LCC Connect

08/19/2026

**Tuesdays at 2!** That's when you can listen to our latest episodes on LCC Connect, and we have TEN new ones this week! ⬇️

This weeks feature:
🚨🆘😷On The StarZone, Patty Spagnuolo sits down with Carol Wolfinger, LCC’s Director of Emergency Management, about how LCC prepares for emergencies. They discuss planning, training, teamwork, and the importance of building strong relationships with first responders, as well as community partners, so LCC can respond quickly when disaster strikes.

Also new this week:
⭐️Coach Cut’s Corner – Guest: Ricky Scruggs, Performance Coach / The Champion Within
⭐️Conversations with Kate – Topic: The Strength in Softness
⭐️Michigan History Moment – Topic: Cornelius Henderson
⭐️Off the Page: From Ink to Air
📝Excerpt: The Cost of Feeling by Elizabeth Leibrand
📝Excerpt: Car Rides by RJ Huhn
📝Excerpt: Let Me In by Brigit Wikkerink
⭐️Student Success Stories – Guest: Brett Vue, LCC Graduate / Involve Yourself in Your Own Life
⭐️Time Signatures – Guest: Joanna Connor, Singer & Guitarist / Slide into the Groove
⭐️Washington Square On-Air – Guest: Jeffrey H. MacLachlan, Author & Professor / Building Poems from Personal History

🐸 Feelin’ Froggy? Jump into 30+ podcasts anytime at LccConnect.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
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08/17/2026

🎙️ Finding your favorite LCC Connect podcasts just got a whole lot easier!

The new and improved LCCconnect.com is live, and there’s more to explore than ever:
🔎 Find your next favorite podcast with our improved, searchable podcast page.
📰 Go "Beyond the Mic" with our new blog, featuring news, updates, and stories from the LCC Connect network.
🐸 Meet Lillie Padderson, our official spokesfrog and resident podcast enthusiast!

Take a look for yourself and discover what’s happening at LCC Connect.

👉 LCCconnect.com

A huge thank you to the LCC Web Team for helping bring the new site to life! 🙌

08/15/2026

📻 LCC Connect Weekly is on the air! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Coming up...
🔨🔧🗜 Community Convos host Megan Simmons is joined in studio by Emily Reest, co-founder of My Handyma'am, to share how her team is helping women gain confidence through hands-on, home repair education. From workshops to podcasts, they teach practical skills like plumbing, drywall repair, and tool safety, empowering homeowners to save money, build independence, and feel more confident caring for their homes. Additionally, a weekend intensive workshop is taking place Saturday, August 22, 2026.
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/88120249-eb5b-4adc-8a4a-448854ce57ac

Also featured this weekend:
⭐️Off the Page: From Ink to Air – Excerpt: Buffalo by Conner Czarnecki
⭐️Exit Stage Left – Guest: Nada Radakovich, Soprano & LCC Voice Instructor / Building Performers, One Aria at a Time
⭐️A PsychoDelicious Conversation – Guest: Melissa Black (New Co-Host) / Gender Dynamics in Therapy (Women's Mental Health, Pt. 2)
⭐️Michigan History Moment – Topic: Bois Blanc Island
⭐️The Sociological POV – Guest: Isaiah Niang-Casey, Jaffret Beltran, & Camille Murphy, LCC Students / How Do We View the Process of Aging?

🎧 Saturdays at 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. & Sundays at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. on 89.7 FM, or listen live online at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/listen.html
You can also listen to past episodes of LCC Connect Weekly at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/shows/weekly-program.html

08/12/2026

**Tuesdays at 2!** That's when you can listen to our latest episodes on LCC Connect, and we have ELEVEN new ones this week! ⬇️

This weeks feature:
♾️🌈♾️On this week's StarZone Podcast, Patty Spagnuolo talks with Dr. Toni Glasscoe and Michelle Strauss, as they discuss the critical importance of fostering a neurodivergent-friendly campus at Lansing Community College. The guests share insights on the evolution of community support for neurodiverse individuals and highlight innovative programs designed to enhance college access and success.
Click the link below to give it a listen!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a6a85792-0eab-44da-9500-40683cd7187f

