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Battleground PA
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Battleground PA is a PennLive podcast discussing the issues that matter to Pennsylvanians and documenting the events in the Keystone state and beyond that could shape how you vote in the 2024 elections.
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What went right for the Republican Party in the 2024 election
Nov 21, 202400:34:31Tap to summarizeIn the final episode of Battleground PA for the 2024 election season, PennLive's Joyce Davis and Republican pundit Jeffrey Lord speak with former Pa. House Republican leader Rep. Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and his successor, Rep. Jesse Topper (R-Bedford) about where the Republican party stands after the re-election of former President Donald Trump and what's in its future.
Transcribe →What went wrong for the Democrat Party in the 2024 election
Nov 14, 202400:31:55Tap to summarizePennLive's Joyce Davis talks with Rogette Harris, chair of the Dauphin County Democrats, and Christopher Kowerdovich with the PA Democratic Party over the devastating effects of the election on the party, what went wrong, and how to move forward.
Transcribe →Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election
Nov 7, 202400:34:30Tap to summarizePennLive’s Joyce Davis, Republican analyst Jeffrey Lord, and Pennsylvania Capital-Star’s John Cole discuss former President Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidental election, as well as the yet-to-be called races such as the U.S. Senate race between Dem. Bob Casey and Rep. Dave McCormick. They also discuss the ramifications for the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania.
Transcribe →Interview with Allegheny College’s Andrew Bloeser
Oct 31, 202400:35:34Tap to summarizePennLive’s Joyce Davis, along with Republican pundit Jeffrey Lord, speak with Andrew Bloeser, a professor at Allegheny College and the director of the Center for Political Participation at the college.
Transcribe →Interview with members of the Council on Foreign Relations
Oct 24, 202400:29:45Tap to summarizePennLive's Joyce Davis speaks with representatives of the Council on Foreign Relations about the impact of international events in the 2024 elections.
Transcribe →[Re-release] Claudine Schneider, former GOP member of Congress, on supporting Kamala Harris
Oct 17, 202400:36:05Tap to summarizePennLive's Joyce Davis is in Prague this week, so we are re-releasing a discussion with her and Republican pundit Jeffrey Lord with former U.S. Rep. Claudine Schneider, part of Former Republican Members of Congress for Harris, to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris' decision to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 campaign. Schneider was a Republican from Rhode Island in Congress from 1981 to 1991. Editor's note: Due to storms, Davis lost connection toward the end of the episode.
Transcribe →Interview with former Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett
Oct 10, 202400:30:28Tap to summarizePennLive's Joyce Davis and Republican pundit Jeffrey Lord speak with former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, who is working with a nonpartisan coalition to educate and demystify the election progress. Pennsylvanians.
Transcribe →Interview with author Sarah Towle on immigration issues
Oct 3, 202400:33:41Tap to summarizePennLive's Joyce Davis speaks with Sarah Towle, author of “Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands," about immigration issues in the 2024 election.
Transcribe →Interview with Marian Schneider of ACLU Pennsylvania
Sep 26, 202400:25:39Tap to summarizePennLive's Joyce Davis speaks with Marian Schneider of ACLU Pennsylvania about mail-in voting in the Commonwealth leading up to the 2024 election.
Transcribe →Interview with former Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mark Singel
Sep 19, 202400:28:05Tap to summarizePennLive's Joyce Davis speaks with Mark Singel, who served as lieutenant governor from 1987 to 1995, stepping in for nearly six months in 1993 as acting governor when Gov. Bob Casey was unable to serve. Singel and Davis discuss the historic times we are living through, including a second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
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