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On the Mark for Friday, April 26, 2019 with Co-Hosts Ben Reichley and Todd Roup.
Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan start out talking about US Attorney General Wm. Barr’s tenuous possibility of testifying in front of the US Senate. We also discussed how the state can fund the state police (since PA’s motor license/gas tax funding scheme) without using improperly allocated dollars. We also discussed chalking tires for parking enforcement.
Movie Mike McGranaghan, professional movie critic, author and ‘women in cinema’ advocate, with his review of ‘Breakthrough’ and he’ll have words about new movies. He’ll discuss the entertainment news including the ticket controversies related to ‘Avengers: Endgame.’
On the Mark for April 25, 2019 – Joe McGranaghan and Peggy Chamberlain-Roup discuss Joe Biden’s candidacy and possible running mates, President Trump’s tax returns and more.
Connie Timm, President, Lewisburg Arts Council, and Sara Kelley, past President and current board member, on the this weekend’s Lewisburg Celebration of the Arts, Lewisburg Live and the rest of the events associated with the arts festival.
Harry Mathias, Superintendent, Central Columbia School District, on the district’s innovative and comprehensive, four-year, career intensive pre-college/job/college/life-long-learning program they call…high school. We’ll talk about how the building was altered to handle the student/graduation centered program that looks more like a Penn State/Trade School/Career-mini-college than a high school (recorded).
Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss an Ancestry.com ad that romanticizes slavery and a relationship supposedly between a white man and a consenting black woman int he 19th century. Then we discuss Pres. Trump’s accomplishments vs. his broken promises.
Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan argue about a teacher who refers to a 7-year-old student as ‘pathetic’ and we argued about a wide range of other topics. We talked about President Trump and presidential bad behavior.
Dr. Chris Martine, Bucknell Professor of Biology, ‘Plants Are Cool, Too’ star, David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics & Research, and the Director of the Manning Herbarium, and Dr. Angela McDonnell, Bucknell professor of Biology, Burpee Postdoctoral Fellow, on the discovery of yet another new species of plant, the importance of new discoveries, why ‘science evangelism’ is critically import, and STEM encouragement among students, especially girls. We’ll talk about the new plant, the latest video, and other timely issues/topics.
Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan argue about removing the Kate Smith statue from the Philadelphia Flyers arena (and from the Yankees games). Joe says they are being too sensitive, Mark says they are being ultra-sensitive with good reason. Then The Mueller Report, Joe and Mark shared their thoughts, took calls, emails and texts….busy program!
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