One of two mid-20s candidates for city council in this year’s municipal election, Ryan Maloney also is one of two Indiana University students hoping to gain a seat. Born in Australia and raised in Nevada, Maloney has worked as a bus driver since moving to Bloomington to study at SPEA. He hopes to become a lawyer, working in the interest of people who’ve suffered sexual harassment and abuse. As a student at a Nevada community college, Maloney helped defeat a proposed law to allow concealed carry on the state’s campuses.

[This episode originally aired Thursday, April 25, 2019.]

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