Warwick Radio: The Voice of Warwick, Rhode Island

D.K. Mckenzie, Warwick poet, musician, and creator of The Poe Underground, explores the possibilities of combining the voice of the guitar with the haunting words and expressions of poetry.In this episode, hear the poems Encounter by Polly Chase and Luscious Beach by D.K. Mckenzie accompanied by improvised classical guitar.EncounterYou move alone the avenue like oneAlone, exultant, among mountain snows;And through your hair the wind of morning blows;And in your eyes is quenched the flaming sun.I did not run the race that you have run;I do not care what pride your triumph knows.You would not understand the dreams of thoseFrom whom the thirst for victory is gone.The surging crowds efface you, as the tideObliterates a footprint on a shore.So sands are sucked by time! You are no moreThan the blurred trace of emptiness defied.When you have passed, cool spaces cover meLike the unchallenged waters of the sea.Luscious BeachLuscious beach with the naked moonbreaking through the blueSeagulls walk and runremind me of myself (somehow)Maybe it's (all) the wandering and exploring they doEveryone's looking for somethingSome often, some seldom, some all the timeThat's meI think I'll drive off into the sunset nowlike a free bird?Visit The Poe Underground⁠⁠⁠ website⁠⁠⁠.Tune in to The Poe Underground ⁠⁠⁠podcast⁠⁠⁠.

Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.Today, Kathleen interviews Lisa Picillo, Certified Financial Planner at Spinnaker Asset Management, about finances and starting a new career. Hear about assessing your finances before making a career change, making a plan to step backward in order to move forward, how having a financial plan can relieve stress, and how to find a financial planner.Episode Links:Visit the Spinnaker Asset Management ⁠website⁠.Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Celtic Resume Services⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Go to Kathleen’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Write to Kathleen at kdohoney03@gmail.com.

A “trip” on the subway makes for a bizarro story!You never know who's going to turn up in the stories on Elly McGuire's podcast, Shaking The Bushes—Yoko Ono, Jonas Salk, Richard Hatch (Richard Hatch?), even a former President, to name a few—as she shares humorous and often unpredictable autobiographical anecdotes and social commentary about living parallel lives in her "cozy" apartment in Manhattan and her childhood home in Warwick, Rhode Island.What you think might be so different from residing in the biggest city in the world and in the smallest state in the union can actually turn out to be very much the same.Author and adventurist Elly McGuire has traveled the world, rubbed shoulders with celebrated people, and is now "shaking the bushes" of her colorful past.Visit the Shaking the Bushes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Join lawyer and true crime fanatic Kate Itacy for stories about crimes allegedly committed by Warwick citizens or within Warwick city limits.Today, hear the tale of reputed bootlegger and bank robber Carl Rettich and his Crime Castle, a Warwick Neck mansion owned by Rettich and alleged to be the hub for the Rettich gang’s criminal activities during the 1920s and 1930s. Underworld legend credits Carl Rettich with the invention of cement shoes, and he may have poured a pair for his associate Danny Walsh in a secret dungeon under the Crime Castle’s basement before throwing Walsh into Narragansett Bay.Katherine Itacy was born and raised in Warwick, worked as a criminal defense lawyer in the city, and remains a civil rights and criminal justice advocate.Write to Kate at contactkate@katherineitacy.com.Visit Kate’s ⁠⁠website⁠⁠.Music: ⁠⁠https://www.purple-planet.com⁠Sound effects by the ⁠⁠BBC⁠⁠.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with editor George LaCross from the amusement park fan site Laff in the Dark.From Patti Page in 1952 to Weezer in 1994, concerts at the Palladium and Midway stage were an essential part of Rocky Point. Hear about shows by small acts that would become big, the night in 1978 when REO Speedwagon, AC/DC, Blue Öyster Cult, and Thin Lizzy all played, the group that caused the power to go out three times, and the 1984 concert that caused a traffic jam from Warwick to Cranston.Join the Rocky Point Park Remembered! ⁠Facebook⁠ group.Visit the Laff in the Dark ⁠website⁠.Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community.Write to warwicklife@gmail.com.Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with editor George LaCross from the amusement park fan site Laff in the Dark.The Rocky Point saltwater pool was an Olympic-sized pool at the front of the park that was filled with water from Narragansett Bay. Hear how George watched divers make painful belly flops while he cooled off in the pool, about Olympic trials and AAU competitions at the pool, how it became a freshwater pool, and why it closed in 1985.Read about the ⁠1936 Olympic tryouts⁠ at the pool.Join the Rocky Point Park Remembered! ⁠Facebook⁠ group.Visit the Laff in the Dark ⁠website⁠.Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Write to warwicklife@gmail.com.Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with editor George LaCross from the amusement park fan site Laff in the Dark.Scott and George continue their conversation about Rocky Point Park. Hear about the Flume, funhouse, Laff in the Dark, and Castle of Terror/House of Horrors. Find out about the Rocky Point jail, and discover where some of Rocky Point’s rides went when the park closed.Visit the Laff in the Dark ⁠website⁠.Join the Rocky Point Park Remembered! ⁠Facebook⁠ group.Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community.Write to warwicklife@gmail.com.Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with editor George LaCross from the amusement park fan site Laff in the Dark.George LaCross made his first visit to Rocky Point Park in 1962 and became an immediate fan. Hear Scott and George reminisce about the Paladium ballroom, Shore Dinner Hall, baseball field, petting zoo, and Rocky Point’s first carousel and Ferris Wheel.Visit the Laff in the Dark ⁠website⁠.Join the Rocky Point Park Remembered! ⁠Facebook⁠ group.Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community.Write to warwicklife@gmail.com.Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

