The Soft Serve Podcast

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: Real History of ThanksgivingThe start of “Traditional” Victorian ThanksgivingCurrent traditionsEmerging traditions If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Brad and Jen are back after a 6-month break. It’s been a while, so we talk about a LOT of stuff! If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Joshua Michael Stewart is the author of the 2022 collection of poems, “Love Something,” which he adds to his other full-length poetry collections including “Break Every String” and “The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums.” Joshua’s work has been published and featured in Massachusetts Review, Brilliant Corners, and Rattle, just to name a few publications. Buy Love Something at: https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/love-something-joshua-michael-stewart/ You can connect with Joshua at: www.joshuamichaelstewart.comhttps://www.facebook.com/joshua.m.stewart.526/@joshua_michael_stewart@JoshuaMStewart If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Jen and Brad talk about what they did over the winter holidays and their New Year's resolutions for 2023. If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Greta and Paul Boudreau are community leaders and founding members of the Hamden Tenants Union, the largest union within the Connecticut Tenants Union. Learn more about Greta and Paul’s work and the Connectiut Tenants union at: https://www.cttenantsunion.org/englishhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/seramontestu@cttenantsunion (Twitter) If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

This episode is all about Hanukkah and Christmas! We had so much fun talking about: If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Kelly Surprenant is a fashion artist who started "The Rainbow Rack" with the goal of creating unique fashions with vintage inspiration for the modern age. Her designs are for the fashion-forward conscious consumer; couture pieces as unique as we all are, created ethically in Western Massachusetts. Connect with Kelly at: https://therainbowrack.com/https://www.facebook.com/TheRainbowRack@therainbowrackboutique If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: —Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! —Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! —Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 —TELL A FRIEND about our show!

Jen and Brad talk about: A super jolly episode, we hope you enjoy! If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: —Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! —Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! —Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 —TELL A FRIEND about our show!

John Sheirer is a Northampton, Massachusetts, author whose works include memoir, fiction, poetry, essays, political satire, and photography. His most recent book is “Stumbling Through Adulthood,” is a collection of linked stories. For more than 30 years, John has taught writing and communications for at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut, where he also serves as editor and faculty advisor for “Freshwater Literary Journal.” John also writes a monthly column on current events for the Western Massachusetts newspaper the “Daily Hampshire Gazette.” Connect with John at: http://www.johnsheirer.comhttps://www.facebook.com/john.sheirer@RealAmericanLibhttps://www.facebook.com/makecommonsensecommon If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Jen and Brad slow it down like cold gravy for the Thanksgiving holiday and talk about: A super fun episode, we hope you enjoy! If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: —Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! —Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! —Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 —TELL A FRIEND about our show!

Jen and Brad are joined by their 12-year-old daughter, Space Unicorn, for a fun SAFE FOR WORK conversation about a whole bunch of topics, including: If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Alyssa Curran is the Community Coordinator for Belchertown and Ware, Massachusetts, in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) HEALing Communities Study. A primary goal of the program is to reduce opioid overdose fatality by 40% over 3 years in urban and rural areas across four states, including MA. Alyssa is joined by Anna Martin and Randy Gratton, who are also working with the HEALing Communities Study. Learn more about the: https://HEALtogetherMA.orghttps://healingcommunitiesstudy.org/https://wmtcinfo.org/@hcsbelchertownware@HCSBelchertownWare If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

In this episode, Jen and Brad talk about: If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

Michael Medeiros is the founder and chief potter of Poesia Pottery. Michael makes handmade ceramics for the garden and home, and teaches mindfulness through the practice of pottery. In addition to his work as a potter, Michael is also a poet and photographer. Connect with Michael at: https://www.poesiapottery.com@poesiapotteryhttps://www.facebook.com/michael.medeiros.10 If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328

On Monday, October 10, 2022, Brad’s father, Paul R. Turner, passed away at the age of 84 years. In this short episode, after reading the obituary, Brad recites a poem that his father used to read to him as a child, “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” by Robert W. Service.

Pasqualina Azzarello is an artist, community leader, and educator who works with others to cultivate generative spaces, initiatives, and partnerships that are innovative, collaborative, and inclusive of all participants. Her work has been featured and covered in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and other publications. Pasqualina also serves as City Arts Coordinator at Easthampton City Arts in Easthampton, MA, and is a graphic recorder and facilitator. Connect with Pasqualina at: http://www.pasqualinaazzarello.comFacebook@pasqualinaazzarello If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: https://www.softservepodcast.com!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328