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The Utterly Moderate Podcast is the official podcast of Connors Institute for Nonpartisan Research and Civic Engagement at Shippensburg University. The core mission of the Connors Institute is to disseminate high-quality nonpartisan information to the public. Utterly Moderate is hosted by Lawrence Eppard, a researcher, university professor, and director of the Connors Institute. On each episode, Eppard is joined by a guest (or two or three!) who helps listeners understand important topics by ...
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The definitive podcast for all things Gettysburg, covering the history of the Battle of Gettysburg, author/historian interviews, and a weekly live show that explores the world of Addressing Gettysburg and informs visitors of what there is for them to do when they get to town.
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When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.
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Comedian Nurse Blake will be performing at Shippensburg University on November 22. Blake Lynch is a nurse, creator, advocate, viral sensation, and touring comedian. Being born into a medical family, he followed suit by joining the healthcare field. “My dad is a respiratory therapist. He's been a respiratory therapist for over 30 years. And my mom i…
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The Saint Joseph's University's Lancaster location is seeking pregnant volunteers to receive free ultrasounds from students. The ultrasound events will take place from October 29- December 4 every Tuesday and Wednesday at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The events are part of the student curriculum at SJU. In order for women to participate, they have to have a …
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There has been a stretch of warm weather which is unusual for the month of November. WHTM ABC 27 Meteorologist Dan Tomaso says the weather is due to a lack of rainfall. “If you go back and look at some of our rainfall, it's been very, very dry since late pretty much late summer through fall. And so, when you get such a dry weather pattern and it's …
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Benjamin Illkanoff is the owner of Persian Cat Vintage. A store that offers a variety of antique furniture, clothing, and more. Before venturing into entrepreneurship, Illkanoff was a student at Moravian University studying political science and psychology. “I definitely was on track to doing something like, you know, with the law and I had in plan…
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Temperatures are unseasonably mild for November and along with that comes a lack of rainfall and drought watch for over 30 Pennsylvania counties. The dry conditions have also increased the risk of wildfire, with more than 100 reported statewide in the last several days. Mike Kern, Chief of Division of Forest Fire Protection at the Pennsylvania Depa…
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For many, the town of Gettysburg is a travel destination. Gettysburg is built on history and the legacies of those that come before us. Historian Tim Smith with the Adams County Historical Society explained how Gettysburg developed into a commercial entity and how the tourism economy developed over the years. “After the war ended and a lot of these…
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Now that daylight saving time ended this past weekend, it’s usually a time where people can feel a little more blue than usual. According to Dr. Ahmad Hameed, Psychiatrist at Penn State Health, it’s called seasonal depression. “This kind of depression, which is affiliated to a particular season and generally it happens in fall and winter. And when …
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A study for the advocacy group PennEnvironment found microplastics present in waterways throughout Pennsylvania, making it a major concern in the fight against pollution. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastics that is not biodegradable according to Faran Saviz, Zero Waste Advocate with PennEnvironment. “There are some you can see in the visible …
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The Pennsylvania Art Educators Association is celebrating 75 years in 2024. The organization has a huge impact on art educators throughout the state according to Ashley Gogoj, Chair of the Art and Program Design Department in the Carlisle Area School District “So, providing professional development opportunities for teachers, providing art shows an…
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The DaVinci Science Center is a national award-winning nonprofit organization that has brought science to life to science since 1992. It was established by a faculty member at Lehigh University. It was initially formed in a former Bethlehem steel plant building with hands-on experience. Now the location is downtown Allentown. For visitors, it showc…
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That's What She Said #3- Varina Davis with Dr Ashley Luskey
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Dr. Ashley Whitehead Luskey joins Beth and Ronnie to discuss the First Lady of the Confederacy, Varina Davis; her life and love with ol' Jeff Davis and their sad post-war existence. If you support women's history, then please become a patron so That's What She Said and the rest of Addressing Gettysburg can continue. www.patreon.com/addressinggettys…
