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It's a LotPart 2: The Reality of 2 Under 2 (with Kat Eddy)In this follow-up episode, business owner and mom Kat Eddy returns to chat with host Emily Hessney Lynch about the reality of life with two under two. We play back some clips from our first interview about her expectations for two under two throughout this conversation; it's definitely worth listening to part 1 if you haven't yet, but you can totally listen to part 2 as a standalone episode! We dive into Kat's experience with postpartum anxiety, crying at Wegmans (apparently now a theme on this podcast), getting formula through WIC, applying for government assistance for childcare, the sleep...
2025-11-1844 minIt's a LotCrashing Out After Loss & Letting Yourself Hope Again (with Eboni Jones Stewart)Content warning: this episode contains discussion of infertility, miscarriage, and IVF. If those are sensitive topics for you, please take care while listening. If you'd like to skip that part, I recommend only listening to the first half of the episode, which ends around the 26 minute mark. Eboni Jones Stewart, a librarian, professor, and bonus mom, joins host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about her path to becoming a stepmom (and why she rejects that term for herself), the complexities of navigating teens' smartphone use, and how Roblox is the absolute worst. In the...
2025-11-0458 minIt's a LotCapitalism Ruins Everything (with Ella Dawson)Author, podcaster, and sex & culture critic Ella Dawson joins host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about all the highs and lows of publishing your debut novel, the mental health impact of the post-publication adrenaline crash, and doing the work to process all those big feelings and keep moving forward. We also chat about Ella's podcast, Rebel Ever After, and the fun and fulfillment she's finding as she interviews other amazing, progressive romance authors. In the second half of the episode, we dive into the world of social media and engage in some cathartic ranting about techno-optimists...
2025-10-2156 min
Pauly Guglielmo Show275 - Podcast-A-Rama (LIVE from Fringe Fest!)Recorded LIVE in front of an audience during The 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival, Pauly joins a panel of fellow Lunchador podcasts Matt Austin & Chris Lindstrom (Lunchador Founders), Emily Hessney-Lynch (It's A Lot), and Mike Huntone (Punches & Popcorn) for a fun-filled hour of ranking banter.Mentioned in this episode:Punches & PopcornThe masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.Food About TownFood About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on re...
2025-10-121h 05Food About Town275 - Podcast-A-Rama (LIVE from Fringe Fest!) - Pauly Guglielmo ShowRecorded LIVE in front of an audience during The 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival, Pauly joins a panel of fellow Lunchador podcasts Matt Austin & Chris Lindstrom (Lunchador Founders), Emily Hessney-Lynch (It's A Lot), and Mike Huntone (Punches & Popcorn) for a fun-filled hour of ranking banter.Mentioned in this episode:Punches & PopcornThe masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.Food About TownFood About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on re...
2025-10-121h 05It's a Lot275 - Podcast-A-Rama (LIVE from Fringe Fest!) - Pauly Guglielmo ShowRecorded LIVE in front of an audience during The 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival, Pauly joins a panel of fellow Lunchador podcasts Matt Austin & Chris Lindstrom (Lunchador Founders), Emily Hessney-Lynch (It's A Lot), and Mike Huntone (Punches & Popcorn) for a fun-filled hour of ranking banter.Mentioned in this episode:Punches & PopcornThe masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.Food About TownFood About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on re...
2025-10-121h 05Just Can't Not275 - Podcast-A-Rama (LIVE from Fringe Fest!) - Pauly Guglielmo ShowRecorded LIVE in front of an audience during The 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival, Pauly joins a panel of fellow Lunchador podcasts Matt Austin & Chris Lindstrom (Lunchador Founders), Emily Hessney-Lynch (It's A Lot), and Mike Huntone (Punches & Popcorn) for a fun-filled hour of ranking banter.Mentioned in this episode:Punches & PopcornThe masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.Food About TownFood About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on re...
2025-10-121h 05Punches and Popcorn275 - Podcast-A-Rama (LIVE from Fringe Fest!) - Pauly Guglielmo ShowRecorded LIVE in front of an audience during The 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival, Pauly joins a panel of fellow Lunchador podcasts Matt Austin & Chris Lindstrom (Lunchador Founders), Emily Hessney-Lynch (It's A Lot), and Mike Huntone (Punches & Popcorn) for a fun-filled hour of ranking banter.Mentioned in this episode:Punches & PopcornThe masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.Food About TownFood About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on re...
