Patriot-made Audio Podcast

  This is a commentary from PatriotMade-Audio's Rita Rich.  While the Republican and Democratic National Conventions were playing on cable TV, outside the commentator's front window was a very different scene.  Heavy construction equipment rumbled up and down her block, shaking the walls and floors of her house. But, this was good news. Sixty-year-old lead water mains were being dug up from her street and replaced with new ones.   If you didn't hear much about Flint at the conventions, please listen to this commentary. The wheels of justice are finally turning against the public servants who failed Flint.    Please feel to send comments to patmadeaudio@gmail.com

This is commentary or reflections of Patriot-Made Audiocast's Rita Rich. The question that we want you to comment on is, "Are you working on Labor Day or the weekend before Labor Day?" Go to our website at patriotmadeaudio.com and send us your comments. In addition, you may e-mail us at patmadeaudio@gmail.com  

This is Patriot-Made Audio's second year featuring U.S. made school supplies.  We imagine most families are shopping to stock up on pencils, notebooks, binder, backpacks and more. The National Retail Federation's annual survey estimates that the average family with students in kindergarten through to 12th grade will spend about $630.00 on school supplies, electronics and clothes for back to school.  Of that figure, families will spend an average of $97.74 on school supplies such as notebooks, folders, pencils, backpacks and lunch boxes.  Please visit our website and take a look at our shopping lists and suggestions.  

He's your baby, and you know that he doesn't just shave away stubble from his face---he manscapes and grooms.  Why not manscape the Patriot-Made way. Check out the made in USA products at www.classicshaving.com.  Have you heard of the U.P.? That stands for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. That's where they still handcraft straight edge razors, the kind you see in movies. You know, like the kind you see in the movies after when a cowboy goes to a barber to get cleaned up, after riding into town on a dusty range. Visit Classic Shaving on the web here. Visit the Patriot-Made Audiocast website here. Or, contact Flatlands Avenue Productions partner Debra Grobman here.  

This is the third of 3 2 minute podcasts featuring Jon Sinton. Sinton, who co-founded Air America back in 2004 and is currently the co-founder of Progressive Voices, spoke with Patriot-Made's Rita Rich. Sinton who is based in Atlanta, GA, attended the 2015 Netroots Nation gathering in Phoenix, AZ.  This is blunt discussion about the challenges of leading passionate citizens and united them during Presidential election years.  

This is part 2 of a 3 part series from Patriot-Made Audio Progressive Voices co-founder Jon Sinton. Patriot-Made Audiocast narrator Rita Rich and Sinton discuss impact activists had on the presentations of Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley at the Phoenix 2015 gathering of progressives.  

 Rita Rich debriefed Progressive Voices co-founder Jon Sinton after he returned from Phoenix, from Netroots Nation 2015.   This is the first of three reports. Each reports is 2 minutes in length.  In report one Sinton reviews how Arizona's immigration policies turned off many progressives and activists.   

Reclaiming Wood and Lives in Ann Arbor  Patriot-Made Audio's current podcast feature (one of  two) is about Urban Ashes, which is an Ann Arbor, Michigan company who takes diseased or damaged wood from from urban area trees and mills to make beautiful hand-made goods including ready-made photo frames, custom frame moldings, home goods, custom-made furniture, and custom-designed products. As you'll learn from our two podcasts in this series about Paul Hickman (click here), the President and founder of Urban Ashes, the company is proud to recycle lives as well. Read our entire story about Urban Ashes on our blog to learn more You can visit our blog at PatriotMade-Audiocast's website to read all our podcast stories which provide more details for a fun read.   To reach our producers please email us at patmadeaudio@gmail.com. You can also text us or leave us a voice message at (202) 594-6138.

This is Patriot-Made Audio's second in a series of camping podcasts featuring The National Wildlife Federation's David Mizejewski (@Dmizejewski). David tells us about his own camping and outdoor memories.  Text us your camping memories with a video/voice recording to (202) 594-6138 or via email at patmadeaudio@gmail.com You can get lists of US Made camp supplies, camping/hiking APPS & the best places to camp in the US at http://bit.ly/1RE8bPY

It's summertime and this month Patriot-Made Audio is featuring an interview with The National Wildlife Federation's David Mizejewski (read his bio here ). He says you may already have the basics for camping at home and encourages everyone to take the Great Campout Challenge. Tent camping with your family can be one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll ever have as a traveler. There's something about being away from home and then setting up your shelter together as a family or group, organizing your gear, your kitchen, cooking and working together: it’s always fertile ground for creativity, improvisation, comedy, and bonding which will undoubtedly create endearing life long memories.  Read more and get a list of Camping essentials, Camping and hiking APPs, and a list of US MADE Camping supplies on our blog at Patriot Made Audio

Progressive Voices host Leslie Marshall shares one of her best childhood summer memories that involves pennies, chocolate and her six years old memories about when her family took a road trip out of Massachusetts.  We also provide some cute contrast with five year old Alex and his debut podcast story from Germantown Maryland. He very excitedly tells our field producer about his favorite summer memory, thus far. Of course, sand is important to five year old boys! Record your child's favorite summer memory and send it to us.   To find out more about Leslie Marshall please visit her website.  Please call your local talk station to request that they carry our podcast show! You can support the show by becoming a podcast subscriber and get a commercial free podcasts of Patriot-Made Audio. We are also available on iTunes. Got a summer memory? Tell us all about it and share it with us by sending your voice recording to patmadeaduio@gmail.com or text your audio memo to us at (202)

