Cat's Candid Conversations

Popular podcaster and attorney Marc Scaringi, who speaks often on constitutional law, owns and manages a law firm with his wife, Melanie. He has assisted with several senatorial campaignspaigns and was a former attorney for President Trump who endorsed him as a delegate to the 2016 Republican Convention.  Today the outspoken Scaringi, who opposes the Iran War but still considers himself MAGA, talk...

According to the Harvard Institute of Politics, younger voters, ages 18 to 30, are shifting away from the Republican Party, especially young men who previously showed a strong swing toward the GOP during the 2024 presidential elections.  Some reasons listed are because of economic anxiety, soaring energy prices, grocery bills, rent, the high price of owning your own house, foreign policy disagreem...

 Todays guest is Dan Watt, the director and producer of the new Bea Arthur documentary titled “Bea Arthur the Documentary -- 'I’ve done everything but Porn.'" Watt was Arthur’s personal assistant for six years before she died of cancer in 2009 and family spokesman afterward.  You can read more about her at https://cvindependent.com/2026/09/beyond-maude-and-dorothy-the-palm-springs-c...

Heather Long is chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union and former Washington Post economics correspondent, talks about everyday household financial pressures, inflation, labor market trends, and the struggles of the American middle class. She says the economy is deeply fractured. While top earners and high-income households continue to spend, the bottom 80% and the middle class are "jus...

Matt Weaver, a Program Counselor and Program Therapist at Blueprints for Addiction Recovery in Lancaster County, talks about the dangers of addiction and health risks of vaping, especially among the youth, one in five high schoolers has tried vaping. It's a growing critical issue in Pennsylvania and across the nation, causing many school districts to install vape detectors to try and stop it,...

Watts Township, PA, resident Josh Gerber has been working with locals that would experience the negative impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. Using policy, and advocacy, he is committed to making sure the harms to locals and the environment don’t outweigh the proposed benefits. There are more than 4,000 operational Artificial Intelligence data centers in the US, with hundreds more...

First -generation Dominican American Vanessa Acosta is the Republican Candidate  for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for District 49,  encompassing the southern half of Lancaster City, Lancaster Township, and Millersville. She’s running against incumbent Democrat Ismail Smith- Wade-El She describes herself as a single mother, child trafficking survivor, and licensed insurance agent who u...

Rabbi Jack Pastkoff is a rabbi at Congregation Shaarai Shomayim in Lancaster, PA, a Reform congregation with approximately 320-325 member families that serves as a major hub for Jewish life in the area. He often travels to Israel and meets with approximately 10 peacemaking groups, which includes volunteers from Israel and Palestinian.  Rabbi Pastdoff  graduated from Brandeis University, and then s...

Rev. Bradley Mattson, a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of the Susquehanna, talks about ICE plus changing denominations and the reasons for it.  He enjoys exploring the ways the Gospel intersects with public life and current affairs. He also serves on the board of the Episcopal Evangelism Society. He is a frequent op-ed writer in the local press and was featured by Deutsche Welle’s Living Planet ,...

Our guest Michael Zimmerman is a retired Navy Commander, who talked about his support of the Iran War, POTUS, plus he answered questions from Lancaster residents. He has been decorated with several awards, including the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three times. He is currently a Data Scientist contractor for the US Army and President of Maztech Consulting.  He lives in Lititz with his wife a...

Podcaster and Attorney Marc Scaringi, owns and manages a law firm with his wife, Melanie, and often speaks about the U.S. Constitutional law. He has assisted with several senatorial campaigns and was a former attorney for President Trump who endorsed him as a delegate to the 2016 Republican Convention. He is outspoken about opposing the War in Iran but still considers himself MAGA He was born and...

Cindy Sheehan is a peace activist who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after her son was killed in Iraq in 2004. Sheehan camped outside U.S. President George W. Bush’s ranch in Texas in 2005 wanting to talk to him about the reasons we went to war.  He refused to talk to her. She then received national and international media coverage which established her as one of the most visible and con...

Democrat Janet Diaz was the first Latina city councilwoman to be elected twice in Lancaster. She unsuccessfully ran for 49th Pennsylvania House District and the Pennsylvania State Senate, despite garnering endorsements from Barack Obama, Joe Biden and other high profile Democrats. She accused the Democratic leaders in Lancaster of turning against her and not supporting her in the elections because...