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Election season’s over, but we sure haven’t put politics behind us. Not with the holidays approaching.
Some families avoid talking politics over the turkey, but other family gatherings descend into political fights.
Trey Kay takes us on a visit to a family with deep political divisions — but they also have a trick for keeping it friendly. It turns out some jars of preserves can help preserve the piece.
What do you think?
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Political debate in this country has become anything but civil. Who’s to blame?
Nearly a third of Americans surveyed by NPR said: “the media.”
Can the news media win back trust?
In this episode, Red State host Trey Kay goes to a Trump rally to see how reporters are treated, and Blue State host Chery Glaser talks with a West Coast journalist about how journalists should respond.
What do you think?
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The migrant caravan moving through Mexico is nowhere near the U.S. border, yet it’s smack dab in the middle of the nation’s politics.
But immigration pushes different political buttons in West Virginia and California.
As we draw near the midterm election, this week’s episode brings us views on immigration from Angelenos in the “Blue Bubble” and red-state West Virginians at a rally with Vice President Mike Pence.
Join the conversation.
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Climate change and energy jobs are hot issues, but they spark very different reactions from folks in different parts of the country. Those reactions are the heart of this installment of “Red State, Blue State,” our weekly chat between Trump Country and the Blue Bubble.
In the past, President Trump has called climate change a hoax. Then this week, Trump told 60 Minutes that he believes the climate is changing — but that the change isn’t caused by humans, and it will probably change back.
Trump said the economy is more important than the climate, so trying to fight climate change makes no sense. He said it would cost jobs, and for no good reason.
This week, we check in with our friends at KCRW in Southern Caifornia to compare our contrasting local views on climate change and energy jobs.
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West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. Manchin was the only Democrat in the Senate to cross party lines, and he did it in a very public way. Manchin’s vote didn’t surprise many Mountain State voters, but it left a lot of people in other states asking, “Why is he even a Democrat?”
That question came from listeners. In this week’s episode of “Red State, Blue State,” Californians learn that Manchin is an “old-school West Virginia Democrat.”
“Red State, Blue State” is a collaboration between Us & Them and KCRW in Santa Monica, California. Each week until the midterm election, we’re presenting a new segment co-hosted by Trey Kay in West Virginia and Chery Glaser in Southern California.
Let us know what questions you have for someone with different political beliefs than yours.
With all turmoil surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, red and blue state voters are taking the long view. This is the second episode of “Red State Blue State,” WVPB’s collaboration with KCRW in California. There have been times time when the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to be apart from the partisanship that’s infected other government institutions.
But President Trump’s choice of Kavanaugh — and the sexual assault accusations against the him -— have sent Americans on the Left and the Right running to their corners.
“Red State” host Trey Kay went to a Trump rally in Wheeling to talk to supporters, and “Blue State” host Chery Glaser brings us the voices of fearful protestors in California.
We’d like to know what your thoughts are: