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We In Lewes
by Kevin
The secret of Lewes Delaware is not its beauty, history, or location, but the people who call it home. Join host Kevin McGuiness as he interviews the men and women who have helped shape the character, culture, and charm of what’s been called the best little town in America. If you’re just curious about the fascinating people who live next door or, more globally, how one small city is using its collective creativity, variety, and courage to build hope for the future, our show is for you. And, we promise, no politicians.
Episodes
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Mario Pino - From Playing the Trumpet on Broadway and in Vegas to Software Engineering to Sculpture - A Career Unhindered by Self-Doubt
Send us Fan Mail Mario Pino has a superpower. He worked the Strip in Vegas, playing trumpet for people like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, Tom Jones and Paul Anka. He’s worked on Broadway in shows including Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Annie, and Legally Blonde. And then, correctly...
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Anita Wheeler Bezy On Building An Award Winning Small Business - Talent, Commitment, and A Strong Marriage and Not Always in That Order
Send us Fan Mail Anita, the co-owner of La Baguette French Bakery with her husband, Ludovic, takes us behind the scenes of the highly popular bakery, which brings a delicious slice of France to the Lewes area. Their success was never guaranteed, but they proved that they had exactly what it takes…
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Michael Agnew Doesn’t Just Talk About Problems. He Fixes Them and Is Helping Make Our Community a Better, Kinder Place
Send us Fan Mail A retired corporate executive turned community changemaker, Mike is the Executive Director of Tharros Village—an organized, self-governed community offering real solutions for people experiencing homelessness: food, shelter, healthcare, and transportation. When taxes are low…
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Dennis Reardon - You Can’t Know Lewes If You Don’t Know Lewes Beach, And This Man Knows Lewes Beach
Send us Fan Mail Has Lewes Delaware shaped Dennis Reardon's life, or has Dennis shaped the life of Lewes? After more than eight decades, it's hard to tell. In this episode, Dennis takes us back to his boyhood summers on Lewes Beach, an idyllic stretch of coast tucked between two working fish...
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Stephanie Boright - Maybe the Best Way to Prepare for Renovating Homes in Lewes is Being a Movie and Television Producer. Seriously
Send us Fan Mail Stephanie Boright, the owner of Coastal Cottage Renovations, didn’t start by working at a construction site. She started working on the filming of JFK which led to an incredible array of production work on shows and films like The West Wing, NCIS, Spy Game, Armageddon,...
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Maureen Botti Eschbach - All of Us Are Better, Happier and More Fun When We Love What We’re Wearing. Trust Us. It’s Fact
Send us Fan Mail Maureen Botti Eschbach, the owner of the beloved Lewes boutique, Aquamarine, has been empowering her customers for almost 21 years, helping them find the perfect outfit to wear for any occasion. In a hilarious, irreverent, and entertaining episode, Mo shares the unusual yet…
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Richard Garrett - The Respected Head of the Children’s Beach House Explains the Secret of Non-Profit Success - Stay True to the Mission and Don’t Cheat the Math
Send us Fan Mail Richard is a respected non-profit champion and a successful entrepreneur …..at the same time. That’s right, a true unicorn. His inspiring story is a testament to faith, commitment, and family. He shows that our best chance to turn adversity into a strength, whether its in life,...
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Sue Ingram Keller - Author, Photographer, on Her New Book, Images of Simplicity, and the Power of Stories
Send us Fan Mail Sue Keller's Images of Simplicity pays tribute to the work of famed poet Gilbert Bryan, whose life was defined in part by his experience teaching high school in Lewes. Half of the book is his poetry, accompanied and enhanced by Sue's photography. The other half is a poignant,...
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Dr. Jay Donecker Part 2- The Fine Art of Being Mayor - With his Usual Humor and Candor, Jay Shares the Lessons He Learned About Getting and Staying Elected Mayor
Send us Fan Mail In the second part of his two-part interview, Dr. Jay Donecker talks about the lessons he learned being elected for two four terms as mayor of a small town, the first person ever to be elected who was not born there. It’s a fascinating discussion of the art of leadership, the…
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Paul Sparrow, Award Winning TV Executive, Author, Former Director of the FDR Presidential Library, On the News Business, What Happened, and Why History Still Matters
Send us Fan Mail Paul Sparrow loves to tell stories, a love that started in elementary school and has taken him to Television, the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, to authoring a landmark book on the War of Words between FDR and Charlies Lindbergh. A...
