The El Paso Beat

I know I have been absent for a while, but this was just too important of a conversation to have not to make time for it. I hope you learn something, and not just anxiety inducing stuff, but something to be hopeful for. You'll likely recall our recent brush with seismic activity - that should be our wake up call. That's the message candidate and guest Bill Burch is arguing, and you'll be glad someone with this much i...

This conversation has been a long time coming for me, though y'all may not know that. My own personal journey through politics has not been entirely separate from my journey through personal spirituality. I've working towards helping get El Paso get more engaged, more involved, and ultimately to raise our collective consciousness and address our concerns together. If anyone was ever an arbiter of changing the consciousnes...

Ron is one of those community members who definitely remind you that there are some amazing El Pasoans out there who are doing good work and defending the defenseless simply out of the goodness if their heart. This episode, our guest, Ron Comeau shares his story and struggle against a corrupted system that was resulting, and is still resulting, in countless dead strays on the streets of El Paso.  Through constant and determined adv...

Another US Senate candidate joins us on the EPB this week! Mark Gonzalez shares his story, starting with a regretful mistake in his youth, he took that lesson and let it motivate him to launch a legal and eventually political career, now Mark is taking his shot at Ted Cruz and he's on to talk about it with you.

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Web
https://www.markagonzalez.com/
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This one wasn't anticipated but was not a ton of work to throw together so I figured, why not? 

The El Paso Young Democrats hosted a meeting with Rep Eddie Morales so members (and guests) would have the opportunity to learn about and ask questions about the upcoming constitutional amendments up for election. It's useful info, so I'm eager to share it with you all

After the brief, I did ask Rep Moral...

We are officially kicking off our US Senate coverage! And what a fantastic
way to kick it off. Today's guest, State Senator for Uvalde, Texas and the 
self-proclaimed "most progressive" candidate in the US TX Senate primary -
Roland Gutierrez! We cover the TX Lege and of course how his campaign is set
apart from the rest in a great convo I hope you all enjoy.

Want to learn more about Roland?<...

Continuing our coverage of the District Attorney's race for 2024 with James Montoya. He has spent time working inside the DA's office and on the opposite side as a public defender. He's returning for a second run at the seat with more experience and a vision for what the DA's office needs.

Want to learn more about James?
Web: jamesmontoya.com
Phone: 915-603-7973
Email: montoyaforda@gmail.com...

Kicking off our coverage of the District Attorney's race for 2024 with Nancy Casas. She has spent time working inside the DA's office and also abroad helping foundling Democracies find their footing. She aims to bring her experience and love for her community to the role, listen to hear all about her!

Want to learn more about Nancy?
Web: nancycasasforda.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/NancyCasas4DA
I...

Probably what will be the political scandal of 2023 for El Paso, the gas card fiasco, is in large part thanks to a humble citizen trying to hold his elected representative accountable. That citizen also happens a friend of mine, and our guest on today's episode. George Zavala has been a fierce advocate for people with disabilities, but his latest journey, he hopes, will inspire and motivate all of us.

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Emai...

My first interview back is one with a returning guest, El Paso County Democratic Chairman Michael Apodaca joins us to discuss a variety of topics from what went wrong with Prop K and how we pick up the pieces and move forward to how the next Texas Senate Democratic nominee can capitalize on Beto's work from 2018. I will warn you all, I don't have the magic audio editing service I had last iteration *yet* and this in-perso...

I try and I try to stay away, and...the local politics...it just keeps bringing me back.

In traditional EPB fashion, I had larger aspirations for my return episode but procrastinated and am opting for simpler and quicker so, this is what you get. I have some thoughts on Rep Hernandez's gas card scandal, namely where we should go from here, and set some mild expectations for the show ahead. It's so good to be back...