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The Political Spotlight

The Political Spotlight is a politically driven opinion, news, and entertainment program.The Political Spotlight is your comprehensive guide to all things "political" on the local, state, and national levels.

Podcast · By Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Brandon Rudd, & Kate Thornburg (The Political Spotlight) · American English · Official site

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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 24, 2026

    #738 | Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | The Political Spotlight (opens the original)

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    Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is nearing his breaking point... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ VIDEO version of Ep 738: https://youtube.com/live/6nrU7B7sc8I ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/subTPS Become a Member: https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS Merch: https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Merch ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The Political Spotlight Airs LIVE (Sunday — Thursday at 9 p.m. ET) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight Audio Podcast: https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm & All Other Podcast Host

  2. Episode · Sep 23, 2026

    #737 | Tuesday, September 22, 2026 | The Political Spotlight (opens the original)

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    In this 737th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey takes a close look at several local-government meetings across East Central Indiana — and there is plenty to discuss! Bilbrey begins with the first Muncie City Council Finance Committee meeting, held earlier this evening, Tuesday, September 22, 2026, as councilors began reviewing the proposed 2027 city budget. Before delving into the meeting itself, a few questions need answering. Who knew what, and when did they know i

  3. Episode · Sep 21, 2026

    #736 | Sunday, September 20, 2026 | The Political Spotlight (opens the original)

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    In this 736th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey brings back an old favorite right up front: Winchester, Indiana! It all began with a Winchester Board of Works meeting that two sources sent to Bilbrey for very different reasons. While reviewing the meeting, something caught his attention—and suddenly, an old controversy came back to mind. That's right. Bilbrey revisits former Winchester Mayor Shon Byrum (D), the five bumbling Republicans who served on the Winchester C

  4. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    #735 | Thursday, September 17, 2026 | The Political Spotlight (opens the original)

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    In this 735th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is at his wit's end over what he sees as the complete breakdown of "public service" among far too many local public servants across East Central Indiana and beyond. Muncie, Delaware County. Anderson, Madison County. Winchester, Randolph County. New Castle, Henry County. Indianapolis, Marion County. Different communities. Different offices. Same recurring problem: Too many people in public office seem to have forgotten w

  5. Episode · Sep 17, 2026

    #734 | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - (PART 2) | The Political Spotlight (opens the original)

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    This is Episode 734, Part 2, the conclusion, of The Political Spotlight's two-part look at the completely "OFF THE RAILS" Muncie City Council meeting. In this episode, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey will conclude his detailed commentary and analysis of everything that happened—including the highs and lows, the winners and losers, the status of major issues, and what comes next for Muncie. Specifically, Bilbrey will cover: The Council's discussion, public input, and first vote on Ordinance 19-26, whi

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