A weekly public affairs show about McKeesport and the Mon Valley, produced in cooperation with WEDO (810) and WZUM (1550).
05-29-2020
Annette James of the McKeesport Lions Club talks about how Mon Valley volunteers made several thousand eyeglasses for Haitian farm workers
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.13MB - Duration: 29:38 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
05-08-2020
Teresa Trich and Dave Moore of McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center on their growing service area and the challenges of moving programming online during the COVID-19 pandemic
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 26.8MB - Duration: 29:17 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
04-24-2020
Zack Furness, associate professor of communications at Penn State Greater Allegheny Campus, on being media literate in the social media age
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.14MB - Duration: 29:39 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
04-17-2020
Tony Rivera, suicide prevention case manager at the VA Pittsburgh Medical Center, on common misconceptions about suicide — and why it's a leading cause of death among younger people
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.05MB - Duration: 29:33 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
04-10-2020
Marsha Turner of PurePenn and the McKeesport Community Fund discusses giving back to the region. Also: Sue Kerr of Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents on helping the LGBTQ+ community during the COVID19 shutdowns.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.16MB - Duration: 29:40 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
04-03-2020
Chris Fennimore of WQED 13 on his love of foods from the Mon Valley, and why Pittsburgh is becoming a "foodie" town.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.19MB - Duration: 29:42 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
03-13-2020
Frank Navish, historian for the Ancient Order of Hibernians, on the Irish-Catholic experience in the Mon Valley area
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.13MB - Duration: 29:38 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
03-06-2020
Emma Horst-Martz of PennPIRG and Tim Mentzer of Mentzer Repairs on the Right-to-Repair movement.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.21MB - Duration: 29:43 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
02-28-2020
Rev. Terry O'Connor on why Lent means more than just fish frys
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.25MB - Duration: 29:46 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
02-21-2020
Mary Phan-Gruber of the Jefferson Regional Foundation on the importance of getting an accurate count of the Mon Valley and South Hills for the 2020 census.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.26MB - Duration: 29:47 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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