Growing Food, With Green Teen’s Helanna Bratman And Jeremiah Long
For 16 years, the Green Teen program has empowered young people in Beacon to become part of the local food system. Crew members gain experience with…
Kalene Rivers And Dan Weise
Think of a public art project in Beacon over the last 10 years and there’s a decent chance Dan Weise and/or Kalene Rivers had a hand…
Schooling This Fall, With Randolph School Director Josh Kaplan
Josh Kaplan is director of the Randolph School, a pre-K to 5th grade school on Route 9D in Wappingers Falls. Randolph prioritizes outdoor education and nature…
Coworking, With Beahive Founder Scott Tillitt
Image credit: Michael Isabell Scott Tillitt is the founder of Beahive, a network of coworking spaces in the Hudson Valley. He opened his Beacon flagship in…
Rabbi Brent Spodek of Beacon Hebrew Alliance
Brent Chaim Spodek is the rabbi at Beacon Hebrew Alliance, a Jewish community that dates back to the 1920s. Rabbi Brent is a creative and highly…
Reopening, With Barber Lucky Longo
Lucky Longo is the owner of A Lucky Cut, a non-traditional barbershop that offers a wide range of services and styles – short hair, long hair,…
Beacon4BlackLives, With Ciarda Hall and Justice McCray
Image credit: Michael Isabell This week we hear from Ciarda Hall and Justice McCray, two of the young people of color who are involved in organizing…
Episode 25: Working By Hand, With Melanie Falick
Image credit: Michael Isabell Melanie Falick is a writer and editor of books about ceramics, woodworking, knitting, metalsmithing and other kinds of “handwork.” In this episode…
Supporting Minority Communities, With Aisha Benson
Image credit: Michael Isabell We recorded this week’s episode with Aisha Benson in late May, before the death of George Floyd and the protests and unrest…
Covering Beacon, With Highlands Current Journalist Jeff Simms
Image credit: Michael Isabell Jeff Simms’ newspaper work has drawn him gradually north from his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After taking journalism classes in high…