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What is Trending: Damian Lillard Happy to be back in Portland | Jerry Jones takes shots at Micah Parsons & Dak Prescott | BYU Announces new roles in Athletic Depeartment
Catch up on the latest news across the NBA, NFL, MLB & College Football with What is Trending.
2025-07-22
20 min
The CFISFM Archives
Community Echoes Monday October 23rd 2023
Host Wayne Hughes Guest: Shannon Elliott Pineview Volunteer Fire Depeartment.
2023-10-25
58 min
Microbe Mail
Would you Rather - Mycology
Another fun game of "Would you Rather" but this time, we talk about some fantastic fungal options. Which would you rather choose...? About our Guest: Dr Lyle Murray is a Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand and a Consultant in Infectious Diseases at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a clinician scientist with a particular interest in the immunology of infectious diseases and the impact of HIV infection thereon. He completed his MBChB at the University of Cape Town and his specialist clinical training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases...
2023-06-27
53 min
In Community & Company
helping those experiencing a disability can galvanize communities
In this episode we speak to India Christian, President and CEO of Christian Home Healthcare, to discuss how helping older generations and those experiencing disabilities can rally a community
2022-10-27
18 min
In Community & Company
Arts in the Community: how clothing can provide a voice for those in the community
Daniel Grier is the founder of Splashed by DKG. https://splashedbydkg.com
2022-05-05
18 min
In Community & Company
how skateboarding can build a community
Shred Your Fears gives women, trans and/or non-binary people a safe and comfortable space to learn to skateboard. If you are looking to try something new, get out of your comfort zone, and challenge yourself, this event is for you. There is no experience necessary to attend Shred Your Fears.
2022-04-28
12 min
In Community & Company
Arts in Community: how an artist uses activism and storytelling to build community
Darcy Trunzo is a multi-media artist born in Homer City, Pennsylvania whose many careers and pursuits have fueled and informed her unrelenting creative and investigative pursuits. A true coal miner’s daughter - she learned early on that industrial and economic collapse would lead to constant personal reinvention - as her father also reeducated to become a medical paraprofessional after his mine was in the 1990’s. Informed by relatives and mentors who ‘hauled’ her to art and cultural events and artistic endeavors at an early age - everything from conceptual art shows to and the homes of craftspeo...
2022-03-17
32 min
In Community & Company
how a music festival helped define a neighborhood
we talk with Cody Walters, a music festival producer, who started a small music event to help define a neighborhood of the Northside of Pittsburgh, PA USA and turned it into a global brand with hundreds of bands playing in a two day bonanza.
2022-03-17
24 min
In Community & Company
how furniture can rally a community
We often overlook how important maintaining the items in one’s home is and the things inside it.We often like to think we are way more advanced in designing our home than we think. The way we position our photos in our home for example, or the art that we hang on the walls, or the way we position our furniture is very thoughtful. What is it about furniture that is so impactful in ones everyday life? We explore in this episode.
2022-02-24
15 min
In Community & Company
Arts in Community: Interview with printmaker Stefan Hoffman
Interview with internationally renowned printmaker
2022-01-24
18 min
In Community & Company
how printmaking can build community
In this episode we explore how printmaking can activate a community. We discuss this topic is Joe Lupo, Professor of Art at West Virginia University and a board member of Artists Image Resource (AIR), who juries the upcoming exhibition PRINTWORK with Rachel Saul Rearick (board member), the premiere exhibit of AIR which will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. PRINTWORK opens December 10 at AIR (518 Foreland Street) with an opening reception at 6 p.m. to learn more about Artists Image Resource visit artistsimageresource.org."The Power of the Press Belongs to Those Who Can Operate One."
2021-11-19
25 min
In Community & Company
how fashion can spark community empowerment
In this episode we explore how fashion can activate a community. We do this with Tereneh Idia a Pittsburgh raised and internationally based fashion designer and the founder an Creative Director of global eco-design fashion house IdiaDega . Her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, Afropunk, and Super.selected. Tereneh speaks and conducts workshops on issues of sustainability, adornment, appropriation, global design, and creativity all over the globe. You can find out more about Tereneh – her work, her collaborations, at www.idiadega.com
2021-11-19
38 min
In Community & Company
how trails can rally small towns and big cities
In Robert Moor’s seminal book On Trails, he writes, “On a trail, to walk is to follow. Like a prostration or apprenticeship, trail walking both requires and instills a certain sense of humility.” Trails have such an remarkable influence not only on one’s psyche, helping people contemplate and commune with nature, yet they take us places of discovery. That’s exactly what the Pittsburgh to Erie trail imitative is doing, connecting the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region with Erie, PA. We walk with Courtney Maronich Vita, Director of Trail Development at Friends of the Riverfront and Kim Harris, Recreation Specialist for the Oi...
