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The secret of Lewes Delaware is not its beauty, history, or location, but the people who call it home. Join host Kevin McGuiness as he interviews the men and women who have helped shape the character, culture, and charm of what’s been called the best little town in America. If you’re just curious about the fascinating people who live next door or, more globally, how one small city is using its collective creativity, variety, and courage to build hope for the future, our show is for you. And, we promise, no politicians.
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Send us a text Larry Franz has always gotten things done. While working in a factory, he became the local union’s president, used the extra money to pay for college, and negotiated the best CBA his members had ever won. At the Pentagon, one of the toughest bureaucracies in the country, generals relied upon him to navigate through all the egos and red tape and make their plans happen. Now retired, from his bench on 2nd street, Larry is quietly doing the same here in Lewes.&nb...
Send us a text Tucked under sand and towered over by trees inside Cape Henlopen State Park, Ft. Miles was once an active military base from World War II through the Cold War and into the Vietnam War. Ed Paterline, Fort Miles Historical Association Board Member, takes us through the fort’s storied history and how a determined group of volunteers, mostly retired, turned an abandoned piece of history into a remarkable museum through old-fashioned grit and determination. They’ve helped brin...
Send us a text 18 Major League Baseball Clubs have been sent home, another notch on their annual misery belts. Have your fan dreams been squashed; your hope destroyed, while the usual clubs march on? Ready to give up? Don’t. You can keep hold of your annual fixation with failure and still root for a winner - the Lewes Vintage Base Ball Club. They play by 1860s rules. Nine players. Nine innings. Three outs. No gloves. Outs on one bound of the ball. No overrunning first base. Players with...
Send us a text Co-founders Steve Esfandiari, Matt DiSabatino, and Kevin McGuiness were unburdened by knowledge, experience, or a good premise for a podcast when they released their first episode back in May 2023. What they did have was an interesting town filled with interesting people. They hoped that would be enough. At least they got that right. A candid look back at what they learned, who’d be listening, and the power of giving a little oxygen to what’s good. There is somethin...
Send us a text Jenn Wagner is a local artist working in multiple mediums. She describes herself as a metal worker who also paints and makes jewelry. She attended 12 different schools growing up, as her family moved around the country and the world. She followed a traditional business path, getting her MBA from Rice University, then lived with her husband in Budapest and Paris. After a serious boating accident made a normal office job unlikely, one day she visited a mus...
Send us a text Mike DiPaolo has spent over 25 years working with non-profits, helping make them and the communities they serve more effective and impactful. He helped steer the Lewes Historical Society into prominence, and today is helping the Delaware Community Foundation improve and better coordinate charitable activities throughout the state. He’s won national and state awards for his public service. When awarding him the prestigious Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Professional ...
Send us a text What would your life be like if you couldn’t read? Think about school, getting a job, so much of your daily life. Hillary Summerbell has dyslexia. She can’t read like most people. Not just books or textbooks. She couldn’t even read road signs, let alone use a computer. But, Hillary doesn’t give up. She finds solutions. She used the talents she had - an amazing eye for design and colors - and built a multi-million dollar interior design company and then, one night, after y...
Send us a text Imagine a life where your work involves kayaking with dolphins, dressing as you like (shoes and shirts are optional), and only answering to the person staring at you in the mirror. Matt Carter created a career built around what he loves - showing people how to stay healthy, have fun playing outdoors, and relishing the simple joys in life like sitting around a beach fire doing absolutely nothing. It allowed him to raise children who so enjoyed their childhood that th...
Send us a text Lisa Graff is well known for creating and performing her own one woman shows based upon her insightful and humorous take on life. Accompanied by musicians Holly Lane and John Flynn, she has created, starred and produced The Benefits of Aging …Uncensored; Secrets to a Long Marriage and Other Myths; and Chicago is My Kind of Town, to name a few. Known for her wit, bluntness, and courage, Lisa has always been willing to tackle tough topics, whether its alcoholism, marital ex...
