From the Newsroom: Suburban Philadelphia Podcast

Hear Jamie Stem, a local musician from Doylestown play some of his original music. How artists are getting through the year of the pandemic.

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

JD and Phil discuss the health of conservative ideas, especially fiscal conservatism, in a time when even fiscal conservatives are cashing checks from the US Treasury for money the country doesn't have. Their guest is Stephen Bloom, vice president of the Commonwealth Foundation in Harrisburg.

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

JD and Phil discuss legislation working its way through the PA Legislature that would make spitting on law enforcement a felony with jail time. Their guest is state Rep. Lou Schmitt, R-Blair, who sponsored the law. 

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

JD and Phil discuss how the virus pandemic ends, and the marks it leaves on a generation of Americans.

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

Bucks County Health Dept. Director Dr. David Damsker talks to JD and Phil about the toll of coronavirus locally, and the prospects of returning to life as it was prior to the virus.  

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

Morris Robbins planned to be a surgeon but at 18 suffered a devastating injury that took his left arm. While most people would have given up, he didn't, and became a renown orthopedic surgeon who specialized in saving limbs. His daughter, Dorothy Robbins Talavera, joins JD and Phil to discuss her father's memoir, "The Life and Times of a One-Armed Surgeon."

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

When a congressional seat is vacated for any reason, it could take months before a special election is held to fill it. Hear from Bill Pezza, Bucks County Community College history professor.

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

Alex Gorsky, Johnson & Johnson's CEO and Doylestown resident, speaks with multimedia reporter Marion Callahan about his ongoing fight against the virus just hours before President Biden announced that another area pharmaceutical giant Merck is partnering with Johnson & Johnson to help make the single-shot coronavirus vaccine — a move to bring a much needed boost the country's vaccine supply.  

Like thousands of other small business owners in Pennsylvania, Marty McLoughlin was forced to close his gym in Fallsington on government orders responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unsure of his future, he scrambled to save his business. He explains how he survived and is looking to grow.

Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Burlington County local content from buckscountycouriertimes.com, theintell.com and burlingtoncountytimes.com, with JD Mullane, columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and Phil Gianficaro, columnists for The Intelligencer. A Gannett owned company.

In a podcast with reporter Marion Callahan, Bucks County DA Matt Weintraub sheds light on the increase of methamphetamine and its violent toll.