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Take Me Through It
Award winning broadcast journalist B.J. Finnell travels the U.S., exploring the unique, amazing, odd, hilarious and compelling stories from people in cities, towns and villages across America.
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Testing in the Time of Titan
BJ and cousin Mike talk with their Uncle Bill Shaughnessy who, 65 years ago had a front row seat to the development of the first Intercontinental Ball...
A Look at the Future
BJ wraps up his conversation with local news legend Mike Archer about the challenges facing news outlets and the journalists who staff them.
Words Matter
B.J. continues his conversation with Mike Archer of www.thearcherjournal.com, discussing the overuse of cliches and misuse of words in today's journal...
A Matter of Trust
Why do Americans have an issue with trusting journalists? Is it falling revenues at local television stations and newspapers, forcing them to do more...
On Top of Okemo (sung to the tune of "On Top of Spaghetti")
BJ finally follows the advice so many have given him over the decades: take a hike! This time he drives and walks up to a bygone symbol of Vermont h...
The Return of Take Me Through It
Back by popular demand? BJ has moved on from local TV and is blowing the dust off the podcast after a 5 year hiatus. Does anyone care? Can he creat...
You Bet Your Life: Spencer Christian's Story of Fame, Fortune, Desperation and Redemption
TV weatherman Spencer Christian had it all: A great job, a great family, a great life. But he nearly lost everything to compulsive gambling, before...
USS San Francisco Memorial Day Commemoration
BJ attends the annual commemoration for the USS San Francisco, which was involved in one of the most hellacious, courageous battles in American milit...
Benjamin Zander and The Art of Possibility
Benjamin Zander, Founder, Music Director and Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestras, discusses the world's grea...
Vai Sikahema Part 2: From Tonga to the NFL to the World of Local TV News
Former NFL player and now local news anchor Vai Sikahema recounts his transition from the NFL to TV, coming to America at the age of 8, and the import...
Vai Sikahema: From the NFL to the local TV news desk
Vai Sikahema forever won the hearts of Philadelphia Eagles fans more than two decades ago. He's now a television news anchor, whose front row seat to...
A World of Discovery Happening Every Day in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bill Finch has spent his most of his life in public service; State Senator, Mayor of Connecticut's biggest city, Executive Director of the New York St...
Ready for Disaster. Teenagers Tackle the Reality at Two Connecticut High Schools
Training teenagers to be ready for the next disaster my not be part of a regular school curriculum, but two Connecticut high schools are doing just th...
One tragic. One heartwarming. One inspiring.
Fires. Murders. Corruption. Bad Weather. Each among the storylines we expect every day when we tune into the local television news. But the TV news o...
Franklin and Eleanor: Their Work Continues Today at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
FDR was one of our great presidents. Eleanor was our greatest First Lady. In many ways, it all started when Franklin's mother built them a grand home...
Best of 2017: How Outer Space Affects Man's Inner Space
Should we return to the Moon? Plan a mission to Mars? What is the impact and risks of long term human space travel? In this Best of 2017 episode of T...
Best of 2017: How a Dark Violent Script was Transformed into a Horror Comedy Classic
One of the greatest Christmas movies of all time has a back story as funny and interesting as the film itself. Check out the story behind "Gremlins"...
Best of 2017: The New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox and a Love Story for the Ages.
B.J. continues his Best of 2017 episodes with a look back to summer, and the story of how a young boy raised in the heart of Red Sox Nation became (ga...
Best of 2017: Decency Wins
"Decency Wins." That two-word tweet from a Republican U.S. Senator reacting to Democrat Doug Jones' victory in the Alabama U.S. Senate race, brought...
Best of 2017: Calvin Coolidge Birthday Celebration in Plymouth Notch, Vermont.
B.J and the Take Me Through It team count down to 2018 by looking back at some of the more memorable episodes from 2017. This time, B.J. recounts the...
The Future of Journalism: Today's Students Answer the Call.
B.J. talks with four journalism students from the University of Connecticut to get their take on the future of their chosen profession. In this era of...
Morton F. Plant: He may have died 99 years ago, but his legacy lives on.
BJ visits the campus of the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, and talks to author Gail B. MacDonald about her new book, "Morton F. Plant and t...
America's Future in Space: Colonies, Radiation, Artificial Gravity and Buddy Rich?
BJ and Mike continue their conversation with Dr. Mark Shelhamer of Johns Hopkins University and NASA's former Chief Scientist for Human Research. Mar...
How Outer Space Affects Man's Inner Space
What is the impact of long term space travel on humans, and can we make it to Mars in the next 20 years? BJ and Mike (producer of the movie classic "I...
All Star Launch Party for "The Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS."
BJ and Joan visit Fenway Park for the star-studded launch party for "The Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS," a new book by C...
"Have you no sense of decency Sir, at long last?"
B.J. takes a time out from today's non-stop news cycle, to go back in time, to the moment when a "gentle man" stopped a tyrant in his tracks, not thro...
New York Times Bestselling Author Casey Sherman and the Ice Bucket Challenge. How Uncommon Courage Has Raised Millions in the Battle Against Lou Gehrig's Disease
BJ talks to New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman, who has co-authored a new book about the Ice Bucket Challenge, the social media explosion...
The New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox, and a Love Story for the Ages
How does a kid, born and raised in Red Sox Nation become a fan of the (gasp!) New York Yankees? All it takes is an aging superstar in pinstripes, a ba...
Broadway Barks: Where the Great White Way Puts Rescue Dogs and Cats in the Spotlight
B.J. visits Manhattan's Theater District, and ends up having a howling good time at Broadway Barks. The stories of these wonderful animals and the peo...
President Calvin Coolidge Birthday Celebration in Plymouth Notch, Vermont
B.J. travels to Plymouth Notch, Vermont to celebrate the 4th of July and the 145th birthday of President Calvin Coolidge. From a stirring naturalizat...
Gremlins 2: The New Batch: Can a Sequel 8 Years in the Making Make it in Hollywood?
Movie Producer Mike Finnell tells the inside story of what it took to produce a sequel to his box office smash "Gremlins."
How a Dark, Violent Script was Transformed into a Horror-Comedy Classic
Movie producer Mike Finnell shares the story of how an out-of-the-blue call from Steven Spielberg set in motion one of Hollywood's most unlikely succe...
How to Succeed in Hollywood: Divine Intervention, a Plymouth Valiant, and Roger Corman.
Movie producer Mike Finnell (Rock N' Roll High School, Gremlins, Matinee, Inner Space, The Burbs, Newsies) tells the personal and often hilarious stor...