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The Podlight is produced by San José Spotlight, the city's award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to independent political and business reporting. Hosted by editor Nick Preciado and senio... more
FAQs about The Podlight:How many episodes does The Podlight have?The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.
June 03, 2022Election Day 2022: FAQsHost Nick Preciado chats with Michael Borja, a spokesman for the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, to answer common questions about voting processes and election security ahead of Tuesday's primary election....more16minPlay
May 20, 2022Election 2022: Primary predictions & analysisWith Election Day less than three weeks away, host Nick Preciado sits down with two of Silicon Valley's most prominent political experts -- Terry Christensen and Garrick Percival -- to get their predictions and analysis on key races and measures....more36minPlay
May 06, 2022Remembering Norm MinetaHost Nick Preciado is joined by San Jose Assemblymember Ash Kalra and transit leader Rod Diridon, Sr. to reflect on the legacy of the iconic Norm Mineta -- a trailblazing San Jose mayor, hometown hero and national leader....more38minPlay
April 22, 2022Google in San Jose: A deep diveHost Nick Preciado sits down with San Jose's Economic Development Director Nanci Klein to dig into the biggest land deal in San Jose's history -- the massive Google campus in downtown. Klein dishes on what's next, plans to prevent displacement and how the city is mitigating traffic and parking concerns....more33minPlay
April 09, 2022San Jose could have ranked choice voting, 14 council distrcitsOn this episode of The Podlight, host Nick Preciado chats with three members of San Jose's Charter Review Commission about a series of recommendations that could change city policies -- including a plan to switch to ranked choice voting and expand council districts....more31minPlay
March 18, 2022San Jose's plan to reduce traffic deaths, theft of catalytic convertersThis week, host Nick Preciado chats with reporter Tran Nguyen about a new plan to combat rising traffic deaths in San Jose. Then Senior Reporter Eli Wolfe hops on to talk about how the city hopes to reduce theft of catalytic converters....more13minPlay
March 11, 2022COVID enters endemic phase, barriers to affordable housingThis week, host Nick Preciado chats with reporter Tran Nguyen about COVID-19 entering the endemic phase in Santa Clara County and San Jose City Hall reporter Jana Kadah explains the barriers to affordable housing in San Jose....more12minPlay
March 04, 2022Santa Clara County says goodbye to masksThis week, host Nick Preciado chats with Senior Reporter Eli Wolfe about Santa Clara County lifting its indoor mask mandate. Then San Jose City Hall reporter Jana Kadah explains how the city will spend millions of dollars from Google in connection to its downtown project....more10minPlay
February 26, 2022Counting Silicon Valley's homeless residentsHost Nick Preciado and reporter Tran Nguyen dive into the county's biennial homeless count this week, including Ngyuen's experience shadowing volunteers as they scoured under bridges, along creeks and outside businesses before dawn to count homeless people living in San Jose....more16minPlay
February 18, 2022San Jose's new gun policies: Hear from both sidesThis week, host Nick Preciado welcomes two guests to dive into San Jose's new gun policies, which include requiring firearm owners to buy liability insurance and pay an annual fee to help reduce gun harm. San Jose Vice Mayor Chappie Jones explains how the policy might save lives, while activist Kirk Vartan says it's a half-baked plan with no teeth....more19minPlay
FAQs about The Podlight:How many episodes does The Podlight have?The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.