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Dr. Jay Donecker Part 1 - A Veteran Vet Talks Pets, Horses, Animal Personalities, and Protecting the Country From A Bioterrorist Attack - You Know, the Usual Vet Stuff
Send us Fan Mail In the first part of a two-part interview, Dr. Jay Donecker shares how he used what he learned as a local veterinarian in North Carolina to become a respected clinical researcher, part of a US team sent to England to help combat Hoof and Mouth disease, and play a role in creating…
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Could Success with an International Consulting Firm Be the Key to The Next Generation of Small Business? Meet Matt Mundok
Send us Fan Mail One month, he was traveling the world, taking care of large institutional clients and their executives, while leading a consulting company he co-founded. A month later, he’s helping a young girl learn how to catch her first fish or enabling a family to create a lifelong memory on...
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What do the Bill of Rights, Free Speech Obligations, and ABC’s The Dating Game Have in Common? Ron Collins
Send us Fan Mail Ron delivers an absolute master class on some of the most critical topics facing our society today. He breaks down the nuances of free speech, the responsibilities we hold as citizens, and the power of writing to shape a community. But it’s not all constitutional law and civic...
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Mary Alice Kelly Talks About Lewes 250, The Year-Long Birthday Party for the Country, And Having Fun After Retirement
Send us Fan Mail Our Fourth Season kicks off with a special guest, the indefatigable Mary Alice Kelly, the Committee chair of Lewes 250, an organization charged with celebrating the legacy of the American Revolution and how it continues to shape the Lewes community, the First Town in the First...
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The Annual Holiday Extravaganza Celebrating This Year’s Guests Armed With Food, Drinks, and a Real Audience
Send us Fan Mail A final episode for the year with a live audience at Kindle Restaurant with guests from our third season including Bill Collick, Dr. Kathy Henn, Jim Semivan, Ed Zygmonski, Dick Bryan, Dr. Kevin Mallinson, Lisa Graff, Hillary Summerbell, Mike DiPaolo, Matt Carter, Jenn Wagner, Ed...
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So You Finally Retired - Now What? Bill Hicks, Bob Rabatsky, Jay Donecker, and “Shook” Open Up About Being Retired - The Good, The Bad, and The Wonderful
Send us Fan Mail Four men, each successful in their own right, open up about a life stage that if you’re lucky, is inevitable - being retired. A candid discussion of what they expected, what they learned, the challenges, and the fun of no longer being traditionally employed. All have found a way…
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Larry Franz - Getting Things Done Whether You’re at the Pentagon, a Union, or a City Bench
Send us Fan Mail Larry Franz has always gotten things done. While working in a factory, he became the local union’s president, used the extra money to pay for college, and negotiated the best CBA his members had ever won. At the Pentagon, one of the toughest bureaucracies in the country, generals...
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Ft. Miles - WWII Base, Soviet Sub Tracking Station, Bazooka Training Area, or Military Beach Resort? Yes. Ed Paterline takes us behind the scenes at Lewes’ Most Famous Fort
Send us Fan Mail Tucked under sand and towered over by trees inside Cape Henlopen State Park, Ft. Miles was once an active military base from World War II through the Cold War and into the Vietnam War. Ed Paterline, Fort Miles Historical Association Board Member, takes us through the fort’s…
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Frustrated By The MLB Postseason? Were Your Hopes and Dreams Squashed by the Same Goliaths? You Have an Alternative Right Here in Lewes
Send us Fan Mail 18 Major League Baseball Clubs have been sent home, another notch on their annual misery belts. Have your fan dreams been squashed; your hope destroyed, while the usual clubs march on? Ready to give up? Don’t. You can keep hold of your annual fixation with failure and still root...
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There’s Something Special Happening Here - A Look Back to the Start of the Podcast and What Happened. Spoiler Alert - It’s Good
Send us Fan Mail Co-founders Steve Esfandiari, Matt DiSabatino, and Kevin McGuiness were unburdened by knowledge, experience, or a good premise for a podcast when they released their first episode back in May 2023. What they did have was an interesting town filled with interesting people. They...
