Little Local Conversations

About Little Local Conversations

Discover the people, places, stories, and ideas of Watertown, MA. Visit littlelocalconversations.com to see all episodes, upcoming events, and more. Join Matt Hanna as he has conversations with various businesses owners, community leaders, creatives, and other interesting folks in Watertown to learn about what they do and get to know a bit about the people behind the work. Sign up for the email newsletter to know when new episodes are out: https://mailchi.mp/1ffcb9f6801e/newsletter-signup

Publisher

Matt Hanna

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

152 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Local Government Update, October 2026

   Discover the latest Watertown government moments, stories, and numbers in this conversation with Tyler Cote, the Director of Communications and Community Engagement for the City of Watertown, and Victoria Weichel from WCA-TV. See links to things mentioned in this episode at LittleLocalConversations.com. Support the show Head on over to www.littlelocalconversations.com to check out all the episodes, events, and everything else going on. Sign up for the Little Local Conversati...

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Creative Chats With Ellen Wineberg (The Art of Curation)

   As part of the Creative Chats live podcast event series, I sat down at the Mosesian Center for the Arts for a conversation with artist and gallery owner Ellen Wineberg. We discuss curation from many angles: choosing the artwork for shows, solving the puzzle of hanging the art in a way that the pieces are in conversation with each other, matchmaking pairings and groupings of artists, and learning to bring out the character in her unique space. We also get a glimpse into the community she's cre...

3. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Life Stories From Watertown Seniors

   Hear from 5 Watertown seniors and their wide-ranging stories of 90+ years of living in the area. I visited The Residence at Watertown Square to chat with Ellen Dupuis, Gene Merullo, Joseph Labianca, Lou Romanelli, and Peggy O'Hara among a room of their peers. They share memories of Watertown over the years and the lessons they've learned from working hard, caring for others, and always keeping a smile on your face no matter what life throws your way. Support the show Head on over to www.littl...

Who has been a guest on Little Local Conversations

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Arto Vaun
• Xin Peng
• Allie Fry
• Liz Helfer
• Kristen Kenny

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

87

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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