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Episode 90: The Asbury Park Arts & Culture Plan

April 30, 2023 • 57 mins
This week we discuss updates to the Asbury Park Arts and Culture Plan and welcome back Carrie Turner from the Asbury Park Arts Council.  We also welcome Eric Galipo from Francis Cauffman Architects who did the hard work of designing the Arts & Culture plan which will now be presented to the City Council.  Welcome […]
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Episode 89: Local Poet Cord Moreski

April 15, 2023 • 50 mins
In honor of National Poetry Month, we welcome local poet Cord Moreski, who is the host, curator and driving force behind the wildly popular “Coffee and Words” poetry series held at Asbury Park Roastery—a series that is in turn just a small part of the New Jersey Poetry Renaissance which is bringing poetry readings to […]
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Episode 88: Part II of our Talk With Reverend David Parreott Jr.

March 13, 2023 • 45 mins
Welcome to part two of our conversation with long-time Asbury Park Police Officer, former member of the Asbury Park City Council, former state champion tennis player from Asbury Park High School, and local Pastor—the Reverend David Parreott Jr. He reminisces about being a police officer during the 1970 riots in Asbury Park, being a neighborhood […]
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Episode 87: Reverend David Parreott Jr.

March 5, 2023 • 44 mins
When Amy & Joe sit down to interview guests, we try to keep our conversations somewhere near the 45-minute mark just to keep things simple. But this week’s guest, who has been a resident of Asbury Park since the 1930s, was such an engaging storyteller that they ended up with over 90 minutes of conversation […]
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Episode 86: The Coaster’s Editor Ellen Carroll

February 6, 2023 • 55 mins
Recording at the historic Stephen Crane House here in Asbury Park, this week Amy & Joe return to the local news scene and talk to Ellen Carroll, editor of The Coaster, one of the last remaining family-owned, hyper-local newspapers on the Jersey shore–which is also celebrating its 40 anniversary this year.
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Episode 85: Singer-songwriter Lisa Bouchelle

January 17, 2023 • 45 mins
This past week, Asbury Park was once again hosting the Light of Day Foundation’s series of concerts, which raise money to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients with Parkinson’s Disease and its related illnesses, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy). We were lucky enough to talk to one […]
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Episode 84: Tom Chesek

December 18, 2022 • 61 mins
Recording at the historic Stephen Crane House here in Asbury Park, this week Amy & Joe talk to Tom Chesek, writer in residence and docent of the Stephen Crane House. We learn a little bit about the time young Stephen Crane spent here with his family,  as well as what Tom was doing before he […]
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Episode 83: Michelle Grezner & Celia Cattani talk about the Asbury Park Holiday Toy Drive

December 15, 2022 • 48 mins
This week Amy & Joe, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe, talk all things Christmas and the Asbury Park Holiday Toy Drive with repeat guest Michelle Grezner of the Asbury Park Kiwanis Club and new guest Celia Cattani from Community Karma. They discuss what’s been happening with the Asbury Park Toy […]
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Episode 82: TAPInto Asbury Park’s Matt Doherty & Alissa Deleo

November 28, 2022 • 54 mins
This week Amy & Joe recorded in the comfort of Asbury Park Roastery‘s Second Ave shop thanks to an assist from the extremely community-minded Alli Kennedy. We welcomed the team behind Asbury Park’s newest media outlet, TAPInto Asbury Park—owner and former mayor of Belmar Matt Doherty and reporter Alissa Deleo. We talked to Matt and […]
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Episode 81: Henry Vaccaro

November 14, 2022 • 71 mins
This week Amy & Joe welcome Henry Vaccaro, a fixture here in Asbury Park. We talk to Henry about growing up in and around Asbury Park and the many careers he has had in life, first as a builder, then the unlikely owner of the world-famous Kramer guitar company and then how he became close […]
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Episode 80: Lauren Albrecht, Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee LGBTQ Caucus

October 30, 2022 • 57 mins
This week Amy & Joe, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, mark the closing of LGBTQ history month by welcoming Lauren Albrecht, Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee LGBTQ Caucus and talk politics, candidates and new bills. 
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Episode 79: Tommy DeSeno

October 2, 2022 • 59 mins
This week, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, we talk to Tommy Deseno, Asbury Park historian who was born and raised in Asbury Park. We learn that Asbury Park was the training center for World Heavyweight Champions, that there was an Opera House(???), and that Stephen Crane liked to tweak […]
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Episode 78: Michael Trusnovec, co-founder of the Asbury Park Dance Festival

September 24, 2022 • 59 mins
This week, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, we talk to Michael Trusnovec, one of the co-founders of the sold out Asbury Park Dance Festival, which will be celebrating its third successful year on October 1.  We talk to Michael about about his life in dance, and his journey from […]
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Episode 77: Carrie Turner and Jenn Hampton from the Asbury Park Arts Council

September 4, 2022 • 56 mins
This week we welcome Carrie Turner and Jenn Hampton from the Asbury Park Arts Council, to talk about the new mural project that is underway at the historic Asbury Park Sewage Plant, and other projects coming this fall.  
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Episode 76: Michael Roland & George Lowe from the Center in Asbury Park

August 21, 2022 • 62 mins
This week we talk to Michael Roland and George Lowe from the Center in Asbury Park about the thirtieth anniversary of the Center, its mission to serve people with HIV/AIDS, its growth from a storefront to residence and community center. They also discuss the twin crises of meth addiction and the current spread of monkeypox […]
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Episode 75: Bans Off Our Bodies

July 7, 2022 • 49 mins
This week, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy is joined by a special guest co-host to discuss the upcoming Bans Off our Bodies rally to be held in Springwood Park on Saturday, July 9th at 4PM. Comedian and fellow Asbury Park Women’s Convention founder Jess Alaimo helps Amy welcome […]
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Episode 74: Activist Jan Moore

June 19, 2022 • 49 mins
Welcome to Asbury Pod and our first in-person recording since March of 2020. In keeping with our observance of Pride month, this week we welcome LGBTQ icon Jan Moore, whose 52 year relationship with her wife Emily Sonnessa was the subject of Robin Kampf’s award winning documentary Love Wins back in 2018. This was a […]
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Episode 73: Jersey Pride President Laura Pople

May 25, 2022 • 45 mins
It’s Pride month here in Asbury Park and to celebrate Amy & Joe welcome our first ever guest Laura Pople, back the the podcast, to discuss the the 30th Anniversary of Asbury Pride and its return to in-person events after a two year Covid hiatus with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe […]
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Episode 72: Legendary Councilwoman Eileen Chapman

May 12, 2022 • 55 mins
This week with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Eileen Chapman, Asbury Park City Councilperson, Director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music for Monmouth University, Board Member of the Asbury Park Music Foundation—and member of a long list of other Asbury-centric organizations. We […]
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Episode 71: Local Favorites Pony & Legendary Musician Alice Genese of Ov Stars

April 22, 2022 • 59 mins
On this episode, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Alice Genese, a pioneer of punk & art-pop, & Pony, who everyone in town knows. They talk about their new project Ov Stars, whose introspective & melancholy tunes are the nonstop soundtrack at Amy’s house these days. […]
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