PolicyWise
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsPolicyWise is an intergenerational podcast by Youth Leadership Institute focused on bringing young people into the policy conversation.
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S4 E6: Climate Education
January 12, 2024 16:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBToday's Hosts: Elli Are Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal What does Climate education look like in California schools these days? Bluntly, there are no climate education mandates for For K-12 or for general education at public university. For most students environmental education doesn't become accessible until you get to college and really only if that's your chosen major. Enter California Assembly Bi...
S4 E5: Education in the Prison System
December 01, 2023 18:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBToday's Hosts: Mehek Kandru Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise, Mehek dives into what the education system looks like for incarcerated individuals. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to...
S4 E34: Bathrobe Chat– Is AB15O5 Wise?
November 17, 2023 21:24 - 47 minutes - 66 MBToday's Hosts: Demi Wack & Ellinor Arzbaecher Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise Demi and Elli discuss Prop AB15O5 by Democratic Assembly member Patrick O'Donell from Long Beach CA. In 2019 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB15O5 into law and rewriting the state's charter school laws We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what...
S4 E3: The State of U.S. Childcare
November 03, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 63.2 MBToday's Hosts: Demi Wack Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Whenever you're ready. Hello everyone, and welcome to our next episode of Policy-Wise. I am really thrilled today to be joined by Cindy Loff, the director of the National Childcare Association. Today, we'll be talking a little bit about the state of childcare in the United States, learning what the current status is of childcare, what are some of ...
S4 E2: The Fresno Teacher's Association
October 20, 2023 20:49 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB[UPDATE: this episode was recorded on May 26 2023 before the FTA strike began. For updates on the strike follow @FresnoTeachersAsaociation] Today we'll be hearing from McLane high school teacher and Fresno Teachers Association President Manuel Bonilla and self-proclaimed troublemaker Louis Jamerson the Executive Director of the Fresno Teachers Association. Together these two are bringing big perspectives and power positions from the FTA. Today's Hosts: Demi Wack, Mehek Kandru & ...
Season 4! Welcome back PolicyWise!
October 06, 2023 17:53 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBIt is so good to be back! For our final season, we’ll be switching things up. As always we'll be speaking with people who are experts in their fields, policymakers, and everyday people who are making a difference in their communities, but we’ll also each be taking the opportunity to do deep dives into the areas that interest us the most. Join our hosts Elli, Mehek and Demi as they explore the policy areas that interest them most as they continue their journey to discover what mak...
S3 E17: Farewell Michael
September 03, 2022 01:40 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBHosts: Demetria Wack, Elli Arzbaecher, Mehek Kandru and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Today is Michael's last episode with Policywise (as a host anyway). Two years ago Policywise was just an idea–then came Michael and Demi. Under their leadership Policywise covered so many different issues and talked with people from so many walks of life. In that time we watched Michael grow into the passionate, hilar...
S3 E16: Vaccinate All 58: Madera
July 15, 2022 20:46 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBIntro: Demitria Wack Guest: Eriveto "Beto" Vasquez-Sanchez, Jaylee Alacala-Lopez, Carlos Alacala-Lopez, Jax Garcia, Ja’rea Theissen, and Alexia Sanchez Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock On todays episode of PolicyWise, we’ll be throwing things over to the young people from Madera to talk all things Vaccinate all 58. Please enjoy hearing from Beto, Jaylee, Jax, Ja’rea, and Alexia about their experiences throughout the pande...
S3 E13: Vaccinate All 58: Fresno
July 01, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBHosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher & Michael Wiafe Guest: Ashens Limon and Michael Yamamura Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Vaccinate All 58 is a movement aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters by helping to spread facts and address misinformation. yli is working with young folks across the state to create and share resources to keep Californians informed about the steps they can take to keep themselves and th...
S3 E15: Vaccinate All 58: Fresno
July 01, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBHosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher & Michael Wiafe Guest: Ashens Limon and Michael Yamamura Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Vaccinate All 58 is a movement aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters by helping to spread facts and address misinformation. yli is working with young folks across the state to create and share resources to keep Californians informed about the steps they can take to keep themselves and th...
S3 E14: Abolish Bondage Collectively with Jeronimo Aguilar, Troy Williams, Alissa Moore, Marvin Galdamez
June 17, 2022 19:02 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MBHosts: Michael Wiafe & Ellinor Arzbaecher Guests: Troy Williams, Alissa Moore, Marvin Galdamez, Jeronimo Aguilar Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Ellinor Arzbaecher What do you know about modern day slavery? Sorry, we mean involuntary servitude. Article 1, Section 6 of the California Constitution currently states: “Slavery is prohibited. Involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime.” Wait...what? What is this 1860?? We sa...
