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Main Street MoxieEpisode 50: Tracy HayhurstSend us a textTracy whips up moxie every time she steps into her kitchen. A Ballymaloe-educated chef, organic farmer, and food educator, she is passionate about mixing those ingredients to create meaningful experiences for people through her new adventure, Undermountain Pantry Cooking School and Microbakery.Tracy is a creative local food systems entrepreneur evolving her work by owning and managing CSAs for Chubby Bunny and Husky Meadows Farms, coordinating education and outreach for Plantin’ Seeds, and serving as culinary director at Seed and Spoon. All those endeavors fe...
2025-12-0153 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 49: The Good News Girls: Mimi Madden and Susan WheelerSend us a textWhat do you get when you combine two moxie-fueled individuals? Moxie synergy that’s off the charts! Mimi Madden and Susan Wheeler are the driving forces behind Good News Girls, a social collective for women over 50 in northwest Connecticut. The Good News Girls started as a musing in an English pub after a long ramble in the countryside. It has evolved into a dynamic and active organization, providing enrichment and social opportunities during a phase of a woman’s life that is marked by significant change. Menopause, changes in re...
2025-07-2853 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 48: Mary O'NeillSend us a textHappiness is a moxie job! To kick off the 4th Moxie season, Mary O’Neill, co-creator and co-host of Main Street Moxie, explores the connection between happiness and moxie. Happiness is a topic on which Mary is well-versed. She has immersed herself in the topic through the lens of multiple disciplines, and it underpins her work as an educator and life design and career coach. For Mary, rainbows and u...
2025-04-2853 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 47: Sara CousinsSend us a textGot holidays? Then you need moxie to get through them. The expectations, the standards, and the idealized version of the season can wear us down. Not anymore! This episode of Main Street Moxie with Sara Cousins is here to help you celebrate the holidays in line with your values and priorities, leaving you saner and less depleted as you enter 2025. Sara shares strategies and techniques to help us hold space for ourselves while finding connection with others during this holiday season and throughout the...
2024-12-0955 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 46: Olivia MaySend us a textOlivia finds and expresses her moxie through stand-up comedy. In this episode, Olivia explores how she grew her comedy moxie, describes her comedic process, and reflects on the challenges of leaving a highly structured, results-oriented career to dive into the unpredictable world of stand-up comedy.Olivia started her comic explorations by testing the waters at countless open mics in New York City before moving to Charlotte, NC, for her corporate job and continuing her comedy journey there. While in Charlotte, she founded Olivia’s Fun and Flirty Comedy Sh...
2024-11-1854 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 45: Elaine Gonzalez JohnsonSend us a textElaine’s moxie is exuberant and engaging. Her humor and encouragement make you feel like you got this–you got moxie! Elaine has put in the time and miles to discern who she is and how she wants to show up in the world in each season of her life. That unshakeable belief in herself is the foundation of her energy and zest for a successful life, as she defines it.Elaine is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, educator, and speaker. She is best known for her role as the Founder and...
2024-10-2157 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 44: Lisa Worth HuberSend us a textWe all want peace, but the road toward it can be elusive. Our perceived differences loom large and seem insurmountable. Yet, some individuals like Lisa Worth Huber labor tirelessly to educate people about the self-work required to build peace and understand how the creative arts are a vehicle to express our stories, heal, and begin to bridge with others. This work takes moxie! It’s granular and slow yet rich and rewarding, leaving Lisa with hope for building a family, community, and world where all are seen and valued. Peace provides a...
2024-09-2356 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 43: Housatonic Valley Regional High School International Travel ClubSend us a textTraveling both takes moxie and builds moxie. Just ask the Housatonic Valley Regional High School International Travel Club. Reinvigorated by Club faculty advisor Social Studies teacher John Lizzi, the club has taken students, faculty, staff, and parents to destinations such as the Galapagos, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and the Mediterranean coast. In this Moxie episode, John and students Ellie Wolgemuth and Madison Melino describe their adventures, growth and moxie that have resulted from their journeys. In fact, Madison joined the podcast from the Reykjavik Airport after a glacier flood impacted her...
2024-08-1240 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 42: Moxie by Proxy: Nat Benchley on Peter BenchleySend us a textFifty years ago, a human vs. beast thriller set in a summer beach town was published and devoured by readers. That book was Jaws, a best-selling novel that spawned a blockbuster movie the following year. Between the book and the film, we were all afraid to go back in the water. Peter Benchley, an established journalist and speechwriter, was instantly catapulted to fame as an author. Getting to that point took moxie! In this Moxie by Proxy episode, we talk with Nat...
