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Rhadamés Avila: “El Hombre Palo”, uno de los pioneros en la radio en español del área metropolitana de Washington DC, nos contó sobre su infancia en República Dominicana, la influencia de su abuelita en su vida, su pasión por los medios, los pinitos en la radio, la fundación que creó para ayudar a los niños […]

Noelia Romero Izarza, es una mujer transgénero quien inició su transición hace dos años, en medio de una coyuntura donde los ataques y crímenes de odio hacia la comunidad LGBTI se ha incrementando en Estados Unidos y en el mundo. Noelia nos confiesa cómo fue su transición para convertirse en una mujer trans, cómo enfrentó […]

Hola Montgomery- El Podcast, Episodio #8-  Jamillah Echeverria: Bailarina del Vientre a las 48 años. La venezolana Jamillah Echeverria, quien reside en el condado de Montgomery desde hace varios años, decidió convertirse en bailarina de vientre y sin importar su estado físico, su edad y las críticas a su alrededor, esta mujer latina, madre de […]

Nydia Tejada, una mujer hondureña que llegó a Estados Unidos en busca de oportunidades, comparte sus experiencias de vida. Madre de seis hijos, una mujer empresaria muy exitosa que no se ha rendido a pesar de las dificultades como haber sido víctima de violencia doméstica. Nydia nos cuenta sobre su vida en Honduras, en Arabia […]

Jud Ashman is the affable mayor of the city of Gaithersburg. He has been a very busy man lately with a long list of big things like Montgomery County’s first ever Wawa and possibly first-ever Royal Farms. Ashman addresses those topics plus the future of Lakeforest Mall and discusses his pet project, the popular Gaithersburg […]

Bishop Leila Ortiz, who leads the Metro DC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, doesn’t shy away from saying it’s unusual for a Latina to lead 35,000 Lutherans in about 80 churches in the DC region. “The Holy Spirit is up to something,” she says. Ortiz is the first Latina bishop in the […]

Councilmember Andrew Friedson, serving his first term on the County Council, has made a name for himself in trying to make government run more efficiently. He’s also been an advocate for pedestrian safety. In this episode of Montgomery Talks with Doug Tallman, Friedson also shares his thoughts on the latest developments in Tonya Chapman’s decision […]

He doesn’t fritter when he’s on Twitter. Chief spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Pete Piringer — Tweety Petey as he is called by some — tells MCM how social media has changed how he informs the public when first responders are on the scene of a fire or accident. He’s a trusted […]

Everyone talks about the weather—and the past few months have given us plenty to talk about. Dr. Philip Arkin with the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland helps us make a little sense about all this rain. Available now on MyMCMedia, Overcast, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify and Stitcher, TuneIn, […]

Montgomery College cybersecurity expert Joseph Roundy talks with Doug Tallman about how to protect your data in the wake of data breaches at Capital One and other institutions. On this episode of Montgomery Talks, Roundy also gives his take on election security. Available now on MyMCMedia, Overcast, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify and Stitcher, […]