Politically Pissed

This week we spoke with David Ortiz, candidate for HD 38. We discussed service to the country, working across the aisle, affordable housing, and so much more.

This week we spoke with Iman Jodeh, candidate for HD41. We discussed her faith and how it influences her decisions, Health Care, Criminal Justice reform, and so much more. We hope you enjoy listening and support Iman!

This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Professor John Ronquillo from the University of Colorado. John is currently running to become the State Representative from House District 40 in West Aurora. Jon has interesting takes on education, and access to it. We discussed everything from public education to access to higher education. We also discussed healthcare in Colorado and across the county, and it's affects on people with fewer means. We hope you enjoy the episode!

This week the gang spoke to Theo Wilson, an activist and spoken word poet. We discussed racism on the internet, toxic masculinity, and so much more.

This week we spoke to Joe Salazar, former state Rep. and Senator. He discussed how he got thrusted into politics, the work he has done, other officials from around the state, and so much more. We really enjoyed speaking with him and learning so much more about the racial strife in theSstate of Colorado.

This week we spoke to Raffi Mercuri, the Chair of the Boulder County Democrats. We discussed diversity issues, Charter Schools, institutional disadvantages for homeless, and so much more. We hope you enjoy the episode!

This week we spoke with Radhika Nath, candidate for Denver School Board Disctrict 1. We discussed charter schools, funding, and oversight in the Denver Public School system. She brings to light the view of a concerned parent dealing with DPS and how she hopes to make changes for the better.

This week we met with Professor Nader Hashemi, the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and an Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver; Ismail Akbulut President of Multicultural Mosaic Foundation; and Obeid Kaifo Member of the Syrian American Council. We discussed the recent actions by Turkey in their assault on Syria, how it affects the region, and the world at large.

This week we spoke to Megan Creeden about sexual harassment at the capitol. We discussed the history of harassment at the capitol, her experience with the process, and what has changed since she became outspoken about her incident with Sen. Baumgardner.

We discuss the past of Stapleton and the history that lingers. We discuss racial strife in North East Denver.

This week we spoke to Cole Wist, former Republican State Representative for HD 37. We talk about his time in office, working in bipartisan ways, and 2020 races.

This week we spoke to Lorena Garcia who is a candidate for the US Senate in 2020. We discussed Inequality, Education, and Immigration. We hope you enjoy and don't forget to vote in 2020!

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This week we were joined by Simon Maghakyan. an activist that worked with Andrew Romanoff's Campaign. We also discussed Municipal Election Runoffs, and Community engagement.

We spent some time with Nicky Yollick discussing the education systems here in Colorado and how we are failing the children. How certain organizations are looking to help, while others are looking to corrupt.

This week we discuss a few bills that became law, and ones that didn't. We discuss some of the people involved with the changing attitudes in legislation here in Colorado. Lastly, we delve into a couple candidates in the municipal race in Denver.

This week we spoke with activist Laura Chapin about her work as a political opinion columnist, with NARAL Pro-Choice, and other political happenings around Colorado and the country!

This week we spoke with Kalyn Heffernan, candidate for Mayor of Denver. We discussed access to politics and life in general. We talked about Kalyn's activism, the 2020 race against Cory Gardner, affordable housing, and other issues around Denver.

This week Bryan Lindstrom came on the podcast to discuss his run for Aurora City Council Ward 6. We discussed how Aurora is changing, Education policy in our state, and ERPO or AKA Red Flag Bill.