2024-07-221h 01
Main Street MoxieEpisode 41: Keith Moon and Special Olympics, CTSend us a textIn this episode of Main Street Moxie, Keith Moon shares stories about his longstanding involvement with Special Olympics, an organization with moxie built into its DNA.Keith’s secret moxie sauce is recognizing a need and then finding a way to use his talents and skills to make a difference. He enjoys bringing people and organizations together to accomplish a larger goal.Keith's involvement in Special Olympics began when he read an appeal in the Hartford Courant to raise needed fu...
2024-06-171h 01
Main Street MoxieEpisode 40: Bill JohnsonSend us a textBill Johnson believes moxie is essential for pursuing purpose, which he defines as becoming one's best self in service of at least one thing larger than oneself. This self-knowledge and action directed outward are why we’re here—and why he’s here, too. Known as the “Dream Dean,” Bill continues to refine his Life Design Catalyst program, immersing himself in it to gain deeper insight into his own “why.” This place of deeper understanding and a growth mindset on steroids fuels...
2024-05-2059 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 39: Pieter LeffertsSend us a textPieter Lefferts is a visual artist, author, and musician who draws deeply from the natural world for creative inspiration and moxie. Over the years he has sought deeper communion with Nature to find balance and better understand himself and the world around him. In this work, he eschews perfection and instead embraces authenticity and intentionality, wherein perfection unfolds as the sum of the parts of an idea explored and life lived.Pieter is a student of shamanism, indigenous wisdom, science, and natural history, which, in combination, inform his artistic process...
2024-04-221h 01
Main Street MoxieEpisode 38: Moxie by Proxy--Pamela Hogan on Iceland's Women's Day OffSend us a textIn this Moxie by Proxy episode, we discuss the moxie of the women of Iceland through the camera lens of Pamela Hogan, Emmy award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and media executive.In her latest documentary, The Day Iceland Stood Still, Pamela, and her collaborator, acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, take us back to October 24, 1975, and the months leading up to that historic moment when 90 percent of Iceland’s women took the “day off,” bringing the country to a stand...
2024-03-1854 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 37: Craig PetersonSend us a textCraig Peterson’s moxie is a well-conditioned muscle, one of the many that he’s developed as a professional athlete in the Arena Football League (AFL), Indoor Football League (IFL), and the National Arena League (NAL).Craig’s moxie has been built by long hours of doing the work and responding to setbacks with a can-do mindset, mental toughness, consistency, adhering to his routine, teamwork, and listening to his trainers and coaches. He believes in competition—against himself and others—accompanied by fun. For Craig, without the fun to accompany the hard work...
2024-02-121h 12
Main Street MoxieEpisode 36: Mini Moxie 2023 Wrap-Up with Thorunn and MarySend us a textAnother moxie-filled year has passed with fascinating guests from all walks of life. In our monthly episodes, our guests joined the ranks of Honorary Agents of Moxie. We hope you found their stories as interesting and inspiring as we did.We are incredibly grateful to you, our listeners, for tuning in to hear the inspiring and honest stories of our guests--people like you who have embraced courage, learned from failure, and evolved as humans.In our 2023 episodes, you can listen as:Leo Marzen flexes financial moxie muscleNadim Sadek...
2023-12-1806 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 35: Pano KoukopoulosSend us a text Pano believes that we earn moxie through putting in the work and paying the price, not instant gratification. As a lover of the outdoors and wild places, he finds opportunities to cultivate moxie and apply the lessons of nature to his life and the lives of those he encounters through his work, teaching, and volunteer commitments.Pano is the director of Emergency Management and Environmental Health and Safety Programs for Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT, where he oversaw the University’s successful res...
2023-11-2053 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 34: Simon CritchleySend us a textSimon Critchley's curiosity is on steroids, and that curiosity, love of learning, and genuine interest in other people fuel his moxie. In this episode, we explore with Simon the role of philosophy in creating moxie. He shares his wisdom on how we have more in common than we think and how forming alliances and relationships based on those commonalities allows us to learn from others rather than judge them. He explains that to philosophize is to take time and resist busyness. It’s about looking up and...