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Coming up on this week's edition of The Spark Weekly; The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has been examining substance abuse and the opioid crisis for 10 years, holding a total of 20 public hearings. Also, on The Program Braver Angels is an organization that brings people together, Asia interviews one member was at the Capitol on January 6 and is ver…
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LancasterOnline’s Brett Sholtis, Investigative Reporter on Democracy and Jaxon White, State House Reporter, joined Friday, November 1 Journalist roundtable segment. The segment included a preview of the 2024 Election, including the importance in Pennsylvania in the national vote, and the amount of disinformation and misinformation reporters and vot…
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Our Braver Angels Segment for the Month of November was about Braver Angels Red and Blue Friendships. We spoke with Red member, Tom Cook who was at the Capitol on January 6 and is very proud of it, and Blue member, Ron Chadwell who is actively involved in electing Democratic candidates. Their politics couldn’t be more different, but through Braver …
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The temperature for trick or treaters will be quite warm this Halloween with temperatures in the 80’s. Tonight, we will experience a low in the 70’s. Since the month of October was quite warm, WHTM Meteorologist Dan Tomaso believes it could be a warm winter. “So early indications for snow lovers are not good for this upcoming winter. And overall, t…
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Preston Mitchum Jr. writes books to inspire with books full of positive affirmations. Mitchum was a journalist for over 18 years, and realized he wanted to pour more positivity into his community. “You know, working at evening shift, we cover kind of some tough some tough stories in some tough communities and in the area that I worked in. And you k…
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Dave and Carol Stelts, Owners of Valley of Giants, a pumpkin farm in Enon Valley, recently produced three pumpkins that weighed a total of 7,729 pounds. Dave won the “Grower of the Year” award at the 29th annual Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers weigh-off. Dave says it takes about 120 days for the pumpkins to grow. “We take the seeds in the fall, t…
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Johlene “Spooky” Riley has been managing the Gettysburg Ghost Tours for over 15 years. She has always been fascinated by ghosts and was drawn to the job description. She went from being the premier tour guide to the manager of operations. “I have always had an interest in things I didn't. I didn't quite understand or couldn't explain.” The Gettysbu…
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Center for Rural Pennsylvania reflect on 10 years addressing substance abuse and opioid crisis
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The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has been examining substance abuse and the opioid crisis for 10 years, holding a total of 20 public hearings. Dr. Kyle C. Kopko, Executive Director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania says in rural areas, there’s less infrastructure, less healthcare providers, and transportation issues. “We've seen that rural Penn…
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The 51st edition of Historic Harrisburg Association’s Candlelight House Tour will be presented on Sunday, December 8. The tour includes more than 17 properties in Bellevue Park, Breeze Hill, and many historic homes in the Capitol View District. David Morrison, Executive Director of the Historic Harrisburg Association, says research plays a huge rol…
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The Christmas show will include 78 performances from November 5 through December 30. Brandon Martin, President and CEO of the American Music Theatre says the show is written, built, and produced entirely in house with a team of artists and creatives. “This is a special show, and I think they all are, quite honestly. But we're so excited for this on…
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New NPR Series 'A Good Guy' follows a U.S. Marine involved in the Jan. 6 riot, reporter shares details of the interview
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The Last installment in the NPR podcast series Embedded follows the case of Sergeant Joshua Abate, an active-duty Marine who joined the mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2001. NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and producer Lauren Hodges were both at the capitol reporting on the attack. Bowman says the interest in this interview came o…
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According to CeaseFire PA, 1,600 Pennsylvanians lose their lives to gun violence each year. Adam Garber is the Executive Director of CeaseFire PA and has been leading the organization since 2020 . “We believe that every Pennsylvanian should be able to live free from gun violence where they feel and they are safe, whether they're going to school, th…
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Moms Demand Action is a grassroots movement advocating for stronger gun laws. Gina Pelusi is a volunteer with the Pennsylvania Chapter. She lost her mother to gun violence ten years ago. “It was a cold Thursday morning, and she answered a knock at the door in a manner that she did not know. When she opened the door, she just shot her. In broad dayl…
