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R.E.M. suggested the title for this episode - my (Gary) last show before I pack up the Studio in the Bonus Room (etc) and head to the Charlotte area. Want another music reference? The Beat Goes On. You’ve met Elizabeth Crudup on several previous episodes, and she’s brought us prominent guests on several others. I first met Elizabeth at a planning meeting for the Raleigh Women’s March in 2019, and she came on the show to talk about it then. Here’s how I described that meeting on the web page for Episode 43: “Gary may have mentioned something about doing a political podcast nobody had ever heard of. Elizabeth’s eyes lit up.”Elizabeth saw grassroots potential in the show that, frankly, I didn’t see. She still does, and when she heard that I was going to leave and ‘give it away’, she jumped. And she’s here on my last show to talk about what we might see (maybe just hear… I dunno about the video part) going forward.TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/iPFMUiuEhWk?t=557TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

We’re sad to announce that this is the last Tuesdays with Tillis Zoom Rally to be produced by the Triangle Talk Show

Oh, sooner or later Gary gets to the Sea Shanty and other stuff. You could fast-forward to it, but why?NCDHS Vaccine Resources: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/findyourspotWake County Vaccine Resources: https://covid19.wakegov.com/vaccine/N&O 2018 MLK Editorial: https://amp.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article248528820.htmlWhite guy Twitter meltdown in WalMart: https://twitter.com/i/status/1348808283746926593Iconic RTP Building demolished: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article248406460.htmlSea Shanty Segment:Nathan Evans The Wellerman: https://youtu.be/Ji1ODjzKn6EThe Kiffness overdub: https://youtu.be/Ji1ODjzKn6EBilal Goregen levan Polkka: https://youtu.be/njIVLEq4SigThe Kiffness overdub: https://youtu.be/CAyWN9ba9J8More levan Polkka versions:https://youtu.be/ZjDZrReZ4EIhttps://youtu.be/qz_uq7ypZnc And then it got weirdhttps://youtu.be/t8bESAdy7N0TMI on Vibing Cat and levan Polkkahttps://youtu.be/DYum1rpNy4A TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/jM84neIuWJ4?t=249TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

After some significant technical trouble getting the streams going, Gary and Jen discuss the Trump coup in DC with guests Haikoo X, Elizabeth Crudup and Alan Longman. TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/FPPEZfCklG4?t=322This takes you to ‘the music’. You can back up and see Gary trying to recover from the Tech issues if you want.TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Voter suppression efforts in George continue to be rampant, and the President of the Georgia NAACP resigned from Raffenberger's commission because of efforts to disenfranchise eligible voters. Karen Mallam, who is following this closely, will update us and we’ll hear from Faisal Khan who has been on the ground there for weeks.This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/jf1_5YDiH-0?t=953 TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Gary riffs solo on a few random topics that we’re not going to go through the effort to list. Just watch or listen. Section 230: https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_47/Chapter_5/Subchapter_II/Part_I/Section_230Free Kitten (er, Podcast) Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/triangle/comments/klflu5/free_kitten_er_podcast/?sort=oldBioTrekkie Explains!: https://www.youtube.com/c/BioTrekkieExplainsBoston Dynamics Dancing Robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw&feature=youtu.beGirl hit by foul ball, family sues: https://www.newsobserver.com/article248195045.htmlTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/eZ-k4vBmGgoTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

We are focused on Georgia until January 5, and meanwhile continue to have really interesting conversations about what we are reading in the news and contemplating about our future direction. "We are a community of nonviolent resistance," so can we agree on what we are resisting? This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/qnMsZnX3HK0?t=932TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Jen & Gary ramble on. Not much about Trump’s pardons. Also, for the record, Gary is moving to the Charlotte area this spring. So the last episode of the show will be January 24, 2021, unless someone wants it. Free to a good home! Wanna be a podcaster with a built-in show? Email Gary: talk@TriangleTalkShow.com. Register for the vaccine in NC?https://immunize.nc.gov/providers/covid-19training.htmShituationhttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ShituationCourt of Appeals sides with RDU over lease of airport land near Umstead for a quarryhttps://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article247852920.html Bag Man Podcast (Rachael Maddow)scroll down past the book stuff for the podcasthttps://www.msnbc.com/bagmanBuc-ee’s will bring bucks, gas pumps and Beaver Nuggets to NChttps://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article247870525.html “Good Mythical Morning”TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/REl9fXG9elY?t=654TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