2025-10-121h 05Anomaly Presents:275 - Podcast-A-Rama (LIVE from Fringe Fest!) - Pauly Guglielmo ShowRecorded LIVE in front of an audience during The 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival, Pauly joins a panel of fellow Lunchador podcasts Matt Austin & Chris Lindstrom (Lunchador Founders), Emily Hessney-Lynch (It's A Lot), and Mike Huntone (Punches & Popcorn) for a fun-filled hour of ranking banter.Mentioned in this episode:Punches & PopcornThe masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.Food About TownFood About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on re...
2025-10-121h 05It's a LotTrying Not to Traumatize Our Kids (with Pauly Guglielmo)Note: This is part two of a special two-part crossover episode! You can listen to the episodes in whatever order you like. Make sure to check out part one, Pauly's interview with Emily about her journey as an entrepreneur, on The Pauly Guglielmo Show. The episode should be available for you to download right in the It's a Lot feed!Content warning: this episode contains discussion of infertility, miscarriage, and IVF. If those are sensitive topics for you, please take care when listening. If you'd like to skip that part, it starts around the 27 minute mark and...
2025-10-0551 minPauly Guglielmo ShowTrying Not to Traumatize Our Kids (with Pauly Guglielmo) - It's a LotNote: This is part two of a special two-part crossover episode! You can listen to the episodes in whatever order you like. Make sure to check out part one, Pauly's interview with Emily about her journey as an entrepreneur, on The Pauly Guglielmo Show. The episode should be available for you to download right in the It's a Lot feed!Content warning: this episode contains discussion of infertility, miscarriage, and IVF. If those are sensitive topics for you, please take care when listening. If you'd like to skip that part, it starts around the 27 minute mark and...
2025-10-0551 minIt's a Lot274 - Emily Hessney Lynch (Serve Me The Sky / It's A Lot Podcast) CROSSOVER - Pauly Guglielmo ShowPauly and Emily are both podcasters on The Lunchador Podcast Network, and also both entrepreneurs raising young families and juggling.. a lot. In this episode, you'll hear the first half of a conversation between Emily and Pauly in Pauly's style (interviewing Emily mostly about her entrepreneurial journey). Then, the episode fades and you'll be asked to switch over to the It's A Lot podcast (which should have also popped up in your feed automatically) to hear Emily interview Pauly in Emily's style (dealing with the fact that it's just a lot).Mentioned in this episode:...
2025-10-0546 minPauly Guglielmo Show274 - Emily Hessney Lynch (Serve Me The Sky / It's A Lot Podcast) CROSSOVERPauly and Emily are both podcasters on The Lunchador Podcast Network, and also both entrepreneurs raising young families and juggling.. a lot. In this episode, you'll hear the first half of a conversation between Emily and Pauly in Pauly's style (interviewing Emily mostly about her entrepreneurial journey). Then, the episode fades and you'll be asked to switch over to the It's A Lot podcast (which should have also popped up in your feed automatically) to hear Emily interview Pauly in Emily's style (dealing with the fact that it's just a lot).Mentioned in this episode:...
2025-10-0546 minBehind the Glass Gallery PodcastBouncing in the Bounce House in Your 40s (with Richard Colon & Quajay Donnell) - It's a LotPhotographers, gallery co-curators, and dads Richard Colon and Quajay Donnell join host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about photography, Rochester, community, and fatherhood. In the first half of the show, we discuss how photographing different parts of Rochester helped them get to know the city, their goals of prioritizing community over competition and uplifting underrepresented artists with Behind the Glass Gallery, and how normal it's become to meet people from the internet IRL. During the second half of our conversation, we explore their different experiences of fatherhood during different decades of their lives, how other dads...
2025-09-231h 07It's a LotBouncing in the Bounce House in Your 40s (with Richard Colon & Quajay Donnell)Photographers, gallery co-curators, and dads Richard Colon and Quajay Donnell join host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about photography, Rochester, community, and fatherhood. In the first half of the show, we discuss how photographing different parts of Rochester helped them get to know the city, their goals of prioritizing community over competition and uplifting underrepresented artists with Behind the Glass Gallery, and how normal it's become to meet people from the internet IRL. During the second half of our conversation, we explore their different experiences of fatherhood during different decades of their lives, how other dads...
