Yinz Are Good

Yinzers, you've got one fun and fabulous conversation coming your way. In celebration of Newsapalooza and in collaboration with award-winning arts journalist, Sharon Eberson, Tressa sits down with Sharon, Richard Parsakian, Clare Drobot, and Monteze Freeland to talk about how they build community - and so much more. Sharon Eberson: onStage Pittsburgh Newsapalooza Six Degrees of Richard Parsakian:...

Get ready to hear a joyful (no pun intended) and resonant conversation about making connections, creating a place of belonging, and ways to heal. Tressa sits down with the effervescent Kristy Joy, Founder/Co-Owner of The Village Center for Holistic Therapy and Founder/Owner of inJOY Meditation Studio. And Don joins Tressa - or rather, Tressa joins Don? - for another In Case Yinz Missed It segment....

Tressa welcomes a familiar face (or rather, voice?) to the show, Gene Walker , for a delightful and inspiring chat. Previously the Executive Director of Cafe Momentum, Gene is now President & CEO of the fabulous nonprofit, Tickets for Kids Charities . We're psyched to announce that two more countries have been added to our list of where yinzers are listening in from, bringing our current t...

Get ready, yinz, we've got a lot packed into this episode...Updates from our friends at EmployHER Pittsburgh and THRIVE Pittsburgh, notes from our Kindness Crate's visit to the Family House Polo Match, a special, more personal, In Case Yinz Missed It segment, AND interviews with some fabulous folks from Variety the Children’s Charity. With a mission to empower children with disabilities to...

Despite the featured organization's name, yinz needn't be teetotalers to listen in! Tressa has a fantastic chat with Executive Director & Co-founder Scott Page to learn all about the compassion, empathy, and downright kindness behind the mission of Teetotal Initiative - the first-of-its-kind recreational sober community. And Don joins Tressa for In Case Yinz Missed It, which features a...

Just before showtime, Tressa sits down with R&B singer/ producer/cinematographer Denzel (The Artist) Washington for an awesome conversation about music, art, and giving back to the community. His recent immersive experience, The R&B Open Floor Experiment: Garden of Art , benefitted the amazing folks at Young Adult Survivors United (YASU). Tressa also shares notes from the Kindness Crate&#3...

Tressa sits down for a remarkable conversation with Christopher Cochran, author of "What's GOOD About Today?", Co-founder of The Christian Cochran Foundation, speaker, dad, and husband. You'll hear about Christopher's beloved late son, Christian, and how Christian encouraged his family to create a Foundation in his name to continue his legacy of kindness, goodness, and joy. I...

Love  and  compassion  abound when Tressa sits down with  Rebecca Maletto-Cornell  and  Theresa Bolden  from  AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program . Rebecca is the program's Director of Volunteer Services and Theresa has been a foster grandparent for several years. This national AmeriCorps program is sponsored locally by  Wesley Family Services . ⁠⁠AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparen...

In an action-packed episode, Tressa visits DICK's House of Sport for DICK's Sporting Good's and On's surprise grant presentation to the Unified Sports Pittsburgh program. Then, Tressa sits down with sisters Casey and Janine Melvin, co-founders of The Future of Jewelry. TFOJ is a direct-to-customer startup that is revolutionizing custom jewelry and the sisters have also found a way to use their kno...

Tressa sits down for a thoughtful and fascinating chat with software engineer and Homestead native David Doswell about how he left corporate America (and California) to build a coding camp for teens right here in Pittsburgh. You'll hear all about David's life journey thus far and how it has inspired him to provide unique and life-changing opportunities for young people. Pittsburgh AI Camp is going...

Part 2 of our LIVE show, recorded on June 13th, 2024 at The Blitzburgh Hideaway! YINZ ARE GOOD LIVE: SPORTING GOOD! Guests: *Charlie Batch: NFL quarterback and Founder, ⁠Best of the Batch Foundation⁠ *LaTasha Wilson-Batch: Executive Director, ⁠Best of the Batch Foundation⁠ *Gene Steratore: Former NFL & NCAA basketball referee and current Rules Analyst for CBS Sports *Teresa Conn: Owner, ⁠Pitts...

Get ready for a whole lotta *good* fun! Here's PART 1 of our LIVE show, recorded on June 13th, 2024 at The Blitzburgh Hideaway. YINZ ARE GOOD LIVE: SPORTING GOOD! Guests: *Charlie Batch: NFL quarterback and Founder, Best of the Batch Foundation *LaTasha Wilson-Batch: Executive Director, Best of the Batch Foundation *Gene Steratore: Former NFL & NCAA basketball referee and current Rules Ana...

