In this episode of Soda City Speaks, we start off with headlines from across the Midlands for the month of November

The Fizz - our year in review!  Listen back to highlights from 2021 headlines, we've been through a lot this year Columbia

Our feature this month is a conversation with Chris Trainor, city reporter at The State newspaper, where we break down the numbers, the attacks and the victories of the Columbia City Elections. 

We end as always with community listening for this holiday season in Cola. 

Stay tuned in the new year for exciting non-election shows examining issues in Columbia such as housing, food security, the census and more!

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The City of Columbia's November 2nd elections are done, and two races have moved on to runoffs, taking place on November 16th.  Take the next two weeks to re-listen to our candidates interviews to help you decide who to vote for!  

First, Omme and Dylan break-down the November 2nd election numbers in all the races.  

Then catch-up with candidate for:

and Mayor, Daniel Rickenmann (1:10:46) and Tameika Isaac Devine (1:58:12)

Join us right back here after the run-offs for a final election extravaganza with guest host Chris Trainor!!

It's almost election time, and we've done it y'all, we have spoken with all the candidates for Columbia City Council.  Listen to our last two interviews with Daniel Rickenmann and Tameika Isaac Devine, both running for Mayor of this fine city.

The Fizz this episode is an excerpt from the NAACP-hosted candidate forum for Richland One School Board.  Watch the whole forum here

Films at the Farm

It's time to hear from our Columbia City Mayoral Candidates.  In October we will be giving you TWO episodes, so that you can take your time hearing from our mayoral candidates. 

We start as always with headlines from the city, and this time around we make some commentary on what's been going on, because it's been a rough couple of weeks. 

We brought back The Fizz this month with clips from Columbia's Rally for Reproductive Rights and Justice 

We then sat down and spoke with Moe Baddourah and Sam Johnson who are both running for mayor in the upcoming election. 

Lots of community listings, here is where you can get more details on them:

In this episode we continue to bring you conversations with candidates in the upcoming Columbia City elections.  This episode we speak with Christa Williams and Tina Herbert, both running for the district one seat to replace Sam Davis who is stepping down. 

We start off with headlines from the past month of Columbia news, and end with community listings for our city in September .

We will be hosting an election viewing party on November 2!  Join us to watch the results come in on a big screen outdoors.  Email us for the venue: [email protected] 

In this episode, we start like always with headlines, lots going on in Columbia! 

This month we are skipping the Fizz because there are just so many candidates in this race, and we want you to hear from all of them! 

In this episode we speak with Deitra Matthews and John Tyler, both running for the City Council At-Large seat. 

We end with community listings, things to do in Cola! Here are the two references we mentioned:

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In this episode, we start like we always do with headlines from Columbia, SC for the month of June.  Then we dig deeper into the recently passed Conversion Therapy Ban at the City of Columbia.  Our candidate interview for this month is with Tyler Bailey who is running for the City Council at Large seat in the upcoming election. We end as always with community listings for the month of July in Cola.

Reference mentioned during the Conversion Therapy discussion:

It's summertime!  That means vacations, and this month Omme was out of town so we had to record via Zoom, so the audio quality is not the best, sorry about that!

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In this episode of Soda City Speaks, we kick off as always with headlines from Columbia; major events and happening from May in our city.  In The Fizz we dig a big deeper into the 'Caslen Debacle'; the controversies over his hiring as president of UofSC, his mishandling of Covid and faculty sexual assault allegations, and his demise with the botched graduation speech and his resignation.  Then we continue with our series on the Columbia Elections with an interview with Heather Bauer who is running for the Columbia City Council At-Large seat in the upcoming election.  And we end as always with community listings; what to look out for in Columbia in June. 

Our featured Columbia artist this month is Jon Rooks, and theme music is by Preach Jacobs. 

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Welcome to Soda City Speaks, THE podcast for everything Columbia. 

The Fizz: a deeper dive into SC Pride and the challenges of putting on the festival in a Covid world with Jeff March, scpride.org

Candidate interview with Aditi Bussells, who is running for the City Council At-Large seat in the upcoming elections, aditiforthecity.com

We end with your community listings for Columbia in May 

Our featured artist this month is Diaspoura, find them at disapoura.com

Theme song by Preach Jacobs, find him at preachjacobs.co

Welcome to Soda City Speaks, your guide to all things Columbia! Each episode will start with headlines, then a deeper dive into one, followed by a long-form interview, rounding off with community listings. 

In this episode, we sit down with Mayor Benjamin to discuss his legacy of service, what's left to be done before his terms ends, and what he thinks the future holds for Columbia. Plus a look at who has declared their candidacy to become our next Mayor (and Council members)!

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Our next episode drops May 1