Backyard OASIS - Older Adults Seeking, Inspiring, Serving
By Greenfield Community College
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Backyard OASIS reaches out to older adults who seek knowledge to help them live more thoughtfully, healthily, and happily; who hope to inspire others with their ideas; and who serve their communities in the interest of greater good. Join us frequently for wide-ranging conversations with a diversity of people who are growing older...and want to talk about it!
Created by Dennis Lee, Denise Schwartz, Chad Fuller, Christine Copeland, and Judy Raper
Produced by Alex Audette at Greenfield Community College's Teaching and Learning Innovation Center
Contact us at backyardoasispodcast@gmail.com and check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BackyardOasisPodcast
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Denise Schwartz Hosts "Where In The World Is Suzanne Patnaude?"
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Denise Schwartz Hosts "You Can't Fill From An Empty Vessel" - A Sandwich Generation Caregiver's Story
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Gloria Ratcliffe Hosts: Depression – Different Types, Different Causes, and How To Avoid And Fight It, with Guest Anna Morrison, LICSW
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Denise Schwartz Hosts "Travel Advice, Cost Savings, And Whether You Should Open Your Front Door," with Guest Max Hartshorne
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Denise Schwartz Hosts: Writers Read Us Stories They Love – Rich Vaden Reads "Bird of Providence," by T.P. Schwartz-Barcott
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Denise Schwartz Hosts: In the 1890s, A Group of Women in Sunderland, MA Wanted to Socialize More and Dust Their Homes Less...So They Formed A Club, with Guest Brenda Wozniakewicz
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Gloria Radcliffe Hosts "Women's Health In the United States," with Guests Anne Wiley and Joanne McNeil Hayes
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Denise Schwartz Hosts "Every Tech Question Has A Human Story," with Guest Rich Vaden
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Gloria Ratcliffe Hosts "I am the Prairie," with Guest Joanne McNeil Hayes
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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91 – Henry Balzarini Hosts What’s the Weather? A chat with Dave Hayes the Weather Nut
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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90 – Denise Schwartz Hosts Writers Read Us Stories They Love: Joan Livingston's "The Unforgiving Town"
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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89 – Henry Balzarini Hosts Creativity and Its Place in Our Lives: A Conversation with Jan Maher
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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88 – Denise Schwartz Hosts Writers Read Us Stories They Love: Stephen Billias Reads "The Zen Time Traveler: A Pilgrim’s Journey Through the Koans”
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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87 – Denise Schwartz Hosts Generations in Dialogue: A Conversation About What Connects Us Across Age and Experience
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May 13, 2026 |
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86 – Gloria Ratcliffe Hosts AI: It’s Not Too Late To Understand It And How It Affects You!
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May 07, 2026 |
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85 – Denise Schwartz Hosts Writers Read The Stories They Love: Jonathan A. Wright Reads "Half A World Away"
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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84 - Christine Copeland Hosts Smith College Botanical Garden: A Pioneer Valley Treasure
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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83 - Henry Balzarini Hosts Travel Tips and Tales: Larry McFarland Proves It's Never Too Late To See The World
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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82 - Chad Fuller Hosts Resilience Centers: A step beyond in public safety need? with Guest Josh Shanley
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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81 - Denise Schwartz Hosts The Camino at Any Age: A Conversation with Beth Berry on Walking the Camino Multiple Times with Different People, Levels of Comfort, and Trail Conditions
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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80 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Writers Read Us Stories They Love: "High Bridge" by Michael Miller
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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79 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Writers Read Us Stories They Love: "Winter in the Forest" and "Summer in the Forest" by Christine Copeland, and "JoJo and the Bolivian Bunny" by Peter Rosnick
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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78 - Denise Schwartz Reads "Bird of Providence" by T.P. Schwartz-Barcott
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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77 - Judy Raper Hosts Navigating Recovery as Older Adults with guests Jo An and Lou
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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76 - Judy Raper Hosts Your Life Is In Your Hands: A Discussion On The Fundamentals Of Reading Palms, with Guest Andrea Cohen-Kiener
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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75 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Writers Read Us Stories They Love: "Pilgrim Maya," by Bela Breslau
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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74 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Medication Questions To Ask Your Doctor: You Have A Say In Your Medication Experience, with guest Jill Shuman
