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For 4/20 week and the three-year anniversary of the legal cannabis law, DelawareCAN President Zoë Patchell joins Rob in the bunker to talk about how Delaware's legal cannabis system has completely failed to live up to expectations. Show Notes: The latest on legal weed WFP Endorsement Kickoff

The Crew gives an update on last week's Betar episode and does a brief overview of some of the groundbreaking legislation being introduced by the 153rd General Assembly. Show Notes: DelawareOnline guide on how to tip Why restaurants want to not pay credit card fees Protect Our Points!

HOMES Campaign organizer Shyanne Miller joins Rob in the bunker to talk about how the city has attempted to further attack homeless people living in Christina Park.

Elizabeth West and Mariah Schnee from Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights join Rob in the bunker to talk about Betar, a radical Zionist group which has now come to Delaware to take advantage of our loose corporate laws. Show Notes: Donate to Francisca Moreno for Treasurer Petition to the Attorney General

State Representative candidate Will Imbrie-Moore, who is challenging Kim Williams, joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his Delaware background, what it means to be a Gen Z candidate running in a weird information age, and what he would like to accomplish in Dover. Show Notes: Will's website Donate to Will

Rob gives an update on the city of Wilmington's attempts to expropriate the unhoused population in Christina Park and put them in small, flimsy tents.

We begin with an update from Fenel Baines and the Dream Initiative, and the eternal, unanswerable question: do cops lie? Then, Madinah joins Rob in the bunker for a broader discussion about the various things that are making people forget how to be people. Don't worry legislative staffers, you don't have to listen — no politics talk in this one. Show Notes: Madinah links

New Castle County Councilman Dave Carter joins Rob in the bunker to talk about data centers, and the the county council has been doing to attempt to bring them somewhat in check. Show Notes: After months of debate, New Castle County Council agrees to regulate data center industry

What is money? It might just be whatever helps us do increasingly elaborate financial schemes. Historian of capitalism Dael Norwood joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the current state of cryptocurrency in the broader history of our financial system, and what Delaware might try to do to legitimize flim flams, swindles, and other scams in the name of financial innovation. Show Notes: Con...

Taking a bit of a break from the homelessness series, we have a crew episode where we finally cancel Senator Eric Buckson and then dive back into Delaware history, talking about the parallels between Jack Markell and Matt Meyer as well as how the weird antisemitism against them came to be. Show Notes: Subscribe on Patreon Before the Riots

This is our second part in a series about the homelessness crisis in Wilmington, recorded over the course of the winter storm in late January and early February. In this episode, we move from Christina Park to Saints Andrew and Matthew (SSAM) Episcopal Church, which has served as another one of the front lines for dealing with homelessness in the city. We speak again to Patrick Burke, rector at SS...

This is our first part in a series about the homelessness crisis in Wilmington, recorded over the course of the winter storm in late January and early February. In this episode, we head to Christina Park and speak to Professor Steve Metraux and Rev. Patrick Burke of SSAM, and then hear from Friendship House Executive Director Kim Eppehimer about what their plans are for the temporary shelter there...

Tide Shift Justice executive director Meryem Dede joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her background as a public defender and how that got her involved in the advocacy she is working on how advancing fines and fees reform among broader criminal justice reform. Show Notes: Injuries reported during violent crackdown at Georgetown prison Who’s behind Leave Delaware? The Reform Room: Talking Crimina...

Chancery Daily and local historian Dael Norwood join Rob in the bunker to talk about what the near-future might hold for Delaware corporate law updates and how that interacts with the largesse of the General Assembly. Show Notes: What Rough Beach Slouches Towards Dover? Elon Musk called on corporations to ditch Delaware. They didn't listen. What makes the Delaware Court of Chancery unique

In a twist on the normal formula, we have a full 70+ minute episode with Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton as a bonus episode this week, and a quicker episode with the crew as our main episode. In this episode, Bill and Karl talk with Rob about the violence and occupation in Minneapolis over the last several weeks.

US Senate candidate and Chris Coons challenger Christopher Beardsley joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his own foreign policy experience, the importance of addressing our housing crisis, how to leverage the existing Democratic Party into a statewide primary victory. Show Notes: Christopher Beardsley website Donation link Delaware, we have to fix Wilmington's new Skid Row

As the legislature returns to session, we look forward to what we can expect them to accomplish this year, and then we look back to legislatures of years past to see what has changed and what hasn't. We look at an op-ed from an old-school News Journal editor and then a profile of Rep. Al O Plant, who was doing it like no one else was. Show Notes: The Press Room updates What Rough Beast Slouches To...

Redding Consortium Co-Chair and State Senator Tizzy Lockman joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the recent Redding Consortium vote to consolidate all the school districts in northern New Castle County, how it came about, and what it actually means. Show Notes: Redding Consortium site Coverage of the Redding decision Contact Sen. Lockman at elizabeth.lockman@delaware.gov

Journalists Jordan Howell and Jakim Mohammed join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about another move that is being made to further gut public transportation in Delaware and how we can help stop it. Then, Rae Krantz comes in to discuss her run for state representative and her theory of change for how Delaware's government needs to work differently. Also: introducing the Gumboro Groyper. Show Note...

The crew records another late-breaking episode discussing Julianne Murray's wrongful persecution, the data center and AI slop, the male loneliness epidemic, and why our education system should never change no matter what. Show Notes: Christina Elliot GoFundMe, please give Francis Fukuyama and Henry Blodget talk about their weird AI stuff

Another person has been killed by the Department of Corrections' medical neglect. Richard Flippin's aunt Christina joined Rob in the bunker to talk about what happened and what needs to happen next. Show Notes: GoFundMe for the family DOC statement

To quote the great Tom Gordon: "My office blew up." As we wait for new equipment in the wake of a mild electrical explosion incident, the crew discusses one of our oldest topics of interest: Buccini Pollin's attempts to reshape Wilmington's downtown into this video , and how it has played out in their new boutique grocery store. Show Notes: Donate to the Delaware Call Crepes, craft brews & mor...

Kirsten, Bill, Karl, and Rob discuss One Battle After Another , the novel it was based on Vineland , and the real historical background and context for the types of events covered in the movie. Show Notes: Mother Country Radicals

Journalist Lisa Power joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about how she got connected with the Delaware Call and then going over her first piece exposing a loophole that could allow ICE to access DMV data in Delaware. Show Notes: Obscure loophole in state police database allows ICE access to Delaware DMV information

State Senator Eric Buckson joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his background in Delaware and Delaware politics, his takes on some of the things going through the legislature, and how he became one of Delaware's top Facebook influencers. Show Notes: Wilmington passes new oversight rule for the embattled Land Bank