The Lancast

If you’re ever in need of a lesson on endurance, just talk to Janet Oberholtzer. That’s who we caught up with on the Lancast scene this episode. The survivor of a six-vehicle accident involving five large trucks and a motorhome, Janet has had her work cut out for her over the last eight years. A...

On this episode, we take a look at superhero movie hype and and how it influences our opinions. We find ourselves in its grasp, whether it's because we grew up with superheroes, make a living off their franchises, or fight as we might, just can't resist their pop culture appeal - the hype has us.Pro...

This episode we spoke with Linzey Zoccola and Élise Rodgers of Pheonix Assistance Dogs of Central PA. Linzey founded PAD in 2009 as a non-profit that trains dogs to assist individuals with disabilities. Linzey herself is disabled, suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. SMA has confined Linzey...

What could possibly be better than listening to Becky Svendsen and myself talk about random stuff? How about listening to Becky, myself and Jasmine Grimm talk about random stuff! In our second Ladies' Night episode, we introduced Jasmine as our third female host and recapped a little bit about what...

Justin Jones has been drawing from little on up, so it should come as no surprise that he’s decided to make a career of it. Justin is an illustrator and portrait artist who uses a variety of mediums to produce his work. Growing up, he would create all sorts of things straight from his imagination...

In case you haven’t yet had your fill of the “Slesser Charm”, we skyped in with Keith’s brother Steve Slesser and his wife Rebecca, from Camden Town, London for this show. The other Slessers are committing a minimum of two years of their lives in London as “reverse missionaries”, serving...

What do you get when you cross a Douglas Adams loving English teacher with a Star Trek geek? Answer: The Scifi Diner Podcast.Scott Hertzog and Miles McLoughlin host The Scifi Diner Podcast, and we met up with Scott to hear a little bit about how it all got started. Scott began to have an interest i...

Some would say that Lancaster County is the “Bible Belt” of the North, and even more than that, our area of the country has become a wealth of different religious faith and practice. With all the ways of thought already out there, you might say there’s nothing new under the sun. But something...

It’s that time again…where the “guys” of The Lancast bequeath to us their knowledge (or not) of current trends and things that they find personally interesting.This week, David decided to lead in with a topic most anyone would find exciting: bacon. Yes, folks, bacon. Bacon burgers, bacon sun...

It had been over a decade since Jack Lewars spent any length of time in Lancaster County outside of the occasional visit to his folks. In August 2011, he returned to his childhood home of Mount Joy and its surrounding areas for four weeks to create a film by the same name. During those four weeks, w...