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The citizens of Gettysburg didn't only sacrifice during and after the battle. Like Americans all across the county, the Civil War affected them in many way. Ken Rich joins us on Patreon to talk about the cost Gettysburgians paid from 1861-1865 Join us on Patreon! You'll learn so much more while keeping this show alive www.patreon.com/addressinggett…
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Ask A Gettysburg Guide #97- The History of Licensed Battlefield Guiding- with LBG Jasan Hileman
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Since 1915, Gettysburg has featured an elite force of historians known as Licensed Battlefield Guides. In recognition of the guide exam being given on December 7, 2024, Jasan Hileman came by to share the history of the guides. Support the Show by: Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg . Now with a FREE TRIAL for 2nd Lieute…
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The Spark Weekly 10.27.2024: PIAA Sanctions Girls Wrestling and Flag Football; Water Street Rescue
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Coming up on this week's edition of The Spark Weekly: Flag football and wrestling are the newest sanctioned girls’ sports in Pennsylvania. According to Lyndsay Barna, the Assistant Executive Director of the PA Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) says both sports passed with flying colors with support from the PIAA board. Also, on the progra…
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Katie Meyer and Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA joined The Spark's journalist roundtable for a segment on Pennsylvania House and Senate Elections. Democrats' hold one seat margin in the House, while Republicans control the Senate by six seats. "Right now, the Senate is controlled by Republicans and the House is controlled by Democrats by just one vo…
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Jack Crowley, President of the Water Street Rescue Mission in Lancaster. Just a few weeks ago, Crowley marked World Homeless Day by spending 24 hours outside on a bench in support of those who are currently unhoused. “The idea is not to imitate or pretend that we're experiencing what our friends who are unhoused actually are going through, “said Cr…
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Shippensburg University has just finished it’s 12th growing season at the Campus Farm. Dr. Sean Cornell has been a faculty advisor since tit’s inception. “it's been a really exciting opportunity for the university with a student led project, the students from biology and geography and Earth Science, as well as social work departments. We all kind o…
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Voting registration in Pennsylvania ended on October 21 and mail and absentee ballots are due by November 5. WITF Democracy Reporter Jordan Wilkie voted absentee and recorded himself voting. “I took the sort of unusual step of voting by mail in person. So I went to my elections, my county elections office, and I requested my mail in ballot. They ap…
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Hurricane Milton and Helene devastated many states including Florida. ABC 27 Meteorologist Dan Tomaso planned a family vacation in Florida, but it was postponed for a few days due to Milton. “So, I was there about three days after the hurricane hit. And again, luckily, the Orlando area did not experience major issues, especially in the area that I …
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The 5TH annual Red Rose Film Festival takes place November 8-10 in Lancaster. Ryan Shank, Executive Director of festival says participants can expect private screenings, award ceremonies, Q&A, and so much more. “We also have five different industry breakout panels where we're inviting industry experts from around the state to come and share their e…
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According to the Adams County Historical Society, the Civil War greatly impacted American funeral practices. The ACHS is hosting Mortuary practices: How the death profession was changed by the Civil War October 30th at 7 p.m. Maria Lynn, Archives Assistant says Duane Hills and Neva FinGado will be discussing the history of embalming practices in th…
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The red zone is a period of time on a college campus when the risk of sexual assault is the highest, typically from the start of the fall semester to Thanksgiving break. Lili Duarte- Evans, Vice President of the YWCA Carlisle & Cumberland County says it’s a time where students experience the most sexual assault. “So, we have students for the first …
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Widener University Commonwealth Law School is launching a professional closet, a donation-based initiative providing free professional attire to law students. The initiative was launched by students involved in Phi Alpha Delta. The students realized other schools had professional closets, and it was something they needed too. So students reached ou…
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The Feel Your Boobies Foundation is celebrating 20 years of service by encouraging women to “feel their boobies” at a chance to survive breast cancer. The founder of this organization is breast cancer survivor Leigh Hurst. Hurst was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 at age 33. “After my diagnosis, I just realized that the messages were out there…
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Flag football and wrestling are the newest sanctioned girls’ sports in Pennsylvania. According to Lyndsay Barna, the Assistant Executive Director of the PA Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) says both sports passed with flying colors with support from the PIAA board. “a sport needs to hit emerging sport status to have 25 teams across the s…
