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Join couple-preneur Ruth and Brian Steinmetz as they share their expertise in real estate, design and social activism. As co-founders of “Steinmetz”, a real estate brokerage and interior design firm serving mainly Chittenden County, Vermont, they explore the intersection of wellness and the art of conscious dwelling through what they call dwellness. They’ll cover topics like equity- in all its forms, environmental and social justice, conscious consumption, mental and community health and so ...
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The Mike Wise Show

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The Mike Wise Show is hosted by basketball journalist and story teller Mike Wise. Mike's weekly guests are a "Who's Who" list of players, coaches, executives, journalists, and influencers of hoop culture. Nobody tells a story like Mike and his Wise Ass friends. Each weekly episode of The Mike Wise Show will be available on Monday mornings.
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We chat with the Reverend Mark Hughes on how he finds his dwellness. He speaks about connecting with your whole self and how now more than ever we need to protect our minds as the first step to safeguarding our humanity. He shares his struggles and motivation to find moments of presence in the lives of other people because it provides immense fulln…
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Join us as we chat with our friend, Farmer Aaron of Sowing Roots Farm in Underhill, VT. We discuss topics like the consumer culture in which we live (especially hyped up as the holidays approach), giving back to our communities, minimalism and a lot more! Aaron, originally from Columbus, Ohio, made the move to New England in 2016 and quickly felt a…
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Denetra Gary shares her experience of finding dwellness in singlehood. She shares her struggles as a young adult, working through her roots and past trauma to finding surrender, a life of peace and spiritual maturity in Jesus Christ as a 40-year- old. Denetra is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has twelve years experience in the field of soci…
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How can you keep smiling when tragedy strikes… twice? In this episode, Yisroel Besser talks with Yossi Hecht; media personality, author, musician, cancer survivor and husband about his incredibly inspiring life story. They discuss the ways that Yossi was able to harness and exude an incredible simchas hachayim despite losing his ability to walk and…
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SHOW DESCRIPTION: Singer/ songwriter/ activist/ social worker and Ruth's MOM stops by for a chat. Her debut album Hali ya Utu (2021) explores themes around the state of humanity. She shares what it's like as an African immigrant in one of the whitest states in the US and how she is able to make home as a member of the African diaspora in the United…
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Our dear friend Curtis Williams stops by to discuss his feature directorial debut, entitled "Last Weekend" (premiering at Cinequest on August 26!). He tells us how he shares the love and maintains dwellness on-set and how he brings the dwellness all over the world, wherever filmmaking takes him. For more: Visit Curtis' Website Last Weekend Instagra…
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The Dwellness Podcast launches with co-hosts Ruth and Brian Steinmetz, who discuss what dwellness means to them. They'll talk about dwellness origins, their love story (yowza), what they want out of their lives together, good reads, Teddy Roosevelt, and a lot more! Suggested reading: The Daily Dad by Ryan Holiday Daring Greatly by Brene Brown Sacre…
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Couple-preneur Ruth and Brian Steinmetz share their expertise in real estate, design and social activism. Come discover your dwellness through deep conversations and interviews with change-makers, dreamweavers, and many more awesome and inspiring people. Episode 1 launches Wednesday August 16, 2023.By Steinmetz
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When your work puts you inside some of the most sensitive situations in our community, how can you keep from burning out? Have shadchanus fees gone up, and should they? Do all bachurim vape? And can shadchanim drink on Purim? In this episode, Yisroel Besser talks with Rabbi Tzadok Katz, Rabbi Shlomo Lewenstein, and Rabbi Meir Levi, three preeminent…
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What is the challenge of our generation? In this episode, Yisroel Besser talks with Rav Aaron Lopiansky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva of Greater Washington. They discuss the Rosh Yeshiva’s written legacy, and how many chiddushei Torah should be out in print today. The Rosh Yeshiva talks about how true gadlus is emes and yashrus, even sometimes instead o…
