men first landed on the moon” – CBS News Coverage of 1969 Moon Landing “President Johnson Opens New York's World Fair 1964” - (2014) “Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City” - (2014) “2015 West Indian Parade” - (2015) WABC Music Radio 77: Chuck Leonard reports on the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4 1968) - (2011) Opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Opening scene of Escape from New York (1981) Illustration Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Suggested Reading The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist, Letters from an Astrophysicist, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going.
In an industry where most startups go up, down, and disappear, Danielle Guizio is a New York-based fashion designer on Forbes’s 30 under 30 list. If you think of the biggest celebrities on the style pages today, you’re likely to find a photo of them wearing her designs. She describes the line – which shares her name, Danielle Guizio – as “celebrating the modern-day woman who aims to deviate from the traditional and push boundaries in all aspects of life.” She has even revived the corset, which Ariana Grande wore in black satin on the set of her music video for “7 Rings.” Because of her age, one might assume Danielle came to her success in a straight line. But as we hear in her interview with host Kevin Burke, Danielle’s coming of age was more jagged and uncertain, filled with experiences that brought her face-to-face with some scary and ugly sides of life. Out of all this, she placed her big bet on designing clothes that make young women like her, as she says, feel confident and strong. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music Ariana Grande - “7 Rings” (2019) Haul + Try On Essentials - The Hess Twins (2021) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf8Z4esNaMg) Britney Spears – “Lucky” (2000) Whitney Houston - “How Will I Know” (1985) Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991) Lady Gaga - “The Edge of Glory” (2011) "Kylie Jenner Hits the Met Gala in a showgirl inspired dress" (Daily Mail YouTube Clip, 2019) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHgm_iyU-FE) Illustration Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Special thanks Michelle Bao
Lynn Nottage is the first woman ever to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, and she’s one of the most important voices writing for the stage and screen today, with works that include Infinite Apparel, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Ruined, Sweat, and MJ: The Musical, an upcoming show on the life of Michael Jackson. She often writes about characters in private, intimate spaces, where and how real people really talk. It’s a process that began in her hometown of New York City, where she was a girl growing up in the Boerum Hill section of pre-gentrified Brooklyn. On the surface, she says, it was the kind of neighborhood people passed through to get to other neighborhoods in 1970s. But to Lynn, it was the setting for her story, starting on her block and in the brownstone where her parents, Wally and Ruby Nottage, raised her and her brother and hosted family, friends, artists, and activists. There was lots of noise in the house, especially in the kitchen. Lynn still lives in that house today, a wife, mother, professor, and playwright surrounded by the memories and materials of her ancestors. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music Original Composition: Sterling Steffen Illustrations Nick Gregg Archival Etan Patz Disappearance: Original News Report, Pat Harper, WPIX 11, May 28, 1979 Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Suggested Reading Poof!; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Infinite Apparel; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Ruined; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Sweat Special Thanks Elisabeth Frankel
Sigourney Weaver is one of the greatest movie stars of all time, and many of us think of her as the tough, no-nonsense screen heroines she has played in films from Alien to Avatar. But that’s not how she saw herself as a girl growing up in Manhattan, where she was Susan, the shy, bookish daughter of a dynamic set of parents in that whirling scene of trailblazers in television’s first golden age. In this revealing episode, hear how she found empowerment roaming the streets of New York and attending an all-girls high school where she discovered her name. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music This Is Your Life, with host Ralph Edwards and honoree Roger Williams (1959) I Married Joan: Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot (1952) John Lennon Murder: Original News Report, Eyewitness News (December 8, 1980) “Give Peace a Chance” Live Recording @ Strawberry Fields in Central Park, NYC “Ghostbusters,” by Ray Parker Jr. (1984) Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Recommended Films (Sigourney Weaver’s NYC films) Eyewitness Ghostbusters Ghostbusters 2 Working Girl The Guys My Salinger Year Special thanks Holly Chou
