This episode contains mature subject matter.

What a great event with Italians and people who love the Italian culture, coming together to celebrate the heritage. There was entertainment each day, celebrities, vendors and beautiful accordion music. If you missed it this year, make plans to attend in 2025!! www.paisancon.com

Jim shares his journey from learning his only son has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to running 10 marathons including running over 300 miles from Massachusetts to New Jersey, doing push up around the world and climbing Mt Everest, all to bring awareness to and helping find a cure for this terminal disease. www.jarofhope.org

The executive director of the GSFF, Lauren Concar, joined me in the podcast studio at Brookdale College in Lincroft NJ to discuss this upcoming festival. She talks about some the great films that were selected from over 2000 submissions, including my friend Dan DeLuca's new film. Make sure you get your tickets very soon as they always sell out.

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Catching up with Dustin Scully, who performed with Sesame Street, The Musical, in addition to developing the Four's a Crowd production company is now working with Ricky Wood in the new live show, Mr. Wood's Safe Space.

In this second part of a 2 part series, John Gray talks about the mountains he had to climb, literally and figuratively, to finally summit Mt Everest.

This is part 1 of a 2 part series. John Gray shares his story of how he got into mountain climbing as well as the mountains he climbed before tackling Mt. Everest. He shares some amazing pictures of his journey.

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With pulmonary fibrosis and one lung, Adam Faatz achieved the impossible and created a new world record by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in 9 days. He shares his story about why he decided to climb and the experience itself. To see the video version, go to our You Tube channel @thetowncast

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The new GM of the NJ Jackals shares his journey from working as a radio disc jockey at 15 years old, to owning his own station, surviving a heart transplant and becoming the new general managers of the NJ Jackals. They have a lot of exciting things planned for 2024!Please subscribe and help the Towncast keep going strong!

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Publicist Kathleen Carter shares her journey from Suffern New York to becoming a leading publicist in the NY tristate area, working on some great books that are being released over the next few months. She talks about what the job of a publicist is for the author and for the publisher. For the video version of this episode, visit our You Tube channel, @thetowncast