2025-09-231h 07Just Can't NotBouncing in the Bounce House in Your 40s (with Richard Colon & Quajay Donnell) - It's a LotPhotographers, gallery co-curators, and dads Richard Colon and Quajay Donnell join host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about photography, Rochester, community, and fatherhood. In the first half of the show, we discuss how photographing different parts of Rochester helped them get to know the city, their goals of prioritizing community over competition and uplifting underrepresented artists with Behind the Glass Gallery, and how normal it's become to meet people from the internet IRL. During the second half of our conversation, we explore their different experiences of fatherhood during different decades of their lives, how other dads...
2025-09-231h 07It's a LotAI Could Never: Creativity & Humor in Social Media Marketing (with Jon-Stephen Stansel)Social media marketer and author Jon-Stephen Stansel joins host Emily Hessney Lynch to discuss his journey as a social media marketer, from government and higher ed days to his current work as a social media consultant in the entertainment industry working with brands like Invincible, Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Hazbin Hotel, Sausage Party: Foodtopia, and Avatar: The Way of Water. We chat about the joy of getting to be funny and creative as a social media manager, some of the dark parts of the job that can impact your mental health, and how AI won't be...
2025-09-0952 minIt's a LotIf You’re a Dad, Go to Therapy! with Brendan DabkowskiIn this wide-ranging conversation, host Emily Hessney Lynch talks to Brendan Dabkowski, a freelance writer & editor, adjunct professor, and father of two. We explore what it was like for Brendan and his wife to have their second child during the COVID pandemic after moving to a new city, childcare struggles, screentime shame, and parent guilt. We also discuss joyful things like taking long bike rides with your kid and adding a new kitten to the family!You can follow Brendan on Instagram at @causticacrostic and find Emily at @servemethesky. If you need an editor, check out Brendan's...
2025-08-2651 minIt's a LotBecoming Your Own Biggest Advocate with Jayde PowellFreelance social strategist and LinkedIn influencer Jayde Powell joins host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about how her digital identity has evolved over time, the decision to pivot from social media management to strategy, forging her path as a freelancer, and getting her start as a LinkedIn influencer. We dive into the intricacies of brand deals, the frustrations of the limiting box of 'professionalism' that we're forced into at 9-5 jobs, keeping the majority of your life private even when you've created an authentic personal brand, and much more. You can follow Jayde on LinkedIn or...
2025-08-121h 00It's a LotThere’s More to Me than Motherhood with Anoosha SyedAnoosha Syed, a children's book author/illustrator, artist, art educator, content creator, and mom joins host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about her career path, her content creation journey, and her experiences of motherhood so far. In this episode, we discuss the decision anxiety of having a limited amount of time to work while the baby is napping, the importance of knowing your why when it comes to social media, the tendency to spiral with mom guilt sometimes when you'd rather be working than watching your child, and more. For more of Anoosha's work, check her...
2025-07-2958 minIt's a LotPart 1: Expectations for 2 Under 2 with Kat EddyBusiness owner and mom Kat Eddy joins host Emily Hessney Lynch for an honest conversation about her expectations for being a parent of two under two. In this installment, we dive into how she envisions life with two kids under age two, how she and her partner will divide the labor, how her relationship with her eldest will change after the baby arrives, and more. In the fall, we'll check back in for a Part 2 covering the reality of her life with two under two!In the second half of the episode, we dive into the story...
2025-07-1556 minIt's a LotCultivating Curiosity & Community with Jackie OrtizMarketer, content creator, and artist Jackie Ortiz (she/they) joins host Emily Hessney Lynch to discuss all things social media in 2025. What do people actually want to see when they're online? How do you find and share stories that resonate with your audience? Where do you even start when teaching yourself to create engaging videos? And the biggest question of all: what happens when you anger the birding community online? Jackie has navigated a career in social media for many years and shares their insights and their journey in creating travel and food content for fun outside of their...
2025-07-0147 minIt's a LotDitching the Expected & Embracing Your True Self with Christy RousheyArtist and mom Christy Roushey joins host Emily Hessney Lynch for a conversation about leaving her engineering career to be a stay-at-home mom and how much it rocked her identity to deviate from the prescribed path. Learn about how she moved through those feelings of being lost and isolated to teach herself new skills, embrace her true self, and launch her own business. We also discuss how to be a good friend, being the memory keeper in your family, how important it is to have mental health support when you're a parent, talking to your kids about race and...
