Dragon Podcasts Archive

HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano are agreeably at odds in this podcast episode as they discuss "80 for Brady" and "Magic Mike's Last Dance." Although they agree that it's great to watch Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field together on screen as elderly fans of football quarterback Tom Brady, Mike was less taken by some of the corny humor. They also agree that T...

In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura discuss audiobooks! They share their listening habits, preference, recommendations, and thoughts about book-listening. And the big question: Is listening to audiobooks READING?!?!   #HCC #Reading #Audiobooks #bookclub #howardcounty

In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano discuss two new films that are remakes of classic films. Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski's "Eo" is a remake of French director Robert Bresson's 1966 film "Au Hasard Balthazar." It's an episodic story about a donkey and its mistreatment at the hands of a succession of human owners. Marie and Mike found it to be very mo...

Pull out your green ribbons and strap on your dancing shoes as we celebrate Columbia’s own Teelin Irish Dance Company. With its theme of “Dancing into Spring,” this edition of “Razzle Dazzle Radio” highlights HCC’s upcoming Spring Dance Concert March 30-April 1 and Irish culture, music and dance programs. Carolyn Kelemen and Judy Templeton interview Elizabeth Higgins, a teacher, director, and chor...

Columbia Association (CA) Medical Director Dr. Harry Oken, M.D. discusses some of the most important and relevant health-related topics, connecting you with local resources that can help improve the overall wellness of you as an individual and us as a community.  In this latest installment, Dr. Oken talks with local endocrinologist Dr. Mark Corriere about the the risks associated with Diabetes and...

Single-word film titles receive many words of commentary in this podcast episode with HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano. "Plane" involves, you guessed it, an airplane. When the plane makes an emergency landing on a desolate island, Gerard Butler as its pilot and his passengers must fight the island's hostile inhabitants. Essentially an action-packed "B" movie, "Plane" is not gr...

This month of February we are celebrating Black History Month, and our guests, Chef of the Year finalists, Althea Hanson and her husband Omar, owners of Althea's Almost Famous, have graciously joined us to talk about Caribbean food, its origins, its flavors, its aromas, their personal story, the food truck industry, and a legacy of love and jerk.   #HCC #Howardcounty #BlackHistoryMonth #AltheasAlm...

Join Bob Marietta and his guests, John Brandt and Warren Wortman from Bike HoCo, and learn more about how this organization is making Howard County more accessible and bikable for all.  #Howardcounty #HCC #goinggreen #Bikehoco #Bicycle #Bikepath

In this episode, Howard County Health Officer, Dr. Maura J. Rossman discusses the Health Department’s recent grant initiative which aims to address health disparities and the impact of chronic diseases, like heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes, in specific communities in the County.  She will talk to one of the certified Community Health Workers, who will provide information and resources t...

Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura discuss The Magician, a historical memoir about a Nobel Prize-winning German author Thomas Mann, written by Colm Tóibín.  On Saturday, February 18th, Colm Tóibín will be joined by Maureen Dowd at the 45th Irish Evening, hosted by Howard Country Poetry and Literature Society. More information and get your tickets here:  https://hocopolitso.org/2023/01/11/colm-toibin-and-maur...

In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano discuss Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda's "Broker." A road movie set in South Korea, this film concerns a baby that has been abandoned by its mother and found by two men who decide to sell the infant on the illegal adoption market. Although the film runs longer than it needs to, our critics did like it. Marie and Mi...

The Empress Elizabeth of Austria remains better known to Europeans than to most Americans, and so "Corsage" is a welcome biographical treatment of a woman whose great beauty and wealth made her a royal celebrity in the late 19th century. Her life was as tightly constricted as the corsets she wore, however, as HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano observe in this podcast episode.  V...

Razzle Dazzle Radio with co-hosts Carolyn Kelemen and Judy Templeton is proud to be  offering up-to-date information on outstanding programming in Howard County. This edition celebrates community activists and their important events.. “More than Hope” is a multicultural performance, a benefit to aid refugees and those in need,  Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center. Elvira MCullough...

Movies about movies have an inherent appeal, and so the audience is predisposed to like "Empire of Light." In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano discuss this sentimental drama set in an English movie theater in the early 1980s. The main character, expertly played by Olivia Colman, is a theater manager with a history of mental illness. Writer-director Sam Me...

In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano discuss "The Whale," in which Brendan Fraser is receiving considerable media attention for his subtle performance as an obese and depressed man confined to his apartment. They agree that this screen adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter's 2012 play is right to keep its claustrophobia intact and not cinematically open it up, an...

The start of a new year usually fills us with energy to improve things we wish to be better at, and this 2023 Bob wants us all to be more environmentally conscious and take steps towards a healthier more sustainable life.     Join him and his first guest of the year, Howard County Government Energy Manager, Leah Miller, to find out the efforts Howard County is doing to be more energy efficient, an...

Columbia Association (CA) Medical Director Dr. Harry Oken, M.D. discusses some of the most important and relevant health-related topics, connecting you with local resources that can help improve the overall wellness of you as an individual and us as a community.  In this latest installment, Dr. Oken talks with Sheryl Brown, program director of cooper wellness strategies, and  Darrell Gough, person...

Prepare to spend a lot of time underwater while watching "Avatar: The Way of Water." In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano immerse themselves in James Cameron's long-awaited sequel. They agree that this 192-minute movie is much too long, but the 3-D is terrific and there are more than enough interesting plot strands to supply additional sequels. Marie and M...

A passionate professional and certified executive pastry chef, Maria Bell, has done most all things in our industry. Join Tim Banks and find out how Maria has gone from front of the house, to back of the house, to Paris, to wine expert, to professor, and more.  #HCC #culinaryarts #howardcounty #pastry

Jessie L. Brown, who became the US Navy's first Black aviator in 1948, is the subject of "Devotion." This biographical film has a worthy subject and Jonathan Majors gives a persuasive performance as Brown, but HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano observe in this podcast episode that the film itself tends to have an awkwardly slow pace until it gets to scenes of aerial combat durin...

Director Steven Spielberg's most overtly autobiographical film, "The Fabelmans" is a nostalgic look back at the childhood and teen years of the nascent filmmaker. In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano admire the attention to detail within a beautifully designed film, while also noting that there is an overly leisurely pace in the first half of the film. The...

Columbia Association (CA) Medical Director Dr. Harry Oken, M.D. discusses some of the most important and relevant health-related topics, connecting you with local resources that can help improve the overall wellness of you as an individual and us as a community. In this latest installment Dr. Oken talks with nationally-recognized pediatrician Dr. Lauren Crosby about the importance of vaccination a...

HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano have fun in this podcast episode describing what's on the menu in "The Menu," in which Ralph Fiennes plays a dictatorial chef overseeing the tasting menu in an upscale restaurant catering to well-heeled gastro tourists. Although the plot goes to thematic extremes, what's wickedly amusing is that some of the bizarre dishes are close to what is a...

In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura share their favorites episodes from 2022, discuss "how to gift books," and look ahead to 2023 #Reading #Bookclub #literature #HCC #Howardcounty

This month's episode of Green Dragon focuses on UpCycled, an organization that takes recycling to a new level by creating benches and other tangible objects you can find around our county at different locations, including HCC.  Join Bob, and HCC alumni, Freddie Striano, as they talk about the beginnings, of the organization, its current projects, and what to look forward in the future.   #upcycled...