Howdy Hyattsville! I know you have missed the Hyattsville H4X podcast and our inane ramblings about life in Prince Georges County, but I've been very busy helping folks to replicate our beloved wiki and podcast for organizations, individuals and other communities. I promise we will get back on the ball soon, but in the mean time, here is a "pod" I uploaded to Current TV (Channel 107 on Coma-cast Cable) that is doing well on their charts. Enjoy.

Here's a video I filmed for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (1-800-SUICIDE) and the Youth America Hotline 1-877-YOUTHLINE (968-8454) who have created a walkathon to help honor and remember loved ones that have been lost to suicide.  The walk serves to not only pay tribute to their lives, but to also create awareness, to help erase the  negative stigma associated with suicide, and to help try and prevent future suicides. By coming together as a community to show support for families and friends who have lost a loved one, we also stand together in showing that we are not ashamed and that we are dedicated to trying to get more support for our cause.

Hyattsville H4X goes to the theatre to see the history of microbiology in nine scenes of gags, burlesque, drollery and song.

Produced by Active Cultures, the vernacular theatre of Mt. Ranier, Maryland, Petri Dish Circus is a play loosely based off of the classic non-fiction novel Microbe Hunters by Paul Henry de Kruif. Much like the original book first published in 1926 that describes 12 historical milestones in science, Active Cultures reenacts "the daring-do of Louis Pasteur in his Parisian lab, the Scotch fortitude of Ronald Ross as he travels through disease-stricken Africa, and the melancholy saga of Walter Reed as he battles Yellow Jack in Cuba" - all with a healthy dose of humor.

In this episode, we interview Mary Resing, artistic director for Active Cultures, who talks about Microbe Hunters as inspiration for theatre and her whimsical, and slightly pointed, approach to the portrayal of women featured in de Kruif's work. Excerpts from the actual performance are also featured.

The Hyattsville Life & Times, January 2008 print edition, is now available in .pdf format for subscribers to the Hyattsville H4X podcast or for download by clicking on the "pod" logo on the left side of this entry.

Some of the headlines for this issue include:

Items discussed in this episode include:

1. Welcome, Special Guest Chris Currie, Thank you to Current.com, Christmas video with Greg.

2. Interview with Chris Currie about his role at the Hyattsville Life & Times.

3. Mayor Gardiner cries foul in a letter to the editor that appeared in the Gazette's Dec. 20th issue in response to Mark Matulef's persistence in presenting misleading information about crime in Hyattsville to the public.

4. Prince Georges County Murder Rate up to 135.

5. Greg Tindale on NBC News.

6. Nicholas James Harris says "Don’t stand on the sidelines of sidewalk repairs."

Music by Geoff Smith, "If Christmas Were Make Believe," Podsafe Music Network.

The Hyattsville Life & Times, December 2007 print edition, is now available in .pdf format for subscribers to the Hyattsville H4X podcast or for download by clicking on the "pod" logo on the left side of this entry.

Some of the headlines for this issue include:

Items discussed in this episode include:

1. Mark Matulef's Ward 2 Survey Results.

2. Famous Dave's BBQ Coming to Hyattsville and Franklin’s Famous Oyster Stew.

3. Development in the Port Towns – People’s Harbor.

4. MNCPPC to Provide Lighting for West Hyattsville Metro and Hyattsville Purchases 16 New Vehicles.

5. Local Retail Could Benefit Route 1.

Music by American Heartbreak, The Greatest Xmas Song Ever Written, Podsafe Music Network.