Bedrock, USA Podcast

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Students hold a rally outside an Orange County school board meeting on May 24, 2022, in Orlando, Florida, to protest book bans and the Florida Parents Rights in Education Act.

Episode 12: What Bridget Ziegler’s Agenda Means for LGBTQ Youth

By Samantha Storey and Kathleen Quillian

Part three of “The School Board Queen” podcast miniseries examines why Bridget Ziegler has been labeled “racist” and “transphobic” by her opponents.

A scene from an educational film titled “Going Steady,” produced by Coronet Instructional Media in 1951.

Episode 11: The Idea of ‘Parental Rights’ in Education Goes Back to the 1950s

By Samantha Storey and Kathleen Quillian

Part two of “The School Board Queen” podcast miniseries looks at the history of the conservative movement in US education, going back to the 1950s.

Meet the Most Powerful School Board Member in the Country

Episode 10: The School Board Queen Endorsed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

By Samantha Storey and Kathleen Quillian

Part one of “The School Board Queen” podcast miniseries introduces Bridget Ziegler, the mom and board member training conservatives to run for school boards

Episode 9: Why School Boards Had the Toughest Political Races

By Samantha Storey and Kathleen Quillian

The latest episode of the podcast talks to a school board expert about how candidates with far-right views on race and gender are making inroads.

Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Holds Campaign Events

Episode 8: How Secure Are America’s Midterm Elections?

By Samantha Storey and Kathleen Quillian

On the latest episode of the podcast about extremism in local government we speak to Jessica Huseman of VoteBeat about election security.

Episode 7: An Election Day Reckoning in Shasta County

By Laura Bliss

The podcast follows the action on election day as far-right activists back candidates for school superintendent, county clerk and sheriff.

Episode 6: ‘I Felt So Much Anger Around Me’

By Laura Bliss

A group of residents in Sequim, Washington, forms the Good Governance League to take back the city council and fight far-right ideology.

Episode 5: A Drug Treatment Clinic Brings Out the NIMBYs

By Laura Bliss

Episode 5 of the podcast looks at how opposition to a center for opioid addiction fed anti-government fervor and factored into the ouster of Sequim’s city manager.

Episode 4: A County Declares the End of the Pandemic

By Laura Bliss

Episode 4 of the podcast looks at how a far-right majority governing California’s Shasta County used its newfound power to lift Covid restrictions.

Episode 3: Getting a Recall on the Ballot

By Laura Bliss

Episode 3 of the podcast shows how right-wing activists in California got a ballot measure to recall one of Shasta County’s Republican supervisors.

Episode 2: “It’s Not Going to Be Peaceful Much Longer”

By Laura Bliss

Episode 2 of the podcast looks at efforts to recall Republican county supervisors in Shasta County on grounds they hadn’t done enough to fight California’s Covid mandates.

Episode 1: New Podcast Explores Rise of Extremism in Local Politics

By Laura Bliss

With the national spotlight on the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, a new podcast series from Bloomberg CityLab and iHeartMedia shows two communities grappling with far-right politicians and ideologies.

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