We will hear from our Climate Crisis Committee and learn about actions we can take related to the environment and then continue the general discussion. We are focused on Georgia until January 5, and meanwhile continue to have really interesting conversations about what we are reading in the news and contemplating about our future direction. "We are a community of nonviolent resistance," so can we agree on what we are resisting? If you can this morning, take the time to read this short editorial from the Washington Post, "The Fight Against Trump Is Only Beginning."This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/1SOtlOWAQgU?t=854TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Is your Holiday on ice? It should be. The hospitals are filling up. Meanwhile, Jen and Gary breeze through another two hours of jazz and conversation, and Jen and her mom light some candles on the 4th night of Hanukkah.LINKS:So Long, Farewell (to Trump - Sound of Music parody): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7kCqrlwDtUGlassDuo plays Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker on water glasses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdoTdG_VNV4Christmas Light Show to Take On Me : https://youtu.be/0l5wcsJldiULake Street Dive covers Take On Me : https://youtu.be/y5z7cYSbsFUTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/kRN4yRIpsOwTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

For the past 4 years we have been meeting every week, hearing from each other and organizers and officials in our community, and studying the issues. Now, there is a new landscape, and we need to figure out what resistance means, how we not only obsessively follow politics but also organize in the most effective way. Until January 5, our energy is focused on the Senate elections in Georgia. We take time out every Tuesday to update each other and share our wisdom as we figure out together what will be next for us as a community after that.This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/yBRfAlXvQXE?t=76TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Jenna Wadsworth returns to the Triangle Talk Show, fresh off her… um… loss in the race for NC Agriculture Commissioner… and feeling a little lonely as everything quiets down following two frantic years running for office. What’s next? Well, she needs a job, for one thing. You hiring?Then Jen and Gary talk about holiday music (and not-so-holiday music). Jen rants on Baby It’s Cold Outside (cute song, but a hard no in the middle turns Dean Martin into a rapist), and Gary introduces Jen to Randy Rainbow. LINKS:Jenna’s Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/jennawadsworth/Randy Rainbow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tday4UTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/NHwmb1-__QoTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

This past Tuesday we had a good discussion about how we might move forward in the future. How can we expand our vision to be more proactive? We will continue that discussion this week, as well as share information about how to support efforts to elect Ossoff and Warnock and fight voter suppression in Georgia. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/viSq5lolD3A?t=783TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Jen and Gary talk about Jury Duty, and how Gary was interviewed to be on the historic first Jury in Wake County Superior Court following the Pandemic break in jury trials (and how he got booted off). And other stuff. LINKS:Greensboro plumbing/renovations company requires employee participation in prayer: https://www.reddit.com/r/triangle/comments/k0uvsb/guy_gets_fired_for_not_participating_in_company/TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/QRfUBR7t_AsTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Celebrating?? week 200 of continuous protest rallies opposing NC Senator Thom Tillis. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/GMZKzx8fmoA?t=1004TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

The TTS “Documentary Unit” (that’s Gary with a little video camera) went to Graham on November 3rd to observe the ‘replacement’ for the March to the Polls that had been disrupted by Graham and Alamance County police on October 31. While (tediously) editing that footage, Gary discovered quite a bit of other footage from October 31st. He pieced that together into as cohesive narrative as he could, and in this episode we present both. So this is a rare, edited Triangle Talk Show. We’ll be back to the live, talking-heads version of the show next Sunday.LINKS:Full video of the October 31 march on Reverend Drumwright’s Facebook Feed: https://www.facebook.com/100001565414708/videos/3633900163338795/TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/c2vQLoZz2gsTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

This week, we continue to follow the fast-moving news cycle and continue to figure out how to best use our energy going forward. This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/Nw_uI35sDxM?t=789TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

There’s a lot about the way our government runs that isn’t codified in law. Rather it’s just expected because ‘that’s the way we do things’. Aka: Norms. Trump has shown us why maybe more should be actually in the law (and what could possibly go wrong?). Well, that’s the title of the show, and we do talk about that eventually and at some length. But you’ll enjoy the talk at the end of the show about the Mandalorian more. If you’re a Star Wars fan. If not, stick with the Trump talk.LINKS:N&O ‘Give Butter’: https://givebutter.com/TheNewsObserverI want toast: https://youtu.be/gPr8nComZVgTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/f_3iQnF69RM?t=284TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

