The True Philadelphia Podcast with Matt O'Donnell
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The True Philadelphia Podcast with Matt O'Donnell

Summary: Philadelphia's morning news guy for 6abc Action News talks to the "true" people of Philadelphia and the surrounding region. They are tough, they are frank, they fascinating and they are ours!

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  Launching in 2019: "The True Philadelphia Podcast with Matt O'Donnell" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:41

Formerly the Travel Mug Podcast, Matt is re-launching this series to focus on the people who are "True" to Philadelphia and the surrounding region. What does it mean to be "True Philadelphia"? It's one of those things where you know it when you see it, right? But generally it involves someone with grit and toughness, someone who is frank and honest beyond all costs, someone who has a "true" sense of belonging to the wonderful place we live in. All of the previous episodes of the Travel Mug Podcast will still be available for you to enjoy. And prepare for the brand new True Philadelphia Podcast in 2019!

  E23: The Original Phillie Phanatic on Whether He Dreams in Costume, If He Loves Gritty and If He Ever Feared Someone Would Kill Him at a Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:05

David Raymond helped create and performed as the first Phillie Phanatic between 1978 and 1993. This at times hilarious conversation with the fellow University of Delaware Blue Hen includes: How people react to him when they realize he was the Phanatic (2:10), how he helped create Gritty, the new Flyers mascot (4:00), the Phanatic backstory (8:30), if it was hot in that suit (11:45), why he retired as the Phillies mascot (13:40), why he can immediately tell the difference between the old and new Phanatic, performed by Tom Burgoyne (15:35), if he ever felt in immense danger during a Phanatic appearance (17:45), what it was like growing up with a father who happened to be the legendary Delaware football coach Tubby Raymond (20:00), if he misses being the Phanatic and ever dreams about being in the costume (27:07) and what great life lessons he's learned from the Phanatic character (31:15). Recorded in Raymond's "Phanatic Man Cave" at his home in the Philadelphia suburbs.

 E23: The Original Phillie Phanatic on Whether He Dreams in Costume, If He Loves Gritty and If He Ever Feared Someone Would Kill Him at a Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:05

David Raymond helped create and performed as the first Phillie Phanatic between 1978 and 1993. This at times hilarious conversation with the fellow University of Delaware Blue Hen includes: How people react to him when they realize he was the Phanatic (2:10), how he helped create Gritty, the new Flyers mascot (4:00), the Phanatic backstory (8:30), if it was hot in that suit (11:45), why he retired as the Phillies mascot (13:40), why he can immediately tell the difference between the old and new Phanatic, performed by Tom Burgoyne (15:35), if he ever felt in immense danger during a Phanatic appearance (17:45), what it was like growing up with a father who happened to be the legendary Delaware football coach Tubby Raymond (20:00), if he misses being the Phanatic and ever dreams about being in the costume (27:07) and what great life lessons he's learned from the Phanatic character (31:15). Recorded in Raymond's "Phanatic Man Cave" at his home in the Philadelphia suburbs.

  E23: The Original Phillie Phanatic on Whether He Dreams in Costume, If He Loves Gritty and If He Ever Feared Someone Would Kill Him at a Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:05

David Raymond helped create and performed as the first Phillie Phanatic between 1978 and 1993. This at times hilarious conversation with the fellow University of Delaware Blue Hen includes: How people react to him when they realize he was the Phanatic (2:10), how he helped create Gritty, the new Flyers mascot (4:00), the Phanatic backstory (8:30), if it was hot in that suit (11:45), why he retired as the Phillies mascot (13:40), why he can immediately tell the difference between the old and new Phanatic, performed by Tom Burgoyne (15:35), if he ever felt in immense danger during a Phanatic appearance (17:45), what it was like growing up with a father who happened to be the legendary Delaware football coach Tubby Raymond (20:00), if he misses being the Phanatic and ever dreams about being in the costume (27:07) and what great life lessons he's learned from the Phanatic character (31:15). Recorded in Raymond's "Phanatic Man Cave" at his home in the Philadelphia suburbs.

  E23: The Original Phillie Phanatic on Whether He Dreams in Costume, If He Loves Gritty and If He Ever Feared Someone Would Kill Him at a Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:05

David Raymond helped create and performed as the first Phillie Phanatic between 1978 and 1993. This at times hilarious conversation with the fellow University of Delaware Blue Hen includes: How people react to him when they realize he was the Phanatic (2:10), how he helped create Gritty, the new Flyers mascot (4:00), the Phanatic backstory (8:30), if it was hot in that suit (11:45), why he retired as the Phillies mascot (13:40), why he can immediately tell the difference between the old and new Phanatic, performed by Tom Burgoyne (15:35), if he ever felt in immense danger during a Phanatic appearance (17:45), what it was like growing up with a father who happened to be the legendary Delaware football coach Tubby Raymond (20:00), if he misses being the Phanatic and ever dreams about being in the costume (27:07) and what great life lessons he's learned from the Phanatic character (31:15). Recorded in Raymond's "Phanatic Man Cave" at his home in the Philadelphia suburbs.

 E23: The Original Phillie Phanatic on Whether He Dreams in Costume, If He Loves Gritty and If He Ever Feared Someone Would Kill Him at a Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:05

David Raymond helped create and performed as the first Phillie Phanatic between 1978 and 1993. This at times hilarious conversation with the fellow University of Delaware Blue Hen includes: How people react to him when they realize he was the Phanatic (2:10), how he helped create Gritty, the new Flyers mascot (4:00), the Phanatic backstory (8:30), if it was hot in that suit (11:45), why he retired as the Phillies mascot (13:40), why he can immediately tell the difference between the old and new Phanatic, performed by Tom Burgoyne (15:35), if he ever felt in immense danger during a Phanatic appearance (17:45), what it was like growing up with a father who happened to be the legendary Delaware football coach Tubby Raymond (20:00), if he misses being the Phanatic and ever dreams about being in the costume (27:07) and what great life lessons he's learned from the Phanatic character (31:15). Recorded in Raymond's "Phanatic Man Cave" at his home in the Philadelphia suburbs.

