Convos On The Pedicab

Matt Mackowiak is the head of the Travis County GOP and co-founder of Save Austin Now, a PAC that successfully reinstated the homeless camping ban.  In this episode we talked about preserving freedom and liberty in the face of covid, how the city is responding to cleaning up the homeless camps, and his new petition to restore funding for APD in order to hire more officers and train them bette...

Mackenzie Kelly is a freshman City Council Woman in Austin’s District 6 and the lone Republican on the Dias.  In this episode, we talked about our City’s budget, solutions for homelessness, consequences for defunding the police, and much more.

Jason Vaughn is the Policy Director for The Texas Young Republicans.  In this episode we talked about the special legislative session, abortion, vaccine choice, voting integrity, Greg Abbott, limiting the executive power of the governor and more.

Christian Ammons is an up and coming amateur MMA fighter fighting out of 10th Planet in Austin, TX. In this episode, we discuss how he got started with his career, how he gets inside of his opponents heads, his plans for the future and whether or not he would ever consider getting on a Pedicab.

Brigid Shea is the District 2 County Commissioner in Travis County.  We had a very insightful discussion on the environment and a very fiery debate on vaccines, Joe Biden, BLM, January 6th and the efficacy of wearing masks.  

Taylor Blount is a photojournalist who witnessed a deadly mass shooting on 6th st. In this episode, we talked about what he saw, how the police reacted and how this could've been avoided, among other hot button issues like homelessness and Blackrock buying up all homes...

Mary Barron is a 10th Planet Blue Belt, budding social media star, and an extremely hot girl in an extremely male dominated sport.  In this episode, we discuss her jujitsu journey, how she build her brand, and how she deals with some of the unwanted attention that comes with being in her position. 

Justin Berry is a police officer with the Austin Police Department who ran for State Rep in HD 47 last year.  In this episode, we talked about how we can make positive reforms to APD, mandating BJJ/MMA training, legalizing marijuana, how defunding local police departments will lead to them being federalized and much more.

Robert Dean is an author, writer, comedian and mental health advocate whose work has appeared in the Vice, the Austin American Statesman, the Austin Chronicle and more.  He is currently the head of content at Big Laugh Comedy in Austin.  

Bryan Marty is a financial analyst and Ricardo Carranza is a cyber security and data expert.  Both of them hopped on the Pedicab in order to talk about crypto currency, debunk myths about Bitcoin, talk about how you can protect your data, discuss how decentralized digital currencies are the future of finance.  Note:  this is not financial advice. 

Co-owner of Coldtowne Theatre and activist Tauri Laws Phillips hops on the Pedicab where we vigorously debate critical race theory and discuss how woke culture and identity politics are being used to sow hatred and division amongst each other.  

Co-founder of Save Austin Now and her husband come on the Pedicab and discuss Austin's homeless, rules for urban camping and what will happen to the homeless population now that Prop B has passed.

UT Professor, Presidential Historian, and husband to City Council Woman Alison Alter hops on the Pedicab in order to talk public health, vaccinations, personal autonomy, election integrity, racial justice, financial literacy and so much more.  

Jason Vaughn is the Policy Director for the Texas Young Republicans.  In this episode we discussed progress within the TX Legislative session, the TX Gubernatorial race, legal weed, property rights, using Bitcoin, constitutional carry, limiting the executive power of the Governor and more.  

Austin American Statesman Reporter hops on the Pedicab and breaks down 2020, how the events of the past year has completely eroded our trust in corporate media as well as every other well established institution.

Travis County GOP Chair and Head of Save Austin Now hops on the Pedicab in order to discuss regulating urban camping, reinstating Austin's camping ban and compassionate common sense solutions to address our City's homeless problem.  

Former head of ECHO and Travis County Commissioner for Precinct 3 Ann Howard hops on the Pedicab where we engage in a thoughtful discussion regarding Austin's homeless and how we as a community can effectively work together in order to improve our homeless crisis.  

Personal Injury Lawyer and political commentator Adam Loewy talks about the various prop items on the May Election, how our homeless crisis has gotten out of hand, and addresses rumors about possibly becoming the next Mayor of Austin.  

Former NFL Player Tim Crowder hops on the Pedicab in order to talk racism, empowering black people, and how big tech and corporate media have a deliberate agenda in order to fuel as much racism and division as humanely possible.  

Ex Cop and BJJ Blackbelt Brad Barnes hops on the pedicab in order to talk police reform, outdated training methods, and how MMA training can reimagine the future of policing on an extremely positive level.  

Blogger and Food Truck Reviewer Tay Livingston hops on the Pedicab in order to talk George Floyd, racism, and Donald Trump and how the pandemic has brought about people's true colors.

Bryan Slaton is a freshman state representative from East Texas who wants to rename a portion of IH 35 into the Steve Adler Public Restroom Highway as a tribute for how Mayor Adler has handled the homeless crisis here in Austin.  In this episode we talk about how this bill is perhaps the most important bill of the legislative session as well as discussing the border wall, eminent domain, vacc...

Retired 30 year veteran of APD Dennis Farris hops on the Pedicab where we talk about how we can reform our police department, how BJJ training needs to be mandatory for cops and how smoking weed should no longer be a barrier to entry when it comes to being a police officer.  

10th Planet Purple Belt and Gym Hippie Rhodes Faraday hops on the pedicab in order to talk covid, jujitsu, police reform and the benefits of smoking weed for a more prosperous and inclusive society.  

Andrew Alemao aka Andrew Mao is a card carrying communist who achieved national recognition for throwing not 1 but 2 tomatoes at Donald Trump.  We had an in depth discussion on bitcoin, reopening the economy, mask wearing, cancel culture, elitism, vaccines and much more.  While we may disagree on pretty much everything, we surprisingly came to the same conclusions on a lot of issues (alb...