No, our interns don't have worms. But they do have can-do attitudes and a full head of steam heading into this year's Next Step Auburn internship program! Jonathan and Angee are happy to welcome Narina Pogosian (if that name sounds familiar, yes, she's been on the show before) and Kylie O'Donnell. Narina is interning in Human Services, helping Auburn's homeless residents with resources, while Kylie works in Communications! She's been incredibly busy taking photos and videos, and she can't wait to show you all of the cool stuff. Listen to their lively conversation about work, life, work-life balance, and all things in between.

Stick around till the end to test your recent-ish musical knowledge!

Parks, Arts and Recreation's Curtis Carlson and Paris Van Quill join us on the pod this eposide to talk about recreation. Yes, that thing you can do as an adult for pennies on the dollar, that will fill your life with so much joy and laughter you'll hardly know what to do with it. But why stop there? Why not let your children in on the fun -- we offer youth classes after all. Everything and anything for all shapes and sizes, ability levels, and attention spans (thanks, TikTok). Hear about all that the City of Auburn has to offer, and all of the ways you can get invovled in something ACTIVE. Let's get physical, physical.

Stick around to the end to test your Park knowledge (no, not just the green spaces -- think outside the box here) and see if Curtis or Paris will exit Angee's Arena on top!

Angee and Jonathan are joined this week by Matthew Stone, the City of Auburn's newest Communicaitons Assistant! Matthew joined us in early April and he came all the way from the Salt Lake City area of Utah! Mathew enjoys long walks on the beach, Costco snacks, a well-timed joke with a biting sense of humor, and video games and TV shows and movies and reading. Basically, he's already one of us. Tune in to find out what he thinks about the Pacific Northwest after having lived here for a month and a half, and stick around till the end to test your knowledge of PNW trivia.

We have a few things coming up to be aware of as well --

Food Truck Tuesdays! Every Tuesday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Hall Plaza.

Auburn Art Showcase -- showcase your artwork alongside the Auburn Junior City Council at the Postmark Center for the Arts. Saturday, June 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. FREE to attend!

No, we aren't flipping cups and clapping our hands before joining a collegiate a cappella group (could you imagine???), but we are doing the next best thing! We're joined by the next generation of Miss Auburn and Miss Auburn's Teen, Maddie McCarthy and Haley Murray! We actually recorded this episode a few weeks ago, so we're excited to finally share it with ya'll -- we kept the energy high despite being in an interview room literally minutes before recording.

Angee, Jonathan and the Miss Auburns talked about school success, learning confidence, the power of competition, sisterhood and camaraderie, and the lifelong friendships we all make along the way.

This is Maddie's second time on the show (we commemorated it with a small four-part harmony singing session) before ending it with some spring trivia. Make sure to stick around till the end to test your knowledge!

Angee and Jonathan are joined by Jess Irvine and Amanda Jenkinson, two arts assistants at the Postmark Center for the Arts! The quartet talk about Auburn's greatest building (Postmark, duh) and all of the amazingly incredible things happening this spring. You can find a full list on Auburn's Community Calendar, which includes several free classes a week and a few symphony events on the weekends: auburnwa.gov/calendar.

They also talk about the power of art and how a truly remarkable piece can really reach out and grab you and refuse to let go (as is the case with Jonathan).

The finish up with Angee's Arena -- art and membership trivia in Auburn! Jonathan does terribly...but maybe you can do better????

Jonathan and Angee are joined this week by two (literal) rock stars from the Auburn Symphony Orchestra -- Exeutive Director Gabi Galloway and Music Director Wesley Shulz! If you've been to an Auburn orchestra show, you'll also recognize Wesley as the conductor up on stage directing the entire production. Wesley joins us for the second time in the podcast's history to talk about all the amazing things happening this year, beginning with a Rhythm and Rhymes Story Hour and Postmark Center for the Arts this Saturday at 10 a.m. and a FREE family concert at the Auburn Performing Arts Center on April 26 -- more details on the orchestra's website: https://www.auburnsymphony.org/

Listen to learn why and how live music helps us connect with the places we live, and stick around until the end to test your knowledge of Sim-Phony trivia.

Jonathan is joined today by cohost Angee Pogosian! We gave Chester the day off because in this episode we're sitting down with Zufishan Shabbir and Fadumo Salad, co-owners of Auburn's The Resort Medspa! Have you ever wondered what the holy trifecta of skin care is? (it rhymes with bends, liquidate and let's be ref) what about some tips on how to look younger (I could use that fr)? or how about some confidence boosters so that you, yes you, can walk into the Resort Med Spa and get started on your self-love journy. Zufi and Fatima opened the spa in April 2025 and have been humming along -- they're fun, approachable, and full of energy. I guess this spa stuff really does work????

Stick around for some wellness trivia and see if Jonathan has what it takes to best the....spa owners.

For the first time in Auburn on Main's history and perhaps the only time this will happen ever, we have a fan on the show! Katie Storm comes to us as a long-time listener who is deeply ingrained in the happenings at the City of Auburn. She's been a part of the Miss Auburn and Miss Washington organization for several years, and in 2024, participated in the City's Civics Academy! She learned a lot and had such a great time. She also competed this month in the Miss Auburn competition where she took home several hundred dollars in scholarships! Hear Katie's story and how a little civic engagement has made all the difference. Stick around till the end to test your City of Auburn civics knowledge.

Jonathan and Chester and Angee are joined this week by Alyssa Tatro, a senior planner at the City of Auburn! What's a city planner do? Well, just about everything! From setting design standards, to helping create policy that specifies width of roads, to sidewalk egress, to citywide and downtown design standards that set the look and feel of a city. Think of it like a Fortnight skin, except it's for the entire city.

Alyssa and her team have been hard at work planning and preparing for a series of open houses to talk design standards and the first one is TONIGHT at City Hall from 4 to 6 p.m.! Come share your opinions that will directly impact the downtown design standards at the City and literally make your voice heard.

Stick around till the end of the episode to test your planning and Valentine's knowledge -- or perhaps both???

Jonathan and Chester sit down with the newest addition to the Auburn Emergency Management family -- Camille Schuetze! Camille comes all the way from FEMA where she traveled the country (and world a little -- hello Guam???) doing emergency management and disaster recovery from everything to wildfires to floods (which we obviously coulda really used last momth Camille joined the City of Auburn in early January and is STOKED to get started. Hear about her journey, how she's settling into Auburn and her digs, and stick around for Emerging Cs, Seas and Seize trivia at the end. Will Camille best the Chest???