Kansas Helen Podcast

Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

This section discusses transparency, cronyism, and the relationship between private interests and public office. The conversation covers elected officials using official titles on social media, blocking political opposition, business events with elected leaders, closed-door influence, and the difference between personal pages and public-facing political pages.

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Ryan Gilbert is running in a packed Democrat primary in August to determine who will run against Estes in November.

Gilbert discusses creating a new deal focused on jobs, the power grid, roads, infrastructure, and rail. He talks about connecting Wichita with surrounding communities and building a route through Emporia, Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City, including how rail could create more options for travel and economic activity.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

Jacobs discusses poverty, crime, houselessness, mental health, and self-medication as symptoms of larger economic and social systems. He argues that police are a reactionary force and that communities need responsible systems that address the conditions creating harm. The discussion also covers healthcare access, education, labeling students, and how people can be written off instead of supported.

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Ryan Gilbert is running in a packed Democrat primary in August to determine who will run against Estes in November.

Gilbert discusses energy policy, nuclear power, wind, solar, batteries, oil, and the need to diversify energy sources. He talks about his background in power plant technology and as a nuclear power plant operator, explains why he views nuclear power as efficient and clean, and says the country has fallen behind by focusing on where the money is instead of adapting.

See the full interview on Kansas Helen Substack and learn more about the US House District 4 race here: [https://kansashelen.substack.com](https://kansashelen.substack.com)

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

This section looks at why local government matters, including policing, city councils, public safety spending, homelessness, mental health calls, and alternatives to armed police responses.

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Ryan Gilbert is running in a packed Democrat primary in August to determine who will run against Estes in November.

Gilbert discusses marijuana legalization and says it is one of his top priorities. He connects legalization to affordability, accountability, adaptability, farmers, tax revenue, hemp, environmental needs, and keeping Kansas money in Kansas instead of sending it across state lines to Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado, and Kansas City.

See the full interview on Kansas Helen Substack and learn more about the US House District 4 race here: [https://kansashelen.substack.com](https://kansashelen.substack.com)

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

Jacobs explains that he is not approaching the governor race as a traditional representative. He says he is approaching it as an applied anthropologist and describes his goal as using research, field work, and systemic audits to dismantle systems rather than reform them. He argues that symbolic victories and small reforms do not create broad justice if the larger systems remain in place.

See the full interview on Kansas Helen Substack and learn more about the Kansas Governor race here: https://kansashelen.substack.com

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Ryan Gilbert is running in a packed Democrat primary in August to determine who will run against Estes in November.

Gilbert discusses universal healthcare and says the country needs to start moving toward a single-payer healthcare system. He says the transition would need to happen slowly because of the number of people employed by insurance companies, and he says healthcare should not be run for profit. He also says prescription medication advertising should not be allowed and that pharmaceutical companies should not control healthcare decisions.

See the full interview on Kansas Helen Substack and learn more about the US House District 4 race here: [https://kansashelen.substack.com](https://kansashelen.substack.com)

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.Jacobs explains the meaning behind Not Cops and how it grew from protest work into the center of his campaign. He describes it as a way to question public safety, community care, policing, control, government violence, and older systems that he says still shape current laws and policies.See the full interview on Kansas Helen Substack and learn more about the Kansas Governor race here: https://kansashelen.substack.comYou can now also watch on Kansas Helen YouTube or listen on the Kansas Helen Podcast on Apple and Spotify#kansas #vote #2026elections #governor

Ryan Gilbert is running in a packed Democrat primary in August to determine who will run against Estes in November.

Gilbert discusses Palestine and Gaza, says he does not support Israel while Netanyahu is in power, and describes U.S. support as complicity in genocide.

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