News Engine

Aug 28 2023
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The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association selected News Engine as the best podcast in Pennsylvania in 2022 and 2024. The podcast is a collection of interviews with people who have impacted Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Ed Pikulski is a broadcaster, photojournalist, editor, and former Director of Interactive Media for Times-Shamrock Communications. 

You may have heard Ed on WARM, Rock 107, seen his photographs in The Scranton Times-Tribune, been one of his students at Marywood University, or visited one of the dozens of news and entertainment websites he managed, helped develop, and produced.

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Inside the mind of WNEP's Joe Snedeker

Aug 28 2023 70 mins  
WNEP morning meteorologist Joe Snedeker joins the News Engine Podcast to discuss, well, everything. Joe goes into detail about how he got his start at WNEP, when and why he began wearing shorts in the middle of winter, the rigors of the annual Go Joe bike ride, and why he can't sit still and battles a short attention span. It all adds up to a high-energy morning broadcast that has

Umbrellas, hearts and skeletons: Frank Dubas is using Scranton as his canvas

Aug 23 2023 37 mins  
Many people have seen Frank Dubas' creations. From his colorful umbrellas over Bogart Place to his community Gardens of Cedar, Dubas has been making Scranton a more colorful place while creating a splash on social media.Learn more about how he did it and what's next.You can subscribe to the News Engine Podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Listen and subscribe on Apple P

PennDOT takes us inside the 10-year I-81 widening project

Aug 02 2023 46 mins  
Rich Roman, District Executive for PennDOT’s Engineering District 4, joins the News Engine Podcast to discuss the 7.5-mile Interstate 81 widening project between Scranton and Avoca.The enormous project will cost $500 million and take 10 years but it will be 5 years before crews start digging. Between now and then there's a lot of planning.Rich takes us inside the expansion and di

Veteran Earl Granville is inspiring us to battle adversity: "You don't need a uniform to serve your country"

Jun 14 2023 81 mins  
Carbondale native Earl Granville is a decorated Army veteran who served tours in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, famously losing his leg to a roadside bomb and his twin brother to suicide.Earl joins the News Engine podcast to tell us about how he battles adversity and how he helps veterans and law enforcement, sharing insight into how his injury and the loss of his brother helped gu

Meet the volunteer team that's restoring and reopening the Brooks Mine at Nay Aug Park

May 30 2023 56 mins  
Chris Murley and Dan Shurtleff have a love of coal mining and its history. They understand how mining helped shape the region and wanted to find a way to share their knowledge and love of anthracite mining with a new generation who may know little or nothing about the industry that helped build Northeast Pennsylvania.The mining enthusiasts took one look at the long-forgotten Brooks

2023 Primary election analysis: Reassessment and Notarianni, the rise of Gaughan and McGloin, voting for change and the shrinking Democratic edge

May 22 2023 31 mins  
The Times-Tribune politics reporter Borys Krawczeniuk breaks down the Primary election by taking a look at what happened to Jerry Notarianni and if reassessment was to blame.Borys also digs into the emergence of Bill Gaughan onto the Lackawanna County stage, what Matt McGloin is going to need to learn to be a commissioner, and how local voters sought change and younger leadership.O

Ernie Preate on his path from prosecuting historic Lackawanna County murder cases to prison reform

Apr 14 2023 64 mins  
Former Lackawanna County District Attorney and Pennsylvania Attorney General Ernie Preate joins the News Engine Podcast for an extensive interview that details his rise to the top of county and state politics, his stunning fall, and his desire to reform prisons he helped fill.You can subscribe to the News Engine Podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Listen and subscribe

Meet the Scranton Priest who helped raise over $1 million to help fund Ukraine's freedom fight against Russia

Mar 21 2023 47 mins  
Rev. Myron Myronyuk, the pastor of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Scranton, has spent the past year on a personal mission to help purchase supplies for soldiers from his Ukraine homeland. He purchases helmets, body armor, tourniquets, uniforms, boots, vehicles, drones, and medical supplies and ships everything to the front lines in Ukraine. Father Myron speaks to the

Scranton's coldest case: Reporter Lew Marcus looks back on the Tommy Genova murder

Mar 06 2023 34 mins  
On Jan. 26, 1981, Scranton School Director Tommy Genova was running late for a school board meeting. He exited his car behind the district's administration building and was shot in the back, dying a few hours later. Scranton Tribune reporter Lew Marcus was in the building covering the school board meeting when the shooting occurred and talks about that night and the years that foll

Scranton City Council President and Steamtown Marathon founder Bill King hits the ground running

Feb 28 2023 52 mins  
After years as a teacher, principal, school superintendent, and founder and director of the Steamtown Marathon, Scranton City Council President settles into his new role just a year after being sworn in.You can subscribe to the News Engine Podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts Listen and subscribe on Google Podcasts Listen and subsc