Community Spread Kevin Lundell
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The struggle for marginalized Americans to gain their inalienable rights is cemented in our history and has always been met with fierce opposition. In this show we discuss the past, present, and future battle that those groups have faced. We hope to tell these stories through local voices from those marginalized communities who have faced discrimination and continue to battle it's evils.
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Priscilla Martinez A Uniquely Qualified Candidate For Ogden City Coucil
Ogden City Council candidate Priscilla Martinez on the pod to talk to us about her unique life experience and what it's been like to run for City Council in Ogden. Her background in social services, education, and health makes her a uniquely qualified candidate to represent District 3 in Ogden.
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"I Trust Them With My Life" With Amanda King
Amanda King is a West Point graduate who served three tours in Afghanistan. She shares what it was like working with the people of Afghanistan during her time there.
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Title 9 and the Fight for Equity in Sports with Jaynee Nadolski
Jaynee Nadolski is the Senior Associate Commissioner for Compliance & Governance of the Big Sky Conference. She also serves as the Senior Woman Administrator for the conference office and is the league's liaison between the NCAA and conference institutions for all compliance, academic and governance issues. Jaynee is also an accomplished two sport high school and collegiate athlete. She came on the podcast today to talk about the progress that has been made, and still needs to be made, both nationally and locally in women's sports.
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The Pursuit for Political Asylum - Part II With Luis Lopez
Ogden City Councilmen Luis Lopez is back on the pod completing his immigration story. He shares with us how his experience with asylum has shaped his politics, his passions, and his character. Go check out Luis' nonprofit organization https://www.facebook.com/lupec.us
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The Pursuit For Political Asylum With Luis Lopez
On the pod today we have Ogden City Councilmen Luis Lopez. Luis was born and reared in Guadalajara, Jalisco – Mexico. Under intense pressure from the Mexican government he and his family immigrated to the United States at the age of 19 under the protection of the DEA. In this episode we explore his experiences during an extremely difficult time in his life as he and his family were seeking political asylum here in the United States. His story was detailed in the NY Times back in 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/us/us-mexico-dea-informant.html
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Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding Through Music w/ Awegust The Great
Awegust The Great, the creator of our theme music, stopped by the pod to talk about how he creates justice through his music. We played "ok stop" with the theme music "Amerikkka's Heaven's Gotta Ghetto" and he was able to tell us where the inspiration came for the lyrics and what they mean to him. Awegust's passion is to bring peace and justice via wisdom, knowledge, and understanding through his music and lyrics.
https://www.facebook.com/awegustthegreat
https://soundcloud.com/awegust-thegreat-music
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6jmmuI27V95k8kqFsIThA
Customer Reviews
I love it!
If you love Ogden then you will love this podcast. These are the kinds of conversations that we need to have and hear, especially at the local level and from local people. Kevin’s interviewing gets better and better with every episode, too!
Fantastic Thoughtful Engaging Content
This podcast appeals to everyone. Kevin does a great job of choosing guests that have a story worth hearing.
It will make you think and examine what you think you know and believe.
Local dialog
Conversations like these can be found on a national level but hearing them from your own local community makes them all the more relevant and compelling.