2021-06-30
22 min
In Community & Company
how communities can galvanize around older adults
Galvanize means "shock or excite (a community) into taking action". How does a community spark into action? In this episode we talk about how taking care of our older adults can galvanize a community. We discuss this with Randi Vega, Project Manager of Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh. Age Friendly acts as a catalyst to promote policy, program and systems change that improves quality of life for all people, particularly for our oldest generations. They provide a neutral forum for collaboration, education, networking and advocacy.
2021-04-23
18 min
In Community & Company
how food can connect, heal, and help people
The philosophy of Sprezzatura is that food is love. Food and hospitality are the source of belonging, nourishment, growth, and community, Jennifer exclaims, while committing to giving back to the community in many ways. Recently, she launched a storytelling engagement experience with food centered around cooking remembered recipes from grandmothers. More about Sprezzatura at https://sprezzaturapgh.com
2021-04-16
36 min
In Community & Company
how architecture and neighborhoods activate communities
We sit down with Bonnie Baxter, Founder/Doors Open Pittsburgh and architect Paul Tellers to discuss how architecture and neighborhoods galvanize communities. DOORS OPEN celebrates Pittsburgh's unique architecture and history with an annual event, bus and walking tours, and virtual storytelling.
2021-04-14
25 min
In Community & Company
Arts in Community: how street performers make community
Street performers and buskers Bill Shannon, Katie Clark, lead singer of Hard Fought Theory, Noetic, and Martin the Troubadour come to the studio to talk about how street performers can make a community through art and music. Arts in Community is a special section of In Community and Company investigating how art builds community.
2020-11-10
33 min
In Community & Company
how sustainability and trauma create community
We speak to Zaheen Hussain, former Sustainability Director from New Sun Rising about how a natural disaster can bring people together to create a sustainable community
2020-11-10
35 min
In Community & Company
how trees build community
We sit down with Jake Milofsky of Tree Pittsburgh to discuss how trees can galvanize a community
2020-11-10
25 min
In Community & Company
how corporate social responsibility can influence millennials
In this episode In Community & Company takes a deep dive into the relationships between the millennial generation and their commitment to how a company or organization is committed to making good in a community through corporate social responsibility. Our guest Dr. Brittany McDonald helps us investigate the nuances of this new working class and their demands on institutions to make good in the world.
2020-11-10
18 min
In Community & Company
how food insecurity empowers a community
Annie Fiffick, PhD student at Point Park University and Veronika Panagiotou, PhD Candidate answer how food insecurity galvanize a community into action.
2020-11-10
32 min
In Community & Company
how sport and soccer builds community
In this episode, Justin Forzano, Executive Director of Open Filed, pays a visit to talk about how soccer builds community around the world.
2020-11-10
25 min
In Community & Company
how prevention, treatment, and recovery of substance use disorder changes communities
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Eric Hulsey about how prevention, treatment and recovery from substance use disorder impacts a community. Dr. Hulsey is an expert in substance use disorder and has over 15 years studying the challenges communities face dealing with overdose issues.
2020-11-10
30 min
Big Fat Mama Beats™
Rory Hoy - BIG FAT MAMA BEATS & BOOTLEGS EP0014 [09-07-18] 'Little Big Beat Mix' (No Voice)
DJ RORY HOY is author on an amazing book called '‘The Little Book About Big Beat', wich is coming to stores today monday September 10th (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Big-Beat-Book/dp/1912587092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534499045&sr=8-1&keywords=%22big+beat+book%22) To celebrate our label producer Rory Hoy has broadcast and mixed an hour of multi fatness of 'BIG BEAT VINYL CLASSICS' on what he calls a little Big Beat Mix. Hardly Subtle - You’ve Got The Praise Clockwork Voodoo Freaks - Def Mick’s Throwdown The Wiseguys - Start The Commotion Dynamo Productions - Busta Beat ...
2018-09-10
59 min