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Send us Fan Mail Has Lewes Delaware shaped Dennis Reardon's life, or has Dennis shaped the life of Lewes? After more than eight decades, it's hard to tell. In this episode, Dennis takes us back to his boyhood summers on Lewes Beach, an idyllic stretch of coast tucked between two working fish factories. As he grew up and built a career as a lawyer, helping create legal procedures still in...

Send us Fan Mail Stephanie Boright, the owner of Coastal Cottage Renovations, didn’t start by working at a construction site.  She started working on the filming of JFK which led to an incredible array of production work on shows and films like The West Wing, NCIS, Spy Game, Armageddon, Transformers , and X-Men the Last Stand to name but a few. Steph explains that if you can handle a movie set, wi...

Send us Fan Mail Maureen Botti Eschbach,  the owner of the beloved Lewes boutique, Aquamarine, has been empowering her customers for almost 21 years, helping them find the perfect outfit to wear for any occasion.  In a hilarious, irreverent, and entertaining episode, Mo shares the unusual yet somehow perfect road she took that has enabled her to help thousands of customers be excited about what th...

Send us Fan Mail Richard is a respected non-profit champion and a successful entrepreneur …..at the same time.  That’s right, a true unicorn.  His inspiring story is a testament to faith, commitment, and family. He shows that our best chance to turn adversity into a strength, whether its in life, career or business, always starts the same way - standing back up.  As Richard explains, it’s not easy...

Send us Fan Mail Sue Keller's  Images of Simplicity pays tribute to the work of famed poet Gilbert Bryan, whose life was defined in part by his experience teaching high school in Lewes. Half of the book is his poetry, accompanied and enhanced by Sue's photography.  The other half is a poignant, candid account of three intertwined lives - Gilbert’s, her father’s, and her own - and the tow...

Send us Fan Mail In the second part of his two-part interview, Dr. Jay Donecker talks about the lessons he learned being elected for two four terms as mayor of a small town, the first person ever to be elected who was not born there.  It’s a fascinating discussion of the art of leadership, the value of political availability, not talking like a politician, and learning how to listen and to whom. A...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Sparrow loves to tell stories, a love that started in elementary school and has taken him to Television, the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, to authoring a landmark book on the War of Words between FDR and Charlies Lindbergh. A fascinating, candid, inside look at the state of the news business, how we got to where we are, and why it shoul...

Send us Fan Mail In the first part of a two-part interview, Dr. Jay Donecker shares how he used what he learned as a local veterinarian in North Carolina to become a respected clinical researcher, part of a US team sent to England to help combat Hoof and Mouth disease, and play a role in creating a warning system for bioterrorist attacks on the nation’s food supply. The previous government system...

Send us Fan Mail One month, he was traveling the world, taking care of large institutional clients and their executives, while leading a consulting company he co-founded. A month later, he’s helping a young girl learn how to catch her first fish or enabling a family to create a lifelong memory on the water.  Matt explains the unusual journey he’s taken to build a new adventure company that takes a...

Send us Fan Mail  Ron delivers an absolute master class on some of the most critical topics facing our society today. He breaks down the nuances of free speech, the responsibilities we hold as citizens, and the power of writing to shape a community. But it’s not all constitutional law and civic duty. You won't want to miss the wild story of how he actually won a date on national television. I...

Send us Fan Mail Our Fourth Season kicks off with a special guest, the indefatigable Mary Alice Kelly, the Committee chair of Lewes 250, an organization charged with celebrating the legacy of the American Revolution and how it continues to shape the Lewes community, the First Town in the First State. A former music industry executive, active member of the DAR, and avid historian, Mak, as she’s kno...

Send us Fan Mail A final episode for the year with a live audience at Kindle Restaurant with guests from our third season including Bill Collick, Dr. Kathy Henn, Jim Semivan, Ed Zygmonski, Dick Bryan, Dr. Kevin Mallinson, Lisa Graff, Hillary Summerbell, Mike DiPaolo, Matt Carter, Jenn Wagner, Ed Paterline, Bill Hicks, Bob Rabatsky, Jay Donecker, and Shook. A funny, personal, irreverent conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail Four men, each successful in their own right, open up about a life stage that if you’re lucky, is inevitable - being retired.  A candid discussion of what they expected, what they learned, the challenges, and the fun of no longer being traditionally employed. All have found a way to give back. All are busy; all are doing what they like.  And, yes, all are still laughing, which isn...

