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April 29: Melanie Bruketta, Candidate, Carson City Justice of the Peace, Department 2
April 22: Lori Bagwell, Carson City Mayor
April 15: Devan Doan, Candidate, Carson City Mayor
April 8: Lisa Schuette, Candidate, Carson City Board of Supervisors
April 1: Jason Hastings, Candidate, Carson City Mayor
February 19: Scott Hoen, Carson City Clerk-Recorder
January 29: Molly Walt, CEO, Nevada Rural Counties Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
January 22: Donna Inversin, Carson City Open Space Advisory Committee
January 15: Sheriff Kenny Furlong
January 8: Sandy Severance, Community Engagement Manager, Alzheimer’s Association of Northern Nevada
2023
December 4: Michelle Rector, Executive Director, Seniors in Service
November 27: Steve Funk, KNVC General Manager
November 20: Lori Bagwell, Carson City Mayor
November 13: Bryan Bibee, Kiwanis International
November 6: Lisa Schuette, Carson City Board of Supervisors, Ward 4
October 30: J. Kyle Dalpe, Ph.D., President, Western Nevada College
October 23: Chris Martinovich, Transportation Manager, Carson City Public Works
October 16: Bepsy Strasburg, Build2Win
October 2: Ron Pardini, PhD, emeritus professor of biochemistry at UNR
September 25: Eric Brooks, Gallery Curator, Brewery Arts Center
September 18: Jeff Sutich, Executive Director, Northern Nevada Development Authority
September 11: Michelle Joy, President and CEO, Carson Tahoe Health
August 28: Nicki Aaker, Director of Carson City Health and Human Services
August 21: Ron Norton, founder and volunteer CEO of ComputerCorps
August 14: Courtney Warner, Executive Director, Carson City Senior Center
August 7: Ron Norton, founder and volunteer CEO of ComputerCorps
July 31: Adam Keller, Gush Shalom (Hebrew for “Peace Bloc”)
July 24: Mark Robison, Local Government Reporter/Community Engagement Director, Reno Gazette Journal
July 17: Jody Miller, Night off the Streets
July 10: Andy Hummel, PE, Carson City Public Works, the Carson City Water System
June 26: Sondra Cosgrove, Assembly Bill 528, Prevention of Homelessness
June 19: Fred Lokken, Political Science Professor, TMCC, 2024 Election Season
June 5: Joy Holt, Carson City Library
May 22: Craig Downer, SB90, designating the wild mustang as the official state horse
May 15: Kate Marshall, Nevada’s 35th Lieutenant Governor, AB250, the Affordable Medicine Act
May 8: Annette Magnus, Battle Born Progress and the Institute for a Progressive Nevada
May 1: Sarah Adler, Affordable & Supportive Housing
April 17: Chas Macquarie, the Citizens Climate Lobby
April 10: Sara Manns, Compassion & Choices
April 3: Calen Evans, President, Washoe Education Association (NEA)
March 6: Karen Gedney, MD and author, Holistic Prison Reform
February 27: Andrew Feuling, Carson City Superintendent of Schools
February 20: Sarah Adler, Silver State Government Relations, Nevada Housing Coalition
February 13: Amber Falgout, Northern Nevada Manager of Battle Born Progress
February 6: Sam Shad, Hall of Fame broadcaster and host of Nevada Newsmakers
January 30: Jodi Hocking, Executive Director of Return Strong
January 23: Andrew Fueling, Carson City Superintendent of Schools
January 16: Mike Smith, Carson City Cultural Commission, the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 9: Devan Doan, Rural Engagement Coordinator, Nevada State Democratic Party
January 2: Laura Fink, proprietor of Moondance Chocolates
2022
December 5: Kenny Furlong, Carson City Sherriff
November 28: Fred Lokken, Truckee Meadows Community College political science professor
November 21: Joe Bly, KNVC 95.1 FM, Program Director
November 14: Mike Wiencek, Brewery Arts Center, Director of Operations
October 31: Chris Martinovich, Carson City Public Works, CC Ballot Measure 1, $.05 Diesel Tax for Roads
October 24: Sandra Cosgrove, PhD, Nevada Question 3, Open Primaries
October 17: Mercedes Krause, District 2, US House of Representatives candidate
October 10: Amber Falgout, Nevada Question 2, Minimum Wage
October 3: Nnedi Stephens, Nevada Question 1, Equality of Rights Amendment (2022)
September 25: Stacey Giomi, Carson City Board of Supervisors, Ward 1
September 19: Maria Guadalupe “Lupe” Ramirez, incumbent candidate for Carson City School District Board of Trustees
September 12: Shannon McDaniel, candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 40
August 29: Clerk-Recorder Candidate Stacie Wilke-McCulloch
August 22: Legislative Candidates Aaron Sims and Shannon McDaniel
June 27: Jim Peckham, Executive Director of Friends In Services Helping (FISH)
June 20: Lonnie Feemster, former NAACP Nevada State Director
June 6: Shannon McDaniel, candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 40
May 23: Aaron Sims, candidate for Nevada State Senate District 16
May 16: Elliott Parker, PhD, Professor of Economics, UNR
May 9: Tim Hanifan, primary candidate for Nevada District 2 of the United States House of Representatives
May 2: Maria Guadalupe “Lupe” Ramirez, incumbent candidate for Carson City School District Board of Trustees
April 25: Stacie Wilke-McCulloch, candidate for Carson City Clerk-Recorder
April 18: Clifford Banuelos, Tribal-State Environmental Liaison for the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada (ITCN) with the State of Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP)
Aril 11: Margaret Mello, Ward 3 candidate, Carson City Board of Supervisors
April 4: Lisa Schuette, Carson City Board of Supervisors, Ward 4
March 28: Dee Dee Foremaster, Executive Director of the Rural Center for Independent Living (RCIL)
March 21: Paul McGrath, Carson City Sheriff (1987-1995)
