Smart Talk
916 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 21 ratingsSmart Talk is a daily, live, interactive program featuring conversations with newsmakers and experts in a variety of fields and exploring a wide range of issues and ideas, including the economy, politics, health care, education, culture, and the environment.
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Middletown's Sweeny Murti calls play-by-play for the Yankees
July 06, 2022 19:11 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB[box]Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to "Play WITF Radio."[/box] Sweeny Murti grew up in Middletown in Dauphin County. Like millions of young boys before him, he played baseball. Sweeny realized early on that he probably didn't have the on-the-field skills to play big league baseball, but he did have a dream. Sweeny wanted to be like Harry Kalas -- the legendary play-by...
Are there ways to save money after electric rate hikes?
July 06, 2022 19:09 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBHave you gotten your monthly electric bill yet? Electricity prices increased for most Pennsylvania utilities from 6% to 45% in June and those bills should just be arriving. Prices are up because of the rising cost of natural gas which generates about half of Pennsylvania's electricity. In recent years, ratepayers were advised to shop for the best rates when looking to save money on their bills. Is it still the way to go to find a better price and offset the rate hikes? State Consumer Advo...
New Conservation Heritage Museum chronicles Game Commission's efforts since 1895
July 05, 2022 18:22 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBImagine a time when only a few hundred whitetail deer roamed the woods and fields of Pennsylvania. That was the reality in the early part of the 1900s in Pennsylvania. Then, compare that with today when there are hundreds of thousands of deer in the state. A number of wildlife species like deer, elk, bald eagles and carrier pigeons were close to or were wiped out completely due to destruction of their habitat or over hunting. The Pennsylvania Game Commission came into existence in 1895 to ...
Poll: Pennsylvanians see global warming as serious problem; split on fracking
July 05, 2022 18:09 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBThree-quarters of Pennsylvanians believe there is solid evidence that temperatures on Earth have risen over the past four decades. However, they’re split on one of Pennsylvania’s biggest industries – the extraction of natural gas from shale deposits in the state. Those figures come from the 2022 Pennsylvania Climate and Energy Survey conducted by the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion and Sustainability Studies Program. To provide analysis of the poll results and Pennsylvanian...
988 crisis hotline scheduled to be widespread soon — faces challenges
June 30, 2022 14:48 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBAlmost all Americans should be able to able to dial 9-8-8 on their phones in the future if they are someone close to them is in a crisis. The 988 hotline is scheduled to go live in mid-July and for many mobile phone users, it’s live already and calls are coming into crisis intervention centers. However, they’re facing challenges in getting 988 up and running. That includes people to staff intervention centers and answer the phones, paying for 988 hotlines and just the infrastructure needed...
How to prevent fireworks accidents
June 30, 2022 14:43 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBOther than the nation’s independence, the Fourth of July holiday may be known most for fireworks and not just the ones that are scheduled for public viewing. The fireworks business is booming. Sales of fireworks more than doubled between 2019 and 2021 from $1 billion to $2.2 billion. It’s estimated more than 400 million pounds of fireworks were set off last year. However, fireworks that have been purchased and set off at home or at Fourth of July celebrations can be dangerous and a nuisanc...
What is Christian Nationalism and is it growing?
June 29, 2022 15:14 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB“Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The establishment clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution is cited as the basis for the separation between church and state. However a growing Christian Nationalist movement in politics believes America was founded as a Christian Nation and should return to it Christian roots. Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado, said at a religious service Sunday: “The church is supposed to direct the governmen...
How does Supreme Court ruling on abortion impact Pennsylvania?
June 29, 2022 15:09 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBMore than 32,000 abortions were performed in Pennsylvania in 2020 and that number may increase, as women from states where last week’s Supreme Court decision made abortion illegal, travel to Pennsylvania for the procedure. To be clear, the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision does not make abortion illegal nationwide. Pennsylvania is one of about 30 states where women can still get an abortion legally, although Dobbs has energized Republican lawmakers and candidates to out...
