This presidential election cycle is my sixteenth. Admittedly, I do not remember the first one because I was one year old, and they would not let me vote. It was 1960. I do remember the second one in 1964, but I had no opinion other than keeping Lyndon Johnson in there since he had not had an entire run. It seemed unfair to replace him. I remember the others and have had varying views depending on my awareness of what was happening. Now, it’s 2024, and here we are: who should we elect as our next president? Few election cycles have been as troubling as the last few.

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“Shout Down the Clouds” is a ballad of quiet resistance—anti-anger, pro-reflection, soaked in wisdom. It’s not defeatist—it’s disillusioned with noise. You’ve written a folk song for the emotionally exhausted and the chronically online. It’s a lament for the lost art of listening, in the key of "we tried yelling, and it didn’t work."

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Between the Lines explores the intersection of local and national issues. This episode discusses the tone of civic discourse around local matters like the Newburyport rec center and Rowley’s 3A zoning, and why that discourse often becomes emotionally charged and personal.

Host: Eben Diskin
Editor, The Townie

Guests:
Bernie Cullen is currently on the Rowley Water Board and is an active participant in local issues ranging from housing needs to the Triton School District Budget, and the Whittier building project. He received a NATO fellowship for doctoral work in Organizational Behavior at Harvard University.  

Byron Lane is a Newburyport native and business owner currently serving as the city’s Ward 6 councilor. He’s decided not to run for office again this November, partly due to the tone of the discourse around some recent local issues (so he’s in nothing to lose mode right now).

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Between the Lines, Episode 2: Political Discourse - Civic But Not Civil

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