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NEPA Scene

The NEPA Scene Podcast covers arts, entertainment, and the issues that matter to Northeastern Pennsylvania. It airs as a live video stream every Wednesday at 7 p.m. on NEPA Scene’s Facebook page and is available afterward on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, YouTube, and nepascene.com. All episodes are available now on NEPA Scene, the award-winning independent arts and entertainment website that combines the accuracy and professionalism of a print magazine with the immediacy and convenience of a blog,

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NEPA Scene Podcast Ep. 62 - Scranton indie...

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2016/07/26

In Episode 62, we sit down with guitarist/vocalist Jeremy Burke and bassist Dave Connors of Scranton indie alternative rock band Jung Bergo, who will be performing on the NEPA Scene Stage at Arts on the Square in downtown Scranton this Saturday, July 30. We talk about how they got their start as musicians and how that led into the formation of the band, where their strange (and often mispronounced) band name came from, developing their sound over the last seven years, working with producer Bret

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01:46:36

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 61 - Up-and-coming teenage...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/06/18

In Episode 61, we sit down with the four local teenagers in The Tellerz – Shane Ely, Dylan Pidich, Matt Wrubel, and Tanner Snyder – to talk about the band from Roaring Brook Township and their recent wins in Season 3 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent and Pocono’s Got Talent. We discuss how they got into music at such young ages and their various musical influences, meeting each other through Craigslist, their early practices and first show at The Bitter End in New York City’s Greenwich Village opening for

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01:35:33

NEPA Scene Podcast Ep. 60 - New Vintage Ensemble...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/06/12

In Episode 60, we sit down with Conor O'Brien and Simone Daniel of the local theatre group New Vintage Ensemble to talk about the professional troupe and their upcoming original production, “The Trouble with Sketch Shows,” at the Scranton Cultural Center on June 24 and June 25. We discuss how they both got into theatre, including funny stories about being an underage clown in a shady nightclub and why #sluttyclownbaby should be trending right now; the history of the New Vintage Ensemble and its

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02:34:26

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 59 - Protesting...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/06/02

In Episode 59, we sit down with Desiree Fisher, a 17-year-old senior at James M. Coughlin High School, and Brittany Stephenson, a 19-year-old graduate of G.A.R. Memorial Junior/Senior High School, to talk about why they decided to organize student protests against the Wilkes-Barre Area School District’s recent controversial decision to cut arts, consumer science, and technology programs and lay off 37 teachers while not replacing 12 retiring teachers. Wilkes-Barre teachers we invited politely

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01:43:21

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 58 - Wilkes-Barre blues...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/05/14

In Episode 58, we sit down with vocalist/guitarist Dustin Drevitch and bassist Matt Gabriel of Wilkes-Barre blues rock band Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen to talk about their music and the band’s new self-titled album. We discuss their very different introductions into playing music and how they got together; writing and recording the album in an old church; their live jamming and the challenge of capturing that energy in the recordings; experiences with their past bands, like Lemongelli,

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01:30:03

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 57 - Managing bluegrass...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/05/09

In Episode 57, we’re joined by special co-host Jason Riedmiller, one of our photographers at NEPA Scene, to talk with Bill Orner, the manager of local bluegrass band Cabinet, about the group’s upcoming fourth annual music festival, Susquehanna Breakdown, at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21. We discuss how Bill transitioned from a musician into a manager, what goes into managing a band, how Cabinet has become one of the most successful bands to come

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02:32:48

NEPA Scene Podcast Ep. 56 - Misrepresentation of...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/04/25

In Episode 56, we talk with Lindsay Barrasse and Jennifer Frey of Scranton film and web content production company Steam Magnolias about the role and portrayal of women in movies and other media, along with the Junior League of Scranton and their upcoming free screening of "Miss Representation," a documentary which “exposes how the media's misrepresentations of women have led to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence,” on Saturday, April 30. We discuss the documentary

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02:05:17

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 55 - Little Theatre of...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/04/18

In Episode 55, we sit down with Maureen Hozempa and Tom Franko of the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, one of the oldest continuously running community theatres in the United States, to talk about their live productions and the Marvel Madness movie marathon on Saturday, April 30, which will raise money to keep the theater going and fund repairs to the building. We discuss the history of the theater; how both of them got involved in acting, directing, and choreography; what brought them to the Little

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01:14:03

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 54 - NEPA Metal Meltdown...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/04/11

In Episode 54, Rich talks about the third annual NEPA Metal Meltdown in Pittston with festival co-founder Steve Jasuilewicz, who is also the guitarist for Wilkes-Barre heavy metal band Beyond Fallen, and vocalist Jane Threat and guitarist “Metal” Alan Rowsdower of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metal/crust punk group SpaceJunk. They discuss getting into metal music, what the local metal scene is like, the difficulties Steve ran into while putting together the 2016 festival, the small number of venues left in

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01:50:57

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 53 - Scranton alternative...

