'Caster Ken Krawchuk showcases the political, cultural, and environmental challenges facing Pennsylvania, and explores solutions.
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Ken's guest is Steven Brenize, a Libertarian Tax Collector In Shippensburg Pennsylvania . Listener questions include insurections and more on reparations. Ken's rant is about e-mail, spammers, and hearing from the dead. Featured Toastmaster Narrator - DTM Brigid Falasca Featured Toastmaster Cohort - Candice Winters Related Links: Insurrection: http…
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Ken's guest is Captain John Gallagher of the Narberth Police Department and his involvement with the Re-Open Pennsylvania rally. Leftovers from Episode 62 include listener questions about reparations for blacks and Ken's rant about Eminent Domain. Featured Toastmaster Cohort – Donna Herb Related Links: https://ij.org/press-release/top-ten-worst-abu…
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Ken's guests are Andy Starr and Marc Bozzacco, two of the ralliers from last Saturday’s Shutdown the Shutdown rally, going into all the gory details of what went down Listener questions include reparations for blacks, and some compliments for Ken's wife Roberta Ken's rant was pre-empted in favor of the guests Featured Toastmaster Narrator and Cohor…
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Ken's guest is Drew Miller, a Pittsburgh attorney suing Governor Big Bad Wolf over the need to simultaneously collect signatures to get on the ballot AND socially distance Listener questions include the foundations of Libertarianism and Toilets Ken's Rant is about the reactions from police and legislators regarding the upcoming Re-Open Pennsylvania…
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Ken's guest is Marc Scaringi, attorney, author, and fellow radio talk show host in Harrisburg, and speaker at the recent Re-Open Pennsylvania rally Listener questions include how to collect signatures AND socially distance (hint: Not possible!) Ken's rant is how you personally can take action against the lockdowns Featured Toastmaster Narrator Marc…
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Ken's guest is Julie Potter, Proprietor of the Tame Your Mane Hair and Styling Salon in Blair County, who defied the lockdown order and remained open Listener questions include equal pay for comparative worth Ken's rant is all about his 43 years of marriage and how he and Robert made it work. Featured Toastmaster Narrator: Roberta Krawchuk Featured…
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Ken's guest is Ashley Klingensmith, Pennsylvania Director of Americans for Prosperity Our resident Leftist, Bernie McCann, is live on the phone asking Leftist questions. Ken's rant is about the world's bungled response to the pandemic, and how Sweden survived where all others failed Featured Toastmaster Narrator: Alexander Caris Related Links: http…
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Ken's guest is Lois Kaneshiki, Former Republican committee chair of Blair County, discussing the power of county committees. Listener questions include the morality of dognapping Ken's rant is a reaction to Elon Musk's colorful reaction to the lockdowns from the Q1 2020 Tesla earnings call. Featured Toastmaster Narrator: Candice Winters Featured To…
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Ken's guest is Chad DeSantis, past drunken candidate for Mayor of Monongahela and a professional pain in the ass. One listener gives advice on how to buy whiskey in Pennsylvania during a pandemic (but not Ohio), and another on the morality of dognapping. Ken's rant is all about the recent Re-Open Pennsylvania rally, where his wife asks, “Do you thi…
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Ken's guest is Kathleen Smith, a Libertarian School board president, and how she was able to make a difference. A listener challenges Sweden's refusal to lock down for the pandemic. Ken's rant is all about his tortuous Catholic Education, plus a musical tribute to college written by Bob Blue and sung by Donna M. Herb. Featured Toastmaster Narrator,…
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Ken's guest is Greg Perry, an energy industry pipeline expert, talking about the impact of fracking. A listener asks about pandemic vaccination vs. medical freedom, especially as it affects tow unvaccinated children. Ken's rant is again all about bad beer, part 2, this time with more about the PLCB, the eternal Johnstown Flood Tax, and some bad bee…
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Ken's guest is Dr. Val Finnell, Pennsylvania Director of the Gun Owners of America. A listener raises the issue of the legality of lockdowns under the fifth amendment. Ken's rant is all about bad beer (bad in whose opinion?), the bad Liquor Control Board, and bad DUI checkpoints. It's enough to drive you to drink! Featured Toastmaster Narrator and …
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Ken's guest is Dr. Tedd Koren, ground-breaking chiropractor and a health issues renaissance man. A listener asks what a notional Governor Ken would do about the lockdowns and gets a gubernatorial speech in return. Ken's rant is all about the futility of college, as exemplified by a sad rewrite of Frank Sinatra's hit "My Way" titled "Their Way." Fea…
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No guest again today. Instead, we have Participatory Democracy Part Three and Part Four, exploring the details of how you, personally can run for public office. Part Three is about how to get votes, and Part Four is all about how to make news. Listener question is about you doing a self lockdown if you test positive for the virus The rant is an exp…
