Live from Houston for NLC Convention Mark Riddle, NLC President, sits down with The Zag to preview his state of the state speech on the organization. We talk everything from the first NLC Convention to great bourbon to the future of millennial leadership. Download and subscribe to hear all NLC Convention recordings coming this weekend.

What's new in Florida? 2014 NLC Tallahassee Fellow Joy Dixon let's us know on this episode of The Zag. We talk everything from life in a battleground state to health and wellness to vegan cheeseburgers to next week's NLC Convention. Don't miss it.

2017 NLC Detroit Fellow Reda Taleb joins The Zag to share details about her recently founded company called Dream Catcher LLC. We then talk about her experience as the first to do many things in her family. Don't miss it.

Our guest today is not in much of a mood for jokes about how busy she must be these days. 2018 NLC Fellow Alanna Holt is an immigration lawyer and she spends this episode sharing what motivates her to fight and what she wants to see happen with immigration policy in the future. Don't miss it.

Dark times in our country these days. Joel Frost-Tift, 2014 NLC Fellow helps us try to make sense of it all on this episode of The Zag. Joel is an immigration attorney with Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project. He represents immigrants from all over the world who are in removal proceedings, many of whom are detained. He believes passionately in fighting the horrific abuses being perpetrated against his clients and other immigrants across the country.

Hey, it's one of our favorite Fellows -- Anjuli Kronheim Katz -- talking life in Santa Monica, working on their Housing Commission, and organizing for important progressive causes with Bend the Arc Jewish Action. We also talk Bird Scooters. ("Look, it's a bird!")

Halfway through 2018, NLC Governing Board President Eric DeSobe talks about all the chapter's accomplishments the past six months. From wrapping NLC Institute to looking ahead to recruiting new Fellows for 2019, there's lots ahead to discuss. Listen today.

The immigration policies of the current administration are front and center in hearts and minds of progressives. NLC alum Tejas Shah, an immigration lawyer, shares his work in the resistance and what gives him hope for the future.

We're talking how to support first generation college students and professionals with 2017 NLC Maryland Fellow Irnande Altema. Check out her organization at www.firstgenrise.com to learn more and get her book.

If you've loved any NLC Los Angeles collateral in the past 2 years our guest today, 2016 Fellow Chris Alves, probably designed it. It's his career and passion and on this episode he shares insights into his approach to communication through images and words. He also tells us what a dodgeball league and yacht club in Eagle Rock have in common.