Also new this week:
⭐️A PsychoDelicious Conversation – Topic: A Bold Frontier (Psychedelics, Pt. 2)
⭐️Community Convos – Guest: Emily Pearl-Reist, My Handyma’am / Empowering Women Through Home Repair (Learn How-to with My Handyma’am)
⭐️Now Spinning – Topic: A Long Time Ago, in a Record Store Far Away (First Albums)
⭐️Off the Page: From Ink to Air
📝Excerpt: A Life of a Cat by Joy Moss
📝Excerpt: KP Chronicles by Alec Whiting
📝Excerpt: Bleeding Belledonna and Deadly Nightshade by Mac C. Magi
⭐️Stars on Sports – Topic: Flat-Packing Potential (Harnessing the IKEA Effect)
⭐️The Sociological POV – Guests: Patrick Rogers & Guutama Habtalem, LCC Students / How is Ai Affecting Society?
⭐️Time Signatures – Guest: Shaun Murphy, Singer & Songwriter / (From Ann Arbor to the World)
⭐️Written In the Stars – Guest: Tony Bailey, LCC Adjunct Clinical Instructor & Author / Healthy Finances (Nursing Your Nest Egg)

🐸 Feelin’ Froggy? Jump into 30+ podcasts anytime at LccConnect.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
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08/07/2026

📻 LCC Connect Weekly is on the air! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Coming up...
🧠🧠🧠 On this episode, A PsychoDelicious Conversation welcomes Melissa Black as a co-host of the show. They explore the vital and often overlooked subject of women's mental health. The discussion also highlights the evolution of societal attitudes and the increasing recognition of the need for specialized care given the historically skewed approach of mental health research and treatment.
Tune in to 89.7 FM this weekend, or click the link below to listen:
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/d7222946-7763-4db9-a22d-06132a12974c

Also featured this weekend:
⭐️ Exit Stage Left – Guests: Sally Hecksel & Shannon Bowen, Event Co-Founders / Renegade Fringe Festival (Turning Streetlights Into Footlights)
⭐️ Community Convos – Guest: James Lenon, Old Town Commercial Association Executive Director / Exploring Old Town Lansing
⭐️ Conversations with Kate – Topic: Listening to the Nudges
⭐️ Coach Cut’s Corner – Guest: Kaiden Kapa, Freshman Catcher / Behind the Mask

🎧 Saturdays at 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. & Sundays at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. on 89.7 FM, or listen live online at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/listen.html
You can also listen to past episodes of LCC Connect Weekly at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/shows/weekly-program.html

Quickly and easily listen to A PsychoDelicious Conversation for free!

08/04/2026

**Tuesdays at 2!** That's when you can listen to our latest episodes on LCC Connect, and we have ELEVEN new ones this week! ⬇️

This weeks feature:
📝📒👨🏼‍🎓LCC Connect is excited to introduce Off the Page: From Ink to Air! This unique podcast showcases Lansing Community College students sharing original creative writing developed in Professor Lucken's classes. From fiction and poetry to creative nonfiction, each episode brings student voices and their words from the page to the microphone.🎙️ We'll be releasing multiple episodes over the next few weeks, so stay tuned!
Click the link below to give it a listen!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/949ea4f0-d3cc-4181-80c5-33f03c6a00cc

New this week:
⭐️ A PsychoDelicious Conversation – Topic: The Wild West of Wellness (Psychedelics, Pt. 1)
⭐️ Cut's Corner – Topic: The Ikea Effect
⭐️ Convos – Guest: Clare Gomez, Clare's Candies / A Pop of Perfection
⭐️ Stage Left – Guest: Nada Radakovich, Soprano & LCC Voice Instructor / Building Performers, One Aria at a Time
⭐️ Michigan History Moment – Topic: Hair Jewelry
⭐️ Off the Page: From Ink to Air
📝Excerpt: Buffalo by Conner Czarnecki
📝Excerpt: I Saw You in the Stars by Lucas Huskey
📝Excerpt: Steel and Starlight by Lindsay Hyo Lewandowski
⭐️ RIPPER – Topic: Private Eyes (When Privacy Becomes Property)
⭐️ Time Signatures – Guest: Zak Bekkers, Harmonicist / It’s Never Too Late for the Blues
⭐️ Washington Square On-Air – Guest: Eliza Marley, Scholar & Writer / Ghostwriting as Ecology

🐸 Feelin’ Froggy? Jump into 30+ podcasts anytime at LccConnect.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
🎥 Watch our podcasts on YouTube
✨ LCC Connect – Voices, Vibes, Vision

Quickly and easily listen to Off the Page: From Ink to Air for free!

