Podcasts about Unaffiliated

On this week's episode, host Tim Boyum reconnects with Shelane Etchison. She was North Carolina's first ever Congressional unaffiliated candidate to make it on the ballot. Independents aren't a party, they aren't a third party, they're exactly as they sound — independent. Although she lost the election, she significantly outperformed all other non-major party candidates, exceeding expectations.  “The burden for unaffiliated candidates to get on the ballot, I believe, is too high right now. The bar is too high right now,” Etchison told Boyum. “The amount of money I had to allocate to that, the time and effort, it just already puts you at an impasse.” So, how does she feel now after running? Can an unaffiliated candidate ever win, and what's next for her? Listen to find out her experience.

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 30, 2025‘Let America Vote Act' Would Encourage States Allow Unaffiliated Voters to Vote in PrimariesAmerican voters identifying as “independent” are the largest group of voters, at 43%, according to recent Gallup polling.  Depending on what kind of primary election your state parties have, millions of unaffiliated voters may not be able to vote.   A bill in the U.S. House called the “Let America Vote Act” would change that.To view the whole script of today's report, please go to our website.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Gallup - GOP Holds Edge in Party Affiliation for Third Straight YearNational Conference of State Legislatures - State Primary Election TypesAmerican Democracy Minute - (2023)  Who Can Vote in a State Primary? Well, that Depends on Where You Live and Sometimes Whether You Belong to a Political PartyOffice of U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) - Gluesenkamp Perez, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Election Reform and Integrity LegislationU.S. Congress - H.R.155 - To require States to permit unaffiliated voters to vote in primary elections for Federal office, and for other purposesGeorgia Recorder/States News - Though noncitizens can vote in few local elections, GOP goes big to make it illegalBipartisan Policy Center - (2024) The Effect of Open Primaries on Turnout and Representation Groups Taking Action:Open Primaries, Represent.Us, Unite AmericaPlease follow us on Facebook and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!Are you a radio station?  Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Radio Network's Audioport and PRX#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #OpenPrimaries #LetAmericaVoteAct #VotingRights

We revisit the idea of how to find your "tribe" and discuss what if you don't want one! This was a fun conversation with some good insight from the Suite Talkers. We weigh the pros and cons of being an "unaffiliated swinger" and decide if that's what we are. Let us know where you think you fit.As always, thanks for listening!Support the people who support this show:Shameless Care (promo code: SUITELIFE)Expansive Connection!Foambusters.com!Be sure to SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW! We appreciate any and all feedback!Check out our show and MANY others on FullSwapRadio!How to stay in-touch with us:Email: thesuitelifepodcast@gmail.comFollow us here for info on upcoming LIVE episodes:Instagram: @thesuitelifepodcastTwitter: @suitelifepodFacebook: Livin' the Suite Life (Tryst Loq Suitelife)Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the Livin' the Suite Life Podcast YouTube Channel!

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Today I talked to David Tereshchuk about his memoir A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter (Envelope Books, 2024) Tereshchuk leapt from a bleak childhood in a small town on the English-Scottish borders to a precocious high-flying career as a TV reporter, first in London, then in New York. During his years as a journalist, he managed to elicit revealing statements from tyrants and the oppressed, but there was one person he never persuaded to open up to him—his mother. He wanted to know just one thing: who his father was. It wasn't until he was in his 50s that she confided to having been raped, aged 15, by a priest – and even then, not all her information was reliable. Alongside his career, the search for his mother's abuser has haunted him, adding further layers of stress to a life already marked by alcoholism and insecurity. This is his astonishing story, one that deserves to sit alongside those of Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and David Brinkley, and another revelatory title from EnvelopeBooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Today I talked to David Tereshchuk about his memoir A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter (Envelope Books, 2024) Tereshchuk leapt from a bleak childhood in a small town on the English-Scottish borders to a precocious high-flying career as a TV reporter, first in London, then in New York. During his years as a journalist, he managed to elicit revealing statements from tyrants and the oppressed, but there was one person he never persuaded to open up to him—his mother. He wanted to know just one thing: who his father was. It wasn't until he was in his 50s that she confided to having been raped, aged 15, by a priest – and even then, not all her information was reliable. Alongside his career, the search for his mother's abuser has haunted him, adding further layers of stress to a life already marked by alcoholism and insecurity. This is his astonishing story, one that deserves to sit alongside those of Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and David Brinkley, and another revelatory title from EnvelopeBooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Today I talked to David Tereshchuk about his memoir A Question of Paternity: My Life As an Unaffiliated Reporter (Envelope Books, 2024) Tereshchuk leapt from a bleak childhood in a small town on the English-Scottish borders to a precocious high-flying career as a TV reporter, first in London, then in New York. During his years as a journalist, he managed to elicit revealing statements from tyrants and the oppressed, but there was one person he never persuaded to open up to him—his mother. He wanted to know just one thing: who his father was. It wasn't until he was in his 50s that she confided to having been raped, aged 15, by a priest – and even then, not all her information was reliable. Alongside his career, the search for his mother's abuser has haunted him, adding further layers of stress to a life already marked by alcoholism and insecurity. This is his astonishing story, one that deserves to sit alongside those of Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and David Brinkley, and another revelatory title from EnvelopeBooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

It's Wednesday, October 16th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Britain burdens parents with tax on private school tuition The U.K. Labor government will require private schools to charge a value-added tax on school fees starting next year. Christian schools are challenging the measure with the help of the Christian Legal Centre. The group warned “the policy will force Christian schools to close and deny Christian parents the right to give their children a Christian rather than a secular education.” Nearly 400,000 students attend independent faith schools in England, most of which are Christian. Andrea Williams with the Christian Legal Centre said, “It is unfair, and we argue, it is a breach of their human right to impose a value-added tax on such schools. [The] Labour [Party] must row back on this policy urgently. If they don't, we will have no choice but to pursue every legal avenue in the pursuit of justice and protection of independent Christian schools in this country.” United Kingdom getting its first Chick-fil-A Speaking of the United Kingdom, the nation will be getting its first Chick-fil-A locations according to an announcement from the restaurant last month. Known for its chicken sandwiches, Chick-fil-A is the third-largest fast-food restaurant chain in the U.S. It has over 3,000 locations across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. The U.K. locations will be the first outside North America. Chick-fil-A plans on investing $100 million in the U.K. over the next 10 years, continuing its model of locally-owned and operated restaurants. Supreme Court rejected a religious liberty/COVID case Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a religious liberty case brought by a church. Grace Bible Fellowship had successfully challenged Colorado's COVID-19 restrictions on churches in 2020. The church continued its case though, saying that state health laws could be used against churches in the future. Despite the case coming to an end, a U.S. District judge noted, “That these statutes have been used in the recent past to adopt public-health orders that likely discriminated against religious activity is troubling.” Poll says Trump has lead over Harris in battleground states A new Harvard Center for American Political Studies/Harris poll found former President Donald Trump has a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states. Trump leads Harris 48% to 46% overall in swing states. Trump also leads among early voters in those states. However, Kamala holds a slight lead nationally. Both candidates are focusing on the swing states ahead of the presidential election next month.   69% of adults have little trust in mass media Gallup released a survey on how much Americans trust political and civic institutions. Sixty-nine percent of U.S. adults have little to no confidence in the mass media, up from 49% in 2000. That makes it the least trusted institution. The second least trusted institution is the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. However, Americans were much more likely to have confidence in local and state leaders. Psalm 146:3, 5, says, “Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. … Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God.” Religiously unaffiliated Americans on the rise The American Bible Society released the latest chapter of the State of the Bible USA 2024 report, entitled “Nones – N-O-N-E-S -- and Nominals”.  The study found 26% of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated -- up from 22% in 2020. The irreligious scored lower on the Human Flourishing Index than the average American, especially in the Meaning and Purpose category. Not surprisingly, practicing Christians scored higher than any other group on the Human Flourishing Index. Anniversary of martyrdoms of two English reformers And finally, today is the anniversary of the martyrdom of two English Reformers. Their names were Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley. Both were bishops in the Church of England. Ridley was born in 1502, becoming a great scholar and renouncing Roman Catholic doctrine. Latimer was born earlier in 1485. He became a great Reformation preacher, also rejecting Catholic traditions. His preaching brought Protestant teachings effectively to the middle and lower classes. However, a Catholic queen came to power in England in 1553. She was known as “Bloody Mary” for her deadly persecution of Protestants. After her ascension to power, Latimer and Ridley were tried for their beliefs and burned at the stake on October 16, 1555. As they faced death together, Latimer told his friend, “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.” In Romans 8:36-37, the Apostle Paul wrote, “As it is written: ‘For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.' Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, October 16th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

