"Sharing Common Ground"

Join "The Mayor" as he welcomes Mike McFee.  Mike is past Chairman of the Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce and past President of the Beaufort Realtors Association. On the Beaufort government side, Mike was first elected to City Council in 2008 and re-elected in 2012 and 2016.  He was Mayor Pro Tem from 2014 to 2020 and won a special election in 2021 to return to City Council and was elected Ma...

Join "The Mayor" as he welcomes Dan Durbin to "Sharing Common Ground."  A nearly 40-year veteran of education, Dan is a national award-winning educator, administrator and consultant who has joined the Mark Bookman Foundation as its Executive Director.  Listen to his vision for the Foundation and prepare to be impressed. 

Join Billy as he welcomes Alex Jackson.  Jackson was disabled as a toddler returning from a visit to his grandparents in Augusta, Ga., to show off his walking abilities. The car his mother drove was struck head-on when another vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic.  His mother, a pediatrician at the Medical University, was severely injured but recovered. Jackson suffered a debilitating spinal trau...

Join "The Mayor" Billy Keyserling as he welcomes renowned Director of Photography/Cinematographer Felix Arceneaux to the Podcast.  Felix was the Director Of Photography for "Mark - A Call to Action," the documentary about the life and achievements of Dr. Mark Bookman, a fully disabled man from Bryn Mawr, PA who, despite needing 24/7 care, became a globally respected disabilities advocate and schol...

Join Billy and his guest Jonathan Brown who hails from the Sea Islands of South Carolina.  A retired Navy Man, Jonathan has spent a lifetime in the health care field and currently performs a critical function by transporting Medicaid patients to healthcare specialists, giving them access they might otherwise not have.  Jonathan is equal parts caregiver and therapist and he's a window to a world th...

Billy speaks with old friend and fellow Mayor John Tecklenburg.  John is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina.  He graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC with a Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry and later studied Jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston.  John is a commercial realtor by trade, but among his many achievements, served two terms as Mayor of Charleston, South Caro...