Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM The first Lehigh Valley Discovery Ball: Unlocking Hope takes place November 12, 2026, at Vault 634 in Allentown. The mystery-themed event raises money for the American Cancer Society and its work in cancer research, advocacy and patient support. Taylor Kosak , senior manager of events for the American Cancer Society, joins event co-chairs Katie Santana , president of Tur...

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM Data centers, warehouses, property taxes and housing costs are all part of the conversation when Ron Beitler , an independent Lehigh County commissioner representing District 2, and Frank Pintabone , Easton’s vice mayor, join Off the Record with Lehigh Valley with Love . Hosts George Wacker and Jeff Warren , Northampton County Council vice president and host of The Phila...

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM Small-business help and local holiday shopping come together in Bethlehem on November 4 at ToastiQueen’s Fueling Business Growth event and the Home for the Holidays Podcast Holiday Marketplace . Tiffany Sondergaard , CEO and principal consultant of –ts Brand Elevation , joins George Wacker on the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast to explain how the evening connects b...

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM We caught up with Lara Bly at Lara Bly Designs in South Bethlehem as she gets ready for her Fall/Winter 2026 Fashion Show at The Wilbur Mansion in Bethlehem on Friday, October 9. Lara takes us inside her boutique and working design studio, where much of what you see on the racks is actually made right there.   Lara Bly Fall/Winter 2026 Fashion Show: Friday, October...

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM Cathleen O’Malley is bringing Milkdrunk , her original one-woman show about childbirth, breastfeeding, motherhood and everything messy that comes with it, to Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem October 7-10. Cathleen joins George Wacker to talk about how her own experience giving birth became the starting point for Milkdrunk , and how documenting the strange, difficult and f...

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM Anja Keister is bringing burlesque back to Northampton. After D20 Burlesque’s Valentine’s show sold out the Roxy earlier this year, the hometown performer and producer returns with D20 Burlesque’s Spooky Spectacular on Sunday, October 4. Anja joins George Wacker again to talk about how that first Roxy show went and what surprised her about the crowd. People just old enou...

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM Nathan Szydlow , creator of LV Crime Map , joins the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast to explain how he built a live incident map for police, fire and EMS dispatches across Lehigh and Northampton counties.   Szydlow has been programming since he was 12 and wanted to combine his software-development background with his interest in the Lehigh Valley. The idea for LV Cr...

GET MORE AT LVWITHLOVE.COM Kelsey Aikens , Director of Social Services for Battle Borne , joins the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast to discuss the housing gap facing women veterans in the Lehigh Valley. Women veterans experiencing a housing crisis can find themselves caught between general shelters that may not understand veteran-specific needs and veteran programs that were not designed around wo...

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Dave Burgio , co-founder of Trifecta Credit Solutions in Allentown, joins the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast to talk about how credit connects to capital. The conversation covers credit readiness, business funding, SBA loans, debt consolidation, creative finance, private real estate lending, and the mistakes people often make before applying for funding. Dave explains...

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! The Flint water crisis did not begin at the faucet. It grew out of economic decline, aging infrastructure and a system that removed local control from the people most affected by decisions about their water. George Wacker talks with playwright Maura Haney and two-time Obie Award-winning director Lee Sunday Evans about The Poisoner, a neo-noir thriller inspired by Flint....

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Moms mean business, and at The Mom Market , kids do too. Founder Devika Knafo returns to the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast as The Mom Market approaches its first anniversary. What began with 40 women supporting Devika’s vision has grown into a community platform that she says has supported more than 160 mom- and women-owned businesses. Devika talks about creating spac...

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! CeaseFirePA Lehigh Valley Organizer Maggie Hartmann joins George Wacker to discuss gun violence prevention in Allentown and the work continuing after the July 16 Allentown Gun Violence Prevention Forum.   Maggie talks about bringing elected officials, community organizations, law enforcement and residents together, including young people in decisions that affect th...

