Our guest for Episode 7 - a two-part episode - is Jason Leib. Jason is a
Lenexa small businessman, home brewer, amateur beer judge, outgoing
chair of the Lenexa Chamber of Commerce, and 2012 Republican candidate
for the Kansas State House (he lost in a primary).
The discussion was broken into two parts:
- Episode 7a deals with the political discussion, specifically how
policies coming out of Topeka will affect small businesses and jobs in
the Kansas City area.
Today's beer is Perennial Artisan Ales' Hommel Bier, brewed in St. Louis.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Episode 7 - Jason Leib
Our guest for Episode 7 - a two-part episode - is Jason Leib. Jason
is a Lenexa small businessman, home brewer, amateur beer judge, outgoing
chair of the Lenexa Chamber of Commerce, and 2012 Republican candidate
for the Kansas State House (he lost in a primary).
The discussion was broken into two parts:
- Episode 7 is a discussion on beer, including the process of making beer and what to look for when judging beers.
Today's beer is Perennial Artisan Ales' Hommel Bier, brewed in St. Louis.
Click here to download Episode 7.
The discussion was broken into two parts:
- Episode 7 is a discussion on beer, including the process of making beer and what to look for when judging beers.
Today's beer is Perennial Artisan Ales' Hommel Bier, brewed in St. Louis.
Click here to download Episode 7.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
This Weekend in Videos
We have some videos to share with you to help us augment our discussions the last couple of weeks.
First off, here's a piece done for KCPT's The Local Show on the issue of judicial selection:
While we're talking about KCPT programming, here's this week's edition of Kansas City Week in Review. In this first clip, they elaborate further on judicial selecton:
Staying with Week in Review, they also talked about something we touched on with Paul Lyons: gun control. This talks specifically about gun control on the county level and Sheriff Frank Denning (brother of conservative State Senator Jim Denning, who hates me personally).
I briefly mentioned the JCCC Board of Trustees replacing Don Weiss, who resigned in October 2012, with an ideological polar opposite, David Lindstrom. JCAV, the student television station for JCCC (which I currently work for), got video of the two special Board meetings to pick Lindstrom.
This first video is the whittling-down of candidates. Among the names removed from the initial list were recent Democratic candidates for state office.
The second video was the actual meeting where Lindstrom and four others - all either centrist or too far to the right for our comfort - were interviewed and the vote was taken.
Four of the current Board members - Dr. Jerry Cook, Dr. Bob Drummond, Melody Rayl, and Stephanie Sharp - are up for re-election in April. Also running for the Board is a guest and friend of Sunflower Brew, Lee Cross. You can check out his campaign site at crossforthecollege.com
First off, here's a piece done for KCPT's The Local Show on the issue of judicial selection:
While we're talking about KCPT programming, here's this week's edition of Kansas City Week in Review. In this first clip, they elaborate further on judicial selecton:
Staying with Week in Review, they also talked about something we touched on with Paul Lyons: gun control. This talks specifically about gun control on the county level and Sheriff Frank Denning (brother of conservative State Senator Jim Denning, who hates me personally).
I briefly mentioned the JCCC Board of Trustees replacing Don Weiss, who resigned in October 2012, with an ideological polar opposite, David Lindstrom. JCAV, the student television station for JCCC (which I currently work for), got video of the two special Board meetings to pick Lindstrom.
This first video is the whittling-down of candidates. Among the names removed from the initial list were recent Democratic candidates for state office.
The second video was the actual meeting where Lindstrom and four others - all either centrist or too far to the right for our comfort - were interviewed and the vote was taken.
Four of the current Board members - Dr. Jerry Cook, Dr. Bob Drummond, Melody Rayl, and Stephanie Sharp - are up for re-election in April. Also running for the Board is a guest and friend of Sunflower Brew, Lee Cross. You can check out his campaign site at crossforthecollege.com
Friday, January 25, 2013
Episode 6 - Megan England
Tonight's guest is Roeland Park City Councilwoman Megan England. Our discussion dealt with issues affecting Roeland Park, including the city's Wal-Mart moving two miles down the road - to Mission - as well as upcoming local elections.
We would like to thank Megan's husband Matt for joining us in studio as well.
Tonight's beer is Weston Brewing Company's 1842 Porter Brew Lab's Number 5. Special thanks to Rimann Liquors for supplying our beer tonight.
Click here to download.
We would like to thank Megan's husband Matt for joining us in studio as well.
Tonight's beer is Weston Brewing Company's 1842 Porter Brew Lab's Number 5. Special thanks to Rimann Liquors for supplying our beer tonight.
