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Beaconites! — 100 episodes

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Paula and Justin King, the married couple behind Rexhill Studio

2

The many facets of Vibeke Saugestad

3

Everyone needs help, with disability rights advocate Beth Poague

4

The Zach Rodgers interview

5

Finding magic in a drop of water or a nighttime walk, with Julie Winterbottom

6

How food stabilizes community, with Mike Diago

7

The choral-cosmic works of Heather Christian, MacArthur Fellow

8

Carolyn Glauda is an optimist in dark times

9

How's the cell phone ban going? With Beacon teachers Christina Dahl and Lesli Tomkins

10

Making art through life's changes, with Margot Kingon

11

In pursuit of connection, with Gracelyn Woods

12

Beacon needs bikes, with Meg Lazaros

13

Gen X women are not done, with Lena Rizkallah

14

How Sergei Krasikov turned his love of nature into a civic purpose

15

Paulette Myers-Rich's art book collaborations

16

Raising animals builds compassion, with Kim Pennock

17

We're all gonna die, with Riverview Funeral Home director Pat Halvey

18

The strange history of Pollepel Island and Bannerman Castle, with Neil Caplan

19

The two sides of Curtis Harvey

20

Are the little kids alright? With pre-K educator Meredith Hairston

21

Ordinary Devotion, with Kristen Holt-Browning

22

Sam Anderson

23

Meet Yvette Valdes Smith, the Democrat trying to flip NY State Senate District 39

24

Beacon Occultism! With Amy Wilson, owner of Otherworldly Waxes

25

America vs. Amerikaland, with author Danny Goodman

26

Firefighters of Beacon

27

How to become who you are, with Taylor Jackson (aka Black Satin Venus)

28

Transitioning, with Lucy Sante and Hannah Brooks

29

The amazing and true adventures of Bob Bozic

30

Shane Killoran, dramaturg and performing arts curator

31

Fifty-plus years of music, with the Towne Crier owner Phil Ciganer

32

Adam McKible on his book, 'Circulating Jim Crow'

33

Ruth Danon, Poet and Literary Instigator

34

Should we build vertically or protect the view? With council member Pam Wetherbee

35

Confronting Beacon's housing crunch, with Ward 1 council member Molly Rhodes

36

Art, archeology, and the 'neolithic package,' with Greg Slick

37

Zandy Mangold, ultrarunner and coach

38

Episode 100! With Beacon High School principal Corey Dwyer

39

Soon Is Now, with Eve Morgenstern and Gary Hilderbrand

40

George Mansfield moves on from Dogwood and city council

41

Twenty years of change, with Beacon beat reporter Jeff Simms

42

A passion for movement, with Calli Rothberg

43

Singer-songwriter Noga Cabo

44

Building a pollinator highway through Beacon, with One Nature's Blair Patterson

45

Building a climate movement in Beacon, with Thomas Wright and Erin Ashoka

46

George Atkinson, 96-year-old lifelong Beaconite

47

Chocolatier Håkan Mårtensson (Interviewed by Alana Semuels)

48

The life of Harry Van Tine, with Diane Lapis

49

Helping queer youth and other people, with Kk Naimool

50

Barnaby! With Mimi Sun Longo and Mike Rasimas

51

Beacon in 2023, With Mayor Lee Kyriacou

52

Donna Minkowitz, Queer Activist and Multiple Memoirist

53

Emily Murnane Channels Eliza Howland

54

The Beacon Bonfire Festival, With Jeremy Schonfeld

55

Documentary Filmmaker Anne Alvergue

56

Julie Shiroishi Wants More Than Your Vote

57

Mountain Running, With Greg Buzulencia

58

Interdisciplinary Artist Steve Rossi

59

Talking Trash (And Composting) With Amber Grant

60

Zakiyah Maynard Is Looking For A Home

61

Understanding Beacon's Good Cause Eviction Law, With Councilman Dan Aymar-Blair

62

Into The Woods, With Beacon Players Officers Jonah And Shep

63

Asher Pacht, Program Director at the Beacon Institute

64

Melissa McGill's Sweeping Public Art Projects

65

New Beaconites Jaime Levitt Corry And Benjamin Lieber

66

Laura Leigh & Sam Abby

67

Vicki Vergolina

68

What Is The Foundation For Beacon Schools? With Anna Sullivan

69

Air Nonken Rhodes

70

A Centuries-Old Tanning Tradition, With Pergamena Owner Jesse Meyer

71

Compass Arts Founder Gina Samardge

72

Feeding Beacon's Students, With BCSD Food Services Director Karen Pagano

73

Imam Abdullah Wajid Of Beacon's Islamic Teaching Center

74

Rachel Saunders, Candidate For Dutchess County Family Court

75

Obsidian Soundsystem, With Jonny Taylor And J Brooks Marcus

76

Nerds With Knives

77

Singer, Songwriter & Fiddler Sara Milonovich

78

Singing In Church Choirs And Pete Seeger's Folk Group, With Sharlene Stout

79

Judge For Yourself

80

The Pure Joy Of Movies, With Story Screen Founder Mike Burdge

81

"Lingualisualist" Poet Edwin Torres

82

Reforming The BPD, With Pastor John Perez

83

Home Cooking, With Jennifer Clair

84

The Beacon Farmers Market Goes Big, With Sember Weinman

85

Reopening, With George Mansfield

86

Horticulturist Richie Cabo

87

Tina Brown, Mother To 100

88

Episode 50: Understanding Danskammer

89

Meeting The Moment, With Paloma Wake

90

New Police Chief Sands Frost And City Administrator Chris White

91

Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan

92

Homespun Foods Owner Joe Robitaile

93

Pete Seeger And The Hudson River

94

Luthier And Musician John Vergara

95

Beacon's Housing Market, With Real Estate Agent Claire Browne

96

Acting Local, With Guy Felixbrodt

97

Marika Blossfeldt, Nutritionist And Natural Foods Chef

98

The Beacon Players, With Anthony Scarrone

99

Art And Covid, With Former Whitney Museum Director David Ross

100

Hudson Valley Brewery Founder John-Anthony Gargiulo