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Beaconites! — 102 episodes
Kids come alive in a garden, with Land to Learn's Nicole Porto
Lastar Gorton wants Beacon to stop caving to developers
Paula and Justin King, the married couple behind Rexhill Studio
The many facets of Vibeke Saugestad
Everyone needs help, with disability rights advocate Beth Poague
The Zach Rodgers interview
Finding magic in a drop of water or a nighttime walk, with Julie Winterbottom
How food stabilizes community, with Mike Diago
The choral-cosmic works of Heather Christian, MacArthur Fellow
Carolyn Glauda is an optimist in dark times
How's the cell phone ban going? With Beacon teachers Christina Dahl and Lesli Tomkins
Making art through life's changes, with Margot Kingon
In pursuit of connection, with Gracelyn Woods
Beacon needs bikes, with Meg Lazaros
Gen X women are not done, with Lena Rizkallah
How Sergei Krasikov turned his love of nature into a civic purpose
Paulette Myers-Rich's art book collaborations
Raising animals builds compassion, with Kim Pennock
We're all gonna die, with Riverview Funeral Home director Pat Halvey
The strange history of Pollepel Island and Bannerman Castle, with Neil Caplan
The two sides of Curtis Harvey
Are the little kids alright? With pre-K educator Meredith Hairston
Ordinary Devotion, with Kristen Holt-Browning
Sam Anderson
Meet Yvette Valdes Smith, the Democrat trying to flip NY State Senate District 39
Beacon Occultism! With Amy Wilson, owner of Otherworldly Waxes
America vs. Amerikaland, with author Danny Goodman
Firefighters of Beacon
How to become who you are, with Taylor Jackson (aka Black Satin Venus)
Transitioning, with Lucy Sante and Hannah Brooks
The amazing and true adventures of Bob Bozic
Shane Killoran, dramaturg and performing arts curator
Fifty-plus years of music, with the Towne Crier owner Phil Ciganer
Adam McKible on his book, 'Circulating Jim Crow'
Ruth Danon, Poet and Literary Instigator
Should we build vertically or protect the view? With council member Pam Wetherbee
Confronting Beacon's housing crunch, with Ward 1 council member Molly Rhodes
Art, archeology, and the 'neolithic package,' with Greg Slick
Zandy Mangold, ultrarunner and coach
Episode 100! With Beacon High School principal Corey Dwyer
Soon Is Now, with Eve Morgenstern and Gary Hilderbrand
George Mansfield moves on from Dogwood and city council
Twenty years of change, with Beacon beat reporter Jeff Simms
A passion for movement, with Calli Rothberg
Singer-songwriter Noga Cabo
Building a pollinator highway through Beacon, with One Nature's Blair Patterson
Building a climate movement in Beacon, with Thomas Wright and Erin Ashoka
George Atkinson, 96-year-old lifelong Beaconite
Chocolatier Håkan Mårtensson (Interviewed by Alana Semuels)
The life of Harry Van Tine, with Diane Lapis
Helping queer youth and other people, with Kk Naimool
Barnaby! With Mimi Sun Longo and Mike Rasimas
Beacon in 2023, With Mayor Lee Kyriacou
Donna Minkowitz, Queer Activist and Multiple Memoirist
Emily Murnane Channels Eliza Howland
The Beacon Bonfire Festival, With Jeremy Schonfeld
Documentary Filmmaker Anne Alvergue
Julie Shiroishi Wants More Than Your Vote
Mountain Running, With Greg Buzulencia
Interdisciplinary Artist Steve Rossi
Talking Trash (And Composting) With Amber Grant
Zakiyah Maynard Is Looking For A Home
Understanding Beacon's Good Cause Eviction Law, With Councilman Dan Aymar-Blair
Into The Woods, With Beacon Players Officers Jonah And Shep
Asher Pacht, Program Director at the Beacon Institute
Melissa McGill's Sweeping Public Art Projects
New Beaconites Jaime Levitt Corry And Benjamin Lieber
Laura Leigh & Sam Abby
Vicki Vergolina
What Is The Foundation For Beacon Schools? With Anna Sullivan
Air Nonken Rhodes
A Centuries-Old Tanning Tradition, With Pergamena Owner Jesse Meyer
Compass Arts Founder Gina Samardge
Feeding Beacon's Students, With BCSD Food Services Director Karen Pagano
Imam Abdullah Wajid Of Beacon's Islamic Teaching Center
Rachel Saunders, Candidate For Dutchess County Family Court
Obsidian Soundsystem, With Jonny Taylor And J Brooks Marcus
Nerds With Knives
Singer, Songwriter & Fiddler Sara Milonovich
Singing In Church Choirs And Pete Seeger's Folk Group, With Sharlene Stout
Judge For Yourself
The Pure Joy Of Movies, With Story Screen Founder Mike Burdge
"Lingualisualist" Poet Edwin Torres
Reforming The BPD, With Pastor John Perez
Home Cooking, With Jennifer Clair
The Beacon Farmers Market Goes Big, With Sember Weinman
Reopening, With George Mansfield
Horticulturist Richie Cabo
Tina Brown, Mother To 100
Episode 50: Understanding Danskammer
Meeting The Moment, With Paloma Wake
New Police Chief Sands Frost And City Administrator Chris White
Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan
Homespun Foods Owner Joe Robitaile
Pete Seeger And The Hudson River
Luthier And Musician John Vergara
Beacon's Housing Market, With Real Estate Agent Claire Browne
Acting Local, With Guy Felixbrodt
Marika Blossfeldt, Nutritionist And Natural Foods Chef
The Beacon Players, With Anthony Scarrone
Art And Covid, With Former Whitney Museum Director David Ross
Hudson Valley Brewery Founder John-Anthony Gargiulo