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Community ConvenerFrom the Right Thing to the Smart ThingSend a textIn this Heart episode of Community Convener, we’re shifting the conversation around workplace inclusion from “the right thing to do” to “the smart thing to do.”In our featured Community Dialogue, Christy Chewning of Central Georgia EMC leads a powerful conversation with Tony Carnell, General Manager of the Henry County Water Authority, and Thomas Williams, External Relations of Kaiser Permanente. Together, they break down the business case for inclusion; how it strengthens culture, improves performance, drives innovation, and ultimately impacts the bottom line.This...
2026-02-1651 minCommunity ConvenerMomentum in Motion: Empowering Leaders, Elevating CommunitySend us a textThis Head episode of Community Convener is all about strategy, leadership, and what’s next for Henry County. We kick things off with our Director of Communications, Barbara Ingram, as she shares insights into the upcoming Women’s EmPOWERment Summit and why you don't want to miss this year's summit.Next, Director of Tourism, Laura Luker, joins us to preview Visit Henry’s Annual Meeting and break down their grant program, highlighting how tourism-driven initiatives support local growth and quality of life.
2026-02-0250 min
Stories Come to LifeNancy Drew: The Bungalow Mystery, Chapters 1 to 4Send us a textWelcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. In 1930, the first three books in the Nancy Drew series were published at the same time in order to introduce the world to this brilliant young detective. The Bungalow Mystery is the third of Nancy’s adventures. In this episode, we find Nancy Drew and her chum, Helen Corning, who also appeared in the previous adventures, spending time at a camp on the shores of Moon Lake. Another girl, the brave but dejected Laura Pendleton, soon makes their acquaintance. Laura is...
2026-01-0546 minStories Come to LifeNancy Drew: The Bungalow Mystery, Chapters 5 to 8Send us a textWelcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Poor Laura Pendleton! Her new guardian seems like a terrible person. He’s not very kind to her, and poor Laura has to be uprooted from everything that’s comfortable and go live in the unknown bungalow on Melrose Lake. In the meantime, Nancy and Helen are at the camp and it is with great reluctance that Nancy turns toward home. She can’t stay at the camp all the time. Her vacation is over, and now it’s time for her t...
2026-01-0547 minStories Come to LifeNancy Drew: The Bungalow Mystery, Chapters 9 to 12Send us a textWelcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Nancy Drew really owes a large debt of gratitude to Laura Pendleton, who saved her life out on Moon Lake. So, she is happy to do something to help the girl escape from her cruel guardian. Nancy decides to visit Jacob Aborn and see if she can figure out some way to help Laura. Nancy’s resourceful bravery comes in handy as she makes her daring plans!Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story com...
2026-01-0536 minStories Come to LifeNancy Drew: The Bungalow Mystery, Chapters 13 to 16Send us a textWelcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Brave Nancy Drew has a plan to help Laura Pendleton. She tried to confront Jacob Aborn, Laura’s cruel guardian, but she didn’t learn much from him. Nancy still feels there is something she could do. So, with her detective instincts on high alert, she decides to stealthily investigate Jacob Aborn’s bungalow, and while she’s in the vicinity, she wants to do a bit of sleuthing in that old abandoned bungalow down the road. It’s a very r...
2026-01-0551 minStories Come to LifeNancy Drew: The Bungalow Mystery, Chapters 17 to 21Send us a textWelcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. In her attempt to rescue the REAL Jacob Aborn from the dungeon where he has been held captive, Nancy Drew has fallen into the clutches of the notorious Stumpy Dowd! One of her father’s friends told her how a person could free oneself after being tied up. Can she remember how to do it? In the meantime, Laura Pendleton is becoming worried about Nancy. When Carson Drew returns from his trip and finds Laura in his home, the...