07/31/2026

📻 LCC Connect Weekly is on the air! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Coming up...
🌟🌟🌟 On Who's That Star, Lisa A. is joined by Shannon Donovan, the Senior Director of Financial Aid at Lansing Community College, for a conversation that highlights the crucial role of financial aid in promoting access and opportunity in higher education. Shannon shares insights into her own day-to-day mission of creating a supporting environment for students through transparent processes and collaboration.
Tune in to 89.7 FM this weekend, or click the link below to listen:
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/cfdc48ea-3e71-402a-904e-34a9aa15ff6a

Also featured this weekend:
⭐️ Boots 2 Books – Guests: Roy Fernandez & Dillon Bowling, LCC Center for Veteran & Family Support / Change Your Socks, Hydrate, & Drive On (Reintegration, Pt. 2)
⭐️ Trollin’ the Mitten – Guests: Kaitlyn Bess Reil & Austin Fajnor / Sherrie's Cherries
⭐️ Michigan History Moment – Topic: Michigan Normal's Segregated Practice House
⭐️ Written in the Stars – Guest: Lucy A. Synk, Illustrator & Artist / Conventional Brushstrokes

🎧 Saturdays at 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. & Sundays at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. on 89.7 FM, or listen live online at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/listen.html
You can also listen to past episodes of LCC Connect Weekly at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/shows/weekly-program.html

07/30/2026

**Tuesdays at 2!** That's when you can listen to our latest episodes on LCC Connect, and we have SIX new ones this week! ⬇️

This weeks feature:
👮‍♀️🏛️👮🏿 On Silver & Blue, Tami McDiarmid begins the long story of how Ancient Rome became such a powerhouse of the Ancient World, resulting in the rise of their concepts in law, policing, and corrections. This episode is the starting point for an episode arc that will take four parts to cover.
Click the link below to give it a listen!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/3641c351-3206-4555-b5ce-cff20f6dc18e

New this week:
⭐️ Boots 2 Books – Topic: Allies in Academics (Civilian Acceptable Peer Review)
⭐️ Conversations with Kate – Guest: Toby Teague / The Power of Presence (Leading Faith in a Small Town)
⭐️ Now Spinning – Topic: Cover Song Confidential
⭐️ Stars on Sports – Topic: It Takes a Village to Clean a Stadium
⭐️ Time Signatures – Guest: J.P. Reali, Guitarist & Songwriter / Deadheadicated to the Blues

🐸 Feelin’ Froggy? Jump into 30+ podcasts anytime at LccConnect.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
🎥 Watch our podcasts on YouTube
✨ LCC Connect – Voices, Vibes, Vision

Quickly and easily listen to Silver and Blue for free!

07/24/2026

📻 LCC Connect Weekly is on the air! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Coming up...
🏨🕍🏚️ On Community Convos, Megan Simmons explores the vibrant community of Old Town, Lansing, featuring insights from James Lenon, Executive Director of the Old Town Commercial Association. He shares his deep-rooted connection to the area, highlighting the evolution of local businesses and the significance of community events.
Tune in to 89.7 FM this weekend, or click the link below:
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/3d58de12-0690-401f-a357-16ef0442e1ac

Also featured this weekend:
⭐️ Art Happens Here – Topic: CAD Lab
⭐️ Washington Square On-Air – Guest: Matt Grossman, Bookstore Entrepreneur / Getting 'Hooked' on Books, Coffee, and Community
⭐️ Stars on Sports – Topic: From the Bench (Sideline Engagement)
⭐️Now Spinning – Topic: It's Alive! A Journey Through Live Music

🎧 Saturdays at 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. & Sundays at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. on 89.7 FM, or listen live online at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/listen.html
You can also listen to past episodes of LCC Connect Weekly at
https://www.lcc.edu/connect/shows/weekly-program.html

Quickly and easily listen to Community Convos for free!

07/22/2026

🏆 We're honored to be recognized! LCC Connect was proud to be named a finalist for Outstanding Institutional Podcast Network at HigherEd PodCon II!

Last week, the LCC Connect team traveled to Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, to connect with podcast creators from colleges and universities across the country. From President Michael Baston's inspiring welcome to engaging sessions, fresh ideas, and meaningful conversations, it was an incredible opportunity to learn, collaborate, and celebrate the power of storytelling in higher education.

A huge thank you to the organizers, presenters, sponsors, and everyone who helped make HigherEd PodCon II such a memorable experience. We're returning to Lansing inspired, energized, and excited for what's ahead!