Highlands Bunker

Senator Chris Coons answers some questions on a ceasefire in Gaza. Then, the crew talks about next year's most important election of our lifetimes and answer some important questions such as: is our strategy working, are there any shortcuts, and who is we?

Some of the parents who organized around bringing back Marbrook's Spanish immersion program join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the path from the Hockessin Gossip Girls page to reviving the program through public pressure. Show Notes: December Red Clay School Board meeting News Journal coverage Immersion program overview

Did you know that Delaware is sometimes relevant to national news stories? Delaware Online certainly does, so today we talk about two articles that cover the silly, the bad, and the ugly of how Delaware interacts with the national news. We establish our anti-helicopter stance. Show Notes: Opening article from +972 Magazine First U.S. weapons to Israel left from Dover Air Force Base. More have been...

Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton joins to talk about her ongoing hunger strike in DC. DelPHR Founder Mike Abel and DE DSA communications chair Syjil Athar talk about how they came into the Palestinian freedom movement and where things stand now. Show Notes: Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights Delaware DSA Call Me, Beta Chuck Modi interview Reagan Demands End To Attacks BDS Movement Playgrounds for P...

It's amazing how much trouble you can get it for just hiring your daughter. After over a year, the boys are back to cover the Supreme Court oral arguments about the appeal of Kathy McGuiness's sentencing last year. Show Notes: News Journal coverage

Former Rep. John Kowalko joins the bunker to give updates on RISE Delaware/Medicare Advantage lawsuit, then tells some stories from his time at legislative hall. Patrons will get to hear the full conversation. Show Notes: RISE Delaware Rebel John Kowalko Ceasefire protest

Local activist Kirsten Walther joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her piece on misogyny in the Delaware left and some of her ideas on potential solutions, as well as some of the backlash it has received. Then, we try to close out our discourse around the genocide in Gaza and discuss what can and can't be done. Show Notes: Misogyny and the Delaware Left It’s Not Complicated – Ceasefire Now

Racial justice organizer Hasini Perkins joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the state of mental and physical health care in Delaware's prison system, including first-hand testimony from himself and others who are still behind bars. Show Notes: ACLU prison health care lawsuit John Oliver prison health care segment

Professor and homelessness researcher Steve Metraux and housing activist Shyanne Miller join Rob in the bunker to talk about why Delaware's official homelessness rate suddenly spiked and plummeted in the last four years, the successes and failures of existing systems, and what we might need to do to fix them. Show Notes: Homelessness in Delaware: An Assessment Accused of begging inside Market Stre...

In celebration of Indegenous Peoples' Day, historian Syl Woolford joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the Choptank Indian reservation, one of the few on the Delmarva peninsula. Show Notes: Branden's website Donate to Branden

The crew is in the bunker today to talk about the Bethany Hall-Long campaign drama, some thoughts around local independent journalism, and catching up with your Philadelphia Phillies. Show Notes: Delaware Call fundraiser tickets BHL Drama Delaware State Police Investigating Golf Cart Thefts in Sussex County

Palestinian author and poet Maya Abu Al-Hayat joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her path to artistic expression, the role of an artist as activist, and the other work that she has been doing. Show Notes 'The Gap' short story 'I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope' poem

Professor Mark Paul joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about his new book, The Ends of Freedom , and get into the history of economic rights in America as well as how modern issues of full employment, inflation, and means testing affect our ability to provide for everyone. Show Notes: The Ends of Freedom Book The guy who loves unemployment

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about her campaign, her vision for a 21st century economic bill of rights, and the challenges that she has faced left, right, and center while running as a challenger to an incumbent president. Show Notes: Marianne's website

The crew is in the bunker today to prepare for a busy September by talking about what we worked on in July and August, from the Network Delaware Social Change Summit to Jordan Howell's three-part piece on the eastside of Wilmington. Show Notes: Jordan's Eastside Series - pt1 , pt2 , pt3 Brandon Holveck!

Creative Visions Factory director Michael Kalmbach joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the latest updates on what the peer-run program is up to, the importance of harm reduction and other wholistic strategies, and the importance of self-care and understanding in difficult work. Show Notes: Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice Creative Vision Factory

They're letting women play sports now, so women who play sports Jordyn Pusey and Kirsten Walther join Rob in the bunker to talk about the Women's World Cup that just ended. They talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the tournament from the exciting new players and countries to the rampant abuse that players have had to face.

Journalist Jordan Howell joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his latest piece in the Delaware Call about the origins of the August Quarterly Festival in Wilmington and how a very familiar set of processes led to the destruction of the East Side in the 1960s. Begins with an introduction about whether or not it's safe to walk around in the Highlands. Show Notes: Can someone let me know if this are...

Timeless Thomas Swann joins Rob in the bunker to talk about some updates on his book 101 Things You Should Know About Jail based on the experiences of other groups, and then the group talks about some of Delaware's newest white collar criminals. Show Notes: Congrats to Julia 101 Things You Should Know About Jail audiobook Karl Baker's Hunter Biden piece

Delaware political staffers, you'll have to pay to get this one. Show Notes: Delaware Call fundraiser

Professor and biographer Joe Fitzgerald joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the life and work of Gloria Richardson, a civil rights activist who served a crucial role in the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. They discuss her background and what brought her to that work, the role of an organizers as a leader, and the strategies and tactics which made the movement so effective and what that co...

Innocence Project Delaware Executive Director Claudia Trupp joins Rob in the bunker to talk about how she became involved in criminal defense work, how an Innocence Project was brought to Delaware, and what work they are doing now to help the wrongfully convicted. Show Notes: Innocence Project Delaware Donate to the Innocence Project

State House candidate Monica Beard joins Rob in the bunker to talk about why she is running for office, the debacle that her opponent Mike Smith helped make happen, and how to actually stand up when legislative crises happen. Show Notes: Monica Beard website Donate to Monica

More Perfect Union journalist Paul Blest joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the debacle around the vote giving LLCs and other entities the right to vote in Seaford. Show Notes: More Perfect Union thread News Journal Coverage of LLC voting

Rob and Bill beam in from the virtual bunker to talk about a couple of court cases: the AMC settlement and the case of Samuel Waters, a cop who was charged with assault and perjury after being caught on camera assaulting someone in Southbridge. Show Notes: News Journal coverage of the Samuel Waters case