Richard Price is a writer’s writer, with novels that include The Wanderers, Clockers, Freedomland, and Lush Life. He’s also collaborated on such landmark television series as HBO’s The Wire, The Night Of, The Deuce, and The Outsider. Hear him talk with Kevin Burke about how New York City is better understood as a series of hometowns and how growing up in the Bronx shaped him as a writer of human drama and dialogue in stories set in the gritty landscapes of urban America. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Read Richard Price, The Wanderers, Clockers, Freedomland, Lush Life Watch The Wire, The Night Of, The Deuce, The Outsider Special thanks Lorraine Adams
This is part 2 of a “double-album” interview with Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, who grew up in Hollis, Queens in the 1960s, ’70s, and early ’80s, where he became one of three founding members of the Hall of Fame hip-hop group, Run-DMC. Hear DMC talk about his childhood passion for comic books, how they introduced him to his hometown of New York City and inspired his creativity as a rapper, and how they ultimately informed his search for meaning and identity as the adopted son of Byford and Banna McDaniels – a secret he didn’t discover until he was 35. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music Theme from “Mighty Thor” (1966) Kool DJ Red Alert Live on KISS FM in NYC (1984) “King of Rock” Live at Live Aid- RUN DMC (1985) “Walk this Way” - RUN DMC (1986) “Angel” - Sarah McLachlan (1997) “Son of Byford” - RUN DMC (1986) Illustrations Nick Gregg Poem Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Part 52, Leaves of Grass (1855) “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. “Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Read Darryl McDaniels, Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide: A Memoir Special thanks Darryl McDaniels, Richard Barone, and Stephen Petrus. We are also grateful to the Museum of the City of New York, our co-presenter on this New York City feature series, and especially want to thank Whitney Donhauser, Sheryl Victor Levy, Fran Rosenfeld, Keith Butler, Jerry Gallagher, Jennifer Hernandez, Lillian Lesser, Danny Curtin, Corin Infantino, Lizzy Marmon, Brittney Benham, Meryl Cooper, Robin Carol, Chie Miyajima, and Tara Dawson.
In the first of a two-part interview, Kevin Burke speaks with Darryl McDaniels, the legendary hip-hop artist from Hollis, Queens, where he and his two friends formed one of the truly pioneering groups in American music: Run-DMC. Darryl was the “DMC” in that equation and together with Joseph “Run” Simmons and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, he put Hollis on the map for an entire generation. Before then, Hollis was the neighborhood where they were kids growing up in homes and on streets where the gaps between blocks sometimes felt like the borders between different kingdoms. Your Hometown is a show where the local is the epic. Visit yourhometown.org to subscribe to the podcast and our various social media channels. Our co-presenter this season is the Museum of the City of New York. For more, including information on live events, check out our NYC series page at mcny.org/yourhometown-podcast. Show Notes Music “Good Times” – Chic (1979) “Rapper’s Delight” – Sugar Hill Gang (1979) “Superrappin’” – GrandMaster Flash & the Furious Five (1979) “It’s Like That” – Run-D.M.C. (1984) “Sucker M.C.’s”- Run-D.M.C. (1984) “Jam Master Jay” – Run-D.M.C. (1984) L’Estro Amronico: Concerto Grosso D Minor Sicilianna – composed by Antonio Vivaldi News Footage Eyewitness News ABC 7 archival clip of Diana Williams and Bill Ritter reporting on Jay Master Jay’s murder (October 30, 2002) Illustrations Nick Gregg Read Darryl McDaniels, Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide: A Memoir Special thanks Darryl McDaniels, Richard Barone, and Stephen Petrus. We are also grateful to the Museum of the City of New York, our co-presenter on this New York City feature series, and especially want to thank Whitney Donhauser, Sheryl Victor Levy, Fran Rosenfeld, Keith Butler, Jerry Gallagher, Jennifer Hernandez, Lillian Lesser, Danny Curtin, Corin Infantino, Lizzy Marmon, Brittney Benham, Meryl Cooper, Robin Carol, Chie Miyajima, and Tara Dawson.
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