2026-01-0546 minStories Come to LifeNancy Drew: The Bungalow Mystery, Chapters 22 to 25Send us a textWelcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. What a wonderful surprise! Nancy Drew discovered that the car she flagged down on the lake road contained her father and Laura Pendleton! Now the three of them can put their skills together to try to stop dastardly Stumpy Dowd before he can cross the state line and escape with Laura’s entire fortune! In her blue roadster, Nancy embarks on a high-speed chase! Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.
2026-01-0547 minCommunity ConvenerLet's Dive Back In: A New Year of Community ConversationsSend us a textCommunity Convener is back, and we're kicking off 2026 with a refreshed plan, a new rhythm, and a renewed focus on meaningful dialogue.In this episode, we share what's new for the podcast this year, including our updated release schedule and the intentional direction guiding our conversations moving forward.We begin with Community Dialogue, featuring a powerful conversation with:Christy Chewning, Community Engagement Coordinator with Central Georgia EMCGeorge Crews, Area Manager with Georgia Power and 2026 Engagement & Inclusion Committee ChairJacqueline Taylor
2026-01-0546 min
The Raw NerveEp62 2025 Incubator Grants: Novel research helping solve the MS puzzleToday on The Raw Nerve we spotlight our newly launched 2025 Incubator Grant round, which supports out-of-the-box ideas aimed at opening new directions in multiple sclerosis (MS) research. MS Australia has funded four exciting projects targeting MS research priorities – including causes and prevention, better treatments and cures via repair and regeneration of cells.Join us on the Raw Nerve, as we delve into these exciting new research projects and talk with three of the researchers about their work.Dr Laura Laslett from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania is investigating whether...
2025-08-0437 minCommunity ConvenerLet’s Dive In: Leadership, Tourism & MilestonesSend us a textIn the premiere episode of Community Convener, host Joseph B. Henning, President/CEO of the Henry County Chamber of Commerce, kicks things off with an inspiring lineup of local leaders shaping Henry County's future.You’ll hear from: ✅ Sharon Ponder, VP of Finance at Bennett International Group and former Chamber Board Chair, reflects on the milestones of the Chamber’s Business Resource Center and its long-term impact. ✅ Morrelle McCrary, CEO of RAM-Tech PC Solutions and 2025 Board Chair, shares his vision for Chamber leadership, why membe...
2025-05-0542 min
Needs No IntroductionLabour Fair 2025: Labour now: Union responses to the polycrisisIn episode eight, we return to the George Brown College Labour Fair and a discussion with Ontario Federation of Labour president Laura Walton and chief steward and second vice president of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 556 Jeff Brown. We discuss the multiple issues facing the labour movement, union priorities and, in this age of polycrisis, what exactly we are working for. Speaking to the upcoming federal elections, Walton says: “I think we all can agree it's not going to be an NDP federal government. It's either gonna be Liberals or Conservatives. And I call them cancer and ch...
2025-04-1654 min
Cheers To That Shit!Wedding Planning with Mister MisterA crossover we have been waiting for!! We have special guests Trey Stewart and Zach Luker from the Mister Mister Podcast here this week to chat all about their proposal and quickly approaching destination wedding. And we are answering some of your burning questions like who pays for the wedding? The groom or the groom? Check out the Mister Mister podcast wherever you get your podcasts and connect with the hosts...Trey - www.instagram.com/trey_stewart Zach - www.instagram.com/zach_lukerWe would love your feedback... If you...
2022-12-2747 min
The Mister Mister PodcastThe Professionals ft. Cheers To That Sh*t!Trey Stewart, co-host of the Weekly Dose of BS podcast, and owner of the gay bar, Mr. Mister, is joined by his fiancé, Zach Luker, to share the good, the bad and the (probably pricey!) truths of planning a not-so-traditional gay wedding.On this week's episode, they talk to special guests Laura and Emily (aka Cheers to That Sh*t!) about about all things with the guys' wedding! They go over the turnout rate for destination weddings, what are the best things about gay weddings, and what are the most overrated parts of ceremonies these days.I...