David Tereshchuck – A question of paternity: life as an unaffiliated reporter...with TRE's Hannah Murray

Your Leadership Can Become Dull Like a Knife in Your Home... You Need Some Honing Steal to Sharpen it. Leadership is never something we can fully master. It is an elusive journey to keep growing and going. Many times as leaders, we can get into a rut in our leadership. We can get stagnant. For whatever reason, our leadership has become bland. Then there are those that we lead. Perhaps they have lost faith in our leadership ability. For whatever reason, the followers don't have the same energy around our initiatives. Like a once sharp knife, our leadership has become dull. We need honing steel to sharpen our leadership. Where do you find that? In this episode of A New Direction, Major General John Granski (RET'd) joins us to talk about his little book entitled, "Leadership Sharpeners - Leading as an Iron-Sharpened Leader". General Gronski's new pocket book, "Leadership Sharpeners - Leading as an Iron-Sharpened Leader" is a must-have for every person. This is a small compact powerhouse leadership book that will engage you, inspire you, and if you will consistently follow the chapters in this book will change into the leader your followers always hoped you would be. General Gronski, combines his passion for leadership with outstanding research and his experience as a U.S. Army Major General to give us the most valuable nuggets to be a great leader. One of the most fantastic things about this pocket book is that he takes ideas that normally would be used in the military and as he says "civilianizes" it. The book is a great combination of practical and thought-provoking.  Dealing with everything from your mindset to your behavior. A perfect book for anyone, whether you are in leadership or aspire to grow as a leader in your business or family. Go to www.johngronski.com to get your signed copy, but you can also get your copy of Leadership Sharpeners on Amazon too! Please reach out and say thank you to the financial partners of A New Direction Show: EPIC Physical Therapy from every day aches and pains, to injuries to keeping elite athletes at the top of their game. EPIC pt has the cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to create an individualized treatment program specifically for you. They are my physical therapists and I think they should be yours too.  So if you want EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results.  Start by contacting the great people at EPIC Physical Therapy….www.EPICpt.com Linda Craft Team, Realtors for more than 39 years they have been known for having “Legendary Customer Service”. Unaffiliated and independently owned and operated, they can recommend the best real estate professional to help you sell your home or buy your next home anywhere in the world. That is because they are not attached to a company, they are attached to what is in your best interest. So before you buy or sell, start with the “Legends” at Linda Craft  Team.  Just click on over to www.LindaCraft.com Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction. Maybe you're wondering, “Why should I hire you as a coach”.  Here are some things others have said about me as their coach. With a background in psychology and years of experience in coaching, I specialize in helping clients break through mental barriers and achieve both personal and professional success. My work is grounded in the belief that with the right mindset, anything is possible. What I Offer: Mindset Coaching: Personalized sessions focused on developing a growth mindset and overcoming challenges. Professional Development: Tailored strategies to enhance career growth and leadership skills. Motivational Speaking: Engaging talks that inspire and motivate audiences to take action. Workshops & Seminars: Interactive sessions designed to foster teamwork, communication, and innovation. What are the Benefits for YOU?

Send us a textWelcome back to Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast. Today, we're thrilled to have the esteemed Dr. Nitin Sethi.Dr. Sethi is a former boxing and UFC ringside neurologist and a board-certified neurologist specializing in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology. Dr Sethi holds additional certifications from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in epilepsy and sleep medicine, as well as from the American College of Sports Medicine and the Association of Ringside Physicians as a Certified Ringside Physician. In addition to his numerous publications and his book, Neurologist at Ringside, Dr. Sethi has received several notable appointments and awards, including: The Certificate of Congressional Recognition "Heroes Humanity Award" from U.S. Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano, awarded on behalf of the World Boxing Council (WBC) for his service to communities in need. Recognition as a Leading Physician of the World and Top Neurologist in New York by The International Association of HealthCare Professionals in 2012. Appointment as Vice Chairman of the Sports Neurology Section of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) from 2022 to 2024. Serving as an Unaffiliated and Independent Neurotrauma Consultant for the NFL from 2013 to the present. Being a Ringside Panel Physician for the New York State Athletic Commission since 2012.  -       Introduction  -       What Is a Concussion? (6:45)-       Neurological Assessment Athletes Pre and Post-Fight (9:19)-       Mentality of a Boxer/Fighter (19:01)-       How Too Change Sporting Culture? (27:38)-       UFC 244 Welterweight Main Card Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz and the Fallout (32:00)-       Positives of Combat Sports (45:32) Book: Neurologist at Ringside – Amazon.com Journal Articles-       To be or not to be ringside? Ethical issues pertaining to combat sports medicine: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00913847.2022.2043129-       Neuroimaging in professional combat sports: consensus statement from the association of ringside physicians: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00913847.2022.2083922-       Care of The Older Fighter: Position Statement of the Association of Ringside Physicians: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00913847.2024.2344227    Subscribe, review and share for new episodes which will drop fortnightlySocial media:Twitter: @first concussionFacebook: Headfirst: A concussion podcastInstagram: Headfirst_ Concussion  Email: headfirstconcussion@gmail.com

We gladly roll out the red carpet this week, on the Rick Flynn Presents podcast, and welcome in veteran reporter DAVID TERESHCHUK to our worldwide show. David Tereshchuk leapt from an unpromising childhood in a small town on the English-Scottish borders to a precocious high-flying career as a TV journalist, first in London, then New York, interviewing such luminaries as Nelson Mandela and countless others. During his working life, he has managed to extract revealing answers from tyrants and the oppressed, but never managed to coax his mother into admitting who his father was, even after her revelation to him, when he was in his 50s, that she had been raped, aged 15, by a priest. Alongside his career, the search for his mother's abuser has haunted him, adding further layers of stress to a life already marked by alcoholism and insecurity.  This is his astonishing story, and one that deserves to sit alongside those of Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and David Brinkley. A compelling addition to EnvelopeBooks' "Media" and "Memoir" titles. Contact David on all social media, including LinkedIn, or through his website: www.TheMediaBeat.us --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rick-flynn/support

You can be Spiritual but Unaffiliated. This week we have a conversation about ways that you can feel elevated through your Spiritual Nature. This is a non-religious episode. There is no talk of religion, just me helping to guide you, to increase your Spirited Side through various life experiences and places. Join me and let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together. #FeelingElevated #spirituality #SpiritualNature #SpiritualPeace #EmotionalPeace #RelationalPeace #evolving #SelfInsight #Podcast 

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On this week's podcast, host Tim Boyum talks with 9th congressional district candidate Shelane Etchison. She's becoming the first unaffiliated congressional candidate to ever appear on a ballot in North Carolina, but making history is not new to her. She was also among the first women to serve in combat in the Army and earn two master's degrees from Harvard before coming back to her home state of North Carolina. This week on Tying it Together, she discusses those stories and the reasons behind her decision to not align with any political side.

