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29/07/2020

Justice wins.

New laws will drastically change the oversight of police and the potential penalties for abusing the public.

27/07/2020

The More You Know:

17/03/2020

Hey, isolated friend. Since the world is coming apart, and we have orders to stay away from places with many people, like offices/studios where podcasts are recorded, we are taking a break for a while. We will be back with new shows as soon as we can. Be safe and stay well!

14/03/2020

This is the darkest timeline.

12/03/2020

A little good news in the face of this pandemic.

HARTFORD, CT—With no discussion Tuesday the Insurance and Real Estate Committee forwarded one of the most controversial bills of the session to the state Senate. The committee voted 10-9...

11/03/2020

The latest: A talk with Democratic candidate for state Senate in the 28th district, Michelle Lapine McCabe! We discuss her work at a food justice nonprofit, and how that work and her experience running for office previously has informed her decision to once again run this fall.

Plus, results from Super Tuesday 2, and how the growing COVID-19 pandemic highlights an acute need for Medicare for All in this country.

Link:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7528261-justice-for-all-with-michelle-mccabe

An episode by Deep Blue CT

11/03/2020

The season being cancelled is surely disappointing for the kids, their families, and the supporters but this pandemic is too dire to look past. This is too important to overlook.

Hundreds of students from schools around the state swarmed the offices of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Wednesday morning, even throwing eggs at the building, in protest of a decision made the previous day to cancel the remainder of the high school sports seasons.

09/03/2020

Uhhhh, okay. What could go wrong?

07/03/2020

A great piece by one of our first guests, Steve Thornton.

Who’s afraid of socialism? According to some pundits, everyone should be. Today’s adherents of democratic socialism have greatly increased over the past few years, and not just on college campuses.

04/03/2020

Our Super Tuesday Recap! The big winners of the day were Joe Biden, who won 10 states, and everyone else who can’t stand Michael Bloomberg, as he decided to drop out after spending a half of $1 billion on his most recent vanity project.

What changes for Bernie Sanders going forward? What role will Elizabeth Warren play after she finished no better than third in any state, including her home state of Massachusetts?

Plus, a discussion with two members of the Connecticut WOLF-PAC on campaign finance reform and how we got to the point we are at by allowing corporate personhood and letting money in politics run rampant.

Please like and share the podcast, our profile page, and our content!

 https://audioboom.com/posts/7522154-a-super-tuesday-recap-a-chat-w-wolf-pac

An episode by Deep Blue CT

02/03/2020

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Rep. Jack Hennessy of Bridgeport, told NBC that “The whole idea of injecting a witches brew of chemicals that may work in a laboratory when it comes into the body there is no telling what happens. What is being presented in this bill is not the truth. It’s not a one-size-fits-all thing.”

Connecticut lawmakers have been trying to pass a bill that would ban parents from citing religious exemptions in order to stop their child from being vaccinated. Last year, Connecticut’s Department of Public Health estimated that up to 7,800 children...

28/02/2020

Coming next week: a chat with two CT volunteers from Wolf-PAC about campaign finance reform, corporate personhood, and undoing the damage caused by money in politics. Don’t miss it!



27/02/2020

The latest: Join Ed and James for a chat with former New Milford mayor and current candidate for State Senate in the 30th District, David Gronbach! We discuss the state of healthcare in America and in our state, and how small tweaks to municipal plans to include small businesses would make an incredible difference in the lives of human beings (and, bonus, it makes business sense, too!).

Plus, clean slate legislation courtesy of Senator Gary Winfield, and the debate debacle in SC. Cap the last week in February with a little bit of chatting liberally! Available at Apple Music, Spotify, and elsewhere. Elsewhere includes this link below!

Link to Audio Boom:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7516673-a-state-stranger-than-fiction-with-david-gronbach

An episode by Deep Blue CT

25/02/2020

Ya hate to see it!

https://topherchris.com/post/191002331808/marco-rubio-meme

Marco Rubio meme

20/02/2020

👱🏼➕🧓🏻 💰 ➡️ ⚰️
On the morning after Michael Bloomberg‘s rhetorical flaying by the words of Elizabeth Warren in the Nevada debate, enjoy our chat with indomitable activist and force of nature, Terra Volpe, alongside her inspiring daughter, Katie, one of the youngest activists we know!

Since it is the week we celebrate Presidents’ Day, we wanted to focus the discussion on activism and civic involvement, an area in which Terra has become an expert and a leader in our state. Hear more about how she became involved in organizing and activism, and why it is required of all of us to seek discomfort, move outside of our comfort zone, and help affect change.

