On today’s episode of The Confluence: A decade ago, Leon Ford was injured in a police shooting, and he’s since turned his attention to reducing community trauma and gun violence; Pittsburgh Regional Transit has broken ground on its long-awaited bus rapid transit project; and we remember the work by housing advocate Celeste Scott.Today’s guests include: Leon Ford, co-founder of The Hear Foundation; David Huffaker, chief development officer at Pittsburgh Regional Transit; and Crystal Jennings-Rivera, stewardship and engagement manager at City of Bridges Community Land Trust.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: We review the results of Tuesday’s election and what issues will continue to play out following this contentious midterm. Final results are continuing to come in for state House races across the commonwealth, and Democrats could possibly flip that chamber. Today’s guests include: Chris Potter, government and accountability reporter with WESA; An-Li Herring, reporter with WESA; Kiley Koscinski, city government reporter with WESA; Oliver Morrison, reporter with WESA; and Stephen Caruso, capitol reporter with Spotlight PA.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: We look at the funding sources behind the candidates running in today’s election; the latest voter registration numbers and what that means for candidates looking to gain an edge in tight races; and a look at what’s ahead for the film industry in Pittsburgh.Today’s guests include: Chris Borick, director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion; Nick Field, correspondent for Pennsylvania Capital-Star and Decision Desk HQ; and Dawn Keezer, director of the Pittsburgh Film Office.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: We discuss what the ACLU has heard thus far from it’s Election Protection Hotline as it resolves issues from voters, and what voters’ rights are at the polls; skeptics of election security have turned their sights on ballot drop boxes, and some counties have greatly reduced the number of boxes available; and we look at the potential impact of fentanyl strips being decriminalized.Today’s guests include: Vic Walczak, legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania; Aaron Mendelson, reporter with the Center for Public Integrity; and Alice Bell, Overdose Prevention Project coordinator at Prevention Point Pittsburgh.

On today’s special episode of The Confluence: We bring together a roundtable of Pennsylvania political reporters just before election day to discuss the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate campaigns, as well as other consequential races. Today’s guests include: Chris Potter, WESA’s government and accountability editor; Stephen Caruso, capitol reporter at SpotlightPA; Katie Meyer, government editor and reporter at SpotlightPA: and Jonathan Tamari, national political reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: The state Supreme Court has ruled undated mail-in or absentee ballots that don’t have accurate, handwritten dates on return envelopes should be separated and not counted; a new program is accepting applications from single parents who want to pursue higher education in the region’s first Wayfinders cohort; and we answer the good question, why do parrots talk?Today’s guests include: Sam Dunklau, WESA’s capitol bureau chief; Diamonte Walker, CEO of Pittsburgh Scholar House; and Christa Gaus, senior manager of animal programs at the National Aviary.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: The state legislature is about to end another session without voting to enact a gift ban; a new study finds Black veterans seeking treatment for COVID-19 at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers were less likely to receive evidence-based treatments than white veterans; and a conversation with U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman. Today’s guests include: Angela Couloumbis, investigative reporter with SpotlightPA; and Dr. Florian Mayr, an assistant professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Mayor Ed Gainey on the shooting at a funeral in Brighton Heights and what the city is doing to address gun violence; we discuss what’s left to learn now that the county’s police review board now has enough members to start working, a year and half after it was created; and a judge ruled against a petitioners looking to annex the borough of Wilkinsburg into Pittsburgh, we find out what was in the judge’s ruling. Today’s guests include: Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey; Charlie Wolfson, reporter with PublicSource covering local government; and Kiley Koscinski, WESA’s city government reporter.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Six people were injured in a shooting at a funeral Friday in Brighton Heights, but police say they’ve arrested two people suspected of being involved; what’s next for autonomous driving research at a Pittsburgh university now that Argo AI has folded; and how UPMC Children’s Hospital is responding to respiratory diseases on the rise and a surge in emergency room patients.Today’s guests include: Jillian Forstadt, WESA reporter; Matthew Johnson-Roberson, director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University; and Dr. Ray Pitetti, director of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: The trial for the accused shooter in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting has been set for April; a newly released documentary film includes the stories and memories of survivors and those whose lives were lost in the 2018 antisemitic attack; and we revisit our 2020 interview with Judah Samet, a member of the Jewish community who narrowly escaped the attack, and passed away last month. Today’s guests include: An-Li Herring, reporter with WESA; and “Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” filmmaker Trish Adlesic and producer Susan Margolin.