Guest Jonathan Mandledove talks about his long, winding and at times complicated relationship with the game of basketball and why it means everything to him today. The 7-footer was a member of a top 5 recruiting class at UConn, suiting up alongside six future NBA players. But his career didn’t work out the way he dreamed, as he left Storrs, Conn. after three seasons of playing without a degree or NBA contract. Over the next decade he’d fall back in love with the sport as a coach, return to campu...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Jim welcomes Jack back and the discussion revolves around the NCAA Final Four, why the women's games have been better, the great start to the Red Sox season, finally they welcome back Kevin O'Donnell to the show.
Apr 06, 2024•58 min
Apr 1, 2024 Lost in Translation continued it's road trip at Bentley University, sitting down with Women's Basketball Head Coach C. White. White talked about her journey from growing up a basketball junkie in a small town in Massachusetts and falling in love with Bentley University basketball, before making her dreams a reality and starring for four years on the court for the Falcons for four years as a point guard. White talked about the transition to the other side of the bench, where she spent...
Apr 01, 2024•28 min
On this episode of Book Stew, our host Eileen MacDougall talks with Rachel Swarns, the author of The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church.
Apr 01, 2024•37 min
In this podcast episode, Noel Chambers, Director, Energy Efficiency & Electrification at Energy New England, discusses the importance of home energy audits, their benefits for homeowners, and how to sign up for a free audit. The conversation covers misconceptions, prioritizing energy-saving improvements, and the potential cost savings associated with implementing recommendations.
Mar 28, 2024•34 min
Jim and Jack discuss Temple's late season run, the NCAA Basketball Tourney, The Celtics, some good golf talk, and the Dynasty documentary.
Mar 21, 2024•52 min
Lost in Translation continued its road trip at Bentley University, sitting down with women's basketball forward Kylie DuCharme. DuCharme talked about growing up in small-town Wilmington, and how defense, rebounding and desire helped her earn a college basketball scholarship. She also spoke about biding her time on the bench, working hard, and sticking it out during her first two years of college before exploding as a junior.
Mar 15, 2024•19 min
The Lost in Translation road trip continues, as the LIT crew sat down with Bentley University captain Ella Thompson. The graduate student andstar talked about her journey from Indiana to Waltham, Mass., what motivates her heading into her third and final NCAA Tournament, her relationships with coaches and teammates, and potential plans for post college.
Mar 15, 2024•27 min
In this episode, Tobias Sellier, Senior Director of Media Relations for the American Public Power Association (APPA), discusses the role of APPA in supporting public power utilities like RMLD. The conversation covers various issues faced by utilities across the country, including grid resilience and integrating renewable energy sources, highlighting APPA's initiatives and the economic benefits of public power utilities.
Mar 14, 2024•32 min
Jack and Jim talk Celtics, NBA, some College Hoops, Temple Gambling, a little Sox, and of course the Premier League.
Mar 12, 2024•50 min
The Lost in Translation crew hit the road to gear up for March Madness, and payed a visit to the Boston University Terriers at their cozy home confines of Case Gymnasium. In part 1 of episode 32, Bobby and Sam caught up with a LIT veteran, BU head coach Joe Jones. Coach Jones reflected on what has been an ultimately successful season –- a second place regular season finish – but one fraught with growing pains for a young team along the way. Jones reflected back on coaching through Covid, talked ...
Mar 07, 2024•31 min
Freddy Petkus journey has been nothing short of remarkable. Born in Plunge, Lithuania, he spent the first 10 years of his life living in an occupied country under the boot of the Soviet Union. At age 10, he saw his country overthrow the Soviets and become the first former Soviet Block country to gain its independence. Through it all, basketball was a constant in Petkus life, and he followed it from his home country, to New Hampton prep school in rural New Hampshire, and on to a Division I schola...
Mar 06, 2024•48 min
Jack and Jim discuss the Celtics rolling through the NBA, Caitlin Clark passing Pistol Pete, NFL combine, Jim's golf and Fantasy Baseball.
