Our Town with host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History
Welcome to Our Town, a new podcast produced by Best Bark Communications and hosted by Andy Ockershausen. A third generation Washingtonian, Andy spent his career in broadcasting at the Evening Star Broadcast Group, WMAL and WMAL TV, Channel 50 and most recently Comcast/NBC Universal. Andy’s experience and leadership at major stations has allowed him to conduct business and develop close relationships with individuals including presidents, sports heroes, and influencers in the political, business and charitable communities. Twice weekly, listeners will have the opportunity to catch up with people they consider their heroes, old friends or newsmakers from the past in Our Town. Each guest will share their personal stories and how they view their contributions to Washington, D.C. community. After all, it is what we learn from the past that may help us with the challenges of the future.
- Website
- http://ourtowndc.com
- Description
- Welcome to Our Town, a new podcast produced by Best Bark Communications and hosted by Andy Ockershausen. A third generation Washingtonian, Andy spent his career in broadcasting at the Evening Star Broadcast Group, WMAL and WMAL TV, Channel 50 and most recently Comcast/NBC Universal. Andy’s experience and leadership at major stations has allowed him to conduct business and develop close relationships with individuals including presidents, sports heroes, and influencers in the political, business and charitable communities. Twice weekly, listeners will have the opportunity to catch up with people they consider their heroes, old friends or newsmakers from the past in Our Town. Each guest will share their personal stories and how they view their contributions to Washington, D.C. community. After all, it is what we learn from the past that may help us with the challenges of the future.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-07-24 11:59
- last episode published
- 2019-12-17 13:54
- publication frequency
- 4.96 days
- Contributors
- Janice Iacona Ockershausen
- Author Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 243
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- Categories
- Society & Culture Management & Marketing News Business History
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2019-12-17 |
Matheos Mesfin – Founder and Executive Director of IEA Councils Matheos Mesfin, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for East African Councils, on IEA Councils' mantra for their work~ "I always say that the mantra for our work is that there's no growth in comfort, and so the more concentration you have ... |
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| 2019-12-10 |
Jimmy Lynn – Entrepreneur, Servant Leader and Georgetown Professor Jimmy Lynn on what went into his decision to stay in Our Town after grad school ~ "When I was coming out of AU after grad school, a couple mentors pulled me aside and said, you think you might need to move to New York or LA? I wasn't sure. And they sai... |
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| 2019-12-03 | Phil Hochberg on revenue generation in Major League Baseball today ~ "Well, interestingly, Major League Baseball is now suffering attendance losses over the past few years, but Major League Baseball is making more money than it ever had because of the... |
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| 2019-11-26 | Lisa Baden on internal conflict of the overwhelming desire to be first to report, and the discipline to verify before: So I had to confirm it and I was like chomping at the bit. We're calling M Dot. We're calling Transportation. We're calling the poli... |
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| 2019-11-20 |
Marianne Haney Brennan – Etiquette Coach, Mrs. Brennan’s School of Etiquette Marianne Haney Brennan on the importance of manners today ~ "We need to get back to being kind to each other. . .we're in a sad state of affairs right now and it breaks my heart. And that's why I teach etiquette from A to Z. I don't care. You know wha... |
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| 2019-11-12 |
Tom Davis – Retired Congressman and Rector, George Mason University Tom Davis on politics today in Northern Virginia~ They've done it to themselves because they've emphasized these social issues, in an area that's becoming much more widely diverse, instead of focusing on the bread and butter and the economic issues th... |
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| 2019-11-05 |
Mahan Tavakoli – Servant Leader, Strategic Leadership Ventures and Leadership Greater Washington Mahan Tavakoli on connecting and networking in Our Town region~ Leadership Greater Washington . . . brings people from different backgrounds, different industries, and different parts of our region together. But there's also a connection to meaning . ... |
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| 2019-10-29 |
Deborah Marriott Harrison – Global Cultural Ambassador Emeritus Marriott International Deborah Marriott Harrison on Marriott's culture of putting people first~ And my grandfather started it by making a sign he put over the kitchen doors in the Hot Shops that says, "If you take care of the employee, the employee will take care of the cus... |
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| 2019-10-23 |
Caroline Carter – Founder and CEO, Done in Day, Inc. | Author, Smart Moves Caroline Carter, Author of Smart Moves, and Founder and CEO of Done in a Day, Inc., on the process of transitioning from home to home~ "But the reason I wrote the book was to allow people to say, okay, I get it. We all dread this process but we don't ... |
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| 2019-10-15 |
Tom Sherwood – Analyst, WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Politics Hour and Former WRC TV Politics Reporter Tom Sherwood on what he tells journalism students when asked about making Journalism a career: I tell every journalism student intern that I meet that one thing about being journalist, it opens doors to everything and anything that you want to see or ... |
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