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PolicyWise
by Youth Leadership Institute
PolicyWise is an intergenerational podcast by Youth Leadership Institute focused on bringing young people into the policy conversation.
Episodes
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S4 E6: Climate Education
Today's Hosts: Elli Are Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal What does Climate education look like in California schools these days? Bluntly, there are no climate education mandates for For K-12 or for general education at...
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S4 E5: Education in the Prison System
Today's Hosts: Mehek Kandru Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise, Mehek dives into what the education system looks like for incarcerated individuals. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the link below to…
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S4 E34: Bathrobe Chat– Is AB15O5 Wise?
Today's Hosts: Demi Wack & Ellinor Arzbaecher Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Today on Policywise Demi and Elli discuss Prop AB15O5 by Democratic Assembly member Patrick O'Donell from Long Beach CA. In 2019 California...
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S4 E3: The State of U.S. Childcare
Today's Hosts: Demi Wack Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Fatima Ramirez Editor: Rachel Livinal Whenever you're ready. Hello everyone, and welcome to our next episode of Policy-Wise. I am really thrilled today to be joined by Cindy Loff, the director of the...
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S4 E2: The Fresno Teacher's Association
[UPDATE: this episode was recorded on May 26 2023 before the FTA strike began. For updates on the strike follow @FresnoTeachersAsaociation] Today we'll be hearing from McLane high school teacher and Fresno Teachers Association President Manuel Bonilla and self-proclaimed troublemaker Louis…
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Season 4! Welcome back PolicyWise!
It is so good to be back! For our final season, we’ll be switching things up. As always we'll be speaking with people who are experts in their fields, policymakers, and everyday people who are making a difference in their communities, but we’ll also each be taking the opportunity to do deep dives...
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S3 E17: Farewell Michael
Hosts: Demetria Wack, Elli Arzbaecher, Mehek Kandru and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Today is Michael's last episode with Policywise (as a host anyway). Two years ago Policywise was just an idea–then came Michael and...
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S3 E16: Vaccinate All 58: Madera
Intro: Demitria Wack Guest: Eriveto "Beto" Vasquez-Sanchez, Jaylee Alacala-Lopez, Carlos Alacala-Lopez, Jax Garcia, Ja’rea Theissen, and Alexia Sanchez Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock On todays episode of PolicyWise, we’ll be throwing...
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S3 E15: Vaccinate All 58: Fresno
Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher & Michael Wiafe Guest: Ashens Limon and Michael Yamamura Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Vaccinate All 58 is a movement aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters by helping to spread facts and…
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S3 E14: Abolish Bondage Collectively with Jeronimo Aguilar, Troy Williams, Alissa Moore, Marvin Galdamez
Hosts: Michael Wiafe & Ellinor Arzbaecher Guests: Troy Williams, Alissa Moore, Marvin Galdamez, Jeronimo Aguilar Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Kody Stoebig & Ellinor Arzbaecher What do you know about modern day slavery? Sorry, we mean involuntary servitude. Article 1,...
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S3 E13: Vaccinate All 58: Coachella Valley
Intro: Michael Wiafe Host: Fatíma Ramirez Guest: Evelia Cabrera Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Vaccinate All 58 is a movement aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters by helping to spread facts and address misinformation....
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S3 E12: Capitol Gains with Maria "Masha" Arzumanov
Hosts: Demitria Wack Guest: Maria "Masha" Aruzumanov Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Maria worked in economic research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen…
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S3 E11: School Closures in Oakland with Carroll Fife
Hosts: Mehek Kandru, and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Oakland Council Member Carroll Fife Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Taken from Council member Fife's website "Carroll Fife is the councilmember-elect for Oakland’s District 3. After decades...
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S3 E10: Let's Climatize!
Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Will Wiseman Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Taken from the Climatize FAQ "Climatize is an investment platform connecting individual investors with renewable energy projects that...
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S3 E9: Michael Has An Idea
Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher, Mehek Kandru, Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock Today, we do something a little different. Michael has an idea for a policy–consider automatic enrollment from High School to...
