JAM Podcasts & Audiobooks

Welcome to Intersections, a platform for sharing our experience of community in the Upper Valley. 
Episode 3:  Our 3rd guest remembers days of open fields and outdoor games as a foundation for building community, and invites us all to reflect on how we reach out to connect with one another; how does inclusion happen when contact is mitigated through a computer screen and wifi access?
To share your story or questions with co-creators Michelle and Julius, you’re invited to email them at: [email protected]
Edited by David Eric for CATV

Welcome to Intersections, a platform for sharing our experience of community in the Upper Valley.  In the second episode of Intersections, our guest shares a vision of how our cycles of life feed the source of community, amongst humans and throughout the natural world, offering a gentle map of the small things that bring us together: harvesting tomatoes, the neighbor’s mailbox, the porcupine, the cockroach, the softening of the eyes. 
To share your story or questions with co-creators Michelle and Julius, you’re invited to email them at: [email protected] and [email protected]
Edited by David Eric for CATV

In episode 3, we meet Abby Tassel, Director of Multidisciplinary Interview and Training Center(MITC)and Lizann Peyton, WISE Board in the 1990's and longtime consultant. In the '90s, WISE begins to shift to a more professional organization and to build its prevention and education program.

In the second episode, Jess interviews Shirley Barrett Rivard who worked at WISE for over three decades. Shirley shares what it was like in the early days when WISE shifted its focus to supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of WISE, an Upper Valley-based organization dedicated to ending gender-based violence through survivor-centered advocacy, prevention, education and mobilization for social change, Northern Stage has partnered with WISE to create a podcast retrospective. The series features stories of the people who helped evolve WISE into the organization it is today and who continue to create positive change against gender-based violence into the present and future. In the Summer of 2021, 16 people were interviewed by Jess Chayes, Northern Stage’s former BOLD Associate Artistic Director and award-winning director and producer of new work. In this engaging and information podcast, personal stories from WISE’s past help connect us with the mission of creating a more peaceful future.

A Free Podcast Collaboration between WISE and Northern Stage
Produced by Jess Chayes
Associate Produced by Sophia Kinne
Sound Design and Sound Editing by Alek Deva
Sound Engineering by Clif Rogers with support from Helen Rooker and the Northern Stage Production Staff
More info at northernstage.org/WISER

Welcome to the first episode of the new podcast Intersections, a platform for sharing our experience of community in the Upper Valley. Our first guest recounts a vision of community grounded in a childhood in East Texas, and the challenges of losing a sense of connection upon arriving in New England. 
To share your story or questions with Michelle, you're invited to email: [email protected] 
Edited by David Eric for CATV

Patricia Norton is a choral director, and music innovator who believes singing is a learnable skill that sparks joy and promotes wellness. In this episode, Patricia speaks about how singing together helps us bolster courage and be healthier as individuals and communities, about the evolution of her approach over the last two years, and the new documentary about her work during the pandemic. 

Johanna Evans works in the film industry, is an event producer, and serves on the Boards of White River Indie Films and Upper Valley Choral Arts Foundation. In this episode of SPARK, we get to talk to her about how and why she became a Burlesque performer and how the art and local burlesque community has impacted her life. (WARNING: this episode contains references to sexuality and sexual assault. Viewer discretion is advised).