Maryanne V. Scott shares the heartbreak of her late father's battle with Alzheimer's disease. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the Newsroom: Suburban Philadelphia Podcast

The PodCouple: Maryanne V. Scott, author, "An Eight Year Goodbye"

The mother of 7-year-old Kayden Mancuso, who was murdered in 2018 by her father, Jeffrey Mancuso, during a contentious custody battle remembers her daughter and discusses a pending child protection law in the PA Legislature that bears her daughter's name. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: Kathryn Sherlock, mother of Kayden Mancuso, discusses Kayden's Law

Mail-in ballots have become an increasingly popular voting method among voters across Pennsylvania, but they also often remain a target of accusations of voter fraud. Elected officials, poll workers and voters seem to favor more access to mail ballots, more time to count them and other reforms to help turnaround results on Election Day. With Bucks County's Board of Elections expanding the number of drop boxes, we'll talk to local officials about their concerns moving forward, a state Senator on the challenges of getting reform passed in the General Assembly and a local leader of a voting rights group that has been pushing for more drop boxes for several months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roundtable on Mail-in Ballots in PA

Phil’s guest PA AG Josh Shapiro says GOP Big Lie is a danger to democracy. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: AG Shapiro on GOP voter suppression and The Big Lie

JD and Phil chat with financial advisor and author Robert Pagliarini, who advises people on handling sudden wealth — such as that $516 million lotto winner who purchased their ticket at a Levittown 7-Eleven.  Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: Advice to the $516 million PA lottery winner

Mail-in ballots remain a thorny issue between Democrats and Republicans, and the tension may grow as Bucks County aims to amp the number of drop boxes in the county for future elections. What security is in place to assure there is no break in chain of custody, and are there any cracks where fraud or ballot stuffing can occur? Courier Times reporter Chris Ullery gives JD insight on the issue.   Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: Ballot Box Bonanza

PA. voters chose to change the state Constitution to reign in the powers of the governor to run the state under emergency authority without much interference from the Legislature. Who voted for the two ballot measures that will make this change, why did they vote that way, and what were Wolf's errors that made them choose the change? Courier Times reporter Chris Ullery is their guest. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: Wolf’s wings clipped

JD and Phil discuss how they, they're families and friends have changed, whether masks are here to stay, and if there has been a seismic shift toward Americans implicitly trusting science or just celebrity scientists.  Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: The Pandemic Year Ends

JD discusses the upcoming ballot question asking Pennsylvanians to revoke and limit a governor's emergency powers during a crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic. His guest is Sen. Bob Mensch, who supports limiting executive powers in an emergency to 21 days, rather than allowing a governor to extend those powers at will, indefinitely. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: End the COVID emergency?

Hear Jamie Stem, a local musician from Doylestown play some of his original music. How artists are getting through the year of the pandemic. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: Local musician working on new music throughout the pandemic

JD and Phil discuss the health of conservative ideas, especially fiscal conservatism, in a time when even fiscal conservatives are cashing checks from the US Treasury for money the country doesn't have. Their guest is Stephen Bloom, vice president of the Commonwealth Foundation in Harrisburg. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: What's next for conservatism?

JD and Phil discuss legislation working its way through the PA Legislature that would make spitting on law enforcement a felony with jail time. Their guest is state Rep. Lou Schmitt, R-Blair, who sponsored the law.  Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: Should spitting on cops be a felony?

JD and Phil discuss how the virus pandemic ends, and the marks it leaves on a generation of Americans. Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: How COVID ends

Bucks County Health Dept. Director Dr. David Damsker talks to JD and Phil about the toll of coronavirus locally, and the prospects of returning to life as it was prior to the virus.   Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: A Year of COVID in Bucks

Morris Robbins planned to be a surgeon but at 18 suffered a devastating injury that took his left arm. While most people would have given up, he didn't, and became a renown orthopedic surgeon who specialized in saving limbs. His daughter, Dorothy Robbins Talavera, joins JD and Phil to discuss her father's memoir, "The Life and Times of a One-Armed Surgeon." Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PodCouple: South Jersey's remarkable "One-Armed Surgeon"

Topics in and around the Philadelphia suburbs produced from our newsrooms in Bucks County, PA and Westampton, NJ. Bucks County Courier Times, The Intelligencer and the  Burlington County Times. Phil Gianficaro and JD Mullane.

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From the Newsroom: Suburban Philadelphia Podcast

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