  E22: "American Woman" Lauren Hart on Nailing the National Anthem Every Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:26

Lauren Hart thinks she has sung the Star Spangled Banner 1,000 times. Easily. It started as something neat to try at a Flyers game. Decades later and she's still performing it just as gracefully as the last time. Lauren explains why the song is so difficult to sing, how her father (the late Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart) influenced how she performs it, why it was so hard doing a duet version of "God Bless America" with the late Kate Smith, if she is scared of Gritty (the Flyers' new mascot) and why she is getting political with her upcoming new album "American Woman." Oh, and what about Fergie's version of the Star Spangled Banner?

 E22: "American Woman" Lauren Hart on Nailing the National Anthem Every Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:26

Lauren Hart thinks she has sung the Star Spangled Banner 1,000 times. Easily. It started as something neat to try at a Flyers game. Decades later and she's still performing it just as gracefully as the last time. Lauren explains why the song is so difficult to sing, how her father (the late Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart) influenced how she performs it, why it was so hard doing a duet version of "God Bless America" with the late Kate Smith, if she is scared of Gritty (the Flyers' new mascot) and why she is getting political with her upcoming new album "American Woman." Oh, and what about Fergie's version of the Star Spangled Banner?

  E22: "American Woman" Lauren Hart on Nailing the National Anthem Every Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:26

Lauren Hart thinks she has sung the Star Spangled Banner 1,000 times. Easily. It started as something neat to try at a Flyers game. Decades later and she's still performing it just as gracefully as the last time. Lauren explains why the song is so difficult to sing, how her father (the late Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart) influenced how she performs it, why it was so hard doing a duet version of "God Bless America" with the late Kate Smith, if she is scared of Gritty (the Flyers' new mascot) and why she is getting political with her upcoming new album "American Woman." Oh, and what about Fergie's version of the Star Spangled Banner?

  E22: "American Woman" Lauren Hart on Nailing the National Anthem Every Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:26

Lauren Hart thinks she has sung the Star Spangled Banner 1,000 times. Easily. It started as something neat to try at a Flyers game. Decades later and she's still performing it just as gracefully as the last time. Lauren explains why the song is so difficult to sing, how her father (the late Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart) influenced how she performs it, why it was so hard doing a duet version of "God Bless America" with the late Kate Smith, if she is scared of Gritty (the Flyers' new mascot) and why she is getting political with her upcoming new album "American Woman." Oh, and what about Fergie's version of the Star Spangled Banner?

 E22: "American Woman" Lauren Hart on Nailing the National Anthem Every Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:26

Lauren Hart thinks she has sung the Star Spangled Banner 1,000 times. Easily. It started as something neat to try at a Flyers game. Decades later and she's still performing it just as gracefully as the last time. Lauren explains why the song is so difficult to sing, how her father (the late Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart) influenced how she performs it, why it was so hard doing a duet version of "God Bless America" with the late Kate Smith, if she is scared of Gritty (the Flyers' new mascot) and why she is getting political with her upcoming new album "American Woman." Oh, and what about Fergie's version of the Star Spangled Banner?

  E21: Former Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) on Moderates in Washington (Or Lack Thereof), Plus Why Everyone Is Fighting With Everyone Else | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:16

Charlie Dent left Congress eight months before his term expired, explaining to some he was "exhausted." The Republican joins me on the podcast to talk about how moderates are dying off in Washington, why it is dangerous to build a party around a person rather than issues, who is on the GOP bench in a post-Trump world, if Democrats ever asked him to switch parties, and why other countries are experiencing the same things as the US: polarizing politics, tribalism and extreme views on immigration. Dent, now a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to Matt at his office at the Perry World House on campus.

 E21: Former Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) on Moderates in Washington (Or Lack Thereof), Plus Why Everyone Is Fighting With Everyone Else | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:16

Charlie Dent left Congress eight months before his term expired, explaining to some he was "exhausted." The Republican joins me on the podcast to talk about how moderates are dying off in Washington, why it is dangerous to build a party around a person rather than issues, who is on the GOP bench in a post-Trump world, if Democrats ever asked him to switch parties, and why other countries are experiencing the same things as the US: polarizing politics, tribalism and extreme views on immigration. Dent, now a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to Matt at his office at the Perry World House on campus.

  E21: Former Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) on Moderates in Washington (Or Lack Thereof), Plus Why Everyone Is Fighting With Everyone Else | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:16

Charlie Dent left Congress eight months before his term expired, explaining to some he was "exhausted." The Republican joins me on the podcast to talk about how moderates are dying off in Washington, why it is dangerous to build a party around a person rather than issues, who is on the GOP bench in a post-Trump world, if Democrats ever asked him to switch parties, and why other countries are experiencing the same things as the US: polarizing politics, tribalism and extreme views on immigration. Dent, now a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to Matt at his office at the Perry World House on campus.

  E21: Former Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) on Moderates in Washington (Or Lack Thereof), Plus Why Everyone Is Fighting With Everyone Else | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:16

Charlie Dent left Congress eight months before his term expired, explaining to some he was "exhausted." The Republican joins me on the podcast to talk about how moderates are dying off in Washington, why it is dangerous to build a party around a person rather than issues, who is on the GOP bench in a post-Trump world, if Democrats ever asked him to switch parties, and why other countries are experiencing the same things as the US: polarizing politics, tribalism and extreme views on immigration. Dent, now a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to Matt at his office at the Perry World House on campus.

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