Politic'n, For Us By Us

Between the new maps in PA, the absurd petitioning cycles, and all of the races happening in the upcoming midterm elections we have so much to discuss. If you live in PA don't forget our upcoming primary is happening on May 17! Nationally, we are making history in the highest courts of the land, we are so excited about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson! The Biden Administration has onc

Meet our new host, Chavaysha! She joins Ashley on a brand new journey talking all things politics. Catch up with this information download of local and national politics. It's heavy y'all, so feel free to take this in doses. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicnfubu/support

Yoooooooooo! So, this episode Ashley, Pierre Defecto and special guest host PA Rep. Summer Lee wrap up their candidate interviews with Dontae Comans, candidate for mayor in the borough of Wilkinsburg.  Everyone needs to listen to this episode. When we talk about changing our expectations of what a politician is, this is the episode to hear about what that looks like.  Don

Your BPM host Ashley & Martell are here with another candidate interview for the 2021 PA Spring Primary. This time we have the pleasure of speaking with Tiffany Sizemore, who is the truth! What we know about this candidate is, it's a must we elect her to bench along with the other progressive candidate for the Court of Common Pleas. In this episode we talk about the work Tiffan

We're back and not letting up with these candidate interviews for the PA May 18th Primary. This episode Ashley and Pierre Defecto talk with Pittsburgh Public School Board Candidate Delancey Walton. She is running for the seat in District 9 and we are here for this race.  This episode is full of inspiration and energy from the youngest candidate on the ballot. Delancey is comin

Ashley & Pierre Defecto are back with another episode and this time we have another candidate who is running for office in the PA 2021 Primary Elections. We are still talking school board because there are a lot of seats up for the Pittsburgh Public School District. This episode we speak with Khamil Scantling, founder of Cocoaprenuer, co-founder of Greenwood Week, and an overa

Our third candidate interview and this time your BPM host Ashley & Pierre Defecto talk with Grace Higginbotham. Grace is a candidate for the Pittsburgh Public School Board District 1 seat and this race is one we surely have our eyes on. Martell and Ashley have a personal community investment in this particular district, so the conversation definitely gets into the meat of what

Here's our second interview of our 2021 Primary Season candidates. This episode we chat with Court of Common Pleas Candidate, Giuseppe Rosselli!  Learn about Giuseppe and why he is asking for your support (he's endorsed by BPM) as well as where he stands when it comes to our current judicial system here in Allegheny County. We discuss how this years court of common pleas race

It's election season and we're getting closer to the PA Primary election day on May 18th. Your BPM host Ash & Pierre Defecto kick off their interview series of candidates running the May 2021 primary.  We start off with Ed Gainey, the current PA State Representative for the 24th District (how ironic he made our 24th episode), and candidate for Mayor in the City of Pittsbur

We know, it's April, but we recorded this in March (a few days ago) and this is dropping today because March was MADNESS! On this episode we scream out we will not stop demanding the end to white supremacy. We want to lift up our siblings in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. The attacks in Atlanta and the overall increase in violence against the AAPI community is i