News, culture, stories and more from California’s Central Valley
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A Podcast of the Presbytery of Whitewater Valley
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Our podcast features the outrageous, funny and heartwarming true stories told by your friends and neighbors at Valley Voices Story Slam events throughout western Massachusetts. Valley Voices Story Slam is presented by New England Public Media and the Academy of Music Theatre.
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New England Public Radio's J. Kyle Sullivan hosts a roundup of the top entries from public storytelling events around the region.
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Viv and Dave Boardman chat with real people of Happy Valley - Calderdale stretching from Todmorden via Hebden Bridge to Sowerby Bridge and Halifax
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Voices from the Valley: A podcast of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
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We Strengthen Our Fox Valley Community For Current And Future Generations By Helping People Make A Difference In The Lives Of All.
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Voices of the Valley is a podcast of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, a human services, education, arts & events center situated in a small rural community twenty miles north of San Francisco. Voices of the Valley is about the power, diversity and mysteries of community. What does truly living in community mean to you? Twice a month we interview a dynamic and diverse cast of extraordinary ordinaries—people being people having a quietly profound impact on their local community. Along ...
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Life on the Streets: Voices of the Homeless of Silicon Valley
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Story Telling can be healing for both the story teller and listener alike.Yet for most people experiencing homelessness, lives are lived on the fringes, voices are left unheard and opportunities for the larger community to understand them are lost.These heartfelt stories, a collaboration between Story Corps and the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program present the voices of people experiencing homelessness, and shine a light on the humanity of the most vulnerable members of our society.
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Voices of the Valley Season 2, Episode 2.5 Lisa Longo with Extended Commentary by Rev. Brian Shivers
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Lisa Longo is a nonprofit leader with over three decades of successful experience in association management and consulting. Lisa specializes in fundraising, executive leadership, and telling your story. In addition to professional experience, Lisa has served in many capacities as a lay leader at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, inc…
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Peeling Back the Farmer's Curtain with Chelsea Ketelsen
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Did you know that California produces more than 80% of the nation’s stone fruits? For those of you unfamiliar with the term, stone fruits are named after the large stone in their centers, or what we know as the seed or pit. These types of fruits include peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries and mangos.In this week’s episode, Western Growers’ Julia N…
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Merdok and Bien discuss the Paris 2024 Olympics, Dogs and more stuff we hate from the 80’s and 90’s.valleyvoicesunleashed による
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Voices of the Valley Season 2, Episode 2 Lisa Longo
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Lisa Longo is a nonprofit leader with over three decades of successful experience in association management and consulting. Lisa specializes in fundraising, executive leadership, and telling your story. In addition to professional experience, Lisa has served in many capacities as a lay leader at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, inc…
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Voices of the Valley Season 2, Episode 1--Dr. Webb Parker
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Today we have a very enthusiastic guest, Dr. Webb Parker. Webb holds a BM in church music, an MA in music education, and a PhD in music education and choral conducting. Webb spent most of his career as an academic musician serving universities in Oregon, Mississippi, Maine, and Indiana. He also taught public school in Alabama. With over twenty year…
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Episode 50 Alison Redfern of Walsden Scarecrow Festival
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Alison Redfern created a scarecrow festival to help raise funds for St Peter's Church. Seven years later Walsden Scarecrow Festival is part of the local calendar, brings the village together with people from further afield, funds local community activities and brightens up the village for a weekend every September…
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For our final Summer Short story of the 2024 season, we bring you Susan Bartfay and her story “Bad boys are my weakness”. Some people just have to recount things that happened in their life to bring a really incredible story to the stage. Susan told this one at our “Pot Luck” story slam that we held at our NEPM studios in Springfield. We’re making …
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Olive Oil Unfiltered with Vincent Ricchiuti from Enzo Olive Oil Company
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When you think of olive oil, you may think of places like Spain, Italy and Greece. But did you know that California produces some of the finest olive oil? In this week’s episode of Voices of the Valley, we pour over everything you wanted to know about olives and olive oil with Western Growers’ Michelle Rivera and Julia Nellis and special guest Vinc…
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Rachel Leventhal Weiner is up next in NEPM’s Summer Short podcast series. She takes out an old personal memory set to the back drop of a quite public memory that we all share. Enjoy “Girl Meets Boy” from our “Missed Connections” story slam last fall.
