The Bartholomewtown Podcast

06/07/2024

The trolls at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, RI 👌🏼✅

04/07/2024

RI says Biden “all in on this election” and that Democratic governors that met with him “continue to be all in on supporting him” following White House huddle

03/07/2024

sources have told me that a major reason why they expected limited bidding on Washington Bridge rebuild was uncertainty about toxins in the muck/riverbed that could be the responsibility of the winning bidder to remediate. As of today’s deadline, NO firms have bid on the project

03/07/2024

In the Innovation District of Providence, restaurants continue to block public parking under the guise of “valet parking”. Moved some cones to park and restaurant employee was hysterical. Prov police officer unsure if I had right to move cone and park. To ease tension, I parked further away in an open spot. This is an ongoing annoyance for city residents

02/07/2024

After her appearance earlier this year, it was obvious that Commerce Secretary and former RI Gov Gina Raimondo was on a “fast track” to a major role in Democratic Party; I argued that she was getting a pro wrestling/music biz-style “push”. What do you think?

28/06/2024

BREAKING: Town of Coventry solicitor tells me that the town now “owns Johnson’s Pond”, marking a major development in the battle of water rights in western Rhode Island. “We won” he tells me

21/06/2024

NY Times says Providence is one of the worst cities for recent grads. Sadly, this is true from what I see and hear in real life. What do you think?

19/06/2024

NEW EPISODES of BARTHOLOMEWTOWN 3x week wherever you get pods, RIpodcast.com and weekends on WPRO radio

19/06/2024

Nice night on the pedestrian bridge

18/06/2024

🚨BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: longtime RI Senator Josh Miller tells me that he will not be seeking reelection.

17/06/2024

🚨HEAT ADVISORY ISSUED FOR RI TUES - FRI

15/06/2024

Happening now in Newport: Rhode Island Slave History Medallions’ 2nd Annual Juneteenth celebration.

15/06/2024

“Gillispalooza” is underway in Newport, a musical and spoken word memorial for the late, great Newport Daily News columnist Jim Gillis

13/06/2024

🔊 new episodes of Bartholomewtown drop throughout the week. keep up with the conversation by listening on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts, RIpodcast.com and Saturdays at 3p/Sundays at 4p on NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO

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11/06/2024

Bartholomewtown is throwing a party in Newport this summer. Come on down.

01/06/2024

Providence, RI summertime has arrived✨
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30/05/2024

Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all counts in the New York hush money trial.

29/05/2024

MEGA EPISODE ALERT: joined me on . Listen wherever you get podcasts or zip to RIpodcast.com





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27/05/2024

Rhode Island indie rockers Analog celebrated the release of their new album 8 Track with a release party at their Newport DIY space Analog Studios with support from Ben Shaw and Brian Flamand.

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21/05/2024

Former gubernatorial candidate Ken Block is a forensic data analyst, and has been examining some of the Washington Bridge-related documents released to news outlets and other sources. His conclusion: that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation took a lackadaisical and/or incompetent approach to managing the doomed bridge even when contractors provided warnings as early as 2012.
Block is spearheading a fundraising campaign to get that message out by purchasing billboard ads on i195, the major thoroughfare that has experienced a rotating set of massive traffic problems since the bridge’s westbound span was suddenly closed last December.
One of the billboards went live on Monday, and Block joins BARTHOLOMEWTOWN today. Listen wherever you get pods or RIpodcast.com

20/05/2024

AP: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas.

Karim Khan said that he believes Netanyahu, his defense minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders — Yehia Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh — are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.

16/05/2024

🔊🎧Reporting from Jordan, Rhode Island-based journalist Zane Wolfang shares his journalistic work on the Middle East on today’s Bartholomewtown pod. Wherever you get podcasts or RIpodcast.com

14/05/2024

🔊 NEW: student Lina Altaan Al Hariri is a Syrian refugee who is working to elevate the voices of other displaced people, particularly those who have resettled in Rhode Island. Hear her compelling story and about her work today on Bartholomewtown

08/05/2024

NEW: I spoke with interim CEO and Next Wave’s Chris Marsella to discuss the Providence Transit Hub, including community input, location, timing and its broad potential to shift Rhode Island towards more multi-modality on an intra and interstate basis. Listen wherever you get pods

06/05/2024

Commerce Secretary Raimondo here for the NOAA groundbreaking in Newport, RI

05/05/2024

This past week on Bartholomewtown:

-Allegations of retaliation at Youth Pride, Inc after workers decided to unionize. We heard from several employees plus a statement from management

CAMPUS PROTESTS:
-An on-location conversation with organizers of the Brown University Solidarity Encampment
-Reporter Katie Smith offers her reporting from Tuesday's protests and NYPD response in NYC
- WCBS 880 (NYC) anchor Steve Scott reflects on the impressive performance of student-journalists during the Tuesday protests/NYPD action
-Brown Daily Herald Editor-in-Chief Neil Mehta on how the University and demonstrators came to an agreement to disband the encampment and vote on a divestment proposal

-Another installment of our look at RI Historic Cemeteries with Debbie Suggs, this time profiling the story of Hannah Robinson, for whom the iconic South County watchtower is named for

Plus, breaking news, analysis and commentary on X, Instagram, TikTok and radio

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05/05/2024

BREAKING: Providence’s Columbus Theatre will be ceasing operations mid-June

03/05/2024

03/05/2024

from on-the-ground reporting to perspective from national voices, find our coverage of this week's campus protests at RIpodcast.com or search "Bartholomewtown" on your preferred podcast platform

30/04/2024

“The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify ma*****na as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.”