The topic is "Democracy Won (for now)." Democracy met fascism, and democracy won. So far. Join us for a celebration, discussion of our likely next short term focus (Georgia), and a reconfiguration of our work and perhaps our name for the work ahead.This week’s Zoom on YouTube (skip the countdown): https://youtu.be/aFCXx466-ag?t=599TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Marchers in Graham (Alamance County NC) were stopped by the county Sheriff last Saturday (October 31) as they attempted to hold a rally and march to the polls. We heard the story from two of the activists present on the last TTS (Episode 120). They will try again on Tuesday, Election Day, November 3rd at 9 AM. Shon Green returns to update us on plans for the event. Understand that as we record on Monday at noon, planning is still underway. Shon recommends checking in on march leader Greg Drumwright’s Facebook Page for updates. Here’s what we see at noon Monday: We're Ready 4 CHANGE March to the Polls - tomorrow, 11/3 @ 8:30am Wayman's Chapel AME church. Further details are forthcoming via all social media this afternoon. ALAMANCE COUNTY rise up and lets celebrate our RIGHT TO VOTE!That’s the main takeaway, but Gary took the opportunity to talk with Shon in more detail about what happened Saturday, and what to expect on Tuesday. Hey, we didn’t even play the music!LINKS:Rev. Greg Drumwright’s Facebook page (march updates)Justice 4 the Next GenerationWRAL StoryBurlington Time-News StoryTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/drkdnOi9oaYTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

This was going to be a kind of routine Weekend conversation… nothing heavy. Some whining about the unnecessary semi-annual time change, some idle chatter about the election. And then Elizabeth Crudup called about 30 minutes to showtime. It seems there was a bit of a dustup in Graham between some people who were holding a ‘get out the vote’ rally and the Alamance County Sheriff. She had two people who wanted to get the word out about what happened. Scott Huffman is a candidate for US Congress from the 13th District, including Alamance County. Shon Green is a ‘full time activist’ and PR rep for People for Change. They were both there, and described a scene out of the Old South, with police confronting a totally peaceful group of citizens with tear gas. There was no vandalism going on. No broken windows. Nobody throwing fireworks. You’ll see some of this story on the news, but not all of it.LINKS:News & Observer video: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article246866352.htmlScott Huffman (for Congress, NC 13th)Twitter: https://twitter.com/HuffmanForNCWeb: https://www.scotthuffman.com/TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/XiTZfAoH2mkTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Please join us today, Tuesday at 11:15 am (official start 11:30) for the Tuesdays With Tillis Indivisible zoom rally -- Week #196 to learn about local and national efforts to make sure every vote is counted, the GOP's efforts to suppress the vote, and what we can do to fight for our democracy. Our vision of America is that every citizen should be able to vote, every vote should be counted, and elected representatives should actually represent the interests of the people, not the interests of billionaires and corporations. This week’s Zoom on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TIYgs0EMtCA?t=473TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Are we where? Election? Covid Cure? End of the Podcast? No, we’re not. Well, you can get to the end of the podcast. And in theory, the election will be over November 3. Covid… LINKS:N&O: No Cunningham Endorsement Not Tillis, either https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article246469430.htmlNC vaccination plan outlines priorities for 4-phase rollouthttps://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article246505805.htmlN&O "Disinformation" Town Hall, Oct. 20, noon to 1 PMhttps://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article246423870.htmTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/yACSFqQPd5g?t=236TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Another quickie episode (just mounting up the Episode numbers), checking the first day of Early In-Person Voting. Gary rode his bike down to the Community Center in Cary for some pictures. LINKS: NCSBE Ballot Tools (BallotTrax): https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail/absentee-ballot-toolsTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/KejMwkZZt08?t=95TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

No featured speaker this week - just the gang getting together on Zoom. This week’s Zoom on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FYObya6du6o?t=627TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

TTS On the Road… Gary drops off his completed ballot at the Wake Board of Elections office. LINKS:NCSBE Ballot Tools (BallotTrax): https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail/absentee-ballot-toolsTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/pJusVPAxk9UTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Cal Cunningham seemed like the safe choice in a season of safe choices for Democrats. Then…But we’re voting for him anyway, right? LINKS:N&O Story calls Brinkman reference ‘unconfirmed’ https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article246252935.htmlFiveThirtyEight NC Senate Poll Info: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/senate/north-carolina/Gary’s Reddit post on Jenna Wadsworth interview: https://www.reddit.com/r/ncpolitics/comments/j5chse/jenna_wadsworth_beyond_her_tik_tok_on_trumps/TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/zpbrvC4Ae54?t=158TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

