Awake in Wyoming

Christian rants about the campus tour 911 call at CSU and MoniJ drops knowledge on the influence of the tobacco industry in Wyoming. Then we welcome educational equity scholar Giovianna Burrell to talk about her upbringing in Wyoming and her Colloquy for Black Women that she recently held in Cheyenne.

Moni-J and Christian welcome Mary Throne to talk about her campaign and some of the pressing issues in this election.

Christian and Moni-J discuss the legislative session, Black History Month, and the phenomenon that is Black Panther. Then we welcome Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Gary Trauner to talk about his approach to politics and his campaign.

Christian and Moni-J discuss the state budget deficit, education and lots more with Representative Olsen at the outset of the state legislative session.

Moni-J and Christian are back for 2018! In this episode, we briefly mention a few candidates that are running for office in Wyoming in 2018.  We also comment on the public defender budget shortfall in the state, how the shortfall creates a big risk for the state, and what the impact on poor defendants could be. We also welcome Darrah J Perez, of the Wind River reservation.  She tells us about life on the res and some of her involvement there. She also shares some original poetry with us.  Please have a look at her impressive body of published works here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s?k=darrah%20perez

We talk about the political makeup of Wyoming and discuss ACA open enrollment. Then we welcome our guest Antonio Serrano of Juntos Wyoming. https://www.facebook.com/Juntoswyoming/ Here are a few links that we mentioned for state and local governments and other political groups in the state: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LSOWEB/Default.aspx State of Wyoming Legislature http://www.cheyennecity.org/134/City-Council Cheyenne City Council http://www.ci.laramie.wy.us/cityhall/council/index.html Laramie City Council Wyoming.gop Wyoming Republican Party http://www.wyodems.org/ Wyoming Democrats http://wyoprogressives.org/ Wyoming Progressives Indivisible Cheyenne-Southeast corner of Wyoming (search on Facebook)-closed group

In our first episode, Moni-J and Christian introduce the podcast, ourselves, and interview Isabel Perez of the Wyoming Latina Youth Conference.