Latest Carrie kaufman Podcast Episodes

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IMPACT on Anti-Racism

IMPACT - April 26, 2021 04:57 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie Kaufman talked with Akiko Cooks and her son Corey, who was one of the high schoolers targeted for assassination at Arbor View High School in 2019. She also talked with Jenna Roberts and her daughter Bella, who were part of a coalition that helped pass a CCSD gender diversity policy in 2018.

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IMPACT on Student Losers

IMPACT - March 29, 2021 03:02 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Bailey Middle School got an answer from CCSD CFO Jason Goudie about why they have almost $400,000 less in their budget. And it's not a good one.

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Legislative Update: Housing and Criminal Justice

IMPACT - March 20, 2021 05:45 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie Kaufman talks to Nevada Current reporter Michael Lyle about the housing and criminal justice bills he's seeing come up in the 2021 Nevada Legislative Session. It's a pretty progressive session, making small changes with big impacts.

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Progressives Take Over Nevada Democratic Party

IMPACT - March 19, 2021 01:16 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Wherein Chris G takes on Nicole Cannizzaro, CCSD, challenges Legislative Dems to put their money where their mouth is, and progressives to focus on the boring organizational stuff and offers training for both Republicans and Democrats for free.  We are also joined by Leisa Moseley, who was the ...

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IMPACT on Pahrump - 2

IMPACT - February 21, 2021 01:24 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Pahrump resident Sara Walker jumped in last March and started making masks. Carrie checks in with her again to see how her year has been. Short answer... not that great. But she's still giving back.

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IMPACT on Traffic Violations

IMPACT - February 21, 2021 01:14 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Two bills are making their way through the Assembly right now that will have a big impact on how we handle traffic violations. AB116, introduced by District 10 Assemblywoman Rochelle Wwyn, would make traffic violations - and their attendant fees - a civil rather than a criminal violation. That ...

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IMPACT on Data Insights

IMPACT - February 21, 2021 01:09 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Back in October - you know, when we had nothing to do and weren’t stressing about the future of the free world - Nathan Trenholm and Justin White filed a lawsuit against the Clark County School District. Trenholm and White are the proprietors of Data Insight Partners, which contracts with schoo...

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IMPACT on Stealing Data and Death

IMPACT - February 20, 2021 20:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie talks with Nathan Trenholm and Justing White about their legal complaint against the Clark County School District, as well as Leisa Moseley and Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen about decriminalizing traffic tickets. But first... we check in with a former guest in Pahrump who has dedicated thi...

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IMPACT on DETR

IMPACT - February 10, 2021 22:39 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie talks to Elisa Cafferata, the new director of the Dept. of Employment and Rehabilitation about how real unemployment and fraud crippled DETR's ability to react to the pandemic.

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IMPACT on Election Day Challenges

IMPACT - February 08, 2021 21:53 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Attorney Daniel Stewart with Hutchison and Steffen explains the lawsuits filed in Nevada by the Trump campaign on the day of and in the aftermath of the election.

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IMPACT on the Election

IMPACT - February 08, 2021 21:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The entire world has been watching Nevada, and figuring out how to say our state’s name. But as much as Las Vegas has a reputation as a fast paced, now or never kind of place, our approach to counting ballots is slow and steady. Accuracy before speed. And we have new heroes. Steve Kornaki’s tr...

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IMPACT on Bailey Middle School

IMPACT - February 08, 2021 06:49 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
A daily look at the impact of the coronavirus on the lives of Nevadans through a social, educational and economic lens. We'll look at how people are responding to each other, and how they are creating new lives in times of crisis.

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IMPACT on Teen Suicide

IMPACT - January 30, 2021 05:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie's Intro: This week started out for me with my phone blowing up over a story from the New York Times. Erica Green, one of their education reporters, wrote a story on student suicides and other mental health issues during the pandemic. Clark County School District was front and center. G...

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IMPACT Legislative Preview

IMPACT - January 25, 2021 23:07 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie Kaufman talked with Nevada Current reporters Dana Gentry, Michael Lyle and April Corbin about what they expect from the Nevada legislative session, which starts Feb. 1.

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IMPACT of Legislative Education Agenda

IMPACT - January 17, 2021 20:17 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The next Nevada legislative session starts Feb. 1, 2021, and education issues will be front and center. Not only has the pandemic decimated education funding sources - which are heavily reliant on tourism - but a new funding formula was put in place during the 2019 session, and a funding commis...