As Warwick Radio Online draws to a close, the podcast gang takes a wild journey through time into a future none of us could ever imagine.Listen to Shaking the Bushes with Elly McGuire.Tune into to The Poe Underground with D.K. Mckenzie.Watch The Rhode Island Wave Spotlight Series with Scott Nerney.Sound Effects: Roller Derby - San Francisco by RTB45 -- https://freesound.org/s/193804/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Season two of Elly McGuire’s Shaking the Bushes podcast has begun. Tune in at ellymcguire.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.Enjoy episode one, Chutzpah!, and find out what a U.S. President’s slipper, Taylor Swift, and a splinter have in common.You never know who’s going to turn up in the stories on Elly McGuire’s podcast, Shaking The Bushes—a former US President, a wife of a Beatle, a “Survivor”…to name just a few—as she shares humorous and often unpredictable autobiographical anecdotes and social commentary about living parallel lives in her “cozy” apartment in Manhattan and her childhood home in Rhode Island.What you think might be so different from residing in both the biggest city in the world and in the smallest state in the union, can actually turn out to be very much the same.Author and adventurist Elly McGuire has traveled the world, rubbed shoulders with celebrated people, and is now “shaking the bushes” of her colorful past.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Warwick Public Library Deputy Director Evan Barta.Evan Barta began his stint as Deputy Director in August 2024 after serving as the library’s Coordinator of Technology for 13 years. Hear about working with library staff, what the Warwick community gets from their libraries, events for all ages, Miss Junie the spider, how Evan spends his free time, and how many books are borrowed in a year.Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Write to warwicklife@gmail.com.Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Staff Sergeant John Richards from the Rhode Island Army National Guard.John Richards is a Recruiting and Retention NCO with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. Hear how John joined the military at age 17, about playing saxophone with the 88th Army Band, working in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a day in the life of a recruiter, how the National Guard is a second family, and can you join in your 40s?Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Write to warwicklife@gmail.com.Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Miss Rhode Island 2025 Alexia Rodrigues. Native Rhode Islander Alexia Rodrigues is Miss Rhode Island 2025 and Sgt. Alexia Rodrigues with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. Hear how Lexi started competing in pageants, about being a foster child and advocating for a better foster care system, and how Lexi will compete in the Miss America pageant in Orlando, FL.Find Alexia on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Write to warwicklife@gmail.com.Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.Today, Kathleen answers frequently asked career questions, including questions about résumés, interviews, and salary negotiations.Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.Visit the Celtic Résumé Services ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Go to Kathleen’s ⁠⁠LinkedIn page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Write to Kathleen at kdohoney03@gmail.com.

Warwick poet and musician D.K. Mckenzie presents excerpts from his spoken word and music podcast, The Poe Underground, in a Warwick Radio exclusive.In this episode, hear original music, the poems Sharaku Dreams by John Gould Fletcher and The Casket of Opals (Tenth Opal) by George Parsons Lathrop, and Hemingway City Nights, a reimagining of Ernest Hemingway’s poetry.Sharaku DreamsI will scrawl on the walls of the nightFaces. Leering, sneering, scowling, threatening faces;Weeping, twisting, yelling, howling faces;Faces fixed in a contortion between a scream and a laugh,Meaningless faces.I will cover the walls of nightWith faces,Till you do not knowIf these faces are but masks, or you the masks for them.Faces too grotesque for laughter,Faces too shattered by pain for tears,Faces of such uglinessThat the ugliness grows beauty.They will haunt you morning, evening.Burning, burning, ever returning.Their own infamy creating,Till you strike at life and hate it,Burn your soul up so in hating.I will scrawl on the walls of the nightFaces,Pitiless,Flaring,Staring.The Casket of Opals (Tenth Opal)Colors that tremble and perish,Atoms that follow the law,You mirror the truth which we cherish,You mirror the spirit we saw.Glow of the daybreak tender,Flushed with an opaline gleam,And passionate sunset-splendor—Ye both but embody a dream.Visions of cloud-hidden gloryBreaking from sources of lightMimic the mist of life's story.Mingled of scarlet and white.Sunset-clouds iridescent,Opals, and mists of the day,Are thrilled alike with the crescentDelight of a deathless rayShot through the hesitant troubleOf particles floating in space,And touching each wandering bubbleWith tints of a rainbowed grace.So through the veil of emotionTrembles the light of the truth;And so may the light of devotionGlorify life—age and youth.Sufferings,—pangs that seem cruel,—These are but atoms adrift:The light streams through, and a jewelIs formed for us, Heaven's own gift!Hemingway City NightsNight comes with soft and drowsy plumes to darken out the dayTo stroke away the flinty glintSoftening out the clayBefore the final hardness comesDemanding that we stayIt is cool at night on the roofs of the cityThe city sweatsDripping and stark.Maggots of life crawl in the hot loneliness of the city.Love curdles in the cityLove sours in the hot whispering from the pavementsLove grows oldOld with the oldness of sidewalks.It is cool at night on the roofs of the cityDesire andAll the sweet pulsing achesAnd gentle hurtingsThat were you,Are gone into the sullen dark.Now in the night you come unsmilingTo lie with meA dull, cold, rigid bayonetOn my hot-swollen, throbbing soul.At night I lay with you and watched the city whirl and spin aboutThrough the hot, pounding rhythm of the waltzYou swung and whirled with eager, pagan graceTwo sleepy birds in their wicker cagesAnd I am dancing with the woman of the townCover my eyes with your pinionsDark bird of nightSpread your black wings like a turkey struttingDrag your strong wings like a cock grouse drumming with scaly clawsDip with your beak to my lipsBut cover my eyes with your pinionsVisit The Poe Underground ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠.Tune in to The Poe Underground ⁠⁠⁠podcast⁠⁠⁠.