Click here to download.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Two Shows Scheduled for This Week
Happy MLK Day and Inauguration Day to everyone.
We at Sunflower Brew will be busy this week, with two shows coming up:
First, on Thursday we will be interviewing Roeland Park City Councilwoman Megan England. We will discuss the upcoming April local elections.
If you are interested in running for a local office in Johnson County, the deadline is tomorrow - Tuesday, January 22 - at noon.
On Sunday, we will have an entire podcast to discuss our other favorite subject: beer. Our guest will be Jason Leib.
As always, we thank you for supporting Sunflower Brew.
We at Sunflower Brew will be busy this week, with two shows coming up:
First, on Thursday we will be interviewing Roeland Park City Councilwoman Megan England. We will discuss the upcoming April local elections.
If you are interested in running for a local office in Johnson County, the deadline is tomorrow - Tuesday, January 22 - at noon.
On Sunday, we will have an entire podcast to discuss our other favorite subject: beer. Our guest will be Jason Leib.
As always, we thank you for supporting Sunflower Brew.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Brownback Delivers the State of the State Address - Kansas City Week in ...
So, what do our local media think about the State of the State Address? From this Friday's "Kansas City Week in Review":
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Episode 5 - Brandi Fisher and Rev. Aaron Roberts
Our guests for Episode 5 were Brandi Fisher, executive director of the MainStream Coalition, and Rev. Aaron Roberts of the Colonial Church in Prairie Village. The discussion dealt with the Governor's State of the State address as well as church and state issues and how this particular Governor has no regard for the separation of church and state as clearly outlined in the U.S. Constitution. Issues included the possibility of changing how appellate-level judges are appointed in Kansas as well as school funding as required by the state Constitution.
Brandi would like us to mention that there will be a forum on judicial appointments on Thursday, January 24 at 7 pm at the Colonial Church. The panel will include former State Senator Tim Owens and Lee Smithyman, President of the Kansas Bar Association.
Tonight's beer was from Sierra Nevada Brewery Ruthless Rye IPA. The brewery is located in Chico, California, making this the first non-local beer featured on the podcast.
Once again, I would like to thank Zach's wife Emily for filling in for me as I was unavailable for production.
Click here to download.
Brandi would like us to mention that there will be a forum on judicial appointments on Thursday, January 24 at 7 pm at the Colonial Church. The panel will include former State Senator Tim Owens and Lee Smithyman, President of the Kansas Bar Association.
Tonight's beer was from Sierra Nevada Brewery Ruthless Rye IPA. The brewery is located in Chico, California, making this the first non-local beer featured on the podcast.
Once again, I would like to thank Zach's wife Emily for filling in for me as I was unavailable for production.
Click here to download.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
2013 Remarks at the Swearing in Ceremony of the Kansas House
On tomorrow's podcast, the discussion will be on the State of the State Address. As a primer for that, we would like to share State House Minority Leader Paul Davis' (D - Lawrence) opening remarks to the Kansas State House.
MainStream Coalition Visits Sunflower Brew
On tomorrow's podcast, Zach will be interviewing Brandi Fisher of the MainStream Coalition to talk about Governor Brownback's State of the State address.
Founded in 1993, MainStream Coalition is a moderate yet strictly nonpartisan group that advocates separation of church and state and good public education.
Programming note: due to circumstances involving a photojournalism class, Zach's wife Emily will be the substitute producer of tomorrow night's podcast. I will still do the usual post-production activities.
Founded in 1993, MainStream Coalition is a moderate yet strictly nonpartisan group that advocates separation of church and state and good public education.
Programming note: due to circumstances involving a photojournalism class, Zach's wife Emily will be the substitute producer of tomorrow night's podcast. I will still do the usual post-production activities.
The State of the Judiciary Speech, Cancelled? - Kansas City Week in Review
Welcome to Brownbackistan, where the state legislature is now considering changing the way appellate court judges are selected - on the basis of politicizing the one truly independent branch of government in an already too-far-to-the-right-for-its-own-good state. From Kansas City Week in Review:
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Episode 4 - Reggie Marselus
Today's guest is Reggie Marselus, a retired IBEW worker and prolific writer whose letters to the editor have appeared in the Kansas City Star, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.
Reggie has filed to run for the Kansas 3rd Congressional District seat on the Democratic ticket in 2014 against Kevin Yoder.
Our discussion with Reggie was on labor issues, how decisions in Topeka will affect average Kansas workers, and touched on Reggie's Congressional campaign.
We were at the Second Saturday breakfast at Lucky Brewgrille in Mission (hence the background noise), so no beer today.
