Savvy Citizen: A Gaston County Podcast

It's a real in-person event. The Gaston County Museum of Art & History is hosting its first post-pandemic ticketed event, featuring renowned local musicians and artists David and Robert Childers. Plus Jason Luker and Alex Brooks talk about a local high school art project that's bringing out the feels. 

As Gaston County welcomes the beginning of Honey Hunters baseball, we take a look back at the history of the Negro Leagues in Gaston County with historian Michael Turner Webb and Gaston County Museum Executive Director Jason Luker. Learn more about the man the Honey Hunters are named for and some of the famous names that came through Gaston County to show off their stuff. 

As we celebrate National Public Works Week, we peel back the layers of the Public Works Department at Gaston County: The wide range of tasks they tackle on a daily basis and why they're (probably) not the ones to call if you've got a problem with a pothole. 

It's National EMS Week, which is the perfect time to delve into what life has been like for two Gaston County GEMS members over the past 12 months: EMT Kofi Stevens and Lt. Brandon Miller. They talk COVID, therapy dogs and minority representation in the public safety field. 

A trio of Gaston County foster parents -- Shonda Hibbs and Lindsay and Andrew Weathers -- talk about the the challenges and success of foster care parenting. They also delve into how others in the community can get involved as part of Foster Care Awareness Month. 

City of Gastonia employee Vincent Wong and Gaston County employee Shia Vang have a hard conversation about discrimination and prejudice in the Asian-American community during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

WSOC reporter Joe Bruno talks about his one-man mission to connect residents with vaccine appointments and City of Gastonia Community Services Director Vincent Wong describes why he decided getting the COVID shot was right for him and those he loves.

Gaston County Museum of Art & History's Jason Luker and Alex Brooks join the podcast for a look back at some of the famous names that have come to (or from) Gaston County when it comes to live entertainment or films on the big screen. 

Gaston County's Community Services Manager Pam Overcash -- the first woman to be a part of the county's leadership team -- talks about her 20+ year career at Gaston County and how it has become more commonplace to see women in leadership roles.

Gaston County's first female manager talks about what its like to empower other women, her vision for the future of Gaston County and more as part of our miniseries for Women's History Month.