Evansville Podcast

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Politics Aside - Kumbaya Doesn't Sell Mar 03, 2017

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Justin Groenert and Matthew Neville give a recap of Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress. Topics covered include:

recap of Trump actions since the last episode
Trump actually acted "presidential" during the speech
lately, less tweeting from Trump
Trump potentially moderating himself on the immigration issue
Sean Spicer likes CNN polls now?
SNL weekend update during the week
Tie coordination from the GOP?
Justin thinks it was a pretty good speech
Matt thinks the speech was what it needed to be for Trump
addressing the 95 million not in the workforce stat - Matt is not a fan of this stat
only mentioned the wall once, and no mention of Mexico paying for the wall
was Trump politicizing the recent death of a Navy Seal?
VOICE organization, WTH?
Steve Beshear's response to the speech
Marco Rubio (Marcus Rubenstein)
The town hall protests - right way and wrong way to protest
New DNC Chair - Tom Perez over other (better? South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg?) options
Scott Danks running unopposed as chairman of Vanderburgh Country Democratic Party
Lloyd Winnecke running for 3rd term as Evansville Mayor in 2019
What Barack Obama is up to these days
Oprah Winfrey running for President?

http://evansvillepodcast.com/politics-aside-kumbaya-doesnt-sell/

Celebration of Leadership 2017 - Leadership Evansville Mar 02, 2017

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Court Kull and Lynn Miller Pease join us to discuss Leadership Evansville and the 2017 Celebration of Leadership happening on Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Old National Events Plaza.

http://evansvillepodcast.com/celebration-of-leadership-2017/

http://leadershipevansville.org/

The Alhambra Film Festival 2017 Feb 27, 2017

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We welcome Malcolm Cook back to the show to discuss the upcoming Alhambra Theatre Film Festival to be held on April 6-9, 2017. We talk about what is going on for this year's edition, some lessons learned from previous years, how they get big name sponsors, connections he has made over the past couple of years, and what he thinks might be their movie niche going forward.

http://evansvillepodcast.com/the-alhambra-theatre-film-festival-2017/

2017 Academy Awards Oscars Predictions Feb 21, 2017

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Joe Atkinson (Evansville at War, Court Street Productions, Digital Multimedia Specialist in Residence University of Evansville) and Cory Edwards (Official Evansville Podcast Movie Correspondent, Man About Town, Navigation Expert) discuss the 2017 Academy Awards and give the predictions on who will win. We also discuss righting previous wrongs in Academy Awards history while discussing some overlooked movies in the past.

http://evansvillepodcast.com/2017oscars/

Falsettos - Think Pink Productions Feb 07, 2017

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Special Guest co-host Matt Hart joins me to talk with Think Pink's Kensington Blalock Eck about the upcoming Falsettos show Feb 10-12, 2017 at Studio 321. We also talk about the why Think Pink does more of an off-Broadway show style, how past shows have gone, an upcoming show in April, the importance of inclusive theater, and why Jason is mad at Kensington.

Politics Aside - Make November Great Again Feb 06, 2017

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Justin Groenert and Matthew Neville recap the Trump presidency so far, gerrymandering, and Supreme Court nominations. #MakeNovemberGreatAgain

http://www.evansvillepodcast.com/politics-aside-make-november-great-again/

reACT to Bully - Matt Hart Returns to update us on his progress Feb 02, 2017

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Matt Hart returns to discuss what has been going on with reACT To Bullying with special guest co-host Kensington Eck of Think Pink Productions. We talk about how things have progressed for Matt since we talked last, what reAct to Bullying is, and how corporations have shown interest in presentations regarding workplace bullying. Matt tells us about his upcoming public presentation of reACT To Bullying, 7 pm Friday, Feb 24 at the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana that will be for families, community leaders, and adults. Kensington also tries to get Matt to join the upcoming Titanic production.

http://evansvillepodcast.com/r2b2/

Give a Dog a Bone - Liz and Quincy Zikmund Jan 26, 2017

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Liz and Quincy Zikmund join us to discuss their store Give a Dog a Bone. We talk about their upcoming new location, how they got involved with the store, the benefits of owning vs working, drinking craft beer, eating habits, beards and so much more.

http://evansvillepodcast.com/give-a-dog-a-bone/

Comedian Andy Imlay Jan 21, 2017

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Comedian Andy Imlay joins us to discuss Cerebral Palsy, how he became a comedian, his love of superman, what comedians he enjoys, working clean vs working dirty, repeating material, his YouTube show, Nike reviews, working for PC Quest, Evansville as an Ability City, and Andy drops a big announcement on us.

http://evansvillepodcast.com/comedian-andy-imlay/

Politics Aside - Abdul-Hakim Shabazz Jan 13, 2017

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Editor and publisher of IndyPolitics.org, Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, joins Justin Groenert and Matthew Neville on this episode. They discuss:

Trump talk
Electoral College complaining
Hillary Clinton needing to be a better candidate
Media treatment by Trump
Fake News = talk to the hand of 2016
- 3 click rule
Trump 1st term = Abdul's prediction
Mike Pence's VP power
Who the most powerful Democrat after Trump is sworn in
Indiana Statehouse
- lack of democratic presence
- early thoughts that real work might get done
- WTF type bills
  - abortion bill
  - bill to prevent birth certificate change
  - bill lake county cutting down precincts
Gas tax
- fiscal conservative means spending responsibly not, it doesn't mean avoiding spending
- have to do something to fix roads
Chess talk
2018 Republican Senate race predictions
Evan Bayh
Affordable Care Act / Obamacare repeal thoughts
how tall is Eric Holcomb