Palm Beach Perspective

Palm Beach Perspective

The latest on the Palm Beaches' health, entertainment, and gossip.

Episodes

June 25, 2025 33 mins
Talked with Keri Morrison, Executive Director and Elizabeth Dashiell, from Live Like Jake.  Like Like Jake is a charity that was created to increase awareness for drowning prevention and provide swim lessons and scholarships for those who can't afford them.  They also provide financial and emotional support for families who have lost a child or who's child has critical care needs.  Drowning is the number one cause of death for babi...
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Talked with Bert Moreschi, President, ARRL Instructor and Herb Price, Board Director, for Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group (JTRG).  "Jupiter-Tequesta Repeater Group is a volunteer organization of local Amateur Radio Operators (affectionately referred to as "Hams"), who play a critical role in maintaining emergency communications, between Local Red Cross and County Emergency Services and other government agencies and services, before...
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June 12, 2025 32 mins
Talked with Charlene Farrington, Museum Director. Spady Cultural Heritage Museum.  "The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum is a museum of African-American history in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. It is housed in the former home of the late Solomon David Spady, a prominent African-American educator and community leader in Delray Beach from 1922 to 1957. They are dedicated to discovering, collecting, and sharing the Black his...
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Talked with Elizabeth Dashiell, Managing Producer, Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival.  They are celebrating 35 years of Shakespeare by the Sea performances in the community.  Their mission is, "to enhance the cultural quality of life for visitors and residents of Palm Beach County through accessible, original, and educational cultural programs and productions of Shakespearean works."
This Summer they will performing, The Winter's Tale...
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May 24, 2025 32 mins
Talked with Mike Durkee, US Army Combat Veteran, Executive Director, Wounded Veterans Relief Fund.  "Wounded Veterans Relief Fund is a non-profit organization that supports wounded and disabled veterans throughout Florida with one-time emergency financial support and critical dental care. We are a VA affiliate and work hand-in-hand with VA team members to provide veterans with the care and resources needed to ease the burden of fin...
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Talked with Michael Barnett, Director of Development, Restoration Bridge International.  Their mission  "has been to provide consistent and reliable access to nutritious food for individuals and families in need, while promoting community resilience and self-sufficiency. Through compassionate service, strategic partnerships, and unwavering commitment, we strive to restore dignity and bridge the gap between scarcity and sustenance f...
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Talked with Lauren Perry, Associate Vice President of Marketing & Cultural Tourism, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County.  Every May, the Cultural Council puts together, MOSAIC. MOSAIC stands for Month of Shows, Art, Ideas and Culture.  There's a month-long celebration for residents to enjoy. As part of that, the Cultural Council gathered over 30 limited time offers throughout Palm Beach County.  Some of them are: BOGO admiss...
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May 7, 2025 34 mins
Talked with Carmelle Chapman, Project Manager, Healthier Lake Worth Beach.  It's a Palm Health Foundation Healthier Together community. The Healthier Together communities focus on different aspects of health based on the local community needs.  Healthier Lake Worth Beach focuses on behavioral health.  They are improving the behavioral health by revitalizing the community. With the help of community volunteers, HLWB has done communi...
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Talked with Kelly Powell, CEO and Julie Khanna, Development Committee Chair, for Community Partners of South Florida (CPSFL).  "Community Partners of South Florida (CPSFL) changes the odds for children and families facing social, emotional, and financial adversity. CPSFL identifies key services and solutions that build family skills and create lasting social change for generations.CPSFL  targets three strategic areas at once: healt...
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April 22, 2025 36 mins
Talked with Mindy Hanken, MSW, Executive Director, Tenise Williams, School Counselor and Laylah from Pace Center for Girls.  There are pace centers throughout Florida.  The Pace Palm Beach school provides academic and behavioral health services to girls ages 11-17 in Palm Beach County School Districts. Pace is free and the students take classes along with working closely with counselors, therapists trained in trauma-based therapy, ...
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April 16, 2025 32 mins
