The role of the Senate parliamentarian, the importance of local newspapers, and the history of the wheelie suitcase

By Lily Tyson

Published October 13, 2021 at 1:00 PM EDT

This hour, a potpourri of topics: the Senate parliamentarian, local news, and wheelie suitcases.

First, we talk about the Senate parliamentarian.

And then: we discuss the value of local news, through the case study of The Hartford Courant.

Finally, we learn about the invention of the wheelie suitcase.

GUESTS:

Elana Schor - Congress editor at Politico
David Folkenflik - NPR’s media correspondent
Katrine Marçal - Author of Mother Of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored In An Economy Built For Men

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Colin McEnroe, Catie Talarski and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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Lily Tyson

Lily is the senior producer for <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show">"The Colin McEnroe Show."</a> She's also a producer of the narrative podcast "<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/podcast/generation">Generation: The media we love & how it shapes us</a>." She first worked at Connecticut Public as an intern in 2014. She has previously worked for WBUR, KUNC and as a producer for the New England News Collaborative's weekly show Next. Lily can be reached at <a href="mailto:ltyson@ctpublic.org">ltyson@ctpublic.org.</a>

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