This week Jazmin and Robert welcome David Lopez and Diana Duran of Nueva Fuerza on the show. They shared about the organization, including its purpose, its insights in Louisville's Latin American population, and its goals for the future.

Jazmin spent most of the first part of the show talking about Kentucky's juvenile justice system, which has been plagued by very serious scandals for quite a while. We've talked around this issue several times on the show, but here we really dig into what is going on, why it's happening, and what solutions exist.

This week Robert and Jazmin talked about the 2023 filing deadline -- who is in, who is out, and what are the matchups in the primary and general elections this Spring and Fall. Then, the pair discuss the first week of the legislative session.

The legislature kicked off their 2023 session, and we talked about everything happened on Day 1. Jazmin also has details on an appeal of a lawsuit in which SCOKY ruled against Governor Beshear, plus updates about a special election and the swearing in of several officers in city government.

This week Robert and Jazmin discussed Buddy Wheatley running for Secretary of State, Savannah Maddox dropping out of the race for Governor, the death of Henry Berg-Brousseau, and Governor Beshear's visit to Eastern Kentucky.

What will the Kentucky legislature tackle in the short 2023 session? Robert and Jazmin dive into this question. Robert looks at the only guaranteed thing: a reduction in the income tax, and also looks into what else the legislature might do around tax reform. Jazmin talks about marijuana reform; a perennial topic in Frankfort, but will this be the year that a bill is actually passed? In addition, Robert and Jazmin discuss several other topics that are likely to come up such as bills attacking trans kids, bills about abortion, "gray machine" regulation, and more.

This week, Robert gives us the background story on Republican candidate Jonathan Shell, who is running for Agriculture Commissioner. Then, Jazmin tells us about last weekend in Bowling Green, where some folks showed up to ask for Emmitt Till's original accuser to be arrested, leading to threats against them, which in turn led to cancellations of all sorts of weekend activities in Warren County.

This week Robert and Jazmin interviewed Lisa Sobel, one of three Jewish women suing the state over abortion laws using a case based on Kentucky's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. We spoke to her about her experience, why she decided to become a plaintiff in this case, and much more. Aaron Kemper, one of the lawyers on the case, also joined us to talk about the legal ideas in the case. This was a very informative and very personal interview, we hope you listen.

Two new candidates have entered the 2023 election recently: Pamela Stevenson on the Democratic side, who is running for Attorney General, and Alan Keck on the Republican side, who is running for Governor. Robert and Jazmin dug into their backgrounds and tell you what you need to know.

This week, Tres Watson joined Robert and Jazmin to talk about the 2023 primary from a Republican perspective. Tres is a major player in Republican politics in Kentucky, and has been for a very long time. He talked to us about his thoughts about the current candidates for Governor. Afterwards, Robert and Jazmin joined his show to talk about downballot races for Democrats in 2023, so check out that episode as well.

Before speaking with Tres, Robert talked about the oral arguments in the abortion case last week, and Jazmin talked about Judge Wingate rejecting the redistricting lawsuit.

It was a mixed bag in 2022! Two (bad) constitutional amendments went down, several good judges won, and local elections in Louisville and Lexington went pretty well! But the State House is going to become even more Republican. We talked about it all!

Lexington-Fayette County Mayor Linda Gorton joined us this week to talk about her run for re-election and the things she's most proud of during her previous term as mayor.

Jazmin and Robert did a long election preview this week, covering significant races for the state legislature, Louisville and Lexington Mayor, and judicial races throughout the state.