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2016/03/31

In Episode 53, we sit down with Amber Sauls, Katie Evans, and Rafael Pimentel to talk about their brand new alternative folk pop band, A Season Underground, based in Scranton. We discuss their individual origins as musicians and different levels of musical experience; how the group formed at NEPA Scene’s Got Talent; their unique writing process via online chat; their four-song demo and recording with Patrick McGlynn of Blinded Passenger; how Pimentel balances this group with his other band,

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02:07:36

NEPA Scene Podcast Ep. 52 - Fighting Keystone...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/03/25

In Episode 52, we sit down with Michele Dempsey and Pat Clark of Friends of Lackawanna, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the health and safety of the community through environmental activism, to talk about the proposed 50-year expansion of the Keystone Sanitary Landfill in Dunmore and Throop and why it must be stopped. We discuss the facts, numbers, and staggering statistics (including the fact that it takes in 7,200 tons of waste per day and only 36 percent of this trash is

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02:05:54

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 51 - Tsunami Self Defense,...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/03/08

In Episode 51, we talk with Tsunami Self Defense founder and sensei Robert Thomas and assistant instructor Megan Brosky to raise awareness about everyday violence and the need for self-defense in an unfortunately violent world. Robert discusses his extensive martial arts training, the moment that changed his life that made him switch to teaching more practical self-defense techniques, what Tsunami Self Defense is and where the name comes from, the Girls on Guard system and empowering women to defend

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02:04:01

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 50 - Singer/songwriter...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/03/01

In Episode 50, we sit down with 18-year-old Clarks Summit singer/songwriter James Barrett to discuss his burgeoning music career and his debut solo album, “One More,” recorded right here in The Stude, along with his time in NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, which starts up again this week. We talk about how he got into music at an early age; moving from bass to guitar and singing; the influence and support of his father, who is also a musician; his first time recording in a professional studio and how it

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02:12:13

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 49 - Retro video game shop...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/02/23

In Episode 49, we sit down with Jamie Nelson, the owner of 1Up Games in Forty Fort, to discuss video games and gaming in NEPA. We talk about how he went from an accountant to an independent game shop owner, the games we had growing up and what we play now, the evolution of gaming and why he still prefers retro games, being a collector and traveling all over for his own collection as well as his shop, what games are the most popular and most collectible, the funny stories behind his weekly NEPA

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NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 48 - Hazleton hip-hop...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/02/13

In Episode 48, we welcome our very first hip-hop artist on the show, Nate Williams of Hazleton, to discuss the local rap and hip-hop scene and the cliques it is broken up into; transitioning from spoken word poetry to rap; the difference between an MC and a rapper; growing up in NEPA as the only black kid in school; writing and recording music for nerds as a solo artist and working as a duo with Die-Polar; diss tracks, beef, and violence in hip-hop; meeting his wife and raising his children;

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02:13:55

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 47 - The best movies of...

NEPA Scene ·

2016/01/23

In Episode 47, we want to talk movies, so who better to invite back than our guests Rich Drees, editor and publisher of Film Buff Online, and film critic and columnist Jeff Boam? Joined by NEPA Scene’s own critic Joe Evans, we list our personal favorite movies of the past year, specifically discussing “Spotlight,” “The Revenant,” “It Follows,” “The Martian,” “Mad Max,” and “The Hateful Eight,” among others; the filmmaking and opinions of Quentin Tarantino and whether or not his work is too

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02:04:32

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 46 - The ethics, bias, and...

NEPA Scene ·

2015/12/31

In Episode 46, we welcome our guest, Joe Van Wie, an award-winning producer and CEO of video, web, and media production company JVW, Inc., and our friends Lee Shaffer and Jimmy Reynolds to talk about the evolution of media and publishing and its role today, both locally and nationally. After the Weekender, a Wilkes-Barre arts and entertainment paper, published a controversial article that made national headlines because the writer, Justin Adam Brown, bragged about getting free drinks at a bar by

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02:14:43

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 45 - Recreating...

NEPA Scene ·

2015/12/27

In Episode 45, to be, or not to be, is not the question, but we have plenty of other queries for the New Vintage Ensemble! The Scranton theatre group is putting on William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at the Scranton Cultural Center Jan. 8-16, so we chat with director Casey Thomas and supervising producer and ensemble actress Mandy Pennington about how and why they got involved with this production; rewriting and modernizing the script; finding a good skull; casting and why the actors were chosen for

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02:37:00

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 44 - Star Wars The Force...

NEPA Scene ·

2015/12/22

In Episode 44, it’s the “Star Wars” Holiday Special that you actually want to tune into! With Jer Tobin of Big Idea Photo and Video Productions filling in for Lauren this week because she hasn’t seen the new movie yet, we geek out about “The Force Awakens” with our nerdy guests - local comedians Dan Hoppel and Ted Hebert! In this spoiler-filled discussion, we chat about our favorite moments in the film, the new characters introduced, the prequels versus “Episode VII,” how director and co-writer J.

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01:20:56

NEPA Scene Podcast Episode 43 - Tom May of The...

NEPA Scene ·

2015/12/16

In Episode 43, we record a special mid-week podcast with Tom May, vocalist and guitarist of The Menzingers. Just off the bus from Philadelphia to Scranton, he stopped in the studio to talk about the fifth annual NEPA Holiday Show coming up this weekend, including stories from the first year and how it has grown into a huge homecoming event, why they donate the proceeds to the Arts Alive program for local kids, and what’s in store for this year. We also discuss the band’s collaboration beer with

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