We are going to "Follow the Money." Who is paying off whom for this SCOTUS confirmation, which will cement the power of corporations and billionaires? To which foreign power does Trump owe money, and how much? How much has he paid in taxes? How many of us paid more? How much is he worth? Why is the GOP so eager to repeal the ACA? Also, this week we will be discussing Cal Cunningham's policy proposals. If you can, review them so we can discuss. No matter what, we absolutely have to vote Tillis out of office, and Cal's policies are vastly better. This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vm-5HLimnrw?t=602TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

If you only know Jenna Wadsworth from her now infamous TIK-TOK video about Trump’s ‘October Surprise’ announcement that he had contracted Covid-19, we’ll show you another side. A side you really ought to see. Jenna is the Democrat opposing Steve Troxler for NC Agriculture Commissioner. She’s currently a Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor. Not that there’s anything wrong with that TIK TOK video. It was a biting, ironic reaction to Trump contracting the disease he had dismissed as a hoax, said would be gone by April, and refused to take the steps needed to minimize the damage… and death… it has ended up causing.Well, maybe that depends on how old you are. Trump’s legions hate it (and her), of course… enough to be phoning and posting veiled death threats. But Jenna’s been getting shade from state Democratic leadership, too. TTS host Nanny Jen, on the other hand, found it hilarious, and a perfect example of what TIK TOK is all about for young people. ‘OK Boomer’ generation host Gary Pearce also found it funny, but because it was the first video he’d seen of Wadsworth, he needed to go check YouTube for a few of her other appearances. The TIK TOK video in question was ‘performance’, he says, and maybe not designed to make the best first impression. This show can be that better first impression (and if you’re young, feel free to disagree). When you watch or listen to this program, you’ll see it was mistitled (as Stand Back and Mask Up). We invited Jenna on the show at the last minute, after that TIK-TOK video became, well, notorious. But then we never really talked much about Trump. Jenna owned the show.LINKS:Jenna Wadsworth campaign web site: https://www.jennawadsworth.com/Jenna’s TIK TOK video (on WRAL - the original was taken down): https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/jenna-wadsworths-tiktok-video-on-trumps-coronavirus/19317513/Jenna on UNC-TV/PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/jenna-wadsworth-on-running-for-nc-agriculture-commissioner-lcc6ud/N&O Article: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article246173660.htmlGet your Booty to the Polls (not Poles) video: https://youtu.be/eTlv2gfrINMReal Women Vote for Trump video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYsvYLfaXF4TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/wWwd1F6JGWUTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Join us for "More on the "F" words" as we process all that is going on and how to respond. Our special guest is teacher and author Jeffrey Land who will speak about fascism. This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1ve-04sVn-QTwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Lynn Bernstein returns to talk about election transparency in Wake County and North Carolina. Our conversation is way more fun that this makes it sound! Why are our appointed election officials in Wake County being such dicks about transparency? Lynn is looking for volunteers to hang out at polling places and county Boards of Election just after the polls close on November 3rd to document the “Poll Tape”. Turns out you can do that! Sign up here:https://www.transparentelectionsnc.org/validatethevote LINKS:Transparent Elections NC web: https://www.transparentelectionsnc.org/FB: https://www.facebook.com/NCHandmarkedTwitter: https://twitter.com/bernstein_lynnTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/Nyz-dEDyZIATTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

We bust out a mid-week show to take you to a protest rally by Sunrise Movement Raleigh in front of the TV station that hosted the second Cunningham-Tillis Senate Election Debate. What could be more ‘pro American’ that a protest? Well, you’ll see.And we promote another protest coming up this Saturday (Sept. 26) from 3 to 5 on the Fayetteville Street Mall. It’s billed as the Rally Against Corruption, focused on the lack of charges against the police officers involved in killing Breonna Taylor.TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/Fe9QL--7PyQTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

This is the ‘Memorex’ of the Tuesdays’s with Tillis live Zoom rally, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 11:30 AM. This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WjkOhiFRAA8?t=258TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