North Carolina law makes it extremely hard to run for office if you're not willing to register as a Republican or Democrat and go through the party primary process. This year though, an unaffiliated candidate for Congress has made it onto the ballot for the first time in memory. Shelane Etchison is an Army veteran who served in special forces units in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, and she's running in the 9th District against incumbent Republican Congressman Richard Hudson. She speaks with WUNC's Colin Campbell about her petition drive to get on the ballot and the issues she's campaigning on.

There's been a surge of religiously unaffiliated (or "nones") returning to religion. Why did they leave in the first place and what's bringing them back? Dr. Jacobs explores in today's episode. Check out Becoming Truly Human here: https://t.ly/DJX12Find Dr. Jacobs social media, writing, & website here: ⁠https://linktr.ee/thenathanjacobspodcast

Dr. Jacobs dives into the religiously unaffiliated (or "nones"). Who are they and what do they believe? Find Dr. Jacobs social media, writing, & website here: https://linktr.ee/thenathanjacobspodcast

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Ken Fong and Betsey Newenhuyse join Ken Kemp for a special edition - The Two Kens and Beach Talk. Betsey made her third annual trip to California and the studios of the Beached White Male podcast. The three friends join together to interact over their weekend and a conversation is triggered by an unlikely Atlantic article (April 3, 2024, Issue) they all read - The True Cost of The Church Going Bust by self-described agnostic, Derek Thompson. In it, Thompson writes, “More than one-quarter of Americans now identify as atheists, agnostics, or religiously ‘unaffiliated,' according to a new survey of 5,600 U.S. adults by the Public Religion Research Institute. This is the highest level of non-religiosity in the poll's history.” The two Kens and Betsey discuss their church experience, especially the Sunday they spent together at the First Baptist Church of Pasadena (Ken Fong's home church). Thompson argues, as a non-believer, that something profound is lost should communities of faith disappear in America. This episode has been released on both this podcast and Asian America The Ken Fong Podcast.Atlantic Article | Become a Patron | Ken's Substack - The Bible SalesmanSupport the show

Rundown -   Trisha Calvarese - 15:43   Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:13:30   "Sugar Don't Call" by Dave Gunders - 01:32:49   Meet Trish Calvarese, the dynamic Democratic candidate who intends to defeat Greg Lopez on June 25, 2024, in a Special Election caused by Representative Ken Buck's resignation. Learn how Calvarese gained the nomination, spurred to run by the wish of her dying father, a lifelong Republican.    Colorado CD3 Rep. Lauren Boebert wants to switch to a more MAGA-friendly area and she's targeting CD4. In the meantime, Boebert needs to find a MAGA-approved GOP placeholder and that Republican nominee will be former Parker, Colorado Mayor Greg Lopez. On June 25, 2024, expect the nation to be riveted to the open seat contest between Calvarese and Lopez.   Trish Calvarese is a Colorado native who grew up in various cities within Colorado's vast CD4. Her beloved late Dad, Joe Calvarese, was the City Prosecutor for Sterling and went on to serve in the US Civil Service as an SEC Compliance attorney. Trisha went to Highlands Ranch High School, where she was an academic standout and earned a scholarship to Johns Hopkins University.   After college and during 2008-09, this millennial decided she wanted to work in the US Senate. She found herself a communications gig in the Capitol with Senator Bernie Sanders. Look forward to hearing her Bernie impression. Or is it an imitation of Larry David doing Bernie? Either way, Trisha Calvarese is entertaining. https://www.trisha4colorado.com/   Trish Calvarese went on to work for the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C., including as a speechwriter for the late great Richard Trumka. Fate brought her back to Colorado after her parents passed away and she and her husband took on new responsibilities regarding this country we love.   Lauren Boebert keeps getting overserved at Beetlejuice shows in Denver and Trump dinners in NYC and Mar-A-Lago. Trisha Calvarese can get the votes of regular Republicans and Unaffiliated voters with her common sense policies and lack of a criminal record.    Greg Lopez is a known commodity. Clips are played from @9News (Kyle Clark), Channel 7 and KNUS when Lopez stood in the way of Colorado's Red Flag Law. Lauren Boebert and her placeholder Greg Lopez do the bidding of the gun industry and MAGA. Lopez/Boebert extremism extends to restricting all abortions, including in cases of rape and incest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1nbrwBLYMM   Size up the intelligence of Calvarese who discusses the multitude of challenges posed by artificial intelligence. She's worried about democracy if MAGA prevails, and she's determined to defeat Lopez/Boebert. Colorado voters generally disfavor carpetbaggers and grifters.   Calvarese strongly supports IVF procedures. As a millennial married woman, she may need those reproductive rights options now threatened by MAGA judges and lawmakers. As for Russia v. Ukraine, Calvarese is resolute in supporting Ukraine, in sharp contrast to what Putin/Trump/Boebert and MAGA-GOQP want. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoI_LFqsNqw   Trisha Calvarese wants America to outcompete China. She's got big ideas for Colorado's fourth CD. Show Troubadour Dave Gunders proves once again why he's a musical genius and a great conversationalist. His opening lines of "Sugar Don't Call" work for the coming Eclipse, the NYC/NJ earthquake and the 400 calls in one day Lauren Boebert claims to make to an unquestioning Dan Caplis.   One-half of the old Caplis and Silverman show, Dan Caplis, is now taking credit for the Caplis Plan to ensure the MAGA-approved Lauren Boebert prevails in a GOP primary while a placeholder (Greg Lopez) keeps the reliably Republican seat warm. Caplis keeps Boebert warm in another gushing interview and we have sound highlights.   John Charles Eastman is a soon-to-be-disbarred lawyer with Colorado ties through CU, Colorado Republican Party State Committeeman and attorney/radio host, Randy Corporon. There was a Big Lie spat involving Eastman, Corporon and Denver radio host, Peter Boyles.   Boyles now blames Eastman and Corporon for Big Lie and big threats. Corporon and Eastman dismiss all charges. We've got the sound and smart analysis. Hat tip to Allison Gill and Pete Strzok from Cleanup on Aisle 45. https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Eastman-Decision.pdf

Wenn die Unabhängige Wähler eine Partei gründen würden, sie würden die grösste Partei haben.  Unabhängige Wähler machen inzwischen 43 % der Wählerschaft aus.  Außerdem ist eine große Zahl von Wählern mit ihrer Wahl zwischen Biden und Trump unzufrieden, und die Umfragen zeigen, dass viele Wähler lieber für eine dritte Partei als für Biden oder Trump stimmen würden. Diese Woche erklärt Wendy, wer die unabhängigen Wähler sind, wie viel Einfluss sie auf die Wahl haben werden und welche dritten Parteien die meisten Wähler anziehen.  Die Biden-Kampagne hat ihre Bemühungen verstärkt, die gefährlichste dritte Partei davon abzuhalten, auf den Wahlzettel zu kommen, insbesondere in den Swing States.  Das Biden-Team sieht die Gefahr, die sich entwickelt, aber können sie sie aufhalten?Links:2024 Presidential Election Interactive MapNCAA Basketball Tournament WebsiteCredits:Theme Music:  Reha Omayer, HamburgFind us on:Facebook: AmerikaUebersetztTwitter: @AUbersetztContact us:amerikauebersetzt@gmail.com

Feb. 29, 2024 ~ According to a new survey by Pew Research Center, around 28% of adults in America are religiously unaffiliated. Pastor Michael Carter joins Tom to discuss this.