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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73 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Prescription Drugs From The Lab To You: How Your Meds Get From The Lab To Your Home, with guest Jill Shuman
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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72 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Let's Play Games (And Talk About Why We Play Them, Too), with guest Jill Shuman
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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71 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Connie Francis As Gabe Temesvari Knew Her: A Story Of Admiration And Friendship
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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70 - Jessica Niedbala, Mackenzie Shanahan, and Judy Raper Host Spilling the Tea Part 9
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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69 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Inside the Mind of a Killer, with Guest John Olszewski
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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68 - Christine Copeland Hosts FootCare By Nurses, For All! with Guest Lee Wicks
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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67 - Judy Raper Hosts Spotting and Avoiding Scams in a Digital Age, with guest Brooke Donatone
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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66 - Denise Schwartz Hosts A Beekeeper and an Astronaut Offer Messages About Creating Global Economies That Consider Earth's Environment FIRST, with guest Dan Conlon
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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65 - Christine Copeland Hosts GCC's Bountiful Gardens: Growing, Learning and Building Community, with guests Anthony Reiber and Teresa Jones
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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64 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Hiker Karen Huchendorf's story about youth, hiking, aging and curiosity, and how life goes on and friendships stay strong
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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63 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Thinking About a Move? Marsha and Norm Talk About How They Made a Move to a Place Where They Knew No One and Took Steps to Become Connected to a Town Where Everyone (Almost!) Knows Their Names
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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62 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Building Age-Friendly Communities For Happier Living, with guest Jason Molony.
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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61 - Dennis Lee Hosts Dr. Steven German: Teaching Us All How To "Lessen The Stressin'" In These Crazy Times
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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60 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Age-Friendly Communities: How to make your town a better place to age onward! With Guest Jason Molony
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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59 - Jessica Niedbala, Mackenzie Shanahan, and Judy Raper Host Spilling the Tea Part 8
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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58 - Christine Copeland Hosts Dr. Ralph Baker and Dr. Bill Copeland on Soil, Conservation, and the Joy of Nature
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May 28, 2025 |
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57 - Dennis Lee Hosts Priscilla Ross' Lifetime Of Caregiving (And 25 Years Of Music Making)
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May 21, 2025 |
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56 - Dennis Lee Hosts David Murphy's Journey From Broadcasting the Olympics to Selling Real Estate
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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55 - Jessica Niedbala, Mackenzie Shanahan, and Judy Raper Host Spilling the Tea Part 6
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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54 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Broken News: An Insider's Look At The Shift In News Coverage From "Fair, Objective And Accurate" Reporting To Opinion-Based Content Gathering, with Guest Joan Livingston
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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53 - Dennis Lee Hosts Sharon Martula on Transitions and Getting Involved in Your Community
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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52 - Denise Schwartz Hosts How An Older Guy and a Younger Guy Got Better Physically, Emotionally and Socially Using Two Paddles and a Ball
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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51 - Judy Raper, Jessica Niedbala, and Mackenzie Shanahan Host Spilling the Tea Part 5
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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50 - Dennis Lee Hosts From Film Editor to Midwife and Beyond, with Guest Nina Kleinberg
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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49 - Judy Raper Hosts The Loneliness Epidemic and its Impact on Democracy: A Discussion About Robert Putnam's "Join or Die"
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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48 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Meet Isabel Long: Investigator of Mysteries and Solver of Cold Cases in the Homey Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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47 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Does Downward Dog Hurt Your Back? Child’s Pose Hurt Your Knee? Here’s A Yoga Teacher Who Understands The Needs Of Older Adults - Because She Is One! with Guest Robin Kassis
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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46 - Dennis Lee Hosts Dave Madsen's Life in Broadcasting (and Beyond!)
