Why You Should Care?
The podcast takes local political issues and explains why you should care about them. All politics are local and so that’s where we start. The goal is for people who are not familiar with the political process to show how politics affects everything around them. It is a political podcast for people that don’t really follow politics daily. You don’t need a degree to understand the issues we will talk about. Geared towards anyone that wants to understand politics a little bit more.
Episodes
24 episodes
Why You Should Care about Redistricting with Andrew Pantazi
In this episode, we discuss Statewide and Jacksonville redistricting efforts and why they are so important. We sit down with Andrew Pantazi of The Tributary who has been following these discussions very c...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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52:29
Why you should care about Eastside Renewal with Will Brown?
This week we look at an attempt to renew the Eastside of Jacksonville with Will Brown of Jacksonville Today. We discuss why this area is important to Jacksonville becoming a first-class city. **Sound quality issues with Wifi we have fixed...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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46:15
Why should you care about Hispanic Voters?- With Evelyn Perez Verdia
Why You Should Care is back ! We are back with all new episodes. This episode is with my friend Evelyn Perez Verdia founder of "We Are Mas". We talk about what campaigns get wrong about Hispanic voters, misinformation, and how to sp...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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41:20
Consultants Corner- Do Dems have a chance in 2022?
On this episode of Why You Should Care? We sit down with three of Florida's best consultants and talk everything about Florida Politics. We discuss what elected officials you should be talking about. What upcoming race they are excited ab...
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1:03:27
Bonus Episode...... Obi and Nate talk with the Jax Chamber
Nate Monroe from the Florida Time and I were invited to the Jax downtown Council to talk about media and downtown. I thought some of the topics we touched on were great and wanted to share it here. Bonus Episode - Give to charity.
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47:25
Vaccine Hunger Games-The Florida Vaccine Rollout Episode
This episode is all about the vaccine rollout in Florida. People have nicknamed it the Vaccine Hungar Games because of the lack of planning that has gone into the rollout. So we have Ben Conarck, a reporter with the Miami Herald, who has been c...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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45:14
A Light at the End of the Tunnel -The Vaccines episode
As the vaccines are starting to become available to the general public I wanted to provide a forum to answer questions people may have about the Coronavirus vaccine So I invited Dr. Porter who is a Nephrology Specialist with t...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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26:04
Knuck If You Buck-GA Senate Races with Tia Mitchell
We are looking outside of Jacksonville as we talk about all things GA Senate Races with Tia Mitchell of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Tia Mitchell is the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington correspondent. In this role, she writ...
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1:03:21
Get off the Polls - Election Poll analysis with Prof Binder from UNF Public Opinion Research Lab
Last season we had an episode about polling and this is the sequel. We sit down with Prof. Binder and discuss what happened with Presidential Polling and how to fix it. We then take a look at their newly released poll that discusses Lot J and o...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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40:11
Data is your friend- Election Recap with Andrew Pantazi
Welcome to the second season of Why You Should Care? This season we will look at more than just local issues but for this episode, we take a look at the last election through the eyes of Data with journalist Andrew Pantazi of The Tributar...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:03:45
The J stands for Joke. The Lot J episode with Nate Monroe
Welcome to the second season of Why You Should Care? This season we will look at more than just local issues but for the first episode, we stick to a familiar subject: The city working on a deal that doesn't feel right. So we bring on a f...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:07:41
Meet the candidates: Rhonda Peoples-Waters running for Duval County Court Judge.
So as we get closer to Election Day I want to continue to help educate the electorate on races and who to vote for. So I will start bringing on candidates as well as voters to talk about the election. Today I’m bringing on a candidate tha...
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11:53
Tallahassee Heroes. The Duval Delegation Episode. Part 2
This episode we sit down again with A.G Gancarski from Florida Politics to discuss the 2020 Florida Legislative Session. This is part 2 where look back at the session. We look specifically at the bills the Duval Delegation has filed and c...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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42:55
Unnecessary Convention: The RNC and JEA Leftovers episode
So on this episode of Why You Should Care? We sit down again with Nate Monroe, a columnist for the Florida Times-Union, and discuss the Republican National Convention (RNC) coming to Jax and why it is a horrible idea. We cant have Nate on witho...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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42:52
Breaking News: How to be an "effective" ally
This our Tenth episode of WYSC. Due to this "awaking" people and companies are really trying to reach out and be allies to Black people. So I sat down with my friend Chevalier Lovett who is Sr. Vice President & Managing Director ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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54:03
Breaking News : CoronaVirus This is real
Super-Sized episode! This episode on #WYSC we cover everything Coronavirus. As Cardi B has said this is real! For the first time, we have four guests. Im giving the times just in case you want to listen to specific information. Stephani...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:31:23
Got real estate over there and hustle over here! The Downtown Development /Lot J episode.
This episode on #WYSC we sit down with Chris Hong from the Florida Times-Union to discuss downtown development. Jacksonville for as long as we could remember has been trying to do something about downtown. This episode we discuss the futu...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:06:19
It's time to settle the score. The Polling Episode.
This episode on #WYSC we talk everything polling. So we sit down with Dr. Binder from the University of North Florida. Prof Binder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and is the Faculty Director of UNF’s Public Opin...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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43:50
No such thing as halfway crime prevention methods. The Crime Episode.
This episode we sit down with Andrew Pantazi from the Florida Times-Union and have a discussion about crime in Jacksonville. We talk about crime stats and what works and doesn't work when comes to crime prevention. Whenever you are doing a poll...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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54:22
Tallahassee Heroes. The Duval Delegation Episode.
This episode we sit down with A.G Gancarski from Florida Politics to discuss the 2020 Florida Legislative Session. We look specifically at the bills the Duval Delegation has filed and cover the implications the Legislative Session will ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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40:25
I got 5 on it. The marijuana decriminalization episode.
This episode we sit down with Shelton Hull, columnist for Folio Weekly, to talk about an ordinance that was presented by Councilman Garrett Dennis to Decriminalize Marijuana in Duval County. Duval is the only major county in Florida that has no...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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55:12
I'm about a dollar, what the heck is half a cent? The half-cent sales tax referendum episode.
In this episode of Why You Should Care? We sit down with Emily Bloch. She works as The Florida Times-Union‘s education reporter. It well documented that Duval has the oldest...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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41:35
The Power is Yours! The JEA Episode.
In the first episode of "Why You Should Care?" We sit down with Nate Monroe, a columnist for the Florida Times-Union and discuss the possible sale of Jacksonville's Public Utility JEA. We go into what brought us to this point and what may happe...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:00:20