This episode’s been a long time coming!  Charlie Vincent of SpurImpact (Delaware Charity Challenge, #MILLSUMMIT) joins the Darlings to talk about spurring an impact in Delaware and working with many nonprofits to realize their visions.  We also talk about more restaurants with fireplaces and reflect on the 2019 #MILLSUMMIT. (more…)

This episode the Darlings are flying solo and sharing holiday news, their favorite local traditions, Dara’s Holiday Hair, and where to shop for your favorite Delaware Enthusiasts…or just the Enthusiasts’ friends and families.  They even discuss the ideal way to organize a Delaware shaped cheese & charcuterie board. (more…)

The Unpaid Interns step it up this episode and carry on quite the conversation with our guest Cheryl McClea, an animal communicator.  Cheryl explains discovering this ability, how she uses it to talk to people’s pets, animals in shelters, and even those who are no longer with us. Honorable mentions: Christmas pop-up bar Blitzen by Dallas Shaw & Dan Sheridan, Emily’s quilting Grandma Ellie, Costuming the Crown at Winterthur. (more…)

This episode the Darlings are joined by Stacie Maheurin, Director at Greenbank Mills & Philips Farm, and Ellen Weiner, a local storyteller who helps put on Greenbank’s Folklore Fridays events.  We get the inside scoop on Greenbank’s history and events, as well as how important it is to connect with a community through living history and shared experiences. (more…)

The Darlings don’t even have time to catch up with each other because they’re too busy catching up with Missy & Jeremy Hall, two comic who live in Delaware but tour nationally.  We chat dad jokes vs. mom humor, whether it’s okay to joke about a man’s height and a woman’s age, M&J’s new podcast The Hall Way, and how hot the nursing home comedy scene is right now. (more…)

Bear with us on this field trip episode!  We went on location to the Tilton Mansion, home of the University & Whist Club.  First we’re joined by Danielle Bouchat-Friedman to learn about the Dr. James Tilton & the mansion, as well as some upcoming events open to the public.  Then we head to the bar where we catch up with mixologist Brian Burnett.  We even have a few members join us as the live audience and chime in on Brian’s skills! (Note that Brian was actually tending bar while we...

After a summer vacation hiatus, the Darlings catch up about eating burgers, running races, and local news.  Then Emily chats with Emily Dolan, a Delawarean in the Wild who is pursuing a professional soccer career in Europe. (more…)

First the Darlings give a quick recap of the #MILLSUMMIT, then get right into it with Jake Buchler & Pierson Roenke of Sussex County brand Delaware Apparel.  The guys tell us about growing up in Sussex County, starting the company, and what’s ahead, as well as test the Darlings in a DE trivia game. (more…)

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In their first ever BONUS episode, the Darlings are joined by New York Times Bestselling author Andrew Shaffer.  Last year Shaffer released Hope Never Dies, the first novel in his Obama Biden mystery series.  This summer he’s back with the sequel Hope Rides Again, this time set in Chicago over St. Patrick’s Day. (more…)

This one’s a two-fer!  The Darlings are joined by Claris Park, who is portraying the role of Sir Hugh Evans in this month’s production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, and David Stradley, Delshakes’ Producing Artistic Director.  We get some sneak peeks of the show and Emily and David battle it out to see who is Delaware’s preeminent Shakespearean scholar. (more…)

To continue their summer reading themed month, the Darlings are joined by local author David Teague and chat about local open mics, being a pantser and becoming a plotter, writing with a partner, and what it’s like to be an author in a small community. (more…)

Emily and Dara finally get to geek out on an entire episode about libraries.  New Castle Public Library mavens Sara and Nicole dish on summer reading recommendations, upcoming programming, and all the great work our public libraries are doing in the community. (more…)

The Darlings are joined by the oft name-dropped Lisa P.  The ladies catch up on Delaware news (we’re looking at you Kono and Dogfish), summer festival plans, and gripping true crime podcasts. (more…)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go from a 5,500 SF Delaware home to a 500 SF RV traveling the country?  Jenn & Keith, known as the Empty Nest Nomads, took to the road last year and are hitting 42 of the 50 states, trying to find their next home. (more…)

The Darlings took a field trip to Dover with stops at Style Encore, House of Coffi, and Bel Boutique.  At the chicest recording studio yet, The Loocke, SamanthaStyled and SincerelySteele join the ladies to talk blogging, fashion, and all things Dover. (more…)

The Darlings are joined by Hot Breakfast!, the premier acoustic Delaware dork-rock power duo of Jill Knapp and Matt Casarino.  The duo tells us how they met, how they became Hot Breakfast!, and we even play a little Denny’s or Delaware Local? game with them. (more…)

This episode the Darlings are joined by Rick Hidalgo, a local artist and owner of RH Gallery in Hockessin.  He gives all the behind the scenes details of putting together two shows at the DE Contemporary – “Blackout,” a show of his own work, and “The Fire Theft,” a show of 13 other artists’ work Rick curated. (more…)

This episode’s a classic!  Emily tells bad jokes, Dara laughs anyway, Laura Wilburn of Urban Bike Project tells us about growing up biking in DE and then getting involved in a nonprofit and committing to a car-free lifestyle, and Nutmeg is appalled when she finds out she shares a birthday with the Delaware Museum of Natural History’s Dude the Museum Cat. (more…)

Unpaid Intern Nutmeg is back in the studio welcoming Mike Mekailek, who has degrees in chemistry, art history, music (general!), and voice & opera. He works in patron relations for the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, plays organ, sings baritone, and is allergic to grapes, so we share some beer with him. (more…)

This episode the Darlings get the scoop from newly minted Delaware Enthusiast Susan Sauter, who wrote a letter to Wilmington’s mayor imploring him to explain why she would love it here. Spoiler: She’s only been here 10 months, but is already so ingrained in the food and art scenes that restaurant owners know her by name and she’s in more clubs than us. (more…)

This episode we catch up with Christina Jedra and Jeanne Kuang, reporters at The News Journal. We chat investigative reporting, the importance of local journalism to our community, why we should pay for subscriptions, and even a few stories about Nutmeg’s furry friends. (more…)

The Darlings are giving a news update on the mysterious music heard on the Delaware River, Nutmeg’s new job promotion, and a Delawarean gracing our TV sets this winter.  Then they’re joined by Kristin Lepley, a podcast enthusiast, triathlete, and group fitness instructor. (more…)

We’re ringing out 2018 by recapping all of the amazing guests we had on and what it was like to launch and produce the #1 podcast about Delaware during our first year! (more…)