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Highlands Bunker

by Karl Stomberg

Part-time activist hoping to build and deepen solidarity in the local leftist community. Discussion will be focused on local politics, culture and more.

Latest episodes

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E417 - Which Kind of Hope and Change (w/ Nurse Susan, Shyanne Miller)

Nurse Susan makes her bunker debut to talk about how other cities deal with homelessness and what Delaware could learn. Then, Shyanne and Rob discuss what the primary ele

Oct 9
58 min

E416 - The Opt-Out State (w/ The Crew)

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

Oct 2
45 min

E415 - Temporary Autonomous Zone (w/ Michael Kalmbach)

Michael Kalmbach returns from exile to reflect on the state of homelessness and addiction two years after the closing of the Creative Vision Factory, and larger lessons a

Sep 25
58 min

E414 - The Water's Fine (w/ Jess Scarane, Karl Stomberg)

We can't let history happen to us. We have to happen to history. Show Notes: Progressives mark big wins in Democratic statehouse primariesWhy did the winners win?

Sep 18
1 h 22 min

E413 - It's Called Transparency (w/ Chelle Paul)

RD 32 Candidate and NOCAP member Chelle Paul joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about her race against Kerri Evelyn Harris and the general state of Dover politics.

Sep 11
34 min

E412 - Electron Congestion (w/ Dustyn Thompson)

Delaware Sierra Club Chapter Director Dustyn Thompson joins Rob in the bunker to talk about all things electrons: the state of data centers in Delaware, whether or not we

Sep 4
1 h 07 min

E411 - Surplus Humanity (w/ Jason Myles)

Musician and fellow leftist podcaster Jason Myles joins Rob in the virtual bunker to return to the issue of homelessness, looking at the societal programs big and small b

Aug 28
1 h 04 min

E410 - Political Hygiene (w/ Madinah Wilson)

State Representative Madinah Wilson joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her latest piece for the Delaware Call and how legislators can keep from selling out. Show Note

Aug 21
51 min

E409 - Double Dippers (w/ The Crew)

Rob and Bill discuss updates around police reform and other cases of the malfeasance of public officials. If you want to double dip, you'll have to pay. https://www.patre

Aug 14
23 min

E408 - The Alliance to Destroy Delaware's Future (w/ Karl Baker)

Spotlight Delaware Deputy Editor Karl Baker joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his latest article covering the corporate law firms which are dumping millions of dollar

Aug 7
59 min

E407 - Reefer Sanity (w/ Joshua Sanderlin)

Marijuana Commissioner Joshua Sanderlin joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his role, how the marijuana industry is currently being developed in Delaware, and how vario

Jul 31
1 h 34 min

E406 - Accountability Session

We missed some files, so the theme of this episode is taking accountability (we took some recent patrons-only content and are releasing it publicly).

Jul 24
21 min

E405 - Claude Reflects Our Values (w/ Jess Scarane, Len Damico)

AI slop has taken Delaware politics by storm, so aesthetic experts Jess Scarane and Len Damico are here to talk about what it all means. Show Notes: Melissa Minor-Brown

Jul 17
55 min

E404 - How Is That Your Job? (w/ Dwayne Bensing)

In the wake of the Wilmington Police shooting of Kadir Skinner, Attorney General candidate Dwayne Bensing joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his campaign, what role th

Jul 10
1 h 08 min

E403 - The Worst Case Scenario (w/ The Christina Park Workers)

On Monday, June 15th, the City of Wilmington put up a fence around Christina Park and evicted the remaining residents from the homeless encampment there. In the wake of E

Jul 3
2 h 00 min

E402 - Roll Me Up and Smoke Me

A brief interlude ahead of our big Christina Park episode. Rob provides updates on the park, the big election results in New York, and some of the latest legislative cont

Jun 26
17 min

E401 - A Student of SD1 (w/ Adriana Bohm)

State senate candidate and former Red Clay School Board member Adriana Bohm joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her first real election for state senate. Show Notes:

Jun 19
54 min

E400 - A Bit That Went Too Far (w/ Rachel Sawicki)

It is episode 400 and also basically the four-year anniversary of the trial of the century, so we are joined by former journalist Rachel Sawicki to relive some of the hig

Jun 12
54 min

E399 - American Dirt (w/ Zachary Foust)

Felton commentator Zachary Foust joins Rob in the bunker to talk about Delaware's distorted corporate and real estate markets, Israel's influence on our foreign policy an

Jun 5
1 h 09 min

E398 - Constituent Services (w/ Shay Frisby)

State senate candidate Shay Frisby joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her background, the issues she's hearing at the doors, and how she's running against an appointed

May 29
42 min

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Highlands Bunker is one of the best podcasts to stay up to date with local politics here in Delaware. Love all the interviews with activists, candidates and leaders throughout our state. If I had to leave feedback, I would say audio could use a bit more processing. Throughout the podcast I have to constantly increase and decrease the audio levels. A simple compressor on the master audio file would fix it in no time. Looking forward to you guys creating more content in the future!

Nomadicfilms · Sep 2020

Highland Bunker not only provides important local Delaware politics and news, but also questions some of the assumptions that underpin our current cultural and political landscape on a more universal level. These conversations allow us to look for ways to take actions towards a more harmonic community. At the same time if something is absurd, it will be called out for the problem that it is. Vanella always brings a ton of energy and insight, but also a curiosity to learn from the amazing guests he has onto the show. I have taken away a new idea from every episode. I personally support this podcast because we need more conversations coming from the PEOPLE not media ceos. LEFT is BEST!

OldTrafforDisciple · Aug 2019

Highlands Bunker does a great job knitting together Delaware's left of center activist communities. Conversations are always on point without being preachy.

JasonOCR330 · Aug 2019

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