Paper Trail Podcast

Paper Trail Podcast

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Paper Trail Podcast episodes

  • PT 431: "People don't get good news, because they don't value it"

    Paul and Reggie talk about the rapid movement by the Franey family in Visalia to repair the damage wreaked by the fire in downtown on May 1 that left several businesses affected (2:30); Then they grade Doug Cardoza's time as interim superintendent for Visalia Unified School District. Reggie gives him a B- at best. (12:45)

    24 min
  • PT 430: "Did you pay the hackers VUSD? Did you?"

    Paul and Reggie talk about the update they published over the warning the Visalia Unified School District received from the Tulare County District Attorney's Office. Still VUSD has been mum on whether they paid the ransom by hackers to restore their data (7:13); Then they talk about the four out of five seats up for grabs on the Visalia City Council, and how much more leadership could be had in that governing body (17:25).

    32 min
  • PT 429: "Crisis! Pregnancy centers"
    Paul and Reggie talk about the uproar they've been getting over their crisis pregnancy center series now that it is appearing in the print edition. They talk about the underhanded tactics Tulare County pregnancy centers use to draw in young people who are pregnant to dissuade them from abortion, and propagate their Christian philosophy on reproductive health 2:25); Then they talk about a new small business bond market that has been used by Quesadilla Gorilla to help fund their business when they do not fall into "boxes" under larger banks (24:30)
    34 min
  • PT 428: "1 in 4 adults in Tulare County can't read"
    Paul talks to Reggie about his adult literacy story from this week. He finds in his reporting that more adult literacy programs could improve child literacy rates in the county and Valley (2:13); Then they follow up on Sam Moore's reporting on Lindsay's emergency water allocation -- they got it -- and what the state should do to help cities meet their water conservation goals (17:20)
    29 min
  • PT 427: "Putin's Log"
    Paul and Tootle talk about the Ukrainian resistance that has all but stopped Russia in its tracks thanks in large part to American aid, and where Vladamir Putin will stop (1:55); Then they talk about the recent revelations from former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's memoires that includes Trump's want to lob missiles into Mexico, asking law enforcement to shoot protesters in the legs and whether to invoke the Insurrection Act (14:55).
    32 min

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The Paper Trail Podcast is hosted in the heart of California's San Joaquin Central Valley. Hosts Paul Myers and Ryan Clark breakdown local issues in Fresno and Tulare Counties on a weekly basis to…