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HarmonyTALK is a podcast about dreamers and doers conversations with people from all walks of life: inventors and authors, artists and entrepreneurs, people who have followed through on their dreams and want to talk about it... to us.
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Achieving Childhood Dreams with Sports Broadcaster, Marc Zumoff | HarmonyTALK #42
He has one of the most iconic voices in Philadelphia sports history. On August 17, 1994, Marc Zumoff was named the television voice of the Philadelphia 76ers, fulfilling his childhood dream. His career spanned four decades and includes covering the Rio Olympics in 2016 for NBC, assorted assignments for Turner Sports, NBA-TV, the Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Union and various other pro, college and high school events. He’s also been an anchor, producer and reporter and spent the first five years of his career as a radio newsperson.
In this episode, “Zoo” talks candidly with Todd Stephens about catching the bug for broadcasting as a sixth-grader growing up in Northeast Philadelphia. He recalls practicing play-by-play announcing with his tape recorder and being driven by his passion to make it as a broadcaster.
As a 19-time Emmy Award Winner, he is also one of the most decorated broadcasters in Philadelphia history having been named The National Sports Media Association’s Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Year three times, the Bill Campbell Award from the Philadelphia Sportswriters Association, and the 2022 recipient of The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters highest award of distinction, the Gold Medal. He is also a member of the Temple University School of Media and Communications Hall of Fame, the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame, and the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Marc currently serves as the associate director of the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media at his alma mater, Temple University. He is the co-author of the textbook Total Sports Media. And he is working with Maccabi USA as the chairman of Maccabi Media, a program which sends more than a dozen aspiring sports media professionals to cover the Maccabiah in Israel, South America and Europe.
Marc lives at the Jersey Shore with his wife of 40 years, Debbie. They are the parents of two adult sons.
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Inside the Mind of an Inventor with Keith Gunuskey | HarmonyTALK #41
Harmony TALK chats with its first inventor! Keith Gunuskey, an educator, just received his first patent for a safety device designed to save lives in emergencies. All the tools you might need in one convenient location. Listen in!
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Independent Film with Producer Robert May| HarmonyTALK #40
Robert May (Producer/Director/Writer) is a producer of independent films whoseprojects have collectively garnered over 40 awards including the Oscar, Bafta,Independent Spirit Award and Human Rights Award, to name a few.
May produced The Station Agent, directed by then first-time director Tom McCarthy, which starred Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale, The Fog of War (ErrolMorris), Stevie (Steve James), The War Tapes (Deborah Scranton), and Bonneville (Chris Rowley), starring Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates. In 2014, May’s directorial debut was released, the documentary Kids for Cash, a film about greed, corruption and kids, which he also wrote and produced. Quotes like “Riveting,” “Shocking,” and “Gifted Storyteller” have been used to describe the film from the likes of The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
May’s projects have been distributed by Miramax, Sony, Lions Gate, 20th Century Fox, and Comcast/Universal. May’s nonfiction project, Lust for Gold, about obsession, the human condition, and the hunt for gold, was released by Kino Lorber in June 2021. May is currently in production on a currentlyuntitled nonfiction series.
May’s responsibilities included all aspects of creative development, production andpost-production, inclusive of writing, editing, finance and budget management.
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Harmony TALK with Author Christine French Cully
Harmony TALK takes a look inside Dear Highlights with author Christine French Cully. Hear what kids have to say over the past 75 years-- you may be surprised!
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HarmonyTALK with The Pocono Environmental Education Center
Earth Day 2024 is upon us! With it comes the ever-present dream of making the Earth a better place. The Pocono Environmental Education Center – or PEEC—has a rich history of working with and for nature. A former honeymoon resort, PEEC uses the architectural remains for sustainable exhibitions such as a beaver lodge in a former indoor swimming pool. PEEC is one of only a handful of educational camps actually housed inside a national park. Host Lisa Champeau talks with Kelly Daly, Marc Gold and Joy Karnas, PhD, about how they got involved with PEEC and how PEEC programs aim to raise awareness about the natural world and how we can all make the Earth a better place --free of pollution, climate change and waste.
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HarmonyTalk with Artist Juan Espino
Juan Espino marries architecture, history and the human experience to create some of the most “smile-inducing” paintings of our time. Working in the “Art Naïve” or, Folk-Art style. Guest Host Todd Stephens, and Juan discuss his use of painting as a form of therapy before relocating to the United States from his native Mexico. He is now the owner of Looking Glass Art Gallery, in Northeast Pennsylvania. www.lookingglassartgallery.com.
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