We start a new year talking about climate change, science and storytelling. Climate change is a new topic for TheBurg in 2023, and we look forward to exploring the topic, both on the podcast and in the magazine, through a special six-part series.
A special thanks to the sponsor of the January podcast, Mechanicsburg Fleet Feetannouncing the grand opening of their Fleet Feet Harrisburg location in February 2023.
Guests include:
Greg Czarnecki, Director of Applied Climate Sciences for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. He explains how his mother influenced her career in climate science (really!) and explains how each of us has the ability to influence climate change. We hope to feature climate change guests on TheBurg Podcast throughout 2023, alongside TheBurg Magazine’s six-part climate change series.
Jessica Rudy, Director of Marketing and Group Sales for the Majestic Theater at Gettysburg College. She describes the incredible importance and impact of the work of 40 years of filmmaker Ken Burns, because the first Ken Burns Film Festival is taking place in Gettysburg this February.
Juan Maietta, who has launched a prosperous career as a speaker/presenter. He has mastered a host of pop culture and history subjects, at the age of 72. On the podcast, he even talks about his brush with “Jeopardy” fame.
in this month “The Most Harrisburg Thing” by Lawrance BindaTheBurg Publisher/Publisher: Harrisburg’s newly elected state legislators are setting a milestone in diversity.
And special thanks to you, our listeners! We’re excited to announce that the podcast audience continues to grow, as we recorded the most downloads in podcast history in 2022. As we grow, we’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas. Please participate in TheBurg Podcast Listener Survey, and you’ll be in the running for a great Burg prize package. (A winner will be selected at random from all completed responses, and the winner will be notified via email on February 1, 2023.)
Backstories that coordinate with this episode include:
Exchange Agent | Saluting America’s Storyteller | Past life
Every month TheBurg Podcast expands the stories from the pages of TheBurg Magazine because “there’s always more to the story.” TheBurg is a monthly community magazine based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lawrance Binda, editor/publisher. TheBurg Podcast has received three prestigious podcast journalism awards in the last two years, including First Place, Excellence in Journalism, Society of Professional Journalists, Keystone Chapter, 2021.
TheBurg Podcast is hosted and produced by award-winning Harrisburg area journalist Karen Hendricks. Visit his website and sign up for his free monthly writers newsletter at WriterKarenHendricks.com.
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