A Lively Experiment Podcast

Libertarian Party of RI Chairman Billy Hunt, RI Black Business Association Lisa Ranglin, and Attorney and Legal Analyst Lou Pulner join Moderator Jim Hummel to discuss the giant RI budget surplus, legalized recreational marijuana sales begin in RI, and where the panelists stand on same-day voter registration and early voting.

URI Assistant Professor Emily Lynch, URI Graduate Teaching Assistant Mary Lind, and News Editor of The Good Five Cent Cigar Juliana Lepore join Moderator Jim Hummel to discuss why the predicted red wave never manifested, Gen Z voter turnout, important issues to Gen Z and millennial voters including climate change and abortion, plus the possible fate of Twitter.

Bartholomewtown Podcast’s Bill Bartholomew, Editor and Chief of The Anchor at RIC Raymond Baccari, and Political Contributor Bob Walsh join Moderator Jim Hummel to break down the midterm election results, including Congressional District 2, the RI governor’s race, and the RI general assembly races.

The Providence Journal’s Patrick Anderson, WPRI TV’s Steph Machado and The Public’s Radio Reporter Ian Donnis join Moderator Jim Hummel to discuss the last push from candidates with Election Day days away, as well as down-ballot races and ballot measures.

The Boston Globe Reporter Ed Fitzpatrick, Former RI Democratic Party Chairman Bill Lynch, and Republican Strategist Lisa Pelosi join Moderator Jim Hummel to discuss the CD2 and RI Governor races, as well as national midterms, two weeks away from Election Day.

RI Republican National Committeeman Steve Frias, Political Contributor Scott MacKay, and Brown University Professor Wendy Schiller join Moderator Jim Hummel to discuss the debate between CD2 candidates Alan Fung and Seth Magaziner, the latest in the RI governor’s race, apartment pricing announced for Providence’s ‘Superman’ building, plus national news with midterm elections approaching.

Watchdog RI Chairman Ken Block, retired URI Political Science Professor Maureen Moakley and Former State Representative Nick Gorham join Moderator Jim Hummel to discuss two gubernatorial debates, Gov. McKee is appealing the truck toll verdict, the latest in CD2, and more.

Corporate Communications Consultant Dave Layman, RI Black Business Association President and CEO Lisa Ranglin, and Attorney and Legal Analyst Lou Pulner join moderator Jim Hummel to discuss the latest polling in the RI Governor and CD2 races, RICAS test results unreleased, plus the Woonsocket Mayor removed by the city council.

The Boston Globe Reporter Amanda Milkovits, Providence branch NAACP President Jim Vincent, and Former State Representative Dan Reilly join moderator Jim Hummel to discuss attacks in the RI governor’s race getting personal, truck tolls overturned, plus investigations into inappropriate behavior from teachers.

On this special episode, college newspaper editors in chief Raymond Baccari from RIC and Jason Phillips from URI join moderator Jim Hummel to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on college newspapers, the push to digital news, issues facing college students today, and RI political news from the perspective of college students.