Mar 05, 2024•41 min
To say athletics run in the family for father-daughter duo Tim and Eva Boudreau is a bit of an understatement. Tim was a 1,000 point scorer in basketball at Tewksbury high before a four-year Division I football career at Northeastern, where he went from freshman walk-on to senior captain. Eva is a star junior forward and two-year captain at Wilmington High School is well on her way to 1,000 points herself, and has aspirations to play hoops in college. Tim and Eva talked about each of their journ...
Mar 04, 2024•40 min
Jack and Jim discuss court storming in College Basketball, the Celtics, baseball expansion, and of course some English football.
Mar 01, 2024•54 min
Eileen is joined by author and high school teacher, Jeremy T. Wilson to talk about his book The Quail Who Wears the Shirt.
Mar 01, 2024•32 min
Hockey has been life for Lily Mackenzie. But she's ready for something different. When all is said and done, Mackenzie, a senior at Wilmington High, will go down as one of the greatest hockey players to ever come out of the town of Wilmington, Mass.. Her career could end this week. Mackenzie, who's 86 career goals are the most ever scored by a girl's player from Wilmington for the high school, and whose 122 points rank third in program history, has been a one-woman wrecking crew this season, hav...
Feb 27, 2024•33 min
In this special episode, we are flipping the script! Current Insights host and General Manager sits on the hot-seat and shares his journey in the utility industry while discussing RMLD’s greatest challenges including aging infrastructure, rate affordability, and cybersecurity threats.
Feb 22, 2024•36 min
Jim and Jack discuss a variety of topics, as they ask each other random questions leading to interesting answers.
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 12 min
In the inaugural episode of Wildcat Wavelength, J.T. and Eli sit down with Wilmington High School senior Zim DeHart. We talk about all the amazing things they do at the high school, from chorus, to drama, to color guard, and even to starting their own Dungeons and Dragons club!
Feb 17, 2024•49 min
In this episode, we are joined by Integrated Resources Engineer, Tom Ollila. Tom sheds light on RMLD’s solar installation process as both a program specialist and an RMLD customer. Tom shares key considerations for homeowners contemplating solar installations, dispels common misconceptions, and outlines RMLD's supportive incentives and programs.
Feb 15, 2024•30 min
Jack and Jim cover Super Bowl LVIII, the best and worst of everything related to the Chiefs win, and are joined by both Justin and Tommy Trevisani.
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Jack and Jim talk the Grammy's, EPL, Baseball, NBA, make their Super Bowl picks and finish with a seven wonders draft of this weekends Super Bowl Players.
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 10 min
This is a story of passion, talent, and just how far a mother's love will take someone. Brando Martinez, known as @iibrandoii on social media, is one of the best sports videographers on the planet. Period. That he's been able to excel at his artwork despite only having one arm and one partial hand makes it all the more impressive. Brando recently sat down with the LIT crew to talk about his journey, from surviving a horrific tragedy as a baby in Guatemala, to immigrating to the United State with...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Host Eileen invites author Shannon Sanders on to the show to discuss her debut short story collection Company: Stories.
Feb 01, 2024•32 min
Jim and Jack discuss the AFC and NFC championship games, Jack lets everyone know he picked the Chiefs in Week 1. The Lions are coaching decisions (bad) and a quick look at Klopp leaving Liverpool.
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Jack and Jim have a heated discussion on the NFL division round, Field Goal kickers, Caitlin Clark, the sorry state of the Red Sox, and a draft of the top teams in the NBA.
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min
In this episode, we interview RMLD’s Director of IT, John Pelletier who sheds light on how RMLD defends itself from cyber attacks and the cyber security threats in today’s increasingly connected world.
Jan 19, 2024•32 min
Jack and Jim discuss the 5 NFL games on WildCard Weekend, predict the divisional round winners, rant on about John Henry and the Sox.
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Cory Shinohara's journey to being a Division I gymnast at the University of North Carolina has been anything but a straight line. Born in Japan to a Japanese father and Chinese mother, Shinohara grew up in small-town Wilmington, Mass., hardly a hot bed of high level gymnastics. Over her career, Shinohara has been able to travel to Japan to participate in training with the Japanese National Team, overcome three separate devastating injuries, and never gotten burnt out with the sport. She credits ...
Jan 16, 2024•41 min