This week’s theme - the F words (more than one). The guest speaker is John McDonald talking about our climate and the west coast fires. This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-OgLb-3Lk1U?t=569TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Our topic is "Hearing from our Veterans,” and we do hear from several guests and group members. Here is a link to the Atlantic article by Jeffrey Goldberg called, "Trump: Americans who died in war are 'losers' and 'suckers.'" This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sLTW3AJ6SzATwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Gary makes the video setup too complex to handle on a live show. Breandan, Jen and Gary ramble about the issues of the day (mostly Trump and voting twice, and how school’s going online). Jen’s teaching a class Saturday: https://www.meetup.com/NC-Triangle-Family-Childcare-Providers-Meetup-Group/events/272849663/?rv=me1&_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJDE0MGU1ZWJhLWU5N2MtNGY4MS05M2YzLTE5ZmRjOWYyNzAyYQ&_af=event&_af_eid=272849663TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/bVcjbROMTXETTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Our topic is "Black Lives Matter, Truth Matters." This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qksDaqMqnnc?t=693TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Our title topic takes us to research you can do right now to prepare to vote as early as possible. Absentee (mail-in) ballots start going out September 4 to those who have requested them, and the NC Board of Elections web site is about to take those requests online, and let you track your request and submission.Note that it takes pretty much an hour to get to that topic. We waste that time talking to our fan (not our biggest fan… just out fan, Kevin Flanagan, one of the hosts of Drinking Liberally Raleigh. Yeah, that’s how he wanted us to identify him.LINKS:See your ballot, check registration and see your voting history at this BoE web site: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/Info on Curbside Voting: https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/help-voters-disabilities/curbside-votingLeague of Women Voters VOTE 411 nonpartisan online voter guide: https://VOTE411.org(NPR) Police Union In Kenosha, Wis., Provides Account Of Jacob Blake ShootingHomicide charges announced against Kyle Rittenhouse: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kyle-rittenhouse-homicide-charges-kenosha-shooting-first-degree-homicide-jacob-blake-protest-wisconsin/Portland armed clashes: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/29/blm-activists-counterprotesters-clash-portland-leading-arrests/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_portlandprotest-1211am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans26 Twitter Tips for Beginners You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner: https://sproutsocial.com/insights/twitter-tips/The web site Trump forgot to buy: https://keepamericagreat.com/TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/TnyIwbC8-C4TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Blame the Democrats for the show title. Gary’s solo this week because there wasn’t supposed to be a show, so he cut Jen, Breandan and Sarah loose. Too late, his plan fell through and he was here for the show. Which includes a monologue on the DNC’s virtual convention, a pitch for next week’s show on Voting Research, a note about that TV Sportscaster who took a swipe at some ‘gay capital of the world’ city when he didn’t think he was on the air (but, oops, he was), and the BLM billboard in Pittsboro.LINKS:DNC’s Big Effing Deal clipschant: https://www.newsobserver.com/article244891262.htmlWisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin: https://www.newsobserver.com/article244891262.htmlN&O’s story on the Pittsboro Confederate Flag and BLM Billboard: https://www.newsobserver.com/article244891262.htmlTTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/TnyIwbC8-C4TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Our speakers are Kerwin Pittman and Greear Webb, and our topic is "Activism in the Movement for Black Lives." Kerwin is a member of the Governor's Racial Equity Task Force, among many other things, and Greear is a UNC student and co-founder of Young Americans Protest (YAP). Dr. Cliff Charles will moderate the discussion. We want to learn how we can support them in this precarious time.This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JUZjfvi1zMsTwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Jen, Breandan and Gary while away a Sunday afternoon LINKS:Banjo Guy at the DeJoy protest in Greensboro (Red T Raccoon Twitter feed) https://twitter.com/i/status/1295063765415862277Duke Mask Test (N&O Article, subscription may be required) https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article244835552.htmlSnapCam https://snapcamera.snapchat.com/TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/3Aabof4KQTgTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Our topic is "Moving through grief to take action." Bessie Keaton will lead us in a discussion about the intersection of depression and grief for the first part, and we will focus on how to take action in the second part, likely focusing on the election and the relief package. The Raging Grannies will sing.This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/flkjbkwei90TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Ted Corcoran is an activist, a documentarian, a protester, a veteran… the list goes on. He joins Sarah, Jen and Gary to talk protesting, mostly. LINKS:Ted Corcoran's Portland (from Tuesdays with Tillis)https://youtu.be/jcWb0t7a6Y4TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/lcvLVS0znaQTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Local activist Ted Corcoran will be our guest on Sunday’s live show, talking about organizing protests (and the usual ‘whatever’). In July, Ted traveled to Portland to see for himself what was going on as Federal troops ‘guarded’ a courthouse and clashed with protesters. He gave a talk at Tuesdays with Tillis describing and showing video of that event. That will be good background material for our conversation on Sunday. If you watched or listened to that TwT - https://www.triangletalkshow.com/shows/2020/7/28/tuesdays-with-tillis-week-183-july-28-2020 - then you’re all set for Sunday. If you didn’t, in this not-an-episode, we present a 50-minute edited version of that talk. Then join us Sunday for more background and a talk about what happens next.