2023-10-301h 04
Main Street MoxieEpisode 33: Janine GordonSend us a textJanine has been flexing her moxie muscle throughout her life. In every phase of her career, she has identified her strengths and pursued roles that would build on them. Her path has been a moxie mix of serendipity and strategy and an openness to embrace the opportunities presented to her. Janine also sees connections between people and the organizations she serves throughout her impressive public relations and marketing career. Through her creativity and vision of what’s possible, she creates synergy.Janine has held a succession of positions in...
2023-09-1850 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 32: Faye HessSend us a textChef Faye Hess has the winning recipe for moxie. She mixes love, joy, curiosity, fearlessness, resilience, and gratitude to produce a moxie souffle that won’t collapse. In this episode, Faye explores how she came to her love affair with food and how cooking for herself and others has been a foundation for her happiness and growth. She embraces failure as an opportunity to learn and forges into the unknown with incremental steps and lots of reflection.Faye currently cooks for private clients and runs residential cooking programs in...
2023-07-2454 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 31: Michael Kevin BaldwinSend us a textMichael oozes moxie and uses his passion for the stage to help others cultivate their own. He believes educating people of all ages in the theater arts is empowering, cathartic, and fosters empathy—and moxie.He loves drama—on the stage. And he loves the community that surrounds it. He has found his bliss at this intersection of community and theater and derives energy and inspiration from the constant collaboration the theater requires and being known to those who surround him. Michael is th...
2023-06-1250 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 30: Kelley VickerySend us a textFor Kelley, moxie involves seeing the gaps and finding ways to fill them. She strategically uses her considerable skills to create something that adds value and beauty to the world. Then she goes for it, bringing others along to develop collaborations and community.When Kelley moved to the Berkshires over 20 years ago, she decided the area needed a film festival. A huge film fan since childhood, thanks to her parents, she set out to bring her vision to life. At her kitchen table, she sketched out the plan...
2023-05-2259 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 29: Clem LoewSend us a textClem’s moxie starts with his mother’s efforts to keep him alive and safe from the Nazis in Poland during World War II. As a child, Clem witnessed his mother’s fierce bravery and moxie in the face of Nazi atrocities, alongside the kindness of Catholic nuns in the convent where he was hidden for two years.After the war, Clem and his mother immigrated to the United States to start anew in New York City. He became a psychologist and psychoanalyst and has maintained a private practi...
2023-04-1748 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 28: Jenny HansellSend us a textJenny’s moxie is like a snowball that keeps getting bigger! She adds a bit more moxie with every opportunity and experience she encounters. She has worked to improve the lives of others in ways that use her skills and talents while also getting out of her comfort zone and building her own capacities as well as those of the organizations and communities she serves. Having amassed a wealth of knowledge and expertise, Jenny believes in sharing what she has learned with others to help them find their own version of moxie....
2023-03-2050 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 27: Nadim SadekSend us a textPart of Nadim’s brand is moxie. He has founded, built, and led three major businesses: Sadek Wynberg Research, a qualitative research agency; Inish Turk Beg, an island off the coast of Ireland from which he built an award-winning whiskey, food, and music brand; and ProQuo AI, the first AI-driven brand management system. Now, Nadim is building a fourth organization as CEO of NeuroTech Group AI, which combines psychology with AI to better fulfill human needs. This new endeavor navigates the intersection of neuroscience and curating an i...
2023-02-131h 02
Main Street MoxieEpisode 26: Leo MarzenSend us a textLeo believes moxie can benefit from solid financial planning and a long-term approach. Taking risks feels less risky when you know your big picture and are clear about your life and fiscal priorities.In this episode, Leo shares his financial planning, entrepreneurial, and life philosophy, all of which can be traced back to working in his parents' hardware store in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Leo always knew he wanted to be in business for himself. He began his professional career in public a...
2023-01-2344 min
MAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday December 20, 2022
HAPPY-HAPPY-HO-HO-HO!
Merry this, and happy that! That about covers everything, right? There is so
much going on at this time of year, and I have to tell you that I find the lead-up
to Christmas to be a whirlwind. Maybe it doesn’t help that I’m often last minute with things… yeah, that’s 100% on me. But the holidays always sneak up
on me! I mean, it really wasn’t that long ago that the kids were just starting the
school year. Oh come on, you know what I’m talking about! And yet, here
we are...
2022-12-2010 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday December 13, 2022HAPPY-HAPPY-HO-HO-HO!
