Tag: Ming Chen

Episode 27: Kim Guadagno

May 27, 2020 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Amy & Joe talk with the Honorable Kim Guadagno, President of Fulfill and former Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, while social distancing from their respective homes with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. Kim discusses what’s happening with our local food pantries, ways for you to help (PLEASE DONATE TO FULFILL), and her winding path to where she is now.

Episode 26: Beatriz Oesterheld

Episode 26: Beatriz Oesterheld

May 19, 2020 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Amy & Joe talk with Beatriz Oesterheld, Executive Director of Asbury Park’s Community Affairs & Resource Center (CARC), while social distancing from their respective homes with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. Listen to Beatriz talk about the amazing programs that the Community Resource Center is doing, the unique challenges Hispanic community members face with covid-19, the importance of the Census, and her favorite movie. She discusses tough realities and changing landscapes, and the nimble way CARC is tackling new challenges.

Episode 25: DJ Frank

May 11, 2020 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Amy & Joe talk with Frank Zrinsky, AKA DJ. Frank, while social distancing from their respective homes with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. DJ Frank is Asbury Park’s DJ who isn’t really a DJ and the man behind the Light Up Asbury Park movement to lift people’s spirits with music. He puts together and airs the playlist at Munroe Towers every Wednesday and Sunday evening at 8:00pm. During the pandemic people in Asbury Park continue to rise to the challenge and Frank and the folks at Munroe Towers are some of those people. They inspire us all by celebrating as a community and thanking the first responders and essential employees with music and dancing.

Episode 25: DJ Frank

Episide 24: Second Baptist Church’s Pastor Semaj Vanzant

May 4, 2020 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Amy and Joe hear what it’s like to lead a congregation in a pandemic with Pastor SemAmy and Joe hear what it’s like to lead a congregation in a pandemic with Pastor Semaj Vanzant of Asbury Park’s Second Baptist Church. They discuss how congregants are still tuning in albeit later in the day for Sunday Mass, the challenges of communicating with empathy online, the disparities highlighted by COVID-19, and pandemic parenting.

Episode 24: Pastor Semaj Vanzant

Episode 23: Connie Breech vs. Covid-19

April 26, 2020 asbury-pod LGBTQ, Notable Locals 0 Comments
Amy & Joe talk with Connie Breech, a member of Asbury Park’s finest, while social distancing from their respective homes with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. Hear Connie discuss her experience having covid-19, her recovery, and what’s next for the Asbury Park Toy Drive.

Episode 23: Connie Breech vs. Covid-19

Episode 22: Springwood Avenue Rising

April 22, 2020 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Amy & Joe talk with Springwood Avenue Rising’s executive committee members Diane Shelton, Nina Summerlin and Pamela Major with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. Listen to an inspiring and informative discussion on the history of Springwood Ave and the initiative to commemorate the civil unrest. Step away from Covid and dive into the Springwood Ave Rising. We taped this in March right before the pandemic hit.