Send us Fan Mail Larry Franz has always gotten things done.  While working in a factory, he became the local union’s president, used the extra money to pay for college, and negotiated the best CBA his members had ever won.  At the Pentagon, one of the toughest bureaucracies in the country, generals relied upon him to navigate through all the egos and red tape and make their plans happen.  Now reti...

Send us Fan Mail Tucked under sand and towered over by trees inside Cape Henlopen State Park,  Ft. Miles was once an active military base from World War II through the Cold War and into the Vietnam War. Ed Paterline, Fort Miles Historical Association Board Member, takes us through the fort’s storied history and how a determined group of volunteers, mostly retired, turned an abandoned piece of hist...

Send us Fan Mail 18 Major League Baseball Clubs have been sent home, another notch on their annual misery belts. Have your fan dreams been squashed; your hope destroyed, while the usual clubs march on? Ready to give up? Don’t. You can keep hold of your annual fixation with failure and still root for a winner - the Lewes Vintage Base Ball Club.  They play by 1860s rules. Nine players. Nine innings....

Send us Fan Mail Co-founders Steve Esfandiari, Matt DiSabatino, and Kevin McGuiness were unburdened by knowledge, experience, or a good premise for a podcast when they released their first episode back in May 2023.  What they did have was an interesting town filled with interesting people. They hoped that would be enough. At least they got that right.  A candid look back at what they learned, who’...

Send us Fan Mail Jenn Wagner is a local artist working in multiple mediums.  She describes herself as a metal worker who also paints and makes jewelry.  She attended 12 different schools growing up, as her family moved around the country and the world.  She followed a traditional business path, getting her MBA from Rice University, then lived with her husband in Budapest and Paris.  After a seriou...

Send us Fan Mail Mike DiPaolo has spent over 25 years working with non-profits, helping make them and the communities they serve more effective and impactful.  He helped steer the Lewes Historical Society into prominence, and today is helping the Delaware Community Foundation improve and better coordinate charitable activities throughout the state.  He’s won national and state awards for his publi...

Send us Fan Mail What would your life be like if you couldn’t read? Think about school, getting a job, so much of your daily life. Hillary Summerbell has dyslexia. She can’t read like most people. Not just books or textbooks.  She couldn’t even read road signs, let alone use a computer. But, Hillary doesn’t give up. She finds solutions. She used the talents she had - an amazing eye for design and...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a life where your work involves kayaking with dolphins, dressing as you like (shoes and shirts are optional), and only answering to the person staring at you in the mirror.  Matt Carter created a career built around what he loves - showing people how to stay healthy, have fun playing outdoors, and relishing the simple joys in life like sitting around a beach fire doing abs...

Send us Fan Mail Lisa Graff is well known for creating and performing her own one woman shows based upon her insightful and humorous take on life.  Accompanied by musicians Holly Lane and John Flynn, she has created, starred and produced The Benefits of Aging …Uncensored ; Secrets to a Long Marriage and Other Myths ; and Chicago is My Kind of Town , to name a few. Known for her wit, bluntness, and...

Send us Fan Mail With the July 4th holiday only days away, we wanted to share part of a prior episode with Russ Palmer. He talks about how the town’s fireworks extravaganza got started, how it’s funded, where you can sit and watch, and other key logistical information.  This is a big city fireworks party in a small town. It’s all privately funded, so donations are always welcome. Visit Go Fourth L...

Send us Fan Mail Following Episode 38, listeners asked for examples of UAPs - unidentified anomalous phenomena (what we used to call UFOs) - and how they’ve been validated.  UAP expert and To The Stars co-founder Jim Semivan returns to provide multiple examples of different kinds of encounters people have had with the Phenomenon.  Jim explains the evidence behind the sightings and what needs to be...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, Kevin Mallinson shares how he applied the lessons he learned as a firefighter to a career in nursing.  Earning a MSN and a PhD from John Hopkins.  He spent much of his career helping find ways to combat the tragic consequences of the AIDS epidemic and provide comfort to those who were dying and their families, whether in the United States or Africa. Whether in the class...