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Today I am joined by two phenomenal women from Raising HOPE ! Amy Summers, Program Director for Raising HOPE. She is responsible for the overall coordination and organization of the Raising Hope administrative and operational components, and programmatic components as well as recruitment. She was the former Director of the Big Brothers Big Sisters satellite program at Amherst College where she int...

Today I have the honor of playing an interview I did with the three girls who are the hosts of The Worst Years podcast. Maeve is an only child with two moms and a dog named Brooklyn. She lived in Brooklyn, NY, until she was eight (hence the name of her dog). This summer, she will turn 11. Maeve is a competitive gymnast and plays clarinet. Her favorite subjects in school are writing, reading, scien...

Today I am honored to welcome JoAnn Stevelos to the show. A public health advisor, researcher and speaker, she started out working in a virology lab and has since worked for startups and nonprofits to prevent cancer, type 2 diabetes and other chronic illnesses, and is now presently the Executive Director for the Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients at the School of Nursing at George Wa...

Still in quarantine, still making it happen! Today's guest is MK Burnell, host of the brand new podcast More Music Please: Quarantine Beat , where she chats with music industry professionals about life during COVID... and whatever else comes up. Until the pandemic shook things up, she was a radio host and music director with a particular passion for supporting local and emerging artists. She lives...

The one and only, Shannon Donnell is my very special guest today. Shannon is a nurse on the front lines in NYC right now, but she had three days off last week and graciously gave me some of that time for an interview to hear how things are going for her out there. You may know Shannon from her years of running the clinic for the O+ Festival 🙏🏽 She’s a multitalented musician, vocalist and big-hea...

Every day should be Mother's Day, right? Today I am joined by 5 hard working mamas who I am proud to call friends and colleagues at Radio Kingston. Today we're going to get into how they are balancing work, life, kids and sanity. We check in with them about all that plus parenting and homeschooling hacks during quarantine and what they are wishing for on Mother’s Day! Erica Brown, Community Engage...

Today I catch up with 5 women whose work and lives have been affected by the global pause. They share where they are at both personally and professionally, what's been a challenge, what's changed for the better or the worse, how they envision going back to work, what they're grateful for, what they miss, and how they've leaned on each other to get through it all. Thanks for joining ladies! I hope...

Big Day, Happy Earth Day! Today on the show... Jaysa Hunter-Mellers’ dynamic speeches at rallies and her testimony at City Hall helped shut down the coal-fired power plant that was causing her asthma. Jaysa has become a passionate advocate for environmental justice and for national school civic education so that kids—and adults, too—can learn how to participate in their own governance, take action...

Heya friends! Today I am joined by ALL of the ladies I co-create with over at Anahata . Allow me to introduce: Ana Gioia , has been a practicing yogini since 2005. She studied traditional Hatha Yoga for 7 years before encountering and eventually training in Kundalini. Some of her specialties include Children’s Yoga, Pre & Post-Natal Yoga and Mommy & Me. Ana feels very drawn to serving Women, Famil...

I'm BACK for a full episode! Speaking today with Rebecca Horner and Karen Pardini of the Marbletown First Aid Unit . Rebecca is a retired IBM software engineer, MFAU's Board Chair and an EMS Volunteer. Karen is the Chief who on the side raises and deploys search and rescue dogs. Important fact, in 1961 Harriet Weber founded Marbletown First Aid, the first ambulance squad in Ulster County. Sixty ye...

Yay! Brainy Fox is back! Our theme music by Shana Falana rides again!!! Ida and I check in, get deep about fear and thriving and then I play an interview with Leah Gooch of Four Minutes a Day who offers Reiki, Yoga, and Meditation. Leah shares some of her journey to and through Reiki and how she does remote distant Reiki services. I attempt to analogize this phenomenon with Quantum Physics. If any...

Still quarantined from Radio Kingston with Ida Hakkila holding down the fort with some jams, but we sneak in an interview I did with Art Therapist and community builder, Dahlia Jarrett . She shares about her first memory of art, going to art school and her path to becoming an Art Therapist. She also helps explain the differences between being an art teacher and an art therapist and the therapeutic...

Andrea Shaut @andreaforkingston is the first Alderwoman-at-Large, female Council President for the City of Kingston , the 2nd highest ranking position within the city government. It’s been a LONG TIME COMING! Andrea is also a prominent musician in the Hudson Valley music scene. She has been the piano accompanist and rehearsal assistant for the prestigious West Point Military Academy Glee Club sinc...

