We get an update for Bob Costantini on the shooting in Las Vegas and on the Gerrymandering case heard today at the Supreme
Then we talk with Reno City Councilwoman Neoma Jardon for local reaction.
Update on Vegas Shooting and Reaction from Reno
Horrific Terrorist Attack in Las Vegas
Of course we talk all about yesterday’s shooting in Las Vegas. It was a tragic event. My guests today were RobRoy McCandless and Jim Roope.
Interview with Jason Kander About Let America Vote
My guest today was Jason Kander, President of @LetAmericaVote. Former Missouri Secretary of State and Army intelligence officer, Afghanistan veteran and CNN contributor.
We also discuss taxes, and we have a fun story about camping today.
Beyond Spin with Guest Chip Evans
Our guest was Chip Evans, host of the Chip Evans show on Saturday, to talk about what’s on his show this week and the latest in his own political journey.
We heard from Kimmi Cole about an event with rural Democrats.
I talk about Eleanor’s crazy hat day.
And again, the situation unfolding in Puerto Rico is staggering.
NFL Fiasco and Roy Moore
Today, I sit down with Edward Coleman, an advocate for the black community and an outspoken critic of the system of white supremacy. We talk Trump, the NFL and Roy Moore.
Debating Marijuana Legalization With Reno’s Last Holdout
For me, Marijuana legalization is a moral imperative. We must significantly change the failed, racist and stupid war on drugs. But, some people disagree. It’s good to hear their arguments.
Today’s Beyond Spin featured a very special guest, attorney and anti-marijuana advocate Jim Hartman. We spent an hour debating the state of Marijuana in Nevada.
UNR Professor Christopher Coake Talking Higher Education and Stephen King
On this Friday’s on Beyond Spin:
- We talk briefly about health care, because it continues to piss me off. We’re on day 193 with no Dean Heller sightings. One imagines him in his grimy underwear, hiding under his bed, too afraid to talk to me on the Radio, perhaps was abducted by Pennywise the Clown.
- My guest following the politics is Chris Coake, professor of English at UNR and an accomplished writer himself.
- We talk with Chris about UNR’s MFA program, still new enough to have that sad, old writer smell.
- We’ll talk with Chris and close the loop on the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl last week, and the burgeoning literary scene in town.
- I’ll ask Chris about the declining popularity of the liberal arts in America, and we’ll revisit a topic from last week on growing distrust of higher education among conservatives.
- And Chris and I will talk about the 70th birthday of Stephen King, in light of the smash remake of his terrifying hit “It”
Health Care and the “First White President”
We have to talk about health care again! And, if you have seen the very missing / invisible Dean Heller, please let me know! All in the first half.
In the second half, we’ll chat with Nicole Sconiers, writer, author and commentator about the latest essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates: The First White President.
Global Warming and Science Denial
Today’s guest was Alan Ferrenberg, retired rocket scientist and former science teacher and member of the Citizen’s Science Lobby. We discussed:
1. The Union of Concerned Scientists
2. Really awful Hurricane Season with Hurricane Maria heading to Puerto Rico and global warming denialism
3. What is happening at the EPA and the politicizing of scienc
4. Denying science education overall
Beyond Spin featuring Nathaniel Lloyd from Historical Blindness
The Show on Monday, Sept. 18th features:
- My good friend, writer and podcaster Nathaniel Lloyd who is going to talk all about his podcast “Historical Blindness” which is both interesting and extremely relevant to the moment.
- We’re going to talk about the latest brouhaha over Confederate Memorials and ask Nathaniel if he can help us sort out the history of these things
- We’re going to talk about partisanship, and about a recent article in VOX about the continued sorting of America.
- In our last segment, I have got to chat about the partisan rancor that enveloped the Emmy’s last night.
I’m Ed Lyngar, reminding you that Journalism is saying what someone else does not want said; everything else is public relations.”
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