{"id":26199,"date":"2025-04-07T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/?p=26199"},"modified":"2025-05-13T16:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:42:36","slug":"podcast-96-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/podcast-96-oconnor\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul Pitt Media Health &#038; Business Report Episode #96 | Interview with Corey O&#8217;Connor, Allegheny County Controller and Candidate For Mayor of Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6dvvwPdeqsZasYE9I51rS3?si=Z9kq09JQQBO9vqWsSlDD6w\"><strong>LISTEN NOW ON SPOTIFY!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/soul-pitt-media\/embed\/episodes\/96--Interview-with-Corey-OConnor--Allegheny-County-Controller-and-Candidate-For-Mayor-of-Pittsburgh-e31oea0\/a-abt5aam\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-TopBanner-oconnor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26261 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-TopBanner-oconnor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-TopBanner-oconnor.png 440w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-TopBanner-oconnor-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join Craig as he discusses with Corey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Corey, I read that childhood education is something that you really feel is important. Can you talk to our listeners as to why you feel that way?<\/p>\n<p>2) Corey, lately our community has witnessed some real pushback on DEI programs. How will your administration, if you are elected, work with minority businesses in Pittsburgh to make sure that our community continues to grow?<\/p>\n<p>3) If, elected mayor, what is your vision for Pittsburgh in the next four years?<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, make sure you listen to our Community Calendar (brought to you by Pittsburgh Regional Transit, PRT) with Debbie Norrell at the end of each of our interviews so you can keep up with what\u2019s going on in our Pittsburgh region.<\/p>\n<p>Soul Pitt Media\u2019s Health &amp; Business Report is sponsored by UPMC, Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT), Duquesne Light Co., Allegheny County Health Department, Pennsylvania\u2019s Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Central Outreach Wellness Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/category\/soul-pitt-podcast\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR ALL PODCASTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-Guest-Promo-for-Blasts-OConnor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26200 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-Guest-Promo-for-Blasts-OConnor-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-Guest-Promo-for-Blasts-OConnor-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-Guest-Promo-for-Blasts-OConnor-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-Guest-Promo-for-Blasts-OConnor-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-Guest-Promo-for-Blasts-OConnor-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Podcast-96-Guest-Promo-for-Blasts-OConnor.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN NOW ON SPOTIFY! Join Craig as he discusses with Corey: 1) Corey, I read that childhood education is something that you really feel is important. Can you talk to our listeners as to why you feel that way? 2) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/podcast-96-oconnor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soul-pitt-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 10:07:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26199"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26270,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26199\/revisions\/26270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}