Family-controlled business legacies
June 28, 2022 14:19 - 10 minutes - 9.33 MB70% of all incorporated businesses in the United States are family controlled. One-third of all Fortune 500 firms are family controlled. Family firms account for almost half of the nation’s Gross Domestic Production. However, only 30% of family controlled businesses are transferred to a second generation. The S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College addresses, advocates for and teaches about all these issues. We’re joined on Tuesday's Smart Talk by the High Center’...
In PA., fewer hunters could mean more deer and more deer-related issues
June 28, 2022 14:18 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBThe average deer hunter in Pennsylvania is a white man who is at least 51 years old. There were almost a million deer hunters in the state during the late 1980's. It's projected there could half a million by 2040. Deer hunting is not attracting younger or more people. The dwindling lack of interest in hunting is not the main issue, although it could be costly financially to some businesses where deer hunting has flourished in the past. Deer hunting is the only way to control the size of Pe...
A fascinating look at U.S. presidents' homes
June 27, 2022 14:18 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBAt the top of many American history buffs' list of places to visit are the homes and libraries of former presidents. The most visited are George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia. In Central Pennsylvania are James Buchanan’s Wheatland in Lancaster and Dwight Eisenhower's farm in Gettysburg. Presidents from the last half century have been active in maintaining their papers and legacies in libraries. Our guest on Monday’s Smart Talk has taken his intere...
Pa. leads the nation in the number of preserved farms
June 27, 2022 14:16 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBEarlier this month, Pennsylvania protected more than 22 hundred acres on 32 farms in 18 counties from future development. That brings the total number of farms protected under the farmland preservation programs to almost 6,100 farms protected that make up nearly 614,000 acres in 58 counties. Pennsylvania leads the nation in the number of farms preserved. What does it mean that a farm is preserved? Why is it important to preserve farmland? How much does it cost? What do the farmers get out...
Juneteenth
June 27, 2022 14:09 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBSupport WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Navigating work zones safely
June 23, 2022 18:49 - 8 minutes - 8.23 MBIt seems that everywhere you drive in Central Pennsylvania, there’s a road under construction or some type of project. Although it may be an inconvenience and slow your trip down sometimes, maintaining and upgrading transportation infrastructure is a good thing and sign of progress. But what it also means is we’ll see those "crews at work" signs and bright orange flags cautioning motorists to slow down and be careful in work zones. Flagger Force is a short-term traffic control company hea...
Will judges get more protection after man charged with the attempted murder of Justice Kavanaugh?
June 23, 2022 18:47 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBViolence and threats of violence against public officials have become more commonplace in recent years. The U.S. Capitol Building was enclosed with more secure fences and security after the January 6th attack. Election administrators across the country have been threatened often since the 2020 presidential election. The U.S. Supreme Court building also is fenced in in anticipation of a decision on abortion or other rulings that could lead to massive protests or crowds. Something else that ...
Fort Loudoun Market Fair this weekend is right out of the 18th Century
June 23, 2022 15:07 - 10 minutes - 9.79 MBCentral Pennsylvania has many fun events throughout the summer – each one different in it’s own way. The Fort Loudoun Market Fair in Franklin County scheduled for this weekend may be one of the most unique. On Thursday’s Smart Talk, we’re joined by Andrew Newman, who coordinates the Market Fair, to talk about the event and the rich history of Fort Loudoun. The Fort Loudoun Market Fair will be held Friday through Sunday at 1720 N Brooklyn Rd, Fort Loudon. Support WITF: https://www.witf.or...
Large voter turnout and shifting vote patterns in Pa. May primary
June 23, 2022 14:34 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBLast month’s primary election was a record setter and not just for the amount of money spent in the campaigns for governor or the U.S. Senate. Pennsylvania voters appear to have been energized. That’s according to reporting by the Philadelphia Inquirer that found more Democrats and Republicans voted than in any midterm election primary in the last 25 years. Who those voters are, where they live, and which candidates they supported for Senate and governor show how the state’s political geogr...
Agnes -- Storm of the Century -- 50 years ago this week
June 21, 2022 14:07 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBJune 1972 will long be remembered for one event in Pennsylvania -- flooding caused by Tropical Storm Agnes. It was one of those "I remember where I was and what I was doing" life-changing events. During this week 50 years ago, Agnes drenched Central Pennsylvania with over a foot of rain that led to record-setting and devastating flooding throughout the region and the state. The storm followed a path along the Susquehanna River which crested in Harrisburg at more than 33 feet – a record tha...
Andrew Jackson -- the first populist
June 16, 2022 14:10 - 27 minutes - 25 MBThe word populist has made a comeback in American politics since the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Trump ran and won the presidency by appealing to ordinary people who feel their concerns are disregarded by elite groups – the very definition of populism. But Trump isn’t the only politician who has spoken to this segment of the population. President Andrew Jackson may have been the first. In fact, a new book, The First Populist – The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson identifies Jackson as t...
Could the skills of formal debates lead to better arguments and less polarization?
June 15, 2022 14:08 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBBook Week continues on Wednesday's Smart Talk. America is a polarized country on political and cultural issues. There have been times in the past when Americans have been divided but one of the unique characteristics of the time we live in is that there often seems to be little appetite for compromise or even considering what someone is saying when there’s a disagreement. If you listen to Wednesday's Smart Talk guest, it may make for less polarization – even if there are disagreements. Bo...
Bestselling novelists Adriana Trigiani and John Searles
June 15, 2022 13:56 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBBook week continues on Tuesday’s Smart Talk and features a conversation with two bestselling novelists – Adriana Trigiani and John Searles. Both appeared last month at the Council of Friends of Lancaster County’s Public Libraries fundraising event. Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Shoemaker’s Wife. Her books have been published in thirty-eight languages around the world. She is an award-winning playwright, television ...
Books to read this summer
June 13, 2022 14:12 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIt's Book Week on Smart Talk. All our programs through Thursday will focus on books—mostly talking with authors of new books. Best-selling novelists Adriana Trigiani and John Searles, world champion debater Bo Seo and Historian David Brown are among the authors who will with us this week. However, we start this special week Monday with a show Smart Talk features every year in the first days of summer – books that you would enjoy or find interesting while on vacation or relaxing at home. W...
State Museum exhibit tells three civil rights stories
June 09, 2022 14:34 - 10 minutes - 9.89 MBJuneteenth will be celebrated across the country a week from Sunday on June 19th. It marks the day when all enslaved people were free in the United States. The State Museum of Pennsylvania opens a Civil Rights Movement exhibition on Friday, June 17 that ties in with Juneteenth. It’s called A Place for All: Three Stories of Integration in Pennsylvania. The exhibit is comprised of A Story of Strength: The Myers Family Moves to Levittown, A Story of Bravery: Integrating Pittsburgh’s Public P...
LGBTQ+ health in the spotlight during Pride Month
June 09, 2022 14:30 - 17 minutes - 16 MBJune is Pride Month to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots that marked the beginning of the fight for LGBTQ rights and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) Americans. That involves all aspects of the lives of the LGBTQ community. Access to and affordability of healthcare is a major concern for LGBTQ people and there are some unique challenges as well. Next Thursday at 8 p.m. on WITF-TV, you can learn more from Tran...
Cumberland Valley Civil War Roundtable group honors Black soldiers
June 08, 2022 15:18 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBThe historic Lebanon Cemetery or Mt. Vernon Cemetery, west of Chambersburg, is the cemetery where many African-Americans from Franklin County were buried after the Civil War. It is the final resting place for more than 25 Black soldiers who fought in the war, including those of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Colored Troops. The Cumberland Valley Civil War Roundtable has plans to clean and restore the grave sites of the soldiers. The Roundtable’s Tracy Baer is on Wednesday’s Smart Talk to ...
