This week Blue Mountain Alum Jimmy Spence takes the time to talk to us about autograph authentication. An incredible insight into the niche market of autograph authentication. If you have a piece of memorabilia with a signature there's a great chance James Spence Authentication did the verification.

In this episode we travel north of the mountain to Shenandoah and talk with Jessica, a fourth generation owner of the famed Kowalonek's, which you've probably been saying wrong for some time now. Don't be an amateur man/woman!

Mike Sofranko has been the mayor of Jim Thorpe since 2009 and today he took the time to talk to us about the challenges and triumphs of being a mayor. We also talk about the origin of the nameJim Thorpe (hint Jim Thorpe never set foot in Jim Thorpe)

Derek Flail, the general manager of The Jungle in Schuylkill Haven, just completed the Empire State Building tower run. And incredible feat and experience. Today we stopped by to talk to him about the challenge of taking on this huge endeavor.

Lazarchick's is one of the most famed bars in all of the coal region. In this bonus episode Ellen, who's worked there for 51 years, took the time to give us a tour.

Jake Figueroa of Brodero, and formerly of Crobot, took the time to chat with us today about starting his new band, life on tour, and the feeling of playing in front of 20,000 screaming fans ... hint: its orgasmic

Travis Blankenhorn, a Pottsville alum, is on his quest to become a professional baseball player. He's currently in the Minnesota Twins organization, playing Single A ball in Cedar Rapids. More importantly, I ask him what he likes more Palermo's or Roma.

This week Steve and Kim from Eastwick solutions stopped by to talk about the Pottsville revitalization and the next steps in the process. A must listen for any Pottsville or Schuylkill county resident.

Ron Stabinsky is a world traveling professional piano player hailing from the Coal Region. Just recently, he was on the Late Show with Steven Colbert and Jack Black. This week he stopped by to talk about his interesting career.

This week we visited the Muhammad Ali camp in Deer Lake and talked with Sam Matta, the camp's general manager, about the past and future of the camp.