In My Hometown
In My Hometown
Podcast Description
In My Hometown is where we get into the business of our neighbors. Each episode spotlights the people who live and work next door - entrepreneurs, artists, leaders, and everyday people shaping our communities. Host Jamie Stein sits down for thoughtful conversations about what they do, why they do it, their passions, purpose, challenges, and more. Because the most inspiring stories aren't always on the front page - sometimes, they're happening right in your hometown.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of entrepreneurship, community service, artistic expression, and personal storytelling, with episodes including discussions of a local salon owner's journey and insights from a news anchor about the evolving media landscape.
In My Hometown is a fun and thought-provoking lifestyle podcast hosted by Jamie Stein and Pascal (fan favorite from The Golden Bachelorette). The show explores relationships, reinvention, and what it means to thrive in life’s “golden — or going golden — era.” (after 50!)
The podcast features two series:
Golden Era Conversations
Jamie, Pascal, and expert guests dive into real conversations about divorce, dating, sex, wellness, and life transitions, exploring how people reinvent themselves and build fulfilling next chapters.
Bachelor Nation Fix
Jamie and Pascal recap and react to the latest shows including The Bachelorette, The Golden Bachelor, Bachelor Mansion Takeover, and more — breaking down the drama, the contestants, and the moments everyone is talking about.
Friends from Bachelor Nation, relationship experts, and Chicago voices join the conversation to share their perspectives and insights.
Whether you’re here for real talk about relationships and reinvention or your weekly Bachelor Nation fix, you’re in the right place.
Welcome to In My Hometown.
Jamie Stein is an award-winning PR, communications, and marketing executive, former reporter, and brand spokesperson. Pascal is a fan-favorite and finalist from Season 1 of The Golden Bachelorette and a successful business owner for more than 40 years.
You worry about your kid’s grades, their roommate, whether they’ll make friends and if they’ll call home. But what should you really be worried about?
Dr. Jill Grimes — aka The College Doc and author of The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook — joins Jamie and Pascal for a revealing conversation about the things parents should be thinking about before their kids leave home — including some you may never have considered.
Why should every college student have Narcan? What should your kid know about drinking and blackouts? Safe sex and STIs? Mental health and homesickness? What belongs in a dorm medicine kit? And when something does go wrong, will they know what to do when you’re not there?
From the risks parents tend to focus on to the ones that may actually matter more, Dr. Jill gets real about college health and safety today — and the conversations worth having before move-in day.
Whether you’re sending your first kid to college or your last, this is one conversation every college parent should hear.
In My Hometown with Jamie & Pascal — real conversations about life, love and everything we’re talking about after 50.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Sending your kid to college? Start here.
2:42 The ”2 a.m. Plan”: Essential safety agreements
4:22 Understanding ”Blackout Culture” & legal risks
7:05 Real talk about sex and STIs on campus
14:50 Protecting fertility: Why testing matters
16:05 The truth about birth control timing & IUDs
22:21 Building the ultimate dorm medical kit 24:51 Narcan: No Cap (How to save a life) 30:00 Dorm room hacks: From rehydration to hygiene
35:10 Understanding medication mix-ups (Tylenol & Pseudoephedrine)
37:05 Homesickness vs. Mental Health: Red flags for parents
42:15 Adulting 101: Insurance cards & talking to doctors
46:10 The biggest mistakes parents make before drop-off
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