Recorded weekly in the NEPA Scene Studio in the basement of Center City Print in downtown Scranton, the award-winning NEPA Scene Podcast presents honest, uncensored interviews and in-depth discussions about regional arts, entertainment, and the issues that matter to Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Offering a true alternative voice in local media, the multi-camera show is the only live streaming, in-person podcast of its kind in the area, produced in high definition on NEPA Scene’s Facebook page, YouTube channel, and Instagram on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m.
Host Rich Howells, the founder and editor of NEPA Scene, encourages viewers to tune in during the interview, which typically runs between an hour and two hours, to add their own questions and comments that will be addressed by the end of the episode.
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In Episode 220, we sat down with Wilkes-Barre thrash metal band Cruel Bomb, who are playing a sold-out album release show at the Moon Tavern in Dickson City on Friday, Aug. 15 with Traverse the Abyss, Coppermine, Vara Alta, and Promises Unsaid, so we talked about their classic heavy metal sound and keeping old school thrash alive, the stories behind every track on their new self-titled album, working with legendary illustrator and Megadeth album cover artist Ed Repka on their own album cover, the uphill battle of health issues and how that affected the band’s journey to get here, recording at and making music videos with Novro Studios in Swoyersville, taking inspiration from war, corruption, and comic books, and more.
