Luis Hernandez
@radiostoryteller.bsky.social
Morning Host at thepublicsradio.org Podcaster. Author. Artist. Day Dreamer. Proud GenXer!
This was an inspiring conversation.
www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul... excellent listen, via @radiostoryteller.bsky.social
Providence students win national entrepreneurship award for AI coloring book business
Adrian Bautista and Evan Perez founded Color Your Life, a subscription business that allows children to use AI technology to create personalized coloring books featuring real-life pictures
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This was an inspiring conversation.
Our success:
- A Small Part is us.
- A Large Part is out of our hands.
- All of it is how we view it.
#goalsetting #goals #aging #GenX #selfhelp
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- A Small Part is us.
- A Large Part is out of our hands.
- All of it is how we view it.
#goalsetting #goals #aging #GenX #selfhelp
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Let Me Share An Equation For Success. You Won't Like It.
YouTube video by Luis Hernandez
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November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our success:
- A Small Part is us.
- A Large Part is out of our hands.
- All of it is how we view it.
#goalsetting #goals #aging #GenX #selfhelp
youtu.be/N4DsICK9ykU?...
- A Small Part is us.
- A Large Part is out of our hands.
- All of it is how we view it.
#goalsetting #goals #aging #GenX #selfhelp
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Happy New Book Tuesday!
@oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
The American Revolution: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
American Revolution docuseries premieres on Ocean State Media TV November 16th.
Crick by Matthew Cobb
Nash Falls by David Baldacci
Wishing On You by Susanne Ash
@oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
The American Revolution: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
American Revolution docuseries premieres on Ocean State Media TV November 16th.
Crick by Matthew Cobb
Nash Falls by David Baldacci
Wishing On You by Susanne Ash
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happy New Book Tuesday!
@oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
The American Revolution: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
American Revolution docuseries premieres on Ocean State Media TV November 16th.
Crick by Matthew Cobb
Nash Falls by David Baldacci
Wishing On You by Susanne Ash
@oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
The American Revolution: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
American Revolution docuseries premieres on Ocean State Media TV November 16th.
Crick by Matthew Cobb
Nash Falls by David Baldacci
Wishing On You by Susanne Ash
For Tuesday, #VeteransDay events in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
* Cranston: Veterans Day Parade at 11:30 AM. Doric Ave, behind the Pub on Park, continues along Park Avenue and ends at the top of Rolfe Square.
* Portsmouth VFW Post 5390 is hosting a ceremony from 11 AM to noon at the VFW post.
* Cranston: Veterans Day Parade at 11:30 AM. Doric Ave, behind the Pub on Park, continues along Park Avenue and ends at the top of Rolfe Square.
* Portsmouth VFW Post 5390 is hosting a ceremony from 11 AM to noon at the VFW post.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
For Tuesday, #VeteransDay events in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
* Cranston: Veterans Day Parade at 11:30 AM. Doric Ave, behind the Pub on Park, continues along Park Avenue and ends at the top of Rolfe Square.
* Portsmouth VFW Post 5390 is hosting a ceremony from 11 AM to noon at the VFW post.
* Cranston: Veterans Day Parade at 11:30 AM. Doric Ave, behind the Pub on Park, continues along Park Avenue and ends at the top of Rolfe Square.
* Portsmouth VFW Post 5390 is hosting a ceremony from 11 AM to noon at the VFW post.
Tomorrow (Veteran's Day) - celebrate and honor those who served our country.
* Bristol: Veterans Home at 480 Metacom Ave.
* East Greenwich: Parade 10 AM From Academy Field through historic district by way of Mawney St.
* East Providence: 10 AM At Garden of Flags on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
* Bristol: Veterans Home at 480 Metacom Ave.
* East Greenwich: Parade 10 AM From Academy Field through historic district by way of Mawney St.
* East Providence: 10 AM At Garden of Flags on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tomorrow (Veteran's Day) - celebrate and honor those who served our country.
* Bristol: Veterans Home at 480 Metacom Ave.
* East Greenwich: Parade 10 AM From Academy Field through historic district by way of Mawney St.
* East Providence: 10 AM At Garden of Flags on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
* Bristol: Veterans Home at 480 Metacom Ave.
* East Greenwich: Parade 10 AM From Academy Field through historic district by way of Mawney St.
