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WJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalWashington DC HospitalityElliott Ferguson, CEO/Pres Destination DC; Ashleigh Pearson, Owner, Petite Soeur; Patrick Revord, Director of Technology & Community Engagement, The Wharf; Aliza Bran, Media Relations Manager, International Spy Museum; Mark Huntley, Regional VP & General Manager, Fairmont Washington DC Georgetown Hotel Interviews with various Washington DC hospitality industry workers, regarding new hospitality venues and predictions for domestic & international tourism to Washington moving forward.Website: washington.org 2022-02-0819 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalAmerica's National Forests & GrasslandsGuests: Greg M. Peters, former director of communications at the National Forest Foundation. Mr. Peters' latest book, Our National Forests, is about maintaining and protecting the country's public lands for both recreational and commercial use. https://www.workman.com/authors/greg-m-peters2022-01-2210 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalSpeaking Foreign LanguagesGuests: Joe Riccio, Dallas Texas Speaking Foreign Languages. Joe Riccio speaks nine foreign languages, most fluently, and offers suggestions about learning different languages. 2021-11-1315 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalHarold Sarafin, Artistic Director - Morbisch Music Festival, AustriaHarold Sarafin, Artistic Director Morbisch Music Festival, Austria Episode focuses on the Morbisch Music Festival, in Mörbisch, Austria Guest Website: https://m-festival.biz/en/introduce/seefestspiele-morbisch 2021-10-1606 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalCamilla Lundberg, Senior Project Manager and Tour Guide, Eating Europe AmsterdamCamilla Lundberg, Senior Project Manager, and Tour Guide Eating Europe Amsterdam. The episode focuses on a food tour of Amsterdam's Jordaan district. Guest Website: www.eatingeurope.com2021-09-1805 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalChris Dougless, Chef, Ashmont Tavern & TavaloChris Dougless, chef, Ashmont Tavern & Tavalo, Dorchester, MA Guest Topic: Boston's Wholesale Seafood/Fish Market. The episode focuses on Chef Douglass as he purchases fresh fish for his two Boston-area restaurants. 2021-08-2805 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalDora Magnusdottir, Hostelling International IcelandThe episode focuses on Icelandic "youth" hostels, all of them open to adults and families. Guest Website: www.hostel.is2021-08-2104 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalCultural venues in Mid-Hudson River Valley with upcoming summer/fall events.Vctoria Larson, Founder & Publisher; Linda Cabasin, Travel Writer & Editor; Sophia Shuhui Zhou, Professional Pianist; Catherine Tharin, Dance Curator & Choreographer. Website www.sideofculture.com and cultural venues in mid-Hudson River Valley with upcoming summer/fall events. The sideofculture.com website offers information about cultural venues around the country. This episode is focused on upcoming summer/fall cultural events within the mid-Hudson River Valley in New York State. Website founder and local artists and writers provide commentary. Guest Website: www.sideofculture.com 2021-07-3119 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalRevitalization of San Pedro, CaliforniaTim McOsker, Executive Director, AltaSea Research; Mike Ungaro, Owner, San Pedro Public Market; Jonathan Williams, Board President, San Pedro Improvement District. Revitalization of San Pedro, California The revitalization of San Pedro, adjacent to the larger port city of Long Beach, CA., is a work in progress. Local business executives provide commentary. Guest Websites: altasea.org; nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/san-pedro-public-market-rebrands-as-west-harbor/2440709/; sanpedrobid.com 2021-07-2405 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalLuc Laroche, Owner, Le Richmond Bistro, Montreal and Catherine Binette, Tourism MontrealHost talks about new developments in Montreal's Griffintown neighborhood. Part II of Montreal Neighborhoods series. http://lerichmond.com 2021-07-1704 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalDanny Pavlopoulos, Tour Guide, Spade & Palacio Tours, MontrealMontreal's Rosemont neighborhood. Tour of Jean-Talon Food Market. Part I of the Montreal Neighborhoods series. Guest Website: https://spadeandpalacio.com/ 2021-07-1003 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalRobin Terry, Director/CEOThe history of Motown music is documented with artifacts, audio and video displays. Guest Website: https://www.motownmuseum.org/ 2021-07-0304 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalMartin Witz, Film DirectorThe film tells the story of a Swiss bridge-builder who designed many of New York City's most famous bridges. Website: https://www.newdocs.de/gateways-to-new-york/2021-06-2805 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalNitzan