Reno Street Audio

Seniors in Reno, including Jeff a former chiropractor who now lives in his car share their plight living on the streets and explain why they avoid the Nevada Cares Campus despite the cold weather.

Slovenly Records and Sticker Guy are teaming up with Spitting Image and Austin Pratt to release their first Reno punk album. Our episode includes songs from Full Sun and discussions about the local punk scene, punk influences, gentrification, the lack of venues and the value of hard work.

Lynette Eddy, the founder of the Eddy House, to help street young adults in Reno, Nevada, recently published a new book called The Fight Inside, Winning the Battle Between Your Ego and True Spirit. She shares how her own life, full of turbulence and tragedy, has guided her own path doing good for society, and how the Eddy House has grown since it was an idea she had as a graduate student.

Anwar, 24, a 2021 transfer, is the only Afghan student pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. When Anwar first came to the United States in 2019, he still had plans to go back to his country and help explore the mineral wealth there. However, when the Taliban took over in 2021, his dreams of going back and setting up a business there were shattered. “I wanted to pursue mining and metallurgical engineering because universities back home did not offer that degree. I wanted to help build an income source that could help the economy of my country,” Anwar says. He has now turned his attention to getting asylum here and being able to stay beyond his degree. Find out more about his hopes and ordeals in this podcast episode with Kingkini Sengupta.

“Going back to Afghanistan is not safe anymore,” he says.

Chris Reynolds has owned and operated numerous Cold Stones in Reno since February 2003, but the one in the former Shoppers Square, now the Reno Public Market, has been his most successful. He hopes the new space will bring in new customers without losing the regulars. After a lengthy construction process and tough adjustments during the pandemic, he's finally moved into the shiny new location across from the Sprouts supermarket, a few hundred feet from his previous location. In this episode he discusses challenges and rewards of his business with reporter Ariel Smith.

"I have grown it to where I’m now supplying seven different restaurants, the Great Basin Food Co-op, and Riverside Farmer’s Market which is a fantastic farmers market." Gaia Osborne interviews Walker Sauls, the co-owner of Biggest Little Mushrooms, a gourmet mushroom farm in Reno, Nevada.

Jessica and Joseph Daylover, a polyamorous couple, are influencers in Reno who promote and practice polyamory while raising a family. With reporter Kingkini Sengupta, they discuss their path into polyamory, their challenges, their rewards and people’s reactions, including from their own families.

“We’re looking for businesses with heart,” Donna Walden says of her drive to make our area greener, by looking for partnerships with local businesses to lessen their environmental damage. “They care about sustainability, they want to know what more they can do to help keep Nevada beautiful for future generations.” On this episode, Gaia Osborne talks to Walden, the founder of GreenUp! who helps small to medium sized businesses make strides to being as environmentally friendly as they can be,

“I had grandparents or grandmothers that were in their nineties and even 103 and it just seemed like, it's nice to be able to help folks that don't have the ability physically, maybe financially to live comfortably and safely. And so it seemed like a good, a good fit,” says Katie Pace of becoming executive director of an organization which has its mission to ensure safe and healthy housing for those with a crumbling infrastructure. The reporter for this episode produced by Chloe Cross is Chris Darche.

Many mental health issues that people face as adults result from traumas they faced as a child. Christopher Conway, 56, a therapist, decided to address this problem by creating a foundation based out of Reno that helps people facing such traumas to open up about their experiences and receive resources to be able to manage them. Conway started the National Foundation for Adult Victims of Childhood Trauma last year after moving to Reno in late 2020. “As a child, I faced sexual, physical and psychological abuse … and have been shamed for it,” Conway told Our Town Reno. With his non-profit organization which is at a very nascent stage currently, Conway is trying to create a network of people who have a special relationship and understanding with each other. The reporter for this episode is Kingkini Sengupta.