Merry this, and happy that! That about covers everything, right? There is so
much going on at this time of year, and I have to tell you that I find the lead-up
to Christmas to be a whirlwind. Maybe it doesn’t help that I’m often last minute with things… yeah, that’s 100% on me. But the holidays always sneak up
on me! I mean, it really wasn’t that long ago that the kids were just starting the
school year. Oh come on, you know what I’m talking about! And yet, here
we are: in Dece...
2022-12-1308 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 25: Unlocking Connecticut's Lora and BevSend us a textLora Karam and Bev Canepari are unlocking the riches of Connecticut one town at a time through their website, blog, and social media platform, Unlocking Connecticut. In this episode of Main Street Moxie, Lora and Bev discuss their joyous exploration of the fabulous small businesses, stores, food and dining, art and culture, recreation and natural beauty, and events and people of the Nutmeg State–and beyond. In this episode, they explore their origin stor...
2022-12-1248 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday December 6, 2022HAPPY-HAPPY-HO-HO-HO!
Merry this, and happy that! That about covers everything, right? There is so
much going on at this time of year, and I have to tell you that I find the lead-up
to Christmas to be a whirlwind. Maybe it doesn’t help that I’m often last minute with things… yeah, that’s 100% on me. But the holidays always sneak up
on me! I mean, it really wasn’t that long ago that the kids were just starting the
school year. Oh come on, you know what I’m talking about! And yet, here
we are: in Dece...
2022-12-0610 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday November 29, 2022We love where we live, work, and play. That it is why we love creating this magazine, because we get to learn so much more about our beloved area – and we get to share that with all of our readers!
All of our stories are positive and showcase people, places, and things from
this incredible area that we are fortunate enough to call home. And in that
home, you’d be surprised at how much
art and design plays a part in our everyday lives! Please enjoy reading.
– Thorunn Kristjansdottir
2022-11-2909 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 24: Gratitude is the Attitude Thanksgiving Mini Episode with Thorunn and MarySend us a textWe are thankful for so much this year! And Thanksgiving is the perfect time to show that. In this mini-episode, we talk about what we’ve learned from guests about gratitude and moxie.We also briefly explore the science of gratitude, how it benefits our well-being, and the power of saying thanks in our personal lives and workplaces.We offer a heartfelt thank you to our sponsors over the past year, including Elyse Harney Real Estate, No...
2022-11-2807 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday November 15, 2022We love where we live, work, and play. That it is why we love creating this magazine, because we get to learn so much more about our beloved area – and we get to share that with all of our readers!
All of our stories are positive and showcase people, places, and things from
this incredible area that we are fortunate enough to call home. And in that
home, you’d be surprised at how much
art and design plays a part in our everyday lives! Please enjoy reading.
– Thorunn Kristjansdottir
2022-11-1510 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 23: Anne MakepeaceSend us a textA life of making documentary films takes moxie, and Anne is proof of that. She has sought out people with moxie who do what they can to make lives better for themselves, their families, and their communities. Her films put real faces to issues such as social justice and marginalization, human rights, and the intersections of cultures. Native American history and contemporary life have also fascinated Anne. In this episode, Anne explores the quest for a good story but knows the story can take an arc she didn’t e...
2022-11-1455 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine on Robin Hood Radio – Tuesday November 1, 2022The October moon is called Hunter’s Moon. (The full moon in September
is Harvest Moon). This Hunter’s Moon was captured on top of Winchell
Mountain between Pine Plains and Millerton, NY.
Cover photo by Olivia Valentine
FALLING INTO HISTORY
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the October issue of Main Street Magazine. This issue has a bit of a theme to it, for those who have already flipped through the pages, you may have noticed already. And for those who hadn’t flipped through and are starting to read this issue right here – first off, thankyou – secondly...
2022-11-0111 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 22: Lexi RyanSend us a textLexi’s got moxie–and so do the characters in her romance and fantasy novels. Her lifelong dream of being a writer has been achieved through grit, trial and error, and a whole lot of imagination. In this episode of Main Street Moxie, Lexi explores the vicissitudes of the publishing industry, her thoughts on failure, the core story of “I love you as you are” that runs through all her work, and her process as a discovery and patchwork writer.
2022-10-3158 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday October 25, 2022FALLING INTO HISTORY
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the October issue of Main Street Magazine. This issue has a bit of a theme to it, for those who have already flipped through the pages, you may have noticed already. And for those who hadn’t flipped through and are starting to read this issue right here – first off, thankyou – secondly: this month we’re giving a nod to a bit of history. Now, I know that not everyone loves
history whereas others live for it. But my personal philosophy is that we should at least all have an appreciation of- and...
