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The Ithacast with Duc and Seph
by Ducson Nguyen and Seph Murtagh
News and information about the City of Ithaca from Ward 2 Alderpersons Seph Murtagh and Ducson Nguyen
Episodes
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9: Katharine Celentano — “The Gift of Life”
Katharine Celentano is a Policy Coordinator with the Drug Policy Alliance. Based in Ithaca, she helps develop and implement state and municipal efforts to address drug use and opiate overdose. We discuss the status of Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) in Tompkins County, the basics of…
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8: Pete Tyler — “The Community is the Police and the Police are the Community”
Pete Tyler served as Ithaca Police Department's Acting Chief when John Barber retired in March 2017 and was sworn in as Chief in December 2017. We discuss community policing, militarization of the police, the training that IPD officers have to undergo, IPD's staffing needs, and of course... the...
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7: Jolene Almendarez — “Way More Stories Than You Can Ever Do”
We chat with Ithaca Voice Managing Editor Jolene Almendarez as she plans to depart Ithaca for her hometown of San Antonio, Texas. What are the challenges of running a local news non-profit organization? What's frustrating about covering City Hall? Where are the best tacos in Ithaca? And somehow…
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6: Lisa Nicholas — “There Will Be Change”
Change is inevitable in any municipality and it's a planner's job to help manage that change. We chat with Lisa Nicholas, the City of Ithaca's Deputy Director of Planning and Development, about what the Planning Department does, what zoning is, Ithaca's biggest planning challenges, the massive...
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5: Josh Dolan — “Arts! Agriculture! Adventure!”
A chat with Ithaca Festival Executive Director Josh Dolan: his history in the community, behind-the-scenes planning and organization for the Ithaca Festival, what to look forward to at this year's event, and how you can help. ithacafestival.org
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4: Eric Hathaway — “Not Just an Engineering Issue”
In our fourth episode we talk to Eric Hathaway, the City of Ithaca's Transportation Engineer. We discuss the duties of his role as transportation engineer, cycling and pedestrian infrastructure in the city, traffic calming, traffic issues, and much more. Links: Traffic calming form City of Ithaca...
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3: Nia Nunn — “Building Black Unity”
In our third episode we talk to Dr. Nia Nunn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Ithaca College and President of the Board of Directors of Southside Community Center. She shares her history in the Ithaca community, the history of Southside Community Center, and its bright…
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2: Bryan McCracken — “Another Contentious Moment”
In our second episode we chat with the City of Ithaca's Historic Preservation Planner Bryan McCracken. We talk about his role in the city, get some background on historic preservation in Ithaca, and discuss The Nines and other future opportunities to designate historic buildings. Links: City page...
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1: Svante Myrick — “None of us are experts here”
This is the inaugural episode of the new Ithacast hosted by Second Ward Alderpersons Seph Murtagh and Ducson Nguyen. Special guest Svante Myrick—mayor of the City of Ithaca—joins us to discuss housing, the opioid crisis, Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, autonomous vehicles, and life in the 2nd...
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The Ithacast with Duc and Seph currently has 9 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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News and information about the City of Ithaca from Ward 2 Alderpersons Seph Murtagh and Ducson Nguyen
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The Ithacast with Duc and Seph is created and hosted by Ducson Nguyen and Seph Murtagh.
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