Voices from America, particularly Lawrence County, reached across the globe due to Carol Castiel.

A Neshannock Township native and director of present affairs programming with Voice of America, Castiel returned to her hometown just lately to report a section of the “Encounter” audio program, documenting the “The View from Western Pennsylvania” within the run-up to the 2022 midterms.

Castiel spoke with Paul Stefano, former chair of the Democratic Get together of Lawrence County, and Richard Flannery, a Republican activist, in regards to the political temper within the battleground state previous to the November midterm elections. She had beforehand interviewed the pair, together with New Citadel Mayor Chris Frye and former New Citadel Metropolis Council member Bob Bullano, in the summertime and fall of 2020 previous to the presidential election.

The newest program, which first aired on Sunday, will be heard at https://www.voaafrica.com/a/6718465.html.

Castiel famous that among the many highlights have been each interviewees believing the Democrats are possible to carry the Senate whereas Flannery thinks the Home “will flip properly” to Republicans. Stefano acknowledged he believes Democrats have an opportunity, regardless of how slim, to carry on to the Home.

Stefano stated additionally that Democrats of all stripes (and a few Independents) are energized to vote within the midterms given the Supreme Court docket’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Nonetheless, on the native stage, Flannery predicts the county will largely possible vote Republican.

“I by no means forgot the place I got here from and it’s gratifying to have the ability to amplify and disseminate voices from my hometown,” Castiel stated. “Our international viewers loves these things. It makes the U.S. midterms extra ‘actual’ to them.

“We have now obtained various anecdotal optimistic suggestions,” she continued, including {that a} listener from Mogadishu, Somalia, contacted her about this system through VOA’s Present Affairs Fb web page, saying, “It was an epic encounter.”

Along with thanking these she interviewed, Castiel famous that images of Fetterman and Shapiro indicators used on the VOA web site have been courtesy of the brand new county Democratic Get together chair, Tim Buck.

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