#011 Environmental Issues at the State Level
An Interview with Josh McNeil, Executive Director of Conservation Voters of PA. As the Trump administration rolls back environmental protect...
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#010 Anatomy of a Winning State House Campaign
Elizabeth Fiedler was a respected reporter for Philadelphia public radio station WHYY. In 2017, she set her career aside to run for a State...
#009 State Legislatures Part 2: a (Brief) History
In episode 008 we took a look at the way state legislatures work. But when we only talk about the way institutions work today, it's easy to...
#008 State Legislatures Part 1: Nuts and Bolts
Even with gerrymandering making some headlines, the states tend to get lost between local and national news cycles. And yet they are often p...
#007 Trash Talk
Every week a city employee or contractor comes and whisks your trash away to some far off place. But it turns out 'away' isn't that far, and...
#006 Lancaster and Machine Politics
A community leader, activist, and lifelong resident of Lancaster, PA talks about what he learned from his 2017 campaign to become the city's...
#005 Gerrymandering in North Carolina
Hear from Bob Phillips, Executive Director of Common Cause, North Carolina, about gerrymandering in his state, and how it fits into the stor...
#004 Risk and Needs Assessment in Criminal Justice: A Primer
Human judgment is imperfect. Because of that, local governments are developing or purchasing risk and needs assessment tools to support deci...
#003 Evidence-based Justice: Interview with James Greiner
In this episode you'll hear from Dr. James Greiner, Professor at Harvard Law School and Faculty Director of Harvard's Access to Justice Lab....
#002 The District Attorney: A Primer
Today we talk about one of the most powerful figures in local government: the prosecutor.
#001 Local Government in America
How do we boil down 90,000 local governments into some categories that make sense no matter where you live? And why does local government lo...