S3 E13: Vaccinate All 58: Coachella Valley
June 04, 2022 00:52 - 5 minutes - 8.09 MBIntro: Michael Wiafe Host: Fatíma Ramirez Guest: Evelia Cabrera Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Vaccinate All 58 is a movement aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters by helping to spread facts and address misinformation. yli is working with young folks across the state to create and share resources to keep Californians informed about the steps they can take to keep themselves and their families safe. T...
S3 E12: Capitol Gains with Maria "Masha" Arzumanov
May 21, 2022 00:30 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBHosts: Demitria Wack Guest: Maria "Masha" Aruzumanov Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Maria worked in economic research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University, undertaking projects in gender and ethnic discrimination. She also interned with the Market Research team at the Federal Reserve, and the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S...
S3 E11: School Closures in Oakland with Carroll Fife
May 06, 2022 23:37 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBHosts: Mehek Kandru, and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Oakland Council Member Carroll Fife Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Taken from Council member Fife's website "Carroll Fife is the councilmember-elect for Oakland’s District 3. After decades of public service as a non-profit director and community organizer, Carroll was called to run for office by the people with whom she organizes every day. One of the founding members of ...
S3 E10: Let's Climatize!
April 22, 2022 21:15 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBHosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Will Wiseman Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Taken from the Climatize FAQ "Climatize is an investment platform connecting individual investors with renewable energy projects that contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set by the United Nations (UN). Climatize operates on a crowdlending business model basis– debt crowdfunding – a comm...
S3 E9: Michael Has An Idea
April 08, 2022 19:25 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBHosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher, Mehek Kandru, Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Today, we do something a little different. Michael has an idea for a policy–consider automatic enrollment from High School to College! We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywise...
S3 E8: 2021 California Economic Summit
March 25, 2022 20:55 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBProduction and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock On today’s episode, we’ll be sharing some very special audio from the 2021 California Economic Summit, which was hosted by our amazing partners CA Forward in Monterey. My co-hosts were lucky enough to attend and speak at the summit, and were joined by their fellow Youth Leadership Advisory Council cohort and speakers like Governor Gavin Newsom and numerous State Assemblymembers. Be sure to ...
S3 E7: Creating CaliforniansForAll with California’s Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday
March 11, 2022 20:10 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBHosts: Demetria Wack. Guest: Josh Friday Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock In 1963, President Clinton required the governor of each state to create and appoint a commission to administer the new AmeriCorps program. In 2006, the reach of California's commissions was expanded by governor Schwarzenegger to respond to disasters and recovery. Now called California volunteers–the state office is tasked with engaging California...
S3 E6: Life Check with Michael and Demi
February 28, 2022 21:31 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBHosts: Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock With so much is going on in the world–not to mention personal lives, the team decided to just take a step back and catch up. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And...
S3 E5: Redefining Electability in Irvine with Mayor Farrah N. Khan and Mansi Kalra
February 05, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBHosts: Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Mayor Farrah N. Khan and Mansi Kalra Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Raymart Catacutan, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock What does it take to be considered electable? Experience? Leadership skills? Or is it defined by race or creed? Even more importantly, who is gets to make that call? Join Demi and Michael as they talk with City of Irvine Mayor Farrah N. Khan and University of San Fransisco student, y...
S3 E4: Welcoming Raymart!
January 22, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBHosts: Demetria Wack, Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Raymart Catacutan Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. We are so excited to introduce our newest co-host and co-editor Fresno State Student Raymart Catacutan! Parks4all Audio provided by The Know Youth Media. The full #Parks4All video can be found here. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you t...
S3 E4: yli30 Statewide Youth Panel
December 17, 2021 21:24 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBFeaturing: Demi Wack. Host: Michael Wiafe. Guests: Raymart Catacutan, Alejandra Espinosa, Michael Navarro, Daphne Ramirez. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. We are so ridiculously grateful for everyone who came to yli's birthday celebration in November! We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on soci...
S3 E3: yli30 Statewide Youth Panel
December 17, 2021 21:24 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBFeaturing: Demi Wack. Host: Michael Wiafe. Guests: Raymart Catacutan, Alejandra Espinosa, Michael Navarro, Daphne Ramirez. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. We are so ridiculously grateful for everyone who came to yli's birthday celebration in November! We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to fill out a quick survey and let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QLVPBCT Follow us on soci...
S3 E2: National Persons with Disabilities Day
December 03, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBHosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Natalia Arzbaecher and Zofia Trexler Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. In 2018, the CDC reported that 26 percent (one in 4) of adults in the United States have some type of disability. In 2019 the US census found that over three million children in the United States had a disability in 2019, up since 2008. With the highest rate of childhood disability belonging to Amer...
