Host Stephen Conner and Co-Host Chardon Black pull out their crystal ball to discuss who they think the top 10 candidates for the presidential nominee will be for both the Democrats and the Republicans in 2024, including some familiar and not-so-familiar political figures.

In this episode, Both Sides host Stephen Conner interviews Unsilenced Voices of CMSD blogger Chardon Black, his co-host and a junior at Cleveland Metropolitan School District who identifies as an Independent.

It's the return of your lovely cohost, Stephen Conner! Conner graduated from Cleveland Metropolitan School District last spring, but is returning as an intern for Ms. Gayle Gadison with CMSD to help out with the Unsilenced Voices of CMSD blog. 

Conner hosts a discussion today about the 2022 general election with Unsilenced Voices of CMSD blogger Chardon Black. Listen in for their perspective on race in Ohio and beyond.

Unsilenced Voices of CMSD blogger Stephen Conner is joined by co-hosts Kayla Blake and Jeremiah Al-Jeleel to discuss the overturning of Roe V. Wade and the state of abortion rights in the U.S.

In this episode of Both Sides, Stephen and co-host Kayla Blake discuss the appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Black woman to ever hold that position.

In this episode of Both Sides, Stephen and co-host Kayla Blake discuss the pending appointment of a U.S. Supreme Court justice, whom President Biden has pledged will be a Black woman. 

In this episode of Both Sides, Stephen interviews his fellow Campus International High School students, and Civics 2.0 adviser Sam Kohn, about their time participating in the Civics 2.0 civic engagement program.

In this episode of Both Sides with Stephen Conner, Stephen and co-host Kayla Blake talk about a variety of things as the year comes to a close: their recent birthdays; the Black voter turnout; and about how Stephen believes federal Democrats have failed to deliver on several key promises they made during the 2020 election. You'll also hear their thoughts on the governor's races coming in 2022, including Kayla and Stephen's feelings about Democrat Georgia governor candidate Stacy Abrams.

Unsilenced Voices blogger Milo McDonald interviewed fellow bloggers Kayla Blake and Nailah-ali Chaney about their time working at the polls this election cycle through CMSD's Civics 2.0 initiative. 

Chaney, a senior at John Marshall High School, and Blake, a senior at Cleveland School of Science and Medicine, were not old enough to vote this year, but that didn't stop them from being civically engaged. They, like other students with CMSD, received training from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on how to work the polls. 

Listen in to learn more about what it was like.

In this episode of Both Sides with Stephen Conner, Stephen and co-host Kayla Blake discuss the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse and the Ahmaud Arbery case. Please note that this episode was recorded prior to Thanksgiving, before the conclusion of the Arbery case. Rittenhouse was found not guilty, and the three men involved in the killing of Arbery - Gregory McMichael, his son Travis and William Bryan - were all found guilty.

Both Sides With Stephen Conner is a political podcast created by Cleveland Metropolitan School District Senior Stephen Conner, in partnership with the Unsilenced Voices of CMSD, a student blog.