
These are podcasts from 1623 Studios' members and friends! They cover unique subject matters that are pertinent to the eclectic communities here on Cape Ann, Massachusetts.
Episodes

Aug 25, 2025
Aug 25, 2025
14 min
On Aug. 26, in 2023 and 2024, Amy co-led Women's Equality forums that were well attended and enjoyed, (and filmed by affiliates of 1623 Studios). On Amy's 1st podcast she shares what she's been up to and suggests ways to celebrate Women's Equality Day in 2025, in light of recent roll-backs in women's rights.

Dec 4, 2023
Dec 4, 2023
17 min
Join Cape Ann Today host Kory Curcuru as he catches up with Erika Brown of The Cricket . This week, they discuss the latest news in the ongoing saga surrounding the Community Center. #CapeAnnToday #OriginalContent #GloucesterMA #CapeAnnMA #RockportMA #EssexMA #ManchesterByTheSeaMA
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Dec 1, 2023
Dec 1, 2023
26 min
Gloucester Times Reporters discuss Essex High School, Cape Ann Museum, and much more.
1623 Studios is a #nonprofit organization dedicated to producing community programming for #CapeAnn—Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Essex—and to providing a forum for the free exchange of information and ideas. We also provide a full spectrum of creative services to support our mission. Learn more at https://1623studios.org

Nov 2, 2023
Nov 2, 2023
47 min
In this bonus episode, John Curtis Perry has a conversation with Sung-Yoon Lee, expert on North Korea and author of the new book The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World.

Aug 7, 2023
Aug 7, 2023
23 min
Gloucester's Mayor Greg Verga discusses city updates including The Magnolia Pier, Green Street Project, and more!

Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022
24 min
In this bonus episode, John Curtis Perry describes his practical methodology for writing with the reader in mind, helps writers navigate the rocky shores of stilted or formulaic prose, and celebrates the joy of carefully crafting text.

Feb 2, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
22 min
In this final episode, the postlude book-ending the Revolution at Sea series, John Curtis Perry adds a few words as a sort of summary of our time together.
"Together we have thought about some aspects of how the world of the terracentric has interacted with the world of the salt water (71% of the planet). We are living in a time of immense and rapid change as we grapple with the many dimensions of globalism that the ocean has provided to humanity, while serving as avenue, arena, and source, a shaper of the human experience.
I hope that my remarks may have contributed to your understanding of what this means in the examples I have drawn from the past, and perhaps even to think about the implications for today."—John Curtis Perry.

Jan 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022
14 min
Millions of Chinese rise from poverty and support an authoritarian state with global ambitions for prominence. The Chinese declare that their system is superior to democracy. What does this mean for Americans?

Jan 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022
18 min
Under Deng Xiaoping’s leadership, China opens to the outside world and builds a highly successful export economy. Logistics come first, Deng says.

Jan 12, 2022
Jan 12, 2022
7 min
“China stands up,” Mao says. At immense cost, China struggles in its early PRC years to make enormous political, economic, and social changes.
