'Quirky' Homewood Featured In New Podcast, Video Series

HOMEWOOD, IL — The village motto "Home Sweet Homewood" now has a podcast to go with it. The podcast, simply called “Home Sweet Homewood: The Podcast” launched on Monday along with the "And Now for Something Completely Homewood" video series.

The 10-episode podcast series will cover a diverse range of topics from schools to outdoor activities to the arts to why people moved to Homewood, according to a news release from the village.

It's hosted by local resident Josh Eisenberg, produced by local resident Mary Jane Maharry and takes the listener on a journey of life in Homewood. New episodes will be released twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31. The episodes will cover the grade centers and school districts, the Homewood Science Center, the arts in Homewood, businesses in Homewood, Homewood history, special events and stories of Homewood residents.

The video series was created by Homewood resident Anne Colton. It will show the "alternative aspects" of Homewood that help make up its quirky reputation like the community garden, off-leash biking outings, homegrown music and chickens.

“Homewood has an outstanding amount of creativity and quirkiness that can’t always be conveyed through conventional means of advertising,” Jennifer Quirke, marketing director for the village, said.

“We wanted to attract new eyes and ears to all the wonderful aspects of what makes this town so unique so we decided to do both a podcast and video series. We are so lucky to have Josh and Anne in our community to fully capture the essence of what makes Homewood such a great community to be a part of.”