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Episode 10: Keith Law May 19, 2020

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Keith Law, senior baseball writer for The Athletic, joins PodCounty to talk all things baseball. We discuss the prospects for an MLB season during the COVID-19 pandemic, minor league baseball contraction, the MLB draft, Keith's path through the MLB universe, his new book "The Inside Game," and what Keith loves about New Castle County and the local food scene. Keith is also a former writer for Baseball Prospectus, Toronto Blue Jays data analyst and senior baseball reporter for ESPN.

Episode 9: Dr. Amy Cheng Vollmer May 08, 2020

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Dr. Amy Cheng Vollmer joins New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer for a special live taping of PodCounty, to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Amy Cheng Vollmer has been a professor at Swarthmore College since 1989 where she teaches microbiology and biotechnology.

Episode 8: Dr. Timothy Dowling Mar 20, 2020

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University of Delaware Director of Student Health Services Dr. Timothy Dowling joins PodCounty to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak and dispel myths about the virus with host Kyle Grantham and County Executive Matt Meyer. This is the first live broadcast episode of PodCounty, which was streamed live on Facebook during the recording. Dr. Dowling took questions live from viewers and provided information on how the University of Delaware has responded to the Coronavirus outbreak after the first cases in Delaware were reported at the university.

Episode 7: Fred Comegys Feb 28, 2020

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If you're a Delawarean there's a good chance Fred Comegys has taken your photo. For over 50 years Fred worked at The News Journal, working his way from errand boy to the most well-known photojournalist in Delaware and one of the premier newspaper photojournalists in the country in the 1970's. Fred joins us to talk about starting out as a photo engraver, scaling the Delaware Memorial Bridge, covering Muhammad Ali, Karl Wallenda, and the career of Joe Biden - and that time he got thrown out of The White House.

Since we reference a few images during the podcast, we've provided links to what we could find so you can see what we're seeing:

Muhammad Ali

https://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/local/firststatefocus/2016/06/11/85782150/

Fred's Delaware Memorial Bridge selfie

https://www.artartworks.com/exhibitions/fred-comegys-photographs-at-delaware-art-museum-wilmington-usa-4735/

Iron workers in Wilmington and the roller coaster

https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/comegys-five-decades-of-photography/

Karl Wallenda

https://www.facebook.com/fredcomegysphotography/posts/2299045300350438

KISS back in 1977

https://www.facebook.com/fredcomegysphotography/photos/a.1645681989020109/2447091072212526/?type=3&theater

And a great video on how photo engraving was done in the 1950's

https://vimeo.com/134626010

Episode 6: Jack Markell Jan 30, 2020

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Jack Markell joins PodCounty to discuss his time as governor of Delaware, bringing the state through the worst financial crisis to hit the country since the Great Depression, biking across the country and what led him to politics after a successful career in telecommunications after joining Nextel in its early days.

Episode 5: Lisa Blunt Rochester Dec 18, 2019

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When Lisa Blunt Rochester was elected in 2016 she became the first woman and first person of color to represent the State of Delaware in Congress. She joins PodCounty to talk about the importance of family, finding purpose after the loss of her husband Charles Rochester, and what's been lost as politics has become more divisive in Washington, D.C..

Episode 4: Bebe Coker Nov 20, 2019

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Bebe Coker has had worked behind the scenes throughout her decades in Delaware to shape education policy in the state. She's been a friend, mentor and sounding board for countless Delaware leaders, including former vice president and presidential candidate Joe Biden. Now in her 80's, she hasn't stopped fighting to improve the education system in Delaware.

Episode 3: Sarah McBride Oct 16, 2019

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In 2016, Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person to deliver a speech at a major political convention when she spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, but she had already accomplished so much before then. Sarah served on Jack Markell's campaign team, interned at the White House and led the fight for transgender equality in Delaware.

Episode 2: Penrose Hollins Sep 25, 2019

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New Castle County's longest serving councilman shares what led him to pursue office in Delaware over 30 years ago, his efforts to fight the apartheid in South Africa, his time on Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, his work to change Delaware from a caucus to a primary state and his commitment to making affordable housing a reality for Delawareans in New Castle County.

Episode 1: Ken Boulden Jun 27, 2019

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How old do you have to be to get married in Delaware? What's the shortest time between marriage and divorce the New Castle County Clerk of the Peace has seen? What does a Clerk of the Peace do? We talk to Ken Boulden to find out the answer to these questions and more in the first podcast produced by New Castle County, Delaware.

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