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REAL TALK Courtesy Photo New Podcast Covering the 2020 Election HARRISBURG, PA - Pennsylvania is one of a hand- ful of states that will decide the 2020 Presidential Election. One reason Pennsylvania is such a grand prize is that it is the state that lost the Presidency for Hilary Clinton and won it for Donald Trump. Since Pennsylvania tops the list, Pennlive.com is starting a new podcast called Battleground PA that will offer weekly episodes and feature guests who know the ins and outs of PA politics and the upcoming Presidential campaign. The podcast will be available weekly on Thursday’s and begins on September 12th. The Podcast will be hosted by Pennlive opinion editor Joyce Davis, and its two regular anchors will be Jeffrey Lord, who will represent the Republican Party and I will represent the Democratic Party. Jef- frey and I are on different sides of the ideological spectrum. He was one of Donald Trump’s biggest and vocal supporters in 2016, and I was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention for Hillary Clinton, and I continue to believe Trump must be defeated next year. Topics covered on the podcast will vary but all will be issues covered by Presidential candidates and therefore on the ballot next year. Issues will span from gun control, immigration, healthcare, and abortion to education, climate change, and the U.S. economy. Jeffrey Lord is an author and political strategist, who served as an associate political director in the Reagan Administration and worked as a com- mentator for CNN and other media outlets. He is a frequent contributor to PennLive’s editorial pages. His latest book, “Swamp Wars,” was published in 2019 and details the profound differences between Trump’s movement and old-guard politics in Wash- ington, D.C. I am currently the elected Chairwoman of the Dau- phin County Democratic Committee - the youngest woman and only African American to currently hold the position in Pennsylvania. I previously worked for the Democratic National Committee and the PA House of Representatives, where I spent 10 years writing and creating policy. I am currently working on my first book entitled, “Madam Chair,” which de- tails her experiences as an African American wom- an in politics. The Podcast will be available on the following for- mats: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher. I am Rogette with Real Talk, and I’d like to thank you for having SOUL! , ROGETTE HARRIS Faith Enthusiast Learn more about Rogette Harris and Real Talk at http://www.thesoultown.com/real-talk.html You can follow us on twitter at @rogetteharris and @battlegroundpa and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RogetteNHarris/. Email Me: [email protected] Sept. 2019 • The Soultown International Magazine • Celebrating 2 years • Connecting Our Cultures to Our Cyber & Conscious Communities • thesoultown.com 7