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Deep Dive Roundtable Into PA General Assembly Races with Jamie Perrapato, Stephen Caruso, and Ben Forstate (s3e8)

Jordi and Taylor are joined by Jamie Perrapato, Executive Director of Turn PA Blue, Steve Caruso of the Penn Capital-Star, Ben Forstate, map extraordinaire for a fun and energetic roundtable discussion of the upcoming elections in PA with a focus on the General Assembly. They discuss the effects of the rural BLM protests on PA…

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Inside a Rural Democratic Campagin: A Conversation with Denny Wolff’s (for PA 9) manager, Keith Pemrick

Taylor and Jordi hit the road again to travel to Bloomsburg (the only town in PA) to interview Keith Pemrick.  Keith is a gregarious, generous soul who shared insights about Denny Wolff’s campaign, lobbying, the difference between running and governing, and some great stories about his life working for Tim Holden, former PA congress member. …

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Petitions, The New Maps, Taylor’s New Pad, Critical Thinking (ep 23)

Petition signing and circulating advice.  The PA Supreme Court map is NOT a gerrymander. Chip and Taylor role-play how to talk about guns. This is inspired by the cool people at Hear Yourself Think who introduced Jordi to the idea of 27-9-3-1 (27 words, nine seconds, 3 tactics for reframing, and one idea). Can we ever…

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Who Let The Drug-Sniffing Dog In? And Gerrymander Politics Jordi and Chip (E22)

Jordi reports back on the Susquehanna Valley Conservative Club “Opioid Forum.”  Then we discuss the Republican antics around complying with the court’s order in LWOV v Commonwealth, the PA Gerrymander case.

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Gender-bending Bible figures, Gerrymander win! and Lewisburg Lights with Peterson Toscano and Dwayne (20).

Peterson Toscano and Dwayne Heisler join Taylor and Jordi. We discuss the upcoming summit for The Hub for Progress. The PA Gerrymander case WON! Jordi tries to make everyone else improvise on topics picked randomly which ends up with a discussion of downtown Lewisburg tree lights.  Game of Thrones references abound.  We add “eunuchs” to…

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Framing, PA D Party, and Our Favorite Guest Barnstormer Comes Back (episode 14)

Our favorite guest Barnstormer, the velvet-y bass and master organizer, Dwayne Heisler returns! We discuss framing and the PA-Dem party.

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