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Hosts Scott Lewis and Laura Kohn discuss Betsy DeVos and what her nomination as Secretary of Education could mean for in California. In the second half, Lewis and Kohn speak with Miles Durfee, Managing Regional Director of the California Charter...

VOSD Managing Editor Sara Libby and Annie Heilbrunn of the Union-Tribune discuss the Super Bowl and the plight of the lady football fan.

San Diego is in the middle of a housing crisis, and an unlikely pair has emerged to do something about it. Democratic Councilman David Alvarez and Republican Councilman Scott Sherman disagree on many issues. But when it comes to housing – and San Diego's need for a boatload more of it – the two said they're batting for the same team. Hosts Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts sat down with Alvarez and Sherman to talk about the odd couple's new housing plan. The two hosted a summit this week to kick off a major housing push, but Lewis and Keatts wanted to know how they plan to take the issue beyond a conversation and create actual solutions, especially since some of Mayor Kevin Faulconer's actions haven't moved the needle much when it comes to new housing in San Diego. Citing a 2015 study by researchers at  Point Loma Nazarene University that found 40 percent of housing costs in the region are driven by government regulations, Sherman said one way to get more housing built is to remove red tape. "We're going to move to streamline some of those processes," he said. "We're going to start trying to allow certain things to be done and be permitted by right ... and reform different obstacles that get in the way a lot of times of these types of development happening." Both Sherman and Alvarez said they are committed to push as hard as they can on housing in the next few years. "The willingness is there now," Alvarez said. "There's never been a moment like this while I've been on the Council where it just feels like it's the right time to do it." Also on the podcast, Keatts and Lewis get all anti-science about growing human organs in animals. They talk about the two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump this week that could impact the San Diego region bigly. And, of course, they touch on the new idea floated for the Qualcomm Stadium site, and discuss what it means now that the city has cleared a huge hurdle in its push toward a waterfront expansion of the Convention Center. Oh, and the Chargers are definitely not coming back to San Diego, so Lewis and Keatts said it's time to stop pretending they might. Hero of the Week Sherman and Alvarez get the honor this week for taking leadership roles in the housing crisis. Goat of the Week San Diego Unified School District gets the goat for continuing to fail the students of Lincoln High School. A course designed to earn students there college credit is in shambles.

A special Culturecast episode focused on the recent Women's March in San Diego.

A special Culturecast episode focused on the recent Women's March in San Diego.

Hosts Scott Lewis and Laura Kohn speak with Dr. Sandy Husk, CEO of the college preparatory program AVID, Jill Anderson, Principal of O'Farrell Charter's Middle School Academy and Chuy Gomez, an AVID student at O'Farrell.

Hosts Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts talk to Ron Fowler, the executive chairman of the group that owns the San Diego Padres, about a post-Chargers San Diego and other big citywide issues.

You know how when you experience a traumatic event, folks will tell you to just keep putting one foot in front of the other? That's what thousands of women across the country plan to do on Saturday, including many in San Diego. In this podcast episode, I talked with Alex Zaragoza and Eboney Steward, two organizers of the San Diego Women's March, about what's going down at the march and beyond. We discussed their efforts to recruit a diverse group of women to lead the event, questions from men about whether they're invited too (yes, duh!) and, for some reason, "Grey's Anatomy" (just go with it). Steward said her motivation for the march goes beyond just the election of President Donald Trump. "Donald Trump winning wasn't the first thing that made me want to get up and do something. As a woman of color, I've been dealing with this kind of thing for as long as I can remember. ... No one else is going to fight for your seat a the table, so if you're not there to claim it, you're going to get passed over," she said. Poster-making parties have been happening across the city in advance of the march. VOSD’s Kinsee Morlan dropped in on one of them in City Heights and talked with a handful of women who were depressed about the Donald Trump presidency, but empowered by the act of sharing their sentiments. She also dropped by the “Nasty Women” art show that’s opening in a Bankers Hill gallery after the march and talked to one of the organizers, ceramic artist and professor Sasha Koozel Reibstein.

The Chargers are done with San Diego. Hosts Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts unpack that huge, city-shaking news in this week's episode. There's a lot to go through, especially considering the fact that Lewis has been covering the Chargers saga since 2003. A lot of people thought the Chargers would never actually move to Los Angeles. In hindsight, of course, it should have been clear exactly two years ago that the team's move to L.A. was close to inevitable. Back then, though, city leaders and fans alike dismissed Chargers chairman Dean Spanos' talk about leaving as mere leverage to move along the stadium deal the team so badly wanted. The city played Spanos' game and lots of public money was spent on stadium-related reports and consultants over the past few years. Ultimately, the city lost, but the real losers are the teams' die-hard fans. "This is not good for the city," said Keatts. "No matter what a policy wonk you are out there who has determined that these subsidies are bad, the way the NFL does business is unethical, that there is better uses for our finite city land, that this sucked up too much oxygen in our political discussion – all of that can be true, and it can also be true that this is just sad. There are a lot of San Diegans who lost something they care about." The good news is now the city has over 150 acres of land in Mission Valley that could be used for something big. Also on the podcast, Lewis and Keatts talk about previous State of the City addresses and the progress of some of the mayor's past promises. We also air the first episode of Season 2 of Culturecast, Voice of San Diego's podcast covering arts and culture in the San Diego region. Hero of the Week Chicano Park was named a National Historic Landmark. Congratulations to the artists and community members who have done a bang-up job keeping the park beautiful and helping get its historical significance recognized. Goat of the Week Chargers chairman Dean Spanos.  Duh.

Chelsea Allen, the manager of community engagement at the San Diego Symphony, said she thinks San Diego's art and culture crowd is ready for new, exciting things. "It seems from what we're learning that it's very brave," she said. "And it's...