Wake Up Beaumont

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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