Sunday, March 24, 2013

Sunflower Brew TV Episode 11b - JCCC Board of Trustees Candidate Forum

This is part 2 of the JCCC Board of Trustees candidate forum held on Friday, March 22.

Again, I apologize for the shaky camera work.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Sunflower Brew TV Episode 11a - JCCC Board of Trustees Candidate Forum

SBTV was on hand last night to get video of the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees candidate forum.

The event was hosted by the League of Women Voters and moderated by Kansas City Star reporter Dave Helling.  Candidates participating in the forum included three incumbents - Jerry Cook, Melody Rayl and Stephanie Sharp - and two challengers, including friend of the podcast Lee Cross.

The actual event was almost two hours long, so I was forced to break it up into at least two parts.

Because the JCCC Board of Trustees doesn't like tripods in the Board Room, I went handheld the entire time, so I apologize for the shakiness of this video.



Part 2 of the forum is on its way. Thank you for your patience.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

SBTV Topeka Update 2

In our second Topeka Update, Zach talks briefly about the Governor's plans to politicize the Kansas judiciary and gives credit to two local State Senators for voting against these plans.


Episode 13 - Amanda Kertz, Myles Burkemper and Jason Leib

Today's podcast is a beer discussion with home brewers Amanda Kertz, Myles Burkemper and Sunflower Brew's Resident Beer Guru Jason Leib.  We discuss the brewing process, different styles of beer and the various beer competitions that our guests take part in.

Amanda was kind enough to bring samples of her own beer for us to try.




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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Episode 12 - Melinda Lewis and Raymond Rico

Our guests for Episode 12 are Melinda Lewis, a public policy consultant to nonprofits dealing with social justice issues like immigration, and Raymond Rico, an immigration attorney.

In this episode, we discuss issues regarding immigration and the economic impact of Kobach-authored policy like Arizona's infamous SB 1070.

Our beer is Nomad by Great Divide.



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SBTV Topeka Update 1

We're introducing a new dedicated program to SBTV: Topeka Update.

In our inaugural edition, Zach talks about a certain State Representative who thinks that providing a good education should not be a function of state government (when it really should).

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Sunflower Brew TV Episode 10 - JCCC Clubs and Orgs Day

Today, Johnson County Community College held their Clubs and Orgs Day - a chance for the school's various clubs and organizations to get out and promote themselves.  I hung out primarily with the JCCC College Democrats, who also hosted JCCC Board of Trustees candidate (and friend of the podcast) Lee Cross.

However, because the fine folks at ECAV (the student-run radio station at JCCC) were making a lot of noise, it was virtually impossible to do a good quality interview.  So, I opted to do a stills slideshow with some annotations.

In the interest of political balance, I also got a shot of where the College Republicans were supposed to set up.