Conversations You Should Know About

Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar answered a question concerning climate change and the biofuel industry. Sen. Klobuchar also discussed how the current Presidential Administration is not, in her words, serving the middle class.

I interviewed Sen. Klobuchar during one of her campaign stops in Las Vegas, NV.

Interviewer: Colton Salaz

Guest: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Interview with Democratic Presidential candidate Secretary Julian Castro concerning his views on gun control. I interviewed Secy. Castro during one of his campaign stops in Las Vegas, NV. Castro is the former secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Obama Administration.

Interviewer: Colton Salaz

Guest: Secy. Julian Castro (D-Former HUD Secretary)

Back in July 2019, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing on the treatment of immigrant detainees, and the treatment they are receiving while in the care of the Department of Homeland Security.

On the morning of the hearing, I interviewed Westwood One Congressional Correspondent Linda Kenyon about what to expect during the hearing.

Host: Colton Salaz

Guest: Linda Kenyon, Congressional Correspondent for Westwood One News

Greg Zanis, a Colorado carpenter, constructed the 58 white crosses that lined the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the day that marked 2-years since the nation's deadliest mass shooting. Zanis has been constructing these crosses for every mass shooting since Columbine.

News report following the somber ceremony in Las Vegas which marked 2-years since the deadliest mass shooting in modern history. Gov. Sisolak (D-NV) teared up while delivering his opening remarks at the sunrise celebration of life ceremony.

A convicted man's fate hangs on whether he committed a murder on land belonging to Native Americans or to Oklahoma. A case before the Supreme Court asks, who really governs eastern Oklahoma?

Patrick Murphy was convicted of murder by the state of Oklahoma in 2000. But defense attorneys soon discovered that his conviction may have been based on a lie. The fate of five reservations in the state could be impacted by this supreme court case. The reservations argue this is Indian Country, therefore Murphy should have been prosecuted by the Native American Nation the crime was committed on.

Many people may not realize the significance of this case, or just how much land is in fact “indian country” in Oklahoma. So to better understand this issue, I reached out to Rebecca Nagle. She is a journalist, writer, and citizen of Cherokee Nation, which is one of the 5 tribes that could be impacted by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Carpenter vs. Murphy. Rebecca is the host of the hit podcast from Crooked Media "This Land" which follows this specific supreme court. Crooked Media is the same podcasting group which brings you some of the most listened to podcasts such as "Pod Save America" and "Lovett or Leave It."

For more information on Rebecca Nagle and her podcast "This Land" visit Crooked Media's website at: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/

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There’s been a marked uptick in so-called deaths of despair—those involving drugs, alcohol or suicide—among millennials over the last decade, according to a new report released by public-health groups Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust.

Drug, alcohol and suicide deaths have risen in nearly every age group over the last decade, but the increase has been especially pronounced for younger Americans.

Between 2007 and 2017, drug-related deaths increased by 108% among adults ages 18 to 34, All together, about 36,000 millennials died “deaths of despair” in 2017, with fatal drug overdoses being the biggest driver. People are more likely to die from a drug overdose, than a car accident.

In order to better understand this issue, I wanted to talk to people who are on the frontlines of this issue. So many times in the media, we offer intellectual debates about topics, instead of actually getting to the root source. In this case I needed to reach out to recovering addicts who are helping change the world. That is why I reached out to the creator and host of the This is Our Normal Podcast, Saul Jones, to see if he would sit down for an interview. Saul is a comedian, as well as an addiction advocate. He has suffered from drug addiction for most of his adult life; because of this, he wanted to help de-stigmatize addicts and addiction by creating a podcast that centers around recovery and the crazy, albeit funny, things addicts do while under the influence.

Saul, along with his co-host, Brian Hood, and producer Joel Cowen, drove out to Las Vegas to talk with me about the opioid epidemic, mental health, and their fight to help prevent another person dying from this progressive disease.

Here is a conversation you should know about with the cast of the This is Our Normal Podcast, Saul Jones, Brian Hood, and Joel Cowen.

For more information on This is Our Normal Podcast head over to: https://www.thisisournormalpodcast.com/

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Imagine for a moment what our world would look like without the internet…

No quick access to news articles, not able to quickly access random facts… and not able to engage with others from all over the world in an instant.

How different would our world be? Would it be better off? There wouldn’t be investigations into emails or Russian hackers, for starters. And there wouldn’t be a widespread normalization of hate speech. However, that isn’t the world we live in.

The world we live in is much faster, much more immediate, and the implications in the advancements of technology have not yet fully come to fruition. And many times, the technology and types of media outlets we use everyday can be more harmful than we think.

Recently I had a great conversation with a member of the Federal bar Association, a young and talented internet attorney by the name of Andrew Rossow about the topic of Cyberbullying as well as the other darker aspects of social media.

For more information on the Federal Bar Association please visit their website at http://www.fedbar.org/

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Pride Month is just around the corner, and while many people across the country are getting ready to celebrate, there are many people who are taking this time to reflect on how far we have come in regars to LGBTQ rights, as well as how far we still have to go. Especially as it pertains to Trans-rights and trans-justice. In the first half of this episode we will be discussing the topic of transgender troops in the military, and later one we will talk about hate crimes being on the rise against trans-people across the United States.

For more information about the Human Rights Campaign please visit their website at https://hrc.org or their twitter @hrc or https://twitter.com/HRC

For information on Sara Coello from the Dallas Morning News check out her bio at https://www.dallasnews.com/author/sara-coello or follow her on Twitter @smlcoello https://twitter.com/smlcoello

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Pride Month is just around the corner, and while many people across the country are getting ready to celebrate, there are many people who are taking this time to reflect on how far we have come in regars to LGBTQ rights, as well as how far we still have to go. Especially as it pertains to Trans-rights and trans-justice. In the first half of this episode we will be discussing the topic of transgender troops in the military, and later one we will talk about hate crimes being on the rise against trans-people across the United States.

For more information about the Human Rights Campaign please visit their website at https://hrc.org or their twitter @hrc or https://twitter.com/HRC

For information on Sara Coello from the Dallas Morning News check out her bio at https://www.dallasnews.com/author/sara-coello or follow her on Twitter @smlcoello https://twitter.com/smlcoello

Subscribe to this podcast on Radio.com and follow Colton Salaz on social media @RadioColton

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https://twitter.com/kxnt