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Jenn Wagner - Sculpture, Jeweler, Painter on Having Life Steer You to Your Passion
Send us Fan Mail Jenn Wagner is a local artist working in multiple mediums. She describes herself as a metal worker who also paints and makes jewelry. She attended 12 different schools growing up, as her family moved around the country and the world. She followed a traditional business path,...
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Mike DiPaolo - Nationally Recognized, Award Winning Non-Profit Executive on Life and a Career Spent Improving the Community
Send us Fan Mail Mike DiPaolo has spent over 25 years working with non-profits, helping make them and the communities they serve more effective and impactful. He helped steer the Lewes Historical Society into prominence, and today is helping the Delaware Community Foundation improve and better...
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Hillary Summerbell on Using Her Dyslexia to Help Others with Visual Dyslexia Learn to Read
Send us Fan Mail What would your life be like if you couldn’t read? Think about school, getting a job, so much of your daily life. Hillary Summerbell has dyslexia. She can’t read like most people. Not just books or textbooks. She couldn’t even read road signs, let alone use a computer. But…
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Matt Carter, the Founder and Owner of Quest Adventures - Water by Day, Fire by Night -and Staying True to Who You Are
Send us Fan Mail Imagine a life where your work involves kayaking with dolphins, dressing as you like (shoes and shirts are optional), and only answering to the person staring at you in the mirror. Matt Carter created a career built around what he loves - showing people how to stay healthy, have...
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Actress, Author, Entertainer, Teacher Lisa Graff on Proving That’s It’s Never Too Late to Have The Career You Wanted When You Were 23
Send us Fan Mail Lisa Graff is well known for creating and performing her own one woman shows based upon her insightful and humorous take on life. Accompanied by musicians Holly Lane and John Flynn, she has created, starred and produced The Benefits of Aging …Uncensored; Secrets to a Long…
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Go Fourth Lewes Fireworks: A Mini-cast with Russ Palmer on the July 4th Lewes Firework Extravaganza
Send us Fan Mail With the July 4th holiday only days away, we wanted to share part of a prior episode with Russ Palmer. He talks about how the town’s fireworks extravaganza got started, how it’s funded, where you can sit and watch, and other key logistical information. This is a big city…
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Jim Semivan: The Nimitz Incident, Pilot Sightings, and the Chris Bledsoe Saga - Examples of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon/UFOs in Our World
Send us Fan Mail Following Episode 38, listeners asked for examples of UAPs - unidentified anomalous phenomena (what we used to call UFOs) - and how they’ve been validated. UAP expert and To The Stars co-founder Jim Semivan returns to provide multiple examples of different kinds of encounters...
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Dr. Kevin Mallinson, PhD, Nurse, and Author on Applying the Lessons Learned as a Firefighter to a Career of Serving and Empowering the Disenfranchised. Part 2
Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, Kevin Mallinson shares how he applied the lessons he learned as a firefighter to a career in nursing. Earning a MSN and a PhD from John Hopkins. He spent much of his career helping find ways to combat the tragic consequences of the AIDS epidemic and provide comfort to...
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Dr. Kevin Mallinson, PhD, Nurse, and Author on Being the First Openly Gay Fire Fighter in the U.S., Serving the Disenfranchised, and the Power of Asking Questions First. Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Kevin Mallinson joined the Key West Fire Department in the early 1980’s, unaware he would be the first openly gay firefighter in the country. From his first day until his last, Kevin was physically and mentally assaulted, including attempts that could easily have ended in his...
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Dick Bryan on Auctioneering, Real Estate, and Being a Living Part of the History of Lewes
Send us Fan Mail Richard a.k.a. Dick Bryan seems to always have been a key part of Lewes. His life has mirrored the transition of the area, from agriculture to an economy based upon personal services and real estate. He was raised on a farm and later in town and, except for college, he’s never...
