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June 17, 2025 Smoking Alternative Faces Tax Increase In Proposed RI Budget
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Dr. Brian Erkkila, a former FDA official and an expert in tobacco harm reduction joins Bill Bartholomew for a discussion on a proposed tax increase on smoking alternative products like Zyn.

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26 min
June 14, 2025 No Kings Day Rhode Island
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Bill Bartholomew reports on the No Kings Day protests happening throughout Rhode Island.

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45 min
June 12, 2025 David Owoyemi
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Bill Bartholomew welcomes David Owoyemi an entrepreneur who went through New Majority Capital in Providence and is now working to build up business empire here in New England as an immigrant from Nigeria.

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25 min
June 10, 2025 Providence Anti-ICE Protest, State Rep David Morales
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Bill Bartholomew welcomes state representative David Morales for a discussion on Monday's Anti-ICE protest in Providence and the ongoing Trump administration immigration-related actions.

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32 min
June 06, 2025 Financial Well-Being presented by Navigant Credit Union: Molly Pastore
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A monthly series focused on financial well-being as a core component of overall health. Learn more at navigantcu.org

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14 min
June 05, 2025 A Tool For RI'ers To Track and Assess Legislation: BillBuddy
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UpriseRI's Greg Brailsford joins Bill Bartholomew to discuss BillBuddy, an initiative that provides detailed information on every piece of legislation that is introduced in Rhode Island

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31 min
June 04, 2025 Congressman Gabe Amo
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Bill Bartholomew welcomes congressman Gabe Amo for a wide-ranging conversation.

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26 min
June 03, 2025 From City Hall: Providence Mayor Brett Smiley
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From the mayor's office, Bill Bartholomew sits down with Providence mayor Brett Smiley.

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30 min
May 29, 2025 Legislation To Protect Tenants From Unfair Eviction and Rent Hikes
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Bill Bartholomew welcomes Rep Cherie Cruz and tenant/advocate Lawliet Journey - who was evicted from their home without cause - for a discussion on legislation that would protect tenants from unfair evictions and rent increases.

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31 min
May 27, 2025 Is The Rhode Island Accent Disappearing? ProJo's Antonia Noori Farzan
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Bill Bartholomew welcomes Providence Journal reporter Antonia Noori Farzan to discuss her in-depth story on the disappearance of the Rhode Island accent.

Antonia Noori Farzan is an American journalist. She was educated in Hamilton College and Columbia University. Farzan was a journalist for Business Insider, The Independent and the Phoenix New Times, and Washington Post. She writes for The Providence Journal. In 2017 Farzan won the George Polk Award with Joseph Flaherty for her article in the Phoenix New Times which revealed "that Motel 6 motels in Phoenix, Arizona, provided nightly guest rosters to ICE".

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24 min

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Bartholomewtown is an independent news and interview podcast exploring Rhode Island through conversations with the people driving politics, culture, business, and public life. Hosted by journalist…