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Host of the Us & Them podcast, dad, musician (Uncle Moon and Cheese Beads) and ice water swimmer.

New York
Joined October 2012
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Join us at Marshall University, Nov. 18 @ 7 PM for a screening + panel on “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect.” We’ll explore Thurgood Marshall’s enduring legacy on equity, education & the rule of law.
🎙️ Moderated by @TreyKay
🎥 Presented by @wvpublic #MarshallU
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Grateful to @RealWV and Stephen Baldwin for a generous, thoughtful profile. In a tough time for rural journalism, Stephen keeps WV informed and connected—no small thing. Thanks for telling the story behind @usthempodcast. therealwv.com/2025/10/22/the…
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Bill Moyers loomed large in my life. His interviews with Joseph Campbell and Houston Smith helped shape my thinking—on faith, on storytelling, and on bridging the @usthempodcast divide. I’m deeply grateful for his work and example. RIP. nytimes.com/2025/06/26/busin…
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🎧 New Us & Them episode: “Transgender in the Mountain State” drops the same week SCOTUS upheld TN’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Produced by me & Marisa Helms.
Listen 👉 [link]
📻 Sat 6/28 @ 3PM on @wvpublic
#TransRights #WestVirginiaLGBT
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I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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2 days after the 2024 election, our “Us & Them Dinner Party” contrast the reaction of the losers of the 2016 election and the loser of 2020. Conservative Jay Gould and progressive Bunmi Kosimo-Frazier have a candid conversation. ⁦⁦@usthempodcast⁩ youtube.com/watch?v=SL8_nC1X…
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2 days after the 2024 election, our “Us & Them Dinner Party” guests share hopes and doubts about a new Trump administration. Will it unify the nation—or heighten gridlock?@usthempodcast youtube.com/watch?v=KAaXtSph…
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Fifty years ago this month, a fierce controversy erupted over newly adopted school textbooks in Kanawha County, WV. In this episode of #UsThemPodcast, host @Trey_Kay revisits the "Great Textbook War." Tap the link below 👇 to listen now. 🎧 buff.ly/3RL0CdL
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Us & Them: Our Foster Care Crisis - West Virginia Public Broadcasting : West Virginia Public Broadcasting wvpublic.org/us-them-our-fos…
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“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” — Kurt Vonnegut
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Millions in the U.S. can’t vote because of a felony conviction. A majority are not currently in prison, but on probation or parole. This ⁦⁦@usthempodcast⁩ episode, examines the nation’s voting rights laws and the confusion they can create. wvpublic.org/us-them-locked-…
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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending. — Thich Nhat Hanh
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Takeaways from the massive jury verdict against Donald Trump - CNN apple.news/AhOGl9JHsS127cDxz…
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I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear. — Martin Luther King Jr.
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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather. — Pema Chödrön
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