Delco Rising

Nick Giannini
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Delco has 600k residents and almost no independent political analysis. Delco Rising tries to help fill that gap -- covering county council meetings, PA legislative battles, elections, healthcare, and the people making decisions that affect your life. This podcast serves as a way to shine light on members of the Delco community -- from activists, to students, community leaders, etc.

Episodes

  1. Healthcare Is a Human Right: A Conversation with Put People First! PA

    4d ago

    Healthcare Is a Human Right: A Conversation with Put People First! PA

    Two Put People First! PA organizers, Jamie Blair and Robin Stephens, on taking back healthcare in Delco — from private equity-ravaged hospitals to the Crozer 8 and their Crowd the Capitol event.

    46 min
  2. Meet The Delco Activist Collecting Signatures to Push Mary Gay Scanlon on Medicare for All

    Jun 16

    Meet The Delco Activist Collecting Signatures to Push Mary Gay Scanlon on Medicare for All

    She has 1,700 signatures, spoken to Dem committees across Delco, & is forcing the question — why won't a congresswoman representing a county without a hospital co-sponsor Medicare for All? Note: People who want to get involved can look at the Facebook group here (PA Dis. 5 Demands Medicare for All!) OR email kaekalwaic@gmail.com Volunteers to help collect Medicare for All signatures are welcome. Subscribe to read about her efforts here, she just started it: https://padistrict5medicareforall.substack.com/

    17 min
  3. Judy Trombetta on the Budget Mess, School Funding, and What Comes After a 24-Point Primary Win

    Jun 9

    Judy Trombetta on the Budget Mess, School Funding, and What Comes After a 24-Point Primary Win

    The Democratic nominee in PA-166 walks through the campaign that beat Greg Vitali, Harrisburg's dysfunction, and what she'd push for in a Democratic trifecta.

    44 min
  4. Delco DSA's Doug Leake on Building a Left Wing United Front

    May 26

    Delco DSA's Doug Leake on Building a Left Wing United Front

    Delco DSA Is Dragging Delaware County Democrats Kicking and Screaming to the Left I sat down with Doug Leake, co-chair of Delco DSA, to talk about the Swarthmore Nine, progressive organizing in Delaware County, and what it actually takes to build a left political infrastructure in a county that spent 150 years under Republican machine control. Delco DSA’s current priorities Pride is up first — they’ll be at both the Media parade and the Upper Darby resource festival. After that, the Swarthmore Nine case is front and center. After nearly a year of trying to connect with Swarthmore’s Students for Justice in Palestine, Doug finally linked up with them at the No Kings march in Media last month. DSA has since connected them with UDTJ and Kyle McIntyre, and Doug’s been helping them navigate a county most of them don’t know. The Swarthmore Nine and Tanner Rouse One current and one former students are facing up to a year in prison for a campus protest. Doug’s argument is simple — the moment the DA’s office got involved, it stopped being a campus matter. New DA Tanner Rouse inherited this case from Stollsteimer and could drop the charges tomorrow. The path to getting him there is public pressure, and Doug breaks down exactly what that looks like in practice. DSA and the Democratic Party DSA Delco isn’t the enemy of the Democratic Party. Doug’s framing: they’re going to drag Democrats kicking and screaming to victory. His experience with regular Delco residents has never been negative. The friction is always with party leadership — not with the people. Why local politics is where the left wins Doug makes a compelling case that the national left keeps going for the crown and missing. Bernie’s two losses convinced him to think smaller. Local politics is relationship-driven, low-resistance, and the place where you actually build the infrastructure to win bigger fights down the road. Chester, voter turnout, and the representation gap The city with the most Democrats in Delco has some of the lowest turnout in the county. Doug connects this to exhaustion, not apathy — and flags a real racial representation gap in the Delco Democratic Party that nobody wants to talk about out loud.

    45 min
  5. Swarthmore 9 Defendant Jace Boland on Protest, Prosecution, and Delaware County's Choice

    May 19

    Swarthmore 9 Defendant Jace Boland on Protest, Prosecution, and Delaware County's Choice

    Boland faces a year in jail as the first criminal trial of pro-Palestine campus protesters in the Philly region heads to Delaware County court.

    31 min
  6. Pennsylvania House Rep. Jennifer O'Mara on Taxes, Transit, and State Priorities

    12/11/2025

    Pennsylvania House Rep. Jennifer O'Mara on Taxes, Transit, and State Priorities

    Rep. Jennifer O'Mara walks through the political stalls, internal fights, and policy choices shaping Pennsylvania.

    42 min
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About

Delco has 600k residents and almost no independent political analysis. Delco Rising tries to help fill that gap -- covering county council meetings, PA legislative battles, elections, healthcare, and the people making decisions that affect your life. This podcast serves as a way to shine light on members of the Delco community -- from activists, to students, community leaders, etc.

Information

  • Creator
    Nick Giannini
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Nick Giannini
  • Show Website
    Delco Rising