We're going LIVE again, yinzers! And wait til you hear this lineup... Yinz Are Good LIVE: Sporting Good! Thursday, June 13th | 7:00pm | The Blitzburgh Hideaway Link for TICKETS: www.eventbrite.com Join us for our version of a live late night talk show, complete with snacks, giveaways, a chance to win a $100 DICK's gift card, and more! https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @YinzAreGood Facebook:...

Get ready to hear from 6 (!) different yinzers who are making their communities better places to be! First, Tressa stops by the dedication celebration for Pittsburgh’s first Rain Poetry installment to chat with wonderful teaching artist, Karen Howard , and then with phenomenal muralists and old pals Shane Pilster & Max Gonzales . What is Rain Poetry? Well…PA Humanities engaged children from tw...

Tressa first has a lovely conversation with The Chalking Dad (Erik Greenawalt) about how his toddler-aged daughters got him started on a career that now takes him all over the world. And then Tressa has a delighful and resonant chat with her older sister, Debbie Glover Jozwiak, who is the Chief Services Officer of the incredible Allegheny Family Network. AFN partners with families of children with...

Tressa has the honor and pleasure of welcoming Brandon Short, former NFL and Penn State linebacker, back to the show to talk about The Karli Short Better Tomorrow Foundation, which he co-founded with his wife, Mahreen. They created the Foundation in honor of their daughter, Karli, and her unborn child whom they lost to gun violence in 2021. This endowment helps students with financial needs who ha...

Get ready for one fun episode... Tressa has the delight of sitting down for a chat - and a lot of laughter - with Pittsburgh legends Larry Richert and Jim Krenn. They talk community, role models, doing good, yinzers, movies, Bruno Sammartino and more... Larry and Jim, along with Dan Marino (yes, that Dan Marino), Doug Mariani, and Dick Roberts, are the owners of a new food truck in the 'burgh:...

First, Tressa talks about her fabulous weekend meeting yinz at two local events: Yinzerfest and the August Wilson Birthday Celebration Block Party. And then, Tressa sits down with three remarkable mental health advocates: Jordan Corcoran , Ta'lor L. Pinkston , and Gab Bonesso . These are three of Tressa's favorite people on the planet and some words that have come to her mind regarding thi...

Tressa has the honor and absolute delight to sit down and chat with the generous, community-minded, and kind-hearted husband and wife duo, Troy and Theodora Polamalu. Steelers fans and yinzers around the world will be well-acquainted with Troy's work as a Strong Safety for our Steelers' defense for 12 years, earning 2 Super Bowls and a spot in the Hall of Fame. Troy and Theodora are philan...

Tressa serves as a tour guide, if you will, through her "Day at DICK's" for the Opening of DICK's House of Sport Pittsburgh. Since 2014, via their Sports Matter Program, DICK's has dontated $100 million to Youth Sports. In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, the Program is giving $2 million in Anniversary Grants, funded by DSG, to empower even more young athletes to pursue their passions. Tres...

Tressa has a fabulous and insightful chat with Betty Cruz , the Executive Director of The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh . The Council is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit org dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of key international issues that affect the Pittsburgh community and the world. In addition to talking about the Council and its first-of-its-kind Global Citizens Fello...

Harmony Dog Rescue is the only dog rescue organization in Pennsylvania that provides safe homes for dogs whose owners are experiencing homelessness, domestic violence or medical emergencies. Their goal is to ultimately reunite these dogs with their owners. Tressa has the true pleasure of sitting down with Harmony Dog Rescue Founder, Timothy Lydon , to talk about this incredible organization and ho...

You've probably heard of March Madness, but how about "Mission Madness"? Tune in to hear how Babb, Inc. is getting creative about how to donate money to local nonprofits. You'll also hear all about the incredible Bradley Center, as Tressa sits down for an inspiring and delightful chat with Russell Livingston , President of Babb, Inc., Lisa R. Fox , CEO of The Bradley Center and M...

Tressa sits down with a panel of phenomenal women to discuss women's health - specifically heart health - and the ACMS' newly-formed Women in Healthcare Committee. They chat about all of that and so much more, including work/life balance, the challenges facing female physicians, and the importance of support and mentorship (and they laugh a whole lot too). This is a valuable conversation f...

Critically acclaimed as one of the finest choruses in the country, MCP is the “voice of the greater Pittsburgh region”. Unlike other professional arts organizations, MCP is comprised of mostly amateur singers with professional-caliber talent, whose day jobs vary from postal clerk to physician to casino card dealer. MCP singers give generously of their talent, passion, and commitment to share the m...