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On this Fun Friday episode, we’re hosted a book club with local authors. With us was Janyce Brawn, author of three middle grade novels in the "Tales of the Teleporting Topsider" series. Her fourth book in the series, "David and the Foglinian Menace", will be out this summer. Then we talked to Gary Larson, author of three books, "Harbor Yarns," "Peeling Back the L...

One thing is for certain: you can't do human services without humans. For our Thursday program, we asked Erie Community Foundation Vice President Patrick Herr to join us to share about the Erie area social service non-profits he works with, and the struggles and solutions they engage in to build their employee communities.

On our Wednesday episode of The Joel Natalie Show, Congressman Mike Kelly joined us for a review of the latest issues that Congress is dealing with, along with his work on the Ways and Means Committee.

On our Tuesday program from 5th & State, we are informing our listeners to beware of scams. Phone calls claiming to be government agencies and emails claiming to be creditors are particularly targeting our seniors and trying to dupe them out of their life’s savings. We interviewed Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cindy Schick of Troop E, as she investigates the many scams that are out there,...

On our Wednesday program, our focus was on the Erie County Technical School. School Director Joe Tarasovitch, and Chairman of the Joint Operating Committee Sam Ring will joined us to talk about ECTS’s build-out, what the students are learning, and how their hands-on style of education is working to shape Erie’s future.

On our Tuesday episode of The Joel Natalie Show, we are happy to share our conversation with Dave McCormick, former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, recent Republican candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate, and now the author of a new book titled "Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America."

On Monday's economic development focus for The Joel Natalie Show, the main point of discussion was Erie’s Inclusive Playbook. Listen for our conversation about population, workforce, planning, and other community development topics with Kim Thomas, Executive Director of Infinite Erie.

When Mayor Joe Schember visited The Joel Natalie Show studio for his March 2023 conversation, we received a lot of calls from citizens, discussing various topics such as code enforcement, short-term rentals, and city finances.

It is Women’s History Month, so our Thursday focus is on Women of Word, a uniquely-Erie production in its eleventh season. Thasia Anne, poetess, author, and social worker joined us to share her perspectives and to talk about the annual WOW performance which was presented this year at PACA.

Community leaders continue to be alarmed at the growing shortage of local foster parents to serve the growing number of children needing foster care. To help us understand the challenges and solutions was Britni Burlingham, Foster Coordinator for the County of Erie's Office of Children and Youth.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in California has shaken all of America, including Erieites. To help us navigate through the confusion, we invited Dr. Greg Filbeck, Professor of Finance and Director of the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend to join us with clear-eyed analysis of the situation.

Our coverage of the controversy surrounding the Presque Isle Gateway Project continued Monday with a conversation with Millcreek Township Supervisor Jim Bock.

On our Fun Friday episode, we conversed with fellow podcaster, Michael Balko. Based in Erie, The Michael Balko Show has been featured on various major outlets, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and more, across the country and across the globe.

On Thursday, the CEO of Visit Erie, John Oliver visited us to share the convention and tourism bureau's 2022 annual report and the prospects for growing this $1 billion dollar local industry in the new year.

On a sunny, beautiful Wednesday, and we were happy to welcome a first-time guest to the show.  Courtney Nientimp, Erie regional manager of Make-A-Wish of Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia spoke with us about granting wishes, and helping children with critical illnesses.

On Tuesday, we were happy to welcome Erie County Executive Brenton Davis back to the microphone for his monthly update. The conversation surrounded the Project Neptune, DEI, and economic development around Erie County

On Friday we reported that the Mayer Building, better known as PACA is the first locally-designated Historical Landmark by Erie's Historical Review commission. To explain what that means, funding availabilities, and the future work of the commission, was Chris Kinder, Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Erie, and Melinda Meyer, President of Preservation Erie.

The 95th Academy Awards are coming up on March 12th, so you’ve got about one week left to watch the films you haven’t seen yet! To catch us up on the movies, the stars, and the Oscar buzz, we were happy to welcome John C. Lyons, filmmaker and Director of Programming at Film Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania on a Fun Friday edition of The Joel Natalie Show.

Over the course of the radio show we have been following a group of Erie High School graduates who participated in Gannon University's GO College program. Michael Bryan-Ott is a student at Gannon University, and Justice Wickham is studying at Mercyhurst University.  On our Thursday episode, they joined us to tell us about their journey through college life, accompanied their mentor and GO Col...

On The Joel Natalie Show's Wellness Wednesday health focus, we met with Sarah Humphrey, Executive Director of the Erie Cancer Wellness Center as well as Kristin Hubert, their Office, Communications, and Marketing Coordinator.  As the only cancer wellness center within 100 miles, they offer services and support that we’re thankful to have here in Erie.

On Tuesday, we welcomed Mark Troyer back to the microphone.  As the owner of Farmulated CBD, Mark walked us through the new products, and spoke about the opportunities and challenges of operating an agricultural business.

If you’re planning to fly into or out of Erie anytime soon, you'll want to tune into our conversation with Derek Martin, the Executive Director of the Erie International Airport. He shared the latest on the recent airline problems, enplanements at ERI, and details about arriving at the airport, TSA, boarding, etc.

On this episode, we have our monthly visit with the County Executive Brenton Davis.

On this Monday edition, we talk with the Erie Regional Manufacturing Partnership.  Jake Rouch oversees the ERMP’s interests from his position with the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership; and Jim Rutkowski, General Manager at Industrial Sales and Manufacturing and current Chair of the ERMP, both join us for a great conversation!

On this Thursday episode, we have a conversation with Bishop Lawerence Persico. We have discussions about Catholic schools' week, Eucharistic Revival and pastoral planning.