Diego Rodriguez and Amber Cordoba

We Have Friends Everywhere

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Welcome to We Have Friends Everywhere, a podcast where Arizona policy gets stripped of spin and partisan theatrics. Hosted by two political independents—one a former Republican, the other a former Democrat—we’re done playing for teams and ready to tell the truth. Each week, we break down a single-issue impacting Arizonans—from school vouchers and water rights to housing policy and election integrity. We’ll walk you through the history, the legislative players, the money behind the madness, and most importantly, how it all affects you. This isn’t about left or right. It’s about the top and the...

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Diego Rodriguez and Amber Cordoba

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Episode 3: Private Prisons in Arizona, Another Very Expensive Waste of Our Tax Dollars. 13.04.2026 36:35

If you have thoughts about any of our episodes or have an idea for a future episode, please reach out to us! In this episode, we break down how private prisons became a major part of Arizona’s corrections system and why the state relies on contract prison beds at one of the highest rates in the country. We walk through where private prisons came from, how sentencing policy and population growth sh...

Episode 2, ICE in Arizona: Enforcement, Economics, and the Border State Reality 25.03.2026 39:49

If you have thoughts about any of our episodes or have an idea for a future episode, please reach out to us! In this episode, we talk about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and how immigration enforcement in Arizona became one of the most visible and controversial policy issues in the country. We walk through where ICE came from, how Arizona became a national testing ground for enforce...

EPISODE 1-ESA Vouchers: Arizona's Billion Dollar Experiment 05.02.2026 38:20

If you have thoughts about any of our episodes or have an idea for a future episode, please reach out to us! In this episode, we talk about Arizona's Universal ESA program and how it got started, who the players were, how it impacts Arizona families, and how it has grown into a huge drain on our state budget and our public schools. Citations: https://sosarizona.org/the-truth-about-esa-vouch...