Would “red flag laws” reduce number of shootings?
June 08, 2022 15:14 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBThe aftermath of the mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde Texas, Philadelphia and other places around the country the last two weeks have followed a familiar pattern. Shock, outrage, calls for expansion of mental health resources and, of course, new gun laws. After every shooting, there seems to be a sense of this is the one that will result in action. Most often, it doesn’t and another news story comes along and diverts the attention. One proposal that appears to have public support according...
Smart Talk Road Trip to Carlisle Ford Nationals - Extended Conversation
June 07, 2022 15:26 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBAn extended conversation of Smart Talk's road trip to the Carlisle Ford Nationals. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about grief and recovery after the death of her husband
June 07, 2022 15:14 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBLast week, Sheryl Sandberg announced she is stepping down as chief operating officer at Facebook’s parent company Meta. Sandberg oversaw Facebook’s spectacular rise to a company that generated $100 billion in revenue each year, but she also had to answer for several scandals involving Facebook. Sandberg became a feminist icon after her best-selling book Leaning In about women in the business world was released. However, it was a more personal story that Sandberg told in September 2020 whe...
Huge climate change rally/event planned for Harrisburg June 11-13
June 06, 2022 14:17 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBWhat may be the largest environmental rally and campaign since right after the Three Mile Island accident is scheduled for this weekend in Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania Climate Convergence is staging the "Festival for the Planet" Saturday through Monday. It will include advocates and activists sending a message to “Gov. Wolf, lawmakers and regulators to step up” to fight climate change. The Festival will be made up of panel discussions, arts, music, theatre, rallies and a march on the Capi...
Obscure state law could hold up broadband expansion
June 06, 2022 14:15 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBWhat was driven home the past two years to many Pennsylvania students, those who worked from home and businesses was how spotty or non-existent high speed internet service was. Expanding broadband internet became a priority. The $1 billion dollars in infrastructure money coming to Pennsylvania from the federal government for broadband expansion was thought to be an answer. But local communities that wanted to build their own broadband networks are facing another challenge – an obscure 2004 ...
Smart Talk Road Trip to Carlisle Ford Nationals
June 03, 2022 14:33 - 27 minutes - 25 MBSmart Talk makes a road trip Friday to the Carlisle Ford Nationals. Carlisle Events stages some of the most popular events in Pennsylvania as some half million people attend their car related shows every year. For one thing, it’s evidence of just how many car enthusiasts there are. This weekend’s event at the Carlisle Fairgrounds will center on an American icon — Ford. On Friday’s program, we’ll talk about the unveiling of the new Shelby American, Ford’s plans for electric vehicles and me...
Why is there a shortage of lifeguards this summer?
June 02, 2022 14:37 - 9 minutes - 8.38 MBMemorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start of summer. It’s when many public swimming pools and beaches open. A rare late-May heat wave helped to remind us there is a lot of hot weather on the way. However, along with so many other things, there is a shortage of lifeguards. The American Lifeguard Association estimates a third of the nation’s public pools may be closed this summer because there aren’t enough lifeguards. Several in Pennsylvania have already announced they won’t o...
Manufacturing summer camps coming to Pa.
June 02, 2022 14:30 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBAbout 560,000 people work in manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania. Even though that’s 400,000 fewer than 30 years ago, there are thousands of manufacturing job openings right now. Many people who could fill those jobs don’t know about the openings or don’t have the necessary training. Pennsylvania is actively campaigning to find training for would-be manufacturers, including providing funding to six Manufacturing Summer Camps through Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs, a charitable foundation of t...