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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45 - Judy Raper, Jessica Niedbala, and Mackenzie Shanahan Host Spilling The Tea, Part 4
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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44 - Dennis Lee Hosts Big Decisions with Guest Thomas Maclachlan
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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43 - Dennis Lee Hosts "She's Always Busy!" with Guest Wendy Foxmyn
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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42 - Denise Schwartz Hosts How to Build Joy Into Your Life: Not Just When Things Are Going Well, But EVERY Day with Guest Dr. Pat Romney
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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40 - Dennis Lee Hosts Linda's Long Road To Advocacy with Guest Linda Desmond
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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41 - Denise Schwartz Hosts "Help! I Need Somebody!" And That Somebody Is My Neighbor, with Guest Larry Steinhauser
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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39 - Judy Raper, Mackenzie Shanahan, and Jessica Niedbala Host Spilling The Tea, Part 3
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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38 - Chad Fuller Hosts "The Fork In The Road"
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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37 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Our Shared Common Wealth: The Land, Water, Air... Everything We Use On This Planet To Sustain Our Lives And The Lives Of Other Living Things. A Big Title For A BIG Topic, with Guest Dan Conlon
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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36 - Denise Schwartz Hosts "O, The Natural World Is In Trouble! What Can I Do?" with guest Dan Conlon
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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35 - (REUPLOAD) Chad Fuller Hosts Cars Through the Ages, with Guest Al Rimbach
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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34 - Dennis Lee Hosts I REALLY Want To Make A Local Movie... with Guests Stan Freeman and John Haag
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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33 - Dennis Lee Hosts History Comes Alive! with Guest Stephen Raff
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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32 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Addiction, Dopamine And Our Brains with Guest Dr. Ruth Potee
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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31 - Judy Raper Hosts Greenfield's World Class Library, with Guests Anna Bognolo and Francesca Passiglia
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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30 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Captivating Contemporary Classics For Kids! with Guest Christine Copeland
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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29 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Where Have All The Insects Gone? with Guest Dan Conlon
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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28 - Dennis Lee Hosts I Wonder How Much This Is Worth? with Guest Don Raucher
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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27 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Could You Stop The Bleed? with guest Nicole Roma Thurrell
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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26 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Lets Talk About Green Burials And Shrouds, with Guest Dina Stander
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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25 - Dennis Lee Hosts Mr. District Attorney, with Guest Dave Sullivan
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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24 - Denise Schwartz Hosts What "Death Doulas" Do with Guest Dina Stander
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May 15, 2024 |
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23 - Dennis Lee Hosts "Where Did We Come From?" with Guest Dave "Old Bones" Robison
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May 08, 2024 |
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22 - Denise Schwartz Hosts A Literary Marriage, with Guests Bela Breslau and Stephen Bilias
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May 01, 2024 |
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21 - Dennis Lee Hosts It's Wonderful to Know a Good Pharmacist, with Guest Brian Joyce
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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20 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Reframing Aging with Guest Meg Ryan
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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19 - Judy Raper Hosts "Cyber Seniors" Launches in Franklin County, with Guests Liv Dow, Jessica Lenihan, and Donna Dusell
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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18 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Aging: So Cool, Everyone Is Doing It! with Guest Meg Ryan
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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17 - Dennis Lee Hosts Making A Difficult Situation A Whole Bunch Better, with Guest Kathy Townsend
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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16 - Christine Copeland Hosts Jazzin' It Up with The Blue Moon Ensemble, with Guests Philip Rowland and Michael Suter
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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15 - Denise Schwartz Hosts How Helen Got Here, with guest Helen Olson
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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14 - Dennis Lee Hosts "...So How Do You Do That?!" with Guest Barry Bouthilette
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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13 - Denise Schwartz Hosts Older Adults Dance! Swing, Waltz and Cha-Cha Are Good For What Ails You! with Guest Emily Fox
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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12 - Denise Schwartz Hosts "The Diagnosis Is Dementia" with Guest Meg Ryan
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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11 - Dennis Lee and Denise Schwartz Host "You'll Like It Here"with Guest Ed Orzechowski
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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10 - Chad Fuller Hosts Cars Through The Ages with Guest Al Rimbach
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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9 - Dennis Lee Hosts A Life In Hockey, with Guest Bruce Landon
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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8 - Judy Raper, Machenzie Shanahan, and Jessica Niedbala Host Spilling the Tea: An Intergenerational Conversation About Reality Television
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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7 - Judy Raper, Mackenzie Shanahan, and Jessica Niedbala Host Spilling the Tea Part 2
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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6 - Dennis Lee Hosts Nothing Like A Firetruck, A Guitar, And So Much More...
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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5 - Dennis Lee Hosts The Power Of Love And Music, with Guest Nick Kachulis
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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4 - Christine Copeland Hosts Brook Hollow Press & Independent Publishing In Western Massachusetts, with Guest Russell Powell
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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3 - Chad Fuller Hosts Keys to Combating Loneliness & Isolation, with Guest Jessica Gifford
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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2 - Judy Raper Hosts Growing Up With OR Without Technology, with Guests Max Fripp, Anne Miller, and Addrianna Torres
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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1 - Judy Raper and Dennis Lee Host Keep On Churnin', with Guest Pat Sicard
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Oct 25, 2023 |