Jul 28, 2020
In honor of National Ice Cream Sandwich Day on Aug. 2, we chat with Katie Heldstab, co-owner of Leona’s Ice Cream. Learn how the local company got its name, how they develop those flavors we love, and which very Pittsburgh flavor has folks making actual phone calls in order to buy it. Plus, Very Local freelancer Boaz...
Jul 20, 2020
Meet Charles Succop, a local historian who features lots of Pittsburgh history on his three Instagram accounts: @pghthenandnow, @pittsburghistory (the H is deliberately missing) and @hiddenhousespgh. An intern at the city archives, Succop shares what document is the oldest in the collection and he reveals some parallels...
Jul 14, 2020
Meet Simon Huntley, the founder of Harvie -- a local company that uses technology to improve the community-supported agriculture (CSA) experience. He believes that eating local food grown on local farms should be as easy as ordering from Amazon. In this episode we discuss how Harvie sows relationships with multiple...
Jul 7, 2020
One hundred years ago, the women of Pittsburgh (finally) received the right to vote, thanks to the 19th Amendment. The Pittsburgh Suffrage Centennial Committee is a nonpartisan initiative that highlights the history of the suffrage movement in Western Pennsylvania, while simultaneously working for present day voter...