Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 6:40AM |  43°
MENU
Advertisement
"Yinz Are Good" podcast host Tressa Glover, right, chats with Scratch & Co. Owner Don Mahaney at Scratch & Co. on the North Side.
4
MORE

'Yinz are Good' podcast ringing in the holiday season with live Christmas show

Dawn Hartman

'Yinz are Good' podcast ringing in the holiday season with live Christmas show

Most of us could probably use a little altruistically minded goodness this holiday season. As usual, Tressa Glover is on the case.

The Mt. Lebanon resident and prolific creative is inviting Western Pennsylvanians to a holiday-themed live recording of her “Yinz Are Good” podcast Monday night at Downtown’s Trust Arts Education Center. Tickets to hang out in person with Glover as she continues her quest to keep highlighting Pittsburghers’ generosity are available for $25 via eventbrite.com.

This evening of merriment, which Glover wants to be a warm and festive experience for all, will feature seasonal accoutrements and a chance to help out some local nonprofits.

Advertisement
good cheer

Guests for Monday’s live show will include WQED Host Rick Sebak, Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh executive director Gene Walker, and Uptown baker and multi-time “Christmas Cookie Challenge” contestant Jasmine Cho.

"Corporate America, The Musical" director Tressa Glover, left, and Anita Spano, its writer and star.
Joshua Axelrod
'Corporate America, The Musical' coming to Castle Shannon. 'P.S. There will be cake'

“I am so excited and looking forward to having these three folks in the same room and getting to talk to each of them at length,” Glover told the Post-Gazette.

Image DescriptionWQED host Rick Sebak, local baker Jasmine Cho and Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh executive director Gene Walker will appear as guests on the "Yinz Are Good" podcast's  live Christmas show. (Tressa Glover)

Glover is good at keeping herself busy with projects like “Yinz Are Good,” directing the world premiere of “Corporate America, The Musical” and serving as a “jag bragger” correspondent for YaJagoff Media’s website.

That work ethic served her well when acting jobs on Hollywood films and shows shooting in Western Pennsylvania dried up for most of 2023 during the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes. Now that both labor disputes have ended, she’s looking forward to picking up more work once Hollywood productions like the Paramount+ series “Mayor of Kingstown” return to the area in the near future.

Advertisement

“It was obviously a lot of work to get us to a place where the agreement was able to be reached,” Glover said. “It feels really good for everyone involved that we can finally get back to work. ... It’s a thrill to know that we’re back!”

She has now recorded more than 100 “Yinz Are Good” installments and sometimes gets “a little hitch in my breath” when saying the episode numbers out loud. Monday’s event will be her third live show following two previous episodes that were recorded at Orbis Caffe in Mt. Lebanon.

It won’t shock anyone to learn that this self-described “theater gal” feeds off the energy from crowds like a true veteran stage performer.

“You can’t replace or manufacture that,” Glover said. “There’s nothing like that feeling.”

"Yinz are Good" is a Pittsburgh-based podcast hosted and produced by local actor Tressa Glover that highlights local people and organizations.
Joshua Axelrod
Tressa Glover's 'Yinz are Good' podcast highlights Pittsburghers' generosity

Tickets to “Yinz Are Good” live will come with complimentary Christmas cookies and cocktails. Glover said to also expect carolers, “Christmas traditions from different cultures and countries,” and a Giving Tree from which attendees can select ornaments containing item requests or volunteer opportunities provided by local nonprofits who have been spotlighted on “Yinz Are Good.”

Participating organizations include Beverly’s Birthdays, When She Thrives, West View Hub, Assemble and North Hills Community Outreach.

“We’re sharing with each other good news and good things happening,” Glover said of her Giving Tree inspiration. “But also, how can we help each other in ways we might not know about?”

“Yinz Are Good” audience members will also get to hear directly from Steel City bigwigs like Sebak, Cho and Walker — all experts when it comes to Christmas treats. Cho is a former “Christmas Cookie Challenge” champion and both Sebak and Walker are serving as celebrity judges for the Post-Gazette’s 2023 Holiday Cookie Challenge.

In Glover’s mind, Monday’s “Yinz Are Good” live show will be a smashing success if fans and newbies leave Downtown full of cookies, laughter and a renewed desire to take care of their neighbors this holiday season and beyond.

“It is unique, just the structure of it,” Glover said. “It’s like a holiday get-together with your friends and family. That’s the atmosphere we’re fostering. Just come in, sing with us and have a good time.”

Joshua Axelrod: jaxelrod@post-gazette.com and Twitter @jaxelburgh.

First Published: December 8, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Updated: December 8, 2023, 8:57 p.m.

RELATED
SHOW COMMENTS (0)  
Join the Conversation
Commenting policy | How to Report Abuse
If you would like your comment to be considered for a published letter to the editor, please send it to letters@post-gazette.com. Letters must be under 250 words and may be edited for length and clarity.
Partners
Advertisement
Agents took Rachel Marie Powell, 40, of Sandy Lake, into custody in New Castle on Feb. 4, 2021.
1
news
Pardoned for Jan. 6, 'Pink Hat Lady' came home to a new reality in Western Pa.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, shown delivering his budget address in early February, said on Monday that a federal freeze of money intended for Pennsylvania is over.
2
news
Gov. Shapiro says federal freeze and blockages of $2.1 billion for Pa. are now over
Law enforcement respond to the scene of a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.
3
news
Gunman in UPMC mass shooting battled lifelong mental health issues, says ex-girlfriend
The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, where state Acting Secretary of Education Carrie Rowe on Monday answered budget questions from lawmakers.
4
news
Pa. acting education secretary 'exceptionally concerned' after report on cyber charter school funding
The Downtown Pittsburgh skyline, with the view from Station Square on Thursday, May 30, 2024.
5
news
DHS director says Allegheny County could face reduction in millions of dollars for Medicaid, other services
"Yinz Are Good" podcast host Tressa Glover, right, chats with Scratch & Co. Owner Don Mahaney at Scratch & Co. on the North Side.  (Dawn Hartman)
"Yinz Are Good" host Tressa Glover chats with Ronnell Hunt, a communications specialist with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, at Santa’s House in Market Square.  (Tressa Glover)
Author Dick Roberts, left, "Yinz Are Good" podcast host Tressa Glover and local comedian Jim Krenn record an episode of "Yinz Are Good" at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill.  (Tressa Glover)
WQED Host Rick Sebak, local baker Jasmine Cho and Cafe Momentum executive director Gene Walker will appear as guests on the "Yinz Are Good" podcast's upcoming live Christmas show.  (Tressa Glover)
Dawn Hartman
Advertisement
LATEST life
Advertisement
TOP
Email a Story