* East Providence: 10 AM At Garden of Flags on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Young people are turning to AI Chatbots for mental health help. Does it work? What are they saying about it? Do you know someone who uses this? @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #AI #chatbotsmentalhealth
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#mentalhealth #AI #chatbotsmentalhealth
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One in Eight Adolescents and Young Adults Use AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice
About 1 in 8 U.S. adolescents and young adults use AI chatbots for mental health advice, with the behavior most common among those aged 18 to 21.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Young people are turning to AI Chatbots for mental health help. Does it work? What are they saying about it? Do you know someone who uses this? @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #AI #chatbotsmentalhealth
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#mentalhealth #AI #chatbotsmentalhealth
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These are my 8 favorite journalism movies. What are yours? #media #Movies #journalism #reporters
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The Best Movies About Journalism
The act of performing journalism means hours on the phone trying to reach sources, talking to dozens of people to get their stories, spending hours double checking their stories for accuracy, writi…
thereportersstudio.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
These are my 8 favorite journalism movies. What are yours? #media #Movies #journalism #reporters
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If you haven't seen it, please check out the art by Rene Gomez at the Rhode Island State House that was put up for Hispanic Heritage Month. The work is there thanks to the @rilatinoarts.bsky.social
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Appreciating the Hispanic Heritage of Rhode Island
YouTube video by Luis Hernandez
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November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you haven't seen it, please check out the art by Rene Gomez at the Rhode Island State House that was put up for Hispanic Heritage Month. The work is there thanks to the @rilatinoarts.bsky.social
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What's happening at your community libraries of Providence? We got you covered. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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November events at the Community Libraries of Providence
The Community Libraries of Providence offer a slew of free programming every week for kids and adults at their nine locations around the city. We highlight a few of these events in our monthly communi...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
What's happening at your community libraries of Providence? We got you covered. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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Happy New Book Tuesday.
* The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
* Injustice by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
* Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
* Furious Minds by Laura K. Field
Happy Reading!
* The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
* Injustice by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
* Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
* Furious Minds by Laura K. Field
Happy Reading!
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy New Book Tuesday.
* The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
* Injustice by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
* Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
* Furious Minds by Laura K. Field
Happy Reading!
* The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
* Injustice by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
* Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
* Furious Minds by Laura K. Field
Happy Reading!
An investment group wants to buy a trailer park in Portsmouth. State law allows residents right of first refusal. A town council member, and resident of the park, is having a hard time convincing residents to sign on to the idea. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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For Portsmouth Town Councilor Sharlene Patton, the fight to buy a mobile home park remains an uphill battle
A Wyoming-based firm has agreed to buy the Sunny Acres Trailer Park for $13 million. Because Rhode Island law grants trailer park residents a right of first refusal, Sharlene Patton is trying to convi...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
An investment group wants to buy a trailer park in Portsmouth. State law allows residents right of first refusal. A town council member, and resident of the park, is having a hard time convincing residents to sign on to the idea. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
www.oceanstatemedia.org/housing/for-...
www.oceanstatemedia.org/housing/for-...
What does PVD Mayor Brett Smiley think about the biggest issues facing his city? @iandonnis.bsky.social sat down with the mayor recently on One On One. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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Can Brett Smiley Fix Providence? Mayor Talks Schools, Taxes & the Future of Democrats
YouTube video by Ocean State Media
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October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What does PVD Mayor Brett Smiley think about the biggest issues facing his city? @iandonnis.bsky.social sat down with the mayor recently on One On One. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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Did you ever lose your passion for something only to find it again many years later?
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I lost my love of Drawing in college. I found it again at 50, thanks to the Pandemic.
My first memory drawing was around five or six. I used paper and crayons that were supposed to be for school. These were put to better use…
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October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Did you ever lose your passion for something only to find it again many years later?
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Central Falls residents will feel cuts to Medicaid perhaps stronger than any other part of the state. But, it's not an outlier. This could be a sign of things to come for the Ocean State. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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How federal Medicaid cuts could impact Rhode Island residents and the state’s health care system
Federal cuts to Medicaid could leave up to 50,000 Rhode Islanders without health insurance, straining the state’s already limited primary care system and putting communities like Central Falls - where...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Central Falls residents will feel cuts to Medicaid perhaps stronger than any other part of the state. But, it's not an outlier. This could be a sign of things to come for the Ocean State. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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Today on Morning Edition, they talked about the growing sport of Girl's Flag Football as a sanctioned sport. www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
We looked at the effort to bring the sport to Rhode Island. Check it out. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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We looked at the effort to bring the sport to Rhode Island. Check it out. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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Girls flag football gaining steam in Rhode Island - TPR: The Public's Radio
TRANSCRIPT: This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Luis Hernandez: I recall in the late eighties, every year during homecoming, there was a girls flag football game and it was an even...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today on Morning Edition, they talked about the growing sport of Girl's Flag Football as a sanctioned sport. www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
We looked at the effort to bring the sport to Rhode Island. Check it out. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
thepublicsradio.org/sports/girls....