The topic for today: What to do now?This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6_fAhNpfod0?t=332TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Chase Barnhill is a rising Senior at NC State, and part of the Visibility Group (think PR, but better) of the NCPRIG STUDENTS. That’s a non-partisan activist group, part of a statewide, then nationwide group of people active in public policy. Chase is specifically working on getting young people to register to vote, and of course we’ll talk about that for a hot minute. We’ll also learn about going back to class amid the pandemic. And we’ll have just a little too much fun.LINKS:NCPRIG Students web site: https://ncpirgstudents.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ncpirg.uncTed Corcoran's Portland (from Tuesdays with Tillis)https://youtu.be/jcWb0t7a6Y4Otter ‘sleeping’ with cat: https://youtu.be/Bc17epewZsQMake Me Smart podcast : https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart-with-kai-and-molly/Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORB0siyf3n_FS22MSLrjZA(really? Didn’t get their custom URL? Well aren’t we special)TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShowThis show: https://youtu.be/HVmtjK-qnf0TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome still pix from this episode (see them on the web site https://www.triangletalkshow.com/shows/2020/8/2/vote-young-and-vote-often-civics-tts-105)

This week, local activist Ted Corcoran shares what he learned on a recent trip to observe the protest activity in Portland. We kept rolling as he did an ‘after hours’ Q&A, which then became a discussion of local protest planning and execution.Special edit of Ted’s talk to TwT (30 minutes): https://youtu.be/jcWb0t7a6Y4This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SlCb5PC5iY8?t=514TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

Trump came to town today (Monday) to visit a biotech firm in Morrisville. Gary was curious what the ‘greeting’ would be like on the sidewalk, so he grabbed the TTS remote studio (a little handheld camera) and headed out to see.This show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VepFZ0_aPXgThe TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

That is Vote OR Trump, not a typo ‘for’. Please. Gary, Breandan and Jen - the best team of Podcasters in NC - meander through a bunch of topics: whether or not the TTS is a podcast (it is), the Cal & Thom debates, Trump’s pending visit to Morrisville, Portland isn’t burning, the Covid death toll in Wake County doubles in July, and the Trump admin’s version of the NC Transgender Bathroom Bill as applied to homeless shelters. Sarah is out celebrating her husband’s birthday.Gary notes that he and Michelle Obama are podcast-buddies on Spotify, but he wonders why he wasn’t invited to the launch party for her new show. He’s a little bitter about that.

Black Moms (and Dads) with sons in prison in North Carolina. It’s a common story. But one you rarely hear first person and at length. So here we go.Rose Poole’s son is Rodrick Shannon. Elizabeth Crudup’s son is Shannon Nyamodi. LINKS:Elizabeth’s petition to Free Shannon Nyamodi: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freeshannon?fbclid=IwAR3MX76XFlUFiyEcKWZsTiZJVrxrgyuFzPq-Fy8ZO6FwuSnVq6Vl8jjznVAThis episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UUFQi3iFcVIThe TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.comScreen grabs from the show (this won’t show up on most podcast apps, to go to the show’s page on the web site: https://www.triangletalkshow.com/shows/2020/7/22/convicted-innocent-justice-tts-102

Tuesdays With Tillis Indivisible zoom rally -- Week #182. Topic this week: Resist Racism and Fascism. Among other things, we will discuss Senator Tillis's incredibly racist remark about COVID-19. Meanwhile, he pretends to care while supporting an administration whose plan is clearly genocide.https://www.thenation.com/article/society/aoc-bill-federal-identification/ This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XJVfzZuS_E8?t=505TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.comSome screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)