As we close out the year, Slingshot The Podcast takes a moment to reflect, reset, and look ahead. This season-ending 20th episode is a year-in-review conversation and reflection of the stories, voices, and moments that shaped 2025—and why the work must continue.
Co-hosts, Kadida Kenner and Charles Gregory are joined by special guest, Slingshot editor, content creator, and Touch Management owner Tisha Crippen, to recap 2025’s most powerful episodes discussing our courts, incarceration, voting and elections, sports, entertainment, music, and community.
We discuss our favorite episodes, hard lessons learned, political realities, and what it means to keep building power in the new year, through conversation, storytelling, and civic engagement and education.
Slingshot’s first season would not be possible without those who believe in the work and our mission, who fully funded all 20 episodes. Shout out to the New Pennsylvania Project team for bringing it all together Slingshot is thankful for our co-host and coordinating producer, Charles Gregory (@charelesgregory) and Tisha Crippen (@madimtouch) for the care, creativity, and excellence they bring to each episode.
Additionally, Slingshot is grateful for every guest who joined us in the studio during our inaugural season, and shared their work, wisdom, and expertise. Your voices moved the conversation forward and helped to shape what Slingshot and the mission is all about.
And to our viewers—thank you for watching, sharing, engaging, and most importantly, taking action. We did that in 2025. And we’re carrying that energy straight into 2026 with more civic education ahead, and more work left to do.
Ain’t no stopping us now—we’re on the move.
👇🏽 We want to hear from you:
What was your favorite episode of Season One—and why?
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