We looked at the effort to bring the sport to Rhode Island. Check it out. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
thepublicsradio.org/sports/girls....
HAPPY NEW BOOK TUESDAY!
* Wreck by Catherine Newman
A sequel to the novel Sandwich.
* The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson
From the acclaimed writer of The Removed.
* That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
* Wreck by Catherine Newman
A sequel to the novel Sandwich.
* The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson
From the acclaimed writer of The Removed.
* That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
HAPPY NEW BOOK TUESDAY!
* Wreck by Catherine Newman
A sequel to the novel Sandwich.
* The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson
From the acclaimed writer of The Removed.
* That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
* Wreck by Catherine Newman
A sequel to the novel Sandwich.
* The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson
From the acclaimed writer of The Removed.
* That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
Happy Media Literacy Week. Some good news for a change...local news in Rhode Island and Massachusetts is pretty good. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social @iandonnis.bsky.social
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Even in 2025, Rhode Island and Massachusetts boast stronger media landscapes than most states
But coverage outside the capitals can sometimes get spotty
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October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Happy Media Literacy Week. Some good news for a change...local news in Rhode Island and Massachusetts is pretty good. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social @iandonnis.bsky.social
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Politicians who are wrestlers. How much is today's politics like wrestling? Meet the former champ @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social now running for mayor. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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Sharp elbows, Power Slams and the body politic
Rhode Island state Rep. David Morales, an avid wrestler, shares why he thinks American politics may be borrowing too heavily from the WWE.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Politicians who are wrestlers. How much is today's politics like wrestling? Meet the former champ @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social now running for mayor. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/sha...
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/sha...
Great convo between @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social @iandonnis.bsky.social and filmmaker Ken Burns. The new American Revolution series is out in November.
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Filmmaker Ken Burns on the legacy of the American Revolution — and Rhode Island’s role in it
In his new PBS documentary The American Revolution, Burns revisits the fight for independence through a fresh lens — highlighting Rhode Island’s pivotal contributions and what history still teaches us...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Great convo between @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social @iandonnis.bsky.social and filmmaker Ken Burns. The new American Revolution series is out in November.
www.oceanstatemedia.org/shows/jb-fil...
www.oceanstatemedia.org/shows/jb-fil...
The Bryant Bulldogs men's soccer team is undefeated and face the defending national champions Vermont this weekend. I spoke with the Bulldog's coach. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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How Smithfield’s Bryant University men’s soccer team turned into national-title contenders
The second-ranked Bulldogs, 13-0-2 on the season, are coming off a scoreless tie at No.1 Princeton on Tuesday.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Bryant Bulldogs men's soccer team is undefeated and face the defending national champions Vermont this weekend. I spoke with the Bulldog's coach. @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
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The writer’s tools, then and now.
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The writer’s tools, then and now.
I misspoke on air about one of the new books out today.
This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Diaz is NOT her debut novel. I actually spoke to her some years back for an old book club.
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This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Diaz is NOT her debut novel. I actually spoke to her some years back for an old book club.
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The Memoir 'Ordinary Girls' Takes Readers To Puerto Rico And Miami Beach In The 1980s
Author Jaquira Díaz's life has been anything but ordinary.From the early years growing up in el caserio (government housing in Puerto Rico), to struggling…
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October 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I misspoke on air about one of the new books out today.
This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Diaz is NOT her debut novel. I actually spoke to her some years back for an old book club.
www.wlrn.org/show/sundial...
This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Diaz is NOT her debut novel. I actually spoke to her some years back for an old book club.
www.wlrn.org/show/sundial...
Happy NEW BOOK Tuesday!
* This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz
* Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai
* Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope by Brandon M. Terry
* This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz
* Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai
* Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope by Brandon M. Terry
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy NEW BOOK Tuesday!
* This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz
* Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai
* Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope by Brandon M. Terry
* This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz
* Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai
* Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope by Brandon M. Terry
I wonder how much of my mental health challenges have come down to my inability to forgive?
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Healing Myself By Forgiving Everyone
YouTube video by Luis Hernandez
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October 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I wonder how much of my mental health challenges have come down to my inability to forgive?
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