Send us a text With the July 4th holiday only days away, we wanted to share part of a prior episode with Russ Palmer. He talks about how the town’s fireworks extravaganza got started, how it’s funded, where you can sit and watch, and other key logistical information. This is a big city fireworks party in a small town. It’s all privately funded, so donations are always welcome. Visit Go Fourth Lewes and give what you can. And remember, get there early. It’s going to be crowded.
Send us a text Following Episode 38, listeners asked for examples of UAPs - unidentified anomalous phenomena (what we used to call UFOs) - and how they’ve been validated. UAP expert and To The Stars co-founder Jim Semivan returns to provide multiple examples of different kinds of encounters people have had with the Phenomenon. Jim explains the evidence behind the sightings and what needs to be considered. Clearly, regardless of what you believe, much of what we’ve taken for ...
Send us a text In Part 2, Kevin Mallinson shares how he applied the lessons he learned as a firefighter to a career in nursing. Earning a MSN and a PhD from John Hopkins. He spent much of his career helping find ways to combat the tragic consequences of the AIDS epidemic and provide comfort to those who were dying and their families, whether in the United States or Africa. Whether in the classroom or in the field, Kevin always found a way to empower others and helped local nurses ...
Send us a text Kevin Mallinson joined the Key West Fire Department in the early 1980’s, unaware he would be the first openly gay firefighter in the country. From his first day until his last, Kevin was physically and mentally assaulted, including attempts that could easily have ended in his death. Never backing down from who he was, he learned to disarm his attackers with intelligence, humor, and a ironclad commitment to non-violence. The survival lessons he learned as a firefight...
Send us a text Richard a.k.a. Dick Bryan seems to always have been a key part of Lewes. His life has mirrored the transition of the area, from agriculture to an economy based upon personal services and real estate. He was raised on a farm and later in town and, except for college, he’s never really left. He was here when the first traffic light arrived, when things began to change from farms to housing developments, and when you could no longer let your dog wander the town u...
Send us a text If Lewes has a look, it’s due in large part to Lewes in Bloom, the 450 member non-profit that plants, maintains, and waters 18 public gardens and 9 floral installations around town. Co-chair Ed Zygmonski explains the organizational structure they use to handle every annual challenge, whether is planting 31,000 tulips bulbs and another 5,000 spring bulbs, replacing them with annuals, or watering all the plants and flowers multiple times a week. Their army of volunteers has trans...
Send us a text Part 2 finally provides answers to whether UAPs - unidentified anomalous phenomena (we used to call them UFOs) - are real and why governments around the world are so unwilling to reveal all they know. Jim Semivan, a decorated former CIA officer founded the company, To The Stars, with Tom Delong and others, to help explain the truth about what’s happening all and the challenges for governments and the public alike in processing what is actually known. A candid, informed, and cha...
Send us a text Part 1 is not a CIA tell-all or a rehashing of what happened, when and where. Jim's too much of a pro for that. He worked for 25 years at the Central Intelligence Agency’s National Clandestine Service. At the time of his retirement he was a member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service. Jim describes the rigorous training he was provided, the skills of observation and insight he developed, and the challenges a field officer must navigate to survive. He shows how all of ...
Send us a text Dr. Kathy Henn was a professor at Keane University where she taught courses in philosophy, religion, medical ethics, and global and American History. That alone should be an indication of the breadth of her intellectual curiosity. Since moving to Lewes, she has been a frequent lecturer at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, as well as at Historic Lewes, the recently renamed Lewes Historical Society. Hers is a candid, funny story of courage, determination and not surprisingly tri...
Send us a text William “Bill” is a legendary Cape Region icon, educator and mentor. Whether it’s being a record setting coach, educator, dean of students, trustee of local organizations, or mentor, he is the embodiment of Jackie Robinson’s adage - “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” And not surprisingly every story Bill tells, every example he provides, always involves others, normally by name. As he likes to say “I’m a “we”guy”, a philosophy which has result...
Send us a text Chris takes us behind the scenes to explain what it takes to make the Cape Gazette not only a respected cornerstone of the Lewes Community but one of the few local newspapers in the United States whose subscription base is growing. He explains the importance of understanding who your readership is, what they want, and the power of the news philosophy - “When it doubt, leave it out.” That’s not a motto normally associated with the media business today, but Chris reveals why the ...
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