This week on A Lively Experiment (October 7 and 9)

Panel (l-r)
Jim Hummel – moderator
Lisa Pelosi – Republican Strategist
Pablo Rodriguez – President, Latino Public Radio
June Speakman – Political Science Professor, RWU
Tim White – Investigative Reporter, WPRI

Topics 

• Speaker of the RI House of Representatives Nicholas Mattiello vs. challenger Steven Frias 
• Speaker's recent pledge to phase out car tax and put ethics reform on the ballot 
• two things just last year he said were not priorities 
• WPRI story on the new RIDOT signs and their accuracy/transparency
• Interview with U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
• Vice Presidential debate 
• Look ahead to Sunday's second Presidential debate

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