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The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and once a month they will chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They will be focusing on PA politics and want the podcast to serve as a call to action for all young people to get involved in the civic process a ...
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Here for the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPress. Help keep the media in the movement and the movement in th…
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Here for the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPress. Help keep the media in the movement and the movement in th…
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Here for the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. On today's show: More students were arrested for taking part in Palestinian solidarity and ceasefire encampments. Now more than 2,000 students have been arrested - more than at any time since the anti-Vietnam War demonstration of the 1960s. Another new poll finds that about 20…
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It’s Friday, May 17, 2024 Welcome to Raging Chicken’s Friday Politics Roundup. This is Kevin Mahoney, editor and founder of Raging Chicken. Each week we break down the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. Biden halts some aid to Israel, then clears billions in arms as the Netanyahu government continues assault on Rafa amidst …
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Welcome back to the Civic Circle. We hope that everyone has been enjoying this beautiful spring weather. As we know, February was Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month. As we wrap up March, we thought it would be important to reflect and talk about why these are so important. In the second part of the show, we talk with Mayah Lubin…
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Another day. Kind of a rambly show today all. We're back to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPre…
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On today’s show, we'll get into a little news tonight. Lots going on, of course, but after this past Friday's show, I just can't seem to stop thinking about what we've done to education, our kids, and our culture. What's on your mind? If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media to…
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A container ship hits the Fracis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore causes the bridge to collapse and six workers to lose their lives. After John Fetterman stakes out hawkish support for Israel and distances himself from progressives, his staff is leaving him in droves. Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate, Joe Lieberman died this week. Let th…
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Just about a month from the PA primaries. Climate crisis in the headlines. Federal chaos and local right-wing movements. Yes, it's an election year. We're back to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. Imagine that. Another “nail-biting’ vote to prevent a government shutdown before tonight’s midnight deadline. Th…
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At least 112 hungry and desperate Palestinians were killed early Thursday morning trying to get much needed food and medical aid. Some of the dead were gunned down by Israeli troops, others were run over by the aid trucks attempting to flee the scene. In a huge announcement, Starbucks officially announced that it will no longer work to oppose union…
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On today’s show, I welcome Steve Oross and Lorrie McKinley to the show. Steve Oross is an Associate Professor of psychology at Kutztown University and as listeners of this show will recall, in Fall 2021 Steve Oross was denied ADA accommodations by Kutztown University’s administration. Oross had a heart transplant in February 2021. Following months …
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A major topic of news in the past few months, and sure to be an even larger issue in this general election, is immigration policy and the border crisis in the South and spreading across the country. Particularly in right-wing circles, immigration has been in the news and all over social media, and we wanted to spend today talking about our perspect…
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On today’s show, we'll get into a little news tonight. We had Kathryn Joyce on the show this past Friday, so we're swapping our Monday for a news roundup. What's on your mind? If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as…
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On today’s episode, I welcome Kathryn Joyce to the program. We'll be talking about her recent article in Vanity Fair, "How the Far Right Took Over a Pennsylvania School Board - And How Parents Took It Back." Yes, we're talking about the Pennridge School Board and the unexpected and game-changing victory by the Pennridge Community Alliance candidate…
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On today’s show, you probably already heard the news. Taylor Swift won the Super Bowl. Yup, that's what happened. Meanwhile, our democracy continues to deteriorate and our collective politics get more unhinged. All the more reason to get with the people in your communities and continue to organize on principles of care. What's on your mind? Would l…
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On today’s show, we’re taking a break from our focus on PA and head north to the Central New York region…yes, the place I grew up. We’ll be talking to James Meyers, a Democrat running for the New York State Senate in the 53rd District. The 53rd is significantly different following New York’s redistricting in 2022. The district now includes my homet…
