When Sustainable Saratoga executive director Kelsey Trudell is not helping make our environment a better place throughout Saratoga County, she is a busy videographer and, along with her husband, Ben, are YouTube stars!

Her career took her to Arizona, where she worked early on with the Arizona Sustainability Alliance before the opportunity to move back to the area presented itself for her and her husband, Ben.

She talked about all the events that kicked off on April's Earth Day, to promoting the work of tiny pollinators during No Mow May to a Black Friday doorbuster type of atmosphere on May 31 for the annual Pollinator Palozza Plant Sale at Oginly's Country Gardens.

She talked about what the organization has done this spring, what's up next after a well-deserved break, including a bucket list destination and what you and I can do to help the environment that we all share.

For more information about the organization, visit www.sustainablesaratoga.org

For most people, Halloween is less than six months away, but for graphic designer Kayla Ek, the time is now. This Saturday, Ek will deliver new, intriguing, and — to some pedestrians — odd arts and exhibits to her second Nightmare on Jay Street.

Ek provided the first early evening exhibit in the marketplace last October, and its success created howls for another marketplace event in May.

Kalya stopped by The Daily Gazette podcast studio to talk about the Nightmare Marketplace, her start as an artist, her vision for the marketplace, and how early she likes to put up her own Halloween decorations.

For the past 22 years, Maggie Fronk has been front and center at Wellspring, the domestic violence and sexual assault services resource for Saratoga and Washington County in New York.

April is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and April 30th is Denim Day.

On a beautiful spring day, I sat down with Maggie Fronk, who shed light on Wellspring's mission, the history of Denim Day, and what everyone can do to help others who are in need of their services.

• (00:02:30) - Introduction to Wellspring and Denim Day
• (00:05:00) - 22 years at Wellspring
• (00:09:00) - What makes you happy
• (00:11:00) - What was COVID-19 like for your services
• (00:15:30) - "You helped me... a story"
• (00:19:00) - Explaining the job of Wellspring
• (00:21:30) - What can we do to help?