24 episodes
Why You Should Care? Obi Umunna. Esq.
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The podcast takes local political issues and explains why you should care about them. All politics are local and so that’s where we start. The goal is for people who are not familiar with the political process to show how politics affects everything around them. It is a political podcast for people that don’t really follow politics daily. You don’t need a degree to understand the issues we will talk about. Geared towards anyone that wants to understand politics a little bit more.
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Why You Should Care about Redistricting with Andrew Pantazi
In this episode, we discuss Statewide and Jacksonville redistricting efforts and why they are so important. We sit down with Andrew Pantazi of The Tributary who has been following these discussions very closely. Warning there is some math in this episode. Andrew Pantazi edits and reports for The Tributary. He previously worked as a reporter at The Florida Times-Union where he helped organize the newsroom's union with the NewsGuild-CWA. He and his wife, Lauren, are both Jackson...
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Why you should care about Eastside Renewal with Will Brown?
This week we look at an attempt to renew the Eastside of Jacksonville with Will Brown of Jacksonville Today. We discuss why this area is important to Jacksonville becoming a first-class city. **Sound quality issues with Wifi we have fixed for future episodes bear with us** Will Brown is a Report for America corps members focusing on race, poverty and inequality for Jacksonville Today.He previously reported for the Jacksonville Business Journal. And before that, he spent more than a...
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Why should you care about Hispanic Voters?- With Evelyn Perez Verdia
Why You Should Care is back ! We are back with all new episodes. This episode is with my friend Evelyn Perez Verdia founder of "We Are Mas". We talk about what campaigns get wrong about Hispanic voters, misinformation, and how to speak to immigrant communities. Evelyn has advised several gubernatorial campaigns, several elections supervisors, and worked with non-profit and civic institutions. In 2020, Pérez-Verdía worked on the presidential campaigns including Pete Buttigieg ...
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Consultants Corner- Do Dems have a chance in 2022?
On this episode of Why You Should Care? We sit down with three of Florida's best consultants and talk everything about Florida Politics. We discuss what elected officials you should be talking about. What upcoming race they are excited about and some advice for people running for office. Guests:Jasmine Burney-Clark @missburneysaysMaya Brown @MsMayaBrownSiottis Jackson @Siottis22Charities : www.jamslife.org www.dontmissabea...
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Bonus Episode...... Obi and Nate talk with the Jax Chamber
Nate Monroe from the Florida Time and I were invited to the Jax downtown Council to talk about media and downtown. I thought some of the topics we touched on were great and wanted to share it here. Bonus Episode - Give to charity.
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Vaccine Hunger Games-The Florida Vaccine Rollout Episode
This episode is all about the vaccine rollout in Florida. People have nicknamed it the Vaccine Hungar Games because of the lack of planning that has gone into the rollout. So we have Ben Conarck, a reporter with the Miami Herald, who has been covering Covid 19 since it has appeared in Florida to discuss the state rollout.