Auburn on Main
It's fun, it's exciting, it's educational and it's maybe a little decadent. Join hosts Jonathan Glover and Chester Boyd as they deliver the things every Auburn resident should know about.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 52 | straight from the thespian's mouth -- a theater kid's review of Auburn theater
This week Chester and Jonathan are joined by a prococious little thespian named Daryl Bartlett, a consistent and opinionated member of the Auburn youth theater camps. Daryl just wrapped up the latest…
Episode 51 | do you know where your children are? at City of Auburn camps!
Every summer, over a dozen camp counselors work around the clock at our City of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation department to do it all -- look after your kids, teach your kids, mentor your kids, f…
Episode 50 | are we cringe? podcasting with two Gen Z (on purpose)
Chester and Jonathan are joined this week by Next Step Auburn interns Van Nguyen and Taelor Fry, two loud and proud members of the Gen Z generation. Is there a 100% chance that when they read this de…
Episode 49 | There's nothing junior about this city council (they're amazing)
When you invite junior city council members Prableen Kaur and Lawand Muhsen to Auburn on Main, you best not be lacking, no. These two are so slay that if you're not standing on business, they'll flex…
Episode 48 | the only farmers market you'll ever need just got BETTER
The Auburn Farmers Market has undergone some changes this season, bringing a myriad of vendors and experiences further into Les Gove Park and spreading things out a bit. The result? Well, it's better…
Episode 47 | a theater camp your kids actually WANT to attend???
Auburn on Main is back with special guest Jim Kleinbeck the mind and matter behind City of Auburn's theater program (sans theater....for now). Jim has worked for Auburn for 17 odd years now, and folk…
Episode 46 | in turn you'll learn to love our intern
well it's summer, and that means NEW INTERNS AT THE CITY OF AUBURN! We've welcomed over 10 new interns to our Team Auburn this week, and that includes the newest Communicatins intern, Djeneba Toure-B…
Episode 45 | So Slay -- the Magazine of Auburn is Headed Your Way
We're somehow 45 episodes into this thing. Pretty wild, right? I can't believe it either. No guest on the show this week, but that's OK because Chester and Jonathan wanted to talk about the Auburn Ma…
Episode 44 | you're gonna need a permit for that
As Office Space's Bob Slydell would ask...what would you say...you do here? It's a question I'm sure many out there wonder when they read the job description "permit technician II." huh? Well, Devin …
Episode 43 | Tuesdays just became the best day of the week (we have food trucks)
You're probably listening to this on a Wednesday but if not, most likely a Thursday or a Friday or a Saturday or -- you get the point. But if you happen to be listening on a Tuesday, and it's the mor…
Episode 42 | by your powers combined, i am captain Clean Sweep!
It's a day after Earth Day (sorry) and while we recorded this a week prior, I think we did a pretty good job capturing the essence of earth by celebrating a very-Auburn event coming up -- CLEAN SWEEP…
Episode 41 | Mr. Cotton Tail's Opus (Petet Cotton Trail is lit ya'll)
It's that time of the year when the rain won't stop, it just seems to rain all of the time, water literally cannot seem to quit falling from the sky, and then also it's just kinda drizzling all of th…
Episode 40 | Our Podcast with the Mayor's Daughter
It's been years in the making but we finally got Lucky Backus, daughter of Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus, into the podcast studio! (We finally asked and she immediately agreed and it was super fun). Luck…
Episode 39 | A Symphony of Fun and Flavor and Also Music
Chester and Jonathan are joined by Auburn Symphony Orchestra's Executive Director, Rachel Perry and Music Director & Conductor, Wes Schulz! The dynamic duo took a long walk down Main Street (2 blocks…
Episode 38 | I Miss Auburns You, I'm Sorry
Grace Abrams song titles aside, this episode is all about the BRAND STINKIN' NEW MISS AUBURN AND MISS AUBURN'S TEEN! Chandler Groce and Malia Watanabe-Collier are hot off the Miss Auburn circuit wher…
Episode 37 | Post Traumatic Super Bowl Disorder
It's the Wednesday after the Super Bowl, a game between two teams we'd rather wax our entire back than ever watch play in the final game of the season. Again. Again. But there's business to talk abou…
Episode 36 | Hit or miss (Auburn), I guess they never miss huh
It's Chester, it's Jonathan, and it's Amanda Pantano, former Miss Auburn's Outstanding Teen and Miss Auburn -- that's right, she's done it all, and she did it well. Not only has she been competing in…
Episode 35 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered (It's Yours!)
What's better than a big, beatufiul building of the arts? How about one that used to be a Post Office! Or a public health facility! We're talking about Postmark Center of the Arts, obviously, and it …
Episode 34 | Designing the look of Auburn (on Main)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! How does a city get its look and feel? Who are the creatives who make it happen? How, exactly, does a banner get made? City of Auburn's lone Graphic Designer, Kevin McCoy, joins th…
Episode 33 | We Put the Community in Community Meetings
What's better than a series of Safe Auburn: Community Conversations meetings? How about a round two! That's exactly what's headed to schools across Auburn in January and February when the Safe Auburn…