KMOX Religion Editor Fred Bodimer spoke with Pew Senior Analyst Greg Smith about the findings of the new study that shows growing number of Americans now list themselves as religiously unaffiliated.

New research from the Pew Research Center on religion in America is out. Michael offers this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com today: Is the growth of the religiously unaffiliated good or bad for society? Listen to his thoughts and then vote!

Need a Career Change?  Or Just a Tune-Up? Here are some career questions you need to think about: Does your job offer you a sense of purpose? Do you feel compelled to pursue another career? You find it hard to go to work because you're not a fan of the company you work for? Does your company align with your values? Do you feel valued by your employer? Is your compensation commensurate with your contributions and experience? In general, are you happy with your job? If you answered "no" to anyone of these questions, then you may need a career change or at least a career tune up. Career Expert Chris Fontanella rejoins me on A New Direction to talk about his latest book "Tune Up Your Career". It is going to be an eye-opening show and if you have any doubts about your career right now, first know you are not alone, and second, know that there are answers. Chris Fontanella's most recent book entitled, "Tune Up Your Career" is an outstanding insightful guide for those of you out there who are feeling stuck and unsure what your next career move should be. Here are a few of the highlights should know from the book: First having some questions in your career is normal. Second, regardless of how you try to resist your career is going to change.  And if all else stays the same...you are going to change. Third, if you are lacking fulfillment and purpose, you are the only one who can change your career path.  No excuses...you are accountable to your career. Fourth, if you have guts, and resilience, you may be an entrepreneur.  It's not easy.  And you may have to work two jobs at first, but how much value is there in having the freedom?  Only you can decide. This book is for anyone who feels like they have been consumed by the "machine" and has now awakened to realize there is something more, but not sure what it is. Please thank the sponsors of A New Direction for their continued financial support! EPIC Physical Therapy from every day aches and pains, to injuries to keeping elite athletes at the top of their game. EPIC pt has the cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to create an individualized treatment program specifically for you. They are my physical therapists and I think they should be yours too.  So if you want EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results.  Start by contacting EPIC Physical Therapy….www.EPICpt.com Linda Craft Team, Realtors for 39 years they have been known for having “Legendary Customer Service”. Unaffiliated and independently owned and operated they can recommend the best real estate professional to help you sell your home or buy your next home anywhere in the world. That is because they are not attached to a national company, they are attached to what is in your best interest. So before you buy or sell start with the “Legends” at Linda Craft Team.  Just click on over to www.LindaCraft.com Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction. I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life. You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That's a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it. My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let's talk and see what if I am a fit for you. Just fill out this form and let's start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso. My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful. I look forward to talking with you! Also Book readers do you use Audible to listen to your books?  I do and I love it.  Now you can get your FREE 30 day trial and other discounts by using going to www.

"Navigating the World of Travel Insurance with Ben Camille of Travel Defend: A Must-Listen Episode of The Travel Wins"Welcome to another captivating episode of The Travel Wins, where we dive deep into the essential world of travel insurance with the charismatic CEO of Travel Defend, Ben Camille. In this enlightening conversation, we explore the often-overlooked necessity of securing robust insurance coverage for family, group, or solo adventures overseas.Travel Defend isn't just any insurance brokerage; they are a full-service concierge, passionately dubbed as Your Travel Insurance Concierge. Their expertise lies in offering tailor-made insurance solutions, ensuring that every traveler steps out with confidence. With a partnership network encompassing over a hundred luxury tours, Travel Defend is a trusted ally for discerning travelers seeking peace of mind.Ben and I delve into the unique approach of Travel Defend, highlighting their commitment to guiding clients towards the most protective policies globally. Their team is dedicated to answering your queries, handling the complexities of paperwork, and providing this premium service without any additional charges.What sets Travel Defend apart is their unbiased approach. Unaffiliated with any single insurance provider, they offer the freedom to choose the best policy suited to your specific travel needs. Their promise? To be by your side throughout your journey, offering a direct line to claims departments and ensuring your trip remains worry-free.Tune in to this episode of The Travel Wins, and discover how Travel Defend's no-fee service offers the ultimate win-win scenario for savvy travelers. Get ready to embark on your next adventure with the assurance and guidance of Ben Camille and the Travel Defend team.As you immerse yourself in the insightful world of travel insights with Ben Camille on The Travel Wins, don't forget to become a part of our growing community. Subscribe to our show to ensure you never miss an episode filled with valuable tips and captivating interviews with professionals who navigate the challenges of travel in their careers. By subscribing, you'll join a group of like-minded individuals passionate about blending travel with success.We value your thoughts and experiences. Share your comments on each episode, and let us know your unique travel stories or questions you have for our guests. Your insights and curiosities could shape future episodes, making you an integral part of The Travel Wins journey. Subscribe, comment, and be a part of our show – where every travel story is a learning opportunity and every listener is a valued member of our travel-savvy community.

Dr Buchman is a candidate for the United States House in Utah in a Special Election being held this year. He is running as an Unaffiliated candidate and focused on two issues 1) freeing all witnesses and whistleblowers from any illegal NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements) regarding waste, fraud, criminal activities, and evidence of human interaction with NTI (Non-Human Intelligence) both technology and biologics.Joe holds an earned Ph.D. from the Indiana University Media School, an MS in Finance from Purdue, and a BS in Marketing from IU. After earning tenure as a Professor of Management, he left traditional higher education to develop online MBA finance courses for the University of Chicago's online MBA program, and pursue his dreams of adventure travel (chasing total solar eclipses, trekking the Altai Mountains of Mongolia, Burning Man, the Sundance Film Festival, and driving the entire US interstate highway system in a camper van with his wife and four children (now all grown), and throat singing).His lifelong interest in cosmology, nucleogenesis, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life led him to serve, with six former members of the United States Congress, on the 2013 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure in Washington, DC, first as the moderator, and then as a member of the Congressional panel. His research has been published in a wide variety of college textbooks and trade publications, and presented to the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Broadcasters, TEDx at Burning Man, the Roswell UFO Festival, the Society for Scientific Exploration, FreedomFest, Contact in the Desert, the Sonoma International Film Festival, and the SETI Institute's Contact: Cultures of the Imagination conference in Mountain View, CA. He is also the author of the Forward to ROSWELL: THE ULTIMATE COLD CASE by Donald Schmitt and Tom Carey.Dr. Buchman has been a candidate for the US House in three elections, 2008, 2017, and 2023. The latter two of those being Special Elections called by the Governor of Utah after the resignations of two of Utah's congressmen.

AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports on The Nones US AP Poll Religion Unaffiliated

In this episode of The Optimistic American, Paul Johnson sits down with Dr. Emily Bashah to discuss the psychological benefits of being an independent or non-affiliated voter. The duo breaks down the benefits of being an independent voter, the rise of moral relativism in America, and how politicians benefit from being social chameleons. Paul and Emily start the conversation by describing the psychological benefits of being an independent or a non-affiliated voter. Paul shares his thoughts on the American political duopoly and its effect on the American system. He also discusses major reforms he would like to see. According to Gallup, 49% of Americans identify as independent or non-affiliated voters. The big question is why? Paul and Emily agree that people today want the freedom to think independently without necessarily being allied to a particular political group. Paul defines agency as having a firm understanding of who you are and understanding your role in creating the future you want. Emily talks about the temptation and seduction of modern tribalism and its damage to human psychology. All people are challenged between fitting into their social groups and conflicts with their moral values. In this conflict most people pick their social group, although possibly unwittingly. This gives extreme groups in both political parties the ability to change public opinion to the point of making all of us more divided. Paul believes there's good and evil inside everyone. However, parties and ideology allow us to frame groups as good and evil. Thus encouraging us to objectify others. Political parties encourage this behavior. Emily breaks down cognitive dissonance, how it works, and what you can do to free yourself from addictive ideologies. Paul and Emily share their thoughts on moral relativism in American society today. Leaders benefit from being social chameleons and turning into what they feel a group needs from them to maintain that power. If you are considering how to register to vote, you might consider being unaffiliated or independent. This will allow you to think more critically about issues, and see others as individuals as opposed to seeing them as part of a group. This improves your life by creating greater options for the things you want. It's healthier to be an independent voter because you have greater agency through avoiding the social pressures of either political group. According to Paul, most people know when something's not right, but they would rather justify their wrongness than risk losing their position in the group. Paul and Emily talk about the Amygdala hijack and how elected officials use fear to terrify their followers about the opposing group. It is easier to scare you if you are a member of a tribal party. Paul explains why he believes the partisan primary system is not working for America and how it's feeding this delusion that everything is falling apart. Emily goes through the benefits of being an independent/non-affiliated voter.     Mentioned in This Episode: optamerican.com Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You by Dr Emily Bashah and Hon Paul Johnson The Optimistic American on YouTube - @optamerican Become a premium supporter of the show: OptAmerican.com/premium Optimistic American Worksheet Downloads - OptAmerican.com/worksheets Dr. Emily Bashah

Michael and Kegan reflect on the origin of the “Fitness is F*cked” theme, confirming that it was, and still is a criticism of an industry, how it has evolved from a position reserved for ranting, and how they can shift it to improve the industry without becoming a shill or charlatan. They also discuss the common practice of gyms adopting new and popular affiliations as opposed to making their own system based on effective practice. It matches the common fitness enthusiast's habit of changing from one form of branded exercise to another as opposed to learning how they respond to different stimuli.

Dan's youngest sister Joanne passed away unexpectedly Thursday night. As a result, Kristi Burton-Brown fills in and informs listeners of this news and passes along a message from Dan himself. KBB also offers her thoughts as a Constitutional attorney on the ridiculous lawsuit filed by former Republicans and Unaffiliated citizens in Colorado to prevent Donald Trump from appearing on the state's primary ballot in 2024.

This week, the boys welcome Sean Leahy from the Unaffiliated on to talk about how much of vigilante Phil Kessel will be in order to win another Cup, they will talk food things with a different range of palates, and get into some other fun stuff. 

KA EVERYDAY is more than just a skilled musician – he's also the incredible host of the Unaffiliated Creatives Podcast. Join in as he talks about his journey into media, conquering challenges, leveraging his diverse talents for career growth, and much more. If you've enjoyed the show, remember that KA Everyday welcomes guests, so feel free to reach out and connect after tuning in. #scmedia #yeahthatgreenville #scmusicscene #podcast #guestwelcome --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aliandfriends/support

The Family Flywheel: The Secret Business Principles Successful Families Use to Create Sustained Wealth and Happiness I have read and heard it said, "there are no business problems, there are only personal problems that infiltrate your business." Stop and think about it for a moment. As I have come to learn from personal experience and through coaching many clients..."if your life's a mess you limit your success." Can you apply business principles to your life and family and visa versa? The answer is "yes". Consider that every business needs to have structure, culture, and strategy to be successful. Your family does too. If any one of those things is not in order you have a poor business model and will probably not be successful. In this episode of A New Direction Aaron Shelly joins us to help you live a life and create a family that will not only make you successful with your family, but more successful in you business life. Aaron Shelley's book, "The Family Flywheel: The Secret Business Principles Successful Families Use to Create Sustained Wealth and Happiness" is an insightful look at how the family structure, strategy, and culture resemble a business. The Family Flywheel makes a strong case that while we think we can compartmentalize our family life from our business life, the fact is we truly cannot.  If our family life is dysfunctional than we are probably not going to be successful as we could be. Aaron Shelley points out extensively that there are many different types of family structures from being single with or without children to being married and many types in between. And in each case their can be success, but there you are going to have to use your resources in the right way to be successful.  The biggest problem that most people face is that they do have resources, but many times they do not use them wisely or they not sure exactly how to use them. The Family Flywheel is going to challenge you.  It is going to cause you to think and rethink your core values, your strategy, structure, and culture, and how you are either taking advantage of the resources you have or not. I would really appreciate if, if you would thank the sponsors of A New Direction: EPIC Physical Therapy from every day aches and pains, to injuries to keeping elite athletes at the top of their game. EPIC pt has the cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to create an individualized treatment program specifically for you. They are my physical therapists and I think they should be yours too.  So if you want EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results.  Start by contacting the great people at EPIC Physical Therapy….www.EPICpt.com Linda Craft Team, Realtors for more than 38 years they have been known for having “Legendary Customer Service”. Unaffiliated and independently owned and operated they can recommend the best real estate professional to help you sell your home or buy your next home anywhere in the world. That is because they are not attached to a company they are attached to what is in your best interest.  So before you buy or sell start with the “Legends” at Linda Craft Team.  Just click on over to www.LindaCraft.com Have you been wondering if you a coach is right for you?  You may have heard of coaching, but maybe not sure if it is right for you, or maybe you don't completely understand how it works. Look, if you are feeling stuck in life, or stuck in your business a coach can help you by taking a drone's eye view of the situation and give you clarity. Or perhaps you have a team who is in need of a direction, I can help there too.  I work with sports teams in mindset, business sales teams in discovering methods to increase sales and more! So if you are feeling that you need a different direction, or perhaps you have a team that is in need of a different direction, then let's talk.  The first call is free and we can find out if I will be a good fit for you and your...

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, former President Donald Trump has been indicted -- again -- this time for trying to stop the certification of an election he knew that he lost and then for leading a wide-ranging conspiracy to try and stay in power. We unpack what this indictment means for our 8th favorite member of Congress from Colorado who also apparently got a new Democratic primary opponent. The Colorado Republican Party has fallen badly out of favor with Colorado's largest group of voters (Unaffiliated voters), and in order to try to win them back has decided to try to ban them from participating in Republican Primary Elections. And...we play a new game! We'll find out if it's one of those where no matter who wins, we all lose.  

This week, the boys are joined by Sean Leahy of the Unaffiliated to talk about the schedule reveals for teams and how they're now done. Also, they'll look at Patrice Bergeron's career ranks up. Lyle Richardson of Spector's Hockey joins to talk the Ilya Samsonov arbitration, Erik Karlsson's future, and more!! 

