Getting Real, hosted by Cliff Ponte, is a Fall River podcast about the people, stories, struggles, and moments that shape a city.
Across this first season, Cliff sits down with guests who have lived Fall River from the inside — public figures, business owners, community voices, friends, critics, and people who have found themselves in the headlines. The conversations are personal, direct, and sometimes controversial, but always rooted in understanding the real person behind the reputation.
For Cliff, this season is also a chance to show a different side of himself: not just the city councilor, business owner, or public figure moving a hundred miles an hour, but the person behind it all. Through honest conversations about ambition, setbacks, perseverance, politics, community, and second chances, Getting Real invites listeners to see Fall River — and the people who help define it — with more depth, more honesty, and a little more humanity.
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Latest Episodes
JT Hoar, Chief of Police
In this episode of Getting Real with Cliff Ponte, Cliff sits down with Fall River Chief of Police JT Hoar for a candid conversation about his career in law enforcement...
Mike Silvia from Fall River Reporter Part 2
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Mike Silvia of Fall River Reporter for part two of a two-part conversation. Listen to part 1 https://cliffpontepodcast.com/epi...
Mike Silvia from Fall River Reporter Part 1
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Mike Silvia of Fall River Reporter for part one of a two-part conversation. Mike joined us for nearly two hours to discuss a w...
State Representative Carole Fiola
What does a State Representative actually do—and how does the work happening on Beacon Hill make its way back home to Fall River? In this episode, Cliff sits down with...
The Bobby Couto Show
Cliff Ponte welcomes Bobby Couto to discuss how Bobby built The Bobby Couto Show from a self-help outlet into a major Fall River platform that expanded into political ...