2022-10-2512 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday October 18, 2022FALLING INTO HISTORY
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the October issue of Main Street Magazine. This issue has a bit of a theme to it, for those who have already flipped through the pages, you may have noticed already. And for those who hadn’t flipped through and are starting to read this issue right here – first off, thankyou – secondly: this month we’re giving a nod to a bit of history. Now, I know that not everyone loves
history whereas others live for it. But my personal philosophy is that we should at least all have an appreciation of- and...
2022-10-1812 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 21: Carita GardinerSend us a textCarita adores words, and much of her moxie is fueled by writing them, reading them, speaking them, and encouraging others to love them as much as she does. In this episode, Carita helps Main Street Moxie launch a new literary genre called Mox Lit. She came prepared with a moxie-filled reading list to share with listeners. Carita also offers her moxie secrets and advocates for small daily habits to advance toward one’s goals. She reads widely, voraciously, and enthusiastically for enrichment and...
2022-10-1748 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMain Street Magazine On Robin Hood Radio Tuesday October 11, 2022FALLING INTO HISTORY
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the October issue of Main Street Magazine. This issue has a bit of a theme to it, for those who have already flipped through the pages, you may have noticed already. And for those who hadn’t flipped through and are starting to read this issue right here – first off, thankyou – secondly: this month we’re giving a nod to a bit of history. Now, I know that not everyone loves
history whereas others live for it. But my personal philosophy is that we should at least all have an appreciation of- and...
2022-10-1111 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 20: Rachel DorissSend us a textRachel has a designer’s moxie. Her creativity and observation skills serve her in life and in her career in textiles. A college class field trip allowed her to imagine a professional path working with fabric and weaving, a craft she lovingly pursued as a child with her grandmother. She finds inspiration in the smallest places and sets her moxie sights always higher, one ladder rung at a time, building on what she has created for herself and her family. Rachel, the Design Director for Pollack
2022-10-0348 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 19: Tara SullivanSend us a textTara has a set of moxie skills and traits that she packs up and takes with her in whatever professional or volunteer position she finds herself in. She uses her moxie for public benefit and to raise awareness of the history of the Hudson Valley and that we all have a role to play in making our society better.She grew up on Byrdcliff in Woodstock, the first art colony in America, where she experienced a unique childhood surrounded by painters, sculptors, musicians, great craft artisans...
2022-09-1954 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 18: Thorunn Kristjansdottir and Mary O'NeillSend us a textHere we are again. It's another rascally federal holiday that falls on a Moxie Monday.Today it's Labor Day. According to the Department of Labor website, Labor Day honors the achievements and contributions of American workers to the social and economic vitality of this country. It started in the late 19th century as a holiday recognized by municipal governments and labor leaders. On June 28, 1894, it became a federal holiday. To honor Labor Day, we gave our guests the day off. Instead, Thorunn and Mary are hosting a Mi...
2022-09-0509 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 17: Kathy DaviesSend us a textThis episode of Main Street Moxie with Kathy Davies explores design thinking as a method for moxie. Life design is a way to get unstuck in your life by ratcheting up the curiosity, creating opportunities for incremental action, and understanding your life is a process that involves collaborating with others. There is a "team" in "I"! It also reframes failure into opportunities to learn. Oh, and did we say it’s super fun? What’s not to love?!Kathy is the Managing Director of the...
2022-08-221h 05
Main Street MoxieEpisode 16: VemiloSend us a textWe’re bringing the average guest age way down and amping up on the moxitude in this episode with Vemilo (he/him). He brings energy, wisdom, creativity, and love to his moxie. He talks about the power of chosen families and a good bargain, using performance to heal, the life-changing experience of summer camp, and the support he feels from his local community for his life, work, and art. Vemilo is a pop performance artist whose purpose in life is to break through boundaries and stigmas to bring peo...
2022-08-0853 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 15: Laurie LisleSend us a textLaurie’s moxie is expressed through her writing. Through this creative medium, she has explored herself and others, tackling challenges, embracing change, understanding setbacks, and making sense of universal themes in the human experience. In this episode, Laurie shares her writer’s journey and provides insight into the creative process and the discipline required to make writing a career. It’s a deep dive into a writer’s brand of moxie.Laurie, the author of six books, cultivated her curiosity about the lives of American women, digging for truth an...