The heat is on as Dick Wadhams joins Dan to put Colorado Republican party chair Dave Williams on blast for his desire to eliminate the upcoming GOP primaries in order to prevent unaffiliated voters from meddling in the selection of general election candidates.

Dan is astounded by new Denver mayor Mike Johnston's inaugural remarks which seem to be brightly-lit 'vacancy' sign to all homeless across America that they will be given a home if they come to Colorado. Also, Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams explains why he is looking to close the primary process to unaffiliated voters and keep decisions on Republican candidates in-house among party members themselves.

What makes a good unaffiliated character? Pat and TT try to explain this...

Relationships are difficult, but they don't have to be as difficult as we make them. It doesn't matter what type of relationship you are in.  Personal relationships, business relationships, they all get complicated from time to time.  And for most of us we get confused as to why.  What is more we seem to get stuck and we cannot seem to find a way to undo the tangled relationship mess that we are not even sure how we got into in the first place. As if relationships were not hard enough, then through in the dynamic of men and women and changing social roles, well the already complex subject just became even more complicated.  So what is the answer to these complicated and complex relationships?  Well, fortunately for us the worlds #1 best selling author on relationships Dr. John Gray (you may recall his book "Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus") joins us on A New Direction to shed some light and some wisdom to help make those complex relationships just a little easier. Dr Grays book "Beyond Mars and Venus: Relationship Skills for Today's Complex World" is a true relationship game changer.  Dr. Gray will help us understand how we got here, and what we can do to help make those relationships become more solid, more meaningful, and more healthy.  His sage advice has applications to our personal and business relationships as well.  So get your note pads and pens, buckle up, because we are going "Beyond Mars and Venus". I would really appreciate if, if you would thank the sponsors of A New Direction: EPIC Physical Therapy from every day aches and pains, to injuries to keeping elite athletes at the top of their game, EPIC pt has the cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to create an individualized treatment program specifically for you.  They are my physical therapists and I think they should be yours too.  So if you want EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results.  Start by contacting the great people at EPIC Physical Therapy….www.EPICpt.com Linda Craft Team, Realtors for 35 years they have been known for having “Legendary Customer Service”.  Unaffiliated and independently owned and operated they can recommend the best real estate professional to help you sell your home or buy your next home anywhere in the world.  That is because they are not attached to a company they are attached to what is in your best interest.  So before you buy or sell start with the “Legends” at Linda Craft Team.  Just click on over to www.LindaCraft.com  

Sandra Bargman is a creative soul, intuitive communicator, and energetic servant. It started when she was three years old, marched into her family kitchen, hands on her hips and announced that she was here on “a mission!" Every career choice she has made has ultimately rested on the ancient Greek maxim of “Know Thyself," the directive that is at the heart of every artistic, spiritual and leadership journey. She hold a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University in drama and music and has had a happy 30+ year career as a professional actor, director, teacher and presentation coach. She has performed on the stages of Broadway national tours, the clubs and cabaret rooms of NYC, off-Broadway, regional theatres and beyond. Her spiritual life called her further inward, and in 2007, she was ordained as an Inter-spiritual Minister from The New Seminary for Interfaith Studies. She hold an advanced certification from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in Spiritual Counseling. Unaffiliated with any single religious tradition, she has helped clients of all faiths and traditions (including none) in pursuing deeper self- understanding in their personal quest to 'Know Thyself."

Will the Indictment make Trump a more powerful candidate?  Jon Caldera fills in for George.  He and callers discuss the impact of the indictment.  Jon brings up a new poll showing nearly all Republicans think the charges are politically motivated along with around 1/3 or Democrats.  But the real surprise is the approximately 70% of Unaffiliated voters that also this it is politically motivated.   Is trump now the overwhelming leader in the GOP nomination of President?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Idaho is trending towards being a state that prefers “camps”. Camps that simplify people into groups of beliefs such as politics, religion, and sexual orientation. Where once we were all neighbors, now we tend to first ask which camps someone belongs to before we agree to treat them with mutual respect. But what of the Idahoans who don't fit neatly into a single-word box of beliefs? More intriguing yet, what are we to think of those who span several (seemingly contradictory) camps? After we finished recording our last episode “Iconic Foods of Boise” with Amos Rothstein, we veered into a different conversation and decided to turn the microphones back on to capture what it's like for him to be a heavily invested member of the Republican party of Idaho, and Jewish, AND being gay. Amos also talks about his penpal relationship with the late Bob Dole, and how it ushered him into working so closely with the Republican party. Shane and Natalie speak candidly about their discomfort with accepting imposed cultural belief constructs and how that has been received.

