In our latest episode Sena and Garrett chat with Jon, volunteer with Capital City Circles Initiative, and Maria, graduate of the CCCI program. Maria shares the story of her journey in overcoming major adversity in her life to becoming a successful, contributing member of her community. Jon shares his perspective of being a mentor in the program and his efforts to help Maria become a success story. This is a powerful testament to the strength of the Capital City Cirlces program!

This episode brings us John Wood who is a candidate for Carson City Supervisor Ward #1 running against Stacey Giomi (who is our guest on Episode #27). John tells us about his platform, ideas, and why he decided to run for office. We had a great conversation about affordable housing, taxes at the local and federal level, and what makes this area so great to live in. Learn more about your political races by listening to each episode of the candidates for Carson City Supervisor Ward #1.

Our guest this week is the Executive Officer of the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada, Katie Leao. Katie discusses all the programs her club offers for local children here in Carson City and Minden/Gardnerville. Learn more about how the club is funded and what annual events they put on to provide all these terrific services for our local youth. The passion and knowledge Katie possesses daily to help provide our youth with a safe, educational place to hang out shines bright throughout our talk!

On the podcast this week is Stacey Giomi who is a candidate for Carson City Supervisor Ward 1. We discuss several issues facing Carson City and how Stacey would propose to tackle them. The discussion about affordable housing goes in-depth with ideas to help with this local epidemic. Stacey has long been involved with Carson City and was previously the Fire Chief for our Capital City. As the general election draws near this podcast will give you a good look at the views and ideas from a terrific candidate for one of the most important local offices.

Chief Slamon has been on the job for almost a year now and he tells us how to came to be the Fire Chief for the Capital City of Nevada. We chat about the medical/ambulance services that his department provides and what his day-to-day as Chief entails. Fire prevention is also discussed along with our current fire season. Chief Slamon exceptional knowledge and passion for fire fighting shines brightly through our conversation.

While we've been doing this podcast for about a year and half now Sena and I have never really properly introduced ourselves and our backgrounds. This episode takes care of that by allowing us each to convey how we started this project and how we both got into our current careers.

This weeks guest is the newest member of the Carson City Library staff and is in charge of the STEAM programs that the library offers. Virginia explains to us how she got into her new role and what exactly a STEAM centered project is all about. Her passion and enthusiasm about teaching especially children is apparent throughout our chat.

Our guest this episode is Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong who talks about how and why he got started in law enforcement which is a terrific story in and of itself. We talk about how mental health and the opioid epidemics have shaped policing here in the Capital City and how the department has adopted humane policies to deal with them. There's some eye opening information shared and Sheriff Furlong, as always, is his delightful, insightful self in talking about a career that is clear he loves.

Find out what the Northern Nevada Dream Center is all about and meet the lady that started this movement here in Carson City, Susan Sorenson. We talk about community needs for the poor, homeless, and underemployed here in Carson City. The Northern Nevada Dream Center does terrific work in helping Carson City in these areas of need. Find out how you can get involved with this organization and where some of the areas of need are in Carson City.

In this episode we chat with Randy Gaa about what Muscle Powered is all about and also all about the new Meals on Two Wheels program that delivers food to homebound seniors here in Carson City. Randy is heavily involved in the Carson City community and it was so much fun to learn about these two amazing groups that have had such a positive impact on the Carson City community.

We bring on Mark Salinas who is the Arts Director for Carson City to talk about his role as a City employee, what events and functions are must attends in the coming future, and how he is settling into Carson City after being here for a little over one year moving from New York City.