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The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Once a month they chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They focus on PA p…
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Can you believe it's already February?!? What's going on folks? We'll get into some of the good, the bad, and ugly in state and national politics. Today: Have we seen the end of Moms for Liberty? Don’t count on it. GOP operative Clarice Shillenger’s hypocrisy heading to trial. Who knows, maybe we’ll find out the Paul Martino will be chipping in on …
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On today’s show, we're throwing off the blankets and diving into 2024. What's happening in your neck of the woods? If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPress. Help keep the me…
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The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Once a month they chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They focus on PA p…
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It's been quite a year and I think we can all use a little rest before the 2024 election season kicks off. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPress. Help keep the media in t…
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On tonight’s show, I welcome Ashli Giles-Perkins and Adrienne King to the show. Ashli is a staff attorney with the Education Law Center and Adrienne King is the President and Founder of the PairUp Society and a parent of two children in the Pennridge School district. Today we’ll be talking about the discrimination complaint against the Pennridge Sc…
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It's been a minute. But that doesn't mean the world has stopped. Welcome to the Friday Politics Roundup. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPress. Help keep the media in the…
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The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Once a month they chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They focus on PA p…
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Elon Musk rips off the mask and jumps on the antisemitic conspiracy bandwagon on that platform formerly known as Twitter. Yeah, the one he owns. New Republican Christian nationalist Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson calls the separation between church and state a “misnomer” and a “misunderstanding” of the true intent of the Founders. A judge has c…
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On this episode, I'll be talking with Jennifer Cohn about her article "Moms for Liberty and the Dominionist Assault on America's 'Education Mountain'," published in the Bucks County Beacon. Cohen unmasks the extremist, Christian nationalist agenda shared by Moms for Liberty and organizations on the radical Christian right. We'll also talk about sig…
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Raging Chicken's Friday Politics Roundup for November 11, 2023. This week I am joined by Cyril Mychalejko, Editor-in-Chief of the Bucks County Beacon. We'll be diving into the results of the election results from Tuesday. We say HUGE wins in school boards and county offices across Bucks County. Both Pennridge and Central Bucks school boards flipped…
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It's Election Day Eve here in Pennsylvania. In Bucks County the future of our schools are at stake. Abortion rights are at stake. Our elections are at stake. Deep breaths everyone. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as litt…
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Raging Chicken's Friday Politics Roundup for November 3, 2023. We're here to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. This week, we're focused on the critical election this coming Tuesday, Nov. 7 - at stake the future of school boards in Pennridge, Central Bucks, Council Rock, and others. Not only that, but protect…
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Welcome back to the third episode of the Civic Circle! With municipal elections coming up soon on Tuesday, November 7, we wanted to spend this episode focusing on why local races are so important and encourage you all to make sure you go out and vote. We know that the majority, if not all, of our listeners, are already actively engaged in democracy…
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On this week's episode, I am talking with Kierstyn Zolfo from Bucks County Indivisible. Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is getting lazy this Halloween. He's dressing up as a "moderate" once again. Trick or treat? We'll let you be the judge. We'll be talking about her new article in the Bucks County Beacon, “Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s Support for Ne…
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The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Once a month they will chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They focus on…
  continue reading
 
The Civic Circle is a new youth-led podcast by the Bucks County Beacon tackling politics and policy from a Gen-Z lens. Sarah Zhang, Mallorie Marsan, and Alexandra Coffey are students from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and once a month they will chat about activism, advocacy, and all the political happenings affecting their generation today. They will…
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UAW settled their contract with Ford this week - the gains in the contract show once again that organized, fearless worker organizing is what gets the goods. House Republicans finally managed to elect a new speaker of the house. Introducing Mike Johnson, the anti-LGBTQ, election-denying, climate crisis-denying, right-wing Christian nationalist lead…