March 14: Kenny Furlong, Carson City Sheriff
March 7: Stacey Montooth, Nevada Indian Commission Executive Director
February 28: Jason Woodbury, Carson City District Attorney
February 21: Kimi Cole, candidate for Lieutenant Governor & Chair of the Rural Nevada Democratic Caucus
February 14: Stacey Giomi, Board of Supervisors, Ward 1
January 24: Bobbi Rahder, Museum Director, Stewart Indian School Cultural Center
2021
December 13: Adam Keller, spokesperson for Gush Shalom (“Peace Bloc”)
December 6: Aubrey Rowlatt, Carson City Clerk-Recorder
November 29: Ellen Spiegel, primary candidate for Nevada Secretary of State
November 22: Leonard Weinberg, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, UNR
November 15: Kimi Cole, candidate for Lieutenant Governor & Chair of the Rural Nevada Democratic Caucus
November 8: Mike Wiencek, Director of Operations, Brewery Arts Center
November 1: Joe Cacioppo, District 7 representative & Carson City School District Board of Trustees president
October 25: Fred Lokken, Truckee Meadows Community College political science professor
October 18: David Bugli, conductor of the Carson City Symphony
October 11: Dee Dee Foremaster, Executive Director, Rural Center for Independent Living (RCIL) & Do Drop In
October 4: Deacon Craig LaGier, St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Community
September 27: Sondra Cosgrove, PhD, Executive Director, Vote Nevada & Professor of History, CSN
September 20: Kathy Sisolak, Nevada’s 1st Lady
September 13: Donald Easton-Brooks Ph.D., Dean of the College of Education & Human Development, UNR
September 6: Kenneth T. Furlong, Carson City Sheriff
August 30: Elissa Cadish, Associate Justice, Nevada Supreme Court
August 23: Denise Hecht-Mack, Executive Director, Capital City C.I.R.C.L.E.S. Initiative
August 16: Howard Beckerman, the historical roots of Middle Eastern conflicts
August 9: Adam Keller, Israeli peace activist, spokesperson for Gush Shalom (“Peace Bloc”)
June 28: Sam Shad, Hall of Fame Broadcaster & host of Nevada Newsmakers
June 21: James DeHaven, state politics reporter, Reno Gazette Journal and the USA Today Network
June 14: Craig Downer, Wild Horse & Burro Ecologist
June 7: Laura E. Perkins, Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Regent, District 1
May 31: Dan Galpern, Environmental Attorney
May 24: Fred Lokken, Political Science professor, TMCC
May 17: Annette Magnus, Executive Director, Battle Born Progress
May 10: Elliott Parker, PhD, Economics professor, University of Nevada-Reno
May 3: Sondra Cosgrove, History professor, College of Southern Nevada
April 26: Climate change and Nevada’s wild horses and burros, with biologist Craig Downer
April 19: Chas Macquarie, Citizens’ Climate Lobby
April 12: Elizabeth Haase MD, Medical Director of Behavioral Health, Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center
April 5: Ali Banister, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Carson City Juvenile Services
March 29: Sam Metz, Associated Press & the Report for America Statehouse News Initiative
March 22: Mark Bettencourt, Project Director, Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty (NVCADP)
March 15: Elliott Parker, PhD, UNR Economics professor and Nevada’s Second Gentleman
March 8: Margarida Jorge, Executive Director of Health Care for America Now
March 1:Alexander Marks, Communications Director for the Nevada State Education Association
February 22: Christine Saunders, Policy Director at Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
February 15: Ed Komenda, Las Vegas reporter for the Reno Gazette Journal
February 8: Sarah Adler, Principal at Silver State Government Relations
February 1: Annette Magnus, Executive Director of Battle Born Progress
January 25: Ananda Campbell, Carson High School Library Media Specialist/CCSD Library Coordinator
January 18: Paul Klein, Tri-Strategies LTD, Compassion & Choices for medical aid-in-dying legislation
January 11: Patrick Donnelly, Nevada State Director of the Center for Biological Diversity
January 4: Dee Dee Foremaster, Executive Director of the Rural Center for Independent Living
2020
December 28: Aaron Ford, Nevada Attorney General
December 21: Clint Koble, former Executive Director of the Department of Agriculture’s Nevada Rural Development Council
December 14: John Barrette, Carson City Supervisor, Ward 4
December 7: Fred Lokken, political science professor, Truckee Meadows Community College, pt. 2
November 30: Tod Colegrove, Carson City Library, pt. 2
November 23: Tod Colegrove, Carson City Library
November 16: Fred Lokken, political science professor, Truckee Meadows Community College
November 9: Nnedi Stephens, Young Democrats of Nevada National Committeewoman
November 2: Christina Forrester, Executive Director/Founder of Christian Democrats of America and the Christians Against Hate
October 26: Judicial candidates Ozzie Fumo and Bonnie Bulla
October 19:Patricia Ackerman, candidate US Congressional District 2
October 12: Sena Loyd, candidate Nevada Assembly District 40
October 5: Stacie Wilke-McCulloch, candidate for Carson City Board of Supervisors, Ward 2
September 28: Jeannette Strong, Nevada News Group political columnist
September 21: Sondra Cosgrove, President of the League of Women Voters
September 14: Fred Lokken, TMCC Political Science professor, on the NV and DC pre-election political scene
September 7: Journalists Bob Conrad and Bob Stoldal discuss the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919
August 31: Eric Biggart, Chair of LDS Democrats of America
August 24: Mary Liveratti, senior advocate & past president of NV AARP
August 17: Patricia Ackerman, Congressional District 2 candidate