Bedrock, USA
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Listen Now: Misconception
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being...
The School Board Queen: Chapter 3
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the final chapter of “The School Board Queen” we dig in with Bridget Ziegler. Her opponents have called her names – transphobic and racist. B...
The School Board Queen: Chapter 2
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Ziegler is against the teaching of CRT and gender identity. She believes parents should have ultimate control over their children’s educatio...
The School Board Queen: Chapter 1
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since the pandemic saw school boards explode into shouting matches over mask mandates, nothing has been the same. And Florida has been the epicen...
Why School Boards Had the Toughest Political Races
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bedrock, USA, hosts Kathleen Quillian and Samantha Storey speak to Doug Kronaizl, a senior staff writer for Ballotpedia, a nonprofit that...
How Secure Are America’s Midterm Elections?
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bedrock, USA returns with an interview about election security. New hosts Kathleen Quillian and Samantha Storey talk to the editorial director of Vote...
What’s On Your Mind Ahead of the US Midterms?
08 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are five more episodes of “Bedrock, USA” in the works — and we want to hear from you. With the midterm elections coming up, we're wonderin...
Election Day
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Election day in Sequim. The Good Governance League wins by a landslide. A new mayor will be installed. However, down south in Shasta, the future is un...
Good Governance
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With their beloved city manager Charlie Bush gone, a group of Sequim residents unites to fight the intrusion of partisan politics in their local gover...
Not In My Backyard
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We leave Shasta for now. We will come back in a later episode to find out the election results. Meanwhile, we return to Sequim, where Mayor Armacost r...
Winner Takes All
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The recall succeeds in removing one county supervisor, Leonard Moty. But it’s enough to gain the majority on the county board of supervisors. What d...
The Vengeful Billionaire
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Shasta County recall campaign gets a boost from a vengeful out-of-state billionaire named Reverge Anselmo, who fought with the county years before...
Recall the Supervisors
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We meet Mary Rickert, a Republican county supervisor in Shasta County who believes that far-right activists used the pandemic as a “weapon” to rem...
A Tale of Two Cities
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In "Bedrock, USA" Bloomberg CityLab investigates how the far right is making inroads into local government, and profiles the people fighting back. Rep...
Introducing: Bedrock, USA
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bedrock, USA is a podcast about political extremism, small town life and the fight for democracy, hosted by Laura Bliss, a reporter at Bloomberg CityL...