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Wake Up Beaumont explores politics in Beaumont, Texas, a small community on the Texas-Louisiana border with big oil history.

Wake Up Beaumont

  • Oct 18, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 32m AVG DURATION
  • 20 EPISODES


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November 2020 Elections: Jefferson County Constable

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 54:14


In this episode, I talk to Mark Mann who is running for Jefferson County Constable, precinct 1. We talk about hard issues surrounding mental health,…Continue readingNovember 2020 Elections: Jefferson County Constable

November 2020: Texas Courts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 15:27


In this episode, we are talking about the two highest courts in Texas – the Supreme Court, which handles civil stuff, and the Court of…Continue readingNovember 2020: Texas Courts

November 2020 Elections: Jefferson County Elections

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 45:15


In this episode, we talk to Sheriff Zena Stephens about her candidacy, her accomplishments, and what exactly the Sheriff does. Resources Joe Arpaio, former disgraced…Continue readingNovember 2020 Elections: Jefferson County Elections

November 2020 Elections: Texas Rail Road Commission

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 34:49


The Texas Rail Road Commission is one of the most powerful positions in Texas – and it has nothing to do with Rail Roads. Official…Continue readingNovember 2020 Elections: Texas Rail Road Commission

November 2020 Elections: U. S. Sentate

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 49:07


In today’s episode we talk to Libertarian candidate for U.S Texas Senator Kerry McKennon! We’ll talk about what the Senate does, how to pick a…Continue readingNovember 2020 Elections: U. S. Sentate

Homelessness during a Hurricane

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 30:16


In this hurricane evacuation bonus episode, I talk to three homelessness advocates about what it’s like to try to outrun a storm when you don’t…Continue readingHomelessness during a Hurricane

Economic Justice

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 31:32


In this episode, we talk to workers right’s activist Kara Sheehan about how the lack of worker’s protections in America has led to scary consequences…Continue readingEconomic Justice

2020 Texas Democratic Primaries – Run Off: Justice of the Peace

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 22:35


In this short episode, I follow up with candidate Naomi Showers Doyle about her candidacy. Listen to the episode I produced earlier this year to…Continue reading2020 Texas Democratic Primaries – Run Off: Justice of the Peace

2020 Texas Primaries: Senate Run Off – Hegar v. West

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 46:07


Today we are spending a lot of time talking about the Senate run off race between MJ Hegar and Royce West to see which ofContinue reading2020 Texas Primaries: Senate Run Off – Hegar v. West

Covid19 in BMT: Rent

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 29:14


In this episode, there is an update on local Covid19 statistics, information about the census, and the very real potential for mass homelessness and evictions…Continue readingCovid19 in BMT: Rent

Black Lives Matter in Beaumont

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 21:08


In this episode, I take a moment to talk about the Black Lives Matter movement in our community in as much as I am comfortableContinue readingBlack Lives Matter in Beaumont

COVID19 in BMT: Delivery! with Lauren Bebeau

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 31:02


 

2019 Democratic Primaries: Justice of the Peace

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 30:55


The closest you might ever come to court, other than jury duty, might just be the Justice of the Peace. And while, yes, some casesContinue reading2019 Democratic Primaries: Justice of the Peace

2020 Democratic Primaries: Texas Railroad Commission

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 17:47


In this episode, we very quickly run through the basics of the controversial Texas Railroad Commission (spoiler alert, I am not a fan) and brieflyContinue reading2020 Democratic Primaries: Texas Railroad Commission

2020 Primaries: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2020 22:22


In this episode we are looking at the Democratic candidates for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that got a lot of national attention last…Continue reading2020 Primaries: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

2020 Primaries: Democratic Party Chair

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 37:45


Keep reading for resources and links!

Media Literacy with Michael Saar

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 38:30


This episode first aired before the 2018 mid-term elections. There is so much in this episode that is so relevant to the same arguments that…Continue readingMedia Literacy with Michael Saar

Defining Home: feat Jenny Wilson and Daniel Valdez

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 20:45


Writer Jenny Wilson and poet Daniel Valdez sit down to read poems inspired by life in Southeast Texas and how politics, life, and art all…Continue readingDefining Home: feat Jenny Wilson and Daniel Valdez

The Judge’s New Robes: Mitch Templeton

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 24:28


In this episode, I follow up with Mitch Templeton of the 172nd District Court, elected  to the court in 2018. We have a conversation about…Continue readingThe Judge’s New Robes: Mitch Templeton

The Coffee Runs with Teej Rodman

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 55:01


I’m excited (and a little nervous) to give you this new show that I’ve started with Teej Rodman. It is totally unlike any of my…Continue readingThe Coffee Runs with Teej Rodman

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