The Sidecar Podcast from The Cricket

SIDECAR - Meet The Cricket's 2021 Summer Interns

The Cricket's Editor Erika Brown introduces Cape Ann to our highly talented summer reporting interns. Hear from Alexis Brown, Marcella Zaffari Flammia, and Olivia Turner. Find out what projects they've been assigned to do, and how to follow their work all summer long.
Produced by Christy King and edited by Alexis Brown.

SIDECAR with Mark Stolle: What is Your Favorite Book?

Features Editor Kris McGinn turns the tables on Manchester-by-the-Book store owner Mark Stolle in asking him the question he likes to ask customers, "What is your favorite book?" The tables keep turning as Kris admits she dreaded answering the question, while Mark shares some of the best responses he's heard, and the rest of us madly take note of all the great books and stories Mark shares. 

SIDECAR with Mark Stolle: Adventures in Book Buying (and much more)

The Cricket's Lifestyle Editor Kris McGuinn talks with Manchester By The Book store owner Mark Stolle about the question he most often gets from people in his shop: How do you get your books? Buckle up people - the answer is one heck of an adventure! 

SIDECAR with Mark Stolle: His Latest Good Reads

Features Editor Kris McGinn talks with Manchester by the Book owner Mark Stolle about the latest couple of great books he read; Matthew McConaughey's autobiography and a fascinating tome on the history of the Comic Book Store. 

SIDECAR with Jen Coles and All The Feels

The Cricket's Editor Erika Brown welcomes Interior Designer Jen Coles to the Sidecar podcast to talk about her most personal column. It ventured far beyond interior design, but Jen brings it all back home again in the end. 

SIDECAR with Jen Coles: The Angel of Death?

The Cricket's Editor Erika Brown lets Home Designer Jen Coles further explain to us when - and when NOT - to kill off our household plants as we look to refresh a room's layout and design. 

SIDECAR with Jen Coles - Time to Sweat the Small Stuff

The Cricket's Editor Erika Brown gets into the weeds with Home Designer Jen Coles on why you might want to look carefully at the parts of your home NOT included in a major renovation. 

SIDECAR - Hannah Harlow and the Newburyport Book Festival

Features Editor Kris McGuinn invites Beverly Farms Book Shop owner Hannah Harlow into The Cricket's podcast studio to talk about her experience hosting a panel of authors, who also happen to be bookstore owners. 

SIDECAR - Anticipating the 2021 Newburyport Book Festival

The Cricket Editor Erika Brown talks with Lifestyle Editor Kris McGinn about Beverly Farm's Book Shop owner Hannah Harlow's participation in the 2021 Newburyport Book Festival. Hannah writes about her excitement in being asked to moderate a fascinating panel of authors who are also book store owners. 

SIDECAR - The Great Marsh Brewer

The Cricket Editor Erika Brown talks with Lifestyle Editor Kris McGinn about the Great Marsh Brewery’s owner John Collins and The Great Marsh Brewery on Main Street in Essex which John opened just before Covid. Erika and Kris discuss John, a lively character, and his passion for making “the world’s best beer.” They also talk about John’s journey from a tech start-up to brewer and restaurant owner, his love of music, and what things might be like for the brewery restaurant in a post-COVID (we hope) summer.