Bruce's Take Castos https://bruces-take.castos.com Insights and commentary from Bruce Maples, the publisher of Forward Kentucky. Wed, 06 May 2026 19:19:51 +0000 en © 2026 https://episodes.castos.com/618da3421709c2-22879643/images/Maples-square-big.jpg Bruce's Take https://bruces-take.castos.com Insights and commentary from Bruce Maples, the publisher of Forward Kentucky. Bruce Maples episodic Insights and commentary from Bruce Maples, the publisher of Forward Kentucky. Bruce Maples Bruce@ForwardKY.com false https://feeds.castos.com/oj40k yes <![CDATA[Can We Flip the 6th?]]> Wed, 06 May 2026 19:19:51 +0000 Bruce Maples https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/69297/episode/2455676 https://bruces-take.castos.com/episodes/can-we-flip-the-6th Andy Barr's seat in KY-06 is up for grabs this fall. Can a Dem flip it? Bruce Maples does a quick look at the chances.

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Music Excerpts
  • Opening excerpted with permission from “Keep the Faith” by Robert Lamm and Hank Linderman.
  • Closing theme written specifically for Forward Kentucky by Fred Bogert.
]]> full 20260506 2026 false Andy Barr's seat in KY-06 is up for grabs this fall. Can a Dem flip it? Bruce Maples does a quick look at the chances.

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Music Excerpts
  • Opening excerpted with permission from “Keep the Faith” by Robert Lamm and Hank Linderman.
  • Closing theme written specifically for Forward Kentucky by Fred Bogert.
]]> 00:03:12 <![CDATA[How to Win as a Dem in Kentucky]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:32:56 +0000 Bruce Maples https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/69297/episode/2441461 https://bruces-take.castos.com/episodes/how-to-win-as-a-dem-in-kentucky Think it’s impossible to win as a Democrat in Kentucky? Think again!

It’s definitely possible – but you can’t do it by being mealy-mouthed and passive. You have to be loud and clear on the issues that matter to the people voting – and, you have to be clear that YOU are going to fight for them.

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Music Excerpts

  • Opening excerpted with permission from “Keep the Faith” by Robert Lamm and Hank Linderman.
  • Closing theme written specifically for Forward Kentucky by Fred Bogert.
]]> full 20260430 2026 false Think it’s impossible to win as a Democrat in Kentucky? Think again!

It’s definitely possible – but you can’t do it by being mealy-mouthed and passive. You have to be loud and clear on the issues that matter to the people voting – and, you have to be clear that YOU are going to fight for them.

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Music Excerpts

  • Opening excerpted with permission from “Keep the Faith” by Robert Lamm and Hank Linderman.
  • Closing theme written specifically for Forward Kentucky by Fred Bogert.
]]> 00:06:44 <![CDATA[The Silent Chamber]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:42:02 +0000 Bruce Maples https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/69297/episode/2376523 https://bruces-take.castos.com/episodes/the-silent-chamber “And yet, this chamber is silent – ominously, dreadfully silent.”

Spoken in the United State Senate in 2003. Are we about to see another silent chamber in 2026?

]]> full 20260227 2026 false “And yet, this chamber is silent – ominously, dreadfully silent.”

Spoken in the United State Senate in 2003. Are we about to see another silent chamber in 2026?

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