Category: Pop It!

Pop It! hosts Sarah Connell and Molly O'Connor tackle regional popular culture and news with a focus on the nation.

Pop It! is Mass Foodies’ take on pop culture with hosts Sarah Connell and Molly O’Connor. Each week, Sarah and Molly put their thumbs on the pulse of Central Massachuetts’ business and cutlral scene by engaging in conversation with some of the region’s influencers. With an emphasis on empowering the individual, the podcast sheds light on how even the smallest local ripple can cause a national wave.

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Photo Vibing—Joseph Gonzalez-Dufresne

Pop It is on site at the Ivy Corset Building with photographer Joe Gonzalez-Dufresne. Joe captures couples with a signature storytelling style noted for its sense of natural movement and energy. He has braved snowstorms, bug swarms, and everything in between. Joe always makes time to wander at weddings; the results are simply stunning.

Our old friend Unity Mike Hendrickson stopped by to snap some photos and our new friend John Tonelli joined us to elevate sound production for this week’s episode.

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Undefeated — Senator Harriette L. Chandler

We’re on site at City Hall with the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate, Harriette L. Chandler, in the room where she got her political start as a member of the Worcester School Committee

Molly O’Connor, Senator Chandler, and Sarah Connell at City Hall

in 1991. Chandler went on to become the second woman in Massachusetts history to serve as Majority Leader and also as Senate President. At age 81, she has never lost an election.

We discuss the ROE Act as well as her transition from SP, which she says was not at all like Joan Vennochi described it in the Boston Globe last year when she wrote, “Men might have settled this with a heart-to-heart stroll around the Hooker statue. Instead, Chandler and Spilka are fighting over the timing of a baton pass like bargain-hunters battling over a markdown at Filene’s Basement.” Yuck. We also talk Oscars. Photos by Unity Mike.