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Lewes in Bloom Co-Chair Ed Zygmonski on How the 450 Volunteer Strong Organization Made Lewes an Internationally Recognized Site of Beauty
Send us Fan Mail If Lewes has a look, it’s due in large part to Lewes in Bloom, the 450 member non-profit that plants, maintains, and waters 18 public gardens and 9 floral installations around town. Co-chair Ed Zygmonski explains the organizational structure they use to handle every annual...
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Part 2: Finally An Answer! Jim Semivan on Whether We Humans Are Alone and Why the Government is So Reluctant to Share What It Knows
Send us Fan Mail Part 2 finally provides answers to whether UAPs - unidentified anomalous phenomena (we used to call them UFOs) - are real and why governments around the world are so unwilling to reveal all they know. Jim Semivan, a decorated former CIA officer founded the company, To The Stars,...
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Part 1: Jim Semivan, Former CIA Officer and Co-Founder of To The Stars. There’s A Lot More Going On Than We Think
Send us Fan Mail Part 1 is not a CIA tell-all or a rehashing of what happened, when and where. Jim's too much of a pro for that. He worked for 25 years at the Central Intelligence Agency’s National Clandestine Service. At the time of his retirement he was a member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence...
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Dr. Katherine “Kathy” Henn, Professor, Osher Lecturer, Historian, Mahjong Instructor and Always Seeing Opportunities Not Obstacles
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kathy Henn was a professor at Keane University where she taught courses in philosophy, religion, medical ethics, and global and American History. That alone should be an indication of the breadth of her intellectual curiosity. Since moving to Lewes, she has been a frequent...
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Bill Collick, Awarding Winning Football Coach, Educator, Community Leader on the Power of We
Send us Fan Mail William “Bill” is a legendary Cape Region icon, educator and mentor. Whether it’s being a record setting coach, educator, dean of students, trustee of local organizations, or mentor, he is the embodiment of Jackie Robinson’s adage - “A life is not important except in the impact…
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Chris Rausch, Owner and Publisher of the Cape Gazette
Send us Fan Mail Chris takes us behind the scenes to explain what it takes to make the Cape Gazette not only a respected cornerstone of the Lewes Community but one of the few local newspapers in the United States whose subscription base is growing. He explains the importance of understanding who...
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The Second Annual Holiday Extravaganza Celebrating This Year’s Guests - Food, Drinks, and a Real Audience
Send us Fan Mail A final episode for the year with a live audience at Kindle Restaurant with guests from our second season including Lee Ann Wilkinson, Ed Shockley, Richard Martin, Dr. Krista Griffin, Hai Do, Katie Ackerman, Dr, Chris Degnon, Brian and Megan Kellman, and Josh Barr. We talk about...
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Season 2 - Episode 32: Shorebreak founder Josh Barr on following the advice to “get a little creative”, starting a business, and creating success in the millennial generation
Send us Fan Mail .Having grown up in Lewes, Josh shares what led to his opening the first and still only clothing store in Lewes catering to men and the route he took to build a successful business whose worth is far more than just its financial success. It’s a story about the value of family, a...
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Season 2 - Episode 31: Megan and Brian Kellman, owners of Lewes Cycle Sports on the Power of Believing in Yourself, Believing in One Another, and Pursuing Your Dream
Send us Fan Mail Megan and Brian decided to leave the D.C. area, buy a store (something they had never done), sell, rent and repair bikes (something they had never done), and build a business (once again, something they had never done). Sounds like a risky plan, but it wasn’t. Who they are and…
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Season 2 - Episode 30: Nate Landis, a true Lewes original, talks about what can happen if you work at what you like, embrace your faith, and honor the imperative to never, ever be bored.
Send us Fan Mail Attacking life with relentless enthusiasm, Nate uses his artistic craft as a welder to build boats and boating fixtures, as well as countless metal architectural pieces for business and homes. This allows him to pursue his real passions - faith, family, fishing, diving, creating,...
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Season 2 - Episode 29: Dr. Krista Griffin on Bio Resonance Therapy, Meditation, and How to Help Your Body Heal Itself and Improve Both Your Health and Your Life
Send us Fan Mail The truth is we aren’t the skin and bones we can see but actually billions and billions and billions of atoms, all carrying electric charges, something understood by Nobel Prize winning physicists for over a century. Dr. Krista Griffin explains that by starting from this reality…
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Season 2 - Episode 28: Summer Special - Captain Stuart Griffin on Smuggling, Megan Kee on Disney Restaurants, Richard Martin on Modeling Spacesuits, and Dinner at Matt DiSabatino’s house.
