Highlands Bunker

It's amazing how much trouble you can get it for just hiring your daughter. After over a year, the boys are back to cover the Supreme Court oral arguments about the appeal of Kathy McGuiness's sentencing last year.Show Notes:News Journal coverage

Former Rep. John Kowalko joins the bunker to give updates on RISE Delaware/Medicare Advantage lawsuit, then tells some stories from his time at legislative hall. Patrons will get to hear the full conversation.Show Notes:RISE DelawareRebel John KowalkoCeasefire protest

Local activist Kirsten Walther joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her piece on misogyny in the Delaware left and some of her ideas on potential solutions, as well as some of the backlash it has received. Then, we try to close out our discourse around the genocide in Gaza and discuss what can and can't be done.Show Notes:Misogyny and the Delaware LeftIt’s Not Complicated – Ceasefire Now

Racial justice organizer Hasini Perkins joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the state of mental and physical health care in Delaware's prison system, including first-hand testimony from himself and others who are still behind bars.Show Notes:ACLU prison health care lawsuitJohn Oliver prison health care segment

Professor and homelessness researcher Steve Metraux and housing activist Shyanne Miller join Rob in the bunker to talk about why Delaware's official homelessness rate suddenly spiked and plummeted in the last four years, the successes and failures of existing systems, and what we might need to do to fix them.Show Notes:Homelessness in Delaware: An AssessmentAccused of begging inside Market Street restaurants, she was jailed for a yearCarney budget presentation2023 Delaware Housing Needs Assessment

In celebration of Indegenous Peoples' Day, historian Syl Woolford joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the Choptank Indian reservation, one of the few on the Delmarva peninsula.Show Notes:Branden's websiteDonate to Branden

The crew is in the bunker today to talk about the Bethany Hall-Long campaign drama, some thoughts around local independent journalism, and catching up with your Philadelphia Phillies.Show Notes:Delaware Call fundraiser ticketsBHL DramaDelaware State Police Investigating Golf Cart Thefts in Sussex County

Palestinian author and poet Maya Abu Al-Hayat joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her path to artistic expression, the role of an artist as activist, and the other work that she has been doing.Show Notes'The Gap' short story'I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope' poem

Professor Mark Paul joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about his new book, The Ends of Freedom, and get into the history of economic rights in America as well as how modern issues of full employment, inflation, and means testing affect our ability to provide for everyone.Show Notes:The Ends of Freedom BookThe guy who loves unemployment

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about her campaign, her vision for a 21st century economic bill of rights, and the challenges that she has faced left, right, and center while running as a challenger to an incumbent president.Show Notes:Marianne's website