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What do you do when Hashem says no? In this episode, Yisroel Besser talks with Rabbi Shlomo Bochner, founder of Bonei Olam, who shares the story of the foundation of the organization, once just intended to fund infertility treatments, but now a huge umbrella of services that help a range of people from single people, through marriage, infertility, …
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How can you make innovations in a yeshivah when the goal is to continue a long mesorah? Did Lakewood have a thriving Jewish nightlife before the yeshivah settled there? In this episode, Yisroel Besser talks with Rabbi Aaron Kotler about the unique position that Rabbi Kotler took in Beis Medrash Govoha, and who he looked to as his inspiration when h…
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How can the unfathomable pain of losing a child be channeled into something holy? In this moving episode, Yisroel Besser talks with Shloimi Steinmetz, who lost his son Dovi as one of the 45 kedoshim in the Meron tragedy of 2021. Since that trauma shook our nation, Shloimi has channeled his energies into teaching bitachon and emunah to others, relay…
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Does overexposure exist in today’s media-frantic world? In this episode, Yisroel Besser talks with Benny Friedman about Jewish music, and what it’s really like to make a parnassah in a field that is so unique. They discuss the impact that Avraham Fried and Doni Gross have had on Benny’s career, and what it takes to make great music. Did Avremel adv…
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Episode #140 of the Mike Wise Show is the final presentation of this podcast that began almost three years ago. We revisit some of our favorite guests (Jamal Crawford, David Stern. Jeanie Buss, Marc Lasry, & Mark Cuban) and reflect on the journey of creating 140 different shows. Mike is joined by his producer and sidekick Bruce Bernstein as they di…
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Greg Anthony of Turner Sports is one of the top NBA analysts in the media. Greg won an NCAA Championship at UNLV in 1990 and played 11 seasons in the NBA. He also has a son playing in the league: Cole Anthony of the Orlando Magic, currently in his 2nd NBA season. Greg and Mike examine his relationship with Cole, Cole's mindset, and other great topi…
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Matt Steinmetz of 95.7 "The Game" in San Francisco has been covering the Golden State Warriors for 25 years. He's been there for the lean years and the championship seasons and has more institutional knowledge of the franchise than anyone. This week he joins the Mike Wise Show to discuss the Warriors hot start, their franchise culture, the key to w…
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This week on the Mike Wise Show, Mike and producer Bruce Bernstein are required to discuss the Aaron Rodgers vaccination kerfuffle, especially after Mike went on CNN to sound off on the Packers QB. But fear not, there's plenty of hoop in this show with a discussion of LeBron James' abdominal strain and whether it could be an injury related to his a…
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Scottie Pippen has a new book coming out and he is holding nothing back. Mike Wise and Bruce Bernstein discuss Scottie's feelings on Michael Jordan and his Bulls experience. The Washington Wizards have become the "Lakers of the East" with the addition of Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, & Kentavious Caldwell Pope in the Russell Westbrook trade. Bruce …
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Mike Wise is back after his off season hiatus. Mike and Bruce Bernstein break down the first week of the season, including a discussion of the early growing pains with the Lakers, the rejuvenation of Carmelo Anthony, the Kyrie Irving vaccination kerfuffle, JA Morant's hot start, and other early season reaction. Mike also explains what he is doing i…
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In the final installment of the Mike Wise Show's four part series on the North Carolina Basketball Family, Mike Wise, his co-host Bruce Bernstein and our panel of Tar Heel greats George Karl, George Lynch, and Matt Doherty share fun stories of their interactions with fellow family members and hoop legends Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkin…
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In part three of the Mike Wise Show's four part series on the North Carolina Basketball Family, Mike Wise, his co-host Bruce Bernstein and our panel of Tar Heel greats George Karl, George Lynch, and Matt Doherty explain how legendary coach Dean Smith, who was head coach from 1961-1997 had a perfectly aligned moral compass and encouraged all of his …