Send us Fan Mail We’ve compiled multiple stories from four of our favorite guests - Captain Stuart Griffin, Restaurateur Megan Kee, Free Dive Spear Fisherman Richard Martin, and Restaurateur and First Friend Matt DiSabatino - all about subjects dear to their hearts. All were recorded previously…
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Season 2 - Episode 27: Dave Frederick Talks Teaching, Coaching, Sports, Writing a Sports/Life Column, and Sesame Street at the Sea. Funny, Insightful, and Full of Opinions
Send us Fan Mail Dave Frederick has never been shy about sharing what he thinks. The author of the beloved, biweekly Cape Gazette column , People In Sports, Fredman opines about topics from teaching to coaching, from people he knows to the real rewards and lessons of sports. Entertaining,...
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Season 2 - Episode 26: Legendary Local Musician Ed Shockley on Performing, Family, the Funsters, the Doo Dah Parade, and Coming Home
Send us Fan Mail Local legend, Ed Shockley, singer, songwriter, and producer opens up about his bands from Jack of Diamonds to Vinyl Shockley to the Funsters, living in the heart of the New York City music scene, and coming home to Lewes, which in his heart he never really left and where he…
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Season 2 - Episode 25: Katy Ackerman on Business, Family, Marriage and Why a Small Town Makes It All Possible
Send us Fan Mail Local calligrapher Katy Ackerman, owner of the Lewes Lettering Co., shares how she’s taken the supposed business disadvantages of a small town and turned them into essential assets of a business with national and international reach, the importance of shared priorities in any...
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Season 2 - Episode 24: Tom Sheridan, Powerbroker for Those Without a Voice, Social Worker, Author, Roadie for Bono, on Helping Others Do the Right Thing
Send us Fan Mail Tom Sheridan talks about a remarkable life that has given a voice in Congress to so many who otherwise would never have been heard, on becoming one of Washington’s most respected senior political and public policy strategists, and proving even in the murky world of lobbying, that...
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Season 2 - Episode 23: Megan Kee - The creator of the restaurants Bramble and Brine at the Buttery, La Fable, Houston and White Co., and Delmata Italiano on turning vision into reality.
Send us Fan Mail Megan Kee, The creator of the Restaurants Bramble and Brine at the Buttery, Houston and White Co., La Fable, and Delmata Italiano on how she turned her childhood, her family’ history, and her personal vision into four remarkable, fantastical but different dining experiences in...
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Season 2 - Episode 22: Russ Palmer - Finding a Way to Successfully Balance Work, Family, and CommunityUntitled Episode
Send us Fan Mail Russ Palmer, founder of Lewes’ July 4th Firework Extravaganza called Go Fourth Lewes! and a respected custom home builder, opens up about living in Lewes, building a life and career in harmony with work and family, and letting your actions speak for you.
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Season 2 - Episode 21: Richard Martin - A Lewes Legend on Fish Hunting, Free Diving, the Apollo Program, and Setting World Records
Send us Fan Mail Richard Martin doesn’t wait for fish. He dives for them, armed only with a spear gun, knife, and the air in his lungs. For over seven decades, Richard has fished underwater around the country, side by side with sharks, jellyfish, and species ready to fight back. He also helped...
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Season 2 - Episode 20: Hai Do - A Story of the American Dream, Fearlessness and Never Accepting Life’s Barriers. Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Hai Do continues his remarkable story, about his career in journalism as a photographer, journalist, and manager at UPI, Agence France-Press, Gannet, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He covered wars, terrorist attacks, World Series, Super Bowls and news around world, before moving…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The secret of Lewes Delaware is not its beauty, history, or location, but the people who call it home. Join host Kevin McGuiness as he interviews the men and women who have helped shape the character, culture, and charm of what’s been called the best little town in America. If you’re just curious about the fascinating people who live next door or, more globally, how one small city is using its collective creativity, variety, and courage to build hope for the future, our show is for you. And, we promise, no politicians.
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