S2E2: Presidential debate watch party

08/04/19 • 28 min

GUESTS: Derrick Broze, candidate for Houston Mayor in 2019; Josue Garcia, volunteer interpreter for Texas Refugee Center; and Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston.

HOSTS: Brenda, Daniel, and Abhinav.

TOPICS: Upcoming Houston mayoral election in November. Interviewing our guests instead of watching the Democratic presidential debate. And thoughts on immigration reform.

GUESTS: Derrick Broze, candidate for Houston Mayor in 2019; Josue Garcia, volunteer interpreter for Texas Refugee Center; and Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston.

HOSTS: Brenda, Daniel, and Abhinav.

TOPICS: Upcoming Houston mayoral election in November. Interviewing our guests instead of watching the Democratic presidential debate. And thoughts on immigration reform.

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S2E1: We're back!

GUEST: Audia Jones, candidate for Harris County District Attorney in 2020.

HOSTS: Brenda, Daniel, and Abhinav.

TOPICS: Resurrecting the show after a year-long hiatus. Visiting Houston’s downtown detention center for unaccompanied immigrant kids. And the virtues and patriotism of community civil disobedience.

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S2E3: Harris County sues ExxonMobil

GUEST: Adrian Garcia, Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 2.

HOST: Abhinav Kumar.

TOPICS: Quick walkthrough of Harris County Commissioners Court function, purpose, and responsibilities. County petrochemical explosions and accidents in 2019. Update on Commissioners Court response and lawsuit for recent ExxonMobil oil refinery explosion in Baytown on 2019-07-31.

THANK YOU: Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia for the interview, Pct. 2 Communications Director Frida Villalobos for coordinating logistics, Baker Ripley Leonel Castillo Community Center for the interview venue, Free Music Archive for public domain audio, Jesse Spillane for Torchlight Tango Main Theme used as 610 News theme song, and Kai Engel for Great Expectations used as backing piano for episode intro.