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IMPACT of Insurrection

IMPACT - January 09, 2021 06:42 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol building, Carrie talks to Congresswoman Susie Lee, who was evacuated from her office. Then we have a discussion with Chris Guinchigliani, Pete Simi, Leisa Mosely and Tiffiany Howard about domestic terrorism and if the U.S. is a failed state.

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IMPACT on Teachers

IMPACT - December 30, 2020 00:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
A daily look at the impact of the coronavirus on the lives of Nevadans through a social, educational and economic lens. We'll look at how people are responding to each other, and how they are creating new lives in times of crisis.

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IMPACT on Pandemic Teacing

IMPACT - December 30, 2020 00:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie had an hour-long conversation with five teachers about the things they've learned, what they have done for their students, and the obstacles they've had to deal with during the pandemic. A great peak at what REALLY goes on behind the scenes in teaching.

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IMPACT on Pandemic Teaching

IMPACT - December 30, 2020 00:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie had an hour-long conversation with five teachers about the things they've learned, what they have done for their students, and the obstacles they've had to deal with during the pandemic. A great peak at what REALLY goes on behind the scenes in teaching.

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IMPACT of the Future

IMPACT - December 20, 2020 06:27 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie talks with University Medical Center CEO Mason VanHoweling about the delivery of the vaccine, and with Idaho Statesman editor in chief Christina Lords, who gives us some insight on protesters harassing local politicians - and journalists.

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IMPACT of the Science and Protest

IMPACT - December 20, 2020 06:27 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie talks with University Medical Center CEO Mason VanHoweling about the delivery of the vaccine, and with Idaho Statesman editor in chief Christina Lords, who gives us some insight on protesters harassing local politicians - and journalists.

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IMPACT of Homelessness

IMPACT - December 13, 2020 22:52 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie Kaufman talks with the Nevada Current's Michael Lyle about the razing of a homeless encampment in downtown Las Vegas. Then she chats with incoming CCSD Trustee Evelyn Garcia Morales. And the League of Women Voters' Nevada chapter has been disbanded. CSN professor - and IMPACT contributor -...

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IMPACT of Speech

IMPACT - December 05, 2020 05:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The Clark County School District uploaded a new policy document just before Thanksgiving, but didn't tell anyone. The document limited the free speech of CCSD employees. A First Amendment Lawyer in Chicago happened to find it. He wrote a Twitter thread that shocked people involved with CCSD. On ...

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IMPACT of COVID on Reimagining Education

IMPACT - November 21, 2020 00:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
As a follow-up to Carrie Kafuman's column in the Nevada Current, Dana Gentry wrote a piece exploring the suicide numbers in Nevada.  Alas, 14 students have died by suicide this year. That's four more than last year. But six less than 2018, when CCSD lost 20 students to suicide. We talk with Dana...

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IMPACT of the Election

IMPACT - November 07, 2020 11:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Carrie Kaufman talks to Sondra Cosgrove, Leisa Mosely, Cecia Alvarado, and Sarah O'Connell about who turned out and what the election of 2020 means for our immediate future in Nevada.

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IMPACT of Women

IMPACT - October 17, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
It would seem at first blush that working from home might be a boon to women - especially women who endure toxic workplace culture. But it turns out the pandemic has done harm to women. Last month, 865,000 women left the workforce. Only 216,000 men did. The trend line is down for all of us, but...

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IMPACT on Voter Safety

IMPACT - October 11, 2020 08:22 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
What will happen if a "militia" shows up to a polling place and tries to block people from voting? What if we sign our ballots incorrectly? When will our votes be counted? Carrie asked Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria and Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Wayne Thorley to ease her troubled...

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IMPACT on Intimidation: Extremism and the Future

IMPACT - October 04, 2020 03:32 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Extremism experts Pete Simi and Vegas Tenold Zoomed with Carrie Kaufman to chat about the Proud Boys, Antifa, the makeup of supremacist groups, and what they see happening after the election. It's a sobering conversation. But a much needed one.

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IMPACT on Intimidation

IMPACT - October 03, 2020 22:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Vegas Tenold spent years as an investigative journalist, reporting on right-wing extremists. Today, he's an investigator for the Anti-Defamation League's Center for Extremism. He wrote the book Everything You Love Will Burn. Chapman University sociology professor Pete Simi spent six years embed...

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Two Extremism Experts on What Will Happen AFTER the Election

IMPACT - October 02, 2020 03:07 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
I sat down for a longer conversation with Pete Simi - who embedded himself with right-wing extremist groups to write "American Swastika" - and Vegas Tenold, who wrote, "Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the rebirth of white nationalism in America." This is the last question I asked them. The...

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