Warwick Radio: The Voice of Warwick, Rhode Island

Season two of Elly McGuire’s Shaking the Bushes podcast has begun. Tune in at ellymcguire.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Enjoy episode one, Chutzpah!, and find out what a U.S. President’s slipper, Taylor Swift, and a splinter have in common.

You never know who’s going to turn up in the stories on Elly McGuire’s podcast, Shaking The Bushes—a former US President, a wife of a Beatle, a “Survivor”…to name just a few—as she shares humorous and often unpredictable autobiographical anecdotes and social commentary about living parallel lives in her “cozy” apartment in Manhattan and her childhood home in Rhode Island.

What you think might be so different from residing in both the biggest city in the world and in the smallest state in the union, can actually turn out to be very much the same.

Author and adventurist Elly McGuire has traveled the world, rubbed shoulders with celebrated people, and is now “shaking the bushes” of her colorful past.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Warwick Public Library Deputy Director Evan Barta.

Evan Barta began his stint as Deputy Director in August 2024 after serving as the library’s Coordinator of Technology for 13 years. Hear about working with library staff, what the Warwick community gets from their libraries, events for all ages, Miss Junie the spider, how Evan spends his free time, and how many books are borrowed in a year.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Staff Sergeant John Richards from the Rhode Island Army National Guard.

John Richards is a Recruiting and Retention NCO with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. Hear how John joined the military at age 17, about playing saxophone with the 88th Army Band, working in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a day in the life of a recruiter, how the National Guard is a second family, and can you join in your 40s?

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Miss Rhode Island 2025 Alexia Rodrigues.

Native Rhode Islander Alexia Rodrigues is Miss Rhode Island 2025 and Sgt. Alexia Rodrigues with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. Hear how Lexi started competing in pageants, about being a foster child and advocating for a better foster care system, and how Lexi will compete in the Miss America pageant in Orlando, FL.

Find Alexia on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.

Today, Kathleen answers frequently asked career questions, including questions about résumés, interviews, and salary negotiations.

Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.

Visit the Celtic Résumé Services ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Go to Kathleen’s ⁠⁠LinkedIn page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to Kathleen at [email protected].

Warwick poet and musician D.K. Mckenzie presents excerpts from his spoken word and music podcast, The Poe Underground, in a Warwick Radio exclusive.

In this episode, hear original music, the poems Sharaku Dreams by John Gould Fletcher and The Casket of Opals (Tenth Opal) by George Parsons Lathrop, and Hemingway City Nights, a reimagining of Ernest Hemingway’s poetry.

Sharaku Dreams

I will scrawl on the walls of the night

Faces.

Leering, sneering, scowling, threatening faces;

Weeping, twisting, yelling, howling faces;

Faces fixed in a contortion between a scream and a laugh,

Meaningless faces.

I will cover the walls of night

With faces,

Till you do not know

If these faces are but masks, or you the masks for them.

Faces too grotesque for laughter,

Faces too shattered by pain for tears,

Faces of such ugliness

That the ugliness grows beauty.

They will haunt you morning, evening.

Burning, burning, ever returning.

Their own infamy creating,

Till you strike at life and hate it,

Burn your soul up so in hating.

I will scrawl on the walls of the night

Faces,

Pitiless,

Flaring,

Staring.

The Casket of Opals (Tenth Opal)

Colors that tremble and perish,

Atoms that follow the law,

You mirror the truth which we cherish,

You mirror the spirit we saw.

Glow of the daybreak tender,

Flushed with an opaline gleam,

And passionate sunset-splendor—

Ye both but embody a dream.

Visions of cloud-hidden glory

Breaking from sources of light

Mimic the mist of life's story.

Mingled of scarlet and white.

Sunset-clouds iridescent,

Opals, and mists of the day,

Are thrilled alike with the crescent

Delight of a deathless ray

Shot through the hesitant trouble

Of particles floating in space,

And touching each wandering bubble

With tints of a rainbowed grace.

So through the veil of emotion

Trembles the light of the truth;

And so may the light of devotion

Glorify life—age and youth.

Sufferings,—pangs that seem cruel,—

These are but atoms adrift:

The light streams through, and a jewel

Is formed for us, Heaven's own gift!

Hemingway City Nights

Night comes with soft and drowsy plumes to darken out the day

To stroke away the flinty glint

Softening out the clay

Before the final hardness comes

Demanding that we stay

It is cool at night on the roofs of the city

The city sweats

Dripping and stark.

Maggots of life crawl in the hot loneliness of the city.

Love curdles in the city

Love sours in the hot whispering from the pavements

Love grows old

Old with the oldness of sidewalks.

It is cool at night on the roofs of the city

Desire and

All the sweet pulsing aches

And gentle hurtings

That were you,

Are gone into the sullen dark.

Now in the night you come unsmiling

To lie with me

A dull, cold, rigid bayonet

On my hot-swollen, throbbing soul.

At night I lay with you and watched the city whirl and spin about

Through the hot, pounding rhythm of the waltz

You swung and whirled with eager, pagan grace

Two sleepy birds in their wicker cages

And I am dancing with the woman of the town

Cover my eyes with your pinions

Dark bird of night

Spread your black wings like a turkey strutting

Drag your strong wings like a cock grouse drumming with scaly claws

Dip with your beak to my lips

But cover my eyes with your pinions

Visit The Poe Underground ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠.

Tune in to The Poe Underground ⁠⁠⁠podcast⁠⁠⁠.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with local ukulele expert Dean Plowman.

Dean grew up in Lakewood in the 1960s where he took piano lessons until a German Shepherd got in the way and he switched to string instruments. Hear about different types of ukuleles, teaching ukulele, playing semi-professionally, performing with the Ramones, taking guitar lessons at Warwick music shops, and ukulele classes at Warwick Public Library.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Avid foodie and Wicked Good Warwick host Leslie Wasilewski talks with Pat Cruz Events owner Pat Paolino Cruz about the Taste of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island’s acclaimed food and drink tasting event is back with an early summer gathering of 70 restaurants, caterers, bakeries, food trucks, wineries, breweries, and distilleries at Crowne Plaza on Wednesday, June 11 from 6 - 9 p.m.

Hear about tasting a wide variety of delicious eats, finding new favorites, live music by Dr. Slick, new and returning vendors, Taste of RI awards, and how to buy tickets and avoid ticket scams.

Visit the Taste of Rhode Island website.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Mayor Frank Picozzi about Warwick in 2025.

Hear about the School Budget Commission, a new $50 million high schools bond, property revaluation, the city budget, new housing, the sewer system, texting while driving, the Oakland Beach Carnival, Gaspee Days, beach passes, fireworks, New Year’s Eve and Winter Festival, lighthouse improvements, the ice skating rink, and Mickey Stevens Sports Complex.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.

Today, Kathleen interviews Julie Palazini, President of Cheryl Alexander & Associates and a founder of Idea 4 Action. Cheryl Alexander helps individuals develop their leadership abilities while Idea 4 Action concentrates on team dynamics and collaboration. Hear how Julie helps groups and individuals identify their strengths, grow their leadership skills, and flourish.

Visit the Cheryl Alexander & Associates website.

Go to the Idea 4 Action website.

Write to Julie at [email protected].

Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.

Visit the Celtic Résumé Services ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Go to Kathleen’s ⁠LinkedIn page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to Kathleen at [email protected].