2022-07-1344 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 14: Susan GibsonSend us a textSusan Gibson brings her moxie to the volunteer world, sharing her observations and advice so others can discover how international volunteerism and travel, as well as local involvement, can change the world, their communities–and themselves. She is the author ofHow to be an Amazing Volunteer Overseas, a guide based on her 35 years of experience in the NGO (non-governmental organization) world. During that time, she worked and volunteered in 70 countries. In our conversation, Susan describes her early work in micr...
2022-07-1150 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 13: Moxie by Proxy--Sarah Getz on Arthur Kimmig GetzSend us a textIn this Moxie by Proxy episode, Sarah Getz explores the moxie of her father, The New Yorker magazine cover artist Arthur Kimmig Getz. We talk about Arthur’s creative and pragmatic moxie and explore the intergenerational and intentional moxie of Sarah in her yoga instruction and her own medium for her creativity–writing. Between 1938 and 1988, Arthur Kimmig Getz created 213 covers for The New Yorker, making him the most prolific cover artist for the ma...
2022-06-2754 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 12: Moxie by Proxy--Roger Berkowitz on Hannah ArendtSend us a textRoger Berkowitz, Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, shares the story and ideas of political thinker Hannah Arendt in this Moxie by Proxy episode. Hannah was a bold and fiercely independent political thinker. Born in 1906, she came of age during the Nazi era, escaping death and finding her way to New York City in 1941. She wrote and taught on an array of political topics. While Hannah saw great evil, she also loved th...
2022-06-131h 02
Main Street MoxieEpisode 11: Thorunn Kristjansdottir and Mary O'NeillSend us a textThere's one downside to Moxie Monday--and that's when it falls on a holiday. Memorial Day is for honoring those who gave their lives during military service for our country and it's a day for spending with family and friends. Today, you get us--your hosts Thorunn and Mary! In this mini-episode, we'll talk a little about ourselves and our journey with this podcast. We'll be back on Monday, June 13 with a fabulous Moxie by Proxy episode. Remember to follow us and subscribe wherever you listen t...
2022-05-3009 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 10: Abby AuerbachSend us a textAbby is the Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at TVB (Television Bureau of Advertising), the national not-for-profit trade association representing the U.S. television stations.Abby’s moxie results from chutzpah and intention, and she’s cultivated it over her lifetime. She believes that people can develop moxie and that mentorship is a crucial way to do it. She is grateful to have had mentors who saw what she didn’t see in herself. Rising through the ranks of an indust...
2022-05-1646 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 9: Fred RutbergSend us a textFred is the president and publisher of New England Newspapers, Inc., which owns The Berkshire Eagle located in Pittsfield, MA. The Eagle is a daily paper that serves all of Berkshire County and adjacent areas of Connecticut and New York State. Along with partners John C. "Hans" Morris, Robert G. Wilmers, and Stanford Lipsey, Fred brought The Eagle back under local community control to rededicate it to the highest journalistic standards and s...
2022-05-0256 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 8: Ned SullivanSend us a textNed Sullivan locates the roots of his moxie in his relationship with the outdoors. Pivotal experiences in nature have helped him navigate change and uncertainty, as well as cultivate leadership and collaboration skills and the ability to change his focus and direction when circumstances necessitate it.Ned has been the president of Scenic Hudson for two decades. He and his passionate team develop ever-evolving strategies to magnify the organization’s positive impacts on the natural resources and people of the Hudson Valley. He founded th...
2022-04-1844 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 7: Judith MonachinaSend us a textJudith Monachina has understated moxie and wonders if she even possesses it! We've convinced her otherwise. She is currently the Director of the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA. In that role, she records and archives the fascinating moxie stories of her subjects, past and present. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in journalism and researched the lives of individuals from the Jewish community in fascist Milan, Italy. Judith is also the Project Director for the Paper Town Projects, creating a documentary about the...
2022-04-0441 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 6: Stephanie StantonSend us a textStephanie Stanton is the founder and owner of High Vibe Chick where she is an empowerment coach & branding photographer for intuitive women. She also facilitates a community of high vibe chicks for mutual support and encouragement.Stephanie’s work with clients involves helping them listen to their intuition, embrace their imperfections, and move into greater self-awareness and empowerment. Listen to Stephanie's version of high vibe moxie and suggestions for how we can all shape the life that feeds us instead of depletes us.
