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Nooner Conversations

12 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

Scott Lay expands beyond his daily email newsletter by throwing a mic in his backpack to talk with cool folks about California Politics and Policy.

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Nooner Conversations with guest Chris Micheli - July 22, 2021

July 23, 2021 18:04 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MB

Reach Chris Micheli at [email protected]. Cases and Materials on Direct Democracy in California  The California Legislature and Its Legislative Process 

Lobbyist and legislative process law professor Chris Micheli on the 2021 legislative year

March 19, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Chris and I talk about the 2021 legislative year, which starts off much as the 1999-2000 Legislative Session ended, with limited committee hearings and a Capitol generally closed to the public. The introduction is missing (for now) because of Quicktime problems after the Big Sur update.

State Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)

August 17, 2020 22:14 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB

Senate website: https://sd30.senate.ca.gov/ Campaign website: https://www.hollyjmitchell.com/ Bills referenced: SB 188 (Mitchell): Discrimination: hairstyles. (The CROWN Act, or "Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair") AB 1506 (McCarty): Police use of force.  

Mike Madrid on the 2020 general election

June 11, 2020 23:31 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MB

Contacts: Scott: [email protected] Mike: [email protected] Resources: RealClearPolitics job approval: President Trump RealClearPolitics November match-up: Trump v. Biden RealClearPolitics congressional job approval The Lincoln Project

Chris Micheli on the Legislative Process and the Pandemic

May 21, 2020 17:31 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MB

In this Nooner Conversation, I talk with legislative advocate and adjunct law professor Chris Micheli on how the Legislature is working through the COVID-19 pandemic, including a hybrid process of in-person and video conference participation and a modified process on a State Budget that is being hammered by the economic impact of the health crisis. We also talk about Chris's new book on California's legislative process and joke that it's already in need of a second edition given this year's l...

Media Consumption in a Pandemic Age: Conversation with Roger Salazar and Hilary McLean of Alza Strategies

April 25, 2020 00:24 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB

As work and home life has changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, so has the way we consume media. With that, it requires those who wish to communicate political and policy ideas to change accordingly. Which of these changes are temporary and which are permanent?

Ray LeBov and Chris Micheli: A Practitioner's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California

February 06, 2020 19:02 - 43 minutes - 40 MB

A Practitioner's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California: A Manual Written by Leading Government Relations Officials is available in both traditional and e-book formats from Kendall Hunt Publishers. 

Presidential in CA: my community college buds Paul Mitchell and Mike Madrid

January 26, 2020 17:30 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

In this episode, I talk to two friends of over twenty-five years. Only ten days before the California primary begins, where do the candidates stand? I talk to voter data geek Paul Mitchell (and share details about how we met) and Mike Madrid, who is pissing off many of his former clients by coming out as a Never Trumper.

The Back-to-Session Bash with David Quintana

December 28, 2019 00:47 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

In this episode of Nooner Conversations, I sit down with David Quintana to talk about the upcoming Back-to-Session Bash on January 16th, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with a very special music guest. We talk past bashes including behind-the-scenes untold stories, some of the musical guests, and what to expect this year.

California's Democratic Primary: Mike Madrid on the latest poll and what we're looking at in a California-heavy week of the campaign

December 16, 2019 23:40 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB

One again, we recorded over green tea at the nonprofit great go-to Chicory Coffee and Tea.

The Trials of Allegiance: What history can tell us about impeachment and other ConLaw issues

December 10, 2019 15:28 - 1 hour - 77.1 MB

Carlton F.W. Larson is a professor of constitutional and Anglo-American law at UC Davis School of Law  and has a new book The Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries, and the American Revolution. The book looks at the pre-Constitution  wrestling with the law among the early Americans, including how to address treason of those accused of acting against the British Crown, in the colonies, and the fledgling republic. Larson began writing the book in 2010 which included work from his undergraduat...

A chat with Mike Madrid on the end of Kamala's presidential bid

December 04, 2019 04:53 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

Thank you to the nonprofit Chicory Coffee and Tea for tolerating my proclivity for recording conversations in your space!