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Raising a Child Actor – It’s all In or All Out... It’s a Family Affair!  Meet the Asztalos Family - Amy, Gyula and Owen Asztalos.  In part one of this two part series - Jo talks to this

‘Stand Down’ at City Park Is Just The Beginning of a Bigger Movement To Help Our Veterans There are scores of Homeless Veterans in Berks County and the Armed Forces Brotherhood is doing

1 in 5 College Women are Sexually Assaulted, Safe Berks is working to Change that Statistic On Local Campuses. It is a strong desire to help others and make a difference that led Carmen White to

A life on the road - The Asztalos Family - Part 2! Amy, Gyula and Owen Asztalos talk about what it means to decide if you are all in or all out when your child wants to be an actor. Do you have a

Storied Women | Meet Ann Dybalski Do you have hope?  How valuable is hope to your success?  Listen as Ann Dybalski reminds us that no matter how things may appear, we must always have hope for a

What's the Story? with Jo Painter | Meet Lisa Fecera Gifford Styrofoam takes 4,000 years to decompose and cannot be recycled. Lisa Fecera Gifford didn’t like that. Lisa wholesales soup to

Storied Women | Meet Lucretia Coleman She's an artist, speaker, coach and author. And in her spare time, she volunteers and sits on the Board of Directors of YWCA Tri-County.  Lucretia Coleman

Sport and Fitness with Zeke | Meet Mike Spidale Mike Spidale, the general manager and co-owner of Rip It, a batting cage and baseball training facility located on Macarthur Avenue near Reading

Dr. Ahmad Shahzad explores the healing connections of nature and mystic traditions of Islam and finds a place of healing. He is a Doctor, a Painter, an Artist, a Photographer and more. We sat down

Talking Sport and Fitness with Zeke | Meet Erick Hardwick Erick Hardwick, owner/general manager/personal trainer at Valhalla Health and Fitness Club, tells Zeke that their personal trainers each

Talking Sport and Fitness with Zeke | Meet Cheryl Heckman Cheryl Heckman, owner and operator of the Manor Golf Club in Spring Township, shares with Zeke how she has focused on making golf a more

Storied Women | Meet Debbie Roman-Peers Do you know your purpose? It’s reported that only about 25% of Americans say that they have a clear sense of their purpose in life. Most feel neutral

Trauma-Informed Counseling at Safe Berks | Meet Olga Rodriguez Safe Berks provides trauma-informed empowerment counseling services to anyone directly or indirectly impacted by domestic violence,

Happy New Year! Ice Cream Wars at the DaVinci Science Center in Allentown, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, 102nd Pennsylvania Farm Show and amazing baked potatoes, The Hillside Band is releasing

Talking Sport and Fitness with Zeke | Meet Dr. Adam Feldman Dr. Adam Feldman, a 52-year-old cardiologist with the Tower Health Medical Group in West Reading, shares his remarkable story as a

Bilingual Services Offered by Safe Berks | Meet Aleida Rodriguez Safe Berks provides services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Our services are free, confidential, and offered

Storied Women | Meet Ann Dybalski Do you have hope?  How valuable is hope to your success?  Listen as Ann Dybalski reminds us that no matter how things may appear, we must always have hope for a

Tons of Holiday light displays, Stokesay's Knights Pub Christmas Eve Buffet, Folino Estate's Christmas Eve Dinner - Feast of the seven fishes, New Year's Eve festivities including an fabulous

Photo Voice Project at Safe Berks | Meet Mayra Rodriguez The Photo Voice Project at Safe Berks brought together Latina survivors of sexual violence, who met weekly to share their stories and

Guest P.J.s Lisa Haggerty and Crystal Seitz join us to talk about the Dreamers Inside Out Project. We also have the Nutcracker, Fiddle on The Roof, A Christmas Carol on Coach, A Bubbleologist

Storied Women | Meet Franki Aitken Do you think that anyone can make a difference in the world? Franki Aitken is convinced that each of us can leave the world a little better simply by giving of

David Farrar, General Manager of Santander Arena, joins us as our Guest Podcast Jockey! David talks about all of the amazing shows that are happening right here in downtown Reading. We also