Enjoy!

An episode by Deep Blue CT

11/02/2020

Episode 20: Anti-Vax and a W**d Tax, starring State Representative Josh Elliott, and Minority Cannabis Business Association President, Jason Ortiz.

With session under way, the religious exemption repeal and ma*****na legalization are two of the biggest issues the legislature is set to tackle. We get insights from two of the stakeholders on those discussions happening in Hartford.

We're 20 episodes into this thing! Thanks for being a part of it, and please feel free to send a link to your favorite episode to a friend or loved one this Friday for Valentine's Day, and spread the love. Have a good week!

LINK TO THE BOOM:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7501909-anti-vax-and-a-weed-tax-legislative-session-preview

An episode by Deep Blue CT

07/02/2020

Coming up the week of 2/10 - We're really excited to have conversations planned with State Representative Josh Elliott, one of the leaders of the Progressive Caucus, as well as Jason Ortiz, president of the Minority Cannabis Business Association. Stay tuned for those episodes coming up!

06/02/2020

Two episodes in a week?! ALRIGHT!

Coming off the fresh hell in Iowa, we had hoped to talk with Zack Campbell on Tuesday about what was going down. But then it all went down hill much faster than anticipated.

Regardless, Zack took time to chat with us today, and we're glad they did! Hear from someone with a very deep, very intimate knowledge of politics, grassroots organizing, polling data and much more on what they saw on the ground in Iowa, and what it means going forward. New Hampshire is next Tuesday, and maybe we'll know who won Iowa by then!

Enjoy at the Audioboom website below, or peep it wherever you normally go for your pod fix.

AUDIOBOOM LINK:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7497886-zack-attack-bernie-surging-in-iowa-biden-sinking

An episode by Deep Blue CT

05/02/2020

We’re back with some cauc’ talk! Check out the latest episode with some of our thoughts on the debacle in Iowa, plus a couple of other relevant news stories from back home in Connecticut.

We are hoping to have a second episode ready to go this week featuring Zack Campbell of Connecticut Working Families Party, who was on the ground in Iowa for the event.

Until that is ready, enjoy!

 https://audioboom.com/posts/7496877-a-kick-right-in-the-caucus-iowa-goes-down-in-flames

An episode by Deep Blue CT

28/01/2020

On Flu Sabbatical. Back with a new episode the week of 2/3!

28/01/2020

100%

21/01/2020

Get the guillotines ready...

The gang is talking about this week's biggest news, including Midnight Moscow Mitch & the Impeachment Party in the Senate, Greta at Davos and the climate crisis we are grappling with, and Hillary going on the offensive against Bernie, because we're STILL litigating the 2016 election on at least two fronts. We talk about Ned's property tax relief promise which looks like an empty one, and the return of Mr. Hyde, the erstwile landscaper and ne'er-do-well lobbyist who has stayed topical by sharing his sexist and misogynist views, being implicated in the Parnas messages for surveilling a US diplomat, and alienating himself from even his base, calling J.R. Romano of the CTGOP a "RINO." 🦏

You can't make this stuff up, even Orwell or Atwood would surely agree that our flavor of dystopia is a little too on point these days. Join us for this week's episode, starring climate science expert, Dr. Mitch Wagener, who tells us that all we as individuals try to do to combat climate change is a start, but still insufficient. The demon we must slay first ... is capitalism. 💵

Listen for free at Audioboom below, or listen wherever you prefer to get your podcast fix be that a paid subscription or via an ad-supported platform.

LINK TO AUDIOBOOM: https://audioboom.com/posts/7484196-off-with-their-heads-climate-crisis-edition-w-dr-mitch-wagener

An episode by Deep Blue CT

16/01/2020

That’s neat. Tell us again about trucks-only tolling and let’s debate it for another year.

Chicago expected to bring in $3.5 million in pot tax revenue this year.

15/01/2020

🏋️‍♀️NEW EPISODE!🏋️‍♀️

State Representative Anne Hughes (D-135) stopped in to chat with us about a lot of things, including Tooth Fairy economics, some incredibly cool history about one of Easton's most famous farms, and precisely how many f*cks women of a certain age have left to give after everything's said and done. 💁🏻‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️

Oh, and tolls. We talked about transportation, urban planning, and tolls. 🔮

Check out the episode, linked, as it always is, below these words, at the free site Audioboom. Note kindly though, good leftist, that this podcast is also available at nearly every other podcast-friendly platform imaginable, including Spotify and Apple Music.

