Convos On The Pedicab

Angeles Almaguer is a film maker, photographer and content creator who works as a bartender in downtown Austin.  In this episode, Angeles hops on the Pedicab in order to talk about reproductive rights, body positivity, and the dangers of government overreach from both parties in the political class.

Ken Casaday is the President of the Austin Police Association. Our police department has had a tumultuous year, with BLM protests, calls for defunding and pressure to enforce unconstitutional mask mandates and business closures by the same government that wanted to scrape over $100 million from their budget.  In this episode, we talk about AI and what it means for the future of policing, the balance between upholding law and order with protecting our civil liberties, and how repeated government overreach will dehumanize our police department.

Austin Talley is an 18 year veteran who is currently serving in the Air National Guard. He spent 8 years in Afghanistan and 1 year in Iraq.  In the episode he hops on the pedicab in order to share his experience and discuss how we could’ve improved our exit strategy.  We talked about the failures of our political class, both nationally and locally, specifically Mayor Adler when it comes to small businesses and body autonomy.

Wazi Graves is an amateur boxer who just recovered from the Delta Variant.  In this episode we talked his  experience, the ethics of vaccine mandates, and how you can play an active role in diminishing the severity of this virus.

Dr. Jen Mushtaler is an OBGYN and former candidate for City Council in Austin’s District 6.  In this episode we talked about the effectiveness of vaccines, “trusting the experts,” the efficacy of mask wearing, gain of function research, and the human rights implications for issuing lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

Cody Hofstatter is a pro-MMA fighter, BJJ black belt, and the head MMA coach at 10th Planet Austin.  In this episode, we talk about what it takes to be a fighter, the mindset that it takes to be successful in MMA, how that mindset translates into other facets of life, and how fear and anxiety are normal components of the human condition that need to be embraced rather than stigmatized.

Matt Mackowiak is the head of the Travis County GOP and co-founder of Save Austin Now, a PAC that successfully reinstated the homeless camping ban.  In this episode we talked about preserving freedom and liberty in the face of covid, how the city is responding to cleaning up the homeless camps, and his new petition to restore funding for APD in order to hire more officers and train them better.

Mackenzie Kelly is a freshman City Council Woman in Austin’s District 6 and the lone Republican on the Dias.  In this episode, we talked about our City’s budget, solutions for homelessness, consequences for defunding the police, and much more.

Jason Vaughn is the Policy Director for The Texas Young Republicans.  In this episode we talked about the special legislative session, abortion, vaccine choice, voting integrity, Greg Abbott, limiting the executive power of the governor and more.

Christian Ammons is an up and coming amateur MMA fighter fighting out of 10th Planet in Austin, TX. In this episode, we discuss how he got started with his career, how he gets inside of his opponents heads, his plans for the future and whether or not he would ever consider getting on a Pedicab.