George and Mikayla talk about the Global Climate Strike which took place around the world and at Village Bakery on Friday. The co hosts also breakdown the League of Women Voters Mayoral candidate forum with Mayor Steve Patterson and Damon Krane.

This episode also features an interview with Patterson about his trip to Washington D.C. last week with the League of Cities.

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Mikayla Rochelle, a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science joins George on Swing State of Mind as the new cohost and they discuss what they plan on covering this next year.
Mikayla is a sophomore studying Journalism- Strategic Communication and Political Science at Ohio University. She is an opinion columnist and former reporter for The Post. Mikayla is also the Scripps College of Communication Senator for Student Senate, and also hold a position as the Vice-Commissioner for state/federal issues on the Governmental Affairs commission. She is also member of Ohio University College Republicans.

Daniel Kilgore, a Columbus resident and political activist is running for the Democratic nomination for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District.
George interviews Kilgore about his candidacy and how he plans to run against Steve Stivers, the Republican incumbent from Upper Arlington.

Swing State of Mind begins the 2019 fall semester with a recap of the summer’s news with special guest Abby Miller, a news editor at The Post.

Abby and George breakdown the summer’s news at the national, state and local level with topics ranging from the 2020 Democratic presidential primary to Patrick McGee’s struggles to get on the 2019 general election ballot.

Listen to an interview from the end of last semester with Athens Mayoral Candidate Damon Krane who will be running against current Mayor Steve Patterson as an Independent.
Join the podcast in wishing farewell to Maddie Capron as a co-host on the show as she graduates from OU and moves on to start her career in journalism.

George and Maddie discuss Ohio's recent passing of the heartbeat bill and Tim Ryan's presidential candidacy. George is also joined by Athens mayor Steve Patterson to discuss his election campaign.

George has on newly elected student senate president Lydia Ramlo. The two discuss the elections and the future plans of the student senate.

George and Maddie discuss the upcoming student senate elections and sit down with Arian Smedley, candidate for Athens City Council.