2022-12-2349 min
Needs No IntroductionFrom contract negotiation to political protest: reflecting on Ontario’s education workers’ fight for jobs, rights and dignityIn this episode of the Courage My Friends podcast we welcome Laura Walton, president of CUPE’s Ontario Schools Boards Council of Unions. Just days after CUPE education workers voted to ratify a new four-year contract that includes a hard fought for $1 flat-rate hourly wage increase and two days repayment for a fraught political protest, we reflect on the momentous and contentious labor action taken on by Ontario's education workers. Reflecting on how essential these education workers are to our schools, Walton says: "From the minute that a child or a member of the public steps into a s...
2022-12-1241 min
Pub Shed and Home Bar SessionsVol.13 Luker's Own JunkyardJimbo chats with Tristan & Laura from Lukers Own Junkyard in Kent
For our full episodes complete with music, beer talk, home bar chat, games and other features please see our full episodes which are only available on Spotify
2022-11-0420 min
Henry County Business InsightTourism is Big Business in Henry CountyWelcome to Business Insight. Today we are celebrating National Tourism Week, May 1-7. Did you know that tourism in Henry County is big business? Of course, Henry County is home to Atlanta Motor Speedway but we have many great restaurants, attractions and hotels that contribute to the size industry.
In 2020, during the height of the pandemic, visitors to Henry County spent $311 million dollars here. That’s a lot mullah – which helps offset some of the taxes our citizens pay. But because of the pandemic, those number were down some compared to 2019.
We have with us today...
2022-05-0235 min
Love4musicalsOscar HAMMERSTEINOscar Hammerstein está reconocido como uno de los mayores libretistas y letristas del musical americano. Su mayor éxito le llegó con Jerome Kern en 1925 y el musical "Show Boat", que hemos revisado en el podcast de “Cuéntame un musical” de este mes.
Estableció las bases de lo que hoy entendemos como “musical”, donde guion, canciones y bailes deben estar integrados y ayudar a avanzar la acción.
Trabajó en Hollywood en películas como “Swing time” con Fred Astaire y Ginger Rogers y ganó dos Oscar a la mejor canción original por “The last time I saw Paris” (1941) y “It might as well be spr...
2022-02-152h 33Stories Come to LifeMaida's Little Shop, Chapters 9 and 10Send us a textWelcome to Stories Come to Life. This is episode 18, book 2, and I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Now Maida is part of the WMNT club. She loves it, and they have great plans! But when Laura Lathrop becomes deathly ill, Maida and the other children realize that there is more to life than either work or play. Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life!Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than...
2020-11-2043 min
Cast Offs with Ben and DanielEpisode 24: Alison Fraser (A New York Romance)In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to two-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser about her 1996 album, A New York Romance. They also discuss Rusty Magee, James Taylor, Benjamin Dreyer, Bill Finn, In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, The Music Man, Rebecca Luker, Oliver, Eydie Gormé, My Fair Lady, Harry Nilsson, John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, Bernadette Peters, Gigi, Mary Testa, Annie Golden, Daisy Eagan, Laura Nyro, Linda Rondstadt, Michael John LaChiusa, First Daughter Suite, Elvis Costello, Aaron Mark, Rammstein, Patty Darcy, and Lena Horne. Alison has appeared in numerous Broadway shows, including The Secret Garden and Romance/Romance, both o...
2020-03-021h 51
The Theatre Podcast with Alan SealesDanny Burstein, 6 time Tony Award nominee, Moulin Rouge, Fiddler, Cabaret, Golden Boy, Follies, South Pacific, The Drowsy Chaperone, and moreDanny Burstein is a six-time Tony Award nominee who made his Broadway debut in 1992 and now has 18 Broadway credits including Company, Titanic, The Drowsy Chaperone, South Pacific, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Follies, Fiddler on the Roof, and most recently My Fair Lady opposite Laura Benanti. He can be seen all over the small and big screens, currently as D.A. Lewis Cormier on the CBS TV series Evil, and can even be heard lending his voice to video games such as Grand Theft Auto and more. He is now on stage as Harold Zidler in...
