Best-selling author Dave Daley joins C70 CEO David Thornburgh and Civic Engagement Consultant Chris Satullo to discuss his new book, Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy. Get inspired by civic movements taking shape across the nation, and discover the blueprint for action you can take to positively impact your community.The n…

The novel coronavirus disrupted college life in a big way. Amid the chaos of moving out of dorms and transitioning to online learning, college students were uncertain about how and where to vote. In light of the many questions we received, we decided to call in the experts: the PA Department of State's Tiffany Chang Lawson and All In Challenge Exec…

How do we vote safely and securely in the middle of a pandemic? Committee of Seventy CEO David Thornburgh speaks with The National Vote at Home Institute's Amber McReynolds. www.voteathome.orgMcReynolds is one of the country’s leading experts on election administration and policy, and co-author of the book “When Women Vote”. Amber is the CEO for th…

PA's top election official, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar talks with C70 CEO David Thornburgh about the significant changes to how Pennsylvanians will vote in 2020. From the new option to vote by mail, to new registration deadlines, new machines in every county, and the challenges of ensuring every vote counts amid a global pandemic, this wide-…

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1:00: Dennis Lee16:30: Omar Sabir33:30: Kahlil WilliamsWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that allows us to produce these interviews!…

1:00: Lisa Deeley17:20: Jen Devor33:00: Marwan KreidieWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that allows us to produce these interviews!…

1:00: Moira Bohannon15:00: Luigi Borda30:30: Carla CainWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that allows us to produce these interviews!…

1:00: Isaiah Thomas18:50: Fernando Trevino35:40: Matt WolfeWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that allows us to produce these interviews!…

1:00: Katherine Gilmore Richardson15:00: Mark Ross31:50: Eryn SantamoorWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that allows us to produce these interviews!…

1:00: Drew Murray19:45: David Oh41:45: Adrian Rivera-ReyesWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that allows us to produce these interviews!…

1:00: Sandra Dungee Glenn18:30: Derek Green35:00: Asa KhalifWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that allows us to produce these interviews!…

1:00: Latrice Bryant16:00 Justin DiBerardinis (note: some low sound issues from 17:00-19:24)31:00 Allan Domb47:55 Beth FinnWatch all the candidate interviews at https://www.youtube.com/user/pchristmas70/videosVoter resources:ballot.seventy.orgseventy.org/wevoteseventy.org/votesmartThanks to Thomas Skelton Harrison for their generous support that al…

1:00: City Council At-Large Candidate Fareed Abdullah15:45: City Council At-Large Candidate Erika Almirón32:00: City Council At-Large Candidate Vinny BlackVideos of all of the interviews available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtTfhYkjLdBwdbIZSzxuhJgVoter resources: www.seventy.org/votesmartwww.seventy.org/wevoteballot.seventy.org Thanks to t…

Committee of Seventy CEO David Thornburgh and Policy Director Patrick Christmas tee up the issues, races and candidates on the ballot in the May 21st PA Primary. Subscribe to receive 9+ hours of bonus interviews with Philadelphia City Council, Commissioner and Register of Wills candidates.Learn about the candidates, create and share your ballots an…

Jason and I reviewing licensure exam questions!

We back after several months!

Meet the podcast that's out to slay the gerrymander. Try this 30-minute taste of Season 1, hosted by Chris Satullo. You'll learn in clear terms how how this bug in America's operating system works to rig elections, fuel hyper-partisanship, block policy progress, encourage apathy and foment corruption. Yet this six-episode package is no downer. It t…

In what has become one of his favorite new season traditions, Daniel sits down with Cardinals bullpen catcher Jamie Pogue to talk about who is making impressions in camp, how Florida is treating him, and what things are like with Mike Shildt in charge.

Few in Philly have inspired more rumors - or fear - than legendary union boss John Dougherty. Two top political journalists - Dave Davies of WHYY and David Gambacorta of philly.com - join us to talk through the twisty implications of the corruption indictment of one of the city's main power brokers.Af Committee of Seventy

Hear from two rumored 2020 presidential candidates, former Governors John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and John Kasich (R-OH) who were the keynote speakers at Seventy’s 114th Anniversary Luncheon. Their conversation was moderated by Marty Moss-Coane, host and executive producer of Radio Times. CEO David Thornburgh and Civic Engagement Consultant Chris Satul…

Brandon and Jason driving home after final of Peds!

Jason, Brandon, and Irvin review peds questions for final!

Nate, Irvin, Jason, and Brandon quizzing and enjoying time before peds final on Friday!

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Reviewing questions and quizzing about pediatrics

C70's CEO David Thornburgh and Civic Engagement Consultant Chris Satullo share their favorite non-fiction books of 2018. (These also happen to make perfect gifts for the politicos and policy wonks in your life.)Michael Lewis, The Fifth Riskhttps://know.freelibrary.org/Record/2424774Doris Kearns Goodwin, Leadership in Turbulent Timeshttps://know.fre…

Join our CEO David Thornburgh and Civic Engagement Consultant Chris Satullo as they discuss what happened in the 2018 Elections and what it means for Pennsylvania. Plus, a consideration of our love/hate relationship with the "I Voted" sticker.Af Committee of Seventy

And we're back! Committee of Seventy CEO David Thornburgh talks with two of our new Buchholz Fellows - Harper Seldin of @cozen_oconnor and Kalie Wertz of @UACoalition . David also chats with @YIPhilly 's Bekah Gable and Kate McGlinchey about the State of Young Philly #SOYP Conference. In our final segment, David and C70's Civic Engagement Consultan…