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Pennridge parent, Darren Lausten, sued the Pennridge school board because he suspected they were banning books under the cover of lies and deceit. They didn't even follow their own book banning policy. Lausten won his lawsuit and tonight the school board meets for the first time since his victory. We'll tune in LIVE with you right here to catch som…
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Raging Chicken's Friday Politics Roundup for September 29, 2023. We're here to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Become a pa…
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Pretty laid back night tonight. Doing a casual little Out d'Coup LIVE tonight. What's on your mind tonight? If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little as $5/month. Simply go to Patreon.com/RCPress. Help keep the media in …
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On this week's Out d'Coup LIVE we bring you a pre-recorded interview with Joslyn Diffenbaugh. Joslyn is a 10th grade student at Kutztown Area High School. She is the founder of the Teen Banned Books club and an outspoken student advocate against book bans in her school district and school districts all around the region. This past spring, the Kutzt…
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On October 1, 2023 we took our show to Harrisburg for the PA Climate Convergence. We talked with people all throughout the day and had a chance to interview some great people doing great work. On today's show you'll hear from: Heather Hulton Vantassel, Exec. Dir. Three Rivers Waterkeeper Liz Evans, Third Act Pennsylvania Heaven Sunski, Organizing D…
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Pretty laid back night tonight. I spent the day at the PA Climate Convergence yesterday for a great day of panels, music, discussion, and connection. What's on your mind tonight? If we want a progressive future, we need progressive media. Support pull-no-punches, homegrown progressive media today by becoming a patron of Raging Chicken for as little…
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Senator Diane Feinstein has died at the age of 90. Republicans seem hell bent on shutting down the government as a deal to fund the government by the September 30th deadline is nowhere in sight. Yesterday the government started notifying federal employees that a shutdown is imminent. We’ll start seeing government layoffs, military personnel will st…
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UAW readies to expand their strike as noon deadline approaches. Republicans ready to shut down the government because…well…just because. Biden Administration announced the creation of the American Climate Corps. Pennridge School Board now starts to face lawsuits in response to their unaccountable, extremist, and potentially illegal policies. Darren…
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This week I welcome Cyril Mychalejko and Emily Smith to the show. Cyril is the Editor-in-Chief of the Bucks County Beacon and Emily is the Beacon’s Publisher. We’ll be talking about the role of independent, community-based media in deepening local democracy and organizing against the rise of extremism in our schools and communities. We’ll also be t…
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This week I welcome Cyril Mychalejko and Emily Smith to the show. Cyril is the Editor-in-Chief of the Bucks County Beacon and Emily is the Beacon’s Publisher. We’ll be talking about the role of independent, community-based media in deepening local democracy and organizing against the rise of extremism in our schools and communities. We’ll also be t…
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The UAW is getting closer to striking as the latest contract offer from GM and Stellantis was rejected as not good enough to ward off a strike. UAW president Shawn Fain has made it clear that unless a deal is reached by September 14, 150,000 workers will head to the strike lines. Hurricane Lee rapidly intensifies to a powerful Category 5 storm in t…
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Raging Chicken's Friday Politics Roundup for August 25, 2023. We're here to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress. Don’t Let Paul Martino, Moms for Liberty, and their oligarch friends buy our schools and p…
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Back from vacation and I've already got a pit in my stomach. We'll catch up and talk about the Christian nationalist/Moms for Liberty takeover of the Pennridge curriculum. Nuts. What's on your mind? Don’t Let Paul Martino & Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a…
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On today’s show, it’s a Monday Politics Roundup. Yup. I had to take a tech day on Friday, so I thought we’d take a peek back at the week. I’d love to hear what’s on your mind tonight! We’re getting close to a critical election this fall and the 2024 presidential campaigns are heating up. Trump seeks narrow rules on what he can do with evidence his …
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This week I welcome Karen Feridun back to the show. Karen is the founder of Berks Gas Truth and co-founder of Better Path Coalition. The Better Path Coalition are the organizers for the PA Climate Convergence this coming fall. We'll be talking about a summer filled with record-breaking heat, flooding, and climate catastophie. We've seen ocean tempe…
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New indictments against Trump announced. The ditch keeps getting deeper. UPS Teamsters announced a “historic” contract win a week before what could have been one of the largest strikes in American history. The details of the contract will be the proof to that claim. Since the announcement some UPS Teamsters are saying the unions 180,000 part-time w…
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