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S3 E8: 2021 California Economic Summit
Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock On today’s episode, we’ll be sharing some very special audio from the 2021 California Economic Summit, which was hosted by our amazing partners CA Forward in Monterey. My co-hosts were lucky enough to...
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S3 E7: Creating CaliforniansForAll with California’s Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday
Hosts: Demetria Wack. Guest: Josh Friday Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock In 1963, President Clinton required the governor of each state to create and appoint a commission to administer the new AmeriCorps program. In 2006, the reach of...
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S3 E6: Life Check with Michael and Demi
Hosts: Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock With so much is going on in the world–not to mention personal lives, the team decided to just take a step back and catch up. We'd Love to Hear from You! Clink the...
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S3 E5: Redefining Electability in Irvine with Mayor Farrah N. Khan and Mansi Kalra
Hosts: Demetria Wack, and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Mayor Farrah N. Khan and Mansi Kalra Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Ellinor Arzbaecher, Raymart Catacutan, Kody Stoebig, and Tim Haydock What does it take to be considered electable? Experience? Leadership skills? Or is it defined by…
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S3 E4: Welcoming Raymart!
Hosts: Demetria Wack, Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Raymart Catacutan Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. We are so excited to introduce our newest co-host and co-editor Fresno State Student Raymart Catacutan! Parks4all…
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S3 E3: yli30 Statewide Youth Panel
Featuring: Demi Wack. Host: Michael Wiafe. Guests: Raymart Catacutan, Alejandra Espinosa, Michael Navarro, Daphne Ramirez. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. We are so ridiculously grateful for everyone who came to yli's birthday...
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S3 E2: National Persons with Disabilities Day
Hosts: Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Natalia Arzbaecher and Zofia Trexler Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Ellinor Arzbaecher, and Kody Stoebig. In 2018, the CDC reported that 26 percent (one in 4) of adults in the United States have some type of disability....
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S3 E1: : Round Table No: 1 We're Back!
Round Table With: Demitria Wack, Ellinor Arzbaecher and Michael Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and WELCOME TO THE TEAM KODY STOEBIG. Welcome to Season Three! On the season 3 premiere of PolicyWise, Hosts Demi, Elli and Michael get...
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The End of Season 2!
Hi Everyone! You might be wondering where this week’s episode is...After 16 Episodes we’ve decided to mark the end of Season two! But don’t worry PolicyWise People, PolicyWise will be back for Season three in just a couple weeks! But first we’re getting back in the lab and planning out the best...
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Episode 26 Equity Within the Cannabis Industry
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Jim Keddy and Sarah-Michael Gaston. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. The roots of racialized drug laws and drug enforcement are deeply ingrained into our criminal justice systems.…
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Episode 25 Closing the Digital Divide with Jacob Martinez
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Elli Arzbaecher. Guest: Jacob Martinez. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. In California, though broadband subscriptions were at record height pre-pandemic, significant gaps still exist, with diminished...
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Episode 24: Pride Month with Jewel Hurtado
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Mehek Kandru. Guest: Jewel Hurtado. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. Jewel Hurtado was born and raised in the Central San Joaquin Valley. At the age of 22, Jewel is the youngest elected official in the...
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Episode 23: Creating an Economic Safety Floor with Michael Tubbs Former Mayor of Stockton
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Michael Tubbs. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock, Mehek Kandru, Elli Arzbaecher, and Abby Pugh. Instead of getting policymakers to listen to the youth voice, Michael Tubbs brought the youth voice directly to the table--actually…
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Episode 21: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Gia Vang and Wenda Fong
Hosts: Mehek Kandru and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Gia Vang and Wenda Fong. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Gia Vang is an emerging leader in news broadcasting Previously having worked in Arizona, Missouri, and Oregon, she is Now the news anchor for Kare 11 based...
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Episode 20: Mental Health Awareness Month with Josh Chan and Ashley Mills
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Josh Chan and Ashley Mills. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Today we will be talking about an ongoing public health crisis. Over 26 percent of all Americans over the age of 18 meet the criteria for having a…
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Episode 19: Welcoming New Team Members!