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In part two of the Mike Wise Show's four part series on the North Carolina Basketball Family, Mike Wise, his co-host Bruce Bernstein and our panel of Tar Heel greats George Karl, George Lynch, and Matt Doherty explain what it's like for people from varied backgrounds with different life experiences to be embraced and molded into a family that estab…
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In this first episode of our four part series on the North Carolina Basketball Family, we examine how legendary coach Dean Smith took over a scandal ridden team in 1961 and turned it into something far greater than just a basketball program in his 36 years leading the team. Mike Wise, his co-host Bruce Bernstein and our panel of Tar Heel greats Geo…
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Bobby Marks, ESPN's Front Office Insider is an authority on front office strategy, the salary cap, and player evaluation. In this conversation with Bruce Bernstein (filling in for Mike Wise), Bobby shares great insight on which teams will choose the "best available player" and who is likely to draft for specific needs. Bobby also gives a detailed b…
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What was more shocking: A) Milwaukee winning 4 straight games after trailing the NBA Finals 0-2 or B) Giannis Antetokounmpo turning into Stephen Curry at the free throw line? Without question, it's B. On a special "Post-Finals" episode of the Mike Wise Show, Mike and Bruce Bernstein examine how the Bucks pulled off the series win against the Suns. …
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Bobby Marks worked in the NBA for 20 years and was the Assistant GM of the Brooklyn Nets for five of them. As ESPN's Front Office Insider, Bobby is an authority on front office strategy, the salary cap, player evaluation, and all of the mind games NBA executives play with each other. In this conversation with Bruce Bernstein (filling in for Mike Wi…
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Heading into game three of the NBA Finals, many were writing the obituary for the 2020-'21 Milwaukee Bucks. After going down 0-2 to the the Phoenix Suns, Giannis Antetokounmpo and his suddenly aroused teammates delivered a strong message that Phoenix still had reason to "Fear the Deer." With the Greek Freak leading the way, Milwaukee used two massi…
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The NBA Finals are scheduled to begin on Tuesday July 6th with the Phoenix Suns facing the Milwaukee Bucks. Mike Wise and his producer share their thoughts on how the injury bug has bitten every Suns opponent, but not the Suns. Mike and Bruce also discuss what a championship would mean for Chris Paul and his legacy. And towards the end of the show,…
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Khris Middleton has been seen as "Robin" to Giannis Antetokounpo's "Batman," but Middleton flipped the script on Sunday and Milwaukee couldn't be happier. Trae Young, the breakout star of the playoffs suffered a freak ankle injury when he stepped on referee Sean Wright's foot and he was hobbled the rest of the night. We'll find out on Tuesday if he…
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Larry Brown is without question one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. The Hall of Famer has coached 9 NBA teams, two ABA teams, and is the only head coach to win an NBA Championship (2004 Detroit Pistons) and an NCAA Championship (Kansas 1988). He has mentored and developed great coaches like Gregg Popovich, John Calipari, Bill Self, …
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Adam Schefter of ESPN is the #1 NFL Insider with 8.4 million Twitter followers. But this 1989 Michigan grad has a passion for basketball and classic stories about the sport. At the 9:09 mark, he recalls his senior year in Ann Arbor. It was Glen Rice's dream season w/the Wolverines, winning the NCAA Championship. And it set the stage for all that fo…
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This week Mike Wise does his famous "download" on the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Are the Clippers ready to win it all? Does the NBA need the Nets to advance with their star power? Is Trae Young becoming an all time great right before our eyes? Does Pat Riley really think LeBron James would consider rejoining the Heat? What is next for the Cel…
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Kyrie Irving loves to bring drama wherever he goes. His play has been sensational but his "off the court" actions have inspired lots of debate. Mike & Producer Bruce Bernstein discuss whether Kyrie is intentionally trying to sabotage the Celtics organization with some of his accusations that may influence future free agents considering the Celtics?…
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