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Banko Beverage President Tony Gallo joins Lehigh Valley with Love at Musikfest to talk about the family business, its relationship with the festival and where the beverage industry is heading. Banko supplies bars, restaurants and retailers across ten counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. Gallo discusses the importance of spending time with those local businesses, suppo...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Marine veteran Gabe Atkins is taking on a roughly 3,500-mile bicycle ride from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, to San Diego, California, to raise awareness for veteran suicide prevention and support organizations helping veterans in crisis. After serving two tours in Afghanistan, Gabe struggled to readjust to civilian life and watched friends and fellow veterans...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Musikfest Preview Night arrives Thursday, July 30, followed by 10 days of music, food, art and nearly unavoidable reunions throughout Bethlehem from Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 9. For the fifth annual Mayor’s Musikfest Preview Podcast, we set up at StadtPlatz outside Bethlehem City Hall with Mayor J. William Reynolds and eight guests who plan th...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Historic Easton Cemetery Executive Director Keith Lampman-Perlman leads Lehigh Valley with Love through 85 acres of Easton history, Victorian funerary art, monuments and green space.   The tour stops at the graves of Declaration of Independence signer George Taylor, football helmet inventor George Oliver Barclay, Lucy, Howard Rinek and John Frederic O...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! We were recently invited to tour the new Phoenix Ridge Apartments in Allentown and get a closer look at what the community has to offer. From the grand social space and resident lounge to the fitness center, yoga room, conference room, dog wash station, and modern one- and two-bedroom apartments, Phoenix Ridge is clearly designed around convenience and eve...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! From the top of South Mountain to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Boys & Girls Club of Bethlehem board member Dylan Stroup is preparing to climb Africa’s highest mountain while raising $50,000 for local kids through his Climb for Kids campaign.   We joined Dylan on South Mountain to talk about the personal goal that started the journey, the six m...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Singer-songwriter Alex Radus joins Lehigh Valley with Love ahead of Songcraft in the Round at Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem on Thursday, July 16 . The quarterly series, curated by Radus, brings songwriters together to perform original music and talk about the stories, influences, and craft behind the songs.   This July edition features Doug “Ol’ Moose”...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Conor Hepp, the new Executive Director and CEO of Da Vinci Science Center in downtown Allentown, joins Lehigh Valley with Love to talk about the power of hands-on learning, what brought him to museum and science center work, and what comes next for the Center. Conor shares how childhood visits to places like The Franklin Institute and Penn Museum helped sp...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller joins George Wacker on the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast to talk about Citizens United, dark money, super PACs, outside spending, and how campaign finance issues are showing up in Pennsylvania races. Muller explains why the 2010 Supreme Court decision remains central to modern political spending, how outside g...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! The Painted Petal is a restored 1910 Craftsman-style boutique guest house and event venue at 7809 Hamilton Boulevard in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. Owner Maggie Fischer transformed the once-deteriorating historic home into one of the Lehigh Valley’s most unique places to stay, gather, create, and celebrate. Inside, the house is filled with restored woodwork...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem is celebrating 20 years in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2006 by Jesse Thompson, the studio began as a third-floor yoga space in the former Cantelmi’s Hardware Building and has grown into a home for yoga, Pilates, teacher training, wellness, and community. Owner Rachel Abott , founder Jesse Thompson, longtime teachers...

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! The Saquon Barkley Alpha Invitational is coming to Whitehall High School June 20 and 21, bringing youth flag football, family fun, vendors, music, and community together where Saquon’s story began. We talk with Tonya Johnson, Saquon Barkley’s mom and Vice President of the Michael Ann & Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation, along with board member Rachael J....

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Mike McGrath is signing off from You Bet Your Garden on WDIY with a final episode that looks back on 30 years in public radio, a career rooted in organic gardening, and the kind of advice that made him a trusted voice for gardeners everywhere. In the interview, Mike reflects on his time as editor of Organic Gardening , his years on public radio, and how th...