Nia and Ness are a black, out-lesbian, dancer-poet performance art duo based in Rosendale, NY. The duo met and became a couple in 2013, and founded their company in 2016. They have performed at multiple venues nationwide, sharing their work that aims at a deeper understanding of their co-reality through intense investigation of their individual identities. They premiered their first evening length...

MANDA ZAND ERVIN , Founder and Director of the Alliance of Iranian Women is today's very honored guest. We will be talking about Iran, the beautiful history of Iran, the ruling Women-Gods, the plight of women in Iran under Sharia law, and her new book, " The Ladies' Secret Society: History of the Courageous Women of Iran. " During the Iranian Islamic revolution, Manda witnessed the execution of ma...

Today!!! I am joined by Jessica Meyer, a leadership consultant and executive coach who co-created The Idea Garden with her husband, Matt Taylor, a space for socially engaged art and community events. She is active in the community, a member of Women's History Month Kingston the steering committee and the mom of Maggie, a certified therapy dog who is battling cancer. Today we learn more about Jess,...

Today I sit down with three of the members of Circle Creative Collective , an organization which hosts events, gathering in Circle to share and remember the things we learned or wish we had from our grandparents, a bridge from past to present and culture to culture, an open circle to all... bringing together the creative and curious across cultural borders in our Hudson Valley communities and beyo...

I managed to keep things relatively sane with these two comedians in the house today. Perla Ayora , Tech Coordinator at Radio Kingston and Stand Up Comedian talks about her roots in the Yucatan, Mayan culture, leaving for the States, the discrimination she faced and how she came to try stand up comedy about a year ago. Jessieca McNabb started performing stand up in the early ’90s and hasn’t stoppe...

Today's guest is such a beautiful human, ok yes, we all are! Tanya Zabinski is an artist, writer, and peaceful activist who recently published, " Peace, Love, Action! Everyday Acts of Goodness. " This book is full of historical and educational information about change makers and peaceful activists plus suggestions about what you can do to be a peaceful activist yourself. She'll be at the Winter Ho...

Welcome to Season 3!!! Today, my guest is Joanne Leffeld , more famously known as the “Moolah Doula.” She’s worn many roles in her life including certified financial planner, mom, yoga teacher, artist, hospice volunteer, business partner in a lighting design company and more recently an end of life doula. She’s had her share of ups and downs but believes there’s always an opportunity to birth a ne...

Yay, today Shana Falana returns as a guest on the show to get us caught up on all that's been happening in her world since she stepped away from the show last year, hint a new album, tour and upcoming shows at SXSW! If you haven't already picked up her new album, "Darkest Light," you can grab it here. As we do, Shana and I go deep, discussing consciousness, the stories we tell ourselves, her work...

Today's show is dedicated to birthing... all things really, but we're hyper-focused on birthing babies. My guest today, Julia Indichova, is the author of Inconceivable and The Fertile Female . Her work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show , Discovery Health, NPR’s 51%, Good Morning America, Tablet Magazine, Huffington Post and more. After 9/11 she initiated the 9/11 Bowing Project documente...

Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday MOM! I pay homage to my Mom and my Grandma before digging into the crates so to speak to spin many of my favorite Erika Wennerstrom and Heartless Bastards songs. Sorry to all you podcast listeners, you won't get the music here, you'll have to check out the show archive in its entirety on Radio Kingston , or catch the Spotify playlist for the show.  "Be Good to Yo...

Episode #100!!!! Made it to triple digits! Today's special guests are the epitome of the feminine... creative, artistic, talented, nurturing, healing, and mystical. What a pleasure it is to share their stories. My first guest,  Natasha Althouse @musicbynatasha, is a musician , vocalist, wife, mom and holistic bodyworker whose healing practice focuses on postural imbalances, stress induced tension,...

My first guest today is Gabriela Friedman.  Originally from Brazil, @gabriela_friedman has taken some pretty bold steps in her life to bring her to where she is today, a Mom, a personal trainer, and a nutritionist based in the Hudson Valley. From her own journey Gabriela discovered how a lifestyle built around healthy living and physical fitness could empower, build confidence and discipline, and...