Introducing The Hingham 'Cast

The Hingham 'Cast

Welcome to the Hingham ‘Cast. I’m your host, Ally Donnelly. For the last 20 years I’ve been on your TV set--an award-winning reporter for necn and NBC Boston. But now I’m telling stories in a new way. Here, on this hyper local podcast about the people and issues at the heart of my hometown, Hingham, Massachusetts.

There’s no doubt about it, 2020 was a rough year. We lost loved ones, jobs, there’s been a racial reckoning--politics is more divisive than ever. But the pandemic has also pushed us to look inward--at our Covid numbers, our schools, our restaurants and small businesses. What can we do for people who are hurting?

This is a real opportunity to build a better community. To hear different points of view. To empathize, to challenge--to be inspired. In the episodes ahead, you’ll meet a local ICU nurse at Mass General Hospital. She takes us along as she gets vaccinated and shares her hopes and fears in this next surge of the pandemic. Next we bake bread with a local dad. He shares the gut-wrenching story behind his family tradition and why, in the end, it’s a story of healing and resilience. We also talk with our kids. What’s the pandemic doing to them? And how do we help?

We want to hear your voice too. What are you reading, cooking, bingeing, creating? What makes you happy? Where are you struggling? How much are you drinking? How are your relationships? Can we all be more connected? I say yes. Let’s start now.