Our Town with host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History
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Tom Quinn – FMR Director, Federal Air Marshals Service and Ret. Secret Service
Tom Quinn on the service provided by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation ~ - "So whenever today, if you’re a Navy Seal, or Army Special Forces, or Ranger, or Air Force Combat Air Control, or a Marine Special Ops,
Janice Ockershausen, and Host Andy Ockershausen – Look Back at Season 3, On to Season 4
Janice Ockershausen, and host Andy Ockershausen, on scheduling Joe Theismann as a guest~ "And don't forget, speaking of Charles, we've had Charles Mann, we've had Shawn Springs, we've had Mark Moseley. We're hoping to get Joe Theismann so if anybody k...
Burt Cohen – Retired, WMAL Engineer and The Duke of Derwood
Burt Cohen on what happened 30 years after his experience with Charles Gibson of ABC News after Gibson's first on air newscast at WMAL ~ - "I just thought of a funny story, there was a young newsman, came and did his first newscast on the air,
Tom Buckley – EyeOnDC and Broadcast History Buff
Tom Buckley on what to do with broadcast "stuff" that you find but can't identify, or don't know what to do with ~ - "You would contact me, my email is eyeondc@gmail.com. Most of the material we get are from talents, sons and daughters,
Larry O’Connor – Talk Radio Host – 105.9 FM & AM 630 WMAL
Larry O'Connor on reaching out to Andrew Breitbart to join his new website~ - "And I reached out to him and said, 'Listen, I'm not in TV or film, I'm in theater but I'm conservative and I have stories to tell,' and he immediately responded and said,
Bob Levey – Washington Post Columnist, Retired and National Champion Bridge Player
Bob Levey on Katharine Graham ~ - "If you look back at what Katharine Graham accomplished, it is really, as the kids say, awesome. She built a Fortune 500 company centered around this newspaper. She made it profitable. I ate breakfast today,
Deb Johns – Founder and Creative Director SCOUT Bags
Deb Johns on Vogue experience with Tiffany's then Design Director John Loring ~ - ". . . you learned every day. We used to have a Tuesday speaker come in. John Loring came in from Tiffany. And the best line I ever heard was he said he was standing at ...
Harry Schnipper – Blues Alley, Owner and Jazz Preservationist
Harry Schnipper on upcoming Ella Fitzgerald Voice Competition April 27 - 29, 2018 ~ - ". . . Jazz Appreciation Month every April. . . an overreaching program and event that . . . our program at the Smithsonian Institution is April 27-29, 2018. . .
Ann Hand – CEO, Ann Hand, LLC – The Nation’s Jeweler
Ann Hand on her jewelry design philosophy ~ - "I think I look at myself as a storyteller because most of my jewelry has a message. That's what I want to do for America . . . I want you to wear it and be able to talk about what it represents." -
Arthur Cotton Moore – Architect, Master Planner, Author – Washington DC
Arthur Cotton Moore on the Metro and one of his pro bono publico ideas ~ - "I'm talking about the homeless because it's a big issue in Washington, and they [Metro] have these cars that they're now throwing away.