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Brews & Views — 128 episodes · page 1 of 2
Short Take 31: Headline Hit Jobs
Short Take 30: How standing for kids made one lawmaker an enemy of the Left
Short Take 29: Elon Musk and the power of entrepreneurs
Short Take 28: Josh Shapiro's lieutenant governor problem
BVShortTake27 - Josh Shapiro TikTok
Short Take 26: Reclaiming American Values
Short Take 25: Wolf's 'green' energy agenda is fueling Putin's war
Short Take 24: Taxpayers on the hook for lawbreakers' pensions
Short Take 23: More Missing Covid Data
Short Take 22: Counting down to a new direction in Pennsylvania
Short Take 21: The Covid context the Wolf administration isn't giving
Short Take 20: Josh's Wonderland
Short Take 19: Need for election reform predates 2020
Short Take 18: How AG Josh Shapiro cost Pennsylvania royalty owners millions
Short Take 17: Understanding this year's judicial races
Short Take 16: Questions for Attorney General Josh Shapiro
Short Take 15: Justice needs her blindfold back
Ep97: Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill on Pa. state budget
Short Take 14: Harrisburg's Hottest Lies
Ep96: Rep. Seth Grove on PA Election Reform
Ep95: Debunking PA Education Funding Myths, with Sr. Policy Analyst Colleen Hroncich
Short Take 13: Group aims to upend PA redistricting process
Episode 94 Jeremy Baker, Political Director, Commonwealth Partners
Short Take 12: Gov. Wolf shielding appointees from confirmation hearings
Short Take 11: Learning from the past will help prepare for the future
Ep93: Jon DeArment, President & CEO, CHANNELLOCK®
Short Take 10: How local politicians are betrayed by gov't unions
Ep92: Judge Kevin Brobson, candidate for PA Supreme Court
Short Take 9: The COVID travel data that never existed
Ep91: Rep. Natalie Mihalek on PA's COVID nursing home policy, unemployment failures
Ep90: PA Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward
Short Take 8: Wolf’s pot-push is good politics (given his bad policies)
Ep89: Sen. Scott Martin on Excellence in Education for All Act
ShortTake7: It's time to do right by kids
Ep88: Nate Benefield on Gov. Wolf's Budget Proposal
Ep87: A look at pending PA constitutional amendments with Rep. Seth Grove
Ep86: Redistricting in Pennsylvania, with Rep. Greg Rothman
Ep85: Devlin Robinson, Incoming PA senator, combat veteran, small businessman
Ep 84: Abhi Samuel: What makes America unique?
Ep83: Carrie DelRosso, Incoming PA State Rep & Small Business Owner
Ep82: Lenny McAllister, CEO, PA Coalition of Public Charter Schools
Ep81: Ryan Aument, PA Senator and former U.S. Army Captain
Ep80: Curt Schroder on COVID protections for businesses
Ep79: Tim DeFoor, GOP candidate for PA Auditor General
Ep78: PA GOP Chair Lawrence Tabas on mail-in voting
Ep77: CapitAlism works, and CapitOlism doesn't
Ep76: Reclaiming Public Education by Commonwealth Partners President & CEO Matt Brouillette
Ep75: Rep. Clint Owlett on getting PA students 'Back on Track'
Ep74: Dave Spigelmyer, president, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Ep73: PA House Speaker Bryan Cutler
Short Take 6: From political science to affective science
Ep72: Nathan McGrath, president & general counsel, The Fairness Center
Ep71: Rep. Tim O'Neal on liquor privatization in PA
Ep70: Zach Shamberg, president & CEO, Pennsylvania Health Care Association
Short Take 5: Civilian Coronavirus Corps fails to solve problem Gov. Wolf made
Ep69: Rep. Seth Grove on Gov. Wolf's shutdown & safely re-opening PA
Ep68: Mike Pries, Vice-Chairman, Dauphin County Board of Commissioners
Short Take 4: Kids are short-changed when schools refuse to change
Ep67: Adventures in liquor-buying in PA: David La Torre's story
Short Take 3: Believe the (Political) Science
Ep66: Jonathan Goldstein, attorney filing federal lawsuit over COVID business shutdown
Ep65: COVID shut-down order impact on PA supply chain & manufacturing
Ep64: Cris Dush, state representative, candidate for PA senate, veteran
Short Take 2: What’s the goal to win the war against COVID-19?
Ep63: Doug Mastriano, state senator, retired Army colonel, author, and more
Short Take 1: Power, Patronage, Politics & the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Ep62: Ethan Demme, Entrepreneur & East Lampeter Township Supervisor
Ep61: Andy Phillips, Executive Director, Logos Academy Harrisburg
Ep60: David Rowe, Pa. State Rep, Entrepreneur
Ep59: Heather Heidelbaugh, candidate for PA attorney general
Ep58: Martina White, State Representative & New Chair, Republican Party of Philadelphia
Ep57: Chris Frye, Mayor-Elect, New Castle, PA
Ep56: Dawn Keefer, PA State Representative, Business Owner
Ep55: Rick Gray, former mayor of Lancaster, Pa.
Ep54: Jesse Topper, Pa. State Representative, Former Baseball Umpire
Ep53: Carolyn Dumaresq, Former PA Sec't of Ed, Union Leader, Charter Advocate
Ep52: David Taylor, President & CEO, PA Manufacturers' Association
Ep51: Ana Meyers, Executive Director, PA Coalition of Public Charter Schools
Ep50: Guy Ciarrocchi, president, Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry
Ep49: Frank Ryan, PA State Representative & Retired USMC Colonel
Ep48: Sam DeMarco, Allegheny County GOP Chair
Ep47: Aaron Anderson, CEO & Head of School, Logos Academy
Ep46: Dave Spigelmyer, President, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Ep45: Val DiGiorgio, Chairman, Republican Party of Pennsylvania
Ep44: Kirk Hallett, Founder & Director, the Joshua Group
Ep43: Matt Bradford, Pa. State Representative & Chair, Democratic Appropriations Committee
Ep42: Donna Bullock, Pa. State Representative
Ep41: Sheryl Delozier, Pa. State Representative
Ep.40: Kate Klunk, Pa. State Representative
Ep39: Jan Murphy, Capitol Bureau Chief, PennLIve & Harrisburg Patriot-News
Ep38: Charles Mitchell, President & CEO, Commonwealth Foundation
Ep37: Greg Rothman, Pa. State Representative
Ep36: Rich Alloway, Pa. State Senator
Ep35: Valerie Gaydos, Pa. State Rep. small business owner
Ep34: Scott Martin, Pa. State Senator
Ep33: John Micek, Opinion Editor, PennLive/Patriot News
Ep32: David Osborne, president & general counsel, The Fairness Center
Ep31: Andrew Lewis, Pa. State Representative, combat veteran, small businessman
Ep30: Gordon Denlinger, New Pa. State Director, Nat'l Federation of Independent Business
Ep29: John Taylor, Pa. State Representative