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Latest Episodes

Impeachment Vote is Coming-
December 15, 2019

Jessica and Kyler spending an evening chatting about what they've learned and heard from their friends and colleagues regarding impeachment.

Recap- State of Education -SMSL203
July 25, 2019

Kyler and Jessica wrap-up their discussion on the state of education.  They debate the struggle public education has with funding and privatization.  The two educator's they spoke to came from very different schools,

Teachers in LA go on Strike- SMSL202
July 08, 2019

Jessica meets up with Aurora Mireles, an elementary school teacher in East Los Angeles.  She reflects on that rainy week in January when over 30,000 LAUSD teachers went on strike.  Ms. Mireles explains the bigger systemic problems hurting public educat...

Teaching in Rural America -SMSL201
July 02, 2019

We are back with Season 2!  This series of episodes will look into some of the topics that the Democratic Primary candidates have brought up while stumping around the country.  First up, education and teacher pay. -

Government Shutdown recap -SMSL025
February 05, 2019

Kyler and Jessica discuss the anxieties and higher calling both their interviewees invoked when they spoke of their positions within the federal government.  Did the president learn anything about using these positions as bargaining chips in his border...

I’m a member of the Coast Guard during the government shutdown -SMSL024
January 29, 2019

Jessica sits down with a friend who works for the coast guard.  He talks about life during the government shutdown and how missing a few paychecks affected him and his colleagues.  Together they debate whether using federal workers as a bargaining chip...

I’m a federal worker in Colorado -SMSL023
January 24, 2019

The government is shut down, so Kyler talks with a friend in the parks service about her experience being a furloughed federal worker.  They explore how the shutdown is bigger than just the 800,000 not getting a paycheck.

Wrap up on Race -SMSL022
December 18, 2018

Jessica and Kyler review what they learned from their discussions on race in the US.  They conclude that the more people leave themselves open to uncomfortable moments the more progress our culture could find when it comes to bias and discrimination.

Being a person of color in the country -SMSL021
December 07, 2018

Kyler sits down with Luis and Samantha Escobedo to talk about their experience as a mixed-race married couple.  Luis was born in Mexico and came to Colorado with his family at eight years old.  Sam was born and raised in southern Colorado.

America spoke up. Post-election wrap up -SMSL020
November 16, 2018

Kyler and Jessica chat about the 2018 mid-term election results and those still being tallied.