Our Town Podcast Episodes

Janice Iacona Ockershausen / January 17, 2019

Patrick Burke – Executive Director Washington DC Police Foundation

Patrick Burke on the toughest thing he ever had to do in his career ~

“Tell somebody that their child or their husband or wife or a loved one wasn’t coming home because of a traffic fatality. And that’s 100% preventable. It still is, these incidents, and there’s so much more we can continue to do to make sure that people aren’t drunk driving or paying attention to what they’re doing on the roads.”

Patrick Burke - Executive Director Washington DC Police Foundation and host Andy Ockershausen — Patrick Burke – Executive Director Washington DC Police Foundation and host Andy Ockershausen during in-studio interview

Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen. This is Our Town. I’m so, so, so happy for a lot of reasons to welcome a very important man in the city of Washington and Our Town, a public servant. I mean, he has been in the police department or connected with it for 27 years on the force. But even since he left [Read more…] about Patrick Burke – Executive Director Washington DC Police Foundation

Janice Iacona Ockershausen / January 15, 2019

Bobby Goldwater – Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant

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Bobby Goldwater, Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant, on when he realized he could come up with a strategy to bring a Major League Baseball team back to Our Town~

“The first five people, Andy, that I met with inside baseball, did not know a basic fact about Washington DC and the light bulb goes off, this is a marketing project. I can do that.”

Bobby Goldwater, Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant, and host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interview

Andy Ockershausen: This is Our Town. This is Andy Ockershausen and a conversation with a very dear friend and a very important person to me and to Our Town. His name is [Read more…] about Bobby Goldwater – Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant

Janice Iacona Ockershausen / January 10, 2019

Sue Palka, Chief Meterologist Fox 5 DC | Joe Palka, Actor and Playwright

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Sue Palka, Fox 5 DC’s Chief Meteorologist, on what makes a successful on-air weather forecast~

“It’s a combination of a teaching experience, from my teaching years, which were only about seven years. I remember that you have a main idea that you have to deliver, and I feel like I’ve failed as a forecaster if you don’t know the weather when I’m done.”

Sue Palka and Joe Palka in-studio interview — Sue Palka and Joe Palka with host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interview

Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen. This is Our Town. It’s such a pleasure. I mean, it so sincerely to have two of my favorite people in broadcast and life in Washington, DC, [Read more…] about Sue Palka, Chief Meterologist Fox 5 DC | Joe Palka, Actor and Playwright