Sweet'N Up with Jeff Spencer

Rebekah Harriman-Stites is a democratic candidate running for the 106th house district currently held by Republican Rep Mitch Bolinsky. Harriman-Stites is a successful business owner, fundraising professional, non-profit advocate, community organizer, Newtown Board of Education member, and wrestling mom amongst so many other things!

Matt Scott is Connecticut’s most popular Weatherman previously of WTNH News 8 & joined FOX61 in 2013 bringing over 20 years of broadcasting experience to the FOX61 Morning News weather team. Originally from New York City, Matt attended the University of Maryland and Mississippi State University. In addition to his work in Connecticut, Matt has worked in West Virginia, Mississippi, Charlotte and Bo...

Bob Duff is an American politician, currently serving as a member of the Connecticut Senate, where he represents Norwalk and part of Darien in Connecticut's 25th District. He previously served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing the 137th District.

Democratic State Senator Julie Kushner was elected on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 to represent the 103,000 residents of the 24th State Senate District towns of Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman, and a portion of Bethel. In the Connecticut General Assembly, Julie is Senate Chair of the Labor & Public Employees Committee, Vice-Chair of the Environment Committee, and a member of the Appropriations, Educa...

Sarah Ferris covers the House for POLITICO’s Congress team, focusing on the Democratic caucus. She has covered Capitol Hill for six years, including stints focused on budget and health care policy for POLITICO Pro and The Hill newspaper. A graduate of the George Washington University, Ferris spent most of her time writing for The GW Hatchet. She has also written for outlets including The Washingto...

Frankie Vinci is a multi-platinum songwriter and recording artist, who has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in music, including Aerosmith, Van Halen, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Tim McGraw. Over the years, his artistic expression has expanded to visual art. He works in the Pop Art genre, utilizing spray paint, image transfers, metal, torn paper, and other mixe...

David Arconti is an American politician who has served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 109th district since 2013.

Born and raised in Westport, CT, Matt is the Chef/Owner of Match Restaurant as well as the Owner of Match Burger Lobster in Westport, CT. Matt recently competed and won Chopped on The Food Network! Matt graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park and spent several formative years with Chef Todd English. Matt has cooked at The James Beard House on many occasions as well as cooking...

Daniel Rosenthal is an American politician and current First Selectman of Newtown, Connecticut. He is currently serving his 2nd term since taking office in 2017. He is the third in as many generations of Rosenthals to be First Selectman of Newtown and an overall tremendous guy & leader.

Matthew Ritter is a lawyer and Democratic politician from Connecticut. He is currently the Majority Leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives & State Representative of Connecticut's 1st Assembly District. 

Hailing from New York City, Andrew Feyer, known by most as just the last name and solo moniker Feyer (pronounced FAY-er), is a singer, songwriter, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist with diverse musical experience spanning many genres and styles. Feyer constructs his unique sound by combining personal, yet theatrical lyrics, with a classically influenced melodic and instrumental style,...

Anne Meiman Hughes is an American politician who is the member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 135th district, serving Weston, Easton and parts of Redding in Fairfield County. She is a member of the Democratic Party and serves as Co-Chair of the Progressive Democratic Caucus.

Matt Fleury is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Science Center. He is a member of the Association of Science Technology Centers’ board and the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, and has driven major fundraising campaigns to effectively engage education, business, and government leaders. Love Science: https://youtu.be/fBh4YUuHchs

Mark Lennon aka SHARKIE has been the Co-Manager of My Place Restaurant in Newtown, Connecticut since 2009 and a prominent figure in not only the Newtown community and the state, but the beer community as well. Now, Mark is one of three owners of a new brewing company located in Newtown, Connecticut called NewSylum Brewing Company entrenched on the old grounds of Newtown's historic Fairfield Hills...

Raghib Ismail Allie-Brennan is an American politician and former United States House of Representatives legislative aid. In the 2018 election, Allie-Brennan was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing Connecticut's 2nd assembly district.

Mark D. Boughton is an American politician and the longest-serving Mayor in Danbury, Connecticut's history. He is currently serving in his tenth consecutive term, since first elected in 2001. He was the Republican endorsed candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2018.

William Haskell is an American politician and a member of the Connecticut State Senate, representing District 26. The district encompasses the towns of Redding, Ridgefield, Wilton, and parts of Bethel, Weston, Westport, and New Canaan. Haskell is a member of the Democratic Party and the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Gary A. Winfield is an American politician from the state of Connecticut and member of the Democratic Party. He serves in the Connecticut State Senate, representing the 10th district. From 2009 to 2014 he served as a State Representative from the 94th Assembly District.

May 11th 2020: On this 4th installment of Sweet'N Up! AND BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND we come at you LIVE in living color with my guest co-host Kurt Vinci CEO of Aqueous Animation & our MAIN guest well known NY Chef Ralph J. Bello from our homes brought to you by ZOOM video conferencing! Chef Bello shows us how its done by whipping up fresh EGG YOLK pasta for his INFAMOUS TAKEOUT TUESDAY at the Dutches...

May 4th 2020: On this 3rd installment of Sweet'N Up! we come at you LIVE in living color with my guest co-host Kurt Vinci CEO of Aqueous Animation & our MAIN guest well known NY Chef Ralph J. Bello from our homes brought to you by ZOOM video conferencing!   Chef Bello shows us how its done by whipping up some fresh squid ink pasta while we pepper him with questions: no pun intended!!!!   For the v...

In this latest episode of SWEET'N UP! we speak with popular jazz musician ANDREW DENICOLA about his experience being diagnosed with COVID-19 on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean! You will not want to miss this!!! Andrew DeNicola is a jazz/film composer, multi-instrumentalist, and educator based in New York City. Originally from Stamford CT, his musical journey began in 4th grade when he pic...

In this very 1st episode of SWEET'N UP! with Jeff Spencer & Ben Miles we introduce ourselves to you, set the tone for the future of our podcast & get into the nitty gritty of COVID-19 and all of its challenges and new normals. Also, what's the news with my beloved METS?!