Centre Access is a weekly recap of news for Centre County's 158,000 residents. We bring you stories from newsrooms across Pennsylvania and right here in Happy Valley, including original News Lab reporting and highlights from local public meetings.This student-run podcast is produced by the News Lab at Penn State and recorded in the Bellisario Media Center. Each episode includes a roundup from Centre Documenters, the first rural and student-run program in the national Documenters network. They attend and document public meetings across Centre County with a focus on Benner, College, Gregg, Halfmoon, Snowshoe, and Spring townships.In season two, new episodes drop every Friday. Subscribe wherever you listen.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCentre Access is a weekly recap of news for Centre County's 158,000 residents. We bring you stories from newsrooms across Pennsylvania and right here in Happy Valley, including original News Lab reporting and highlights from local public meetings. This student-run podcast is produced by the News Lab at Penn State and recorded in the Bellisario Media Center.
Recent episodes include "Tracking, Trespassing, and Training" (23 October 2026, 16 minutes), "Fracking, Floods, and a Four-Year Deal" (16 October 2026, 16 minutes), and "Introducing: Centre Access, Season Two" (9 October 2026, 1 minute).
Centre Access publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 15 minutes across 18 episodes.
Booking probability for Centre Access is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Centre Access requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher.
Centre Access is a news podcast with 18 episodes published.
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Episode #4
October 23, 2026 | Season 2, Episode 4 State College asks residents to help shape its Vision Zero plan to end serious and fatal crashes, including a proposed speed cut on Park Avenue. CATA launches a bus tracker that...
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Friday, October 16, 2026 (Season 2 | Episode 3) This week on Centre Access: This week on Centre Access: Pennsylvania environmental advocates push for stricter fracking rules as data center demand grows across the...
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Centre Access, Season 2! A weekly podcast bringing you a recap of news from Centre County. You can expect to hear from us every Friday morning with 6 stories and a Centre Documenters local government update. Our first...
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October 9, 2026 | Season 2, Episode 2 This week on Centre Access: Gov. Josh Shapiro comes to Bald Eagle Area High School to announce $448 million in federal broadband funding, including $29 million for Centre and...
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Saturday, May 9, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 8) This week on Centre Access: A look at what could come next for the SCI Rockview land after the prison's March closure. Months after a burst pipe at The Maxxen, residents are...
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Saturday, May 2, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 7) This week on Centre Access, News Lab reporters share their months-long investigation into rising vaccination exemption rates across rural Pennsylvania — and what's behind the...
Saturday, April 25, 2025 (Season 1 | Episode 6) This week on Centre Access: a News Lab team examines how America's official homelessness count falls short, especially in rural communities. Detainees at Pennsylvania's...
Saturday, April 18, 2026 | (Season 1, Episode 5) This week on Centre Access: the State College and Bellefonte school districts propose tax increases for 2026–27, with officials pointing to rising personnel and special...
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Saturday, April 11, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 4) This week on Centre Access: escalating tensions between the U.S., Israel, and Iran drove up gas and fertilizer costs affecting Pennsylvania farmers and consumers, Millheim...
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Saturday, April 4, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 3) This week on Centre Access: This week on Centre Access, we have an exclusive preview of a Centre Documenters and News Lab CATAbus report. We also cover a deadly house fire...
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Saturday, March 28, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 2) This week on Centre Access: Pennsylvania debates legalizing marijuana and the hundreds of millions it could bring in. AI is showing up in political campaigns in ways that...
Saturday, March 21, 2025 (Season 1 | Episode 1) This week on Centre Access: a bureaucratic snag threatens Pennsylvania's $700 million broadband plan, Penn State's president faces lawmakers over campus closures, ICE...
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Centre Access is coming! A weekly podcast bringing you a recap of news from Centre County. You can expect to hear from us every Saturday morning with 6 stories and a Centre Documenters local government update. Our first...
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Saturday, March 7, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-Season Episode) This week on Centre Access: Penn State moves to sell the State College Regional Airport to the Centre County Airport Authority, a collaborative solar energy...
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Saturday, February 28, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-Season Episode) This week on Centre Access: a judge recommends a forced sale of Rock Spring Water Company after years of infrastructure failures, College Township gets ahead...
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Saturday, February 21, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-season Episode) This week on Centre Access: Pennsylvania's rape crisis centers will see no budget increase under Governor Shapiro's latest proposal — including Centre Safe...
Saturday, February 14, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-Season Episode) This week on Centre Access: Subramanyam Vedam, the State College man who spent more than four decades in prison on a now-overturned murder conviction, remains...
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