Click here to download.
Reggie has filed to run for the Kansas 3rd Congressional District seat on the Democratic ticket in 2014 against Kevin Yoder.
Our discussion with Reggie was on labor issues, how decisions in Topeka will affect average Kansas workers, and touched on Reggie's Congressional campaign.
We were at the Second Saturday breakfast at Lucky Brewgrille in Mission (hence the background noise), so no beer today.
Click here to download.
Answer to Episode 3 Trivia Question
In Episode 3 of the podcast, we asked the following:
"Our Episode 3 guest, Lee Cross, is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Law School. UMKC is one of only seven law schools to count among their alumni a President of the United States (Truman) and a Supreme Court Justice (Charles Evans Whittaker). We want to know what the other six schools are."
The correct answer is, in alphabetical order:
Princeton University gets an honorable mention, as many Supreme Court Justices did undergrad work there, as well as three Presidents - JFK, Madison and Wilson (who also served as Princeton's President) - but Princeton lacks a law school.
"Our Episode 3 guest, Lee Cross, is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Law School. UMKC is one of only seven law schools to count among their alumni a President of the United States (Truman) and a Supreme Court Justice (Charles Evans Whittaker). We want to know what the other six schools are."
The correct answer is, in alphabetical order:
- University of Cincinnati (in this case, it's one man - William Howard Taft, who was both President and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court)
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- University of Virginia (founded by Thomas Jefferson)
- College of William & Mary
- Yale University
Princeton University gets an honorable mention, as many Supreme Court Justices did undergrad work there, as well as three Presidents - JFK, Madison and Wilson (who also served as Princeton's President) - but Princeton lacks a law school.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Two shows tomorrow
Tomorrow, we will have two episodes ready for you. We will be speaking with labor expert Reggie Marselus about labor issues in Topeka, and recording the proceedings of the Johnson County Democrats' monthly Second Saturday breakfast.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
KanVote Calls for Repeal of Voter Registration Restrictions
As most of you may know, Kansas recently passed legislation - pushed by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (of SB1070 infamy) - that makes it much harder to vote in the Sunflower State.
The first part of the legislation to go into effect was requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. This resulted in 532 legal Kansas voters having their votes not counted. That's 532 too many.
The second part of the legislation, which went into effect with the New Year, requires proof of citizenship (i.e. birth certificate) to even register to vote.
Fortunately, there are some people in Kansas who believe that this has gone too far. Enter KanVote, a grassroots coalition that seeks to reverse Kobach's excessive voting restrictions. They even have a petition - click here to take a look.
The video is from a KanVote event in Wichita earlier this week.
The first part of the legislation to go into effect was requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. This resulted in 532 legal Kansas voters having their votes not counted. That's 532 too many.
The second part of the legislation, which went into effect with the New Year, requires proof of citizenship (i.e. birth certificate) to even register to vote.
Fortunately, there are some people in Kansas who believe that this has gone too far. Enter KanVote, a grassroots coalition that seeks to reverse Kobach's excessive voting restrictions. They even have a petition - click here to take a look.
The video is from a KanVote event in Wichita earlier this week.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Is Privatizing Medicaid in Kansas a Good Idea?
On occasion, we will post video that's relevant to what we discuss on Sunflower Brew.
This week, we are sharing video from Kansas City Week in Review, a weekly local political news show produced by KCPT (the PBS station in Kansas City). In this particular clip, they are discussing Brownback's plan to privatize Medicaid in Kansas.
In the interest of full disclosure, I interned at KCPT during the winter/spring of 2012. One of the programs I worked on regularly was Kansas City Week in Review.
This week, we are sharing video from Kansas City Week in Review, a weekly local political news show produced by KCPT (the PBS station in Kansas City). In this particular clip, they are discussing Brownback's plan to privatize Medicaid in Kansas.
In the interest of full disclosure, I interned at KCPT during the winter/spring of 2012. One of the programs I worked on regularly was Kansas City Week in Review.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Next week: Episodes 4 and 5
There will be no new show this week. However, next week we will make up for that with two shows:
First, we will sit down with Reggie Marselus and discuss labor issues and Topeka. Reggie is a retired IBEW worker and a prolific letter writer whose letters have been published in the Kansas City Star, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
Second, we will record the program of the Johnson County Democrats' monthly Second Saturday breakfast.
First, we will sit down with Reggie Marselus and discuss labor issues and Topeka. Reggie is a retired IBEW worker and a prolific letter writer whose letters have been published in the Kansas City Star, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
Second, we will record the program of the Johnson County Democrats' monthly Second Saturday breakfast.
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