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No guest today. Instead, we have the first two parts about Participatory Democracy, exploring the details of how you, personally can run for public office. Part 1 is all about how to get your name on the ballot. Part Two is about attracting and keeping volunteers. Listener question is if you personally are better off than you were three and a half …
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49, Conventional Libertarian Wisdom, live from the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party convention
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This episode is broadcast live from the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party convention held in Philadelphia, including interviews with a wide range of personalities, including presidential candidate Jacob Hornberger, other candidates, and party functionaries. What sticks in Ken’s craw is political conventions of the two old parties.…
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Ken’s guest is Brett Croneberger, radio producer for The Pennsylvania Project on WWDB, discussing his view from the studio control room of numerous issues ranging from gun control to Toastmasters to launching a broadcasting career. What sticks in Ken’s craw is the so-called “patriot movement” and several of their unworkable approaches to avoiding p…
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Ken’s guest is Tyler Breen, intellectual instigator and host of the Terrible Conservative podcast, poking the bears known as abortion, gun control, race relations, political correctness, and worse. What sticks in Ken’s craw is more of the ongoing Police Crisis, plus a discussion of how to rein it in; specifically, the Ten Copmandments. Guest Toastm…
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Ken’s guest is Michelle Siegel, candidate for the Pennsylvania State Senate in the 27th District, discussing Knoebels, the insane War on Drugs, campaign reform, and other leftish issues that align with Libertarianism. What sticks in Ken’s craw is the contradictory Doctor Jekyll /Mister Hyde duopoly of police powers. Guest Toastmaster Narrator: Greg…
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Ken’s guest is voting methodology expert Roy Minet, discussing the reasons why our current system of electing people is the worst possible one, and the dozen or so other systems that simpulations prove would work much better. What sticks in Ken’s craw is Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Guest Toastmaster Narrator: Scott Thompson, CLIMB Toastmaster…
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Ken’s guest is Kevin Kita, chiropractor, discussing the interrelationship between mind, body, and soul, and how chiropractors bring them all together, resulting in amazing cures for migraines, cancer, and other ailments. What sticks in Ken’s craw is again even MORE of a long list of provocative questions raised on The Pennsylvania Project but never…
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Ken’s guest is Derek Cotton, K-9 Guidance Councilor, discussing the counterproductive way most people train their dogs, and how to let your dog actually be a dog. What sticks in Ken’s craw is a long list of provocative questions raised on The Pennsylvania Project but never answered. Guest Toastmaster Narrator: Stephanie Burg-Brown, SEPTA Toastmaste…
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Ken’s guest is Allen Fox, proprietor of the Vapor Phoxxe vape lounge in Hatboro, discussing the political side of vaping, including unsung medical benefits and overly-sung misinformation campaigns. What sticks in Ken’s craw are all the technological tyrants invading Pennsylvania, such as speed cameras and red light cameras, and how to fight back. G…
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Ken’s guest is Lou Jasikoff, investigative journalist and publisher of the Wilkes Barre Independent Gazette, discussing numerous scandals in northeastern Pennsylvania, such as Kids for Cash, Custody for Cash, nepotism, cronyism, blatant intimidation, and worse. What sticks in Ken’s craw is the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Guest Toastmaster Narrator: Cher…
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Ken’s guest is Susan Carty, past president of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, currently serving on the League’s national board in Washington DC, discussing how the League stood up to Wolf and Wagner debate debacle, and how the two old parties are undermining our political system. What sticks in Ken’s craw is Pennsylvania’s horrendous ballo…
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Ken’s guest is Matt Wenrick, environmental engineer, exploring the details of cleaning up the mess left behind from past chemicals, biological agents, leaks, Superfunds, and PFOs, including biocumulation, biolatilization, and other B words. Listeners question include a series of Facebook responses to the telling question, “What bothers you about Pe…
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Facing Up to Facebook, Part One Ken’s guest is a collection of contributors to The Pennsylvania Project’s Facebook page, responding to the question, “What bothers you about Pennsylvania?” Issues range from corruption in Reading and in Philadelphia, to the SB 76 property tax shell game, to alternatives to government education, to the reasons behind …
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Up in Smoke Ken’s guest is Alan Fox, proprietor of the Vapor Phoxxe vape lounge in Hatboro, talking about how the quality of vaping is being dramatically compromised by yet another government-led crackdown, leading to the creation of yet another black market. Listeners questions include a whimsical grammatical issue, plus one about the very non-whi…
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Episode 35 Stupid Toastmasters Ken, his Cohort, and Narrator explore the frightening side of Toastmaster, namely: speech contests, including a presentation AND evaluation of Ken’s winning speech titled “Stupid, Stupid, Stupid”, not to mention of a captive audience: Toastmasters club in prison. Listeners question include more silence from our spamme…
