
News You Can Use
By PA Stands Up

News You Can UseAug 23, 2023

Episode 12 - Nick Martin
Welcome to episode 12 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, temp host Dr. Ashleigh Strange chats with Nick Martin, PASU's Training and Statewide Campaigns Director about the ear of PASU, the Listen Up! Campaign. A lot of movements start "the day after" a big event and we talk about the day after 9/11, the day after the 2016 general election, and just to stick with the theme, this is posted the day after Danelo was caught. (But our tips are still relevant. Lock yo' doors!)
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Next episode drops Monday 9/25. Stay tuned!

Episode 11 - Edwin Stubbs
Welcome to episode 11 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden chats with Edwin Stubbs, PASU's Digital organizer about what it takes to communicate with and for the movement. Our hot topics are as hot as the unseasonable weather in Minnesota and Hawaii and we tell you where you can join thousands of people in the streets in September to do something about it. https://www.endfossilfuels.us
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Next episode drops Monday 8/28. Stay tuned!

Episode 10 - Daphne Daulton
Welcome to episode 10 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden sits down with Daphne Daulton to talk about their work around bringing new members in to Lancaster Stands Up! We also chat about the Pennsylvania political budget pickle that a governor and a billionaire have gotten us into, and why we shouldn't deadname X, the former bird app.
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Next episode drops Monday 8/14. Stay tuned!

Episode 9 - Dom Santiago and Matt Lo
Welcome to episode 9 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden returns triumphantly to chat about the 2023 People's Action Convention with attendees Matt Lo of LVSU and Dom Santiago of NEPASU. We talk about billionaires getting what they deserve (nothing), the stranglehold that Schoolhouse Rock still has over us, and how much easier it is to lobby 2 democratic senators in PA while still maintaining a strong aura of anxiety about the future.
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Next episode drops Monday 8/3. Stay tuned!

Episode 8 - Alec Walker-Serrano
Welcome to episode 8 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, it's a they-kover! (a he/they/they/he takeover). Temp host Ashleigh Strange (they/he) is joined by Alec Walker-Serrano (he/they), a Scranton Activist and NEPA Stands Up volunteer leader with NEPA’s LGBTQ+, comms, and labor teams. We learn about what's happening in the forests of NorthEastern PA and in the deepest depths of the ocean. Spoiler: we're team Orca all the way.
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Next episode drops Wednesday 7/5. Stay tuned!

Episode 7 - Jess Royer
Welcome to episode 7 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, we're Voting Yes For Jess! Host Pele IrgangLaden abandoned us to get married so Ashleigh Strange steps in to interview Berks Stands Up endorsed candidate Jess Royer for Berks County Commissioner. He talks about making the shift from mild-mannered librarian to rabble-rousing activist and how his time in boring zoning board meetings made him a better candidate. Not officially sponsored by Smokey the Bear, but we plug his sacrifices anyway.
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Next episode drops Monday 6/19. Stay tuned!

Episode 6 - Very Special Primary Election Recap Episode
Welcome to episode 6 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's Very Special Episode, Host Pele Irgangladen is tired, wired, and joined by PASU Narrative and Comms Director Ashleigh Strange to talk PA primary municipal election wins, losses, and uses for Visene.
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Next episode drops first week of June. Stay tuned!

Episode 5 - Alice Yoder
Welcome to episode 5 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, we're Yoder Voters! Host Pele IrgangLaden interviews Lancaster Stands Up endorsed candidate Alice Yoder for Lancaster County Commissioner. She talks about being a lifelong Democrat, the importance of voting and what the heck a county commissioner is anyway.
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Next episode drops Friday 5/19. Stay tuned!

Episode 4 - Rodney Bushe and Jon Irons
Welcome to episode 4 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden interviews Lehigh Valley Stands Up endorsed candidates Rodney Bushe for Allentown City Council and Jon Irons for Lehigh County Commissioner. They talk about the challenges of running and why it's so important to stick together as progressives.
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Next episode drops Monday 5/8. Stay tuned!

Episode 3 - Deena Stoudt
Welcome to episode 3 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden interviews Deena Stoudt, Member Leader of Berks Stands Up Housing Justice Committee, about her experiences growing up with housing instability and why she fights so hard for Whole Home Repairs.
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Next episode drops Monday 4/24. Stay tuned!

Episode 2 - Maria Andrews
Welcome to episode 2 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden interviews Maria Andrews, Movement Politics Organizer at PA Stands Up about the Jeff-pocalypse (Yass and Brown), PA drinking water, and her work recruiting and electing candidates up and down the ballot in PA.
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Next episode drops Monday 4/10. Stay tuned!

Episode 1 - Ronald Johnson
Welcome to episode 1 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up.
On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden interviews Ronald Johnson, Organizer of Lehigh Valley Stands Up about their "Help, Not Handcuffs" campaign, transformative candidates that LVSU supports, and the "Whole Home Repairs" program in PA.
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"Help, Not Handcuffs" Allentown Petition canvasses
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Next episode drops Monday 3/27. Stay tuned!