Local Pulse with Joe DiBiase

Local Pulse with Joe DiBiase

Since 2013, the news, views, arts, and food in the Newburyport area. Listen live, Saturday at 9:00 am at www.podbean.com/lsw/LocalPulse, or later at www.LocalPulseRadio.com.

Episodes

December 20, 2025 64 mins

Mayor Sean Reardon

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Lisa Friberg & Stacey Brandon - Friends of Newburyport Public Library;

Mark Wright - Newburyport City Councilor

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November 29, 2025 63 mins

Richard Lodge - Friends of William Lloyd Garrison;

Afroz Khan - Newburyport City Councilor

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November 22, 2025 59 mins

Anita Greenwood & Victoria Bushee - Newburyport Choral Society; 

Nancy Caswell - Newburyport Chamber of Commerce

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November 8, 2025 57 mins

Frank Bertolino & Bob LaFrance - Lions Club;

Kevin Hunt - Veterans Services; 

Ken Irwin - Belleville Roots

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November 4, 2025 118 mins

Amesbury and Newburyport Election Coverage November 4, 2025

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November 1, 2025 60 mins

Deb Pare & Kristine Enes - Newburyport Education Foundation;

Dave Rogers - Newburyport Daily News

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October 25, 2025 61 mins

Newburyport Ward 2 Candidate Forum

Shawn Fenn

Stephanie Niketic

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October 18, 2025 100 mins

Newburyport City Councilor-at-Large Candidate Forum

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October 11, 2025 97 mins

Newburyport Mayoral Forum - James McCauley & Sean Reardon

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October 4, 2025 71 mins

Kassandra Gove - Amesbury Mayor

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September 20, 2025 59 mins

Sean Gallagher - Superintendent of Schools; Kristine Malpica - Indigenous Peoples Day

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September 13, 2025 29 mins

Anne Crays & James Sullivan - Newburyport Documentary Film Festival

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September 6, 2025 67 mins

Newburyport Ward 6 City Councilor Candidate Forum 

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August 23, 2025 55 mins

Stuart Deane - Exchange Club Field of Honor

nancy Caswell - Newburyport Chamber of Commerce

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August 16, 2025 53 mins

NOTE:  

A software bug occurred with our podcast hosting service, Podbean, during the interview of Councilor Preston, which resulted in the recording stopping at approximately 53 minutes into the show. During the livestream of the show, from our end, everything looked to be in order, but that wasn't the case. Unfortunately, the full interview is unrecoverable. Apologies to Councilor Preston and our listeners, but the situation is b...

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August 9, 2025 25 mins

Aileen Maconi, Sandra Thaxter, Olana Wawerũ, Art For Green Growth

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August 2, 2025 65 mins

Capt. Jessica Berkhoudt - Newburyport Salvation Army;

Byron Lane - Newburyport City Councilor, Ward 6

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July 19, 2025 57 mins

Emma Cahoon - Firehouse Center for the Arts;

Eric Tracey & Rick Taintor - Newburyport Livable Streets

John Housianitis & Jim Sperelakis - Greek Food Festival

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July 12, 2025 58 mins

Mike Connor - Mass Oyster Project;  Jason Lacroix - Yankee Homecoming; Janet Wolfe - Local Author

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