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In Episode 10, The Gold, the Bad, and the Ulmer, we’re drilling down on why the U.S. might really be cozying up to Venezuela (hint: it’s shiny and comes from the ground). Add a dash of state-versus-federal immigration drama and a mayor who thinks public office is best done in private. Welcome to the show.

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Fonts change. History doesn’t.

In this new LRL episode: Rubio, race, DEI, Elloree, and why America’s strength has always been diversity — not denial.

🎧 Serifs, Sins & Skin

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Left Right & Local Episode 008 is the moment the dam cracks. What began as a civil lawsuit detonates into something far bigger when David Pascoe formally calls on SLED to investigate Elloree Town Hall, its police department, and the "string pullers". Suddenly, this isn’t rumor, gossip, or vendetta—it’s a criminal spotlight.

Tim and Krista tear into the allegations: interference with investigations, missing and mishandled evidence, illegal kickbacks, surveillance, and the now-infamous accusation that Jessica Darnell tried to torch the evidence room itself—a detail so unhinged it sounds fictional until you remember it’s in sworn filings. Names recur like a cursed chorus: Murphree, Ulmer, Fanning, Davis, Mann, Darnell.

This episode isn’t commentary—it’s collision. Power meets consequence. Paper trails glow in the dark. And Elloree finds itself standing at the edge of a reckoning it spent years daring the universe to deliver. The tipping point isn’t coming. It’s here.

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LRL Episode 007 - "Who's Watching the Watchmen?" goes straight at the heart of the problem: crooked cops, weak oversight, and a decertification system that lets misconduct recycle from town to town. Krista and Tim lay it out — clearly, loudly, and with receipts. Watch the clip and share if you believe accountability should apply to everyone in uniform.

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In this episode, Krista and Tim unpack the emotional and civic fallout from Elloree’s latest election. The small town duo dive into the reaction around town, the unexpected twists, the unanswered questions, and the sense of “what now?” that always follows a tense vote.

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In Elloree, the difference between transparency and corruption isn’t a sweeping movement — it’s a handful of ballots. Episode 5: "The Thin Blue Margin" explores how just four votes once determined the town’s leadership and how your vote can either reinforce the old guard or usher in a culture of accountability and progress.

Krista and Tim examine the risk of empowering entrenched insiders like Kelly Ulmer and the opportunity to restore trust and integrity under Allen Reeves. Because in small-town America, democracy isn’t fragile by accident — it’s fragile by negligence.

Plus, the big reveal: as the release of Gibbs' forthcoming book nears, Left Right and Local shifts into a full investigative true-crime serial — bringing intrigue, testimony, and first-hand insight into the systems and personalities shaping rural justice in South Carolina and beyond.

The line is thin. The margin is real. The truth is coming.

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🎙️ Episode 004: “David & Goliath”

In this episode of Left, Right & Local, things get downright biblical as former Police Chief David Martin sues the same Elloree defendants that our cohost Timothy Gibbs sued except for one... because... you can't sue yourself.  We’re talking Shawn Murphree, James Kelly Ulmer, and Mayor Mike Fanning—the Holy Trinity of small-town dysfunction.

From backroom deals to public meltdowns, we peel back the layers of ego, corruption, and southern “hospitality” gone sideways. 

💥 Justice, gossip, and just a little vengeance.

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Episode 003: “Mayors, Misdeeds & Mules”
This week, Tim and Krista take a hard look at Elloree’s upcoming mayoral race—spotlighting one candidate whose rap sheet requires a hell of a lot more printer ink than his résumé. Yes, James Keller Ulmer’s list of felonies is almost as long as our list of reasons not to vote for him. Then, council candidate Tanya Weaver joins the show to talk small-town progress, and her hands-on experience wrangling asses.

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Krista puts the spotlight on Timothy Gibbs — and the result is equal parts California sun and Carolina shade. Gibbs tackles acting with Merlin Olsen, why he's  stoked on Southern California, and sickened by the grotesque Shawn Edward Murphree. He even makes the case for inviting South Carolina Solicitor David Pascoe on the show to answer a few tough questions about due diligence — or the lack thereof. Don't miss episode two of Left, Right & Local!

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In the debut episode of Left, Right & Local, hosts Timothy Gibbs and Krista Hassell pull back the curtain on their new venture into political sanity (or what’s left of it). Timothy flips the script, interviewing Krista about her take on small-town life, big-time politics, and why starting a podcast with him might top her list of bad decisions. It’s equal parts charm, chaos, and civic therapy—welcome to the conversation you didn’t know you needed.

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