Talked with James May, Executive Director and Misty Stoller, Associate Director of Marketing & Communications, Mounts Botanical Gardens.  "With a mission to inspire and educate through nature, Mounts Botanical Garden is Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden. Visitors to this 20-acre tropical oasis will see an acclaimed collection of 25 unique garden areas containing more than 7,000 species of tropical and sub-...
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April 9, 2025 31 mins
Talked with Emilie Travis, Nature Center Manager II, Okeeheelee Nature Center and Alissa Koch, Nature Center Manager, Daggerwing Nature Center, Palm Beach County Parks.  They are getting ready for this year's Earth Day events.  Okeeheelee Nature Center will celebrate on April 19th starting at 10am and has a wide variety of programs planned including: a tranquility walk, rehabilitated animal release, selfies with Oakley and Shelfies...
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April 2, 2025 32 mins
Talked with Val Staggs, Founder, Pandora's Kids.  Pandora's Kids is a non-profit that provides grief services for children who've lost a loved one.  They are free program that unites kids that are grieving, providing them a place to talk, meet other kids, expeirence new events and share their grief knowing they aren't alone.
"Pandora’s Kids partners with local organizations to provide experiences that are fun and create the opportun...
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March 26, 2025 34 mins
Spoke with Dr. Randy Blakely, Exec Dir FAU Stiles Nicholson Brain Institute and Sir John Hardy, Ph.D., University College London.  Professor Hardy is a leading geneticist for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research.  He's one of the guest lecturers participating in FAU's free Brainy Days series. His study has identified the gene in families called the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which led to his theory, the amyloid cascade hypoth...
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March 19, 2025 32 mins
Spoke with Elizabeth Dashiell, SwedeFest Palm Beach/Palm Beach Film Society. Swede Fest Palm BeachTM is happening on Friday March 28th at the Lake Worth Playhouse.  "The key to understanding why is in the “swede.” A swede is a no-budget, laughably bad remake of a hit Hollywood film – the bigger, the better. The term comes from the 2008 comedy, “Be Kind Rewind,” and was made up to explain the sheer awfulness of their remade films by...
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March 12, 2025 31 mins
Talked with Marjorie Waldo, CEO and President, Arts Garage in Delray Beach.  They have a lot of awesome programs happening this year.  Coming up is PLACES!, a Summer theatre camp for kids and teens from July 7th to August 1st (financial aid is available). Week 1 features Technical theatre and Playwriting, week 2 is Improvisation, week 3 will be Musical Theatre and week 4 is Acting.  Students can pick the weeks that interest them.  ...
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Talked with Andy McAusland, CEO and Zelda Porter, MHAPB Clubhouse Member from Mental Health America of the Palm Beaches (MHAPB).  "Mental Health America of the Palm Beaches is a proud Palm Beach County affiliate of Mental Health America, the nation’s leading national nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of mental health, well-being, and illness prevention. Our mission is to create a supportive community where all people can flouris...
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    February 26, 2025 33 mins
    Talked with Owen O'Neil, CEO, Clinics Can Help.  Clinics Can Help is a non-profit that provides, "a caring community connection to medical equipment and supplies, empowering people with mobility, independence and dignity in all stages of life and health. Our Vision is that people everywhere are equipped to thrive, supported by a community circle of giving that meets their essential medical equipment needs."  They provide Durable Me...
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    February 19, 2025 31 mins
    Talked with Teresa Zabik and Jeanette Mitchell from the Friends of Okeeheelee Nature Center (ONC).  The Friends of ONC is a non-profit that provides support to Okeeheelee Nature Center, it's staff, volunteers and animal ambassadors.  They put on fundraisers to enhance exhibits, trails, facilities as well as educational programs that provide an enriching experience for nature center visitors.  Teresa and Jeanette are volunteers who ...
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    February 14, 2025 33 mins
    Talked with Oscar Quesada and Julie Gilbert, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Julie Gilbert is a Pulitzer Prize - nominated biographer, novelist, playwright and the teacher for the Kravis Center's Writer's Academy.  She's doing a book launch on February 19th for her novel "Giant Love".  Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her best selling novel of Texas and the making of a classic American film.  She'll be having a conversation with Hap...
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