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Upcoming publication on Laurel and Hardy features thousands of artifacts, film history, and more
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Laurel and Hardy were a comedy team that is widely regarded as the greatest in film history. Stan Lauren and Oliver Hardy made more than 100 comedies together between 1921 and 1950. Danny Bacher and Berine Hogya co-authored an upcoming publication, Collecting Laurel and Hardy. Bacher has always been fascinated by old silent film stories. “We would …
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On This Week's Edition of The Spark Weekly: Sydney Roach of WPSU in State College, will discuss her story on legislation approved by the PA Senate, providing funding to create “safe exchange zones” for child custody exchanges and online marketplace sales. These zones will have video surveillance and be near a law enforcement office or in a public a…
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Fallingwater's listing the in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The State Museum of Pennsylvania has an exhibit honoring the place that held so much significance. According to Dr. Curt Miner, the Chief of Interpretation and Senior History Curator for the State Museum of Pennsylvania, the exhib…
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Journalist Roundtable: funding for online marketplace sales and safety for off-campus college students
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Sydney Roach at WPSU in State College recently reported on legislation approved by the Pennsylvania Senate to provide funding to create safe exchange zones for child custody and online marketplace sales. She was drawn to report on this story because she does a lot of shopping on Facebook Marketplace. “I just thought it would be something that would…
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According to the American Cancer Society, when breast cancer is detected early and is in the localized stage, the five-year relative survival rate is 99%. Dr. Mai Gandhi is a breast surgeon with UPMC. She agrees its important to get screened as early as possible. “Treatment of breast cancer has come so far, and it's always amaze me every day how mu…
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Retired teacher donates thousands to a Hanover Library after donation cut by Southwestern School Board
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A retired teacher donated $10,000 to the Gutherie Memorial Library after the Southwestern School Board decided to cut the $10,000 donation made to the library. According to Lizzy Baldwin, former director of the Gutherie Memorial Library, it all happened after a decision to remove a book from a classroom library in a middle school. “And so, you know…
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Gettysburg Museum Director shares importance of community support and preservation of history
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Andrew Dalton is the Executive Director of the Adams County Historical Society and Beyond the Battle Museum. As a Gettysburg native, Dalton has always been drawn to history. “We have a lot of people who are connected to Gettysburg through family history, whether their ancestors lived here or there are millions of Americans undoubtedly, who had an a…
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October is Hispanic Heritage Month. Carlos Graupera is the CEO of Tec Centro Workforce Center and spent 50 years as the CEO of the Spanish American Civic Association. He joined The Spark to share the importance of highlighting Hispanic Heritage month. “It is appropriate that Latinos and Latinos in Pennsylvania, because that's where we're at, that c…
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The joro spider has been discovered in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in September. The Joro Spider is about four inches long according to Michael Skvarla, Assistant Research Professor of Arthropod Identification at Penn State University. "They're kind of gray and green stripes. The males look. So that's the adult females. The males look a little bit d…
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The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is working to support states in need impacted by Hurricane Milton and Helene. According to Laura Burke, Executive Director of the American Red Cross Central Pa Chapter, says their work begins before the first drop of rain. “Our work actually began before that first drop of rain. And then with our partn…
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Ted Czech spent 25 years as a journalist before he left the industry in 2021. He just published a book, Saving the Beast: A recovering reporter reflects on America’s broken media and how to fix it. Czech got his official start in news in 1996 in Rhode Island. “There's a guy that he was a millionaire, Ernie, and he wanted to start up a newspaper. An…
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Author Ron Kirkwood comes in to talk about the sequel to his book "Too Much For Human Endurance" entitled "Tell Mother Not To Worry". In this interview, we fly by the seat of our pants because I messed up not realizing I had received a digital copy of the book while waiting for a hard copy. Silly Matt. But Ron is easy to talk to and it came out pre…
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