Song playsIntro by hostWelcome to High Country - politics in the American West. My name is Sean Diller; regular listeners might know me from Heartland Pod's Talking Politics, every Monday.Go to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: NEVADA CURRENT: The Cowardly Lombardo.In his first public event since being elected governor of Nevada, Joe Lombardo refused to allow the Nevada Current and the Las Vegas Sun to cover what was billed as a victory speech. Shutting the Current out of his celebratory event was an extension of the Lombardo team's practice throughout the campaign – along with multiple Republican candidates nationwide – to refuse to provide campaign statements, notices of events, or other information to the press. The campaign told the Current Monday morning that they couldn't be allowed to cover the event because it was “at capacity for press right now.” Subsequent photographs of the event showed that statement from the campaign was patently false - with row upon row of empty seats in the sparsely populated high school auditorium where Lombardo gave his victory speech.Such mendacity from Lombardo and his team comes as no surprise. But most concerning going forward, is the prospect that as governor, Lombardo, his office, and publicly financed executive branch government offices under his purview, will refuse to provide independent journalists and other media organizations with public information.Lombardo's campaign presented its candidate to the public as an upright lawman of character, honesty, integrity and strength. But subverting the people's right to transparent and accountable government, and hiding from the press is just cowardly.COLORADO NEWSLINE: With Lauren Boebert slightly ahead in Colorado, the race to cure ballots is on.The extremely tight race between MAGA darling U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and moderate Democrat Adam Frisch became a contest of cured ballots this week, as the two candidates worked to rally their voters and ensure every one of their ballots is counted.On Tuesday afternoon, the difference between the candidates' totals remained at over 1,000 votes: a narrow spread for sure, but still above the threshold that would trigger an automatic, state-funded recount. At the current numbers, if Frisch comes within about 830 votes, then a recount would be triggered.Vote tallies will change through the end of Wednesday as ballots continue to arrive from military and overseas voters, and as flawed ballots are “cured'' by voters. When tabulators reject a ballot, often due to a discrepancy between the voter's signature on the ballot and the official state voter registration records, the voter has an opportunity to resolve, or cure, the problem and have their vote count.The Frisch team is trying to win cured ballots this week by getting the word out to voters about the curing process, encouraging use of the state's TXT2Cure mobile phone-based curing system, and on-the-ground voter engagement.A Frisch campaign spokesperson said “A lot of the curable ballots tend to skew a lot younger, and others who don't have as much experience voting. We think that we probably will perform better among younger voters, so we think that probably there's more curable ballots for us than for Lauren Boebert.”The Frisch campaign also believes cured ballots from unaffiliated voters, not just registered Democrats, will skew their way.That sentiment was seconded by Matt Crane, a Republican who heads the Colorado County Clerks Association.Crane said. “Unaffiliated voters wanted to punish the hell out of the Republican Party in Colorado this year. And they sure did. It's probably a better pool for Democrats to go and try to cure unaffiliated ballots than it is for Republicans, just based on the way the election went.”A spokesperson for Boebert did not reply to a message seeking comment.Ballot curing must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, and updated results are expected to be available Thursday.Colorado law requires an automatic recount, also known as a statutory recount, if the apparent winner is ahead by 0.5% or less. During such a recount, the secretary of state's office would delay certification of the race and neither candidate would be declared representative-elect until resolution of the recount, which must be completed by Dec. 13.COLORADO NEWSLINE: Congresswoman Caraveo focused on healthcare and climate change.     Yadira Caraveo, a Colorado state representative, stood at a lectern Thursday in the backyard of her childhood home in Adams County north of Denver. Her parents, who immigrated from Mexico and moved to the Denver-area home when Caraveo was in second grade, watched from a balcony as their daughter addressed reporters for the first time as the Democratic U.S. representative-elect from Colorado's 8th Congressional District. And the first Latina to represent Colorado in Congress.Dr Caraveo said “This hill behind me is where my siblings and I used to slide down and make mud piles, and the house behind us is where I spent many, many hours studying to get through high school, through college and through medical school,” Dr. Caraveo is a pediatrician in the community. She went on to say she was able to do this because of the hard work of her parents.The new 8th District was the state's most competitive based on previous elections, and unofficial results show Caraveo won by a margin of less than one percentage point. The district also has the highest concentration of Hispanic residents, at 39%, and includes the northern Denver suburbs, extending into parts of Weld County and Greeley. Caraveo said her top priorities in Congress include health care and climate change. She cited the obstacles she faced as a doctor trying to treat young patients.“The medical training that I had was not enough to beat the system that we had,” she said. “And so a lot of my effort is going to go into that system to make sure that it's not about insurance companies or drug companies.”Caraveo alluded to striking a balance on her environmental agenda. The 8th District includes parts of Weld County, which produces the most oil and gas in the state, by far .“We have a very important oil and gas industry that gives people like the families at my clinic great jobs, but I also see kids struggling to breathe every single day and I've had to send them to the hospital to be put on oxygen.” she saidThe Colorado delegation from Colorado that will join Congress in January will also include Democrats Diana DeGette from the 1st District, Joe Neguse from the 2nd District, Jason Crow from the 6th District and Brittany Pettersen from the 7th District; and Republicans Ken Buck from the 4th District and Doug Lamborn from the 5th District.The race for the 3rd District between Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert and Democratic challenger Adam Frisch is still too close to call.ARIZONA MIRROR: Republicans are falsely claiming that Arizona used to know final election results on Election Day.Republicans in Arizona and elsewhere have insisted that the days-long tabulation of early ballots, particularly in Maricopa County, is a sign the election might be being stolen. They're flat wrong about the history, however: Final election results have never been available on Election Night in any Arizona county. What's changed isn't anything about the vote-counting, but that Arizona has gone from a ruby red state where Republicans dominated most elections — to a deep purple state where races up and down the ballot have been extremely close. Those close races mean candidates, voters, pundits and the national media are focusing intently on Arizona's post-Election Day tallies.For example: in the Nov. 2, 2004 presidential election, the final results came on November 15, 13 days later.In the Nov. 7, 2006 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 19Lag time: 12 daysNov. 4, 2008 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 21Lag time: 17 daysNov. 2, 2010 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 17Lag time: 15 daysNov. 6, 2012 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 20Lag time: 14 daysNov. 4, 2014 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 18Lag time: 14 daysNov. 8, 2016 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 18Lag time: 10 daysNov. 6, 2018 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 20Lag time: 14 daysNov. 3, 2020 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 13Lag time: 10 daysNone of that has stopped Arizona GOP candidates and their allies across the country from crying foul about the process that has existed in the Grand Canyon State since the early 1990s, when Republicans here pioneered no-excuse early mail-in voting.Kari Lake, the GOP nominee for governor, has insisted that Arizonans knew the Maricopa County results and the overall result of their elections on Election Night - until 2020.Records from Maricopa County elections over the past 22 years show that has never been the case. Media outlets, like the Associated Press, might have called races in the past when election night returns showed that one candidate would clearly win, but the fastest the county has released final results in a midterm election since 2000 was six days, in 2002. In Maricopa County, a record 290,000 people dropped off their early ballots on Election Day this year. Elections workers didn't even begin to start counting those ballots until Wednesday morning. Before those ballots are tabulated, their barcodes are scanned to ensure that they came from a registered voter who hasn't cast another ballot in this election. Then elections workers check the signature on the envelope against past signatures from the voter. After that, a bipartisan team separates the ballot from the envelope and checks that the voter received the correct ballot. Once all those steps are completed, the county can tabulate the ballot. All the ballots have never been counted in one day.ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS: Colorado legalizes psychedelic mushrooms.Ten years after leading the nation in legalizing the sale of cannabis, Colorado became the second state in the U.S. to permit psilocybin, or "magic," mushrooms. Oregon was the first state to do so.As of 2 p.m. on Nov. 10, data from the Colorado Secretary of State's Office showed the Natural Medicine Health Act — voted on as Proposition 122 — was on the path to a slim approval, with 51.6% of voters supporting the measure.The measure will allow people 21 and older to grow and share psilocybin mushrooms, as well as create state-regulated centers where people could make appointments to consume the fungi. The proposition will also create “healing centers” to give clients mushrooms in a supervised setting, but will not create "mushroom dispensaries," in the same way cannabis is sold and purchased.Proponents of the ballot measure claim mushroom consumption has helped address their mental health issues in ways traditional pharmaceuticals did not, particularly when the mushrooms were taken in small doses, a method called microdosing. Gov. Jared Polis has until Jan. 31 to appoint 15 members to the Natural Medicine Advisory Board, which will report to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.CONCERT PICK OF THE WEEK: Next Wednesday, the night before Thanksgiving - The Last Waltz - with Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson, Kathleen Edwards, and more. Tickets at FillmoreAuditorium.orgWelp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, Rocky Mountain PBS, and Denver's WestwordThank you for listening! See you next time.