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Episode 49 Keith Wilson talks stone, wood and metal
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Keith Wilson is a well known face in the Calder Valley and many have seen the results of his skills in stone walling, treeplanting, coppicing etc without realising. Admire his work in the beer garden at The Fox & Goose in Hebden Bridge for example. A benefit to the community and environment, Keith is very much a grafter…
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Community, Art & Environment: An Interview with Judith Selby Lang
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Join us for an incredible conversation with Judith Selby Lang about art, perception, beach plastic, and the importance of place. We talk about how one person's garbage becomes another person's brilliance, and how great art can not only change how we perceive the world, but how making art can also possibly save it! For some 25+ years, Judith Selby L…
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This week in NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast series, we reach back to our Whodunit? story slam last fall to hear from Judy Gutlerner and the life perspective she got from a household mixup.
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The Heartbeat of Community: An Interview with Legendary Drummer Harold Jones
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Join us for an incredible interview with American musical legend, (and Woodacre resident) Harold Jones, where we talk about his collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, and so many more! Harold Jones was born and raised in Richmond, Indiana and attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago on a scholarship, then took wo…
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Valley Voices Summer Shorts: Lost in translation
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Kenneth Mulder is up next in NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcast series with his quirky story “Lost in Translation”. Kenneth brings us his secret of talking to the animals, and listening to them too. Extra bonus points for the sound effects!These stories come from our Valley Voices story slams throughout the year — even if you didn’t make it to the slam, …
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Cantaloupe 411 with Westside Produce's Garrett Patricio
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Did you know that California farmers produce nearly 75% of all cantaloupes grown in the US? That makes for a total of $300 million in nationwide market sales. In this episode, we slice into everything you wanted to know about melons with Western Growers’ Michelle Rivera and Julia Nellis and special guest Garrett Patricio, President of Westside Prod…
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Episode 48 Ashleigh Cooper on antiques, charity shop work and active sports
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Ashleigh Cooper has been in Calder Valley for 35 years and has retired from his antique dealer job (mostly). He works at the RSPCA shop in Hebden Bridge and is active in sports for the not-so-young, coaching walking cricket, playing walking football ... and pub quizzes. This Londoner loves The North and its people. The feeling is mutual.…
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Andrew Shelffo was part of a night of stories on the theme “Pot Luck” that NEPM hosted at our Springfield studios last spring. His story “A family reunion” spanned many years and almost as many emotions.NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcasts are taken from our Valley Voices story slams throughout the year — even if you didn’t make it to the slam, we didn’t …
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Episode 47 Nicola Warren, School Crossing Patrol Lady
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Nicola Warren is a popular as a School Crossing Patrol getting children and parents safety across the road to their school. There is so much more to her life than that as people who cross roads every day of term times realise. Listen to Nicola about her role and her views on the strange goings on in the valley…
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Valley Voices Summer Shorts: Putting the international into harvester
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Lila West takes us to Europe this week for our Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast. Told at our Road Trip story slam last fall, “Putting the international into harvester” is a story about a family trip, but it’s also about learning to accept some things that she thought she never would. NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcasts are taken from our Valley Voices…
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Welcome to Voices of the Valley: An Interview with Alexa Davidson
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"In community lies the heart of the world" In this fantastic innaugural episode I interview the new executive director of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, Alexa Davidson; fourth generation Marin County resident who grew up in the San Geronimo Valley. We discuss our exciting vision for the podcast, a little history of her growing up in the …
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Episode 46 Cath Baker, Calderdale Badger Protection Group
