Pennsylvania Legacies

About Pennsylvania Legacies

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) protects and restores the natural and built environments through innovation, collaboration, education, and advocacy. PEC believes in the value of partnerships with the private sector, government, communities, and individuals to improve the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians.

Publisher

Pennsylvania Environmental Council

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Aug 2016

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 267 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Magnificent Monarchs

   Brandywine Conservancy's President, Ellen Ferretti, discusses their initiative to establish Monarch Waystations in the Laurel Highlands to support declining monarch butterfly populations.

2. 

   28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Generations Yet to Come

   Host [Host Name] interviews former state lawmaker Franklin Kury about his groundbreaking Environmental Rights Amendment and its lasting impact on Pennsylvania's future.

3. 

   5 Jun 2026

   Advanced Transmission Advances

   Last month the PA state House unanimously approved legislation requiring utilities to consider Advanced Transmission Technologies (ATTs) -- hardware and software innovations that make the electric grid smarter and more efficient -- in their infrastructure planning. As the Senate takes up HB 2223, we're republishing our 2025 interview with Jenny Netherton of the Pew Charitable Trusts and Chris D'Agostino of Advanced Energy United. Plus, PEC's John Walliser has an overview of pending energy legislation heading into the General Assembly's busiest season.

Inside a recent episode

Magnificent Monarchs

Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] All So that means it has lots of milkweed plants because, of course, monarch caterpillars can only ingest milkweed. And then it has a lot of nectar plants, not only in the summer, but also in the fall to support their migration and support them in their adult stage. Awesome. Now you mentioned migration. So monarch butterflies fly south to Mexico in the winter. Is that correct? They do right about now since it's early September. Usually for us here at 40 degrees north latitude, it's late August, early September is when the monarch butterflies that we see here start to move south to central Mexico, which is where there's a special tree called oil male fir forest. that they will overwinter in because it's at the right elevation, it has the right humidity and just the perfect environment for them to survive winter until they can start successive generations in the new year. […]

Who has been a guest on Pennsylvania Legacies

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Franklin Kury
• Rachael Stark
• Brett Hollern
• Zhenya Nalywayko
• Pennsylvania Christmas tree expert

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

24,387

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

86

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

85

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