What's new in Maine and unheard-of in much of America is old hat in Ireland. Ranked-choice voting lets voters express how they feel about multiple candidates, rather than just settling for the least-bad option. Here, it's just gaining a hard-won foothold in places like Maine and San Francisco. But it's been the norm for decades in Ireland. In this …

If it's the All-Star Break, that means it's time for another star-studded roundtable. This year's crew is a little smaller, but plenty of quality thoughts as Tara Wellman (Bird Seeds, @tarawellman) and Adam Butler (Bird Law, @lancedance1) look back over the first half, most notably the stunning news from Saturday about the dismissal of Mike Matheny…

After years of waiting, Philadelphia has regained control of its school system and sworn in a new board of education. One of its nine members, Lee Huang, talks in-depth with Chris Satullo about the boot-camp-like training and the energetic "listening tour" of the city that board members experienced to get ready. Huang explains how he's thinking abo…

The old Philadelphia Democratic machine is clearly wearing out. But what might revive or supplant it? In this podcast, David Thornburgh talks to Ali Perelman of Philadelphia 3.0 about efforts to bring fresh blood into the old party committee structure. And Chris Satullo chats with Asian-American leader Andy Toy about what it might take to get the c…

Pennsylvanians went to the polls on May 15. Depending on where you sit, the results could be seen as a depressing show of apathy, a sign that 2018 will be the true "Year of the Woman" in politics, or an indicator that the so-called "blue wave" is mostly hype. In this episode, the dean of Harrisburg journalists, columnist John Baer of the Inquirer a…

On his last day in office as a U.S. congressman - and as one of the last GOP moderates on Capitol Hill - Charles Dent (R., Pa.) sat down with Chris Satullo to talk about his time in office, the plague of hyper-partisanship, the fight over Obamacare and other adventures. The setting was the 10th anniversary celebration of the Penn Project for Civic …

For the first time in a very long time, Philadelphia's diverse 184th House District will be getting a new state representative. Competing to replace the retiring Bill Keller are Nicholas DiDonato Jr., Elizabeth Fiedler and Tom Wyatt. Each stopped by 20 by Seventy to chat with David Thornburgh about their credentials, their sense of the district, wh…

In this episode, we dig into the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania's 177th House District, where long-time incumbent John Taylor has resigned, leaving an open seat. Host Chris Satullo interviews contenders Dan Martino, Maggie Borski and Joseph Hohenstein about what they've done, what they'd fight for and what they'd never support. If you live in t…

Daniel spends some time with Kyle Reis, the Cardinal minor league writer with the biggest following out there. Kyle talks about his history growing up in Busch Stadium, how he got into looking at the minors, and how it's possible to watch at least three games at one time. Daniel and Kyle also talk about the current state of the minor leagues, what …

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kristen Graham joins host Chris Satullo to talk about a topic she knows as well as anyone: the ins and outs of the Philadelphia schools, now poised to go back under city control after years of state oversight. The changeover puts a $1 billion budget shortfall squarely in the lap of city taxpayers. Then Seventy CEO …

Lawsuits. Dueling maps. Weird terms like "efficiency gap." Talk of impeachment. And endless partisan sniping. Want to be able to decipher what's going on in the fight over Pennsylvania's congressional map? Jonathan Lai of the Philadelphia Inquirer explains it all calmly and crisply in a conversation with host Chris Satullo. This is the one road map…

It's been a long time, but if pitchers and catchers are reporting to Jupiter, that means it's time for Daniel to talk to Jamie Pogue, bullpen catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. They talk about a disappointing 2017, the coaching staff changes, how you keep Carson Kelly fresh as he backs up Yadier Molina, and the unique way Jamie came up with his n…

David Thornburgh chats with Jeremy Nowak (at right in photo) and Bruce Katz, authors of a new book called "The New Localism." Their thesis: Many American cities have more things going for them than they seem to realize - untapped wealth and assets that could enable them to address many of their challenges. Those cities just have to stop behaving in…

Host Chris Satullo talks with David Daley, author of "Ratf**ked." Daley literally wrote the book on gerrymandering, how it went nuclear in the digital age, and the damage it does to democracy. And the first chapter in his book was about Pennsylvania. It's a pretty grim read. But all is not lost! Today, Daley sees more than one glimmer of hope acros…

Philadelphia's head wonk, Seventy CEO David Thornburgh, runs down his list of indispensable nonfiction books that you should consider buying for the serious readers on your Christmas list. Along the way, he and host Chris Satullo discuss, among other things, gerrymandering, hopefulness,Robert Moses vs. Jane Jacobs, the Pittsburgh Penguins, purple s…

Philadelphia's head wonk, Seventy CEO David Thornburgh, runs down his list of indispensable nonfiction books that you should consider buying for the serious readers on your Christmas list. Along the way, he and host Chris Satullo discuss, among other things, gerrymandering, hopefulness,Robert Moses vs. Jane Jacobs, the Pittsburgh Penguins, purple s…

It’s time for the holidays. Are you looking ahead to the table talk over the cranberries and turkey with anticipation or dread? Or to put it another way: What to do about Uncle George, who, after that first glass of wine, always begins spouting opinions that make you crazy? The Committee of Seventy is ready with your holiday “survival through civil…

Philadelphia is the rare "Rust Belt" city that's growing. That's thanks in part to success in hanging onto recent college graduates. But, as much as these Millennials might love the city, they aren't sure they can stay. In this episode, three young professionals discuss the three main reasons why even some fans of Philly sometimes reluctantly decid…

Everybody complains about their local airport, but the Committee of Seventy decided to do something about it. The good government group recruited a team of 18 wicked-smart Philadelphians to help Philadelphia International Airport tackle some of its customer service issues. In this episode, we review this adventure in civic consulting, which was cal…