Happy Hump Day, and shout-out to Brian T. Smith out of Colchester for his special election win, and to Jen Leeper in Fairfield for coming within less than 100 votes of flipping that seat. November's coming! 🗳

LINK TO AUDIOBOOM:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7478719-get-on-board-or-get-out-of-the-way-with-anne-hughes

An episode by Deep Blue CT

13/01/2020

This is normal and everything is fine.

DHS listed activists engaged in non-violent civil disobedience targeting oil industry alongside white supremacists in documents

09/01/2020

A look back before a look ahead...

Join James and Caitlin for a recap of their favorite wins of 2019, and the likely biggest stories and initiatives sure to dominate conversations, thoughts, dialogue, and coverage this year.

I know this is exhausting for you too, dear reader/listener, but we talk about tolls again because THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT TOLLS, AGAIN. Plus, did you know that 2020 is an election year? Yeah! It is! No one's mentioned it until you heard it right here, though!

You can find this podcast wherever other podcasts thrive. Apple Music? Yep. Spotify? Sure do. Castbox? Yeaaaaaaaa boyeeeeeeee. But you know this, friend, because you're smart and trustworthy and people rely on you for these exact traits.

As always, the FREE link to Audioboom, unencumbered by the yoke of capitalism, exists below this text. Happy listening!

LINK: https://audioboom.com/posts/7474491-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-tolls-plan

An episode by Deep Blue CT

09/01/2020

🎊 New Year, New ... Co-Host! 🎊

We are very excited to announce that Caitlin Clarkson Pereira has joined the team, and we couldn’t be more excited about running with this new dynamic in the new year!

Caitlin brings incredible experience and a unique background to the show, having run for public office previously, coupled with her visibility as a staunch and outspoken activist for gun safety in the state of Connecticut and across the country, a featured opinion writer with the Hartford Courant, doting mom, and tireless fighter. Basically Superwoman with pink streaks.

New episode coming later today! So far, so good! 🍊 🚀

31/12/2019

So long, 2019! Hellooooo 2020! 🎉

This was a pretty good year for us, and for Connecticut! Starting with democratic majorities in both chambers of the legislature, an entirely blue congressional delegation in Washington DC, a governor who was elected as a Democrat 😬, we were able to see paid family medical leave passed, the state minimum wage rise, plastic bags ostensibly gone, renewable energy made a priority, three critical gun safety and safe storage laws passed that will save lives, and promising financial indicators that show Connecticut entering a much healthier phase thanks to prudent strategies and smart investment.

Over here, we started a podcast and produced 14 episodes with a variety of wonderful guests talking about a variety of relevant topics. Two former union organizers, one of whom is now a State Senator (State Senator Julie Kushner) while the other is a historian and advocate, Steve Thornton, the head of CT Working Families, Lindsay Farrell, the youngest State Representative in Connecticut, State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan, Jeremy Stein of Connecticut Against Gun Violence, brilliant professor Greg Golda, instigator and illustrator Marc Moorash of Art Young's Good Morning and so many more!

We have some great guests lined up for January, and some big changes we’ll announce after the New Year.

Celebrate tonight and tomorrow, and then it’s back to work! Let’s have difficult conversations, let’s support the work of folks on the left, let’s push for a moral, just world in policy and in reality. Let’s keep fighting to make sure CT stays blue, and that the 15-flusher in the White House is a one-termer.

Sincere thanks from us to you, our listeners and fans. Onward to 2020!

23/12/2019

A very special double-episode to end the year! 👨🏻👩🏼

First, friend of the show Caitlin Clarkson Pereira joins James for a discussion about Connecticut higher education and the new ‘free’ college plan announced by CSCU and about the latest MAGA disciple to climb up from the depths to run for office, Mr. Robert Hyde for Congress. 🤢🤮

The second half is a chat with Pat McCann, atheist activist and leader of the Secular Coalition for Connecticut about doing and being good without gods, and the diminishing role of religion in the lives of Connecticut residents. 6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣

Wherever you find yourself this week, be it with family and friends celebrating the holiday season, or not, a sincere thank you for making Deep Blue CT a part of your routine. We are grateful for it, and look forward to bigger and better things in the year ahead! 🎉🎉

As always, the link below is free and accessible to all, but the podcast can be found wherever other podcasts mingle and loiter. Enjoy, and Happy Festivus! 🎢

LINK:

https://audioboom.com/posts/7462057-you-can-run-but-you-can-t-hyde-w-caitlin-clarkson-pereira-good-without-god-w-pat-mccann

An episode by Deep Blue CT