This is part 5 of Patriot-Made Audio's ongoing summer memories series. We bring you comedian and activist Tara Devlin of the Progressive Voices Channel and Elisse Western. What's more American than summer bar-b-ques and the smell of suntan lotion?  Well, not every family pitches a tent or gets their kids out of the city a summer vacation. Sometimes families are simply stuck in the city, all summer long. Take a listen to Progressive Voices channel host Tara Devlin's memories. She burst our summer fantasy bubble and we're delighted that she did.  You can follow the Twitter page of Comedian/Activist Tara (dacktyl) Devlin and listen to her 2-minute tirades via the Progressive Voices Channel or via Soundcloud. She tweets from Twitter @RepubDirtyTrick. Conversely, we also bring you Elisse Western, a proud employee of the Olive Garden Restaurant in Frederick, Maryland. Elisse is a fresh faced,&nbs

We thank executive producer Pattie Lockard and the hosts of Nurse Talk Radio, Casey Hobbs and Shayne Mason of Nurse Talk Radio for sharing some of their summer memories with us.   Please tell your friends to send us their favorite summer memories via text to 2025946138@vtext.com, or via email to patmadeaudio@gmail.com and enter in the subject line My Summer Memories.  

  We're interested in hearing the stories you're passing down to your kids and friends. Record short versions of them on your smart phone or tablet, and please email them to us at patmadeaudio@gmail.com. Text your recording to us at 202.594.6138, We may just create a podcast using your story and we'll share it with our Patriot-Made/Made in USA enthusiast listeners! Rita

Whether we've interviewed you via SKYPE, on the street, over the phone, or simply just met you on Facebook or Twitter, thanks for recording short stories about your best summer memories! Please tell your friends to send us their  favorite summer memories via text to 2025946138@vtext.com, or via email to patmadeaudio@gmail.com.

This is a commentary from the writers of the Patriot-Made Audiocast. It's going into rotation on the Progressive Voices Channel on TuneIn. June 26, 2015 will go down in history as the date that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) caught the U.S. up with Canada. It proclaimed that gay marriages shall be recognized in all the states in our Union, not just the handful that perform them.  The commentary contains the thoughts of Rita Rich, and how she personally relates to the story.   You're welcome to share your views with us on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/patriotmadeaudio.    

Listen to an example of how one man's family lore became a cottage industry that you can read more about at davidquinnbooks.com.  It's officially summer time, when families and friends gather around the bar-b-que and table, and share stories and memories.  David Quinn's stories are especially intriguing about his great-great-uncles's life in frontier America, and how as a boy, he left Ireland for England to escape starvation. Many Irish Americans have similiar stories. We're interested in hearing the stories you're passing down to your kids and friends. Record short versions of them on your smart phone or tablet, and please email them to us at patmadeaudio@gmail.com.  We may just create a podcast using your story and we'll share it with our Patriot-Made/Made in USA enthusiast listeners! Rita

Patriot-Made Audio spent some time with a very busy Reggie Milligan, co-founder  of mantry.com.   Mantry is pronounced like pantry, but with an M.  It's a monthly subscription of all Made-in-USA artisinal food, beverages and other tasty tid-bits that will always fit your Father, on Father's Day, and beyond. Banish the thought that you and your kids will buy Mr. Dad another tie, or sweather for Father's Day. He'd rather eat, or try new, unique recipes for some of his favorite foods, foods that Reggie traveled all over the U.S. to find! Much more about this story is available at patriotmadeaudio.com. To contact us with your Made in America story idea please contact us at rita@flatlandsavellc.com, debra@flatlandsavellc.com or alice@flatlandsavellc.com Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/patriotmadeaudio. Thanks for listening and please share our link!

This is the story that has been in rotation on the Progressive Voices Channel on Tune-In, about holding onto an old Made in America product, even if the parts to maintain and repair it are hard to come by.  It's also a story about a movement that families and communities are participating in: growing their own food because they distrust the chemistry behind big ag products.  We hope you take a listen, and if you enjoy this please check out our website at patriotmadeaudio.com

This time of year we pay our respects by remembering the people who've died while serving in our country's armed forces, and to those who continue to serve our country.  Many families visit cemeteries and memorials, particularly to honor those who have died in military service.  And, many volunteers place an American flag on gravesin national and local cemeteries.   But, if you are looking for another way to volunteer this Memorial Day, then listen to Rita Rich by clicking here, as she interviews Jennifer Lund, Ph.D. – Founder & Executive Director of Hero-Dogs.  This Memorial Day, we at Patriot-Made Audio pay tribute to a uniquely heroic work in process through Hero Dogs, Inc.  And, if you will be in Washington, DC on Memorial Day during Rolling Thunder, consider stopping by their booth to volunteer with Hero-Dogs!  MORE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: Hero-Dogs.org is a Maryland 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that raises and