Song playsIntro by hostWelcome to High Country - politics in the American West. My name is Sean Diller; regular listeners might know me from Heartland Pod's Talking Politics, every Monday.Go to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: NEVADA CURRENT: The Cowardly Lombardo.In his first public event since being elected governor of Nevada, Joe Lombardo refused to allow the Nevada Current and the Las Vegas Sun to cover what was billed as a victory speech. Shutting the Current out of his celebratory event was an extension of the Lombardo team's practice throughout the campaign – along with multiple Republican candidates nationwide – to refuse to provide campaign statements, notices of events, or other information to the press. The campaign told the Current Monday morning that they couldn't be allowed to cover the event because it was “at capacity for press right now.” Subsequent photographs of the event showed that statement from the campaign was patently false - with row upon row of empty seats in the sparsely populated high school auditorium where Lombardo gave his victory speech.Such mendacity from Lombardo and his team comes as no surprise. But most concerning going forward, is the prospect that as governor, Lombardo, his office, and publicly financed executive branch government offices under his purview, will refuse to provide independent journalists and other media organizations with public information.Lombardo's campaign presented its candidate to the public as an upright lawman of character, honesty, integrity and strength. But subverting the people's right to transparent and accountable government, and hiding from the press is just cowardly.COLORADO NEWSLINE: With Lauren Boebert slightly ahead in Colorado, the race to cure ballots is on.The extremely tight race between MAGA darling U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and moderate Democrat Adam Frisch became a contest of cured ballots this week, as the two candidates worked to rally their voters and ensure every one of their ballots is counted.On Tuesday afternoon, the difference between the candidates' totals remained at over 1,000 votes: a narrow spread for sure, but still above the threshold that would trigger an automatic, state-funded recount. At the current numbers, if Frisch comes within about 830 votes, then a recount would be triggered.Vote tallies will change through the end of Wednesday as ballots continue to arrive from military and overseas voters, and as flawed ballots are “cured'' by voters. When tabulators reject a ballot, often due to a discrepancy between the voter's signature on the ballot and the official state voter registration records, the voter has an opportunity to resolve, or cure, the problem and have their vote count.The Frisch team is trying to win cured ballots this week by getting the word out to voters about the curing process, encouraging use of the state's TXT2Cure mobile phone-based curing system, and on-the-ground voter engagement.A Frisch campaign spokesperson said “A lot of the curable ballots tend to skew a lot younger, and others who don't have as much experience voting. We think that we probably will perform better among younger voters, so we think that probably there's more curable ballots for us than for Lauren Boebert.”The Frisch campaign also believes cured ballots from unaffiliated voters, not just registered Democrats, will skew their way.That sentiment was seconded by Matt Crane, a Republican who heads the Colorado County Clerks Association.Crane said. “Unaffiliated voters wanted to punish the hell out of the Republican Party in Colorado this year. And they sure did. It's probably a better pool for Democrats to go and try to cure unaffiliated ballots than it is for Republicans, just based on the way the election went.”A spokesperson for Boebert did not reply to a message seeking comment.Ballot curing must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, and updated results are expected to be available Thursday.Colorado law requires an automatic recount, also known as a statutory recount, if the apparent winner is ahead by 0.5% or less. During such a recount, the secretary of state's office would delay certification of the race and neither candidate would be declared representative-elect until resolution of the recount, which must be completed by Dec. 13.COLORADO NEWSLINE: Congresswoman Caraveo focused on healthcare and climate change.     Yadira Caraveo, a Colorado state representative, stood at a lectern Thursday in the backyard of her childhood home in Adams County north of Denver. Her parents, who immigrated from Mexico and moved to the Denver-area home when Caraveo was in second grade, watched from a balcony as their daughter addressed reporters for the first time as the Democratic U.S. representative-elect from Colorado's 8th Congressional District. And the first Latina to represent Colorado in Congress.Dr Caraveo said “This hill behind me is where my siblings and I used to slide down and make mud piles, and the house behind us is where I spent many, many hours studying to get through high school, through college and through medical school,” Dr. Caraveo is a pediatrician in the community. She went on to say she was able to do this because of the hard work of her parents.The new 8th District was the state's most competitive based on previous elections, and unofficial results show Caraveo won by a margin of less than one percentage point. The district also has the highest concentration of Hispanic residents, at 39%, and includes the northern Denver suburbs, extending into parts of Weld County and Greeley. Caraveo said her top priorities in Congress include health care and climate change. She cited the obstacles she faced as a doctor trying to treat young patients.“The medical training that I had was not enough to beat the system that we had,” she said. “And so a lot of my effort is going to go into that system to make sure that it's not about insurance companies or drug companies.”Caraveo alluded to striking a balance on her environmental agenda. The 8th District includes parts of Weld County, which produces the most oil and gas in the state, by far .“We have a very important oil and gas industry that gives people like the families at my clinic great jobs, but I also see kids struggling to breathe every single day and I've had to send them to the hospital to be put on oxygen.” she saidThe Colorado delegation from Colorado that will join Congress in January will also include Democrats Diana DeGette from the 1st District, Joe Neguse from the 2nd District, Jason Crow from the 6th District and Brittany Pettersen from the 7th District; and Republicans Ken Buck from the 4th District and Doug Lamborn from the 5th District.The race for the 3rd District between Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert and Democratic challenger Adam Frisch is still too close to call.ARIZONA MIRROR: Republicans are falsely claiming that Arizona used to know final election results on Election Day.Republicans in Arizona and elsewhere have insisted that the days-long tabulation of early ballots, particularly in Maricopa County, is a sign the election might be being stolen. They're flat wrong about the history, however: Final election results have never been available on Election Night in any Arizona county. What's changed isn't anything about the vote-counting, but that Arizona has gone from a ruby red state where Republicans dominated most elections — to a deep purple state where races up and down the ballot have been extremely close. Those close races mean candidates, voters, pundits and the national media are focusing intently on Arizona's post-Election Day tallies.For example: in the Nov. 2, 2004 presidential election, the final results came on November 15, 13 days later.In the Nov. 7, 2006 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 19Lag time: 12 daysNov. 4, 2008 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 21Lag time: 17 daysNov. 2, 2010 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 17Lag time: 15 daysNov. 6, 2012 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 20Lag time: 14 daysNov. 4, 2014 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 18Lag time: 14 daysNov. 8, 2016 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 18Lag time: 10 daysNov. 6, 2018 midterm electionFinal results: Nov. 20Lag time: 14 daysNov. 3, 2020 presidential electionFinal results: Nov. 13Lag time: 10 daysNone of that has stopped Arizona GOP candidates and their allies across the country from crying foul about the process that has existed in the Grand Canyon State since the early 1990s, when Republicans here pioneered no-excuse early mail-in voting.Kari Lake, the GOP nominee for governor, has insisted that Arizonans knew the Maricopa County results and the overall result of their elections on Election Night - until 2020.Records from Maricopa County elections over the past 22 years show that has never been the case. Media outlets, like the Associated Press, might have called races in the past when election night returns showed that one candidate would clearly win, but the fastest the county has released final results in a midterm election since 2000 was six days, in 2002. In Maricopa County, a record 290,000 people dropped off their early ballots on Election Day this year. Elections workers didn't even begin to start counting those ballots until Wednesday morning. Before those ballots are tabulated, their barcodes are scanned to ensure that they came from a registered voter who hasn't cast another ballot in this election. Then elections workers check the signature on the envelope against past signatures from the voter. After that, a bipartisan team separates the ballot from the envelope and checks that the voter received the correct ballot. Once all those steps are completed, the county can tabulate the ballot. All the ballots have never been counted in one day.ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS: Colorado legalizes psychedelic mushrooms.Ten years after leading the nation in legalizing the sale of cannabis, Colorado became the second state in the U.S. to permit psilocybin, or "magic," mushrooms. Oregon was the first state to do so.As of 2 p.m. on Nov. 10, data from the Colorado Secretary of State's Office showed the Natural Medicine Health Act — voted on as Proposition 122 — was on the path to a slim approval, with 51.6% of voters supporting the measure.The measure will allow people 21 and older to grow and share psilocybin mushrooms, as well as create state-regulated centers where people could make appointments to consume the fungi. The proposition will also create “healing centers” to give clients mushrooms in a supervised setting, but will not create "mushroom dispensaries," in the same way cannabis is sold and purchased.Proponents of the ballot measure claim mushroom consumption has helped address their mental health issues in ways traditional pharmaceuticals did not, particularly when the mushrooms were taken in small doses, a method called microdosing. Gov. Jared Polis has until Jan. 31 to appoint 15 members to the Natural Medicine Advisory Board, which will report to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.CONCERT PICK OF THE WEEK: Next Wednesday, the night before Thanksgiving - The Last Waltz - with Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson, Kathleen Edwards, and more. Tickets at FillmoreAuditorium.orgWelp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from the Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, Rocky Mountain PBS, and Denver's WestwordThank you for listening! See you next time.

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