S3 E1: : Round Table No: 1 We're Back!
November 20, 2021 02:29 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBRound Table With: Demitria Wack, Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and WELCOME TO THE TEAM KODY STOEBIG. Welcome to Season Three! On the season 3 premiere of PolicyWise, Hosts Demi, Elli and Michael get together (In Person![FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!]) at the Youth Leadership Institute office in Fresno, California. The PolicyWise Podcast began right as the Covid-19 Pandemic lockdowns went i...
The End of Season 2!
July 29, 2021 23:25 - 51 seconds - 889 KBHi Everyone! You might be wondering where this week’s episode is...After 16 Episodes we’ve decided to mark the end of Season two! But don’t worry PolicyWise People, PolicyWise will be back for Season three in just a couple weeks! But first we’re getting back in the lab and planning out the best season yet! In the meantime, tell us what you think using the feedback survey in the description of every episode or message us on social media and tell your friends! We have lots of p...
Episode 26 Equity Within the Cannabis Industry
July 14, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Jim Keddy and Sarah-Michael Gaston. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. The roots of racialized drug laws and drug enforcement are deeply ingrained into our criminal justice systems. The War on Drugs starting in the 1970s drove this discrimination against people of color, specifically Black deeper into families, communities, and institutions--driving families into pove...
Episode 25 Closing the Digital Divide with Jacob Martinez.mp3
June 30, 2021 17:38 - 37 minutes - 52 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Elli Arzbaecher. Guest: Jacob Martinez. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. In California, though broadband subscriptions were at record height pre-pandemic, significant gaps still exist, with diminished broadband access within low-income, minority, and rural communities. Considering the ever-expanding reliance on technology within education and workforce development, it is vital to close t...
Episode 25 Closing the Digital Divide with Jacob Martinez
June 30, 2021 17:38 - 37 minutes - 52 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Elli Arzbaecher. Guest: Jacob Martinez. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. In California, though broadband subscriptions were at record height pre-pandemic, significant gaps still exist, with diminished broadband access within low-income, minority, and rural communities. Considering the ever-expanding reliance on technology within education and workforce development, it is vital to close t...
Episode 24: Pride Month with Jewel Hurtado
June 25, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Mehek Kandru. Guest: Jewel Hurtado. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. Jewel Hurtado was born and raised in the Central San Joaquin Valley. At the age of 22, Jewel is the youngest elected official in the Valley and a powerful voice for young people in her community and beyond. She is currently an undergraduate student majoring in Sociology at California State University Bakersfield. She ha...
Episode 23: Creating an Economic Safety Floor with Michael Tubbs Former Mayor of Stockton
June 16, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Michael Tubbs. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. Instead of getting policymakers to listen to the youth voice, Michael Tubbs brought the youth voice directly to the table--actually the very front of the decision making table. In 2016, The election of Michael Tubbs as Mayor of Stockton, made him the youngest Mayor of any major city in American history at only 26 years...
Episode 22: The CSU System with Dr. Joseph Castro
June 02, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Dr. Joseph Castro. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. The California State University public university system consists of 23 campuses enrolling around a half a million students, the largest four-year public university system in the United States. Altogether, about half of the bachelor's degrees, a third of the master's degrees, and almost two percent of the doctoral degrees awarded each year in Ca...
Episode 21: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Gia Vang and Wenda Fong
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBHosts: Mehek Kandru and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Gia Vang and Wenda Fong. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Gia Vang is an emerging leader in news broadcasting Previously having worked in Arizona, Missouri, and Oregon, she is Now the news anchor for Kare 11 based out of the twin cities of Minnesota, where she covers a wide variety of topics including politics, weather and sports. She is the first Hmong American anchor in the Twin Cities providing ...
Episode 20: Mental Health Awareness Month with Josh Chan and Ashley Mills
May 05, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Josh Chan and Ashley Mills. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Today we will be talking about an ongoing public health crisis. Over 26 percent of all Americans over the age of 18 meet the criteria for having a mental illness. By 2029, mental illness is predicted to become the leading cause of disease worldwide. Strikingly, one million people commit suicide every year and 10 to 20 million attempt it....
Episode 19: Welcoming New Team Members!
April 21, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Mehek Kandru and Elli Arzbaecher. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. About a year ago, Michael reached out to Demi with an idea. Working together on the California Forward Youth Council, Michael realized that we could use our experience and love for policy to provide a very necessary platform for policy communication to and from youth. Soon after we were extremely fortunate to pick up the support f...