[Encore] Two college students hear Americans' stories during pandemic in cross-country trip
June 01, 2022 14:13 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBOriginal Airdate: Monday, March 28, 2022 Many of us have dreamed of making a cross-country trip – maybe in a car or motorhome. Some of us have actually done it. But the journey across America from the deep south to the Rocky Mountains that Alan Jinich and Max Strickberger took last spring was unique. The two University of Pennsylvania students traveled across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic – not as a vacation or to sight see, but to talk with ordinary Americans about the challen...
Teachers that have made an impact honored
May 31, 2022 20:29 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MB"You never forget the teacher who makes a difference." So many of our lives have changed or our futures influenced because of a teacher. That's why a select group of teachers in Central Pennsylvania are honored each year with a Teacher Impact Award. WITF and Rotary 7390 presented the 2022 Teacher Impact Awards last week. Two of the award winners are on Tuesday's Smart Talk to discuss what their goals in the classroom, what makes them unique and what influenced them. Joining us are Rosari...
Ground breaking video gaming facility opens at Whitaker Center
May 31, 2022 20:26 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB[box]Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9:30 am and 7:30 pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to "Play WITF Radio."[/box] Video games are no longer just associated with kids wasting their time while they could be outdoors playing. That''s what adults trying to get their sons and daughters away from video games sometimes thought. Today, video games are credited with broadening young people's interest and passion for science a...
Artsfest returns to Harrisburg Memorial Day weekend
May 26, 2022 14:40 - 8 minutes - 7.64 MBFor the first time since 2019, Artsfest in Harrisburg (May28-30) may feel normal this weekend. The biggest difference this year is that the event will be held at Riverfront Park after last year’s sojourn to City island. Normal probably is not a good word to describe Artsfest because it is one of the premiere events in Central Pennsylvania. According to the City of Harrisburg, Artsfest will feature more than 150 juried artisans and craftsmen from across the country, selling handcrafted works...
How to talk with kids after Texas shooting
May 26, 2022 14:33 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBThe mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday that left 19 children and two adults dead is weighing on the hearts and minds of a nation. Once again in the violent year of 2022, we are grieving and asking the usual questions after another mass shooting – why, what can be done to stop it and do we as people have the will to take steps to keep it from happening again? But there are issues that may be or should be addressed in our own families – how to talk with our kids a...
How to weather stock market plunge and financial challenges
May 25, 2022 15:22 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBInflation is at its highest rate in 40 years. Gas prices are setting all-time records. Even though jobs are plentiful and wages and consumer spending are up, Americans are struggling in many ways financially. Wednesday is the 100th stock market trading day of 2022. The year has not been a good one. According to Dow Jones Market Data, the S&P 500 index and the Dow are on track for the worst first 100 trading days since 1970. And for the Nasdaq 100, it’s the worst ever. Most of us are not da...
“Freedom Readers” seek to educate on banned or challenged books
May 24, 2022 12:56 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBMany school boards across the country – including in central Pennsylvania – have been called on to take certain books out of school libraries. Often, the complaints are that the books are obscene with too much sex, the books contain stories of same-sex relationships or that they promote racial stereotypes or are critical of a race. Some of the books that are called into question are considered classics. When the book Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was challenged in Elizabethtown, a group ...
Obesity is a health epidemic
May 24, 2022 12:56 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBSo many illnesses and health conditions were neglected or didn’t get a lot of attention in the past two years during the covid-19 pandemic. In a country where obesity was common before the pandemic, it has increased even more. Obesity is a condition that can negatively affect health in several ways, including heart disease, diabetes and even cancer. What changes do we have to make to maintain a healthy weight and why is it so important? Appearing on Tuesday’s Smart Talk to discuss the ob...
York County’s Pappus House provides unique end-of-life care
May 24, 2022 12:39 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBPappus House in York County is unique in Pennsylvania. It describes itself as “a warm, safe, reassuring, family-centered place to live… a home exclusively dedicated to care for dying people and their families.” What it isn’t is a hospice, although residents can select an outside hospice agency. Pappus House provides meals, bathing, grooming, personal safety, ambulatory assistance and light housekeeping who may not have a family, a home or caregiver. We’ll learn more about Pappus House on ...
