Profiles by Charley Walters

Host Charley Walters talks with Laura Gallagher Byrne, the Director of Theater and Education at the Nantucket Dreamland, and Artistic Director of the Dreamland Stage Company.

Join host Charley Walters with special guest Jamie Siminoff. Jamie is the founder and Chief Inventor of the home security company Ring, Inc. He is also the new owner of Nantucket's Handlebar Cafe. This episode was recorded at NCTV in 2021. The video version of this podcast episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/Di13Jxylsfs

Host Charley Walters talks with former Nantucket resident Susan Beegel, a renowned Ernest Hemingway scholar. This episode was pre-recorded in the Gene Mahon Studio on Nantucket Island at NCTV. To watch the video version of this podcast, please visit NCTV's YouTube channel under Profiles. Enjoy!

Host Charley Walters talks with Rob Benchley — photographer, author, and unofficial keeper of the Sankaty Head lighthouse.

Host Charley Walters interviews his wife Nancy Thayer, who has written thirty-four novels. Her most recent title is Family Reunion, which was published in May 2021.

Host Charley Walters interviews L'Merchie Frazier, the Director of Education and Interpretation at the Museum of African American History, which has campuses on Nantucket and in Boston.

Host Charley Walters talks with Barbara Tibbetts, the creator of the ongoing project called "Living and Playing in a Sustainable World."

Host Charley Walters talks with Ann Scott, the ninth and current Executive Director of the Nantucket Atheneum. The video version of this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/5odxbgeNzyQ Enjoy!

Host Charley Walters speaks with Gail Walker, the founder of Nantucket Lights, whose mission is "to preserve and protect Nantucket's nighttime environment and heritage of dark skies by raising awareness about light pollution on the island and advocating for environmentally responsible outdoor lighting." This episode was recorded and published to Youtube August 5, 2023. For the video ve...

Nigel Goss is a Nantucket native and career musician. He currently works as a professional bassist and pianist, and is an active music teacher. In his nonmusical life, he’s dad to a talented, smart and beautiful teen daughter Cecilia, and enjoys walking, running, yoga, crosswords, and sailing on Sesachacha Pond.

Host Charley Walters talks with drummer Kenny Howard, a Nantucket native who has played professionally both on and off the island for more than thirty years. This podcast is the listen only version of our recorded interview with Kenny Howard on June 3, 2023. The video version is available on NCTV's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAWCRi5hH24 Special thanks to Bobbie Howard for...

Host Charley Walters talks with author Julie Gerstenblatt, whose first novel is the recently published 𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵. The video version of this podcast is available on NCTV's Youtube Channel and aired April 28, 2023. Be sure to subscribe to our Youtube Channel and follow us on instagram @ournctv

Host Charley Walters talks with David Adams Cleveland, whose most recent novel is Gods of Deception. Cleveland is also an art historian who wrote the award-winning A History of American Tonalism, 1880-1920.

Host Charley Walters talks with Kitty Pochman, the Executive Director of the Linda Loring Nature Foundation since its inception in 2007.

Host Charley Walters talks with Will Kinsella, who is Chair of ACKlimate, a collaborative that supports "innovative and holistic climate change strategies for the Nantucket community and beyond." For more information, visit: https://www.acklimate.org/

Host Charley Walters meets with American political journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker.

Host Charley Walters talks with Mary Bergman, Executive Director of the Nantucket Preservation Trust.

Host Charley Walters talks with Peter Brace, who has been a beekeeper on Nantucket since 2013. Brace is also the author of Nantucket: A Natural History and Walking Nantucket: A Walker's Guide to Exploring Nantucket on Foot, the owner and operator of Nantucket Walkabout, the Secretary of Nantucket's Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board, an Adjunct Professor at UMass Boston, and Nantucket&#39...

Josh Gray is the Director of Creative Programming for the Dreamland Foundation. He is also a journalist, a Director at the Nantucket Book Foundation, a Coordinator for the Nantucket Project, and Co-President of the Nantucket Photographers Network.

Host Charley Walters interviews NASA astronaut Drew Feustel, who has been to space three times, spent six months at the International Space Station, and made nine spacewalks. Recorded on July 25, 2019.