IMPACT

Carrie Kaufman is joined by co-host Andrea Cole and Peter Guzman of the Latin Chamber of Commerce. We talk about what we need to do to reopen the state for business.

Carrie Kaufman and Andrea Cole talked to Nevada ACLU policy director Holly Welborn and Clark County deputy chief public defender, and former Assemblyman, John Piro about their bid to get non-violent prisoners released from county jails and state prisons. Conditions in prisons, they argue, don't allow for social distancing.

APRIL 8, 2020: Today, on this first night of celebration of escaping an ancient plague, we look at our current pandemic through the lens of race. More African Americans are getting sick, and getting sicker than their white counterparts. Carrie Kaufman and Akiko Cooks talk to a doctor or nursing about those numbers.

APRIL 6, 2020: Carrie Kaufman talks to Rebecca Garcia, president of the Nevada PTA, and one of the moderators of the CCSD Parents Facebook group; and Felicia Ortiz, an elected board member of the Nevada Board of Education about how people are coping, and what the school districts and states expect of them.

Carrie Kaufman talks to Sarah O'Connell of Eat More Art and Matt Elwell of Comedy Sportz about how art can lead us through this crisis.

APRIL 2, 2020: Carrie Kaufman talks to Review Journal reporter Michael Scott Davidson and SEIU Local 1107 Chief of Staff Michael Shepherd about a Clark County emergency order to suspend union contracts.

Carrie Kaufman and Akiko Cooks talked to UNLV Immigration Clinic attorney Paloma Guerrero about conditions in ICE detention centers in Nevada, and whether social distancing is even possible.

Carrie Kaufman heads to Valley High School in Las Vegas to talk to seniors and staff about how they are faring with schools closed. Staff were handing out Chromebooks to students who needed them.

Carrie Kaufman was joined by Sarah O'Connell and Marcus Weiss, theatre and performance artists who are leading the charge to represent artistic economic interests in the aftermath of the coronavirus. We talk about how hard it is to navigate in a world where we don't have concrete answers. We also featured two women from Nye and Esmeralda counties who are helping their communities.