Amy Quinn speaks with Asbury Park Pride Founder Laura Pople
Asbury Pod #2: Carol Torre
Jun 19, 2019 • 56:14
Amy & Joe talk with Carol Torre about what it was like to be a member of the Asbury Park LGBTQIA+ community in Asbury Park back in the 70s through the 90s. And what’s her take on assless chaps???
Asbury Pod #3: Mike Manzella
Jul 8, 2019 • 1:09:46
Amy Quinn and Joe Walsh speak with Asbury Park Transportation Director Michael Manzella.
Asbury Pod #4: Diana Pittet
Jul 22, 2019 • 58:23
Amy & Joe talk all things mobility, biking, & scooters but mostly cocktails with Renaissance woman Diana Pittet. Also introducing Ed! He doesn’t speak because we don’t have enough mics, but hey Ed, welcome to the team!
Asbury Pod 5: Jen Hampton
Aug 26, 2019 • 44:38
Amy & Joe talk art, the Wooden Walls project, old time Asbury, and interfacing with beaurocracy and trolls with artist, curator, and visionary Jen Hampton. Ed was there too.
Asbury Pod 6: Chrissy Ballard
Sep 12, 2019 • 49:37
Amy & Joe talk all things engineering & infrastructure with NJ Biz top “40 under 40” phenom Christine Ballard. First question, “What is engineering?” Chrissy talks about her first love, water treatment; her second love, Peppa Pig; & how municipal engineering has changed in the last 20 years.
Asbury Pod 7: Michelle Gladden
Sep 27, 2019 • 48:35
In episode 7 (which we call episode 8 because yes, there’s a lost episode out there), Amy & Joe talk to Asbury Park’s number one bon vivant Michelle Gladden. Michelle pontificates about Asbury Park’s history, her own history, and the fourth estate.
Asbury Pod 8: Kevin Keddy
Oct 28, 2019 •
In episode 8, Amy & Joe talk to Asbury Park’s Fire Chief Kevin Keddy. Kevin talks about being a fireman, worst and best moments of his career, and what he worries about the most that the average person never thinks about.
Asbury Pod 9: Dan Jacobson
Nov 11, 2019 • 54:29
In episode 9, Amy & Joe talk to TriCity News‘s Dan Jacobson. Dan talks about his love of Asbury Park, avoiding Amy in 2013, and fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.
Asbury Pod 10: Connie Breech
Nov 27, 2019 • 44:56
In episode 10, Amy & Joe talk to Connie about that cop life, the Asbury Park Toy Drive, and assless chaps.
Welcome to Asbury Pod and our first in-person recording since March of 2020. In keeping with our observance of Pride month, this week we welcome LGBTQ icon Jan Moore, whose 52 year relationship with her wife Emily Sonnessa was the subject of Robin Kampf’s award winning documentary Love Wins back in 2018. This was a fun conversation and we covered too many things to list here so give it a listen.
On this episode, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Alice Genese, a pioneer of punk & art-pop, & Pony, who everyone in town knows. They talk about their new project Ov Stars, whose introspective & melancholy tunes are the nonstop soundtrack at Amy’s house these days. They talk about what brought them to Asbury Park and what brought them together, & everyone tries to remember the names of the theaters that used to be in Asbury Park. Check out Ov Stars Sunday, April 24 at the Danny Clinch Gallery at 4:00pm.
On this episode, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Werner Baumgartner, Official Historian of the City of Asbury Park. We talk to Werner about what brought him to Asbury Park in the first place and how does one become the official historian of a city? What are the historian’s duties? And what would a historian do if the city gave him $10 million?
should learn a bit more about Dee ourselves. On this episode, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Dee Holland’s daughter Paulette Holland Fant Malunga from Texas and we talk about her mom and her trajectory from child prodigy to working musician.
This week the Garden State Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary right here in Asbury Park—with in person viewings beginning Wednesday March 23 and running through the 27 with online viewings available as well for those who cannot make it to the in-person events. On this episode, with the help of Ming Chen of A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Festival co-founder Diane Raver and Festival Executive Director Lauren Concar Sheehy to the podcast and talk about the history of the Festival, how it started and how it lasted 20 years.