2025-06-171h 03It's a LotSocial Media Nostalgia & Getting Back to Our Teenage Selves with Kristen FelicettiHost Emily Hessney Lynch is joined by author Kristen Felicetti to discuss the one year anniversary of her debut novel, Log Off, social media nostalgia, and what the future of social media holds. They reflect on past eras of social media like LiveJournal and Myspace and muse about what it would take for a new social media platform to take the world by storm. Kristen also shares one of her favorite parent tropes, insights on getting in touch with your teenage self when writing a teenage character, and reflections on book marketing. Find Kristen on Instagram at...
2025-06-0338 minIt's a LotPerformative Posting, Sensory Overwhelm, & the Pressure to be Present with Alaina BrubakerIn our inaugural episode of IT'S A LOT, host Emily Hessney Lynch chats with therapist Alaina Brubaker about the complexities of social media and parenthood. We discuss Alaina's daughter's fake podcast at age 4 and the conversations they had around online privacy and consent, how it feels weird to be called "mom" sometimes, why it's worth discussing the highs and lows of parenting, performative posting, the sensory overwhelm of parenting littles, the pressure of being 100% present for every moment of every day, and more. Find Alaina on Instagram at @alaina_talks_therapy and Emily at @servemethesky....
2025-05-2755 minIt's a LotComing Soon: It's a Lot, a podcast about things that are a lotComing soon, wherever you get your podcasts...It's a Lot is a podcast about things that are a lot. We dive deep on social media, parenthood, and beyond--things that can be maddening, all-consuming, and also weird and wonderful. Tune in for honest conversations with parents, social media experts, authors, content creators, and more. We aim to explore hard topics with openness and nuance, while also finding the humor along the way. New episodes drop every other Tuesday. Hosted by Emily Hessney Lynch; find her at @servemethesky on Instagram or at www.servemethesky.com...
2025-05-2200 min
Your Friendly Neighborhood LibrariansYFNL Interview with Social Media Strategist Emily Hessney LynchEmily Hessney Lynch, MCLS trustee, writer, and owner of Serve Me the Sky Digital, joins Jim and Robyn to talk social media, what it's like to be a member of the MCLS Board of Trustees, and (of course) books!
2022-06-1224 min
Careers UnfilteredThe Leap to Self-Employment, with Emily Hessney Lynch '12 '15WWelcome back to another episode of Careers Unfiltered! This week, Bryce and Danae had the pleasure of speaking with Emily Hessney Lynch who is the founder of Serve Me the Sky Digital (@servemethesky) and the Director of I Heart ROC (@i.heart.roc). Emily graduated from the University of Rochester in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in American History and English Literature. Shortly after, she went on the receive a master's degree from the Warner School of Education. Since completing her education, she has worked hard at building a strong network and reputation within the Rochester community. Tune in as they...
2020-01-2922 min
For the EVOLution of BusinessTell Your Story to Build Your Movement with Emily Hessney Lynch[1:15] Emily's transition from an interest to a career in social media[2:45] Figuring out how to share an authentic voice[4:15] Showing different sides of yourself on different platforms[5:30] From freelancing side gigs to a full time job[7:00] Social media strategy, social media management and content writing to help brands tell an authentic and consistent story and create a sense of community[11:50] Emerging trends in social media platforms[13:20] Working with social media "influencers" in an authentic way[15:00] Check out I Heart ROC's weekly interviews with local Rochesterians...
2019-12-1200 min
Food About TownF.A.T. Podcast Episode 85 – City Newspaper Best of 2017
On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Brandon Vulaj from Phrankly and Emily Hessney from I Heart ROC came over to the studio to make our picks for the food and drink related categories in the City Newspaper Best of Final Ballot. We had a great time going through all the categories and picking out our favorites.
If you haven’t voted yet, please go to the final ballot on the City Newspaper website to vote Food About Town for best podcast. I appreciate everyone working to get the podcast on the ballot an...
2017-10-061h 33
Food About TownF.A.T. Podcast Episode 61 – NerderyChris and Chelsea being NERDS. Bryan and Emily not pictured.
This episode is brought to you by Fiamma Pizza e Vino on Buffalo Road in Gates and their new location Fiamma Centro on Elton Street in the Neighborhood of the Arts.
On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I had three people over to talk about nerdery, geekery and all sorts of passions. Chelsea Flint from Channel 8 and @akachela, Emily Hessney from I Heart ROC, and my good friend Bryan Chue from Boston came over and we dove into a bunch...
2016-12-111h 48