Take Me Through It

BJ and cousin Mike talk with their Uncle Bill Shaughnessy who, 65 years ago had a front row seat to the development of the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Titan 1.  Bill tells a personal an…

BJ wraps up his conversation with local news legend Mike Archer about the challenges facing news outlets and the journalists who staff them.

B.J. continues his conversation with Mike Archer of www.thearcherjournal.com, discussing the overuse of cliches and misuse of words in today's journalism.  Can the four C's save our language?

Why do Americans have an issue with trusting journalists? Is it falling revenues at local television stations and newspapers, forcing them to do more with less? Is it inexperience, lack of institutio…

BJ finally follows the advice so many have given him over the decades:  take a hike!  This time he drives and walks up to a bygone symbol of Vermont history, ascending new heights on a spectacular au…

Back by popular demand?  BJ has moved on from local TV and is blowing the dust off the podcast after a 5 year hiatus.  Does anyone care?  Can he create interesting content?  Will anyone listen??  Enj…

TV weatherman Spencer Christian had it all:  A great job, a great family, a great life.  But he nearly lost everything to compulsive gambling, before he found the courage to change his life.  BJ and …

BJ attends the annual commemoration for the USS San Francisco, which was involved in one of the most hellacious, courageous battles  in American military history 76 years ago at Guadalcanal.

Benjamin Zander, Founder, Music Director and Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestras, discusses the world's greatest music; how it uplifts mankind and teaches us…

Former NFL player and now local news anchor Vai Sikahema recounts his transition from the NFL to TV, coming to America at the age of 8, and the important role religion plays in his life. Second of tw…

Vai Sikahema forever won the hearts of Philadelphia Eagles fans more than two decades ago.  He's now a television news anchor, whose front row seat to history includes an impending nuclear attack hea…

Bill Finch has spent his most of his life in public service; State Senator, Mayor of Connecticut's biggest city, Executive Director of the New York State Turnpike Authority.  But now, Bill is using h…

Training teenagers to be ready for the next disaster my not be part of a regular school curriculum, but two Connecticut high schools are doing just that. Fox 61 reporter Jim Altman joins BJ to talk a…

Fires. Murders. Corruption. Bad Weather.  Each among the storylines we expect every day when we tune into the local television news. But the TV news operations that stand out, take the time and make …

FDR was one of our great presidents.  Eleanor was our greatest First Lady. In many ways, it all started when Franklin's mother built them a grand home in midtown Manhattan, a home that still stands t…

Should we return to the Moon?  Plan a mission to Mars? What is the impact and risks of long term human space travel? In this Best of 2017 episode of Take Me Through It, B.J. and Mike (producer of the…

One of the greatest Christmas movies of all time has a back story as funny and interesting as the film itself.  Check out the story behind "Gremlins" in a Take Me Through It episode from the 2017 arc…

B.J. continues his Best of 2017 episodes with a look back to summer, and the story of how a young boy raised in the heart of Red Sox Nation became (gasp!) a fan of the New York Yankees.

"Decency Wins."  That two-word tweet from a Republican U.S. Senator reacting to Democrat Doug Jones' victory in the Alabama U.S. Senate race, brought to mind one of our favorite 2017 episodes of Take…

B.J and the Take Me Through It team count down to 2018 by looking back at some of the more memorable episodes from 2017.  This time, B.J. recounts the time he bumped into the President of the United …