2020-02-2855 min
De SandwichUitzending van 4 augustus 2019Uur 1
1. Oh what a beautiful morning – Frank Sinatra
2. Jusqu’a demain peut-etre – Michel Fugain
3. Zeg dat het goed komt – Laura
4. Groovin’ – Paul Carrack
5. My dearest darling – Etta James
6. Gravel and dust – Ilse DeLange
7. Graceland – Paul Simon
8. Lonely people – Rickie Lee Jones
9. Take this longing – Leonard Cohen
10. Boogie Street – Molly Johnson
11. Aan de andere kant van de heuvels – Liesbeth List en Ramses Shaffy
12. The end of the end – Paul McCartney
13. Vasame – Arisa
14. Rainy night in Georgia – Tony Joe White
15. Dolomiti dance - Oregon
Uur 2
1. Rainy day people – Gordon Lightfoot
2. Unchained melody – Jimmy Young
3. Dans mon lit – Bobbi
4. To France – Mike Oldfield
5. Jeugdgodinnen – Hans van Deventer
6. Wh...
2019-08-041h 51
Highway 89Utah Chamber ArtistsWe fit our 40 chairs and 40 singers into the studio for the pleasure of hearing the Utah Chamber Artists perform LIVE!
Based out of Salt Lake City, the choir is well-known throughout the Wasatch Front and also has a national and international reputation. They have performed with the Israel Chamber Orchestra as well as on national public radio. Barlow Bradford is the Artistic Director of the Utah chamber Artists and the Director of Choral Studies at the University of Utah. Rebecca Durham is the Executive Director.
Steven Kapp Perry chats with Barlow Bradford about his transition from organist to conductor and th...
2012-11-2852 min
ATW - Downstage CenterLaura Benanti (#204) - May, 2008Broadway's newest Gypsy Rose Lee, Laura Benanti, talks about playing the title role in "Gypsy" both last summer at City Center and again this year on Broadway, including her thoughts on formidable author and director Arthur Laurents, as well as a few facts about the real Gypsy and Rose that didn't make it into the musical. Benanti also discusses her vocal training under the tutelage of her mother (who unlike Rose expressly forbid young Laura from turning pro in her youth); her big break understudying Rebecca Luker in "The Sound of Music" -- and playing a romantic role opposite someone 45...
2008-06-0200 min
Tony Award Winners on Downstage CenterLaura Benanti (#204) - May, 2008Broadway's newest Gypsy Rose Lee, Laura Benanti (winner of a Tony Award for her role in Gypsy), talks about playing the title role in Gypsy both last summer at City Center and again this year on Broadway, including her thoughts on formidable author and director Arthur Laurents, as well as a few facts about the real Gypsy and Rose that didn't make it into the musical. Benanti also discusses her vocal training under the tutelage of her mother (who unlike Rose expressly forbid young Laura from turning pro in her youth); her big break understudying Rebecca Luker in The Sound...
2008-06-0200 min
Broadway Bullet: Theatre from Broadway, Off-Broadway and beyond.Vol 115 - 2007 Tony Nominee Press ClusterF%^KInterviews with 23 Tony Nominees from 13 shows: Audra MacDonald. Christopher Plummer, David Hyde-Pierce, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater Bill T. Jones, Gavin Lee, Laura Bell Bundy, Liev Schreiber, Orfeh, Raul Esparza, Charlotte D'Amboise, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, Steven Sater, Rebeka Luker, Jerry Mitchell, Julie White, Larry O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin, Douglas Carter Bean, John Earl Jokes, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie and Dana Ivey FROM A Chorus Line, Curtains, Spring Awakening, Mary Poppins, Legally Blonde, The Little Dog Laughed, Radio Golf, Grey Gardens, Butley, 110 in the Shade, Inherit the Wind, Talk Radio and Company!
2007-05-141h 13