EPISODES

Thomas Bowman 8/3/20 Thomas Bowman 8/3/20

TREVOR SOUTHERLAND & JEFF RYER: PREVIEWING THE SPECIAL SESSION ON COVID

Trevor Southerland and Jeff Ryer join the podcast to preview the Democratic and Republican priorities for the special legislative session on COVID. They also discuss the path forward for the Republican Party, and the 2021 election.

Pod Virginia 7/24/20 Pod Virginia 7/24/20

Speaking Truth to Power

Delegate Elizabeth Guzman joins the transition team to preview the Special Session to address the coronavirus and discuss her role as the first Latina legislator in Virginia, including the story of how she got invited by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to give the Democratic rebuttal to President Donald Trump's State of the Union.

Pod Virginia 6/17/20 Pod Virginia 6/17/20

VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER: PREDATORY LENDING IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES

Dana Wiggins and Jay Speer of the Virginia Poverty Law Center meet with the Transition Team to discuss how the Fairness in Lending Act reformed predatory loan practices targeting minority communities.

They walk the transition team through how the payday lending industry destroys community wealth, and their efforts over the years to reform the practices.

Pod Virginia 5/12/20 Pod Virginia 5/12/20

Clarke Mercer: Leadership in a Pandemic

This week, the Transition Team has a Skype session with Clark Mercer, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam. He discussed watching the transition from his office. He also walks the transition team through the Governor's decision-making process on when to reopen Virginia after COVID19.

Thomas Bowman 3/18/20 Thomas Bowman 3/18/20

DEL. IBRAHEEM SAMIRAH: SLOWING SUBURBAN SPRAWL

I am a dentist. I work in Medicaid communities, elderly communities, specifically Senior Living communities where I mostly take people's teeth out when they are not viable anymore for our senior citizens and do some cleanings and put in dentures for them so that they can chew and eat and live a happy longer life without any complications.

Thomas Bowman 3/18/20 Thomas Bowman 3/18/20

DELEGATE EMILY BREWER: IPAS, FOSTERCARE, & THE GOP MINORITY

I represent the more rural part of Virginia. So Have the area in between hundreds of Richmond really so of the rural parts of Suffolk Isle of Wight county Surry County and Prince George County.

Pod Virginia 2/28/20 Pod Virginia 2/28/20

RICHARD CROUSE & AMY FREIDENBERGER: MINIMUM WAGE, ELEPHANTS, & THE KARDASHIANS

Transition Virginia got (many) drinks at Penny Lane Pub in Richmond, VA with the Aide for Senator Bill Stanley and former Republican Party of Virginia chairman Richard Crouse, and Roanoke Times reporter Amy Friedenberger.