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On this episode of The Bartholomewtown Podcast, Bill Bartholomew is joined by Providence Journal Providence beat reporter Madeleine List for two separate conversations.  First, an in-studio sit-down, focusing on Madeleine's first year on the City Hall beat.  Second, a phone conversation in the hours following the passing of the fiscal year 2020 Providence budget, a process that was filled with much rhetoric and criticism between Mayor Elorza and The Providence City Council.

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Just days after The Rhode Island General Assembly passed the fiscal year 2020 state budget, House Majority Leader offers insight into how leadership may have prioritized certain sectors and ideas in an effort to stimulate economic development (i.e. small business, Blockchain), attention to educational challenges and so-called "evergreen laws", as well as shared wins and losses between different parties and State Officers.

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G. Wayne Miller is an established storyteller, who has built a career through writing, photography, television and audio platforms including PBS and The Providence Journal.  On this episode, Bill Bartholomew and Wayne discuss the future of media, the rise of podcasting, his nationally syndicated television program Story In The Public Square and the ins-and-outs of storytelling.

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On this episode, Bill Bartholomew welcomes the cast of WPRO's The Gresh Show, Andy Gresh and producer Brett Ferruccio for a fun look at New England sports media, future of talk radio, origins in broadcasting, creating a daily show and much more.

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Naomi Chomsky is a Rhode Island-based activist and performer who recently found themselves in the regional and national media spotlight at the center of what became a “controversial” Drag Queen Story Hour event booked in Fall River, MA.  

Drag Queen Story Hour is exactly what it purports itself to be: queens in full garb reading children's books to children, usually at a local library or other public space, though the event sparked conflict in Rhode Island in recent weeks.

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In this on-location episode, Bill Bartholomew sits down with three voices on CBD in Rhode Island: occupational therapist Kim Canning, farmer Ben Morgan-Dillon and retail proprietor Jordan Carlson, plus a follow-up with Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation cannabis head Norman Birenbaum on what regulatory process may be in store when it comes to CBD in the Ocean State.

Special thanks to High Hope of Newport, RI for supporting Bartholomewtown and providing an unique location to record this episode.

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Veteran Projo reporter and author Mike Stanton talks Cianci, media, Rhode Island politics, journalism classrooms and much more!

Mike Stanton is an author, investigative reporter and associate professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut. He worked for years as a sports writer and investigative reporter for The Providence Journal, where he shared a Pulitzer Prize, and is the author of the New York Times-bestselling The Prince of Providence, a biography of the late felonious ex-mayor, Buddy Cianci, and the author of Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World

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NAACP Providence President Jim Vincent joins host Bill Bartholomew for a wide-ranging discussion on racism, policy and politics in Rhode Island.

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Barnaby Evans is the creator of WaterFire, a recurring public art installation that has become an iconic element of The City of Providence.  During a wide-ranging conversation, Mr. Evans, a Brown University graduate and multidisciplinary artist, described WaterFire's origins and mission, offered takes on Rhode Island economic development and politics, and put forth the facts that Roger Williams founded Providence as the first "sanctuary city."

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On this episode of The Bartholomewtown Podcast, Bill Bartholomew presents several conversations with artists and organizers from this year's PVDFest.  Entering its 5th season, PVDFest is described as the "Creative Capital's" "signature arts festival."  In this episode, conversations include artists Becky Bass, Mike Gore of Extraordinary Rendition Band, Christopher Knott, keynote speaker Lars Jan, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and Dorcas International's Lisa Limer.

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