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Viv and Dave chat with Cath Baker mostly about her work protecting badgers. There are people who deliberately attack badgers but many are inadvertently injured or killed by cars, people digging or building in places badgers live. The Calderdale Badger Protection Group work with wildlife officers and local vets to help. Have a listen and find out ho…
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Guests Tony and Eddie join Bien and Merdok to discuss CONMEBOL results, reality TV, 70’s and 80’s sitcoms and stuff we hated in the 90’s.valleyvoicesunleashed による
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The next story in NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts series comes from Lauren Ostberg. She brought “The Perpetrator” to our Whodunit? story slam in September to prove to all of us what an amazing detective she is. NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcasts are taken from our Valley Voices story slams throughout the year — even if you didn’t make it to the slam,…
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Aid Todd set up Drum Machine to reflect western rhythms and culture. It has grown to be a mainstay of festivals, locally and nationally and many valley residents have been part of it. Meanwhile Aid has been part of several successful bands including Limehouse Lizzy and most recently he has joined the EMF, just back for a tour of the USA. Hear his s…
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Bien and Merdok talk Copa America, international soccer superstars, lineup changes in famous rock bands and reality TV.valleyvoicesunleashed による
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Driving the vice presidential motorcade — is that a thing? For this week’s Summer Shorts story, Jordan Hall takes us along for a wild ride as a civilian, recruited to drive Vice President Joe Biden to the airport on a moment’s notice. He told this unique tale for our Missed Connections story slam at The Drake in Amherst in January.…
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Louisa set up Keep Tod Tidy and works closely with community wardens to organise monthly clean up days in the town centre ad around the estates of Todmorden. As ever, she's a lot more than that. Here she chats with Viv and Dave about her community activities, work at after school clubs and an interesting holiday job on the beaches of the Mediterran…
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Valley Voices Summer Shorts: What went down at the lighthouse
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Storyteller Matty Adams is up next in NEPM’s Summer Shorts series — he told “What Went Down at the Lighthouse'' at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton last fall. He definitely fit the theme of “Whodunit?” but not in the way everyone else did. This content might not be suitable for everyone — consider listening to this one without the kids!…
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This week on NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcast series, it’s Michael Hoberman. But his story “Out of My Element” might actually be more about his hitchhiking companions, and the pursuit of Fun, with a capital F.
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Viv and Dave sit in their garden and chat about their afternoon at Todmorden Country Fair; the animals, charities and displays. Great fun, interesting people.Dave Boardman による
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Farm to Fork for Real with San Miguel Produce’s Garrett Nishimori
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In this episode, Western Growers Director of Communications, Ann Donahue, talks with Garrett Nishimori, Business Manager at San Miguel Produce. Garrett grew up in a farming family in Oxnard, Calif. He left to attend culinary school, after which he became a chef in a two-star Michelin restaurant in San Francisco. He returned to the family farm 15 ye…
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Merdok and Bien continue their discussion on the paranormal, club rankings going into Copa America and engage in a lively discussion about the universe and aliens.valleyvoicesunleashed による
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Valley Voices Summer Shorts: She had her reasons
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Nina Brand is the next storyteller in NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast series. She has a wonderful recollection of visits with her grandmother that passed on some important family knowledge.
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Episode 42 Steve Hindle of the Bridestones Moor Project
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Viva and Dave chat with Steve Hindle, of the Bridestones moor community group aiming to restore Bridestones and moorland above Todmorden to its ancient state. This would involve the re introduction of various plant life and the enrichment of the local ecology while maintaining public access and educational opportunities. Yet more local people bring…
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It’s time for NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcast series - one true story, uploaded every Friday this summer. As we look back on season 9 of NEPM’s Valley Voices Story Slams, Paul Katz grabbed us with his story “Chasing Jimmy.” Happy Summer!
