At the Square

In Episode #5 of Both Sides, you'll hear APS Founder Allan Katz and Co-chair to APS's Advisory Board, Mike McShane, deliberate about the 2020 Presidential Election and Climate Change. Both Sides, brought to you by American Public Square at Jewell (APS), is a reoccurring civil dialogue about topics related to current events through distinct political perspective. Mike and Allan come from different generations, political parties, and overall ideology on a number of political issues.

Join host Allison Koelzer in hearing from the APS Spring 2020 Intern team in their effort to provide an audio fact sheet about Climate Change. You'll also hear from Bob Grove, President of Climate Council or Greater Kansas City about the 2020 Online Earth Festival. This episode was created in effort to complement the upcoming APS Student Program, The Fight for Our Future: Addressing Climate Change and Individual Responsibility to take place on Earth Day, April 22nd via Zoom Webinar from 6PM-7PM Tuning in after the 22nd? Find the recorded version of the live event via our website at www.americanpublicsquare.org/events

In Episode #4 of Both Sides, APS founder, Ambassador Allan Katz and Co-Chair to APS's Advisory Board, Mike McShane talk national and local solutions to COVID 19, how far ahead to begin planning for the November National election, and how the media might be contributing to division during a time when unity is needed.

Both Sides, brought to you by American Public Square at Jewell (APS), is a reoccurring civil dialogue about topics related to current events through distinct political perspective. Mike and Allan come from different generations, political parties, and overall ideology on a number of political issues. To learn more about their political ideologies and professional backgrounds, tune in to Episode #1 on Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

In Episode #3 of Both Sides, APS founder, Ambassador Allan Katz and Co-Chair to APS's Advisory Board, Mike McShane explain the economic term Moral Hazard and talk about the importance of leadership in crisis. Both Sides, brought to you by American Public Square at Jewell (APS), is a reoccurring civil dialogue about topics related to current events through distinct political perspective. Mike and Allan come from different generations, political parties, and overall ideology on a number of political issues.

Episode #2 of Both Sides, a series by American Public Square at Jewell (APS) featuring APS founder, Ambassador Allan Katz and Co-Chair to APS's Advisory Board, Mike McShane. In this episode Mike and Allan talk about the state of the economy in regard to quarantine and shelter-in-place orders. They also talk about why someone like Mike, a moderate-right conservative... with libertarian tendencies, is allowed to vote in the democratic primary. Both Sides is a reoccurring civil dialogue about government response to COVID 19 and beyond through distinct political perspective. Mike and Allan come from different generations, political parties, and overall ideology on a number of political issues.

Episode #1 of Both Sides, a new series by American Public Square at Jewell (APS). Featuring APS founder, Ambassador Allan Katz and Co-Chair to APS's Advisory Board, Mike McShane, Both Sides is a reoccurring civil dialogue about government response to COVID 19 and beyond through distinct political perspective. Allan and Mike come from different generations, political parties, and overall ideology on a number of political issues. Tune in for civil conversation and commentary on recent news and events.

This episode of At the Square was produced as a part of our educational series The Nuts and Bolts of Democracy which consists of a series of member's only events designed to teach us about our local, state, and federal elections. This episode features renowned political consultant Jeff Berman. With decades of experience in managing campaigns and nominations, including President Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton, Jeff Berman is one of the most knowledgeable people in America on what it takes to win the presidency, and what it can mean to lose it.

Mr. Berman spoke with American Public Square's Allison Koelzer from his home in Washington D.C. in mid December 2019 to answer questions about the presidential primary system, the electoral college, and the best way to support a candidate running for office.

In this episode of At the Square, we discuss Medicaid Expansion. We explore the social, political, and economic themes of expanding Medicaid while aiming to explain why states like Kansas and Missouri haven't expanded the program. We also interview Health Economist, David Slusky, from the University of Kansas. This podcast was produced as a part of our event Medicaid: Expansion versus Status Quo. What's the price? at William Jewell College on November 4th, 2019. If you're tuning at a later date, a recorded version of the live event can be found at americanpublicsquare.org.

From American Public Square (APS), this episode was created in collaboration with our Affordable Housing: Making the Numbers Work event on October 24th, 2019 in Fairway, KS. This short episode provides local, background information on the topic of Affordable Housing The live event will be archived at https://americanpublicsquare.org/archive/.

This podcast is designed to provide brief background content to help APS event attendees, APS supporters and sponsors, and any interested member of the public to become more aware of the topic of Affordable Housing as it relates to both their immediate community and the Kansas City metro.

This episode corresponds to American Public Square's "East is East and West is West: Segregation in Kansas City" event on Thursday, April 19 at the Johnson County Library. In this episode, host Kaylee Peile speaks with Dr. Sandra Enriquez of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (2:36) and ethnographer Nathaniel Bozarth (9:01) about the history of segregation and racism. The discussion focuses on Kansas City specifically, but touches on cities across the country. This episode wraps up with content from a panel discussion that was held on April 11 entitled, "Can I Touch Your Hair?: A Discussion About Experiencing Discrimination" held at UMKC campus. The panelists included Josh Robinson and co-founder of the Missouri based educational equity consultant firm Just Systems, Cecilia Belser-Patton (18:32). They discuss their experiences with discrimination as people of color, the challenges of navigating dominant culture, & how empathy alone isn't enough to combat inequity.