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This week, host Joey Lovato talks with UNLV Professor Tyler D. Parry about the Derek Chauvin verdict and policing reform in Nevada. After that, Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talk about what bills lived and died at the Legislature this week after deadline day. At the end of the show, reporter Humberto Sanchez discusses the bid for D.C. statehood, a Republican counteroffer to Biden’s infrastructure bill and more.

0:00 - Intro

0:58 - Policing Reform with Professor Tyler D. Parry

10:50 - Legislative update

20:45 - D.C. Update

29:30 - Outro/Credits

Our thee-part arts series “The Callback” wraps up this week. Joey and Sean talk to Tsvetelina Stefanova, Shoshana Zeldner and Angelique Janowski about film festivals, music festivals, live events, time to reflect on art during the pandemic, coming back to work, unemployment for artists and the creative process amid major challenges. Later in the show, host Joey Lovato and Editor Jon Ralston talk about Best Picture nominations in Jon’s favorite segment — predicting Academy Awards! At the end of the show, health care reporter Megan Messerly talks with producer Jacob Solis about COVID-19 and where we are as vaccines continue to roll out.

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - The Callback Part 3

15:00 - Best picture Nominations

24:40 - Covid Update

34:10 - Outro/Credits

Performing arts venues have been shuttered for over a year and reopening is not as simple as just lifting capacity limits. In our second installment of “The Callback,” host Joey Lovato and intern Sean Golonka talk with Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center in Las Vegas, and Dennyse Sewell, managing director at the Pioneer Center in Reno, about being closed for over a year now. After that, reporter Jacob Solis talks with UNR president and former governor and Brian Sandoval about the university’s plans moving forward. At the end of the show, reporter Riley Snyder and assistant editor Michelle Rindels give an update on the Legislature during deadline week.

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - The Callback Part 2

13:45 - Interview with Brian Sandoval

23:35 - Legislative Update

31:35 - Outro/Credits

This week on IndyMatters, we have the first of our three-part arts series “The Callback,” where intern Sean Golonka and host Joey Lovato explore how the pandemic has affected the creative community and how they are coming out of it. After that, we hear from Republican Assemblyman Greg Hafen and Indy columnist David Colborne on a bill to restrict social media platforms from banning users. At the end of the show, our man in D.C. Humberto Sanchez gives an update on everything going on in the nation’s capital, including a newly unveiled infrastructure plan.

0:00 - Intro

0:55 - The Callback Part 1

12:05 - Social Media Bill

20:30 - DC Debrief

28:30 - Outro/Credits

This week on IndyMatters, we have a segment on Blockchains LLC, the tech company looking to build a smart city if the proposed “Innovation Zone” legislation passes. After that, we hear from assistant editor Michelle Rindels and legislative reporter Riley Snyder on the goings-on in Carson City including updates on major bills and what new bills were recently introduced. At the end of the show, DC reporter Humberto Sanchez gives us an update from the nation's capital on a gun violence bill, the filibuster fight and more.

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Blockchains LLC

16:15 - Legislative Update

23:55 - DC Debrief

30:00 - Outro/Credits