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Thursday was Erie Mayor Daria Devlin's visit to The Joel Natalie Show and the Bureau of Police was the focus of our conversation, as she was joined by Police Chief Rick Lorah.

To discuss National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we invited Michael Gaines, Executive Director at The Bradley H.Foulk Children's Advocacy Center of Erie County to join us.

On Tuesday, Christine Temple of VisitErie came to promote National Travel and Tourism Week, May 3-9, where many tourism venues throughout Erie County will be having special programming to tell their stories.

On Monday, we talked about the high-impact economic issues of Emergency Medical Services, and Childcare with Dr. Perry Wood, the Executive Director of the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority. The conversation centered about the need and how ECGRA makes strategic investments toward solutions.

On Friday, Joel had a conversation with Brian Johansson, President/CEO Erie City Mission about the upcoming Broadway by the Bay fundraising event which will be held on Thursday, May 21st, as well as a new Haven facility for unhoused women and children.

On Wednesday, we got a preview of this year's Celebrate Gannon Day of Giving, as Dr. Brian Collingwood, VP for University Advancement joined us about this special opportunity for philanthropy.

On Tuesday, Erie-area political veteran Donna Reese joined us to discuss political violence and civil discourse, and her lived experience.

Jamie Snider, Executive Director of West County Paramedics was our guest, Monday. Increasing call volume and staffing shortages are putting strain on our emergency medical services. Immediate, life-saving response is still the goal, so we had a broad conversation about the challenges facing EMS.

Nikki Lavery joined us Friday to talk about a new music venue. Centennial Hall is a new kind of gathering space—designed to bring people together around music and art. Located in a historic building in downtown Erie.

On Thursday, Dr. Andrew Roth, Scholar-in Residence at the Jefferson Educational Society joined us to talk about his new book, "How to Be a Highly Effective Leader".