The new Radio PA Roundtable is based on one simple idea: public affairs doesn’t have to be boring! Hosts Brad Christman and Matt Paul mix insightful analysis and commentary with the weekly headlines to provide you with the information you need to become a Capitol insider. Be one step ahead of your friends and colleagues by knowing what’s happening in your state government. Radio PA Roundtable is produced every Friday and is a winner of multiple awards for journalistic excellence, including honors from organizations including the Associated Press, The PA Association of Broadcasters, the National Association of State Radio Networks and many more.

Radio PA Roundtable 05.10.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul remember the life and governorship of George Leader, who passed away Thursday at the age of 95. Also, the big money issues are moving on a faster track in Harrisburg…updates on pension reform and transportation funding.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 05.03.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul review a week that put Radio PA’s “Ask the Governor” program in the national spotlight following comments by Governor Tom Corbett regarding the unemployed and drug testing. As always, video clips from that show are also available here on PAMatters.com.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 04.26.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul bring you the latest effort to curb bully-prompted suicides in our schools. Also, is PA facing a serious doctor shortage and is PA any closer to approving a Medicaid expansion? Brad and Matt also  analyze the Eagles and Steelers 1st round draft picks.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 04.19.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul recap a shocking week in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. Also, a new transportation funding plan surfaces in Harrisburg and the NRA takes over the Eastern Sports & Outdoors Show just as it leads the effort to defeat expanded background checks at gun shows.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 04.12.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul hash out the background check compromise ironed out by, among others, Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Pat Toomey. The governor is on a trade mission to South America and he checks in by telephone from Sao Paulo. And, Matt has an interview on the subject of “emotional eating.”

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 04.05.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman brings you an interview with PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch and Matt Paul speaks with a supporter of legislation that would set minimum staffing standards for nurses in Pennsylvania hospitals.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 03.29.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul discuss the opening on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court consideration of same sex marriage and a property tax elimination bill in Harrisburg.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 03.22.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman brings you the vote from the state House of Representatives this week regarding privatization of the state liquor stores. Did lawmakers give the thumbs up? If so, will the bill pass the Senate?

Also, legislation to allow online voter registration in PA is making its way through the Senate.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 03.15.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul sit down with Governor Tom Corbett to discuss his slumping poll numbers and the state of the economy.

This week’s show also features an explanation of the “Pay-to-Play” scandal at the Turnpike that’s resulted in criminal charges, and we’ll hear Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden’s thoughts on Pope Francis. 

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable 03.08.13

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Matt Paul takes us inside the final budget hearing of the three week cycle.  Lawmakers and Governor Tom Corbett now have three and a half months to work out a compromise before the June 30th state budget deadline. 

We’ll also get an update on the first confirmed cases of CWD in hunter-killed deer in Pennsylvania, and flesh out the Department of Corrections 2013 Recidivism Report.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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