The Pennsylvania Project

By The Pennsylvania Project

'Caster Ken Krawchuk showcases the political, cultural, and environmental challenges facing Pennsylvania, and explores solutions.... more

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about The Pennsylvania Project:

How many episodes does The Pennsylvania Project have?

The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.

The Pennsylvania Project episodes:

May 07, 20194. Gunning for a Solution, with Maj Toure
Gunning for a Solution with Maj Toure
Ken’s Guest is Maj Toure, Libertarian candidate for Philadelphia City Council and founder of Black Guns Matter, an organization teaching gun safety and self-defense in the inner city.
Found in this episode:
What’s in the mail bag? 00:02:00-00:16:00
What can we do about gerrymandering?
What do you think about MAGA?
Is there a plan to repair old bridges?
Could you address recent gun control legislation in Harrisburg?
A Conversation with Maj Toure 00:19:00-00:45:00
Introduction
Touring with Black Guns Matter, teaching gun safety in inner cities
Lack of education in urban areas a conspiracy?
Why is Maj running as a Libertarian?
Marijuana “The Gateway Drug”
Maj’s Platform: Criminal Justice Reform, Marijuana Decriminalization, and Education
What Sticks in Ken’s Craw? Gun Laws! 00:47:00-00:57:00
How do we save the most lives?
Gun violence statistics
Are guns the right thing to ban?
CDC gun violence study
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article 1 Section 21
More Information:
Guests:
Maj Toure for Phila. City Council: https://maj4philly.com
Black Guns Matter:https://facebook.com/blackgunsmattermajtoure
CDC Gun Study: https://www.nap.edu/read/18319/chapter/1#vii
Front Sight Firearms Academy: https://frontsight.com
John Lott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lott
Max’s Steaks: https://facebook.com/pages/Maxs-Cheese-Steak/160017100703581
Northeastern University study: https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/02/26/schools-are-still-one-of-the-safest-places-for-children-researcher-says
Pennsylvania Constitution: https://legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/00/00.HTM
Rising Sun Pizza: https://risingsunpizzamenu.com
Toastmasters International: http://toastmasters.org
Commercials:
Amendment 16: http://AmendmentSixteen.com
Freedom Financial Tax: 866-401-1090
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania: http://LpPa.org
Iron Will Tattoo Club: https://ironwilltattoo.club
Steven Werley Digital Marketing: https://www.stevenwerley.com
Toastmasters International: http://toastmasters.org
Wallace Automotive: https://www.wallaceautoservice.com
...more
57min
May 07, 2019 3. Torturing Sex Workers, with Melanie
Torturing Sex Workers, with Melanie
Ken’s guest is Melanie, a self-identified active consensual adult sex worker, discussing various issues surrounding the sex trades, badly needed decriminalization, and holes in the law that create “viminals”, i.e., making criminals out of victims of sexual abuse.
Found in this episode:
What’s in the Mail Bag? 00:03:00-00:16:45
• Illogical education for Millennials
• Gell-Mann amnesia when reading the news
• Saving Glen Onoko Falls near Jim Thorpe
• The decline of youth
• More problems with the roads
• Game Commission and Sunday hunting
A Conversation with Melanie 00:19:00-00:45:10
• Introduction
• Definition of “sex workers”
• Sex Workers’ Outreach Project (SWOP)
• SWOP Behind Bars, championing incarcerated sex workers
• Decriminalizing sex work
What Sticks in Ken’s Craw? The Abortion Debate! 00:47:00-00:57:30
• Both sides deeply entrenched
• Defuse the abortion debate with Pre-Natal Adoption
• Simultaneously Pro-Life and Pro-Choice:
• Saves babies while preserving a woman’s right to choose
• Worst case: defaults to what we have now
More Information:
Guests:
Abortion and Pre-Natal Adoption: https://www.kenk4pa.com/issues/abortion/
Fetters Mill Bridge: https://www.lowermoreland.org/images/Fetters_Mill_Road_Bridge_Closure_PR.pdf
Gell-Mann amnesia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect
Glen Onoko Falls: https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-glen-onoko-trail-20190416-iqnee4cukfahjnjcoceodapleq-story.html
Pennsylvania Game Commission: https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx Pennsylvania Survivors Workers Community Clearinghouse: https://sexualpolitixxx.blog
Teedyuscung, the magnificent Lenni Lenape Indian: https://www.fow.org/archives-indian-statue-wissahickon/
Commercials:
Amendment 16: http://AmendmentSixteen.com
Freedom Financial Tax: 866-401-1090
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania: http://LpPa.org
Iron Will Tattoo Club: https://ironwilltattoo.club
Steven Werley Digital Marketing: https://www.stevenwerley.com
Toastmasters International: http://toastmasters.org
Wallace Automotive: https://www.wallaceautoservice.com
...more
58min
May 07, 2019 2. A Taxing Situation, with Gary St. Fleur
A Taxing Situation, with Gary St. Fleur
Ken’s guest is Gary St. Fleur, Libertarian candidate for Mayor of Scranton in 2017, discussing the city’s tax woes, population decline, and imminent bankruptcy.
Found in this episode:
What’s in the Mail Bag? 00:02:00-00:14:00
• Cannabis decriminalization
• Libertarian solutions to protecting the environment
• Problems with potholes!
• What is Toastmasters?
A Conversation with Gary St. Fleur 00:16:40-00:44:30
• Introduction
• Successfully suing to stop over taxation
• Act 511 of 1965: Are all local taxes unconstitutional?
• More than half the police and firefighters on disability – and working for the county!
What Sticks in Ken’s Craw? Traffic laws! 00:46:00-00:57:00
• Nobody stops for stop signs – eliminate them!
• Nobody does the speed limit – no more speed limit signs!
• No drivers licenses??
More Information:
Guests:
• Act 511 of 1965: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/LEGIS/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&yr=1965&sessInd=0&smthLwInd=0&act=0511.&CFID=278874295&CFTOKEN=94706836
• Gary St. Fleur: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Politician/Gary-St-Fleur-1916768191893586/
• Pollution: https://www.kenk4pa.com/issues/environment/
• Scranton lawsuit win: https://www.lp.org/libertarian-mayoral-candidate-gary-st-fleur-scores-major-win-scranton-taxpayers/
• Toastmasters International: http://toastmasters.org
Commercials:
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania: http://LpPa.org
Iron Will Tattoo Club: https://ironwilltattoo.club
Steven Werley Digital Marketing: https://www.stevenwerley.com
Toastmasters International: http://toastmasters.org
Wallace Automotive: https://www.wallaceautoservice.com

