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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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'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'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...

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 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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 . ...

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, 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...

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...

in this episode, Kris Barrett, tech whiz, candidate for town council andnative plant enthusiast talks about gardening for the future.

Locals, the podcast in which we talk to people who are... well... local, kicks off with a conversation with Debbie Smith, acupuncturist, speaker of Russian, reader of ancient Chinese texts and a Millville native. This podcast arose from a conve...