Fentanyl behind rise in drug overdose deaths
May 24, 2022 12:38 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBMore than 107,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. last year. That’s a 50% increase over 2019, which indicates the COVID-19 pandemic was deadly in more ways than one. Those statistics come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Pennsylvania, 5,162 people died of drug overdoses in 2020 and the incomplete numbers from 2021 show 5,224 were killed by overdoses. Most of the overdose deaths were linked to fentanyl — the synthetic opioid that 50 times more powerful than ...
More focus on mental health since the pandemic
May 19, 2022 14:35 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBMay is Mental Health Awareness Month and Thursday is National Mental Health Action Day. Experts estimate one in five Americans experience a mental illness each year. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased anxiety, stress, loneliness, panic attacks and more. As a result, more people have focused on their mental health and perhaps that has lessened some of the stigma attached to mental health. That stigma has often kept those suffering from mental illness from seeking treatment or getting ...
Three new women pilots graduate from EMU Lancaster
May 18, 2022 14:46 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBLess than 10 percent of airplane pilots are women. If you discount student pilots, about six percent of pilots are women. The average pilot today is a white man in his early 60s. Boeing's workforce outlook says 612,000 new pilots will be needed in commercial aviation alone over the next 20 years. That’s why it’s notable that three women pilots graduated last week from Eastern Mennonite University’s Lancaster campus with Bachelor of Science degrees in Leadership and Organizational Manageme...
New book about JFK dives into day-to-day of Kennedy White House (encore)
May 18, 2022 14:44 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBAlmost 60 years after his death, President John F. Kennedy continues to fascinate and be looked upon with admiration and even reverence. Kennedy’s personal traits have to be one reason – his youth, oratory skills, ability to inspire and family all contribute to how he is remembered. Myths about Kennedy have grown throughout the last six decades as well. A new book – Incomparable Grace – JFK in the Presidency by presidential historian Mark Updegrove takes a deeper look into Kennedy as presi...
Four mass shootings this past weekend: What do we know about mass shooters?
May 17, 2022 14:10 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBTen people were killed in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York Saturday. The victims were Black and investigators say the shooter was motivated by racial hatred. The Buffalo shooting was one of four nationwide this past weekend. For many years, criminologists Jillian Peterson, Ph.D., and James Densley, Ph.D., have studied mass shootings and the people who carry them out. Their research has shown and they point out in their 2021 book THE VIOLENCE PROJECT: How to Stop a M...
988 crisis hotline scheduled to be widespread soon -- faces challenges
May 17, 2022 14:06 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBAlmost all Americans should be able to able to dial 9-8-8 on their phones in the future if they are someone close to them is in a crisis. The 988 hotline is scheduled to go live in mid-July and for many mobile phone users, it's live already and calls are coming into crisis intervention centers. However, they're facing challenges in getting 988 up and running. That includes people to staff intervention centers and answer the phones, paying for 988 hotlines and just the infrastructure needed...
Primaries and money
May 16, 2022 14:18 - 15 minutes - 14 MBThis primary will be unique in Pennsylvania, considering how much money several candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate have spent to represent their parties in the November general election and we’ve been seeing those TV commercial since January. In several ways, primaries are different than general elections anyway. Voter turnout usually isn't high, the counties where the candidates hail from may influence voters as can the ballot position of candidates. Appearing on the program is B...
Is Pennsylvania ready for tomorrow’s primary and what should voters know at the last minute?
May 16, 2022 14:11 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBTuesday is the long-awaited primary election in Pennsylvania. Long awaited because the campaigns seemed to have been in full force since the New Year. Also, Pennsylvania is such an important state in the nation’s political landscape that what voters decide may have ramifications nationally. It also is the first big election since former President Donald Trump and allies sowed doubt and a lack of confidence in the 2020 election. Is Pennsylvania ready for tomorrow’s primary and what should v...