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Mehek Kandru and Elli Arzbaecher. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. About a year ago, Michael reached out to Demi with an idea. Working together on the California Forward Youth Council, Michael realized that we…
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Sibling Special Episode 18: Diversifying Healthcare During a Pandemic
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Adwoa Wiafe. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. With a hurricane of policies and attempts to curb the impact of this virus, nobody has been more on the front line from day 1 other than our healthcare workers. The...
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Sibling Special Episode 17: Misinformation is Wack
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Morgan Wack. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. With us today to talk about broader issues with social media regulation and the impact of misinformation surrounding the insurrection is Morgan Wack. Morgan is a...
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Episode 16: Centering the Black Experience with Kindra Block-Montgomery
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Kindra F. Montgomery-Block. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Kindra F. Montgomery-Block executive leader, movement builder, and unapologetically African-American activator who is the driving force behind...
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Episode 15: Uniting a Region for Equity
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Ashley Swearengin and Dr. Tania Pacheco-Warner. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Fresno has historically been the largest city in the Central Valley of California, and recently ranked 5th biggest city in all of...
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Episode 14: Conversation With A Young Republican
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Blake Zante. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Both Democrats and Republicans have undergone ideological shifts over the last decade leading to varying perceptions of progress and often also great fractures…
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Episode 13: Don't Hate, Educate!
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Mehek Kandru and Tony Thurmond. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Tony Thurmond is the 28th California State Superintendent of Public. Superintendent Thurmond is an educator, social worker, and public-school…
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Episode 12: Broadband in California
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Prince Ogidikpe and Sunne Wright McPeak. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Sunne is the President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund that works to close the digital divide in California. CETF is a...
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Episode 11: The 2020 Economic Summit Main Stage
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Ellinor Arzbaecher, Daisy Castellón, Jade Magaña, and Michael Waife. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Spoke word intro by: Kali Ausselet she/they (stage name K-RA!)) a self proclaimed “artivist” who uses rap,...
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Episode 10: Recap and Reflect
Last episode of the year!! And it’s a special one!! Tune into episode 10 to hear the PolicyWise team reflect on the podcast, some hopes for next year, and also a very intense debate about who would win a game of Spoons between Demi and Michael. Joining the conversation today is the PolicyWise…
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Holiday Break
We are taking the week off, thank you for your support!
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Episode 9: Youth Incarceration and Cops on Campus with Nick Jasso
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Nick Jasso. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Nick Jasso is a student at UCLA studying Sociology with a minor in civic engagement and social change. He has been involved with the Fresh Lifelines for Youth program...
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Episode 8: The Fireside Chat CA Economic Summit 2020
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Candice Mays, Ashley Anderson, Julia Paccone, Mehek Kandru, Stephanie Estrada. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe...
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Episode 7: Representation and The Latino/x Vote with Jacqueline Martinez-Garcel
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Jacqueline Martinez-Garcel. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on...
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Episode 6: The 2019 California Economic Summit with Tim Haydock
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Tim Haydock. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on PolicyWise!
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Episode 5: The 2020 California Economic Summit with Jade Magaña and Micah Weinberg
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Micah Weinberg and Jade Magana. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on...
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Episode 4: The Environment and Sustainability with Elli Arzbaecher and Grant Mack
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Elli Arzbaecher and Grant Mack. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on...
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Episode 3: Youth Voting with Noel Mora and Aidan Arasasingham
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Noel Mora and Aidan Arasasingham Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. See you next time on...
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Episode 2: Assemblymember Weber and Isaac Alferos talk Equity Prop 16 and Equity in Higher Education
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guests: Assemblymember Weber and Isaac Alferos. To learn more about Isaac's work with the Black + Brown Healing Project check out https://www.blackbrownhealingproject.com/ Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on...
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Episode 1: Welcome to the pod with guest Patty Barahona
Hosts: Demitria Wack and Michael Wiafe. Guest: Patty Barahona. To learn more about Patty and YLI visit yli.org. Production and Marketing: Jarrett Ramones, Tim Haydock and Abby Pugh. Follow us on social @policywisepod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! And don't forget to subscribe and rate us on...
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