Behind The Candidates

Hello from Roger Williams University! My new home for the fall. I’m excited to give a personal update in this episode about how I’ve moved into college successfully, as well as an update on the elections coming up this fall, including the timing and races to watch.

State representative Brandon Potter and Cranston is being challenged by Democrat Joseph Graziano in a primary. We hash out the issues in this discussion. The timestamps are below.. Budget 1:08 Education 15:36 Lightning Round 29:15 Health Care 35:21 Infrastructure 52:10

Welcome to A Discussion With the Candidates! After Senator Lombardo passed away from bladder cancer in February, there is now a Democratic primary to fill his seat. The candidates are Pam Leary, Andrew Demetri, and Richard Delfino. The timestamps to listen to this podcast in segments are below. Intro 0 Budget 1:11 Education 11:04 Lightning Round 21:39 Health Care 29:25 Infrastructure 40:36 closing...

I’m honored to have my Aunt on the podcast who is a Human Resources Professional. She works for Tufts University and discusses the importance of diversity, the role that HR plays in a workplace and gives advice to young people.

The Democrat party now feels more unified after Sunday’s news as Kamala Harris becomes the presumptive nominee. Tune in for my thoughts, as well as some audio from Tim White and Ted Nisi.

After the disastrous debate performance by President Biden, the Republican party had been pretty quiet up until this week when Donald Trump faced an assassination attempt and the party has unified around him. Tune in for the latest updates and analysis.

Welcome! There is not a better time to dive into national politics. Jamie has served in rolls across the spectrum in the national republican party and gives his analysis on this year‘s election. He is also an author and a blogger.

Liam joins me on this episode from North Carolina! He gives his pitch for the state. We also discussed the use of social media and his amazing talent for the piano!

Welcome back! My neighbor joined me for this episode who is a Social Worker, professor at Salve Regina University, and an advocate for all to live better lives! Join us as we discuss how Covid has changed the profession and advice for those seeking help or considering Social Work as a career.

This episode includes a hodgepodge of topics. They are connected based on being relevant topics in 2024 such as how to appropriately use social media, where artificial intelligence is the most useful and what to look out for when spotting bias.

This episode is a bit out of left field, but I wanted to see how much artificial intelligence could tell me about recent current events and politics if I was hypothetically, a person unaware about the topics. A spoiler alert is that it struggled when it came to more specific and local information, but listen for yourself to hear the details. I used the Call Annie app to perform this exercise and h...

Andrew is from Missouri and he persuades us on why we should give the state a shot. I also learned about his amazing passions for healthcare and serving people. We also discuss possible political implications of the international conflicts going on right now.

Get an update on my bill which would change high school physical education requirements in this episode. I also play my testimony for the House Education Committee. Lastly, I announce where I committed to go to college last week.

Austin is a delegate from South Carolina. Find out about the amazing work he does in school such as increasing spirit through the morning announcements. Austin also discusses how an experience with his Spanish teacher made him want to pursue education as a career and no surprise we recapSenate Youth with his perspective.

Josh represented Louisiana during the program in Washington DC. Find out why he loves New Orleans so much and discover the connection between theater and politics. He also gives his advice for students taking standardized tests in high school.

James from New Hampshire joins me on this episode of the podcast. Find out what it’s like for him to be the chairman of a Youth Advisory Council, how he met President Trump, and we discussed the issues with financial aid right now which all current Seniors can relate to.

My Rhode Island co delegate Dominic joins me on this episode to discuss Rhode Island pride, meeting the President at the White House and what society can do about health equity.

Marisa is a delegate from Wisconsin who joins me on the podcast. We discussed the importance of voting, helping minority communities and her interest in international law. Senate Youth is also brought back up as well, including a Supreme Court recap and what we learned.

Faith from Montana joins me on the podcast. She is another delegate from the Senate Youth Program and was one of our keynote speakers. We discussed that process, equitable healthcare and of course food again!

Aanya was one of the delegates who joined me on the United States Senate Youth Program representing Michigan. She discusses her work banning childhood marriage, her passion about helping students who have disabilities, and we discuss highlights of our week in Washington. Stay tuned for more conversations with some of my fellow delegates.

Happy new year and thank you in advance for listening! I look forward to educating you on the bill I’m proposing which includes amending the physical education graduation requirements slightly for high school students. This will help kids with disabilities to feel more connected and increase the culture of schools statewide.

It feels good to be back, talking about big local stories, national stories, only in Rhode Island moments, biggest winners, or losers and predictions for 2024. I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane as I discussed 2023.

I share a story in this episode about how it was a fun and fair process approving the payment structure in my fantasy football league and discuss what lessons can be learned from something like this.

It was my pleasure to host this debate for the upcoming special election in the state Senate with my good friend, Raymond Baccari in person at the Rhode Island college TV studio. The election is November 7 and the district includes providences Smith Hill neighborhood. Topics covered include recent news in the race, the budget, Voting, a lightning round, a lot on education and closing statements.

After initially being surprised at the results last night, I am explaining why, after going through them in my head they make sense and people probably underestimated Amo the whole time.