This week, with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Kay Harris and, for her second appearance on AP Pod, but wearing a different hat, Michelle Gladden, President and Secretary, respectively, of the of the Asbury Park Museum.
The mission of the Asbury Park Museum is to re-introduce, educate and advance an understanding and appreciation of the history of the diverse, progressive, resort and urban community of Greater Asbury Park, New Jersey—the birthplace of both 3-n-1 oil and the song Honeysuckle Rose—two of the many many interesting facts that you can discover at the museum.
This episode starts with the voice of saxophone player Cliff Johnson sharing some memories of growing up and playing music in and around Asbury Park’s Springwood Avenue Music circuit. His is just one of the many oral histories of the Springwood Avenue scene collected by the Asbury Park African-American Music Project (Asbury AMP). This week, with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe welcome Yvonne Clayton and Jennifer Souder from Asbury AMP to discuss the history of the Springwood Avenue music district and what Asbury AMP is doing to preserve that history and discuss their plans to restore Asbury’s legendary Turf Club.
Asbury Park art community, Porkchop and Bradley Hoffer, both of whose works feature prominently on the world famous Wooden Walls Project on the Asbury Park Boardwalk and who just this week saved Asbury’s Christmas by creating the remarkable 17 foot high Christmas Tree Sculpture, named “The Giving Tree”, now on display in Convention Hall. We encourage you all to go down and check it out!
Photo by Wes OrshoskiThis week, with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio, Amy & Joe talk to Tim Donnelly, who together with Danny Clinch, is a founding partner of the wildly successful Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park; which wrapped up its third iteration this past September. We talk to Tim about the festival, and its connection to his history of activism with the Surfrider Foundation and working his way around the county on tour with Lollapalooza.
Amy Quinn speaks with Asbury Park Pride Founder Laura Pople
Asbury Pod #2: Carol Torre
Jun 19, 2019 • 56:14
Amy & Joe talk with Carol Torre about what it was like to be a member of the Asbury Park LGBTQIA+ community in Asbury Park back in the 70s through the 90s. And what’s her take on assless chaps???
Asbury Pod #3: Mike Manzella
Jul 8, 2019 • 1:09:46
Amy Quinn and Joe Walsh speak with Asbury Park Transportation Director Michael Manzella.
Asbury Pod #4: Diana Pittet
Jul 22, 2019 • 58:23
Amy & Joe talk all things mobility, biking, & scooters but mostly cocktails with Renaissance woman Diana Pittet. Also introducing Ed! He doesn’t speak because we don’t have enough mics, but hey Ed, welcome to the team!
Asbury Pod 5: Jen Hampton
Aug 26, 2019 • 44:38
Amy & Joe talk art, the Wooden Walls project, old time Asbury, and interfacing with beaurocracy and trolls with artist, curator, and visionary Jen Hampton. Ed was there too.
Asbury Pod 6: Chrissy Ballard
Sep 12, 2019 • 49:37
Amy & Joe talk all things engineering & infrastructure with NJ Biz top “40 under 40” phenom Christine Ballard. First question, “What is engineering?” Chrissy talks about her first love, water treatment; her second love, Peppa Pig; & how municipal engineering has changed in the last 20 years.
Asbury Pod 7: Michelle Gladden
Sep 27, 2019 • 48:35
In episode 7 (which we call episode 8 because yes, there’s a lost episode out there), Amy & Joe talk to Asbury Park’s number one bon vivant Michelle Gladden. Michelle pontificates about Asbury Park’s history, her own history, and the fourth estate.
Asbury Pod 8: Kevin Keddy
Oct 28, 2019 •
In episode 8, Amy & Joe talk to Asbury Park’s Fire Chief Kevin Keddy. Kevin talks about being a fireman, worst and best moments of his career, and what he worries about the most that the average person never thinks about.
Asbury Pod 9: Dan Jacobson
Nov 11, 2019 • 54:29
In episode 9, Amy & Joe talk to TriCity News‘s Dan Jacobson. Dan talks about his love of Asbury Park, avoiding Amy in 2013, and fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.
Asbury Pod 10: Connie Breech
Nov 27, 2019 • 44:56
In episode 10, Amy & Joe talk to Connie about that cop life, the Asbury Park Toy Drive, and assless chaps.