Focused on Pennsylvania's public policies, politics and statewide issues
Ever wonder if there’s more to the stories you’re hearing about Pennsylvania politics? Host and producer Katie Meyer takes you behind the headlines with in-depth conversations about the news of the week, featuring a rotating panel of correspondents, lawmakers and others who have a hand in shaping the policies that affect residents across the commonwealth.
April 12, 2019 | 06:00 AM
Still reeling from 2018 rainfall, Pa. farmers offered emergency USDA loan
“[The rain] started right out of the gate in the spring...and it just never stopped."
April 08, 2019 | 04:50 PM
Episode 26: To kill or not to kill the electoral college
Why the idea of abolishing the electoral college has tantalized Americans for so long
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Katie Meyer March 28, 2019 | 06:00 AM
‘Three Mile Island: As It Happened’ — a three-part podcast
Relive the moment-by-moment tensions as the nation’s worst nuclear accident unfolded at Three Mile Island in March 1979.
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Tim Lambert March 15, 2019 | 08:59 AM
Episode 25: To nuke, or not to nuke
Pennsylvania lawmakers have to decide whether they want to aid two nuclear plants, or let them shut down ahead of schedule.
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Katie Meyer March 11, 2019 | 08:41 AM
Episode 24: The neighborhood beneath the Capitol
Long ago, Harrisburg knocked down an African American and immigrant neighborhood to make way for Capitol expansion. Now, a group is trying to memorialize it.
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Katie Meyer March 07, 2019 | 07:39 AM
Support for legal marijuana defies party politics in Pa. — among residents, not lawmakers
“I don’t think there’s any chance this passes this session."
March 04, 2019 | 09:21 AM
Episode 23: The greatest hits of Budget Hearings 2K19
On this week’s podcast, we’re recapping some of the biggest issues that have come up (repeatedly) thus far: the minimum wage, the debt-ridden turnpike, and what the commonwealth should require of people receiving public benefits.
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Katie Meyer February 26, 2019 | 09:27 AM
Episode 22: Why PA’s prison system is changing mail policies. Again.
PA Corrections Department settles lawsuit, agrees to halt unprecedented drug-safety policy of copying and storing inmates’ legal correspondences.
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Katie Meyer February 18, 2019 | 03:08 PM
Episode 21: Mary Jane’s first chance
This week, we go deep on the start of Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman’s marijuana legalization listening tour.
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Katie Meyer