The Mayor Greg Fischer Podcast

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Episode 40: COVID-19 vaccinations Mar 01, 2021

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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Dr. Sarah Beth Hartlage, Associate Medical Director of Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness, discuss the city's efforts to vaccinate Louisvillians through the LouVax site at Broadbent Arena and through health partners.

Episode 39: LMPD Chief Erika Shields Feb 05, 2021

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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Erika Shields, the new Chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department, about her career in policing, her plans for LMPD, the Hillard Heintze independent audit, and more.

Episode 38: Looking ahead to 2021 Dec 29, 2020

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Noting that 2020 "has been a year like we've never seen before," Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer discusses the challenges the city faces and the plans for addressing COVID-19, the economic downturn, the push for racial justice and equity, and violent crime in 2021.

Episode 37: Advancing Racial Equity Dec 10, 2020

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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Chief Equity Officer Kendall Boyd discuss the plan for advancing racial equity for Black Louisville, which was announced on December 1, 2020. You can learn more about the plan and the Executive Order declaring racism a public health crisis here: https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-outlines-detailed-plan-advancing-racial-equity-black-residents

Episode 36: Eviction prevention assistance Oct 29, 2020

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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is joined by Marilyn Harris, director of the city's Office of Housing, and Neva-Marie Polley Scott, executive director of the Legal Aid Society of Louisville, to discuss assistance available to residents to prevent eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode 35: LMPD Chief Yvette Gentry Oct 20, 2020

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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with LMPD Chief Yvette Gentry about public safety, community relations, the top-to-bottom review of the department, steps taken in response to the Breonna Taylor case, the transition to a permanent Chief, and her career as a police officer.

Episode 34: FirstBuild and Louisville's Makers Feb 18, 2020

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Mayor Greg Fischer discusses the state of innovation in Louisville, the city's makers and the 2020 Maker Faire with Larry Portaro, director of the GE Appliances-backed co-creation community FirstBuild.

Episode 33: 2020 State of the City Feb 10, 2020

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With a focus on Louisville's youngest residents, Mayor Greg Fischer delivered his 10th State of the City address on February 6, 2020 at the Republic Bank Foundation YMCA at 18th Street & Broadway. In this special episode, we'll hear Mayor Fischer's remarks.

Episode 32: Looking Ahead to 2020 Jan 02, 2020

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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and co-host Graham Shelby discuss some of the highlights of 2019 and look ahead to 2020.

Episode 31: Youth vaping Nov 12, 2019

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Louisville Mayor Fischer discusses teen vaping with Dr. Sarah Moyer, Chief Health Strategist for Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness; November Offutt, a member of the Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods Youth Implementation Team; and Chris Kenney, a teacher at Moore High School.

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