Welcome to Willoughby Hills!
Hi! I’m Heath.
I’m a TV/video producer and director, a podcaster, and a writer.
I spent 15 years working for the legendary PBS shows This Old House and Ask This Old House. I traveled to all 50 states with that job, was nominated for 10 Emmy awards (winning twice), and got to hang out in some amazing workshops all around the world (including Nick Offerman’s famed one in Los Angeles).
When the pandemic struck, I was suddenly without a job and without a creative outlet. Like many people, I started a podcast (mine was about how the pandemic affected the entertainment and media industries). I also began writing.
This newsletter began life as an extension of my podcast (and was known as Quarantine Creatives). It has recently changed names to Willoughby Hills. I write about our evolving relationship to community, the natural world, our built environments, nostalgia, our health, and the food we grow and eat.
On Sundays, I publish a longer form piece about a single topic.
Every Wednesday, I publish Wednesday Walks, which are the type of conversation we might have walking down a path in the woods. The topics are free flowing, sometimes related, sometimes not, with links to let you do some further reading, watching, listening, or exploring.
I also host a podcast about topics like housing, agrarianism, retail, neighborhoods, and community. The podcast comes out every 2 weeks on all podcast platforms, but as a subscriber, you’ll also get notified when new episodes are live.
My goal is to make the newsletter and podcast as accessible as possible and thus try to keep as much content in front of the paywall as possible. However, for my most engaged readers, I also offer a Willoughby Hills membership. Members receive early access to the podcast plus biweekly video posts that explore the world around us in more detail.
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