Sibling Special Episode 18: Diversifying Healthcare During a Pandemic
April 09, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Adwoa Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. With a hurricane of policies and attempts to curb the impact of this virus, nobody has been more on the front line from day 1 other than our healthcare workers. The impact of Covid has been racialized. With low-income, people of color and those deemed “essential workers” being most affected. To put into context, black and brown people are about 3x more...
Sibling Special Episode 17: Misinformation is Wack
April 07, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Morgan Wack. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. With us today to talk about broader issues with social media regulation and the impact of misinformation surrounding the insurrection is Morgan Wack. Morgan is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. He studies the proliferation of new technologies, violence, and barriers to growth in developing countr...
Episode 16: Centering the Black Experience with Kindra Block-Montgomery
March 24, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Kindra F. Montgomery-Block. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Kindra F. Montgomery-Block executive leader, movement builder, and unapologetically African-American activator who is the driving force behind philanthropy and coalitions that are part of the national Black empowerment conversation. She was also named one of Northern California’s Exceptional Women of Color by HUB Magazine. And is the rec...
Episode 15: Uniting a Region for Equity
March 10, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Ashley Swearengin and Dr. Tania Pacheco-Warner. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Fresno has historically been the largest city in the Central Valley of California, and recently ranked 5th biggest city in all of California. Fresno is also one of the fastest growing regions in the United States with 20 percent population growth since 2000. However, this population growth has not been met with pr...
Episode 14: Conversation With A Young Republican
February 24, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Blake Zante. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Both Democrats and Republicans have undergone ideological shifts over the last decade leading to varying perceptions of progress and often also great fractures between and within the two parties. As the winners of the 2020 elections take their seats, and we move on to a new era of political leaders, we have the opportunity to speak with a young membe...
Episode 13: Don't Hate, Educate!
February 10, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Mehek Kandru and Tony Thurmond. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Tony Thurmond is the 28th California State Superintendent of Public. Superintendent Thurmond is an educator, social worker, and public-school parent, who has served the people of California for more than ten years in elected office. Previously, Superintendent Thurmond served on the Richmond City Council, West Contra Costa Unified...
Episode 12: Broadband in California
January 27, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Prince Ogidikpe and Sunne Wright McPeak. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Sunne is the President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund that works to close the digital divide in California. CETF is a national leader in this effort initiating programs like California Telehealth Network, digital literacy, smart housing policy and more. Sunne is also the former Secretary of California Bu...
Episode 11: The 2020 Economic Summit Main Stage
January 13, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Ellinor Arzbaecher, Daisy Castellón, Jade Magaña, and Michael Waife. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Spoke word intro by: Kali Ausselet she/they (stage name K-RA!)) a self proclaimed “artivist” who uses rap, spoken word, paint, and other mediums to express herself and her view of the world. As a student of spiritual practices K-RA! is very immersed in the philosophy of life, interconnectedness, ...
Episode 11 The 2020 Economic Summit Main Stage
January 13, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBToday's episode will be audio from the Main Stage of the 2020 California Economic Summit, hosted by California Forward. We had a panel conversation between former PolicyWise guests Elli and Jade, with Michael, about what we learned during 2020 and what it means for our view of California’s future. This was Moderated by Daisy Castellón of Lucas Public Affairs.
Episode 10: Recap and Reflect
December 30, 2020 18:25 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBLast episode of the year!! And it’s a special one!! Tune into episode 10 to hear the PolicyWise team reflect on the podcast, some hopes for next year, and also a very intense debate about who would win a game of Spoons between Demi and Michael. Joining the conversation today is the PolicyWise Team Abby, Jarrett and Tim. Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Abby Pugh, Jarrett Ramones and Tim Haydock. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh....
Holiday Break
December 22, 2020 13:00 - 31 seconds - 561 KBWe are taking the week off, thank you for your support!
Episode 9: Youth Incarceration and Cops on Campus with Nick Jasso
December 16, 2020 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Nick Jasso. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Nick Jasso is a student at UCLA studying Sociology with a minor in civic engagement and social change. He has been involved with the Fresh Lifelines for Youth program and spent some time as an Intern in Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo’s office as part of the UC Sacramento Center program. He is committed to changing lives and hopes to have a career in juv...
Episode 8: The Fireside Chat CA Economic Summit 2020
December 09, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Candice Mays, Ashley Anderson, Julia Paccone, Mehek Kandru, Stephanie Estrada. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!
Episode 7: Representation and The Latino/x Vote with Jacqueline Martinez-Garcel
December 02, 2020 19:27 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Jacqueline Martinez-Garcel. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!
Episode 6: The 2019 California Economic Summit with Tim Haydock
November 25, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBHosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Tim Haydock. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!