Locals
Where we talk to people who are... well... local.
Episodes
27 episodes
Michelle Hintz, teaching in today's classroom
Michele Hintz, a teacher at Bloomsburg High shares her classroom with digital technology, changing goals and AI. It's an interesting time to be a teacher. She'll tell us about it in this week's episode. Enjoy.
Cardy Pursel, A trip up Main St. in (about) 1940
Today's guest is Charles Pursel (you probably know him as Cardy), retired attorney and lifelong resident of Bloomsburg. Cardy and I take a trip up Main Street as it was in roughly 1940. Time to geek on what was where when in Bloomsburg way back...
Steve Wright, The Last Hiker, Part 2
This is the second part of my interview with Steve Wright. In this episode Steve talks about his 2,200 mile hike from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. Enjoy.
Steve Wright, The Last Hiker
Steve Wright, author of The Weight I Carried, joins us today for a talk about his childhood, his life and his 2,200 mile hike through grief to healing on the Appalachian Trail. There is a little adult language in this interview. Not...
Laurie McCants, theatre, travel and Joe the Fix
Laurie McCants has had a life. Fortunately for her and others, it's not over yet but her story so far is quite interesting. Let's let her tell it.
Connor Henry, Master of the Macabre
Millville local Connor Henry has been making environments intended to scare since he was a child. Whether it began with the ghost who lived in his house (still does), the work of Tim Burton or his first trip to Philadelphia's Terror Behind the ...
The far-flung life of LuAn Keller
LuAn Keller grew up on a dairy farm between Catawissa and Bloomsburg. She also lived in India, Japan and China before returning to Bloomsburg. And where did she get this connection to the larger world? Possibly from her mother who... grew...
William Baille, The Whipple Gang
What's in a name? Well, as far as the Whipple name goes; a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a gang of local horse thieves and yours truly. In today's episode, William Baille, of the Columbia County Historical Society talks about...
Steve Gilliland, music, theatre, Ayahuasca
Today's guest is Steve Gilliland, a member of the local music scene for decades and now a theatre artist in New Orleans. Steve talks about his career path and his experience with Ayahuasca. This episode is about journeys.Enjoy.
Cary Rhodemoyer, Thank you for your service.
Welcome to Season 2 of Locals. Our first interview of the year is with Cary Rhodemoyer. Cary is a Viet Nam vet, who volunteered for service and at 19, was flown to Viet Nam for a life changing year.Cary's experience is shared by many peo...
A Christmas Carol, read by Laurie McCants
It's Christmas Eve and for the final episode of our first season we'll have, not an interview, but Laurie McCants reading Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Locals will be taking a few week break for the Holkdays. We'll be ba...
Justin Naylor, teaching, growing, cooking and trips to Italy
I'll be talking this week to Justin Naylor of Old Tioga Farm. Justin is a Latin reading, garden loving chef who teaches locally as well as in Italy. Think of him as Conan the Agrarian, wielding organic gardening and knowledge of the culinary ar...
Bette Grey. 4 year old Laundry mascot, 12 year old safety advocate and grown up community superhero
When Bette Grey was twelve, she asked PennDot and the Berwick Council for a traffic light to make an intersection safer. Thirty years later, as a member of that Council, she voted to install the light. In this episode, we'll talk about Be...
Marty Coyne, Love, care and dementia
Marty Coyne's wife began to show signs of forgetfulness and confusion in her early 50's. Their journey since her later diagnosis of Alzheimer's has been one of love, support and the long goodbye. This interview speaks of a beautiful marriage, &...
Lisa Herrald-Doerschler. Let's grow some brains.
Lisa Herrald-Doerschler's Ideas Studio for Children teaches math, language, physics and emotional self-regulation using blocks, paints, books and a hill. Her students are 3-5 year olds, growing every day in every way. Lisa will talk about why s...
Josie Weibel, built for speed
In this episode, we'll talk to Josie Weibel, Benton native and definitely a local. Josie has been racing since she was 7. She and her parents/pit crew/supporters, Ginny and Eli will talk about the racing world of weedwhacker motors, roll cages ...
Emaley Rose, from a farm to Off Broadway (and what it takes to do that)
Emaley Rose knew that she wanted to be a professional actor from a young age. And she did it. Hear her story, her advice and why she chose her path.AND... sorry for the weird, ghostly echoes in the first part of Emaley's interview, That ...
Justin Hummel, Heritage, Service and how the Geese War started.
In this episode, I talk to Justin Hummel, Mayor of Bloomsburg. Justin is from a family (both sides) that have been an important part of our town for over a hundred years. He talks about what it is like to be the Mayor of a small town, its chang...
Rand Interviews a Local Ghost Hunter
Local Evelyn Moore walks toward what others tend to run from. She is a ghost hunter or investigator, choose your term. In this episode, Evelyn talks about when her interest in the paranormal began, what building in our community are haunted and...
Karen Ansem, Creativity, Collaboration and Council. Also: Locals Jr?
Can a Professor Emeritus find happiness with the town she loves, or at least help out on its Council? Only the future knows for sure. But Karen Anselm knows about the happiness part and is working on the Council part. I'll talk to her about why...
Matty Matthews, a Life and Love of Music
In this episode of Locals, I talk to Matty Matthews. Matty is well known in the local music scene. He is a retired nurse, retired Senior Care Administrator and lifelong creator of music and songs. We’ll learn how he started his musical career w...
Kris Barrett's new community project... running for Bloomsburg Town Council
I am back with Kris Barrett for a conversation about working for the good of others. Kris is a volunteer, conscientious local citizen and candidate for Bloomsburg Town Council. We'll talk about who she is and why she does what she does . ...
Jon White-Spunner, An Irishman lands in Bloomsburg... via Zimbabwe, South Africa and Los Angeles
In this episode of Locals, I talk to Jon White-Spunner, the recently retired Managing Director of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble. Jon's story is one that spans the globe and speaks of a life in the theatre, deep love, the family journey of aut...
Karen Anselm is working to make your grandchildren happy.
Karen Anselm, Professor Emeritus at CUP, community engaged citizen and lover of colorful flying things will talk about her efforts to make her garden into a butterfly breeding paradise. She'll tell you where to get your butterfly friendly nativ...
Debbie and Rand talk about brains and social batteries
Today's episode is, in essence, Debbie Smith, Acupuncturist, Part 2. Debbie and I went a bit long in the words during the first interview. I enjoyed the part of our talk in which we talked about some common social experiences and wanted t...