Reisner, Media Relations SpecialistThe museum opened on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. Website: https://www.polin.pl/en2021-06-1904 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalMary Roberts, Executive Director, Martin House Restoration CorporationThe house was designed by noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902 and the architect's quintessential Prairie House design is one of his most famous residential structures. Guest Website: https://martinhouse.org/2021-06-1205 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalIbiza, Part IIIn contrast to Ibiza's southern coast where resorts offer loud, club music to young Europeans, the northern half of the island has rural retreats for visitors interested in yoga or quiet vacations. Website: https://canpujolet.com/en/rural-hotel-can-pujolet-ibiza2021-06-0505 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalInaky Bau, Entertainment Director, Ushuaia Ibiza HotelIbiza is noted both for music "clubbing" vacations for young Europeans, and quiet yoga and nature vacations for older, wealthy Europeans. Website: https://www.theushuaiaexperience.com/en/2021-05-2905 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalWelsh Village of CrickhowellThe show's producer spends several days visiting Crickhowell, a Welsh village near Brecon Beacons National Park. The village is noted for its 17th century stone bridge that crosses the River Usk, the longest river in Wales. https://visitcrickhowell.wales/2021-05-1005 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalMiriam Morgan, Vice President Arts Campus Administration, United Arts Center; Robert Roethemeyer, Director of Library and Information Services, Concordia Theological SeminaryThe city's Arts United Center, designed by Louis Kahn, and Concordia Theological Seminary, designed by Eero Saarinen, are two of Fort Wayne's most well-known structures. Attachments area2021-05-0304 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalKelsey Camin, Marketing Manager, Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FLhe Dalí Museum (St. Petersburg, Florida) has been the unofficial heart of fine arts in the Tampa Bay area since its opening in 1982. The debut of the new building in January 2011 has contributed to the cultural renaissance of the city. Guest website: www.thedali.org2021-04-2405 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalSarah Webster Vodrey, Director, Museum of Ceramics, East Liverpool OhioEast Liverpool was the Pottery Capital of the U.S. in the 1800's. Pottery manufacturing was an early industry in this part of Ohio and West Virginia, until Asian factories started to manufacture products that were much cheaper than the American ceramic in this part of the U.S. Guest website: https://www.themuseumofceramics.com/2021-04-2405 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalLeon Meyer, GM, Westin Cape Town Hotel Michael Jacobs, spokesperson, Zeitz Museum, Cape TownThe resurgence of Cape Town as a leisure and business destination Show notes: Business hotels are flourishing (pre-pandemic), andnew Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art is attracting leisure visitors. 2021-04-1005 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalEdward Mauger, Philadelphia Tour Guide & Author, George Boudreau, Historian, Penn State HarrisburgEdward Mauger, Philadelphia Tour Guide & Author (died April 2020); George Boudreau, Historian, Penn State Harrisburg Ben Franklin's Philadelphia and the importance of Benjamin Franklin's life and inventions in colonial Philadelphia. 2021-04-0304 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalMs.Nina Rind, Art Historian & Faculty, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyBauhaus housing development in Karlsruhe, Germany. Walter Gropius, one of the founders of the Bauhaus architectural movement in Germany designed the Dammerstock residential houses site in 1920's, a historic landmark that is still , a thriving neighborhood in Karlsruhe, southwest Germany. https://www.karlsruhe-erleben.de/en/media/attractions/Dammerstock-housing-development#/article/8cbde074-0c5f-48eb-9779-8e6e6ae3eb65 2021-03-2705 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalAngela Wilson, Mineral Wells,TexasWhat was it like to live in a historic hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas, as a 12-year-old girl? The former Baker Hotel, built-in 1929, was where Ms. Wilson lived for a while in1960's, as a 12-year-old girl. theatrequorum@gmail.com 2021-03-2005 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalJurgen Bleiber, Director, Zeppelin Museum, GermanyHistory of German air-ships, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany guest will describe exhibits2021-03-1805 minWJFF-Borders with Ron BernthalNicholas Swenson, Gothenburg SwedenFresh fish and seafood is a major Swedish industry in Gothenburg Sweden. Swenson is a chef at one of Gothenburg's popular fish restaurants.http://restauranggabriel.com/2021-03-1804 min