...more
58min
May 07, 2019 1. Liberal vs. Libertarian, with Siddharth Paratkar
Liberal vs. Libertarian, with Siddharth Paratkar **
Ken’s guest is Siddharth Paratkar, 17-year-old founder of the popular liberal blog, Parties and Policies on Wordpress, discussing Libertarian solutions to the liberal agenda.
Found in this episode:
An Introduction to the Pennsylvania Project 00:00:00-00:05:00
• Why a Pennsylvania Project?
• Who is Ken Krawchuk?
• Rationale for the show’s format
• The vision, mission, and motto of The Pennsylvania Project
A Conversation with Siddharth Paratkar 00:07:40-00:44:00
• Introduction
• What is a Libertarian?
• Who pays for your school district’s Taj Mahal?
• Homeschooling, apprentice programs, and that boxy building on the corner
• Is taxation theft?
What Sticks in Ken’s Craw? Talk Radio! 00:46:45-00:56:45
• Talk radio sucks!
• Callers suck!
• Mainstream Media sucks!
• The solution? The Pennsylvania Project.
More Information:
Guests:
• Ken Krawchuk: https://www.kenk4pa.com/
• Siddharth Paratkar: https://partiesandpolicies.wordpress.com/
• Toastmasters International: http://toastmasters.org
• Tom Lehrer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer
Commercials:
Iron Will Tattoo Club: https://ironwilltattoo.club
...more
57min

FAQs about The Pennsylvania Project:

How many episodes does The Pennsylvania Project have?

The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.