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Des Horsfall discusses highlights of his career in music: solo and band work, working with Alexis Korner, collaborating with Pete Townshend of The Who and his Kuschty Rye project inspired by the post Small Faces and Faces work of bass player and songwriter Ronnie LaneDave Boardman による
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Bien and Merdok talk Sunday morning cartoons, the world basketball scene, and delve into the paranormal.valleyvoicesunleashed による
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Viv chats to Mica May of women's plumbing company Stopcocks about the issues women face in skilled trades and the register of tradeswomen they have set up. More information online at Stopcocks.uk and 08008620010Dave Boardman による
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Outside the Ring O' Bells pub in Halifax Dave chats with Elliot and Andy from Andy's Man Club. The club was set up in response to the self inflicted death of Andy Roberts in Halifax in 2016. It exists to get men talking and supporting each other in dealing with life's issues. You don't have to be in crisis to go to an Andy's Man Club meeting, as on…
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In this episode we are talking about hunger. Not in some far off place, but right here in our communities - especially the rural small towns here in the Valley. More than 427,000 Wisconsinites have a hard time getting enough food to meet their basic needs, a situation commonly known as food insecurity. That's nearly half a million Wisconsinites who…
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Episode 38 Leona Johnson talks about Forest School and Live Wild connecting people with nature
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Leona Johnson has been involved in a Forest School, Live Wild, a social worker and transformational life coach … among other things. Her mission – her passion - is to connect people with nature and each other. Viv and Dave met up with her in Mytholmroyd and heard about wildings holiday cubs, live wild family activities and fire questing. Have a lis…
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Bien and Merdok discuss the NBA playoffs, Pro Wrestling greats, athletes turned actors and ways to fix the NBA All-Star Game.valleyvoicesunleashed による
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Episode 37 Ash, his art and his Pakistani heritage
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Dave chats with Ash, Newcastle born Calder valley based artist whose current project sees him exploring his family and his heritage. Ash is doing this partly for himself after the loss of his mother and also for his own children who are also gaining interest in their heritage. Fascinating stories about being brought up in the North East of England …
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This month, we’re sharing the first episode of NEPM’s new podcast, The Secrets We Keep. Produced and hosted by NEPM reporter Karen Brown, the five part series explores how secrets both reflect our world and affect those caught inside them. Find the full series on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. For photos, transcripts and more, v…
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Episode 36 Daniel Bath part two: Lucy Illingworth
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Lucy Illingworth has astonished people all her life with her amazing musicality. She is blind, has serious learning difficulties but took local Facebook pages by storm before appearing on and 'winning' Channel Four TV show The Piano. This has led to concerts at The Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Classic FM, further TV appearances and more. Liste…
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Viv and Dave chat with Daniel Bath - officially an 'outstanding citizen' of Calder Valley - about music education, his own live music and how he got Music for the Many into being. Part two will feature his work with Lucy Illingworth, winner of Channel Four's The Piano, against all the oddsDave Boardman による
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Many young people lack basic financial literacy skills, such as budgeting, saving, investing, and the importance of making informed financial decisions. Junior Achievement of Wisconsin teaches these life skills and so much more: The 100-year-old organization prepares students for the workforce by teaching them essential employability skills, such a…
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Episode 34 Maggie Smallwood on plans for an outdoor swimming pool in Calder Valley
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Hebdenroyd Swimming Association has long wanted a swimming pool in the Hebden Bridge / Mytholmroyd area. The plans are now for a clean water outdoor swimming pool for the valley. The association is hoping to create a safe, clean pool large enough for swimming, kayaking and even sub aqua use. Sauna, changing area, cafe and nature trail are all in th…
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Innovations in Cross-Border Health Care for Ag Workers
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Cross-border health care is growing in popularity as Mexico increasingly provides innovative, technologically advanced medical services at a cost-savings for employers. In fact, close to a million Americans cross the border every year to receive medical care in Mexico. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Raquel Lugo, SeniorDirector of Client S…
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Bien and Merdok discuss Shohei’s interpreter, tipping culture, and the fighting with the neighborhood kids growing up.valleyvoicesunleashed による
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