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Hunting for a Solution Ken’s guest is Tom Cunningham, an avid, self-styled “wildlife population control specialist”. Listeners question include reactions to Libertarian “Humor”, videographers that push the limits, and spam. What “sticks in Ken’s craw” this week? Negatarians Guest Toastmaster Narrator: Liz Jordan of the Sunrise Toastmasters club in …
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Episode 33 A Toast to Toastmasters Ken’s guest hit a deer on his way to the studio (he’s fine, car and deer are not), so the Narrator and Cohort stepped in to provide a primer on your typical Toastmasters meeting, with a who’s who and who does what when to who. Listeners' question includes more about the Pledge of Allegiance, and a charge of corpor…
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The Nuts and Bolts of Muffing It Ken’s guest was swallowed by a crack in the schedule, so instead the topic du jour is a nuts-and-bolts primer for those who want to become involved in politics without muffing it. Topics range from initial contact to strange bedfellows to making your own news, replete with press releases, dealing with the cops, and …
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Moore Elected Libertarians Ken’s guest is Jennifer Moore, Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania and the elected auditor of Upper Providence township, discussing the challenges she faced in her court-contested election, and how she helped orchestrate the upcoming uncontested elections of dozens more Libertarians. The listener-submitted…
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Manufactured Gun Rights Ken’s guest is Konstantin Divinsky, a firearms manufacturer from York, PA, discussing liability issues, the regulatory environment, and other challenges of his profession. Be sure to catch the video when he breaks out a foldable, fully-automatic AR-15! The listener-submitted questions include cutting social programs, separat…
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Morning in Pennsylvania Ken’s guest is Kevin Gaughen, Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania and land use expert, discussing the phenomenal growth of the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, the record number of candidates this year – many of which are virtually guaranteed victory – and how you can be a part of the groundswell. The …
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Pennsylvania Has a What?? Ken’s guest is a virtual unknown: The Pennsylvania Constitution. What powers possessed by We The People are lurking within? What powers have those sneaky politicians illegally assumed for themselves? And why hasn’t the Pennsylvania Constitution been (and isn’t it being) taught in our schools? Don’t like the answers to thes…
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The Vexatious Requester of Gregg Township Ken’s guest is Michelle Grove, a local political activist from Gregg Township near State College. Imagine a local government out of control. Imagine the sparks when it meets a regular citizen, affectionately known colloquially as “the vexatious Right-to-Know requester of Gregg Township”. Then there are the …
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Folkin’ Around in Schwenksville Ken’s guest is Jon Detweiler, second in command at the nation’s longest running outdoor music event, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, why it still draws thousands for the fifty-eighth consecutive year, and why it’s so much better than Woodstock. And rather than listener-submitted questions, Ken sets up shop in the mid…
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Plumbing the Depths of Over-Regulation Ken’s guest is Marc Bozzacco, Master Plumber and Journeyman Steamfitter, discussing the high cost of over-regulation of the craft trades, and how the constantly-changing regulatory landscape wastes millions. Then there are the listener-submitted questions about taxes (again), free markets for organ transplants…
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It’s Not All in Your Mind Ken’s guest is Rhea M. Baskerville, an outspoken mental health advocate and a member of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, engaged in a candid conversation about the challenges of life with a mental disorder. Hear first-hand examples coming from the viewpoint of the other side of a stereotypically-misunderstood situ…
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The Separation of Society and State Ken’s guest is missing in action, so the guest is Ken talking about some of the key concepts in his novel, Atlas Snubbed, a parody sequel to Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. For example, the Separation of Society and State as an effective governor on the runaway welfare state, voluntary business regulations as a more e…
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The Courage of Your Convictions Ken’s guest is Bob Lankin, a mass incarceration expert, talking about the incredible number of Pennsylvanians in prison, the real cost to taxpayers, and alternative approaches to probation and bail that can dramatically reduce the size of Pennsylvania’s prison industrial complex. What “sticks in Ken’s craw” this week…
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Squashing the Competition Ken’s guest is Tim Runkle, treasurer for the Green Party of Pennsylvania discussing ballot access, flat-out incorrect “official” information, voting reforms, and pork-barrel Primaries. What “sticks in Ken’s craw” this week: Using the law and economic extortion to diss, fine, and crush challenger political parties. Found in…
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