Episode #4 of October Surprise features Kathy Rentz of Lawrence County: “The Republican party of today is not the Republican party I knew back then,” Rentz says. “To me, ‘conservative’ means fiscally responsible. They really worried about our national debt going up. Many that I knew in the Republican party were very kind people. They were good peop…

Episode #12 of October Surprise features Erie’s Tyler Titus: “The solution to recovery … was creating a sense of community, a place of belonging for addicts, so that they’re not feeling like they have nowhere,” Titus says. “This is for the families that are going through this as well – having another family to connect to. When this becomes a conver…

Episode #10 of October Surprise features physician Dr. Joe Talarico of Zelienople: “If you’re fairly wealthy and insured, you could make an argument that you do have the best healthcare in the world (in the United States),” Talarico says. “But it doesn’t apply for the whole system because there are so many people left out. I’ve run into so many peo…

Episode #9 of October Surprise features Diane Syphrit of Hermitage talking about women’s issues, LGBTQ rights, and Mike Kelly’s in-person town halls, before he stopped holding them: “September 22, 2010, just before the election, Mike Kelly writes – if you want to call it a contract, because he signed it – his personal pledge to the (then) 3rd Congr…

The premier episode of October Surprise features Chris Rieger of Butler: “I want to see economic investment in the surrounding communities, not just tucked away in these pockets of massive metro areas,” Rieger says. “I’d like to see more investment in infrastructure and renewable energy – these sorts of emerging industries – to give people in areas…