Backyard OASIS - Older Adults Seeking, Inspiring, Serving

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Hosted and Produced by Judy Raper, Jessica Niedbala, and Mackenzie Shanahan

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Author Joan Livingston's 35-year career as a journalist provides food for thought about the changes in news reporting from "fair, objective and accurate" to today's seeming preference for argumentative, emotional and opinion-based content. Denise and Joan also talk about the relevance of newspapers in our digital world and their fondness of local news and the papers that print it.

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Dennis Lee talks to Sharon Martula about her career decisions and experiences. Her specialty was customer service – keeping the customer happy – and even in retirement she's helping people in their life's journey.

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Hosted and Produced by Dennis Lee

Edited by Bobby Falco-Killoran

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Denise talks with Gabe, an 81-year-old retired educator, and Happy, 51, a roofer, about how pickleball "saved" their lives.

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Welcome to Spilling the Tea Part 5 on Backyard Oasis! The STT ladies (Judy Raper, Jessica Niedbala, and Mackenzie Shanahan) get together to talk reality TV and pop culture, starting with their thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's phenomenal Super Bowl halftime show performance. Later on they check in on their favorite Housewives and the Southern Charm crew, before touching on Mackenzie's cousin's appearance on Dateline NBC.

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Hosted and Produced by Judy Raper

Edited by Bobby Falco-Killoran (A.K.A. DJ Vibe Wise)

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

On this episode of Backyard Oasis, Dennis Lee sits down with Nina Kleinberg to discuss our favorite topic here on the show: transitions. She started her career editing films but then took a turn...and became a midwife for years, ultimately assisting in over 300 births!! The pair discuss that big transition and more, ultimately getting to how she still helps her community today...by solving computer problems!

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Hosted and Produced by Dennis Lee

Edited by Bobby Falco-Killoran

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

This week, host Judy Raper sits down with two of her colleagues at Greenfield Community College – Director of Strategic Innovation Samantha Wood and audio visual technician (and show producer!) Alex Audette – to discuss Robert Putnam's Join or Die: "a film about why you should join a club." The group starts with broad thoughts on the film and its central thesis before touching on their own experiences with loneliness in the U.S.A., and why many of us still struggle to call ourselves "joiners" despite that alienation.

RSVP here for a very special viewing of Join or Die at Greenfield Garden Cinemas on Monday, March 24!

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Hosted and Produced by Judy Raper

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Denise talks with author Joan Livingston about the art and business of writing, how ideas for her novels pop up in the strangest places, and why small towns, people watching, and experience as a newspaper reporter covering rural villages help her create authentic characters -- including private investigator Isabel Long -- and solve mysteries!

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

Denise talks with Robin Kassis, a 74-year old yoga practitioner who teaches variations of yoga postures that address the injuries, aches, pains, and abilities of her students who are older adults.

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Hosted and Produced by Denise Schwartz

Edited by Bobby Falco-Killoran (A.K.A. DJ Vibe Wise)

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College

On this episode of Backyard Oasis, Dennis Lee sits down with Dave Madsen to discuss his life in broadcasting, and what he's been up to since (semi) retiring in 2019.

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Hosted and Produced by Dennis Lee

Edited by Bobby Falco-Killoran (A.K.A. DJ Vibe Wise)

Produced and Engineered by Alexander Audette in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College