IndyMatters

IndyMatters is a weekly podcast from The Nevada Independent. Every week hosts Joey Lovato and Jacob Solis will bring you stories from around the Silver State that focus on politics, policy, education, the environment and more..

Recent Episodes

Inside the 1990 campaign that keeps abortion legal today

Posted August 22, 2023 • 00:21:38

How a 1990 campaign keeps abortion legal today in Nevada, challenges to expanding record sealing for low-level convictions after a veto, and the latest on...

Public lands vs. sprawl

Posted August 15, 2023 • 00:23:05

How the federal government sells off public lands, North Las Vegas uses AI to help translate during meetings, and Gov. Lombardo fights an ethics commission...

Facing the Fentanyl Crisis: After the dust has settled

Posted August 8, 2023 • 00:29:10

Host Joey Lovato sits down with fellow reporters, the attorney general, public defenders and harm reduction advocates to recap how the Legislature tackled...

A trip through Nevada’s mushroom law

Posted August 2, 2023 • 00:29:52

Host Alex Couraud and co-host Joey Lovato report on the psychedelic drug psilocybin in Nevada, taking listeners on a journey through the research, history...

What legislators were the most and least successful this session?

Posted July 25, 2023 • 00:23:29

Foster care faces a shortage of homes in rural Nevada, The Indy analyzes the success rate of legislators' bills for the 2023 session and street...