2022-03-2147 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 5: Moxie by Proxy--Historian Peter Vermilyea on Eleanor RooseveltSend us a textMoxie by Proxy is a feature of Main Street Moxie in which a historian or writer introduces us to the moxie of someone from the past. In this episode, we talk to local historian and educator Peter Vermilyea about the moxie of Eleanor Roosevelt. Pete brings Eleanor to life and allows us to see how she shaped her life and reshaped the office of First Lady. He also talks about the importance of history, particularly local history, in understanding our world today and how he encourages his students to DO history a...
2022-03-0745 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 4: Mayor Kamal JohnsonSend us a textKamal Johnson is the first Black mayor of Hudson, NY--and its youngest. In our conversation, he talks about how his early years shaped the person and leader he has become. He describes his vision of governance as an all-hands-on-deck endeavor, seeking out people and partnerships that will help the citizens of Hudson. He speaks with authenticity, honesty, and vulnerability and acknowledges that what he does, he can't do alone. That acknowledgment is part of his moxie. In this episode, we're joined by Griffin Cooper, senior staff writer and reporter for Main...
2022-02-2141 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 3: Sarah Taft JonesSend us a textSarah Taft Jones has moxie! Her story weaves history--she's the great-granddaughter of President William Howard Taft--with her career as an accomplished criminal defense attorney and law school professor finding her footing during the equal rights era. She's also a dedicated volunteer devoted to mentoring young people, performing civic service, and paying it all forward.For more information about Sarah, check out our show notes at Main Street Moxie. This episode is sponsored by Kneller Insurance Agency, Elyse Harney Real Estate, and Associated Lightning Rod Company.Support the...
2022-02-0756 min
Main Street MoxieEpisode 2: Kirk KnellerSend us a textIn this wide-ranging conversation about moxie, we talk with Kirk Kneller, successful insurance agency owner, cow lover, and farmer. He shares his own journey of cultivating his brand of moxie, which is rooted in community and serving the needs of others through his business and volunteer life.For more information about Kirk, check out our show notes at Main Street Moxie. This episode is sponsored by Elyse Harney Real Estate and Associated Lightning Rod Company.Support the show
2022-01-2350 min
Main Street MoxieMain Street Moxie TrailerSend us a textIn this mini-episode, you'll learn about the new Main Street Moxie podcast, why you'd want to listen in, and its hosts--Thorunn Kristjansdottir and Mary O'Neill.Support the show
2021-12-2307 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMainstreet Magazine on Robin Hood Radio with Thorunn Kristjansdottir – June 16, 2020We love where we live, work, and play. That it is why we love creating this magazine, because we get to learn so much more about our beloved area – and we get to share that with all of our readers!
WELCOME TO MAIN STREET MAGAZINE!
The content of Main Street Magazine focuses on featuring the people, businesses, places, history, curiosities and important local issues within this area, in features and in in-depth stories.
2020-06-1611 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMainstreet Magazine on Robin Hood Radio with Thorunn Kristjansdottir – May 27, 2020We love where we live, work, and play. That it is why we love creating this magazine, because we get to learn so much more about our beloved area – and we get to share that with all of our readers!
WELCOME TO MAIN STREET MAGAZINE!
The content of Main Street Magazine focuses on featuring the people, businesses, places, history, curiosities and important local issues within this area, in features and in in-depth stories.
2020-05-2714 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMainstreet Magazine On Robin Hood Radio With Thorunn Kristjansdottir April 27, 2020We love where we live, work, and play. That it is why we love creating this magazine, because we get to learn so much more about our beloved area – and we get to share that with all of our readers!
WELCOME TO MAIN STREET MAGAZINE!
The content of Main Street Magazine focuses on featuring the people, businesses, places, history, curiosities and important local issues within this area, in features and in in-depth stories.
2020-04-2715 minMAIN STREET MAGAZINE ON ROBIN HOOD RADIOMainstreet Magazine On Robin Hood Radio With Thorunn Kristjansdottir March 30 2020We love where we live, work, and play. That it is why we love creating this magazine, because we get to learn so much more about our beloved area – and we get to share that with all of our readers!
WELCOME TO MAIN STREET MAGAZINE!
The content of Main Street Magazine focuses on featuring the people, businesses, places, history, curiosities and important local issues within this area, in features and in in-depth stories.
2020-03-3011 min